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In Episode 34, Solo and Lilo cover the week's top gaming stories. For May 2nd, we take a look at SteamSpy trying to re-launch, FIFA releasing a World Cup extension, Nintendo's mobile profitability & exclusive IP, Saudia Arabia hoping to launch an esports league alongside its new arena, Microsoft shutting down Halo mods, Blizzard selling user-made maps in Starcraft 2, & the Domino effect, namely, how gaming companies will start facing an increased amount of regulatory legislation around the world. Then, for the Game Spotlight, Lilo takes a look at Planet Alpha. And to wrap things up, for The Final Lap, we take a look at whether Assassins Creed, God of War, Far Cry 5, & more indicates that consumers still want single player campaign games.

In Episode 33, Solo & Lilo return after a brief hiatus to deliver the week's top gaming stories. For April 27, we take a look at Discord's value reaching 1.65 billion dollars, UEFA ending its partnership with Pro Evolution Soccer, Twitch's new monetization system, Australia upholding a $3 million dollar fine against Valve, and the final QS story, the Netherlands Gaming Authority passes the severest action thus far in the fight against loot boxes. In the Rumor Mill we talk Tilted Towers & LucasArts remakes, and for the Game Spotlight, Lilo shines the light on Iron Harvest, a new RTS game. And to close things out, in The Final Lap, we talk how incredible the Nintendo Labo is, & how the software would make Steve Jobs proud.

In Episode 32, Solo & Lilo take a look at the week's toping gaming stories. For April 13, we try a little something new in honor of the squad's recording falling on Lilo's birthday. For QS, we chat about Kingdom Hearts 3 release date, Valve shuttering SteamSpy with its decision on public data, a debate about whether game patches should be aimed towards professional or casual gamers, GameStop upping its trade-in cash offers, & Billy Mitchell's high scores getting officially stripped. Then for the GS, Lilo takes a look at Dauntless, a free-to-play Monster Hunter-esque game in beta next month. And for The Final Lap, Solo takes the opportunity to interview Lilo about games, including his favorite genre, what games made him into a gamer, the series that holds the most sentimental value, a piece of literature that he'd want made into a game, & more!

In Episode 31, Solo & Lilo take a look at the week's top gaming stories. For April 10, NBA 2K League choosing Alienware, & GTA V becoming the most profitable piece of entertainment ever, little bit of Overwatch/OWL,FCC suing South Korean Devs for loot boxes, League of Legends Clash Mode & more!. Then, for the Game Spotlight, Lilo highlights Master of Anima. And for The Final Lap, we reflect on what happened to Games based on Movies, some of our favorites, and then wildly lose track of the conversation!

In Episode 30, Solo & Lilo take a look at the week's top gaming stories. For April 6, we cover the iOS app store shrinking after cracking down on clones, Overwatch Retribution seasonal event, the most popular esports on Twitch, SuperCell's Clash Royal League, Fortnite vending machines & the NBA 2KLeague draft. Then for Game Spotlight, Lilo highlights Pixel Junk Monster 2, an upcoming claymation tower defense game on Steam. Then, for The Final Lap, we reflect on what constitutes a remaster versus a remake, and which we'd prefer, in light of the new Spyro The Dragon Remaster trailer.

In Episode 29, Solo & Lilo take a look at the week's top gaming stories. For April 3, we cover the esports industry getting Emmy nominations for production, Niantic & Pokemon Go settle a class-action lawsuit, Shaq joins the NBA 2KLeague, the Overwatch League making changes to the Stage 3 playoff structure, & ID@Xbox's head explains how they spotlight indie games. Then for Game Spotlight, Lilo highlights Project Phoenix Rising, an upcoming game that may fill Paragon's void. Then, for The Final Lap, we reflect on the GDC roundtable "Pros, Cons, and Consequences of Unionization" and the costs and benefits of game developers push for a union.

In Episode 28, Solo & Lilo cover the week's top gaming stories. And for March 30, to be honest, it's a pretty slow week in terms of news we could deliver for ya. So, we end up taking a slow dock of news as a means to have some fun for the episode. We do the usual Next & QS, where we touch on Splatoon's hip-hop inspiration, how nintendo chooses its indie partners for the e-shop, LOL EU LCS Franchising costs & Tencent, cause damn. Then for the GS we take a look at Make Sail & for The Final Lap, Solo & Lilo each ask three questions so the listeners can get to know the hosts & their views & philosophy on gaming.

In Episode 27, Solo & Lilo cover the week's top gaming stories. For March 27, the team tries out a new segment, Rubiu5 breaks 1 million concurrent Youtube viewers, Google Play partners with Girls Make Games, Overwatch League Stage 2 playoffs & Player Conduct Policy, the importance of mental and physical health in gaming & more. Then, for our Game Spotlight, Solo hijacks Lilo's segment & reflects on the 5 year anniversary of Bioshock: Infinite. For The Final Lap, we ponder on Microsoft's options in the face of a less then stellar response to Sea of Thieves, no AAA title on the horizon, & it main competitors Sony and Nintendo widening the gap.

In Episode 26, Solo goes solo dolo as Lilo finds himself away from the mic for the day. So, for March 23, in QS, we cover Eric Barone in GQ, PUBG mobile filled with bots, Nintendo's E3 Smash tournament in addition to why Nintendo should surprise release the game like an album. Then we look a little at Tencent doubling profits & partnering with Ubisoft & why Sea of Thieves is a lot like No Man's Sky. Then, for The Final Lap, Solo takes a dive into how it seems to finally be Mobile gaming's moment & how there are growing indicators that the movement is spreading from the East to the West.

In Episode 25, Solo & Lilo cover the week's toping gaming stories. For March 20, in Quick Scope(5:45) we cover EA dropping loot boxes in Battlefront 2, NHL World Championship open qualifiers, Fortnite Pro-Am Celebrity Tournament, Paragon releases $12 million in assets for free, ESL Pro League expands to South America, Fig, a new gaming crowdsource funding idea, & more. Then for our Game Spotlight(37:28) we look at Rico. & for our Final Lap(39:40) we take a look at the future of Xbox in light of Sea of Thieves releasing on the Game Pass & what that, and cloud services, means to its development roadmap.

In Episode 24, Solo and Lilo discuss the week's top gaming stories. For March 16, we discuss the Fantastic Beasts 2 trailer, Insomniac choosing Spider-Man over other Marvel characters, more Kingdom Heart 3 rumors, Google bans cryptocurrency ads & opens up Maps to AR, the Sega Mega Drive, & Funimation suggests Goku as a new Super Smash bros Switch character. And then to close things out we talk Twitch Prime now including free monthly games & the practicality of esports olympics aspirations.

In episode 23, Solo & Lilo cover the week's top gaming stories. For March 13, we cover Ninja continuing his run shattering Twitch records, Fortnite announcing cross-platform play and Fortnite mobile, Freesync arriving on Xbox, Valve announcing their interest to get back into releasing original titles, Toys R Us potentially closing all its stores in the US, Scavenger Studios gives away The Darwin Project to all beta and alpha tester. Then PLG squad introduce a new segment titled 'Game Spotlight', talk the NHL announcing their first esports tournament, the need for esports player associations, and finally, how EA's Origin Access acquiring Warner Bros gaming catalogue for its subscription service signals the battle for gaming titles will be just like the battle for film and television rights with the advent of Netflix.

In Episode 22, Solo & Lilo cover the week's top gaming stories. For March 9, they cover Tencent parental contracts, new Fortnite updates, Oculus Rift's epic software certification error, & Kongregate hopes to launch a platform to rival Steam. Then for the Main segment, we talk H1Z1 going free to play, the new Clash Royale league, & Nintendo answering our question of what it could do in it's second year by turning the fire up with a surprise announcement at Nintendo Direct of Super Smash Bros for Switch in 2018.

In Episode 21, Solo & Lilo cover the week's top gaming stories. For March 6, we cover Lilo's triumphant return following a one week sabbatical, Monster Hunter World sales, mobile esports & Breast Cancer Awareness, Xbox Remote play with PC & Xbox Insider. Plus, we cover Nintendo Switch goes into its second year, the declining value of Xbox Gold free monthly games, and Twitch's potential bot problem stemming from it's Fortnite skin Prime giveaway.

In Episode 20, Solo, again left to his own devices has to be the definition of putting the team on one's back. & he does. So, for March 2, we do another light show to keep ya informed and entertained without Lilo's rambling to drag along the running time (JK we miss Lilo who will be back regularly on Tuesday!). But we cover Overwatch's new character Brigitte, the teaser trailer for the Harry Potter Mystery mobile game, Sony monumentally screwing up the demo release of the upcoming Yakuza 6 game, Caffeine(Silicon Valley's Twitch) makes a content deal with the ESL, a homemade YuGiOh VR game, & Activision goes into its catalogue for more remasters. Then, to wrap up the show, Solo touches PUBG's continual failure to establish a proper spectator system, and H1Z1 leaving early access and pivoting its Battle Royale future on its new "Auto Royale" mode.

In Episode 19, Solo, left to fend for himself for Tuesday's episode following Lilo's sudden sabbatical, puts the team on his back, and delivers a mighty interesting show. For Tuesday, Feb, 27, we cover PUBG's playerbase declines over 10% in January, RARE talks about how Sea of Thieves viewership drove preorders, speculation on Overwatch Character 27, Google ARCore 1.0 is released for Android, DICE Award winners and more. Then to wrap things up, jump into some curious topics such as League of Legends NA LCS salaries averaging over 300 grand, Nintendo's eShop in violation of EU regulations, ReedPop acquires Gamer Network, & RIOT publishes drop rates for its loot boxes.

In episode 18, Solo & Lilo cover the week's top gaming stories. For Friday, February 23, they get into FACEIT hosting the next CS:GO major, the return of the Overwatch League, Nintendo's massive revenue earner in Fire Emblem's mobile game, new PUBG matchmaking system, a little bit of Twitch's vagueness problems, Burnout Paradise Remake's release, and wrap up with Rocket League DC DLC packs featuring two new batmobiles, as Solo properly teaches Lilo the two best versions of the vehicle in franchise history. Then for our main segment we touch on Apple's potential interest in gaming following recent patent applications, NRGSports decision to partner with Enjin and launch its own cryptocurrency token, how Fortnite learned to monetize effectively with Season passes, and lastly, how Discord and Twitch stack up against each other, and how Discord has found its own niche in B2B while Twitch's seems to be streaming content.

In Episode 17, Solo & Lilo discuss the week's toping gaming stories. Including the collapse of H1Z1's player base, LG entering the PC monitor market, Atari launching two cryptocurrencies, the launch of Twitch Community Rooms, The Super Mario Encyclopedia, MLB's place in the growing esports industry, what role Kickstarter plays in indie game funding, and an upcoming Supreme Court decision's effect on esports betting, & more. (48:24) For PT. Two, Lilo had the chance to speak with Matt Leacock, board game designer and creator of Forbidden Desert, Forbidden Island, and the Pandemic Series, considered arguably the greatest board game of all time. They discuss, obviously board games, but also passions, favorite video games, creative methods, and historical figures, and more.

In Episode 16, Solo and Lilo discuss the week's top gaming stories. This week, the super duo tries to format the show in a bit more of a professional manner, as well as to make some announcements about new segments coming up beginning next week. Then for Quick Scope, we focus on the return of the Sea of Thieves beta, Youtube TV acquiring Turner channels (TNT, TBS, etc), Spyro The Dragon getting remastered, and more. Then for our main segment we focus on five stories. The first a compilation of Overwatch related stories, including a free play weekend, PTR updates, Character 27, & OWL Stage 2 Playoff Changes. Then we discuss Sony giving PSN network data to the FBI, Twitch hitting peak concurrent numbers rivaling the biggest cable channels, the Loot Box issue doesn't seem to be going away and the & ESRB's conflict of interest becomes more obvious. And lastly, Xbox's free weekend and the introduction of party chat to iOs & Android.

In Episode 14, Solo & Lilo take a look at the week in gaming news. Including the dire state of Destiny 2 online play, how the upcoming OWL Stage 1 is structured, Year of the Dog legendary skins, the ability to change skins before games, & Geguri, the first female in the Overwatch league. Then we get into Activision-Blizzard's fourth quarter earnings, and how the company made more revenue on microtransactions than games. As well as on how Fortnite has surpassed PUBG as the most popular Battle Royale genre game.