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Episode 607: PC and xCloudEpisode 607: PC and xCloud
This week’s episode is double-sized, because the previous week’s episode was… pretty bad. Who knows? Maybe we’ll air it some week when we’re unable to post a new episode.
This week’s news includes:
- Xbox Cloud Gaming for PC beta invites sent out
- Rumor: Battlefield 6 not coming to Xbox One or PS4
- BioShock 4 job listings appear to confirm an open world and sidequests
- Civilization 6’s final free game update adds three new units, two new maps, and more
- Nintendo says it will focus on more original game series in the future
All this and listener feedback. Post your own feedback here at Facebook.
Episode 255: The Darkness II ContestEpisode 255: The Darkness II Contest
Dan Quick returns again to cover for Paul Nowak, and this week, the Gaming Podcast is offering free copies of The Darkness II Limited Edition, which comes with the main game and some free DLC. The guys are giving away an Xbox 360 version and a PlayStation 3 version. To win, just listen to the podcast and post what your favorite scary movie is.
The game news this week includes:
- Ex-SCEE senior VP Phil Harrison joins Microsoft’s European team
- DOOM developer John Romero has “plans” for “old school” shooter
- EA defends Mass Effect 3 From Ashes DLC data being on disc
- Notch settles with Bethesda over “Scrolls” trademark
- DICE: 2GB RAM won’t be enough for next gen consoles
- Angry Birds theme park to open in Finland
- GAME puts itself up for sale, GameStop interested
- Diablo III release date announcement “in a few days“, no PvP in launch version
And yes, they know that the announcement was just made today – May 15th release date for Diablo III.
The contest to win either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version of The Darkness II will run this and next week, with the winners announced in Episode 257.
Episode 321: Always Chaotic GoodEpisode 321: Always Chaotic Good
This week, Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss a little pen-and-paper Dungeons & Dragons, while the Gaming Flashback this week is the Microsoft Xbox, ending the coverage of the sixth generation consoles in the past few podcasts.
This week’s news includes:
- All PS Vitas $199 at Target August 18th to the 24th
- Communist border crossing immigration official sim Papers, Please! now available
- New Jersey court approves used game lawsuit against GameStop
- Wasteland 2 dynamic NPC interaction detailed
This week’s Question of the Week is a simple one: “Which do you do most of your gaming on, console or PC?”