Joystiq Podcast 127 - Share the Blast edition
When a week's been this heavy on exciting news in the video game industry there's only one podcast you can turn to. Then you can turn to other ones. But then, after all that turning (assuming you haven't puked from the dizziness) you can turn to the Joystiq Podcast. We've got all your X10 and EA and Activision financial talk, plus some MAG, BioShock 2 and Mass Effect 2 chat. Plus, naturally, so much more.
Thanks to Kyle Collis for the upsetting and frankly pretty obscure photoshopping. Oh, and this is probably our worst intro ever. Sorry in advance.
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See all of this week's links (and what games we played) after the jump.
What're You Playing?
Justin: BioShock 2, Heavy Rain
Ludwig:BioShock 2
Chris: MAG, Mass Effect 2
NEWS:
X10:
XBLA Prices: Perfect Dark, Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal
X10: Fable 3 impressions (spoiler: we're not pissed off)
Final Fantasy XIII Special Edition Xbox 360 Bundle includes 250GB hard drive, will cost $399
X10: 'Dead Rising 2: Case Zero' prologue launching exclusively on Xbox Live
Halo: Reach beta dated May 3, only for ODST owners
January NPD: Mass Effect 2 debuts at #2, hardware is down.
Luxoflux shuttered as layoffs hit Activision dev studios, publisher confirms
Activision reports $113m in profits for 2009; 2010 game plan is predictable
EA: Something 'far-reaching' coming for Mass Effect in early 2011
New Dragon Age in early 2011 on consoles, handhelds & PC
EA loses $82 million in fiscal Q3 2010, revenue down 25%
Jonas Chat