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?

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Episode 224- Steam Ends Gaming

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 223- The Nagoshiator

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 222- Big Bar Graph Energy

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 221- He's So Cool

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 220- Sexy Men are Disrupting the Social Order

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 219- The Martyr Saint of GeForce Now

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 218- Hideo of Delphi

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 217- McCriminal

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 216- Purchased By Soulja Boy

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 215- Cool Emo Matrix Phase

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 214- Company Cage Match

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 213- The Bobby Kotick Experience

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 212- I Will Fight Seven Activision-Blizzard Executives Simultaneously

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 211- Juicy Goosey

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 210- Master Foot

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