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Episode 782: Bond. James Bond.Episode 782: Bond. James Bond.

June 10, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

Gaming Flashback:
Shaken But Not Stirred

News:

FromSoftware has finally announced an Elden Ring Switch 2 release date
Rayman Legends being remastered in full 3D
PlayerUnknown’s survival game is shutting down 6 months after launch
Streets of Rage movie hires Sonic screenwriters
State of Play 2026
PC Gaming Show 2026
Xbox Games Showcase
Future Games Show
Nintendo’s finally developing replaceable batteries
ROG Xbox Ally X20 announced with OLED display

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Episode 773: Nintendo DirectEpisode 773: Nintendo Direct

February 6, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:27 pm

In this episode, Blizzard unveils a major Overwatch 2 revamp, Pokémon will kick off its 30th anniversary celebrations with Jigglypuff, 7 years after it was pulled from Steam Poker Night at the Inventory is coming back in March, and Eric Barone says Haunted Chocolatier will be out when it’s good and ready.

News includes:

Nintendo Partner Direct
“No possibility” of an uncensored physical version of Dispatch on Switch

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Episode 772: Just a FableEpisode 772: Just a Fable

January 28, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:45 am

Vampire Crawlers getting PC and Xbox demo on February 23, and the Gaming Flashback is Jonathan Blow’s The Witness. The guys also cover the Xbox Developer Direct.

The news includes:

Ubisoft closes two studios and cancelled six projects
Marathon soars to Steam’s Top Sellers after release date reveal
Nintendo president is ‘carefully considering the situation’ around memory prices as research firm predicts Switch 2 price hike

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Episode 769: Our UndertalesEpisode 769: Our Undertales

November 22, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

The guys talk about Dave the Diver finally arriving on Xbox Series X/S, Krafton CEO allegedly asking AI to “brainstorm ways to avoid paying” earnout bonus to Subnautica 2 devs and the Xbox Partner Preview.

The Gaming Flashback is the indie megahit Undertale.

More news:

Cities: Skylines development moves to Iceflake Studios (from Shacknews)
Marathon playtest is coming in December

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Episode 767: The Big 6-0-0Episode 767: The Big 6-0-0

October 31, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

The news includes: Firaxis announces, “Today, we confirmed we’re testing dramatic changes to Legacy Paths, and continuous play as one Civ through all the Ages”, Baldur’s Gate 3 is about to become an Xbox Play Anywhere game. Jonah and T.J. have a long discussion of the games they’re playing.

This week features a Gaming Flashback: Master of Orion II

The rest of the news includes:

Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit suffers a big blow
Another Battle Royale game is shutting down for good

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Episode 766: Madden Gets 2030Episode 766: Madden Gets 2030

October 23, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

The news items include: EA and NFL extend Madden license til 2030 – NFLPA still far apart, former Battlefield 6 campaign boss calls out EA for leaving him and other developers out of the credits after closing his studio in 2024, Ubisoft has come up with a new way to avoid saying the word ‘layoffs,’ with a ‘voluntary career transition program’ offer that some employees won’t be able to refuse, ‘Pacifist Battlefield completed’, Palworld studio Pocketpair says its new publishing division won’t handle games that use generative AI: ‘We don’t believe in it’, Two Point Museum gets Vampire Survivors content in free update.

In addition:

The Sinking City 2 is delayed into 2026
No Man’s Sky gets space wreck salvaging and expanded ship building (from Eurogamer)

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Episode 764: EA Goes PrivateEpisode 764: EA Goes Private

October 2, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This week, there’s a lot of discussion about the Tokyo Game Show, Epic pulling controversial Peacemaker dance emote, and Minecraft entering The Copper Age.

News:

EA to be acquired by Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55bn
Halo Studios revealing more on next projects at next month’s World Championship event

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Episode 763: Chit Chat Free For AllEpisode 763: Chit Chat Free For All

September 19, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:01 am

No real itinerary here. Just relaxed chatter about games and news.

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Episode 762: Silksong SilksongEpisode 762: Silksong Silksong

September 6, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

There’s a Silksong in the air, with lots of SIlksong. But despite the Silksong, we have other non-Silksong stuff, including Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage closed beta kicking off on September 11.

The news includes:

Hollow Knight: Silksong causes server chaos on Xbox, Steam, and Nintendo as platforms grind to a halt
42,000 Pokémon TCG Phantasmal Flames products have been swiped by a scalper group
Former PS5 console exclusive, Helldivers 2, now tops Xbox sales chart as Sony continues to dabble with its multi-platform strategy

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Episode 761: Gamescom ReportEpisode 761: Gamescom Report

August 30, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This week’s episode the trio discussed Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot summoned to court in former employee harassment case, Paradox ‘making adjustments’ to Bloodlines 2‘s Toreador and Lasombra DLC, Sean Murray says the Earth-sized planet in Light No Fire will have ‘real oceans’, Crusader Kings 3‘s new DLC has a release date, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says “I think they could charge $200” for Borderlands 4, and Triangle Strategy released on XSX/PS5.

The news includes:

Gamescom announcements
No Man’s Sky adds fully customisable multi-crew spaceships you can build and fly with your friends
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is ‘not the end’ of the franchise, director confirms

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