Episode 675: Cancel Culture

February 3, 2023| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:05 pm

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Aside from a news blip taking about Final Fantasy 7 DLC coming to PowerWash Simulator, all of the news seems to talk about cancellations of one kind or another.

The items include:

Epic kills Battle Royale game less than six months after release
CRIMESIGHT to end service on May 1
EA is shutting down Apex Legends Mobile and not giving refunds
EA reportedly cancels new Titanfall single-player game
Sony, Xbox and Nintendo are reportedly skipping E3 2023

Anything other games you wanted to play but can’t anymore? Let us know.

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Ralf says:

February 15, 2023 at 6:39 am

Hi guys.

Thanks as usual for the episode!

I had a very very sad loss in my life, so I did not find the time earlier to listen to the episode and commentating it.

I did not play anything beside some hours of magic the gathering Arena and try to do some WoW to distract me (was not successful ..)
Most of the last weeks I watched tv shows like Last of us, Terminator Sarah Connor chronicles (old one but did nit saw it) and Big little lies.

Sadly I can’t say anything to all other topics, because I don’t know all the games you talked about … sorry for that :/

Please stay healthy and keep the good work going!
Greetings,
Ralf

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“GoNintendo’s report from the mag hints at appearances from characters like Simon Belmont and Alucard, the use of sub-weapons like holy water and boomerangs, and (surprise!) motion controls.” (kotaku)

This is a creative direction for Konami to take, given their very inexperienced with fighting style games. They could build a team of experienced fighting style game developers, but why? What’s wrong with a classic side-scrolling style game using the WiiWare system like Mega Man 9?

Hopefully, Konami can pull off this fighter in a world where people do not seem to be as enthusiastic about fighting games especially on a system with the graphical power of the Wii. Well, it is rumored to have “motion controls.”

I’d love to see a remake of Simons Quest.

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The news includes:

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Let us know what you think.

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This week’s news includes:

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