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The Steam Deck has been released, and TJ and Scott are just excited about it. They’re able to play indie games on a Switch-like device even though many of the same games on the Switch. Jonah already has Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and therefore already plays games with a controller on his cellphone.

This week’s news includes:

• Some Steam Deck preorders won’t ship until September 2022
• PES is dead, replaced by the F2P ‘football platform’ eFootball
• Humankind dev pulls controversial Denuvo DRM from game before launch
• Xbox Game Pass is about to have an unbelievably good month

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This week features the announcement of the Nintendo’s new OLED Switch console… and people are not pleased, including the hosts.

The news includes:

• Nintendo Switch OLED model will go on sale October 8th for $350
• Streets of Rage 4’s first major DLC arrives July 15
• King of Fighters 15 now also coming to Xbox Series X and S
• RoboCop is getting a videogame in 2023

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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

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The bizarre streaming E3 2021 is over, and the guys discuss all of it. Yes, all of it. The conclusion they have is that Microsoft and Nintendo actually had something to say, and everyone else were basically unprepared — for something they should have had months to prepare for.

Apologies for the bad audio.

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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”
• The Apple vs. Epic lawsuit has sparked ‘Xbox Game Pass on Switch’ rumors again
• No Hollow Knight: Silksong news at E3

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This week’s episode is full of rumors, which the crew try to parse.

The news includes:

• Yakuza will remain a turn-based series going forward
• Gears 6 won’t be announced “for some time”
• Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2 re-release “on the table”
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow studio is making a new game

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Can scalpers get any sleazier? Find out in this episode, as more exciting games are coming this year that the crew get hyped about.

The news list features:

• Electronic Arts buys Super Mega Baseball studio Metalhead Software
• Back 4 Blood details its deck-building card system
• Pokémon Card scalpers are ruining cereal, too

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Lots of stuff is coming to Game Pass and platforms everywhere, as TJ enthuses about Ghosts ‘N Goblins, and shows less enthusiasm over Resident Evil Re:Verse.

This week’s news includes:

• Ghosts ‘N Goblins Resurrection coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in June
• Elite Dangerous: Odyssey launches on PC in May
• Dragon Quest Builders 2 is coming to Xbox Game Pass
• Resident Evil Re:Verse has been delayed

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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 listings appear to confirm an open world and sidequests
• Civilization 6’s final free game update adds three new units, two new maps, and more
• Nintendo says it will focus on more original game series in the future

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Guess what? This episode failed to load properly. So here it is, re-uploaded and backdated.

The news:

• PAX 2021 plans revealed
• Battlefield 6 rumors are rife with spaghetti
• 7 Deadly Sins: Hitman 3 new DLC drops March 30
• DOOM: The Classics Collection coming to Nintendo Switch and PS4

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