The 8bA Podcast is a podcast bringing you the latest and greatest geeky news of the past week.

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Captain America 4. Marvel announced that the film will be retitled “Brave New World.”

Critical Role. Critical Role’s joint collaboration of a Zelda one-shot with Nintendo is available on YouTube. The adventure features Liam O’Brien, Emily Axford, Omar Najam, Robbie Daymond, Marisha Ray, and Matthew Mercer as GM. The adventure uses a Powered by the Apocalypse hack co-developed with Nintendo Treehouse.

Diablo 4. Much anticipated Blizzard ARPG has finally released on PC, PS5, and Xbox. The first player to reach Hardcore level 100 had their character perma-killed due to a disconnect form the server – Blizzard, as an anti-cheat measure, kills your character when you DC.

Everybody 1-2-Switch. A sequel to the glorified tech demo Switch launch title has been announced, releasing June 30th. It will feature similar wacky gameplay as the original.

Microsoft. The Xbox maker will pay $20M in fines after settling with the FTC after it was found to be illegally collecting data from children on Xbox. COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) stipulates that online service providers must notify parents of their intentions and seek consent before they can collect and use personal information from children under 13. Microsoft maintains that the data was never used, shared, or monetized, and that the procedures that led to the collection and retention of such data has been updated in compliance.

Pastel Joycons. Nintendo announced two new pastel Joycon sets that will release June 30th. The sets are dual-colored, with a purple and green set and a pink and yellow set. They will retail for $80.

Spider-Man 4. Tom Holland confirmed with Variety that talks about the film had officially begun, but they’ve halted the process in solidarity with the ongoing writers’ strike.

The One Ring. Public bid announcements have started for the soon-to-be-released 1/1 printing of The One Ring from the upcoming Magic: the Gathering x Lords of the Rings crossover set. This particular printing is foil, full art, and written in Elvish. Based on a video upload from WotC, the card is already starting to curl.

Witcher. Doug Cockle, voice actor for Geralt in The Witcher games, revealed that he is being treated for prostate cancer. He says treatment is going well, and encourages men over 50 to get a PSA test.

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