#161: Tencent Buys Everyone

In this week's episode, we talk about Roll7 developers of the Olli Olli series of games being purchased by Private Division, Tencent purchasing a minority share of Playtonic, and our thoughts on selling out. We also head over to Kickstarter to check out an upcoming rogue-like ARPG called Swordcery, answer your listener questions, and much more.

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Links:

God Bless The Crowd:

Swordcery: An Action Packed, Sword Swingin' Rogue-like. Collect hundreds of spellbound blades to defeat an otherworldly evil in this rogue-like ARPG!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/templedoorgames/swordcery-an-action-packed-sword-swingin-rogue-like?ref=discovery_category

Time Codes: (Approximations)

What we've been playing:

Josh: 13:30

• Gunfire Reborn 1.0 Shoutout!! (Hong Kong Interactive)
• Crown Trick (NeXT Studios)
• Exo one (Exbleative)

Vaughn: 29:15

Main News Stories: 31:00

News Cram: 56:44

God Bless The Crowd: 1:00:48

Listener Questions: 1:12:40

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