Steam Games Coming to Consoles? + Nintendo Making a New Donkey Kong? Today's News Tonight (5/12/21)
Episode 86 of Today's News Tonight is here, and we're joined by Michael Damiani of the Easy Allies to discuss rumors of a new Donkey Kong game being in development, Gabe Newell hinting at the possibility of Steam-only games coming to consoles, Yakuza: Like a Dragon setting new sales records for the franchise worldwide, updated Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart preview impressions, and more! Check out more from Damiani: Twitter: / damianicus Easy Allies on Patreon: / easyallies Easy Allies on Twitter: / easyallies Easy Allies on Twitch: / easyallies Timestamps: 25:05 - Intro 26:17 - Hyping about Lost Judgment with Steve, who was on vacation when it was announced! 32:16 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon has become the most successful game in the franchise worldwide; also, SEGA wants to "globally expand" Atlus titles by releasing them simultaneously worldwide and potentially multiple platforms 46:28 - Scarlet Nexus is getting a demo on Xbox Series X/S on May 21st; PS5 demo coming a week later on May 28th 53:39 - RUMOR: The next Donkey Kong game is currently being developed in-house at Nintendo, and by the Super Mario Odyssey team no less 1:11:07 - New hands-off previews of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart have dropped 1:22:45 - Valve's Gabe Newell says more info is coming "by the end of the year" about the possibility of Steam-only games coming to consoles 1:26:39 - PlayStation's Hermen Hulst says 25 first-party games are in development for PS5, and "nearly half" are new IPs 1:33:19 - Ubisoft say they're pivoting their business strategy to focus on more "high-end free to play games," but adds this does not mean they plan to release fewer premium AAA titles 1:40:47 - Outro and where to find Damiani + Easy Allies Sources: / 1392367234408910848 https://twitter.com/scarlet_nexus/sta... https://www.nintendolife.com/news/202... https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/... https://twitter.com/ign/status/139247... https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/... https://www.videogameschronicle.com/n... --- Support GVG on Patreon! / gvgaming Follow GVG on Twitter: • / gvgofficial • / bitnerd_ • / ashpaulsen • / stevembowling #donkeykong #yakuza #steam
