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Episode 736: Live On YouTube

October 29th, 2024 by jonahfalcon · 1 Comment

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Yes, we recorded this episode live on YouTube. We spoke about Minecraft dropping VR support next year, Ubisoft Montpellier disbanded, Obsidian saying choices both big and small will matter in Avowed, ColdRidge – a game about cowboys doing 4x-style exploration — hits release, and Yakuza Kiwami has sold far over studio director’s expectations on Switch.

The news includes:

  • Metaphor: ReFantazio director Katsura Hashino is already working on a new game
  • Sony wanted to lock Crimson Desert into a timed PlayStation exclusivity deal

Let us know if you watched the video!

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Episode 735: Long Discussions

October 15th, 2024 by jonahfalcon · No Comments

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There’s a ton of discussions, such as Xbox Cloud Gaming will reportedly let players stream any game in their library from November, Russia straight-up bans Discord for enabling ‘terrorist and extremist purposes’, Killing Floor 3‘s dynamic tech makes zed heads ‘flower’ when you shoot them, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will get a Nuketown map, Brazil lifts ban on X following Elon Musk’s compliance with Supreme Court orders, the DOJ may break up Google, Terrifier 3 (the indie horror film that managed to make 10x its budget while Joker: Folie à Deux flails in the water) is getting a videogame, the current head of Xbox Game Studios, Alan Hartman, is to retire at the end of November, with Rare studio boss Craig Duncan taking over and the official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing.

The news:

  • Legendary game designer Jordan Weisman’s next project is an open world deck-building pirate romance tactical RPG
  • Red Dead Redemption coming to PC later this month
  • Former Bethesda and BioWare devs are making a Stardew-like with Redwall animals (from PC Gamer)

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 734: Third Party Showcases

October 5th, 2024 by jonahfalcon · No Comments

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Among the discussions are the original 1997 Backyard Baseball finally coming to Steam, the original Horizon Zero Dawn removed from Epic Games Store, Hi-Fi Rush 2 already in development six months when Krafton acquired Tango Gameworks and Mario + Rabbids director and Red Dead Redemption lead designer found new studio Day 4 Night.

The news includes:

  • Everything revealed in State of Play September 2024
  • Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast
  • Sea of Stars free content update Dawn of Equinox adds local co-op, revamped prologue

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 733: More Delays

September 20th, 2024 by jonahfalcon · No Comments

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In this podcast, they discuss Skyrim lead designer saying it will be ‘almost impossible’ for Elder Scrolls 6 to meet fan expectations, Minecraft is ditching PSVR support next year, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered rated for PS5 and PC, and Dead by Daylight PvE spin-off Project T being canceled after “unsatisfactory” player testing.

The news includes:

  • Square Enix confirms lower-than-expected Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 sales
  • Cities: Skylines 2 Creator Packs and the Bridges and Ports Expansion are being delayed
  • EA confirms next Battlefield will have a modern setting

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Episode 732: Let’s Play Balatro

September 14th, 2024 by jonahfalcon · No Comments

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Concord got canceled after only two weeks, Balatro hits the iOS App Store and Android’s Google Play on September 26, EVE players are in revolt over CCP’s blockchain plans and a year after outraging developers, blowing up its reputation, and saying goodbye to its CEO, Unity decides ‘Runtime Fees’ are a bad idea so it’s getting rid of them.

Oh, and the PS5 Pro is $700.

And it’s Friday the 13th.

Other news includes:

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 731: No 730

August 29th, 2024 by jonahfalcon · No Comments

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Episode 730 has been lost to time. It was recorded on August 14, but instead has been folded into this episode.

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Episode 729: Just Chattin’ ‘Bout Games

August 3rd, 2024 by jonahfalcon · No Comments

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There’s no podcast notes this week because, well, nothing was going on. Enjoy your hot, hot, HOT summer.

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No Podcast This Week

July 24th, 2024 by jonahfalcon · No Comments

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Jonah is in LA, TJ is at EVO, and who knows where Scott is.

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Episode 728: No Man’s Renewal

July 19th, 2024 by jonahfalcon · No Comments

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In this episode, the guys discuss Riot Games reportedly canceled an unannounced platform fighter, Fallout getting nominated for 16 Emmy Awards, and a player coming back after a 11 year, 5 month ban to continue the same argument from 2013.

The news includes:

  • No Man’s Sky goes 5.0 with a sweeping tech update
  • Yakuza studio Ryu Ga Gotoku will reveal its next game at Tokyo Game Show 2024
  • Nintendo reveals Emio – The Smiling Man as a new Famicom Detective Club game

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 727: More Assassinations

July 3rd, 2024 by jonahfalcon · 1 Comment

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Ubisoft is coming back with the Assassin’s Creed games, but the guys also discuss the sheer Scottishness of Still Wakes the Deep, Farming Simulator 25 announced, 20 TB NVMe drives for under $300, Final Fantasy 14 producer Yoshi-P apologizing, Space Marine 2 public beta test canceled, and Forza Horizon 4 to be delisted.

The news also includes:

  • Multiple Assassin’s Creed remakes are in the works, according to Ubisoft CEO
  • Sega’s new Crazy Taxi game will be open-world and “massively multiplayer”

Let us know what you think.

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