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Episode 699: PS5 SlimEpisode 699: PS5 Slim
This week, the guys discuss the upcoming consoles coming from Sony and Nintendo, announced and rumored respectively.
The news includes:
- New PS5 Slim officially revealed
- Nintendo Switch 2 name, release date and pricing reportedly revealed
- Unity CEO Riccitiello steps down, effective immediately
Let us know what you think.
Episode 306: Batman ReturnsEpisode 306: Batman Returns
The crew bemoans the decline of handheld gaming as it gets dominated by mobile platforms like Apple iOS, while they rejoice at Justice League being available on Netflix Streaming. There’s no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, but there is some Reader Feedback.
This week’s news items include:
- Batman: Arkham Origins confirmed for PC, consoles
- Domains for Mad Max videogames registered by Warner Bros.
- Report: Xbox 720 not always online, doesn’t block used games, supports backwards compat
- Jade Empire as an Xbox 360 launch title “would have been massive“
- Zeschuk: Old-school gaming in “sick market” right now, digital ‘not filling gaps’
Gamers can read Jordan’s “Death of Handheld Gaming” article here.
Episode 247: Paul Spews BullbleepEpisode 247: Paul Spews Bullbleep
Despite having multiple technical difficulties that were edited out of the podcast, Episode 247 is full of gaming discussion goodness, despite Paul’s constant declaration that companies are full of bullbleep.
This week’s gaming news includes:
- Bioware confirms Mass Effect 3 is Origin-only
- Electronic Arts passed $1B in digital sales in 2011
- The Lund Report for the December 2011 NPD
- Gaikai: Sony or Microsoft won’t have next-gen console
- Thief 4 rumored to have multiplayer
- Videogame industry companies shutting down to protest SOPA
This plus two reader mails and the Question of the Week, “What was the first multiplayer gaming you ever enjoyed?”