97: Appalling But Not Surprising

HammerCast

Destiny gets on the slow reveal train. Google tries to sell us on "negative latency." Blizzard bends the knee to China and triggers a PR firestorm.

WRUP

• Noita
• Overwatch
• Planet Zoo Beta
• Destiny 2 Shadowkeep
• Oxygen Not Included
• Mini Motorways
• The Enchanted World

NOTES

• Destiny x Palladium boots
• Bungie's building something in Destiny 2's Tower and nobody knows what
• Stardew Valley 1.4 will "add some depth to post-marriage life"
• Google wants to reduce Stadia lag with "negative latency"
• An Update on Next-Gen: PlayStation 5 Launches Holiday 2020 - Sony PlayStation Blog
• PS5 dev kit render based on design leak
• Blizzard pulls Blitzchung from Hearthstone esports tournament over support for Hong Kong protests
• Blizzard employees walked out in protest following pro-Hong Kong player ban
• Popular Hearthstone caster quits in protest of Blizzard's Hong Kong punishment
• Protesters are trying to get Overwatch banned in China, using memes of popular hero Mei

THIS WEEK'S HOSTS

• Joe Hollis
• Duane Sibilly
• Mike Wuerthele

MUSIC CREDITS

Music for this episode of HammerCast is Mega Hyper Ultrastorm by Kevin McLeod of incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.