Heroes of the Storm 2.0, State of the AAA game industry, Switch Sales Numbers - News April 2017

Blizzard releases Heroes of the Storm 2.0 update. With this they changed the pricing model a little bit and added a lot of content. Also Cliff Bleszinski talks about the AAA Game Industry and its current state. We also talk a little bit about the Nintendo Switch sales numbers. All in this new Once Upon a Time in Games News Episode of April 2017.

If you would like to try out HotS, maybe now is a good time. They also have a lot of Overwatch heroes and a new Overwatch inspired map, that looks really interesting.

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Heroes of the Storm 2.0 Release Notes:

Heroes of the Storm Hero Bundle:

Heroes of the Storm 2.0 Trailer - Hanamura Showdown

Cliff Bleszinski talks about the state of the AAA Game Industry:

Mass Effect Andromeda Facial Animation Patch:

Tomb Raider disappointing with 3.4 Million sales:

China lifts console ban:

Nintendo Switch Sales:

Activision Blizzard separates from Vivendi:

Vivendi's hostile takeover of Ubisoft comes closer:

Call of Duty WWII Reveal Trailer:

Awesomenauts goes Free2Play Trailer:

Good Games for Free Video (Episode 1) - DotA-Likes:

Background music: Dark Souls III Menu/Title Theme ("Dark Souls III" by Yuka Kitamura)

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What do you think? Is the AAA Game Industry in bad shape and "unsustainable"? How do you like the new HotS 2.0 update? And are you interested in a video about innovation and iteration in game development? As mentioned at the end, I also plan for more Lord of the Rings Lore videos =)