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In this episode, Jordan’s son Allen gets in on the act, berating League of Legends despite being addicted to it. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the Sierra Online adventure game Police Quest, while the Gaming History is how BioWare prepared to develop their first Star Wars game, Knights of the Old Republic.

This week’s news includes:

• Blizzard announces Diablo III coming to Xbox One, PS4 in 2014
• Dyack attempts to get Shadow of the Eternals off the ground with Kickstarter again
• US recognizes League of Legends as a professional” sport
• Sony drops fine appeal levied due to April 2011 hacker attack
• Microsoft: Family sharing may return to Xbox One in some form

This week’s Question of the Week: “What’s your favorite RPG of all-time?”

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Jonah is getting ready for Vegas this weekend, so you know that whatever he does there will probably stay there. On the other hand, Jordan’s just beginning to check out State of Decay, while the winner of the T-shirt contest is announced. Also, for the first time in a long while, there’s a Gaming History – this one on the PlayStation 2.

This week’s news:

• UbiSoft: Xbox One version of Watch Dogs more dynamic than PS4 and current-gen versions
• Microsoft prez Don Mattrick leaves to be Zynga CEO
• Sony: DualShock 4 controller’s light bar cannot be turned off
• Indian PC gamers upset at Origin price increases

This week’s Question of the Week, “What’s your favorite indie game released in the last year?”

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This week’s podcast is fairly heavy on the Xbox One news, but at least it makes for a themed podcast. Jordan expresses his fears at controllers that look at you, while QWOP and Surgeon Simulator 2013 are discussed.

This week’s news includes:

• PS4 did have always on DRM, camera, but Sony changed it at E3
• Report: Xbox One’s capabilities better than Microsoft expected
• Report: Xbox One will be able to run Windows 8 apps
• Xbox One getting Unity support to aid indie developers
• Half-Life 3 rumors squashed by Surgeon Simulator 2013 dev
• Star Citizen asset cost for ships “anywhere from $35,000 to $150,000”

The “Win a Titanfall T-shirt” contest continues. Merely answer, “What game at E3 impressed you the most?” to enter to win a large size tee.

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Jordan Lund and Jonah Falcon finally get back together after an eventful E3 2013, as Jordan finished his not-so-stellar review of The Last of Us. Part of the podcast was from Jonah’s live television show on MNN, which recapped Microsoft’s decision to reverse its online policies with the Xbox One.

The news this week includes:

• EA’s Soderlund states next-gen consoles should have come a year earlier
• Xbox One, PlayStation 4 premium games will cost $59.99
• EA’s Star Wars licensing deal ‘almost didn’t happen’, DICE pushed for Battlefront
• Fish claims Fez 2 won’t come to Xbox One due to anti-indie policy

This week has a contest: win a free Large T-Shirt of Titanfall, by answering the question: What game at E3 impressed you the most?

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While Jonah Falcon is at E3 2013, this week is an Outtakes podcast, started with a Dr. Who discussion, ended by a Game of Thrones “Red Wedding” discussion, and outtakes in between.

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This week’s episode is the final episode before E3, and next week, an outtakes episode filled with Dr. Who and Game of Thrones discussion will run. After that, we’ll have some serious E3 2013 discussion, especially about what happens with Microsoft and Sony in particular.

No Gaming Flashback, but news includes:

• Pachter predicts $349 for PS4, $399 for Xbox One
• World of Warcraft movie ‘begins shooting‘ in Q1 2014
• Robert Bowling’s Robotoki raided by LAPD, mistake COD figure as armed intruder
• Documentary seeks to unearth 3.5M E.T. cartridges from landfill
• Oculus Rift developer Andrew Scott Reisse, 33, killed as bystander in police chase
• Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter fundraising struggling

All that and Listener Feedback.

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This week is just Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund, but the podcast is double length as the Xbox One dominates the last part of the podcast. There’s also the Gaming Flashback of Bungie’s Oni.

This week’s news includes:

• Games Industry Biz eulogizes Wii U, states it suffered “death by apathy”
• Xbox One revealed by Microsoft
• Microsoft: No fees for used games, special dispensation for gamers without internet
• Microsoft’s Greenberg: E3 presentation will be “all about the games”

All this and Listener Feedback.

GameTrailers is live streaming the Xbox Reveal Event at 10am PST / 1pm EST – check it out in the video below after the break and let us know what you think!

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This week’s podcast features a Gaming Flashback of Halo: Combat Evolved, one of the longest such game segments in the podcast’s history, encompassing a third of the podcast.

This week’s news items includes:

• Blizzard decides against rolling back Diablo III servers following gold exploit
• Defiance to get 5 major DLC packs in the next year
• Report: Next-gen Xbox console called “Xbox Infinity”
• Obsidian expresses desire to develop Star Wars RPG
• EA to stop licensing with weapons manufacturers, will keep using branded guns

There’s only one reader response, but there is a Question of the Week: “What videogame genre are you completely burned out on?”

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[This episode is unedited, so be prepared for some naughty language.]

This week has some stunning news items, causing an overstuffed, long episode, so big even Jordan’s wife chimes in, and Jonah and Paul argue hotly over the last item. The Gaming Flashback for this episode is Super Star Wars.

This week’s huge news:

• EA gets exclusive license to publish Star Wars games, powered by Frostbite 3 engine
• Uplay causing problems with Steam version of Heroes VI expansion Shades of Darkness
• The Sims 4 officially announced by Electronic Arts
• Michael Biehn hints at Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon sequel
• Doritos Crash Course 2 coming May 9, still free
• Spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness hitting crowdfunding on May 6
• Gearbox dismisses Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit as “beyond meritless”

Also some listener feedback, plus this week’s Question: “What was your Golden Era of videogaming?”