Valve Declines Half-Life 2 Remake - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.22.19

Get your first refill pack free at http://getquip.com/games Get 15% off your first order at http://thirdlove.com/games Andrea joins Gary for Whitta Wednesday to discuss the NPD numbers for April, Ouya’s final death rattle, Valve’s decision to turn down a remake of Half-Life 2, and new details about Mario Kart Tour. Time Stamps - 00:02:45 - Housekeeping Greg and Tim are in Florida this week for Full Sail Hall of Fame! See them at their on-campus Meet and Greet Wednesday at 1 PM in the Building 3 EB Lobby. Then, catch them at their open-to-the-public meet and greet Wednesday! Details on Greg’s Twitter soon. Andrea will be in London this weekend at the What’s Good Games Meet Up on Sunday May 26th at the Marquis of Westminster from 3-6pm - see more details on her Twitter @andrearene or at Facebook.com/whatsgoodgames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack, Tom Bock, and Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:07:15 - MORTAL KOMBAT 11 AND DAYS GONE ARE THE BEST-SELLING GAMES OF APRIL 2019 - via IGN 00:24:10 - Ouya's game store closes for good next month - via Eurogamer - Tom Philips 00:30:18 - WORLD WAR Z STUDIO WANTED TO DO A REMAKE OF HALF-LIFE 2 - via IGN, Adam Bankhurst 00:42:48 - Mario Kart Tour’ Beta Locks Powerful ‘Rare’ Characters Behind Paywall - via Liz Lanier - Variety Gaming 00:49:17 - Require Reading! - Video games: A unifying force for the world https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/20/video-games-a-unifying-force-for-the-world/ 00:50:50 - Quip 00:52:25 - Third Love 00:53:46 - Out today Reader mail - 00:54:40 - So I ran across this article claiming THQ Nordic has close to 50 unannounced games in their development pipeline, and just at 80 games in development. Do you guys think this developmental shotgun approach could be successful for THQ Nordic in a critical sense, or that simply these games are destined to be mid-tier/smaller scale games?- DJBradChill 01:02:10 - Squad Up: Elliott(Xbox one) - Rellseli66 01:02:45 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s host: Fran and Andrea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices