On this edition of Video Games 2 the MAX hosts Sean Garmer and Marc Morrison are joined by Jens Dietrich in discussing Yakuza: Like a Dragon, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Yes Your Grace, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, and more.

Sean finally got a PlayStation 5 and he’s set it up and played some games on it too. Mainly Astro’s Playroom and Sackboy: A Big Adventure. He explains what makes each game unique and why Astro may be a better overall experience. Not to mention, going through some of his early experiences with the system and the Dualsense controller.

They also talk about the discourse around Cyberpunk 2077 reviews and how gamers should be a bit more understanding what reviewers have to go through to get out reviews of these big games in a timely manner.

Plus, the trio discuss the giant move by Warner Bros. to put their films on HBO Max for 2021 and the reaction by Christopher Nolan, Legendary Pictures, and AMC.

There’s also Scott Pilgrim: Complete edition coming next year, Persona 5: Strikers finally getting a western release date, and a discussion on Nintendo’s recent dealings with online tournaments.

Timestamps:

Intro: Ghost of Tsushima winning the Player’s Choice award and the Monster Hunter film removed in China due to a joke.

Games We Are Playing:

Sean gets a PlayStation 5, Sackboy: A Big Adventure and Astro’s Playroom (4:25)

Yes Your Grace (16:13)

Yakuza: Like a Dragon (18:50)

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla (33:20)

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (41:40)

Update on reviews for Cyberpunk 2077 and Immortals Fenyx Rising (50:15)

Headlines:

Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah leave Bioware (56:10)

Saga: Frontier Remastered announced and Project Athia is a 2 year PS5 exclusive (1:02:15)

Metal Gear Solid movie in development and Tom Holland at the Game Awards (1:08:50)

Entertainment News: Warner Bros bringing their entire 2021 slate of films to HBO Max (1:21:05)

Scott Pilgrim: Complete Edition coming January 14, 2021 (1:33:05)

Sony’s Bend Studio loses some folks, Neil Druckmann gets promoted, and Keiichiro Toyoma out at Sony Japan studio (1:36:00)

Persona 5: Strikers gets western release date and streaming Atlus games (1:41:35)

The Xbox Game Pass December 2020 lineup (1:53:45)

Nintendo and its dealings with the community (1:59:20)