Episode 464: EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II plans

April 17, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:46 am

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Since the podcast recording last Wednesday had audio issues and the news was, frankly, boring, the crew decided to record a new 464th episode on Easter Sunday, after some more interesting stuff was announced near the end of the week. That, and Scott expresses his enthusiasm for Thimbleweed Park, the spiritual successor to Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle, using a SCUMM-like interface.

This week’s news items include:

Diving into Project Scorpio’s backwards compatibility, 4K, VR, and 1080p support
Nintendo discontinues the NES Classic Edition
It looks like Star Wars: Battlefront II will ditch the Season Pass

All that and some Listener Feedback.

Episode 756: Sequel This, Sequel ThatEpisode 756: Sequel This, Sequel That

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System Shock 2 delayed for console – PC version still on target for June 26
You will soon be able to open non-Xbox games from the Xbox app
Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room has laid off employees, but Paradox says the game is still coming in October
Jurassic World Evolution 3 is ditching its AI-generated art after “some initial feedback”
Sony remembers PSVR2 exists, announces four new games coming soon

Let us know what you think.

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E3 2017 Preview: Bloody ZombiesE3 2017 Preview: Bloody Zombies

VR has become a major buzzword around the videogame industry these days. For the past few E3 conferences, there have been whole sections of the floor devoted to people strapping on headsets and playing first person titles where you rock climb or pilot a spaceship. Other times you’re running in a foot race like the intriguing title Sprint Vector that I demoed at the show.

Then there’s Bloody Zombies, developed by Paw Print Games and published by nDreams, which hints at an alternative future for VR gaming.

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Episode 774: Rampant AIEpisode 774: Rampant AI

In this episode, Nioh 3 gets its first big post-launch patch on Steam and PlayStation 5, and XCOM 2 is the Gaming Flashback.

News items:

Every big announcement from PlayStation’s February State of Play
Bloomberg claims ‘rampant AI demand for memory’ is forcing Sony to consider pushing back the launch of its next-gen PlayStation as far back as 2029
More evidence of that Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag remake surfaces