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E3 is no more, but was it inevitable?

Other news includes:

• E3, the video game expo, officially shuts down forever
• Report: Insomniac suffers ransomware attack
• Zelda producer doesn’t get why some fans want to go back to the “limited” and “restricted” games
• The Last of Us Online finally canceled

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The first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer dropped, and it has been viewed well over 110M times since. There is much more news post-Game Awards, including Vampire Survivors, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and a ton of demos dropping on Xbox.

The news includes:

• Stormgate launches Kickstarter campaign
• Final Fantasy 16 director teases two-episode DLC will expand Clive’s story
• GTA 6 will release on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 in 2025
• Report: Embattled Bungie management insist fans ‘still like us’

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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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This week, TJ finally decides to play Middle Earth: Shadow of War, and there is a debate on whether he should play Shadow of Mordor or just watch a Let’s Play of the game first.

The news includes:

• Cities: Skylines 2 DLC has been delayed and weekly patches have come to an end
• Warner Bros says Wonder Woman won’t be a live-service game
• Knights of the Old Republic remake reportedly not in active development
• Insomniac’s Wolverine reportedly due 2025

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This week is all about Starfield, Grand Theft Auto 6 and Chucky.

The news includes:

• Rockstar officially announces GTA 6 reveal in December
• PlayStation and X break up
• Nintendo says Switch releases won’t be bound by “traditional” platform lifecycle
• The enormous new Stellaris DLC finally has a release date

All this and listener feedback!

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The guys continue from #700 by discussing, among other things, the upcoming Dark Forces remaster.

The news includes:

• Xbox Partner preview
• Cities: Skylines 2 studio promises performance issues can and will be fixed
• PlayStation 5 Slim disc drive seems to require internet connection to install
• Xbox sees record-breaking Q1 gaming revenue
• Hogwarts Legacy Switch Day One update is larger than game’s cartridge size

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The TD Gaming Podcast reaches its big 700th episode milestone, but unfortunately it covers some boring industry news about Microsoft, Activision, Lies of P, and giantesses in Baldur’s Gate 3.

The news items include:

• Microsoft closes $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
• Phil Spencer: Activision Blizzard games are not coming to Game Pass until 2024
• Cities: Skylines 2 performance has “not achieved the benchmark we targeted”
• Cities: Skylines 2 won’t use Steam Workshop for mod sharing
• Lies of P passes 1 million units sold

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This week, the guys discuss the upcoming consoles coming from Sony and Nintendo, announced and rumored respectively.

The news includes:

• New PS5 Slim officially revealed
• Nintendo Switch 2 name, release date and pricing reportedly revealed
• Unity CEO Riccitiello steps down, effective immediately

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Game news:

• Payday 3’s first update is delayed to mid-October to ensure its stability
• Wolf Among Us 2 dev says “Telltale laid most of us off”
• Sony confirms cyber-attack exposed details of nearly 7000 current and former employees
• Stardew Valley creator shares new screenshots of Haunted Chocolatier

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This week the guys discuss Electronic Arts soccer, Far Cry 7, Vampire Survivors, Sony vs. Gaming Heads, Starfield, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, The Talos Principle 2, and Unity getting games canceled.

• PlayStation boss Jim Ryan to retire next spring
• Meta Quest 3 is coming on October 10
• All of Sony systems allegedly hacked by new ransomware group

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