Round 24 - Boxes Within Boxes

Date aired: 

15 May 2015

Show Length: 

02:20:18

Around the World:  00:08:35

  • Steam Workshop allows paid mods...for about 24 hours; started with Skyrim, community backlash caused retraction
  • Goat-Z expansion to Goat Simulator adds survival-horror, zombies
  • 32-game 3D Realms bundle on Steam (29 of which have Steam debut); most already on GOG
  • GOG launches Steam-like game management storefront Galaxy (in beta); completely DRM-free
  • Oculus Rift targeting 1 2016 for first consumer hardware release
  • Koji Igarashi kickstarts Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstaned; initial goal of $500k met in 30 minutes
  • Nintendo World Championships to return at E3 2015
  • Konami to shift focus to mobile games
  • Malware discovered in some GTA V mods
  • Wildstar to reach Steam as F2P?
  • Candy Crush Saga to ship as a default install on Windows 10
  • Diablo 3 receives long-awaited cow level
  • Rainbow Six: Siege to be released 13 October
  • HonorBuddy WoW bot detectable, thousands banned; creator disappears
  • Grandia II remake to be released on Steam
  • Mirror's Edge 2 to be released early 2016
  • Yooka-Laylee, Banjo-Kazooie successor, unsuprisingly getting massive crowdfunding

Bonus Level 1:  01:10:30

Personal Gaming:  01:25:13

Bonus Level 2:  01:33:28

Ad-hoc Design: 01:42:43

  • Rube Goldberg-esque endless runner
  • Endless puzzle / minigame dungeon crawler
  • Programmable side-scrolling shmup

Full date: 

Fri, 15 May 2015 19:00:00 CDT