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Welcome to episode 61 of Shack Together! We're joined by special guest Ozzie Mejia to discuss Microsoft's surprising Xbox price hikes and dive into this week's massive list of tech earnings reports. EA enacts significant shifts with Respawn Entertainment announcing layoffs and game cancellations, while impressive sales figures roll in for titles like Oblivion Remastered, Elden Ring, and more. Today's show features our "Warframe or Soreblame" segment, testing the crew's knowledge of the popular free-to-play game's extensive weapons arsenal, from the widely-used Tenet Envoy to the fan-favorite Opticor. Ozzie also shares insights from his interview with Towerborne's Game Director about the game's Xbox debut and future plans. In Story Time, we cover major industry developments including Fortnite's return to iOS, Apple's court ruling in the Epic Games case, and Nintendo's latest (and perhaps final) System Update preparing for Switch 2. The tech sector dominates our industry news with comprehensive earnings reports from Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, revealing significant developments in gaming revenue, AI initiatives, and hardware sales. And that's all for today's show! Thanks as always for listening and enjoy!   Timestamps 00:01:09 Intro 00:10:44 It's Shack Together! 00:11:26 Ozzie's Games: Star Wars Outlaws 00:19:25 Joe's Game: Selling The Xbox 00:21:45 Asif's Games: Blue Prince, F-Zero 99 00:40:24 Warframe or Soreblame 00:49:29 Previews: Towerborne, Wartorn 00:53:54 Reviews: Shotgun Cop Man, Skin Deep 00:58:48 Gaming News: Oblivion Remastered Sales, Clair Obscur Sales, Elden Ring Sales, RE4 Sales, Xbox Price Hikes, Fortnite Mobile Returns, Nintendo Switch V20 01:24:11 Industry News: Respawn Layoffs, Tesla Seeks to Oust Musk, Meta Earnings, Microsoft Earnings, Amazon Earnings, Apple Earnings 01:48:48 Community Notes   Articles mentioned in this episode Towerborne Xbox Game Preview interview Xbox console & game price increase Respawn Entertainment layoffs & cancellations The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion 4 million players Elden Ring 30 million copies sold Fortnite mobile return to US iOS App Store Nintendo Switch Update 20.0.0 Microsoft Q3 FY25 Gaming revenue Meta Reality Labs Q1 2025 earnings Apple Q2 FY25 earnings results

Welcome to episode 56 of Shack Together! We're joined by special guests Donovan Erskine and Ozzie Mejia to share insights from GDC 2025, while we also dive into Nintendo's final Direct for the original Switch, packed with exciting updates on Metroid Prime 4 Beyond, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake's release date, and even more info on the new Pokémon Legends title. Today's show features our "Final Nintendo Direct: Wii U Edition" segment, where we test our knowledge of Nintendo's historic announcements from the Wii U era. Afterward, we explore an extensive lineup of GDC previews, including promising titles like Dreams of Another, Revenge of the Savage Planet, and TMNT: Tactical Takedown, while discussing the newly announced ShackMaps feature. Next, we cover significant industry developments including Game Informer's return independent from GameStop, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's PS5 release date announcement, and ESA's new accessible games initiative. We also discuss GameStop's convertible notes situation and Ubisoft becoming a Tencent subsidiary. And that's all for today's show! Thanks as always for listening and enjoy!   Timestamps 00:01:19 Hustle Culture   00:10:17 It's Shack Together!   00:11:24 Ozzie's Games: Hearthstone: Into the Emerald Dream, The Rogue: Prince of Persia 00:15:12 Donovan's Games: MLB The Show 25   00:19:11 John's Games: Assassin's Creed: Shadows   00:23:13 Joe's Games: What should I play?   00:24:57 Asif's Games: Retro Slam Tennis, Last War, F-Zero 99, Nintendo Music, Nintendo Today!   00:28:33 Asif's 11th F-Zero 99 Victory   00:45:26 The Final Nintendo Direct: Wii U Edition   00:59:45 Story Time!   00:59:51 Preview: Dreams of Another, Mindwave, Wildgate, Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults, Clawpunk, LUCID, Forestrike, Revenge of the Savage Planet, TMNT: Tactical Takedown, Cairn, Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch   01:16:37 Reviews: Bubble Ghost, PS5 Pro, Look Outside   01:22:53 News: Cristiano Ronaldo comes to Fatal Fury, Shackmaps, Nintendo Direct, GI is Back, Indiana Jones to PS5   02:12:58 Industry: Accessible Games Initiative, GME's Convertible Notes, GME Crash, Ubisoft Subsidiary   02:19:51 Community Notes    Articles mentioned in this episode Watch Nintendo Direct March 2025 Introducing ShackMaps Dreams of Another preview impressions Revenge of the Savage Planet preview PlayStation 5 Pro review Game Informer returns without GameStop Indiana Jones and the Great Circle PS5 release date ESA accessible games initiative tagging awareness GameStop GME convertible note 2025 Ubisoft becomes Tencent subsidiary

Welcome to episode 46 of Shack Together! Today's show features our first-ever Gaming Resolutions Draft, where we compete over a set of insane pre-defined gaming goals for 2025. It's a chaotic way to start the year, as we each try to draft the most achievable (or least ambitious) gaming goals for the many months ahead. In Story Time, we cover some exciting developments, including AGDQ 2025's ongoing charity marathon, Ubisoft's potential strategic changes, and NVIDIA's reveal of their RTX Blackwell 50-series GPUs at CES 2025. We also discuss LocalThunk's Golden Thunk GOTY award going to Animal Well, and Valve's interesting move to bring SteamOS to the Lenovo Legion Go S. And that's all for today's show! Thanks as always for listening and enjoy! Articles mentioned in this episode Freedom Wars Remastered review Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana review Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete review Awesome Games Done Quick 2025: Watch Day 5 Ubisoft pursuing strategic options Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed Xbox Developer Direct announcement Animal Well wins Golden Thunk GOTY Steve Gibson joins Cooldown Games NVIDIA RTX Blackwell announcement Valve bringing SteamOS to Lenovo Legion Go S

Welcome to episode 43 of Shack Together! Today's episode is particularly special as we dive deep into The Game Awards 2024 results and announcements! The show centers around our comprehensive breakdown of The Game Awards winners, where Astro Bot dominated multiple categories including Game of the Year and Best Family Game. The competition was fierce across all categories, with standout victories for Balatro as Best Debut Indie Game and Best Mobile Game, while Helldivers 2 secured both Best Multiplayer Game and Best Ongoing Game. In Story Time, we unpack an absolutely gargantuan slate of game announcements from last night's Game Awards, including some truly exciting reveals like Elden Ring: Nightreign, a new Ninja Gaiden game from Dotemu and The Game Kitchen, and the surprising announcement of Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. We also covered some significant industry news, including Nintendo's full acquisition of Monolith Soft and the latest Cyberpunk 2077 update adding car customization. And that's all for today's show! Thanks as always for listening and enjoy! Articles mentioned in this episode Everything announced at Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition 2024 Hyper Light Breaker Steam Early Access release date Thick As Thieves preview Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound announcement Elden Ring: Nightreign announcement Split Fiction preview Steel Hunters announcement Killing Floor 3 release date Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2 announcement Turok Origins announcement Warframe: 1999 update release date Onimusha: Way of the Sword reveal Mafia: The Old Country release date Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet announcement Okami sequel announcement Infinity Nikki review Marvel Rivals review Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind review Fairy Tail 2 review Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.2 details Foamstars ending season updates Tesla stock hits new all-time high Nintendo acquires Monolith Soft

We're thrilled to welcome senior editor Ozzie Mejia to this week's episode of Shack Together! Joining hosts Asif Khan and the will-he-won't-he John Benyamine, along with myself Joe Stasio, Ozzie brings his gotta-catch-em-all insights to your favorite podcast. Today's exciting segments comes in the form of "Name That Game", where our hosts test their video game knowledge across a wide range of titles. Aftewards, in Story Time, we dive into the latest gaming news, including extensive coverage of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024. We discuss exciting announcements like Borderlands 4, the new Dying Light game, and the reveal of Mafia: The Old Country. We also explore a variety of game previews, from indie darlings like The Plucky Squire to AAA blockbusters like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. And that's all for today's show! Thanks as always for listening and enjoy! Articles mentioned in this episode Watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 Xbox Series X White Digital release date & preorder Borderlands 4 announced for 2025 Dying Light: The Beast reveal Marvel Rivals release date Civilization 7 release date Mafia: The Old Country reveal trailer - Gamescom 2024 Reanimal announcement from Tarsier Studios The Plucky Squire final preview (PC) Stormgate's Early Access release makes me want to play StarCraft II again, and that's good (I think) Emio: The Smiling Man preview King of Meat Gamescom 2024 preview Avowed Gamescom 2024 preview Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Gamescom 2024 preview Indiana Jones: The Great Circle release date (Xbox & PS5)

In this episode of Shack Together, we're joined by Senior News Editor TJ Denzer and Senior Editor Ozzie Mejia to discuss all things EVO. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Today we've got Asif Khan, a will-he-won't-he cohost in John Benyamine and of course myself, producer Joe Stasio. Today we've got some hard-hitting trivia for the fighting game literate among you. Questions range from identifying famous competitors from EVOs past to naming unique mechanics in some of the most beloved fighting games of all time. Who will emerge victorious? You'll have to listen to find out. Story Time includes it's usual slew of both fun and occasionally demoralizing industry news, most of which is listed below for your convenience. And, that will do it. Thanks as always for listening and enjoy! Articles Mentioned in This Episode Punk's EVO performance in Street Fighter EVO's expansion to France and Singapore Astro Bot's EVO 2024 preview The Run Got Next: NBA Street Mortal Kombat 1 Takeda Preview DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO Preview CrowdStrike and Microsoft Windows BSOD Dungeons of Hinterberg Review Assassin's Creed Shadows Backlash Statement Skull and Bones Steam Release Date Tesla Robotaxi Event Delay Fortnite Tesla Cybertruck Humble Games Layoff Twitch Unbans Trump

Join us for a riveting installment of Shack Together, brought to you by Shacknews! Today, our lovely team—host Asif Khan, mysterious and invisible cohost John Benyamine, myself Joe Stasio, and senior editor Ozzie Mejia—kick things off with a discussion about what we've been playing recently. Ozzie dives deep into his experiences with Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Stray Gods: Orpheus DLC and the much-anticipated Nintendo World Championships NES Edition. You can read his full previews and impressions on Shacknews. Meanwhile, I share some quick thoughts after completing Animal Well and exploring Excavation of Hob's Barrow. Finally, Asif updates us his time with [checks notes] F-Zero 99 and more. Next, we play a few rounds of "One Bid," where our contestants try and guess some of the hottest deals from the Steam Summer Sale in the style of The Price is Right. From here, we pivot over to our usual story time segment where we cover the latest news in gaming and tech. Finally, we close with a segment where we look into our souls and try and figure out what on earth is happening over at Gamestop. And that's it! Thanks as always for lisetning and enjoy!

Welcome to the nineteenth episode of Shack Together, the ultimate Shacknews Extended Podcast Universe podcast for video game enthusiasts and skeptics alike! Join your host Asif Khan, a wild John Benyamine, myself Joe Stasio, and senior editor Ozzie Mejia, as we dive into the latest and greatest from Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. But first, Ozzie takes center stage to discuss Ubisoft's upcoming titles, Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin's Creed Shadows, providing a sneak peek into these two behemoths. Next, we stroll down memory lane with a retrospective look at E3 2014, revisiting some of the most significant game announcements from that year, including The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Bloodborne, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. We take a beat to reflect on how these groundbreaking titles shaped the gaming landscape and set the stage for the next decade of video game innovation. While we're at it, we rewind an additional ten years, too, because I personally never miss an opportunity to trash Twilight Princess. In our Story Time segment, enjoy an exhaustive recap of this year's Summer Game Fest, the E3 replacement that brought us announcements like UFO 50, Cairn, and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind. Plus, stick around for highlights from the Xbox Games Showcase and Apple WWDC 2024. Why are you reading this instead of tuning into this jam-packed episode full of insights, nostalgia, and the latest in gaming news. While you're at it, subscribe and join us every Friday for more Shack Together!

Another episode of Shack Together, the Shacknews video games podcast where we celebrate May the 4th a week late because I forgot about it last week. Fronted by our host Asif Khan, myself Joe Stasio, and Senior Editor Ozzie Mejia, we dive into a fun new segment entitled How Long 2D2 where the crew tries to guess how long Star Wars video games take to complete. We also discuss the latest stories from the past week in our Story Time segment, featuring reviews of games like Heading Out, Indika, Surmount, the new Razer Viper V3 Pro mouse, and the 1.0 release of V Rising. In addition, we touch on the latest major news such as Microsoft's shut down of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, Hades 2 Early Access, Apple's newly announced iPad models, Nintendo's latest fiscal reports, and some actually legitimate news about the Switch successor. Plus, we take a look at last week's Shack Chat, involving the community chiming in on which developer they'd like to see make a Star Wars game. As always, thanks for listening and enjoy!

Join Asif Khan, John Benyamine, myself, and Senior Editor Ozzie Mejia on the eighth episode of Shack Together as we discuss the latest in the gaming world. Asif talks about playing Splatoon 3's latest Splatfest, while John shares his varied experience with Balatro. Ozzie discusses his Visions of Mana and Sand Land previews, all before the crew heads over to our game of the week. In “Does it Sequel?” the team debates possible sequel announcements for games like Mario Odyssey, Outriders, and Returnal. Check back in exactly one year's time to hear who's crowned Sequel king, much to the crew's dismay. Story Time covers news on Marvel Rivals, GTA 6, and Stardew Valley, and more. Thanks as always for listening. Enjoy!

Thank you to MeUndies, Shopify, and Factor for sponsoring this episode of What's Good Games!  Go to http://meundies.com/wgg to get 25% off your first order.  Go to http://shopify.com/whatsgood to take your business to the next level today.  Go to http://factormeals.com/whatsgood50 and use code whatsgood50 to get 50% off.  It's all about those mechs in this week's Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon hands-on preview! Joining Andrea and Riana is Ozzie Mejia, Senior Editor at ShackNews. They discuss the gaming announcements from San Diego Comic-Con, that whopper of a Diablo 4 patch, and how Tencent not so quietly bought Techland. In addition to AC6, Ozzie and Riana chat about their time so far in Disney's Illusion Island.  *Preview access to Armored Core VI provided by Bandai Namco  *Review access to Disney's Illusion Island provided by Disney Games  Follow Ozzie on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ozz_mejia  Read Ozzie's work on ShackNews: http://www.shacknews.com  Thank you to this month's Patreon Producers:  Chewy's Godson  Alex Rigopulos  Faris Attieh  Justin Foshee  Punkdefied  Listen to WGG Ad-Free on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames  0:00 - Start and welcome 02:42 - Andrea was at San Diego Comic-Con!!! 05:41 - Star Wars Outlaws 08:49 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 + New PS5 console 11:46 - Mortal Kombat Pack DLC Character Release 16:21 - Invincible: Guarding The Globe - Ubisoft 17:36 - Invincible: Atom Eve 19:00 - Fortnite x Futurama - Official Gameplay Trailer  21:03 - The Expanse: A Telltale Series DLC expansion 26:02 - A Message from MeUndies 28:03 - A Message from Our Sponsor 28:06 - Diablo 4 Update Patch Fixes 34:49 - Tencent set to acquire Dying Light studio Techland 36:47 - Borderlands The Movie coming in 2024 40:02 - 2023 Games for Change Festival! 42:31 - Break 42:53 - A Message from Shopify 44:28 - A Message from Factor 46:06 - Armored Core 6 Preview 1:07:38 - Disney Illusion Island Merch: https://www.whatsgoodgames.com/store Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games  Follow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames  Follow on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/whatsgoodgames  Join our Discord community: http://discord.gg/whatsgoodgames  Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/whatsgoodgamesofficial  Our website: http://www.whatsgoodgames.com  Follow the crew:  Andrea:  http://www.twitter.com/andrearene  http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_  http://www.tiktok.com/@andrearene  Britt:  http://www.twitter.com/blondenerd  http://www.instagram.com/blondenerd  http://www.tiktok.com/@britt.brom  Riana:  http://www.twitter.com/rianatweetsnow  http://www.instagram.com/rianagramsnow  http://www.tiktok.com/@rianatiktoksnow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ozzie Mejia and Blake Morse join our host Asif Khan on this episode of the Shackcast recorded in San Francisco, CA at GDC 2019. The gang talks Nindies, Friendster, Stadia, and everything else they saw at GDC. They also figure out that Lawbreakers probably would have been a better musical and Friendster was fine.

Jeff and Christian welcome Ozzie Mejia from Shacknews.com to the show this week to talk about Street Fighter V's launch woes, the prince of the Vive, a delay on Hololens, Warren Spector's return to development, the DICE awards, and more! In the Playlist, they discuss Street FIghter V, Hearthstone's upcoming changes, Gigantic, Blade & Soul, Black Desery Online, and Atlas Reactor. For Tabletop Time, Jeff updates his epic Pandemic Legacy journey, and more! All that, plus YOUR emails.

Jeff and Christian welcome Ozzie Mejia from Shacknews.com to the show this week to talk about Street Fighter V's launch woes, the prince of the Vive, a delay on Hololens, Warren Spector's return to development, the DICE awards, and more! In the Playlist, they discuss Street FIghter V, Hearthstone's upcoming changes, Gigantic, Blade & Soul, Black Desery Online, and Atlas Reactor. For Tabletop Time, Jeff updates his epic Pandemic Legacy journey, and more! All that, plus YOUR emails.

Weekend Confirmed is celebrating a milestone today with its 200th episode! Join hosts Garnett Lee and Jeff Cannata, along with the Shacknews duo of Andrew Yoon and Ozzie Mejia, as they journey forward by looking into the problems that are plaguing Nintendo and what they can do to keep their boat above water. The topic then turns into the best-selling games of the year and what they mean for games and innovation moving forward. Then Garnett talks about Don't Starve and whether certain games would benefit more from assisting players more at the beginning. Then it's time to celebrate by looking back at the very first episode of Weekend Confirmed and where the world of games has gone since that day back in 2010. Look back upon 200 episodes with some of your favorite clips and rejoice in new Finishing Moves and the post-show Tailgate.

The 190th episode of Weekend Confirmed comes to you in full 1080p! With co-host Jeff Cannata away for the week, host Garnett Lee invites the Shacknews tandem of Andrew Yoon and Ozzie Mejia, along with Christian Spicer, to discuss the imminent arrival of Xbox One. But first, discussion turns to Call of Duty: Ghosts, talking about the series' growing sense of stagnation and whether it's necessarily a problem that can be solved or even one worth solving at all. After that, Andrew catches up on all things Xbox One, including games like Zoo Tycoon, Forza Motorsport 5, Ryse: Son of Rome, and Dead Rising 3, while also making a convincing case for why the packed-in Kinect peripheral matters. The show wraps up with Christian's impressions of the other major Batman game to release, the handheld Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, before everyone goes into Finishing Moves and the post-show Tailgate.

For this edition of Weekend Confirmed, we have two crews for you! We start the show with the Weekend Confirmed X crew of hosts Garnett Lee and Jeff Cannata and the Shacknews duo of Andrew Yoon and Ozzie Mejia reacting to the Watch Dogs delay and how that affects the decision to jump on to next-gen on launch day. That's followed by some early discussion of Pokemon X and Y before jumping into discussion of Telltale's The Wolf Among Us. After the first hour, we switch to Weekend Confirmed Y, with Insomniac's James Stevenson jumping in for a discussion on some of the latest board games before Jeff and Andrew debate their respective views on Beyond: Two Souls. The show wraps up with a new round of Finishing Moves before Andrew and Ozzie switch chairs once more for the post-show Tailgate.

Weekend Confirmed is ready to formally wrap up another week. Hosts Garnett Lee and Jeff Cannata welcome in the Shacknews tandem of Andrew Yoon and Ozzie Mejia to discuss the latest news to come from Sony, including the PS Vita TV. But first, Jeff kicks off the show by talking about his experience with Final Fantasy XIV before discussing World of Warcraft's latest 5.4 patch. Talk then shifts to games by the dozen, including Grand Theft Auto V's dizzying number of missions, while Andrew catches us up on several upcoming releases, like XCOM: Enemy Within, Dying Light, Batman: Arkham Origins, and Peggle 2. The show finishes up with discussion of Puppeteer, Killzone: Mercenary, and The Wonderful 101 before ushering in the weekend with Finishing Moves and this week's Tailgate.