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Episode 694: Baldur’s StarfieldEpisode 694: Baldur’s Starfield
As Starfield readies its launch, Baldur’s Gate 3 gets a ton of updates.
The news includes:
- Star Wars: Dark Forces is getting the Nightdive remaster treatment
- Xbox must have mobile presence if it’s going to thrive, Phil Spencer says
- No Man’s Sky adds its first new race in its biggest update of the year
- Citizen Sleeper 2 announced
- League of Legends is ditching Mythic items
All this and Listener Feedback.
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 324: Next-Generation ShowdownEpisode 324: Next-Generation Showdown
This week’s podcast has no Listener Feedback, and is sort of short because of it. However, in addition to the news items that were on script, there was the surprise news of how much Grand Theft Auto V cost to produce.
This week’s news includes:
- Xbox One gets November 22 launch date
- Each Xbox One to be sold at a profit
- PS4 only supports 4 controllers
- PS4 and Xbox One won’t support external hard drives for now
- Sony refunds Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn PSN purchases
This week’s Question of the Week asks if you’ve ever gotten a new version of the console you already owned.