Paul returns to the show to drown his sorrows in the discontinuation of a game series he loved, and the podcast ran so long it has to be split into two parts.
The first half of this podcast includes the following news items:
Stay tuned for Part 2.
Episode 425: Paul’s Return Part 1
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Otherwise, this week’s news items include:
- Assassin’s Creed series will have end, assures Ubisoft
- EverQuest Next gameplay revealed, accepting beta registration
- Blizzard confirms Project Titan overhaul, “unlikely to be subscription-based”
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This week’s Question of the Week: “What makes you decide to preorder a game or console?”
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This week’s news includes:
- Paradox Introduces multiplatform modding on Xbox One and PC
- Red Dead Online gets competitive fishing, gold armor gunfight in next update
- The developer of Furi is making a co-op RPG
- Rocket League gets cross-platform parties
There’s Listener Feedback as well.
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The news includes:
- Andrew Wilson named Electronic Arts CEO
- PlayStation Vita TV announced
- Sega buys Atlus for 14 billion yen
- Star Trek video game “big disappointment” to J.J. Abrams
- Chair on Shadow Complex 2: Fans “don’t want it more than we do”
- Steam adopts Xbox One’s former family sharing program
- Diablo III auction house closing in March 2014
There’s also some Listener Feedback from the T-shirt winning contestant.