Jonah suffers from spring flu this episode, which you can probably here in his voice. There’s a long discussion about isometric roleplaying games, and for the first time in a while, there’s no Gaming Flashback.
This week’s news items include:
- id Software partnering with Mad Max dev Avalanche Studios to develop Rage 2
- Radical Heights developer Boss Key Games shuts down
- Platinum claims it will “turn the action genre on its head”
- Redditor leaks potential Star Fox racing spin-off from Retro Studios
Let us know what you think.
Microsoft’s fast to push out their press release, probably hoping to overshadow any reports Sony may be releasing for sales numbers. At this point, we’ll have to believe their press release as fact until someone proves it otherwise; Microsoft would hate to be caught in a lie. Unfortunately, NPD figures aren’t collected in Europe so we have to wait for all the other metric gathering companies to release final December 2007 figures.
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