Paul’s attending BentCon, Jonah has additional work, and Devin passed out. See you next week.
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Episode 309: Best Episode Ever?Episode 309: Best Episode Ever?
[This episode is unedited, so be prepared for some naughty language.]
This week has some stunning news items, causing an overstuffed, long episode, so big even Jordan’s wife chimes in, and Jonah and Paul argue hotly over the last item. The Gaming Flashback for this episode is Super Star Wars.
This week’s huge news:
- EA gets exclusive license to publish Star Wars games, powered by Frostbite 3 engine
- Uplay causing problems with Steam version of Heroes VI expansion Shades of Darkness
- The Sims 4 officially announced by Electronic Arts
- Michael Biehn hints at Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon sequel
- Doritos Crash Course 2 coming May 9, still free
- Spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness hitting crowdfunding on May 6
- Gearbox dismisses Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit as “beyond meritless”
Also some listener feedback, plus this week’s Question: “What was your Golden Era of videogaming?”
Episode 368: Black Friday ApproachesEpisode 368: Black Friday Approaches
As Black Friday approaches, Jonah and Paul discuss this week’s news after an absence. No Devin this week, as well as no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History. Paul loses it on the last news item, too.
As for the news:
- Just Cause 3 announced for PC, PS4, and Xbox One in 2015
- Nintendo talks third party, holiday strategy
- Dev: It’s tougher to develop for kids than core gamers
- Intel resumes advertising with Gamasutra
- Xbox One sales triple following $349 promotion
- World of Warcraft hit with DDoS attack as new expansion launches
- Carbine: Redundancies are “part of game development”
The Question of the Week: “When did you first start buying games digitally?”
Episode 705: Commercial BlissEpisode 705: Commercial Bliss
The first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer dropped, and it has been viewed well over 110M times since. There is much more news post-Game Awards, including Vampire Survivors, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and a ton of demos dropping on Xbox.
The news includes:
- Stormgate launches Kickstarter campaign
- Final Fantasy 16 director teases two-episode DLC will expand Clive’s story
- GTA 6 will release on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 in 2025
- Report: Embattled Bungie management insist fans ‘still like us’
Let us know what you think.