Defining Duke, Episode 134 | Starfield Is Close - Bethesda Breaks Their Silence (Patreon)

August is coming and with that is an anticipated onslaught of Starfield marketing. Trailers, reveals, and details aplenty leaves us all wondering: Just how far will Bethesda go? Well, with three new animated trailers in our system and some analysis of the Fallout 4 marketing cycle, we may have a good idea of that! We also delve into the recent majority shareholder purchase by Tencent of Techland. How does this change the gaming landscape and is the industry giving Tencent's aggression the same villification as the likes of Microsoft and Sony? "Lord Acquisition" has some thoughts you're going to want to hear on the matter. Plus, who's behind the recent wave of backwards compatible multiplayer improvements in the likes of Call Of Duty and Gears Of War? We get into all of this as well as Ubisoft's insistence on returning to tighter games, Activision's massive success on PC, a pizza scented TMNT controller, some wild food takes, and more!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:06:16 - Corrections

0:07:55 - Are we still in The Realm?

0:09:00 - Any epic moving fails?

0:13:38 - Bobby Kotick is under contract for a while still…

0:17:28 - Activision's earning reports bring interesting insights

0:22:21 - Phil Spencer played a large roles in bringing Anstream Arcade to Xbox

0:31:58 - Xbox’s console sales are still not great

0:38:18 - The new Xbox dashboard is here

0:42:11 - Exoprimal has hit 1 million players

0:46:54 - Myths for Minecraft Legends has been revealed

0:47:54 - A TMNT pizza controller is being raffled

0:54:52 - Immortals Fenyx Rising’ sequel may have been canceled

0:59:13: - Ubisoft says Star Wars Outlaws will be manageable

1:04:06 - PS5 Pro is rumored to arrive in November 2024

1:17:50 - Sea of Stars is launching on PS Plus day and date

1:22:29 - Sega will officially acquire Rovio

1:26:08 - Mortal Kombat 1’s DLC pack 1 characters have been revealed

1:28:12 - DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing has been announced

1:32:14 - CD Projekt Red has announced layoffs

1:33:15 - What have we been playing?

2:04:32 - What makes interactivity in Bethesda games special?

2:13:28 - Is there too much Starfield hype?

2:20:22 - Three new Starfield trailers have dropped

2:47:38 - Tencent has purchased a majority stake in Techland

2:58:03 - Gears of War 1-3 and Shadowrun now have matchmaking again
3:03:19 - Game Pass Pick of the Week

3:10:53 - Do we have any graphic novel recommendations?