Episode 705: Commercial Bliss

December 10, 2023December 10, 2023| Jonah FalconJonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:35 am
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The first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer dropped, and it has been viewed well over 110M times since. There is much more news post-Game Awards, including Vampire Survivors, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and a ton of demos dropping on Xbox.

The news includes:

  • Stormgate launches Kickstarter campaign
  • Final Fantasy 16 director teases two-episode DLC will expand Clive’s story
  • GTA 6 will release on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 in 2025
  • Report: Embattled Bungie management insist fans ‘still like us’

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