The title about says it all. Microsoft has straight up purchased Activision/Blizzard — in cash, no less — and while it’ll take til September 2023 to get everything sorted, probably, it’s one of the biggest shakeups in the history of videogames. Meanwhile, T.J. is still salty over Vicarious Visions developing Diablo II: Resurrected, while the […]
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Episode 636: Microsoft Buys Activision/Blizzard
January 19th, 2022 · No Comments
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Episode 619: Streamboxing
August 5th, 2021 · No Comments
Another short episode, because really, summer game news is typically slow. A lot of interesting stuff this week, however. Alleged Xbox ‘Stream Box’ prototype appears online Horizon Forbidden West reportedly delayed into 2022 Sony’s instructions to install PS5 SSD released All this and Listener Feedback.
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Episode 615: Mystery Game
June 30th, 2021 · No Comments
For some reason, this episode did not upload properly. Hopefully, this re-upload will fix it. The news includes: A mystery id Software game has been rated Doom Eternal PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrade live now New Mana game in development for console Aliens: Fireteam Elite out this August Let us know what you think.
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Episode 611: Not So Legendary Mass Effect
May 20th, 2021 · No Comments
This week’s edition has Jonah being really down on the Legendary Edition of the Mass Effect Trilogy, and it has nothing to do with any sort of bugs. TJ empathizes, recalling his frustration with the remaster of Demon’s Souls. In other news: Civilization devs have “several” games in development that will be revealed “this year” […]
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Episode 607: PC and xCloud
April 20th, 2021 · No Comments
This week’s episode is double-sized, because the previous week’s episode was… pretty bad. Who knows? Maybe we’ll air it some week when we’re unable to post a new episode. This week’s news includes: Xbox Cloud Gaming for PC beta invites sent out Rumor: Battlefield 6 not coming to Xbox One or PS4 BioShock 4 job […]
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Episode 605: Microsoft At It Again
March 24th, 2021 · No Comments
After announcing most Zenimax games will be exclusive to PC and Xbox, now the rumors are swirling that Microsoft will buy Discord, the mammoth VOIP that is rivaling Twitch and Facebook for active users. The news includes: Report: Microsoft in talks to buy Discord PS3, PSP, and PS Vita stores to reportedly shutdown this year […]
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Episode 599: Remember Roogoo?
January 14th, 2021 · No Comments
This episode is chock full of obscure games. Did you ever hear of the MMO Ever, Jane? No? Well, this week’s Gaming Podcast features Roogoo, a game that was delisted from Xbox Live Arcade a year after it was released and is available on Steam for 99 cents. The news includes: Jane Austen’s MMO for […]
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Episode 595: Two Hours of Sound Problems
December 3rd, 2020 · No Comments
This weekend’s episode is two hours long, but due to some software recording issues, the audio sounds like it was recorded from the desktop. However, there’s a ton of discussion of news from around the industry, not just the two news items listed below. In addition, this week’s Gaming Flashback is Alan Wake, which was actually […]
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Episode 574: Naked People On Bikes
May 27th, 2020 · No Comments
The podcast returns after a week off, and Scott also returns. The Gaming Flashback is another imfamous title, Acclaim’s BMX XXX, something Dave Mirra definitely did not approve of. The news features all sorts of Nintendo Switch items, too. This week’s news includes: Metroid Prime Trilogy listed with June 19th release date Platinum insists Bayonetta […]
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Episode 572: Remasteration
May 13th, 2020 · No Comments
This week’s episode is full of news that aren’t described below, as the games the guys have played get a lot of analysis.
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