God Rolls - Microsoft Monopoly, Gunsmith Dump, Call Of Duty's Future
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Oh hello there. It’s time for another new installment of God Rolls, and this week, we actually DO have some literal god rolls to talk about, given the demand that we turn in all our Gunsmith Materials to Banshee. But good luck getting what you want… Also some uh, minor, earthshattering industry news.
What I’m Playing: Essentially nothing but Lost Ark this week. I have a review copy I’m playing on the PTS, but weirdly, I can’t really talk about it until embargo, even though they had a giant beta test that was practically the whole game. Anyway (based on the beta), it’s good, it will scratch the Diablo itch to a certain extent.
What I’m Watching: The Yellowjackets finale did not disappoint. Get Showtime for a trial week or month and binge it and cancel if you must. I did all of Archive 81 on Netflix this past week which was okay. 3 episodes of 7 of the new season of Ozark done so far. Sundays are for Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan and Euphoria.
Alright, the recap:
Destiny
The 'Destiny 2' Gunsmith God Rolls To Hunt When You Dump All Your Materials - The drop rates are not in your favor, but here’s some of the best world loot to hunt when you’re turning things in.
‘Destiny 2’ Unveils 5% Of A Fix For Blue Drop Overload - Needless to say I was not super jazzed about Bungie’s proposed fix for blue drops, even though I suppose it’s technically better than nothing.
Here Are The 26 ‘Destiny 2’ Weekly Bounties You Should Save For Witch Queen Leveling - If you are planning ahead for The Witch Queen, you can save these weekly bounties for a lot of XP to level the artifact quickly.
Other Games
Microsoft Is Buying Activision Blizzard For $70 Billion, A Colossal Purchase For Xbox - Oh yeah maybe you heard about the small development in the video game industry that is the largest acquisition in history by a factor of ten.
Sony Cannot ‘Answer’ The Death Star Microsoft Is Building For Xbox - All this talk of Sony needing to “answer” Microsoft after this move is pretty misguided.
Xbox's Phil Spencer Explicitly Says 'Call Of Duty' Will Remain On PlayStation - Phil Spencer made it pretty clear COD is not leaving PlayStation, but everyone is still trying to parse his exact phrasing.
Square Enix 2022 Preview Lists ‘Outriders’ Expansion, Not ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ - Square Enix didn’t mention Avengers at all when laying out its 2022 content plans, and the game is late in delivering a roadmap. What’s going on?
YouTube
Talking about what I think the Outriders expansion is going to be like:
A video of me dumping all my Gunsmith Materials and possibly deleting a few god rolls:
Talking about the initial news of the Microsoft Activision acquisition:
Evie, what’s your take on the increasingly monopolistic state of the gaming industry?
Well said.
See ya.