Episode 746: More Tony Hawk

March 7, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:28 pm

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This week, the guys discuss the fact that Cities: Skylines 2‘s asset editor is remaining a distant dream as Colossal Order is still working on it but says it’s ‘proven more technically challenging than initially anticipated’, Western Digital sold their SSDs to SanDisk, and Naughty Dog boss says “don’t bet” on there being a The Last of Us Part 3.

The news includes:

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 official announcement reveals deluxe edition with Doom Slayer
Call of Duty admits it’s using generative AI to ‘help develop some in-game assets’

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Episode 304: Heart of the Swarm GiveawayEpisode 304: Heart of the Swarm Giveaway

Despite being recorded on April Fool’s Day, the podcast has no pranks, just a long political discussion and has Paul demanding no one say anything about BioShock Infinite. Speaking of that game, the crew announces the winner of the BioShock Infinite contest. This week has a Gaming History about the development of XCOM: UFO Defense.

This week’s news includes:

Cruel April Fool’s Joke posts fake Half-Life 2: Episode Three Steam page (see image below)
Path of Exile to feature yearly major expansions
Gamers want Assassin’s Creed every year, states UbiSoft Montreal
Former Diablo III director states the auction houses were a mistake
EA prez Gibeau: “DRM is a failed dead-end strategy”

There is a ton of feedback, plus a new contest to win a copy of Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm. The rule is the same as BioShock Infinite: listen to the podcast and comment on what is discussed.

Episode 427: Pre-E3 2016Episode 427: Pre-E3 2016

It’s that time of year again, as E3 2016 will be next week, and a whole lotta exciting stuff will be shown off from Microsoft, Sony, Bethesda and everyone else.

In fact, four of the news items are about announcements of games that’ll be highlighted at E3:

Xbox One is about to become even more Windows-like
Red Dead Redemption 2 looks set to be revealed by Rockstar at E3 2016
Dead Rising 4 leaks ahead of E3
Nintendo is showing more than just Zelda at E3 after all, but still no NX

Next week will be reports live from E3 – stay tuned!

Episode 753: Nightreign: Original Sin 3Episode 753: Nightreign: Original Sin 3

The guys discuss FTC finally dropping appeal against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Metaphor: ReFantazio coming to Game Pass.