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Episode 748: Five NightsEpisode 748: Five Nights

March 21, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 4:17 pm

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The news this week:

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered‘s PC specs and features detailed, as Sony reiterates no PSN account required, EA Sports College Football 26 to increase NIL payouts to $1,500, Palworld update 0.5.0 patch notes bring crossplay to the game, Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says ‘it’s a tragedy’ his 2013 immigration sim now feels so on-the-nose, Xbox lists Hollow Knight: Silksong as part of “incredible” upcoming indie line-up, Apple & Google face antitrust charges as EU defies threat of Trump tariffs.

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 746: More Tony HawkEpisode 746: More Tony Hawk

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

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’

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 745: More and More LayoffsEpisode 745: More and More Layoffs

February 21, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:49 am

The guys discuss the week’s goings-on, including Diablo speedrun sleuths proving a 15-year world record was fake after reverse-engineering the game and failing to replicate the run in 2.2 billion possible randomized dungeons, Call of Duty’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover costing $90, Valve releasing the Team Fortress 2 source code, and a mystery Tony Hawk remaster mentioned by pro skater involved in the game.

For the first time in years, we have a Gaming History: The Civilization II Eternal War.

The news includes:

Netflix culls staff at Oxenfree developer Night School Studio
Marvel Rivals team hit by layoffs despite major launch success
Days Gone Remastered $10 PS5 upgrade not available for game redemptions via PS Plus

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Episode 704: Pointless AwardsEpisode 704: Pointless Awards

November 29, 2023| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:22 am

This week, we discuss the Videogame Awards and Destiny 2‘s final DLC The Final Shape being delayed, as well as the following news items:

Mario Kart X out in 2025 claims leaker
Pony-inspired fighting game Them’s Fightin’ Herds abandons its unfinished story mode
Nier: Automata sequel is coming – but not just yet
Former Xbox employee reveals game EA made them cancel

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Episode 695: Attack of the VCEpisode 695: Attack of the VC

September 12, 2023| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:12 pm

Life By You looks promising, Armored Core 6 is kicking all sorts of butt, and NBA 2K24 gets more and more predatory and dismaying.

The news this week includes:

NBA 2K24 players say new badge regression system feels like a “second job”
Nintendo reportedly gave private Switch 2 demos to developers
Atari acquires massive Atari archive after revealing a new 2600 that takes cartridges
Starfield mod tools are coming in 2024

Let us know what you think.

Episode 693: Madden Still SucksEpisode 693: Madden Still Sucks

August 18, 2023| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:39 pm

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

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Episode 685: D&D’s Star LordEpisode 685: D&D’s Star Lord

June 2, 2023| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 3:28 pm

Jonah will be in LA for an E3 that no longer exists, but we’ll all have our opinions on Microsoft’s presentation on June 11, especially the Starfield Direct presentation. In the meantime, Jonah argues with Scott and TJ about the latest Dungeons and Dragons movie.

The news includes:

Meta Quest 3 is official, $499, and arriving this autumn
Riot threatens to cancel the entire League of Legends summer season
PlayStation accused of “abusing” games industry with PS5 exclusives
No Dragon Age: Dreadwolf or Skate until after March 2024 says EA

No podcast next week. We’ll have one after the Microsoft event, though.

Episode 683: Super Mega Podcast 4Episode 683: Super Mega Podcast 4

May 9, 2023| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:01 am

This week we discuss Bungie lawsuits, the Street Fighter 6 World Tour, a Stardew Valley clone featuring serial killers, and Fortnite as an Olypmic esport.

The news of the week includes:

Nintendo seems to have fired back over the Tears of the Kingdom leak by DMCAing popular Switch emulation tools
Finnish newspaper uses Counter-Strike to provide accurate Russian reporting on Ukraine invasion
Apple Arcade adds 20 games
Marvel’s Midnight Suns landing on Xbox One and PS4 next week, Switch canceled
Super Mega Baseball 4 launches in June

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Episode 650: Walking SimulatorsEpisode 650: Walking Simulators

May 20, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This week’s episode looks at the progenitor of all walking simulator games, Dear Esther, in this week’s Gaming Flashback. They also discuss the upcoming Game Pass games for May as well as voice masking on the Playstation 3 and Xbox. In addition, Scott discusses Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, the spinoff of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes that was crowdfunded on Kickstarter.

The news includes:

EA Sports officially ends FIFA partnership after 30 years of games
Starfield and Redfall have been delayed
Sony reportedly “will not approve any statements” from PlayStation studios on reproductive rights
Alan Wake developer Remedy provides update on five projects in pipeline

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Episode 646: Late April Fool’sEpisode 646: Late April Fool’s

April 11, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:58 am

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This week’s episode deals with the fact it was published on April Fool’s Fool’s Day, and discussion of the games that have been floating the hosts’ boats. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the magnum opus of Telltale Games: The Walking Dead. The guys also discuss the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 4 and whether anyone cares about it.

The news includes:

Digital games on PS3 and Vita are reportedly “expiring” and becoming unplayable
Ubisoft ends its NFT experiment in Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Konami details eFootball 2022 v1.0 update due next week
Blue Box: Abandoned has not been canceled

Let us know what you think.