Episode 718: Patches

March 21, 2024| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:57 pm

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This podcast is full of patches and updates, but the guys also discuss Destiny finally getting Horde mode, PS VR2 production reportedly being paused as Sony seeks to move backlog of unsold units, the Stellaris spin-off changing its name to Nexus 5X, and Assassin’s Creed Jade likely delayed to 2025.

The news includes:

Stardew Valley‘s 1.6 update is finally live
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection gets first patch following troubled launch
Marathon fan revival coming to Steam with Bungie’s blessing
Ubisoft reveals generative AI project for NPC dialogue
Palworld propels Xbox to best ever month of console playtime

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Episode 255: The Darkness II ContestEpisode 255: The Darkness II Contest

Dan Quick returns again to cover for Paul Nowak, and this week, the Gaming Podcast is offering free copies of The Darkness II Limited Edition, which comes with the main game and some free DLC. The guys are giving away an Xbox 360 version and a PlayStation 3 version. To win, just listen to the podcast and post what your favorite scary movie is.

The game news this week includes:

Ex-SCEE senior VP Phil Harrison joins Microsoft’s European team
DOOM developer John Romero has “plans” for “old school” shooter
EA defends Mass Effect 3 From Ashes DLC data being on disc
Notch settles with Bethesda over “Scrolls” trademark
DICE: 2GB RAM won’t be enough for next gen consoles
Angry Birds theme park to open in Finland
GAME puts itself up for sale, GameStop interested
Diablo III release date announcement “in a few days“, no PvP in launch version

And yes, they know that the announcement was just made today – May 15th release date for Diablo III.

The contest to win either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version of The Darkness II will run this and next week, with the winners announced in Episode 257.

Episode 344: Origin ProblemsEpisode 344: Origin Problems

In this episode, Jonah complains about Origin and his inability to play Dragon Age: Origins, while a heated discussion between Jonah and Paul occurs over various topics, along with discussion of Frozen. Jordan discusses his son’s college tuitions as well. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the coin-op arcade game Wizard of Wor.

This week’s news items include:

Sony PlayStation honcho Jack Tretton stepping down
Disney Interactive cutting about 700 jobs
New Xbox Live updates coming in April
SimCity gets offline play today
Report: Microsoft working on augmented reality headset for Xbox

This week’s Question of the Week: “Ever purchase new games for an unsupported console?”

Episode 720: Yu-Gi-Oh Stinks!Episode 720: Yu-Gi-Oh Stinks!

This week, the guys talk about how Yu-Gi-Oh players stink, literally. Aside from that, they also discuss the Star Wars Outlaws‘ $110 and $130 editions, Palworld‘s PvP arena, the Rogue Prince of Persia getting revealed, yet another Stardew Valley patch is on the way, Activision Blizzard and NetEase renew their agreement to publish games in China, and free updates heading to Fallout 4.