The news this week: Elon Musk’s estranged daughter weighs in on his pro gamer claims: ‘He was a Bronze Torbjörn main. He was fucking dogshit’, Palworld decides it wasn’t April fooling after all, is actually making a visual novel dating sim where you can, uh, ‘dismember and eat’ some of its cast, Death Stranding has crossed 20 million players since launch, If the Switch 2 stumbles, Nintendo has no Plan B, Final Fantasy 9 Anniversary celebration begins, Star Wars XCOM game on the way?, and Shuhei Yoshida believes Nier: Automata was a turning point in modern Japanese games.
This week, the guys discuss Madden NFL 24 being a buggy mess, the Xbox 360 Store closure in 2024, Ubisoft still trying to make Skull & Bones work, and Starfield going gold.
The news includes:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s big reveal brings campaign and multiplayer details, gameplay trailer
EA won’t contest £9k FIFA Ultimate Team fine in Austria
Nightdive Studios lead reaffirms that they’d love tackle an Unreal remaster
Creator of AI-Powered GTA 5 Story Mode mod unlikely to fight back against Take-Two after shutdown
The latest sexual harassment scandal rocks, and things are not steady with the developer. Bad puns aside, the industry continues to have to grow up from dude-bro heaven to actual places of business.
All that, as well as the following news items:
Batman: Arkham studio accused of failing to prevent sexual harassment
Spelunky 2 is now on Steam with an updated release window
Nintendo’s next Switch indie presentation tomorrow
7.5 million players claimed a free copy of Total War Saga: Troy
