# Summer Games Done Quick and some depressing industry news Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/blizzard-watch-1030840/summer-games-done-quick-and-some-depressing-industry-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/blizzard-watch-1030840/summer-games-done-quick-and-some-depressing-industry-news.md Podcast: [Blizzard Watch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blizzard-watch-1030840) Published: 2026-07-10T15:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/blizzardwatch/episodes/bwp-589 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/656a381dff3911001256c7bf/e/6a4ef6111c8f5a97d88d7f6c/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blizzard-watch-1030840/episodes/summer-games-done-quick-and-some-depressing-industry-news Duration seconds: 3610 ## Resource The new Zul'jan quest line just went live, so we're looking forward to  World of Warcraft  patch 12.1, which includes a new Player Housing exterior. Maybe. We hope. And we're not Monkey's Paw-ing this thing either, so don't act like we said it and that's why it's on the store. We already firmly rejected that possibility, so it is not on us if it goes down like that. Speaking of Monkey's Paws, Summer Games Done Quick is live, and Microsoft took that as a challenge, seeing if they could finish games as a whole really quickly by firing 20% of Xbox employees. This included closing many iconic game studios, some of which are going independent (again), and some being bought out by another party. There are some silver linings here, but it's a tough summer for people who make or enjoy games. A new  Hearthstone  expansion also released this week, so we have the lowdown on Escape from Violet Hold. It involves a jailbreak and Vanessa Van Cleef, so we're going out on a high note. If you have a few minutes, please fill out our survey to tell us what you think about the podcast. This data is collected by our podcast host, Acast, and will be used to help us improve the show as well as attract potential sponsors. Your answers are completely anonymous. We appreciate your help! If you enjoy the show, please support us on Patreon , where you can get these episodes early and ad-free! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blizzard-watch-1030840/episodes/summer-games-done-quick-and-some-depressing-industry-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/blizzard-watch-1030840/summer-games-done-quick-and-some-depressing-industry-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.