Summary: Stadia tries to predict players movements to prevent lag, Blizzard takes a hard stance that Epic says they oppose. Sony lays off people and announces some new info on the upcoming PlayStation 5. We talk about life and what happens when you’re traveling and unable to play games. And Bear springs a shocking surprise on Cricket that entirely derails him for the rest of the show! All this and more on today’s episode! Sources: Epic and Blizzard Disagree Blizzard prevents account deletion Newly announced PS5 info Stadia uses "Negative Lag" to reduce lag Sony lays off people and makes announcements We also discuss our Game Pass Roulette games and answer some listener questions. Let’s just keep some links below for previous topics, still worth reading if you haven’t looked into them! Gears 5 Horde Mode (DualShockers article) Empire of Sin - Trailer Ghost War - The 4v4 mode in Ghost Recon Breakpoint Kotaku Article covering Inside Xbox Mutant Year Zero Joe Danger - Special Edition >Observer_ Check out the Amazon links below if any of the games sound fun to you! It’s a great way to support TOC without costing you a dime! Two Rooms and a Boom The Resistance - Board Game Ultimate Werewolf - Social Deduction Game Betrayal At House on the Hill - Board Game Dead of Winter - Board Game Secret Hitler - Social Deduction Game Battlestar Galactica - The Board Game Spyfall - Card Game Spyfall 2 - 12 Player Game Hanabi Card Game Saboteur Come join The Collective! https://www.theoffsetcollective.com/ https://discord.me/theoffsetcollective #WeAreTOC Activision is being all Activisiony, Fortnite has changed their matchmaking algorithms in a huge way, and we have thoughts. Minecraft has a new Nether update coming, and we believe it’ll be super neato. Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC! Woot! Finally! (Like either of us have a PC that’ll run it….) PS4 System update looks nice. There’s an Android vulnerability, and we discuss whether or not you should be worried. All this and more on today’s episode! Sources: Minecraft Nether Update Fortnight Matchmaking Revamp RDR 2 Coming to PC Nintendo Switch 2 Leak PS4 System 7 Update We also discuss our Game Pass Roulette games and answer some listener questions. Let’s just keep some links below for previous topics, still worth reading if you haven’t looked into them! Gears 5 Horde Mode (DualShockers article) Empire of Sin - Trailer Ghost War - The 4v4 mode in Ghost Recon Breakpoint Kotaku Article covering Inside Xbox Mutant Year Zero Joe Danger - Special Edition >Observer_ Check out the Amazon links below if any of the games sound fun to you! It’s a great way to support TOC without costing you a dime! Two Rooms and a Boom The Resistance - Board Game Ultimate Werewolf - Social Deduction Game Betrayal At House on the Hill - Board Game Dead of Winter - Board Game Secret Hitler - Social Deduction Game Battlestar Galactica - The Board Game Spyfall - Card Game Spyfall 2 - 12 Player Game Hanabi Card Game Saboteur Come join The Collective! https://www.theoffsetcollective.com/ https://discord.me/theoffsetcollective #WeAreTOC
