Video Game Logic Episode 197: Demos for Days

This week Shrink & Rage talk about locked demos, shutdowns, and commitment issues this week.

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Show Highlights & Timestamps

• Games Played 12:17

• Microsoft to Shutdown Mixer on July 22nd 1:29:42

• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remake gets a demo on August 14 – but only if you pay for it 1:41:02

• Nintendo is reportedly cooling its commitment to mobile games 1:46:37

• Steam Top Releases of May 2020 1:55:08

• Discovery Queue 2:00:49

 

Games We Played

Rage:

Mario 3D Land

Ostranauts Demo

Balsa Model Flight Sim Demo

Mr. Prepper Demo

Radical Relocation Demo

Fights in Tight Spaces Demo

 

Shrink:

Animal Crossing New Horizons

Learning Factory Demo

Occupy Mars Demo

Mr. Prepper Demo

Gas Guzzlers Extreme

 

News

• Mixer to Shutdown

TechRaptor: Mixer Plans to Move Creators to Facebook Gaming

CNBC: Microsoft will end its video game streaming service, tells everyone to use Facebook instead

PCGamesN: Mixer is shutting down, Microsoft has partnered with Facebook Gaming

Twitter: Tara Voelker Wake

 

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Demo

PCGamesN: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remake gets a demo on August 14 – but only if you pay for it

 

• Nintendo Cooling Mobile Game Commitment

VGC: Nintendo is reportedly cooling its commitment to mobile games

 

• Steam Top Releases of May 2020

Steam Announcement

 

Discovery Queue

Rage:

Titanfall® 2

Persona 4 Golden

Detroit: Become Human

Outer Wilds

Griftlands

Torchlight III

Secret Government

Barn Finders

Help Will Come Tomorrow

Tainted Grail

 

Shrink:

Shipbreaker

The Waylanders

Iron Harvest

Truck and Logistic Simulator

Chaos Galaxy