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Episode 787: Olly, Olly…Episode 787: Olly, Olly…

August 22, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

Gaming Flashback: Oxenfree

Quick News

A cracked version of Marvel Tōkon is reigniting questions around DRM and its impact on PC games
Paradox has been cooking up some Stellaris “summer experiments,” from megastructure upgrades to a full espionage rework
Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 9 gives server owners more control, stops mushrooms clipping through foxes, and fixes a strange Endermen issue.

Game News

Riot is ending development of its 2XKO fighting game
Former EA manager doesn’t believe the next Mass Effect will survive Saudi takeover

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Episode 786: Start Killing AIEpisode 786: Start Killing AI

August 15, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

Quick News

Wada feels Persona 1 & Persona 2 remakes are something ‘we have to do’
Supermassive Games announces layoffs impacting up to 75 employees

Game News

Asha Sharma teases Elder Scrolls 6 Name
Stop Killing Games has joined a lawsuit against Sony
Saber Interactive denies replacing writer with ChatGPT
Sean Murray suggests No Man’s Sky follow-up Light No Fire is quite far along

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Episode 783: Steam and AIEpisode 783: Steam and AI

June 24, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:14 pm

Steam Machine price revealed
Sony deletes mention of PC from annual strategy report
Epic Games Store is getting a big redesign
Halo: Campaign Evolved PS5 players will require an Xbox account and gamertag to play
Rockstar quietly gives us probably our best look at GTA 6’s Vice City yet
Ultima’s creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk

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Episode 780: Mix UpEpisode 780: Mix Up

May 12, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comments| 12:37 pm

The guys discuss Path of Exile 2’s ‘biggest expansion ever’, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 coming this summer, and Sony recording a $766 million impairment loss against Bungie for the 2025 financial year. The Gaming Flashback is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

News includes:

Nintendo announces Switch 2 price increase
PlayStation is partnering with Bandai Namco for a “collaborative initiative” focused on generative AI
Atari announces it has acquired rights to the first five Wizardry games
New Slay the Spire 2 update deletes its most controversial boss fight

Next podcast in two weeks.

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Episode 773: Nintendo DirectEpisode 773: Nintendo Direct

February 6, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:27 pm

In this episode, Blizzard unveils a major Overwatch 2 revamp, Pokémon will kick off its 30th anniversary celebrations with Jigglypuff, 7 years after it was pulled from Steam Poker Night at the Inventory is coming back in March, and Eric Barone says Haunted Chocolatier will be out when it’s good and ready.

News includes:

Nintendo Partner Direct
“No possibility” of an uncensored physical version of Dispatch on Switch

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Episode 772: Just a FableEpisode 772: Just a Fable

January 28, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:45 am

Vampire Crawlers getting PC and Xbox demo on February 23, and the Gaming Flashback is Jonathan Blow’s The Witness. The guys also cover the Xbox Developer Direct.

The news includes:

Ubisoft closes two studios and cancelled six projects
Marathon soars to Steam’s Top Sellers after release date reveal
Nintendo president is ‘carefully considering the situation’ around memory prices as research firm predicts Switch 2 price hike

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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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