In the wake of Activision Blizzard’s PR nightmare, Riot Games announces a whole stack of new games, Fortnite enters it’s second chapter, Konami continues sabotaging its reputation with a new pachinko machine, and Alex takes us back to the inception of humankind with a lot to say about “Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey.”
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League of Legends: Wild Rift YouTube: “League of Legends: Wild Rift Announce Trailer” (youtu.be/e2TZAAQmGho)
Riot Games: “Project A” (www.riotgames.com/en/project-a)
Nexus: “Introducing LOL ESports Manager” (nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2019/1…rts-manager/)
Legends of Runeterra: (playruneterra.com/en-us/)
Polygon: “League of Legends fighting game is Riot’s ‘Project L'” (www.polygon.com/2019/10/15/209157…ject-l-riot-games)
Polygon: “Blizzard postpones event in Taiwan amid Hong Kong protests” (www.polygon.com/2019/10/17/209195…ong-kong-protests)
PCGamesN: “Reality is now content to parody itself, so Konami announces a Silent Hill slot machine” (www.pcgamesn.com/silent-hill-slot-machine)
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The Emerald GamesCast is a weekly video game news and discussion podcast from the Emerald Podcast Network with an industry focus. Hosted by three best friends, each episode will provide the listener with a week’s worth of gaming headlines and conversation about current releases. Guests welcome, scripts discouraged and passion essential. Episodes come out Tuesdays.
Podcast editor Danny Latoni produced and edited this podcast. Graphic: Regan Nelson/Emerald. Theme music is “Flamingo (Azureflux Remix)” by Kero Kero Bonito (freemusicarchive.org/music/Kero_Ker…zureflux_remix), modified under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).