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#67 - Skull and Bones Open Beta First Impressions, Disney buys stake in Fortnite, Live Service Shennanigans!!!!

Season 3, Ep. 67

This week on the Discerning Gamer, we give our first impressions of Skull and Bones in the Open Beta that went live last week, We talk news headlines with Steely and talk about the Disney stake bought in Fortnite, Upcoming XBOX vision for the future and Discuss how Nintendo switch is now the best selling console of all time in it's home country of Japan.


Novelty Segment for this week, What was your favourite game from 2017?

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