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We've got a grab bag of news this episode covering things from Star Wars Outlaws updates, Switch 2 details, Death Stranding on Xbox, PS5 Pro updates, and the unfortunate passing of Tony Todd.
In the backend, Isli gives his thoughts on the Separate Ways DLC then I talk Dredge, Mouthwashing, and Tunic.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Bits
- 00:33 Game Pass November Wave 1
- 02:38 Star Wars Outlaws Updates
- 06:31 Switch 2 Update
- 07:50 Death Stranding On Xbox
- 11:50 No Man's Sky PS5 Pro Update And Cross-Save
- 15:15 Dino Crisis Anime That Never Was
- 16:18 Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Pro Update
- 16:57 Sony's Comments On Releases And Concord
- 22:42 Tony Todd Passes Away
What We're Playing
- 25:58 FFXIV
- 30:40 Separate Ways DLC
- 40:08 Dredge
- 42:20 Mouthwashing
- 45:03 Tunic -
This episode we talk about the unfortunately closure of Firewalk Studios, the curious Marathon update, and Isli is back to give his thoughts after getting the Silent Hill 2 platinum.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Bits
- 01:04 Firewalk Studios Officially Closed
- 05:44 Marathon Is "On Track"
- 14:56 FF14 7.1 Update Notes
What We've Been Playing
- 24:30 FF14
- 26:00 Silent Hill 2
- 46:18 Carrion
- 50:28 Dredge -
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It's a light news week but that allows Xya to talk about her experience finishing Mother 3, my final thoughts on Silent Hill 2, and my experience with Carrion.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Bits
- 00:33 Xbox Series X Finally Outsells Series S
- 04:49 Fntastic Cancels Kickstarter
- 07:18 Silent Hill 2 Patches Progress Bug
What We've Been Playing
- 10:27 Mother 3
- 20:44 Silent Hill 2
- 43:57 Carrion -
This episode we cover the Space Marine 2 review bombing, the Xbox Partner showcase, and then in the backend I give my thoughts on the Silent Hill 2 remake.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 01:12 News Bits From The Week We Missed
- 05:50 Microsoft Drops $1 Game Pass Trial Ahead Of COD Release
- 06:56 God Of War TV Show Shakeup
- 07:30 Spider-Man 2 Coming To PC
- 07:58 Space Marine 2 Review Bombed Over Patch
- 10:33 Xbox Partner Preview
- 14:16 Misc. News Clean Up
What We're Playing
- 19:05 Mother 3
- 27:00 Silent Hill 2
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Sony has pulled some weird anti-consumer moves with the original Horizon Zero Dawn release, now that the remastered was announced. We've also got news that The Alters has been delayed, a game I was looking forward to this year. Then in the back half I get into more of my experience with the Elden Ring DLC.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:30 Silent Hill 2 Remake
- 03:37 The Alters Delayed
- 04:08 Metal Gear Delta Too Easy?
- 05:13 God Of War Ragnarök "Shut Up" Mod On PC
- 08:12 FFXIV Housing Demolition On Hold
- 17:48 Sony's Sneaky Moves With Horizon Zero Dawn On PS and PC
- 21:37 Diablo IV: Vessel Of Hatred
What We're Playing
- 35:40 Horizon Zero Dawn
- 42:26 Shadow Of The Erdtree
- 01:07:31 Oddworld Abe's Exoddus -
We're back and jumping right into the news we missed and ending with a recap of Sony's State of Play. Then in the back half Isli talks about beating Lies of P, I beat Sons of the Forest, and then I get into Frostpunk 2.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:34 Next Battlefield Game Will Be In A Modern Setting
- 01:25 Netflix Confirms New Cyberpunk Animated Project
- 01:55 Meta Quest 3S Announced
- 03:14 Blizzard Rumored To Be Working On A StarCraft FPS
- 05:48 Fntastic Announces New Scam, I mean, Kickstarter
- 07:00 Sony State Of Play Recap
What We're Playing
- 34:36 Lies Of P
- 44:52 Sons Of The Forest
- 01:02:45 Frostpunk 2
- 01:08:59 OBS Test Stream Cam Issue
- 01:10:33 Twitch To Work On Viewer Encoding
- 01:15:40 Isli's Horror Movies Short Reviews
- 01:21:30 So Many Movies On My Watchlist -
It's been a weird week of news with the lukewarm PS5 Pro announcement, the stealth PS5 controller price hike, more Microsoft layoffs, and Annapurna's gaming team quitting.
However, in the backend Isli gives his final impressions of Astro Bot and I talk about my 11 hours with Forever Skies early access.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:26 PS5 Pro
- 13:45 PS5 Controller Price Hike
- 19:13 PS+ September Additions
- 20:05 Destiny 2 To Change Content Strategy
- 22:00 Star Wars Outlaws First Big Patch
- 26:50 Xbox Game Pass Standard Tier
- 30:22 More Xbox Layoffs
- 32:34 Annapurna's Gaming Team Quits
- 34:54 4A Games To Remain With Embracer
What We're Playing
- 36:25 Astro Bot
- 41:00 Forever Skies
- 01:18:50 Star Wars Outlaws
- 01:26:00 Tight Secure Code Windows -
The big news this episode is Sony suddenly taking Concord offline and refunding all purchases. Then, during what we've been playing, Isli talks about Astro Bot, I give updated impressions of Star Wars Outlaws, and then I talk about Chants of Sennaar after finishing it.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:33 Concord Goes Offline
- 20:51 Star Wars Outlaws
- 22:19 Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7
What We're Playing
- 24:30 Astro Bot
- 27:50 Star Wars Outlaws
- 42:03 Chants of Sennaar
- 55:53 YouTube's Interesting AI Chat Summary
- 01:00:12 PS5 Pro Rumors -
This week Xya and I recap some highlights from the Nintendo Direct, speculate Sony's future live service plans, then in the back half I talk about the Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC and my impressions of Star Wars Outlaws.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:37 Atomfall Hands On Previews
- 01:47 PS5 Pro Leaks
- 07:01 Star Wars Outlaws PS5 Save Issue
- 08:27 Misc. Bits
- 10:00 Speculating The Future Of Sony's Live Service Games
- 23:30 Nintendo Direct
What We're Playing
- 32:00 Final Fantasy XIV
- 33:53 Sword Of Convallaria
- 37:18 Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC
- 45:53 Star Wars Outlaws
- 58:50 Sniper Elite 5 -
This episode we recap our favorite things shown at Gamescom this year, and then in the back half I give my initial impressions of Concord after ten hours of play.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:21 FFXVI PC Release Date Announced
- 01:10 August Game Pass Wave 2 Lineup
- 01:55 Gamescom Recap
What We're Playing
- 25:02 Honkai: Star Rail
- 27:31 Black Myth: Wukong
- 34:20 No Man's Sky Awkward Moment
- 36:44 Concord
- 01:02:40 The Broken Chair Incident
- 01:08:58 Geico Rant -
On this episode we cover Krafton acquiring Tango Gameworks and the Hi-Fi Rush IP, Ubisoft laying off folks at two locations, and Replaced getting delayed to 2025.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:35 Krafton Acquires Tango Gameworks And Hi-Fi Rush IP
- 08:40 Ubisoft Layoffs
- 10:33 Replaced Delayed To 2025
- 11:23 Meta Quest Gets Native HDMI Beam Support
What We're Playing
- 27:54 FFXIV
- 33:35 No Man's Sky
- 54:15 Virtual Photography At County Fairs -
We've got another closure this week with Meta deciding to shutdown Ready at Dawn. We've also got an unexpected film adaptation of an unreleased video game, and the former co-founder of Arcane announcing his next project.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:13 Star Wars Jedi Survivor PS4/Xbox One Release Date
- 01:08 DOOM And DOOM II Enhanced Versions Announced
- 04:14 Former Arcane Co-Founder Announces New Game
- 07:33 Kingmakers Getting A Film Adaptation
- 10:30 Ready At Dawn Shuts Down
What We're Playing
- 16:42 Alan Wake 2
- 30:06 Final Fantasy XIV
- 32:40 Bloodborne And No Man's Sky -
It's been another rough week in the games industry as Bungie is hit with layoffs and Game Informer has been shutdown.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:36 Avowed Delayed
- 04:35 Valorant Launches
- 05:07 Activision's SBMM Test
- 16:54 Layoffs At Bungie
- 34:47 Game Informer Closed
What We're Playing
- 38:10 Final Fantasy XIV & Elden Ring
- 45:18 Alan Wake 2
- 1:03:20 Baldur's Gate 3 Durge Run -
It's an interesting week with the WoW dev team has unionizing, SAG-AFTRA starting their video game strike, and the Fallout London mod finally releasing.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:19 WoW Team Unionizes
- 13:45 SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike
- 23:41 Fallout London Releases
- 29:42 Valorant Out In Open Beta
What We're Playing
- 32:20 Alan Wake 2
- 41:42 No Man's Sky, Shadow Of The Erdtree, Baldur's Gate 3
- 01:08:55 Elgato Stream Deck+ Upgrade Modules
- 01:11:18 Toilet Bowl Cleaners -
While light on news we did have the announcement that Bethesda has officially unionized, though they need to work out the details with Microsoft. It'll be interesting to see what kind of waves this sends through the industry at large.
Then, after the short news section, Isli finally starts Alan Wake 2 and I finally get into Shadow of the Erdtree.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:15 Bethesda Unionizes
- 03:40 Nintendo Releases Official Joy-Con Charging Stand
- 05:40 Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Details
- 08:40 Baldur's Gate 3 Hidden Miniquest
What We're Playing
- 13:50 Alan Wake 2
- 29:57 FFXIV Dawntrail / Shadow Of The Erdtree
- 34:00 No Man's Sky
- 46:00 Elden Ring / Shadow Of The Erdtree
Misc.
- 59:38 Air Fryer
- 01:05:48 Legendary Protein Pop Tarts
- 01:10:58 Elgato Wave 3 Mic
- 01:12:47 Rants -
This week we get into the Xbox Game Pass changes, how the publisher of Manor Lords pushed back on an outrageous post launch content claim, and in the back end I talk about my experience with Once Human.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:10 Manor Lords Publisher Pushes Back
- 12:15 Xbox Game Pass Changes
- 15:28 PS Plus July Games
- 19:14 PlayStation Stars Coming Back Online
- 21:50 VR Headsets
What We're Playing
- 28:53 Shadow Of The Erdtree
- 31:47 Signalis Issues
- 33:15 Once Human
- 40:10 Helping People Through Lies Of P -
It's a quiet news week but luckily we've got Xya to talk about FFXIV Dawntrail. Then in the backend I talk about my journey to getting the Lies of P platinum trophy.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:17 Capcom
- 00:43 The Watch Dogs Movie Has Begun Filming
- 08:28 FFXIV Dawntrail Has Huge Player Count
- 22:08 Surgent Studios Hit With Layoffs
What We're Playing
- 30:00 FFXIV Dawntrail
- 48:37 Signalis
- 53:12 Lies Of P Platinum Trophy -
In our first episode back from a busy schedule we cover the Frostpunk 2 delay, the announced Assassin's Creed remakes, Isli completed Signalis, and I have a lot of hotel annoyances to talk about.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 02:00 Minecraft Getting Native PS5 Version
- 02:46 Frostpunk 2 Delayed
- 05:20 PS+ July Games
- 09:21 Assassin's Creed Remakes
What We're Playing
- 18:14 Signalis
- 24:55 Airplane Mode For Mobile Games
- 41:56 Hotel Annoyances -
This week we cover a few bits of news before recapping the phenomenal Xbox Games Showcase and then talking about the prep we needed to do for the Elden Ring DLC.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:33 Jackbox Megapicker
- 01:44 Discord To Improve On PlayStation
- 03:54 PS+ June Additions
- 05:39 Xbox Game Showcase Recap
What We're Playing
- 54:12 Needing To Prep For Shadow Of The Erdtree
- 01:06:17 Lies Of P Platinum Cleanup
- 01:14:07 Valorant Beta
- 01:20:51 Fortnite -
This episode we recap the Summer Game Fest opening showcase, but before getting into that we discuss the potential 3rd and 4th seasons of TLoU.
Here are the timestamps:
Intro
News Highlight
- 00:23 The Last Of Us Season 2, 3, And 4?
- 14:37 Concord To Be $40 USD
- 15:30 Summer Game Fest Recap
What We're Playing
- 46:22 Animal Well
- 01:03:24 Lies Of P Ruined Elden Ring Combat For Me
- 01:12:48 Butterflies All Over Sekiro
- 01:17:52 Last Train Home
Misc.
- 01:27:05 Batteries Not Included
- 01:27:40 Meal Prep Recipe
- 01:31:20 Wanting A Bigger UPS
- 01:34:20 Sony Inzone Earbuds - Näytä enemmän
