Caffeinate With Samuel Adams: Daily Gaming News

Red Dead has broken the record for the biggest opening weekend ever for an entertainment product. Let that sink in. Here are today's stories: - Red Dead Redemption 2 had the biggest opening weekend of any entertainment product - Red Dead Redemption 2's HDR support seems to serve no real purpose - Apple Says the New iPad Pro Is as Powerful as an Xbox One S - PlayStation 4 sales are actually speeding up - Nintendo Switch passes the GameCube in lifetime sales - Dante's Inferno highlights November's otherwise meh Games with Gold selection - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct coming this Thursday Follow me on social media! Twitter: twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: www.instagram.com/samueladamsmedia/

Caffeinate is streamed live on twitch.tv/SamuelAdamsLIVE weeknights at 7pm ET! Here are today's stories: - Sony reveals the complete list of PlayStation Classic games - Red Dead Redemption 2 companion app points to PC version of the game - Spider-Man sells 2.17 million digitally in September, Destiny 2: Forsaken overtakes Fortnite in consumer spending – report - Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Bundle Listed By Retailers - Rumor: Has the Cutoff Date for Physical Vita Games Been Extended? - Ninja will be streaming Fortnite in Times Square on New Year’s Eve - Images of prototype mobile Xbox controllers surface - Wiimote prototypes surface, and they’re a perfect throwback - PS4 owners can try ‘Tetris Effect’ for free on November 1st - Call of Duty's 15th Anniversary Follow me on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samueladamsmedia/

Today's episode marks Caffeinate's debut on twitch.tv/SamuelAdamsLIVE, the new home for the live stream! Here are today's stories: - TwitchCon: Snapchat, Squad Streams and everything else new coming to Twitch - Twitch Adds 235,000 Streamers to Revenue Program in 2018, 6,800 Partners - MediEvil for PS4 will be a full remake, first trailer coming Oct. 31 - Three ‘Resident Evil’ classics are heading to the Nintendo Switch - A glut of great games join the PlayStation hits range, including Uncharted, Until Dawn and more - World War 3 sells 100,000 units in 2 days - Pokémon Go will finally track your walking distance in the background - Team Sonic Racing now delayed until Spring 2019 - Twitch Streamer Locks Himself In A Cage For 30 Days [UPDATE] Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Red Dead Redemption 2 reviews round-up, all the scores - Potentially broken Metacritic records - RDR2 - Red Dead Redemption 2 looks and plays best on Xbox One X - CS:GO pro caught cheating gets five-year ban - Michael Jordan Enters Esports, Invests In Team Liquid's Parent Company - Alan Wake Finally Available Again on Steam, Soon Returning to Xbox Store - Sea of Thieves is getting the next expansion, Shrouded Spoils, in November - Microsoft CEO reveals Xbox Game Pass is heading to PC - Fortnite's First Real-Life Nerf Blaster Announced Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Battlefield 5’s battle royale mode not launching until spring 2019 - Battlefield 5 developer gets banned in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for – presumably – being too good - Epic Games Opening New Studios in Australia and New Zealand - Fortnite’s Halloween Event Released, Then Removed Because Of Issues [Update: It's Working Again] - NPD Reports for September 2018 - Red Dead Redemption 2 app lets you explore game's world in Android, iOS - Vatican launches Pokémon Go-like game where you collect Catholic saints - Fake Ultra Rare Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Leads To Arrest Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Drake now co-owns a professional e-sports organization - Nike Signs Its First eSports Star - Epic is enabling glider re-deploys in all Fortnite game modes - Nintendo is bringing Labo to elementary school classrooms - Developers throw in the towel on free-to-play shooter Dirty Bomb - Oculus Rift 2 is still happening, says Facebook - Sega's Retro Initiative Close To Bringing Dreamcast Games To Switch - The Halloween, Autumn and Winter Steam sale dates have apparently leaked - Battlefield 1 Premium Pass is free for the next week Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC in 2019, according to retailer - Fortnite's Save The World Mode Not Going Free To Play In 2018 - World War 3 technical issues plague early access launch, The Farm 51 working hard on fixes - Tekken 7 Sells 3 Million Copies, Series Total Up To 47 Million - Ubisoft to terminate online services for Just Dance 2018 on last-gen consoles - Studio Head Jade Raymond Leaves EA - Tetris World Championship won by 16-year old Joseph Saelee - In Wake of Overtime Debate, Rockstar Tells Employees OT Not Mandatory Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Days Gone delayed two months - CS:GO team disbanded after player is caught cheating - Skybound looking to bring back ex-Telltale staff to complete The Walking Dead: The Final Season - GameWisp is Saying Goodbye - Future Publishing to close GamesMaster and GamesTM magazines - Spider-Man PS4 just got New Game+ and more trophies - Black Ops 4’s Black Market is now available on PS4, PC and Xbox One to follow next week - 2K quietly removes NBA Playgrounds from digital storefronts - Nintendo Switch Gets Three New GameCube-Like Controllers For Smash Bros. Ultimate Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Red Dead Redemption 2 Developers Speak Out After Rockstar Lifts Social Media Ban - Independent Game Shops Told They Won't Get Red Dead Redemption 2 Until November - Bethesda responds to perceived Fallout 76 Brotherhood of Steel timeline discrepancy - Black Ops 4 Opening Weekend Sales Hit $500 Million - Fallout 76 Platinum Edition costs $115, doesn't include Fallout 76 - Orange Box, Left 4 Dead get 4K enhancements on Xbox One X - Former President Barack Obama Does Not Care About Pokémon Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Limited edition Xbox One makes Taco Bell ‘bong’ noise at startup - Phone Manufacturer Huawei Takes Specific Aim At Nintendo Switch - Red Dead Redemption 2 comes on 2 discs, according to Japanese box art - You Can Start Preloading Red Dead Redemption II On Friday - Loot Play is a monthly game service made up of indie titles from Loot Crate - Sega May Be Hinting That Sonic Colors Is Coming To PC - 'Hitman 2' will let everyone kill Sean Bean Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - The Discord game store is now open - Sony says it fixed message bug that crashed PS4s - Spider-Man’s first DLC adds more story next week - Epic sues YouTubers for using and selling Fortnite cheats - Almost everyone who sent the FCC a unique comment last year favored net neutrality - Xbox One can run Crysis, starting today Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Passes Away At 65 - Rockstar Clarifies Statement About 100-Hour Work Weeks for Red Dead Redemption 2 - Black Ops 4 physical launch sales lowest Call of Duty has seen for a decade - “We are aware of the situation” – Sony aims to fix PS4 viral message exploit - Destiny 2: Forsaken will include previous expansions, starting tomorrow - Sony is hiring for its next gen PS5 campaign - ‘Diablo III’-Themed Nintendo Switch Bundle Hits Next Month - Limited $1,350 Game Boy Jordans Are More For Admiring Than Buying Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Bethesda opens Russia office - 'Doom' co-creator John Carmack ends legal fight with ZeniMax - Blizzard is actively working on Diablo 3 cross-platform play [UPDATE (NOT)] - Fallout 76 Hype Campaign Wants You to Actually Visit West Virginia - Battering ram-equipped Quadbikes are on the way to Fortnite - ‘Ring of Elysium’ to Get New Map, EU Servers Post Early Access Launch - EA is exploring Command & Conquer remasters to celebrate 25th anniversary - Ninja teaches Ellen to play Fortnite, it does not go well Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Fortnite Android Released For Free To All, No Invite Needed - For Honor surpasses 15 million players mark ahead of the Marching Fire update - Ubisoft's free-to-play Assassin's Creed spin-off is out next month on iOS and Android - Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 more anticipated than Red Dead Redemption 2 this holiday – survey - Microsoft is rolling out Xbox Avatars today - Uber Eats will deliver a free copy of COD with your cod and chips Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - PSN name changes are ‘coming soon’ - Assassin's Creed Odyssey Has the Franchise's Best Launch Sales of This Generation - Acclaimed Farming Sim ‘Stardew Valley’ Coming to iOS in October - Nintendo Switch Online now includes an easier version of 'Zelda' - 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 4' Blackout Map Reveals Most Active Locations - The Witcher Netflix Series Casts Ciri, Yennefer And Other Supporting Roles - RUMOUR: Casting Calls for Bully 2 May Have Been Released - The first Overwatch Lego set is a blocky Bastion Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Sources: Microsoft Is Close To Buying Obsidian - Sony finally goes on the record to say it's working on a PS4 successor - Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Requires 50GB Day One Patch - Fortnite is getting a physical release that costs $30 - Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 join Xbox One backward-compatible games library - Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice physical edition launches December 4 - Borderlands 2 VR Coming To PlayStation 4 In December Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Microsoft’s new Xbox game cloud-streaming tech is Project xCloud - Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be completed by Skybound Games - Guerrilla recruits Rainbow Six: Siege multiplayer devs for unannounced game - Fortnite dev Epic Games buys anti-cheat firm Kamu - Epic to launch "Support-A-Creator" Fortnite initiative - Sony’s backwards compatibility patent may not actually be for PS5 - Spider-Man Has One Of The Highest Platinum Trophy Completion Rates For A Major PS4 Game - Guacamelee! 2 comes to Switch this December, Super Turbo Championship Edition available now Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - EA is 'closely monitoring' rape allegations against FIFA 19 cover athlete Cristiano Ronaldo - Amazon's New MMO Leaked on PornHub - Scammers are targeting Fortnite cheaters with data-stealing malware - Red Dead Redemption 2: PS4 Early Access Content Revealed - Hollow Knight, Hitman and 7 Days to Die are in November’s Humble Bundle - No Man's Sky now has motorbikes - Nintendo could make a playable Game Boy phone case Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Telltale just laid off its last remaining employees - Game Developers Say They're Preparing For PSN Name Changes - Rumor: Nintendo Releasing A New Switch Model In Second Half Of 2019 - November PlayStation Plus games include Bulletstorm, Yakuza Kiwami - Rumor: Rocksteady’s Next Title Will Be a New Batman: Arkham Game - Warner Bros. will distribute Cyberpunk 2077 in North America - Red Dead Redemption 2 Map Holds the Entire First Game’s Map and More - Shadow Warrior 2 is free on GOG for the next 48 hours - Hollywood Is Making A Live-Action Mega Man Movie Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia

Caffeinate is streamed live weekdays on YouTube.com/SamuelAdamsMedia! Here are today's stories: - Tencent testing facial recognition to enforce playtime restrictions in China - Mike Morhaime Steps Down As Blizzard President, J. Allen Brack Taking His Place - BlizzCon 2018 Schedule Released, Could Hint at Big Things for Diablo - Ubisoft says it's 'fighting for resources' for new Splinter Cell - NES – Nintendo Switch Online adds NES Open Tournament Golf, Solomon’s Key, and Super Dodge Ball on October 10 - 13 million PUBG accounts have been banned since mid-2017 - Pringles Flavored Ramen And Noodles Exist In Japan Follow me on social media! Twitter: http://twitter.com/prettychillguy Instagram: http://instagram.com/SamuelAdamsMedia Facebook: http://facebook.com/SamuelAdamsMedia