It's time to explore the weird side of gaming this week, in the latest Big Week in Gaming for 23 May 2021! From Peppa Pig to Gucci-flavoured Roblox, there's no shortage of wacky antics going on with the Bigwig crew. Join integot, Mike & Swinny as they cover Starfield being Xbox exclusive, a new TimeSplitters announced after 16 years, Nintendo locking fast travel behind an amiibo - and our impressions of the new brainpunk RPG Scarlet Nexus.
Besides all that, integot finally gets his hands on Jason Schreier's latest book Press Reset - and the whole crew has a go at the indie mingleplayer maso-core platformer Cruel World. Find out which of us just wants to watch the world burn...
So take me down to Potato City, and check out these oinktacular attractions:
▸ Is Starfield an Xbox exclusive?
▸ Timesplitters is back! And so is Free Radical Design!
▸ And our review of Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
TIMECODES
00:00:00 Intro
00:28:46 Is Starfield No Longer On PS5? | Starfield 2021 News & Potential Release Date
00:36:54 WB Games Studios Being Split Up - What's Gonna Happen To NetherRealm & Rocksteady?
00:42:53 TimeSplitters Is Back! Free Radical Design Reforms For TimeSplitters 4
00:49:37 Nintendo Locks Fast Travel Behind New Skyward Sword amiibo! (Zelda & Loftwing)
00:59:00 New Peppa Pig Game Announced For Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox & PC
01:07:57 Gucci Garden In Roblox - Who Is This For?!
01:16:25 Bargain Bin w/c Sun 23 May 2021
01:22:09 Scarlet Nexus Demo Impressions - Bandai Namco's New Brainpunk RPG
01:28:55 Press Reset Review - New Jason Schreier Book On Game Development & Studio Closures
01:47:08 Cruel World Review - How Did We Act In Droqen's Game?
02:04:35 Outro
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