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Is Call of Duty Cooked? | Ubisoft's Hilarious Launch | Gamified 174

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Gamified
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Aug 31, 2026
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6526
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Summary

Is this year’s Gamescom a bust and is the entire industry on hold until GTA VI? Is the sour sentiment on gaming really just the XBOX implosion? Ubisoft's $10 Heroes of Might and Magic Complete Edition shadowdrop shipped a broken 23KB dummy exe instead of the game, souring Steam reviews before the real files appeared 11 hours later Are we witnessing the death of a dynasty and the end of CoD’s reign as the king of console? How do you make the Epic Games Store stop sucking? CHAPTERS: 2:42 - Gamescom Showcase | Sentiment Score 24:11 - Gamespocalypse Finally Over? | Buy or Sell? 57:07 - Ubisoft’s Big Oops | What’s the Word 1:07:37 - Call of Duty’s Shooter Dominance | Sentiment Score 1:31:48 - How Does Epic Games Win? | Board Room Watch instead of listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJSzLrSYA5A HOST: Chris Heatherly - Ex-Disney / Ex-NBCUniversal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisheatherly/ PANEL: Joe Ferencz — Gamefam Founder - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeferencz/ Colan Neese - Screen Engine / mindGAME Data - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colanneese/ Robin Boyar - thinktank / Ex-EA - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-boyar/ Kohji Nagata -Parallel - https://x.com/ParallelTCGpod Gnoc - Digital Collectors Club - https://x.com/itsGnoc Tony Valcarcel - Makko.ai - https://x.com/Tvalc