Episode Details

In the penultimate episode of The Video Game Pals, the boys discuss the Nindie showcase highlights, more winds for the Epic Store and the debut of Google Stadia! Da News: 4:03 - Nindies Showcase: https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1108408267523317760 20:25 - RQOTW - (What Nintendo IP would you most like to see handled by an indie next?) 26:13 - Microsoft announces Indie Showcase: ID@Xbox Game Pass https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/03/22/id-xbox-announces-id-xbox-game-pass/ 26:13 - Sony Announces Nintendo-Direct Style State of Play Series https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/03/22/state-of-play-playstations-new-video-showcase-debuts-monday/ 33:27 - Epic Store Rock Block: Metro Exodus Sales on Epic are already double the last Metro game’s sales on Steam: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/21/metro-exodus-epic-store-sales-are-already-over-double-that-of-last-lights-on-steam 33:27 - Epic Store Snags Outer Worlds Control and Quantic Dream’s trilogy as next batch of high-profile exclusives: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-outer-worlds-and-control-will-launch-on-the-epic-store-not-steam/ 40:22 - Valve planning a “facelift” for Steam: https://www.gameinformer.com/gdc-2019/2019/03/20/valve-plans-steam-facelift-with-library-redesign-new-events-page 45:22 - Disney Revives Lucasfilm Games; still apparently committed to EA: https://www.pcgamesn.com/lucasfilm-games-revival 54:09 - Persona 5: The Royal Announced for PS4: https://twitter.com/Persona_Central/status/1109444634567155715 https://twitter.com/Stealth40k/status/1109477082550161408 https://gematsu.com/2019/03/persona-5-the-royal-announced-for-ps4 58:02 - Castle Crashers is coming to Switch and PS4; The Behemoth Teases Next Game and Possible Sequel: https://blog.thebehemoth.com/2019/03/19/castle-crashers-remastered-coming-to-nintendo-switch-and-playstation-4/ Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is happening! It's real! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/03/22/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-preview/ 1:11:26 - Main Topic: Google Stadia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SOS-a4ks7s https://www.techradar.com/news/stadia-everything-you-need-to-know-about-googles-game-streaming-service https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/19/18272965/google-stadia-studio-games-entertainment-jade-raymond-gdc-2019 https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-boss-answers-and-dodges-our-questions-1833422137 https://www.windowscentral.com/report-phil-spencer-talks-google-stadia-says-xbox-will-go-big-e3 Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions