Shacknews Dump - July 23, 2021

Published July 23, 2021 1:27 PM, by TJ Denzer

Well, that was certainly a week of gaming news, wasn’t it? But we aren’t about to shy away from our norm. It’s another weekend and we’ve got a Shacknews Dump to talk about. There are somber topics for sure, but we can also take slight comfort in the fact that the week wasn’t all bad.

On this July 23 episode of the Shacknews Dump, Blake comes back from vacation and we don’t have to keep coming up with Blake-ified nicknames for the fine folks who have stepped in to host in his absence. Perhaps (but not much) more importantly, there’s some big gaming news to talk about this week. Activision and Blizzard face allegations with all of the pomp and circumstance you’d expect out of ultra-large studios trying to protect their image. On the lighter side, Netflix continues to march towards its new gaming effort with details about how it will work.

Tune into the Shacknews Dump at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET as we discuss these and other notable gaming news stories this week on the Shacknews Twitch channel. You can also watch it below.

Here’s the rundown of topics coming up for discussion on today’s Shacknews Dump:

• California is suing Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment and discrimination charges
• EA Play Live 2021 was actually pretty good?
• Netflix (NFLX) games will be mobile-focused & bundled into regular subscriptions
• Amazon's New World closed beta client is allegedly killing some GPUs
• Samurai Gunn 2 early access impressions: Samurai funn
• Psychonauts 2 hands-on preview: Matinee of mental gymnastics
• Aliens: Fireteam Elite hands-on preview: They mostly come at night... mostly
• Elon Musk confirms personal Bitcoin, Ethereum & Dogecoin holdings, 'I might pump, but I don't dump'

As always, we’d like to thank everyone who tunes into the Shacknews Dump and other ShackStream productions like it. Your support and engagement continue to make these livestreams all the more worthwhile. If you’d like to help support projects like the Shacknews Dump, consider following and subscribing to the Shacknews Dump. It helps us to keep the wheels greased and turning, and if you happen to have an Amazon Prime account, you can even link it to your Twitch account through Prime Gaming to get a free subscription each month. Shacknews would be happy to take it off your hands if you have no better place to put it.

The Shacknews Dump is going to rip this band-aid off as we often do, but there’s plenty of good things to talk about today. Be sure to tune in as we go live shortly.