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A Tech Affair episode 259: Windows 10 support, Death Stranding 2 and F1: The Movie
by Florian Bodoky
A Tech Affair episode 187: Xbox games on PS5, Apple's new App Stores, "Grounded II" and "Final Fantasy VII Rebirth"
8.2.2024
Translation: machine translated
Many well-known Xbox exclusives are to come to the PS5 - the end of the Xbox? Why does Apple have multiple app stores? What happened behind the scenes at "Naughty Dog" and will the FF7 remake be as good as everyone hopes?
Disney buys Epic Games, the developer studio of «Fortnite» - for 1.5 billion US dollars. This is how they want to build a «Metaverse». Of course, they call it something else. Speaking of names: Xbox boss Phil Spencer is inviting the Community to a «business update». According to rumours, he wants to explain if, when and which Xbox games will be available on the PS5 - even «Starfield» and the new «Indiana Jones» game are said to be affected. Universal Music is less keen on too many platforms: they are withdrawing all their content from TikTok. Apple is also not keen on additional platforms - but they have to, because the Digital Markets Act means there will soon be additional app stores for iOS.
Shortly before the launch of a game, it's crunch time at the development studios «» . The documentary «Grounded II» on YouTube shows what it was like at Naughty Dog shortly before the release of «The Last of Us 2». The dream job in game development suffers at the latest when you've seen this one. There are almost as many punches to the gut in Netflix's German feature film production «60 minutes». Cagefighter Octavio has to run across Berlin within 60 minutes and beat up the henchmen of the betting mafia at the same time - a mix of «Run Lola Run» and «John Wick».
Hopefully the developers of «Final Fantasy VII Rebirth» had a gentler «Crunchtime» in mind. The long-awaited remake of the 1997 JRPG has the potential to be a huge hit. The demo was certainly convincing.
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Disney buys Epic Games - [00:12:38]
Xbox games on the PS5? - [00:28:45] Universal removes its music from TikTok
- [00:41:48] Apple must allow sideloading
- [00:51:59] Film tip: «Grounded II»
- [01:07:06] Film tip 2: «60 minutes»
- [01:13:28] Game tip: «Final Fantasy VII Rebirth»
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