Episode 667: Milestone 500

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022| Jonah FalconJonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:26 pm
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The Videogame Roundtable has recorded its 500th episode, finally. This is the third attempt. The first was only partially recorded, while the next one was not recorded at all. Appended to this podcast is the partially recorded podcast which had former co-host Jordan Lund.

The news includes:

  • Phil Spencer ‘excited‘ at the idea of more StarCraft
  • Sony’s PSVR 2 gets a high price and a close release date
  • AMD announces $999 RX 7900 XTX and $899 RX 7900 XT
  • Hyped mystery Square Enix game turns out to be NFT junk
  • Suda51 and SWERY file new trademark for Hotel Barcelona horror game
  • Pokemon Scarlet & Violet linking with Pokemon Go confirmed for 2023

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