This is the last podcast of 2023, as the gang just talks about the year that was and the upcoming 2024 in a long, unscripted episode.
Episode 707: Goodbye 2023
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In addition, the Gaming Flashback checks out the JRPG Ys.
This week’s news includes:
- Ubisoft polling gamers for next Assassin’s Creed setting
- Electronic Arts bans a user for saying “badass”
- Newell: Piracy is “almost always a service problem” and not price, DRM agitates
- Christwire makes mock petition asking Pres. Obama ban Skyrim
- Holiday shopping madness sees woman pepper spraying for 360
- Microsoft refunds victims of Marketplace phishing scam
All this, and a bunch of reader feedback, as well as the Question of the Week: “Did you buy videogames as holiday gifts for friends and family?” Let us know.
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The news for this week includes:
- Xbox head tweets support of PS4/Xbox One crossplay on Fortnite
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has already sold 500,000 copies
- Writer Drew Karpyshyn leaves BioWare for a second time
Let us know what you think.
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The news includes:
- Surprise Halo Infinite multiplayer launch buckles Steam servers
- Grand Theft Auto Trilogy back on PC after Rockstar removes ‘unintentionally included’ files
- Microsoft adds 76 more games to Xbox backwards compatibility
- Nintendo explains why there is no virtual console on Switch
Let us know what you think.