Episode 680: E3 Gone

April 1, 2023| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:45 pm

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E3 2023 has been officially canceled, and there’s speculation that E3 might be over — the guys have an idea how to fix it, however. Vampire Survivors wins Best Game at the BAFTA’s, an Easter Egg is found in Resident Evil 4 Remake, and Sony’s not having a good Spring.

The news includes:

11 members of Congress argue Sony is unfairly hurting Xbox in Japan
The “Gamers Lawsuit” against Microsoft has been dismissed
MultiVersus open beta ends in June & the game will go offline till full launch in 2024
Sony PSVR2 headset off to slow start as Metaverse push sputters

Let us know what you think.

Episode 310: Halo Makes You Feel OldEpisode 310: Halo Makes You Feel Old

This week’s podcast features a Gaming Flashback of Halo: Combat Evolved, one of the longest such game segments in the podcast’s history, encompassing a third of the podcast.

This week’s news items includes:

Blizzard decides against rolling back Diablo III servers following gold exploit
Defiance to get 5 major DLC packs in the next year
Report: Next-gen Xbox console called “Xbox Infinity”
Obsidian expresses desire to develop Star Wars RPG
EA to stop licensing with weapons manufacturers, will keep using branded guns

There’s only one reader response, but there is a Question of the Week: “What videogame genre are you completely burned out on?”

Gaming Podcast 210: Meretzky Ruined Our LivesGaming Podcast 210: Meretzky Ruined Our Lives

This week we’re flashing back to Grim Fandango and looking back at developer Steve Meretzky and his destruction of our lives in the social gaming space.

We’ve got other news this week which includes:

Activision Kills Guitar Hero
Blizzard Wants to Release Diablo III This Year
Crysis 2 and Killzone 3 Leaked On BitTorrent
CliffyB On Why Gears Is Still a 360 Exclusive
Ensemble Studios Founder: Age of Empires III a “Huge Mistake“

The question of the week is: How many hours do you devote to video games, including social networking games?

Episode 510: Red Dead SurpriseEpisode 510: Red Dead Surprise

This week’s episode didn’t initially have a Gaming Flashback, but the crew accidentally started one with 2010’s Red Dead Redemption, which shouldn’t be a flashback since it fails the “10 Year Rule”, but it was so fun to talk about, it became one. They also found some interesting stuff in a thin-news week, which is the usual for Summer.