Gaming Podcast’s Jonah Falcon and Shack News’ T.J. Denzer do a totally-not-ripping-off-Zero-Punctuation’s-Let’s-Drown-Out video of the former playing Viscera Cleanup Detail as they discuss how depressing the announcement of the Electronic Arts/NFL exclusive license extension is, promising more awful Madden titles.
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Episode 382: Late But Not Too LateEpisode 382: Late But Not Too Late
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this episode was recorded on Monday, but despite the lateness, it’s full of rich news items, including some very disturbing trends in videogames, as well as a question by a listener that got mental juices flowing. This week’s Gaming Flashback is Professor Pac-Man.
The news items include:
- Headteachers in UK threaten to report parents who let their children play 18-rated games
- Star Citizen‘s Vanguard “concept” fighter costs a cool $250
- PC version of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round launches on Steam without key features
- Zelda delay could ruin Nintendo’s 2015
- New Jersey game store “swatting” takes an uglier turn
This week’s Question of the Week: “What do you think is the future of older games?”
Guitar Hero: On Tour – 300K Units SoldGuitar Hero: On Tour – 300K Units Sold
The little DS title Guitar Hero: On Tour arrived with a hand-held attachment for playing guitar on the go. Some reviewers found it cramped, annoying and too damn small to really feel any comfort. Other reviews found it exciting, fresh and a break from standard DS games.
Reviews aside, 300,000 people are willing to bet money that the DS title was going to rock the house. The concept hit the mark for the DS because the game system is for on the go “touch and feel” style games; Guitar Hero: On Tour is definitely a touch and feel game.
Although we’ve not played it, we’re not too surprised that 300k people purchased the title, considering the install base for the Nintendo DS device itself. With such a large install base, even if only 25% of the target audience buys into the product they’ll be rolling in the dough.
Will this inspire a Rock Band style ‘drum game’ for the future from the Activision competitors or was this nothing but a fluke?
(Thanks, GameSpot)
Episode 766: Madden Gets 2030Episode 766: Madden Gets 2030
The news items include: EA and NFL extend Madden license til 2030 – NFLPA still far apart, former Battlefield 6 campaign boss calls out EA for leaving him and other developers out of the credits after closing his studio in 2024, Ubisoft has come up with a new way to avoid saying the word ‘layoffs,’ with a ‘voluntary career transition program’ offer that some employees won’t be able to refuse, ‘Pacifist Battlefield completed’, Palworld studio Pocketpair says its new publishing division won’t handle games that use generative AI: ‘We don’t believe in it’, Two Point Museum gets Vampire Survivors content in free update.
In addition:
- The Sinking City 2 is delayed into 2026
- No Man’s Sky gets space wreck salvaging and expanded ship building (from Eurogamer)
Let us know what you think.
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