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Welcome ya' goons. We're a rising consortium of hobby analysts bringing you unfiltered gaming industry news, gaming views, and heavy banter each week in a casual format. We strive for a focus on the technical aspects of games and consoles, and love pouring over sales data and anticipating the future…

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    Episode 242 (Final)- Out Of The Video Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 123:30


    TOPICS: Switch games using FSR? Intel plans to ship 4m ARC GPU in 2022 Call of Duty may be delayed from yearly release Street Fighter 6 Elden Ring tracking as one of the best reviewed games of all time Ubisoft seemingly open to acquisition as long as they can maintain independence Destiny 2 Witch Queen The end of Into The Video Game; memories, lessons, and goodbyes.

    Episode 241- Darth Bad

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 96:26


    TOPICS: Nintendo ending Wii U and 3DS Eshops next year. Platinum Games open to being acquired, but wants to retain their freedom. Acti-Blizz plans sequel to Modern Warfare 2019, and COD Warzone 2. Sonic Movie 3 and Knuckles series confirmed. Pokemon Legends Arceus. Star Wars. Dead by Daylight.

    Episode 240- Driving a Car With Your Mouth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 82:57


    TOPICS: Switch hits 103m, surpasses Wii in sales Furukawa says Switch still in the middle of its lifecycle Nintendo not interested in an acquisition war Pokemon Legends surpasses most mainline Pokemon games and Smash Bros with 6.5m sales in one week Stadia reportedly deprioritized within Google, transitioned to general streaming Nintendo Direct announcements

    Episode 239- The Bungo Acquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 118:17


    TOPICS: Elden Ring has multiple poison swamps because Miyazaki "can't help himself." Pokemon Legends Arceus review. Microsoft makes Game Pass easier to cancel after UK investigation. Sega plans to exit the arcade business entirely. Playstation announces acquisition of Bungie. Jim Ryan says more acquisition on the way, Geoff Keighley hints at more. PlayStation "Spartacus" Game Pass competitor details leak.

    Episode 238- Childhood Spark?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 60:45


    TOPICS: RTX 3050 launches soon, other signs of chip shortage hope Phil Spencer excited for some obscure Acti-Blizz properties Nagoshi's new studio is up and ready to make games "bigger in scale" than Yakuza Old hardware, planned obsolescence, and buying products for your needs Respawn announces they're working on 3 Star Wars games Raven Software unionization push and reorganization Nvidia may abandon ARM acquisition Pokemon Legends Arceus may actually be good? YuGiOh Master Duel impressions

    Episode 237- The Great Devourer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 113:33


    TOPICS: Microsoft announces intention to acquire Activision-Blizzard for 68 Billion. That's it, that's the episode. No seriously it's 2 hours of that.

    Episode 236- Mario is a Sex Icon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 72:18


    TOPICS: E3 goes online only for 2022 Xbox Series S/X fastest selling yet for Microsoft Switch sells more units in Japan than every other console combined last year Top discussed games of 2021 on Twitter Nvidia Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution Riot Games will pay employees 25% of their salary to quit Video Game Industry stock trackers used to source COVID test kits Project Zomboid Laptop Power Efficiency

    Episode 235- Don't Squeak Like That

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 82:21


    TOPICS: TikTok usurps Google as top website A lickable screen that can simulate tastes is in development Koei Tecmo will release it's "full power" this year Samsung gaming hub will include GeForce Now and Stadia support on new TV models CES 2022 announcements; Ryzen 6000 processors and APU incredible advancements, new GPUs, laptops, Radeon Super Resolution and more PSVR2 specs confirmed Company behind Aya Neo claims to have solved Joystick drift issues Indie VR development Modding games for your own pleasure Mount and Blade, Empire at War, and Skyrim modding

    Episode 234- Cryotrigger Genesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 97:22


    TOPICS: Yoko Taro says Nier is done unless someone gives him a big pile of money Steam Best of the Year data shows some interesting games at the top The chip shortage will definitely continue through 2022, gaming laptops are at good prices though Looking forward to confirmed games of 2022 and beyond What to expect from the industry in 2022 Ready or Not impressions

    Episode 233- Noted, But Moving On

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 127:25


    TOPICS: Minecraft Property Rights Watch out for the Poison Larry patch Endwalker so popular Square Enix had to stop selling it STALKER devs immediately kill NFT plan after backlash Ubisoft employees leaving the company in droves according to new report Is there a major publisher crash coming? Looking back on 2021 in the industry ITVGZ Game of the Year Awards Are you crazy for wanting a more beautiful Pokemon game?

    Episode 232- Zeta Halo Vibes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 108:35


    TOPICS: DFO and Multiversus The Matrix Experience The Game Awards 2021 Announcements and Winners Halo Infinite's Campaign review and series discussion Ubisoft de-lists NFT announcement/STALKER announces theirs Epic Games Store has a shopping cart after three years Lead NES and SNES architect Masayuki Uemura passes away Acti-Blizz sends company-wide email warning against unionization amid scandals Bungie CEO apologies for crunch and harassment within company Dr. Disrespect starts "AAA" Studio Midnight Society Dell working on modular laptops Splinter Cell remake greenlit Vodeo Games makes history of the first North American video game company with a union

    Episode 231- Deviancy Abound

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 153:25


    TOPICS: RTX 2060 12gb and incoming Intel i3 12100 FTC sues Nvidia over ARM acquisition Six State Treasurers ask for meeting with Acti-Blizzard Acti-Blizzard will not be a part of The Game Awards beyond nominations Acti-Blizzard walkout continues among Raven Software QA team firing Sony VP fired after allegedly caught soliciting minor Rumors of a Sony subscription service to compete with Game Pass by combining PS Plus and PS Now Take-Two Interactive goes wild with copyright claims on random companies The Game Awards Predictions and Award Choices Halo: Infinite Campaign early impressions

    Episode 230- Bad Rats Infrastructure

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 119:22


    TOPICS: Geoff working with Dev for 2.5 years on big TGA reveal Steam passes 27m concurrent users Babylon's Fall FFXIV scandal Resident Evil Series Battlefield 2042 creator does what DICE wouldn't Qualcomm's Switch-like specs Old Arcade Cabinets The current status and future of VR Gaming The Silicon shortage isn't ending anytime soon Christmas/December Gaming Destiny 2 Raiding

    Episode 229- Ogre The God of Combat

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 139:39


    TOPICS: WB MultiVersus AOE IV Content Timeline Black Friday Gaming Laptop deals Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo comment on Acti-Blizz trashfire Is WoW copying FFXIV? Halo Infinite progression/battle pass issues Battlefield 2042 issues Pokemon BDSP review Project L and assist fighters

    Episode 228- Games Pass Gaslighting

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 124:51


    TOPICS: Pokemon BDSP patch fixes game Steam Deck delayed Back 4 Blood fails to fix issues Microsoft makes power moves on 20th anniversary with back compat games and FPS boost Halo Infinite multiplayer launches Dragon Ball: The Breakers Naruto in Fortnite The Game Awards 2021 nominations Acti-Blizzard walkout calls for Bobby Kotick resignation, allegations come down on him specifically Phil Spencer says ability to play all old games via emulation should be an industry goal Something Awful Founder dies

    Episode 227- Slavic Trample Damage

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 116:57


    TOPICS: NFT Video Games Switch approaching Wii Sales Switch may last longer than expected Nintendo invests 4B across company Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Facebook Meta change Age of Empires IV Destiny 2 Marvel's Avengers and live service games FFXIV Endwalker Resident Evil 4 VR Saints and Sinners

    Episode 226 (Final)- To Go Even Further Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 85:50


    NEWS: PS5 hits 13.4M Facebook rebrands to Meta, pushes Metaverse Microsoft discusses their Metaverse plans and teams with Sega for "cloud based super game" Oculus Quest 2 may phase out Facebook account requirement, San Andreas VR port announced Estimate suggests Xbox Series has sold over 8m, with over 20m Game Pass subscribers Ubisoft announces play-to-earn NFT games Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 delayed with no new release date Blizzard Co-Leader Jen Oneal steps down after 3 months Acti-Blizz CEO Bobby Kotick takes massive pay cut amid scandals TOPICS: Resident Evil 4 VR Age of Empires IV

    Episode 225- Bring Da Ruckus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 85:43


    NEWS: PS3 Emulation can now make every game boot EA reiterates commitment to BF2042 specialist system Grasshopper Manufacture acquired by NetEase Wu-Tang Action RPG rumors Judge rejects Blizzard lawsuit pause request Idris Elba will not make Knuckles "Sexy" in Sonic 2 Nintendo Online + Expansion datamine suggests at least 38 N64 games, 52 Genesis games Shoji Meguro leaves Atlus to develop indie games Ubisoft taunts players who drop Far Cry 6 via emails WB Multiverse game leak Microsoft sets 1st quarter gaming revenue record Back 4 Blood hits 6M players Intel's 12th gen CPUs announced Sony State of Play TOPICS: Resident Evil 4 VR Guardians of the Galaxy early impressions Halo Infinite campaign reveal

    Episode 224- Steam Ends Gaming

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 77:08


    NEWS: FIFA organization asking EA for 1B every 4 years for FIFA license Steam bans all games with NFT and Crypto components from platform Minecraft Java and Bedrock coming to Game Pass Switch Online + Expansion will be $50 per year Elden Ring delayed until Feb 25th, closed network test incoming Valve developing tool to check Steam Deck compatibility with your whole library Ubisoft reportedly developing new Splinter Cell game Game Pass misses target, but still grows 37% Marcus Lehto founding new studio under EA TOPICS: Back 4 Blood How long is a short game?

    Episode 223- The Nagoshiator

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 89:48


    NEWS: War Thunder discussion leaks classified military documents again. Toshihiro Nagoshi and Daisuke Sato leave Ryu Ga Gotoku and Sega. Halo Forge leak suggests it may put scripting in the hands of players. Microsoft will re-evaluate their stance on right to repair. Valve will sell individual parts to Steamdeck directly to consumers. Capcom says they are unable to make Monster Hunter Rise Cross-Save and Cross-Play work. FFXIV surpasses 24m players, becomes most profitable Final Fantasy ever. RX 6000 launches with 8gb vram and power efficiency boosts over RTX 3060. TOPICS: Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost PC Building Simulator You Will Die Here Tonight Back 4 Blood Battlefield 2042 Beta Edutainment Games

    Episode 222- Big Bar Graph Energy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 69:04


    NEWS: Xbox TGS Presentation and Stranger of Paradise demo Square Enix TGS Presentation New Twisted Metal in development at Playstation EVO Cancels 2021 Sony reveals Bluepoint Acquisition Bandai Namco changes its logo Rumors that Konami is rebooting its large game franchises Patent suggests Nintendo is working on their own upscaling technology Apple made more operating profit from games than Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and Acti Blizz combined All of Twitch is hacked Capcom wants PC to be a flagship platform going forward TSMC says someone is stockpiling chips instead of making products Sora revealed as last character in Smash Ultimate TOPICS: Legacy of the Duelist Severed Steel Lost Judgment

    Episode 221- He's So Cool

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 77:24


    NEWS: Nintendo Direct Announcements China bans crypto mining and transactions Acti-Blizz sued by EEOC, settles for 18m Amazon's MMO New World launches with 700k players 11 game studios had 4k Switch dev kits that Nintendo claims aren't real? TOPICS: Arma 3 Lost Judgment Faith Game companies leaving money on the table

    Episode 220- Sexy Men are Disrupting the Social Order

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 87:22


    NEWS: New rules for Chinese gamers under 18/government seeks to do away with "effeminate men" in games Sir Clive Sinclair of ZX Spectrum fame passes away New controller for Switch likely, Nintendo Direct tomorrow Tales of Arise hits 1m sold THQ Nordic presentation brings 8 new games Rumors of a Quantic Dream Star Wars game Acti-Blizzard under federal investigation, chief legal officer resigns, Overwatch 2 Producer resigns Pokemon TCG Live client shown off Respawn says Titanfall 3 is not in development TOPICS: No More Heroes 3 Idol Manager

    Episode 219- The Martyr Saint of GeForce Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 127:16


    NEWS: Apple vs Epic comes to a decision Activision-Blizzard further sued for labor violations Bayonetta 3 VA worries fans with cryptic tweets Unsolvable Super Mario 64 glitch is likely due to a rogue space particle GeForce Now Datamine leaks tons of games, but are they real? Nvidia will be relaunching the old RTX 2060 with 12gb VRAM Battlefield 2042 delayed to November 19th Playstation Showcase impresses with new announcements TOPICS: EA Beta Desktop App Deathloop early impressions

    Episode 218- Hideo of Delphi

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 74:14


    NEWS: Playstation Showcase on Thursday Kojima wanted to make "Mads Max" Rumors of Gameboy and Gameboy Color on Switch Online Garry's Mod reaches 20m sold After five years, No Man's Sky has positive Steam rating Blizzard removes some jokes from World of Warcraft amid scandal Shawn Layden weighs in on bulging game budgets and industry stagnation Valve says it's a "bug" if Steamdeck doesn't run your whole library at launch Deathloop PC specs are a bit high Dead Space remake update TOPICS: Dread Delusion Ground Branch Crysis/Crysis Remaster Live in Dungeon

    Episode 217- McCriminal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 56:04


    NEWS: NetEase in discussions to poach Nagoshi from Sega Norman Reedus mentions negotiations for Death Stranding 2 Atlus, Arc System Works, Xbox, Square Enix, Capcom, Sega confirm for Tokyo Games Show Overwatch McCree name change TOPICS: Tales of Arise demo Riders Republic Beta Local esports venues and college towns

    Episode 216- Purchased By Soulja Boy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 106:49


    NEWS: Skyrim releases again- 00:37 Soulja Boy announces he owns Atari, is wrong- 4:34 New American Girl Doll has Game Pass Sub- 9:34 Halo Infinite will not ship with Campaign Co-op or Forge- 13:30 Activision-Blizzard avoiding putting their name on Call of Duty Vanguard amid lawsuits- 21:57 Destiny 2 Presentation shows roadmap and new expansions- 26:34 Xbox Showcase at Gamescom announcements- 40:45 Gamescom Opening Night Live announcements- 1:03:53

    Episode 215- Cool Emo Matrix Phase

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 65:05


    NEWS: Acti-Blizzard Contract Workers speak out- 1:18 Diablo 4 Director, Lead Level Designer, and WoW designer all leave Acti-Blizzard- 2:21 Switch takes entire top 30 games spot in Japan; first time a console has done so since 1988- 5:15 Battlefield 2042 Hazard Zone datamine- 7:45 Epic shamelessly copies Among Us with new Fortnite mode- 12:47 Pokemon Presents Diamond Pearl Remakes and Legends: Arceus- 17:41 TOPICS: Destiny 2 raiding- 39:34 Boyfriend Dungeon- 44:11 Neon White- 56:15

    Episode 214- Company Cage Match

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 53:50


    NEWS: Switch hits 89M- 1:18 Nintendo Indie World Presentation- 6:19 Only 1 EGS Exclusive made Epic profit so far- 9:17 Google considered buying Epic during platform dispute- 11:16 Coca Cola, State Farm, and Kellogg back off from Overwatch League- 14:09 Group trying to "Save Titanfall" likely behind hacks- 24:13 TOPICS: Recent Destiny 2 campaigns were poor- 28:14 The Curse of Weeklies and Dailies- 30:21 Seek by iNaturalist is technically a video game- 40:19

    Episode 213- The Bobby Kotick Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 82:33


    NEWS: 2021 Games continue to be delayed EB Games rebrands to Gamestop ST Micro says chip shortage will continue until 1st half 2023 PS5 passes 10m sold and becomes profitable per unit Blizzard president and head of HR leaves, shareholder sues company, T-Mobile pulls sponsorship Nvidia says "when, not if" publishers rejoin GeForce now TOPICS: Destiny 2 Guilty Gear Strive What is "Slav Jank?"

    Episode 212- I Will Fight Seven Activision-Blizzard Executives Simultaneously

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 83:19


    NEWS: Activision-Blizzard Lawsuit- 00:13 EA Play Live- 22:07 Amazon's New World passes 200k concurrent players- 40:29 That's No Moon studio gets 100m from Smilegate, former Naughty Dog, Sony, and Infinity Ward devs- 45:13 New power regulations in some states hit PC prebuilts- 48:11 TOPICS: Guilty Gear datamines and Goldlewis- 54:58 FOMO and Daily Games- 59:00 Pokemon Unite- 1:02:36 Steamdeck, Laptop, or Switch?- 1:12:03

    Episode 211- Juicy Goosey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 77:53


    NEWS: Netflix adding games as part of subscription- 00:50 Valve announces the Steamdeck- 1:44 No Star Wars or Skate at EA Play- 18:27 War Thunder fan leaks classified tank documents- 24:42 DLSS is now a simple download for devs- 29:39 Ubisoft announces XDefiant- 30:48 Sega, Xbox, Bandai Namco, and Ubisoft headlining at Gamescom- 34:42 Over half US households have a video game console- 35:39 Skull and Bones dev hell & Beyond Good and Evil 2 "too early" to show- 40:00 Guilty Gear DLC- 46:14 Monster Hunter Stories Egg Mechanics- 50:12 TOPICS: Genre mixes- 56:57 Impressive systems used in only one or two games- 1:02:41

    Episode 210- Master Foot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 63:08


    NEWS: Sony State of Play- 1:00 Resident Evil Village sells 4.5m- 3:41 China facial recognition for kids to keep playing- 4:55 Tencent's offer to buy Crytek under military scrutiny- 8:05 7 Persona announcements for 25th anniversary- 11:20 Lost Judgment protag talent agency disputing with devs- 16:22 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl- 19:39 TOPICS: Dark Deity- 37:10 When to walk away from a game- 49:49

    Episode 209- Rat Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 82:12


    NEWS: In-Game video game ads; EA and Hi-Rez are already interested- 1:05 Sony acquires PC port developer Nixxes- 6:29 Kojima allegedly signs letter of intent with Xbox for a project- 8:27 FidelityFX Super Resolution is able to be modded into games- 10:02 Mass Effect and Dragon Age will NOT be at EA Play- 11:14 Asmongold and the World of Warcraft expats to FFXIV- 16:32 Switch OLED Model announced- 20:30 Assassin's Creed Infinity is a live service platform- 29:30 TOPICS: Escape from Tarkov- 39:36 Downsides of 144hz gaming- 56:33 Game Industry Timelining/Milestones- 1:02:28

    Episode 208- Beggars and Choosers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 94:58


    NEWS: Windows 11 Reveal- 00:56 AMD is selling failed PS5 hardware?- 14:27 Fan Translators and NISA Partner to localize Trails games- 16:50 Sony buys Housemarque and probably Bluepoint- 22:55 Konami partner with Bloober on future project- 25:13 505 announces Control multiplayer game- 35:17 Todd Howard says ES6 still in design phase- 39:12 Smash reveals/Kazuya gameplay- 45:10 TOPICS: Escape from Tarkov- 50:36 Dark Deity- 52:23 Neo TWEWY Demo- 55:43 Monster Hunter Stories 2 Demo- 1:01:51 ITX PCs and Builds- 1:15:09

    Episode 207- The Threat of Gackt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 99:26


    NEWS: EA Hackers stole FIFA 21 and Frostbite Engine code- 1:20 Pete Hines apologizes for Starfield exclusivity- 2:48 Nintendo leads E3 2021 views- 5:37 EA rumored to be bringing back established IP in July's event- 7:05 Sonic Team wants next Sonic to be influential like Adventure- 9:25 Blue Box Studios and the Kojima conspiracy?- 16:10 David Cage cries and runs out of court proceedings amid Quantic Dream scandal- 36:04 AMD FSR releases- 47:05 TOPICS: Gaming Laptop GPUs- 53:00 ID@Xbox and Steam Next Fest Demos- 56:09 FF7R Intermission- 1:06:48 Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart- 1:17:57 What E3 game will have biggest industry impact- 1:26:41

    Episode E3 2021- Nintendo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 47:52


    Nintendo, Kazuya, Monkey Ball Banana Mania, Mario Party Superstars, Metroid Dread, Mario Golf, Warioware Get it Together, SMTV, Daganronpa, Fatal Frame, Rabbids, Breath of the Wild 2, Game and Watch Zelda.

    Episode E3 2021- Freedom Games, Limited Run Games, Capcom, and Intellivision

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 55:57


    Halo Infinite, Intellivision Amico, Blankos Block Party, Freedom Games, Coromon, Dark Deity, Limited Run Games, Double Dragon, River City Girls, Shantae, Bloodrayne, Dusk, Rondo of Blood, Contra, Resident Evil Village, Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, Capcom Pro Tour.

    Episode E3 2021- Microsoft, Bethesda, and Square Enix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 71:42


    Microsoft, Bethesda, Square Enix, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Stalker 2, Starfield, The Outer Worlds 2, Redfall, Babylon Fall, Final Fantasy Origin, Guardians of the Galaxy, Life is Strange

    Episode E3 2021- Guerrilla Collective, Ubisoft, Devolver, and Gearbox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021 58:31


    BPM, Demon Turf, Unmetal, Rainbow Six Extraction, Far Cry 6, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Mario x Rabbids, Avatar, Demon Throttle, Homeworld 3, Wonderlands, Godfall, Devolver, Ubisoft, Gearbox, Guerrilla Collective

    Episode E3 2021- Koch Primetime and IGN Expo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 37:01


    Kingdom Come, Dolmen, Mortal Shell, Doki Doki Literature Club, Sifu, Wonderlands, Skate Bird, Unpacking, The Forgotten City, Splitgate, Haunted Space

    Episode 206- Known Microsoft Shills

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 147:19


    NEWS: Next Windows version to be revealed on June 24th- 1:23 Yuji Naka parts ways with Square Enix- 12:30 Fortnite bringing back Ska- 18:29 Ratchet and Clank did good- 21:13 Koch dials down expectations for E3- 32:08 Indie Live Expo announcements- 35:35 Guerrilla Collective Day 1 announcements- 43:42 Battlefield 2042- 46:33 TOPICS: E3 2021 Predictions- 1:04:17 Best Final Fantasy?- 2:15:04

    Episode 205- The Final Graphics Card

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 87:43


    NEWS: Switch Pro may be revealed in the next few days- 1:10 Borderlands 3 Cross-play but not on Sony- 6:35 PS5 Disc Version will be profitable to manufacture/sell starting this month- 9:27 RTX 3080 TI and 3070 TI- 11:29 AMD shows off FidelityFX Super Resolution tech- 14:04 Ryzen 5 5600g and Ryzen 7 5700g bring 1080p games to APUs- 20:24 Dragon Quest Presentation- 25:49 Sonic Presentation- 28:12 Horizon Forbidden West State of Play- 37:04 God of War delay/PS4- 41:10 TOPICS: E3 2021 coming together as more companies set times- 44:16 Kingdom Hearts- 55:53 Walmart streaming service/wrapper- 1:15:42

    Episode 204- Serial Studio Acquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 96:34


    NEWS: Deep Silver will make another Timesplitters- 2:28 Embracer Group in late stage of 20 more acquisitions- 5:14 Microsoft and Bethesda Joint E3 Conference- 7:07 Overwatch drops to 5v5- 14:15 Blizzcon 2021 cancels- 22:39 PS5 outselling Xbox 2-1 in Q1- 26:57 Square Enix E3 leak- 34:15 Pokemon release dates set- 35:54 Valve working on Switch-like console- 38:19 Upcoming/Current E3 2021 adjacent events- 48:27 TOPICS: Game Designing Trouble in Terrorist Town- 58:08 Mass Effect- 1:03:54 Balan Wonderworld- 1:08:39 Tender: Creature Comforts- 1:11:56 Scarlet Nexus Demo- 1:16:33 What makes a game complete?- 1:23:09

    Episode 203- Slummin' It

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 88:52


    NEWS: Sega wants Atlus games on more platforms and examining backlogs for remaster potential- 1:11 New Dualsense Colors- 11:49 Mass Effect Legendary Edition mixed PC reviews- 16:52 Leaks suggest no PS5 version of Starfield- 34:40 Apple vs Epic lawsuit documents hints towards Microsoft/Nintendo Xcloud negotiations- 40:43 TOPICS: E3 Conferences not yet set- 43:40 Guilty Gear Strive Open Beta 2- 49:08 Valkyria Chronicles 4 Review- 57:21

    Episode 202- Lost in the Sauce

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 92:00


    NEWS: Switch surpasses GBA at hits 85m sold- 00:59 Baldur's Gate Re-releases without a remaster or remake- 3:01 Sony sued for "Digital Monopoly" over its marketplace- 7:17 Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, XSEED, Marvelous, Gearbox join E3 2021- 20:53 Sony has more than 25 new PS5 games in production- 23:33 IBM creates first 2nm chip- 26:31 Yakuza will remain turn based, Lost Judgement announced- 35:12 Capcom has fourth consecutive year of record high profits- 40:20 Resident Evil Village sells 3m in a week- 43:46 PS5 to be in short supply through 2022- 47:23 Series S/X update lets you use original xbox dashboard- 53:39 Steam may be coming to consoles- 54:39 TOPICS: Power Rangers Battle for the Grid- 59:28 Resident Evil Village review- 1:05:42

    Episode 201- Lifting The Veil

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 98:06


    NEWS: Sega to start selling NFTs of its IP this summer- 2:51 Microsoft matches Epic and cuts revenue to a 82/12 split for devs on PC- 11:07 Activision CEO takes massive pay and bonus cut, plan to hire 2000 more employees over next two years- 15:08 Konami pulls out of E3 2021- 18:56 Epic vs Apple lawsuit begins, leaks tons of game industry secrets- 20:07 Sony takes minority stake in Discord and plans integration by 2022- 38:21 Activision guts Crash and Spyro remaster studio- 40:35 Nintendo plans to release a game about designing games- 47:07 TOPICS: Resident Evil 8 Soon- 49:37 Playing Kingdom Hearts for the first time- 57:48 Valkyria Chronicles 4- 59:06 How to deal with backlogs- 1:08:21 New Pokemon Snap early impressions- 1:18:43 Returnal early impressions- 1:22:24

    Episode 200- The Goose is Loose

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 113:44


    NEWS: Sony's Jim Ryan promises more exclusives with PS5 than any other generation- 1:45 7.8m PS5 have been sold so far- 13:21 Sega, Bandai Namco, and Activision join E3 this year- 14:35 David Hayter drops rumors of a Metal Gear Remake- 18:36 Respawn becomes an oscar winner for a documentary about Medal of Honor- 22:17 New cryptocurrency out of China could foretell HDD and SDD shortages- 23:16 Internal EA FIFA documents reveal extent of push towards Ultimate Team- 26:52 Knife wielding man at Mihoyo headquarters likely inspired by bunny costume DLC- 29:46 Persona 5 Strikers sells 1.3m- 33:12 Super Mario Party gets a multiplayer update out of nowhere- 34:03 Capcom shows off new Resident Evil/Monster Hunter info this past week- 36:49 TOPICS: Resident Evil 8 Demo- 1:00:10 Final Fantasy XII Zodiac Age review- 1:10:27 Nier Replicant first impressions- 1:31:22 How to not get tilted in competitive games- 1:35:14 Dealing with fighting experienced players as a new player- 1:38:47

    Episode 199- Keep That Evil Away From Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 106:51


    NEWS: Sony invests 200m in Epic Games "Metaverse"- 1:02 Sony decides not to shut down PS3 and Vita stores after backlash- 12:37 PS5 becomes fastest selling console in US history- 16:15 Native DLSS coming to Unity- 19:01 Apex and Warzone both hit 100m players- 21:18 Multiple parties looking into acquiring Square Enix, but they're not for sale- 27:16 Oddworld Soul Storm fizzles out- 30:08 Resident Evil 4 VR announced for Quest 2- 34:07 Nintendo takes down Labo website, signaling the end- 37:44 Amazon cancels LOTR MMO- 38:56 Day's Gone dev and Sequel Complaints- 42:38 TSMC hopes supply chain "may release a bit" in 2023- 56:13 Discord ends acquisition talks with Microsoft- 1:01:35 Jeff Kaplan leaves Blizzard after legendary career- 1:02:11 TOPICS: Apex Legends Unlocks- 1:09:36 FFXII Zodiac Age- 1:11:32 Timesplitters Future Perfect- 1:18:00 Apex Legends Season 9- 1:27:49

    Episode 198- Microsoft Cave Oracles

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 70:35


    NEWS: Rumors that Microsoft is in talks with Kojima Productions to publish their next game- 00:25 EA working on dynamic difficulty systems to keep you playing their games- 4:45 Rumored Last of Us remake in the works, Sony rejects Days Gone 2- 11:36 Sony plans to focus even more on AAA games- 19:58 Playstation wants its most popular franchises on mobile- 25:38 Nintendo warns of late 2021 Switch shortages- 28:49 Oculus Quest 2 gets wireless PCVR support and native 120hz- 30:25 TOPICS: NEO World Ends With You- 31:46 Monster Hunter Rise Endgame- 33:36 Gundam Extreme Versus Maxi Boost On- 35:22 FFXIV 5.5- 54:18 Are Game Pass games fair to full-price purchasers?- 57:21

    Episode 197- Big Switch

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 86:01


    Monster Hunter passes 5m in first week, pushes Switch hardware like crazy- 1:20 We name the Switch Pro- 8:44 Switch update suggests new dock for Switch Pro?- 15:28 E3 is back this year, major brands back on board, some still missing- 17:36 Becoming an older gamer- 30:29 Balan Wonderworld flops hard- 37:55 Capcom had an interesting week of marketing- 45:56 Monster Hunter Rise Week 2 Coverage/High Rank- 54:05 Journalists should stop talking about fan games- 1:11:38

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