Episode 689: PlayStation Portable

July 11, 2023| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:02 pm

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The guys discuss Apple and Epic going to the Supreme Court, Nic Cage being in Dead by Daylight, the death of Emile Morel, Mortal Kombat 1 fighters, Clockwork Revolution, Skullgirls, and Mojang complaining about Wiki adverts.

The news includes:

Jagged Alliance 3 details how it will support two-player online co-op
EA confirms single-player Black Panther game from new studio
Microsoft tells court Sony “expected to release” PlayStation 5 Slim and ‘handheld PS5’ this year
Hi-Fi Rush update includes a new ‘blistering 200 BPM’ challenge

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Ralf says:

July 25, 2023 at 3:46 am

Hi Guys.

You know it: thanks as always for the episode 🙂

I played a lot of Diablo 4 the last weeks, but besides this i only watched some tv series and did not play that much (not even Magic!).

Handheld discussion: i really love the Switch and my new “console” the steam deck, because i love to have the possibility to take it on a trip or to play some smaller games while in bed or on the plane or stuff like that. If i will buy a possible pS5 handheld … cant say …. at the moment there are not enough games out for ps5 which interest me … i am still playing god of war (not the new one, the remastered HDR 4k version of the ps4!).

Jagges Alliance: never played any of these … dont hit me too hard for this 🙂

Hifi Rush: neither played this one … i think now i will be dismissed, right? 😉

Gamescon: you only mentioned it in one sentence, but i am looking forward if there will be some new interesting indie titles, because these are more interesting for me than most of the triple A titles. If one of you will visit the gamescon, just give me a hint, maybe we can have diner together or if you need a place to sleep.

Keep on the good work and stay healthy and happy!

Greetings from germany,
Ralf

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