The PS3 & Vita PSNs Survive & LEGO Luigi Leaks - Today's News Tonight (4/19/2021)

Today's episode is sponsored by The Game Orb! Please check out and subscribe to their channel:    / @thegameorb2823   Make sure to also take a look at and subscribe to their friend Galactic Reaper's channel:    / @galacticreaper1405   We're kicking off a new week with episode 76 of Today's News Tonight, in which we're joined by gaming content creator and all-around man of culture Naveed Mohebbi to chat about Sony shockingly walking back -- or at least delaying for the foreseeable future -- their decision to permanently shut down the PS3's and PS Vita's respective PlayStation Stores, the recently-leaked existence of an upcoming LEGO Luigi set, Amazon canceling development on the Lord of the Rings MMO they had been working on with Tencent due to a dispute between the two companies, Days Gone's creative director venting about lost sales and players needing to buy games at full price if they want sequels to those games, and more! Check out more from Naveed Mohebbi: YouTube:    / @naveedmohebbi   Twitch:   / naveedmohebbi   Twitter:   / naveed_mohebbi   Instagram:   / naveedmohebbi   Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 5:32 - Amazon has canceled development of their Lord of the Rings MMO due to a dispute with partner Tencent -- but the possibility remains open for Tencent to make the game on their own 12:37 - Turns out Pokkén Tournament is what led to Bandai Namco working on New Pokémon Snap, for which they consulted the developers of the original Pokémon Snap 24:44 - Days Gone creative director John Garvin vents about lost sales and the need for players to purchase the games they love at full price if they want to see sequels to those games get made 33:57 - The existence of a LEGO Luigi set has been leaked, and now we have pictures too! 40:41 - Footage of the Sonic 2 movie's filming has appeared online, revealing a "Mean Bean Coffee" shop Easter egg and more 45:51 - SEGA is reportedly launching a new Pokémon arcade game in Japan (though it's probably not the kind of arcade game you're thinking of) 58:53 - Celeste developer Extremely OK Games have revealed the title of their next game, Earthblade, alongside releasing a teaser image and song from the project 1:03:19 - After furious backlash, Sony have reversed their decision to shut down the PlayStation Stores on PS3 and PS Vita this summer (though the PSP's Store is still closing on July 2) 1:17:21 - Outro and where to find Naveed Mohebbi Sources: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/sta... https://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/13... https://nintendoeverything.com/pokken... https://www.videogameschronicle.com/n...   / 1383853884003606529     / 1383558867959771137   https://twitter.com/yvrshoots/status/... https://www.nintendolife.com/news/202... https://exok.com/posts/2021-04-19-ear... https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/... --- Support GVG on Patreon!   / gvgaming   Follow GVG on Twitter: •   / gvgofficial   •   / bitnerd_   •   / ashpaulsen   •   / stevembowling   #playstation #legoluigi #sonic2movie