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Episode 767: The Big 6-0-0Episode 767: The Big 6-0-0

October 31, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

The news includes: Firaxis announces, “Today, we confirmed we’re testing dramatic changes to Legacy Paths, and continuous play as one Civ through all the Ages”, Baldur’s Gate 3 is about to become an Xbox Play Anywhere game. Jonah and T.J. have a long discussion of the games they’re playing.

This week features a Gaming Flashback: Master of Orion II

The rest of the news includes:

Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit suffers a big blow
Another Battle Royale game is shutting down for good

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Episode 766: Madden Gets 2030Episode 766: Madden Gets 2030

October 23, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

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)

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Episode 765: Indy New GameEpisode 765: Indy New Game

October 10, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:36 pm

The guys talk about Skate Story is finally releasing in December, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is getting a New Game+ mode and some new duds in a free update, Might and Magic: Olden Era is delayed to 2026, a Minecraft Movie sequel is coming in July 23, 2027, and Cities: Skylines 2‘s big Bridges and Ports expansion is finally almost here.

News includes:

Helldivers 2 developers blame HDDs for the PC version’s file size & delayed updates

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Episode 761: Gamescom ReportEpisode 761: Gamescom Report

August 30, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This week’s episode the trio discussed Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot summoned to court in former employee harassment case, Paradox ‘making adjustments’ to Bloodlines 2‘s Toreador and Lasombra DLC, Sean Murray says the Earth-sized planet in Light No Fire will have ‘real oceans’, Crusader Kings 3‘s new DLC has a release date, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says “I think they could charge $200” for Borderlands 4, and Triangle Strategy released on XSX/PS5.

The news includes:

Gamescom announcements
No Man’s Sky adds fully customisable multi-crew spaceships you can build and fly with your friends
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is ‘not the end’ of the franchise, director confirms

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Episode 760: Not 758Episode 760: Not 758

August 15, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:40 pm

The guys talk about a whole lot of news, aside from Endless Legend 2 demo being out now on Steam, and Take-Two boss reckoning Civilization 7 will still hit its lifetime target despite “slow start”. Don’t trust the show notes on this one!

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Episode 754: Pre-Show HypeEpisode 754: Pre-Show Hype

May 31, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

The guys discuss Dune: Awakening’s endgame deep desert area has a PvE zone, PowerWash Simulator goes underground, overground in final free content update, Persona 4 voice actor confirms a remake is in development, EA Sports College Football 26 adds cross-play Dynasty, 300 coaches and trophy rooms, Star Wars Battlefront 2 breaks its concurrent player count record on Steam, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake will also come to Nintendo Switch 2 and Hideo Kojima’s next game “Physint” is coming in about 5-6 years.

The news includes:

Marathon isn’t canceled
Clair Obscur’s runaway success was helped by staying smaller scale
Electronic Arts cancels Black Panther game and Cliffhanger Games
Cyberpunk 2077 sequel gets a new name as pre-production phase now officially underway

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Episode 753: Nightreign: Original Sin 3Episode 753: Nightreign: Original Sin 3

May 25, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:27 pm

The guys discuss FTC finally dropping appeal against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Metaphor: ReFantazio coming to Game Pass.

The news includes:

Larian insists it did not accidentally leak Divinity: Original Sin 3
Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution announced
ConcernedApe “hopes” to release Haunted Chocolatier within the next five years
Elden Ring Nightreign could receive two player mode post-launch

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Episode 752: Half-SizedEpisode 752: Half-Sized

May 15, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This episode is half-length, but still has the guys talking about Bam Margera being officially confirmed for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, the Original Stalker trilogy getting an Enhanced Edition upgrade on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, and Atlus teases next Persona game, livestream this week.

The news items includes:

Valve issues statement refuting claims of a Steam data security breach
Ubisoft moving “some of our biggest productions” into 2026 and 2027 after positive impact of Assassin’s Creed Shadows delay

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Episode 751: Oblivion’s BackEpisode 751: Oblivion’s Back

April 24, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

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The guys talk about the new trailer for Doom: The Dark Ages, which reveals the medieval equivalent of the BFG is a huge crossbow, Another Crab’s Treasure getting a huge ‘Year Of The Crab’ update, Devolver Digital revealing Cult of the Lamb is its best-selling IP at around $90 million in revenue.

The news includes:

Star Wars Zero Company gets first trailer with 2026 release window
Gamers shocked as Elder Scrolls IV revealed and launched on same day

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Episode 749: No Plan BEpisode 749: No Plan B

April 1, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:00 pm

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The news this week: Elon Musk’s estranged daughter weighs in on his pro gamer claims: ‘He was a Bronze Torbjörn main. He was fucking dogshit’, Palworld decides it wasn’t April fooling after all, is actually making a visual novel dating sim where you can, uh, ‘dismember and eat’ some of its cast, Death Stranding has crossed 20 million players since launch, If the Switch 2 stumbles, Nintendo has no Plan B, Final Fantasy 9 Anniversary celebration begins, Star Wars XCOM game on the way?, and Shuhei Yoshida believes Nier: Automata was a turning point in modern Japanese games.

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