Videogame Roundtable

Episode 570: Nintendo At It Again

Another podcast live on YouTube. You can check the original broadcast here. Stalker 2 needs 150GB of SSD space, the makers of Black Mesa reveal their new project, which has absolutely nothing to do with Half-Life; Rogue Point is a co-op tactical shooter set in a world ruled not by aliens, but by corporations. Stellar Blade's Nier: Automata DLC drops later this month and Microsoft has now confirmed Spyro Reignited Trilogy hits Xbox Game Pass on the 12th November.
Palworld developer reports Nintendo's suing over 3 Pokémon patents for only $66,000 in damages
Death Stranding launches on Xbox
Let us know what you think.

Episode 569: Live on YouTube

Yes, we recorded this episode live on YouTube. We spoke about Minecraft dropping VR support next year, Ubisoft Montpellier disbanded, Obsidian saying choices both big and small will matter in Avowed, ColdRidge - a game about cowboys doing 4x-style exploration -- hits release, and Yakuza Kiwami has sold far over studio director's expectations on Switch. The news includes:
Metaphor: ReFantazio director Katsura Hashino is already working on a new game
Sony wanted to lock Crimson Desert into a timed PlayStation exclusivity deal
Let us know if you watched the video!

Episode 568: Long Discussions

There's a ton of discussions, such as Xbox Cloud Gaming will reportedly let players stream any game in their library from November, Russia straight-up bans Discord for enabling 'terrorist and extremist purposes', Killing Floor 3's dynamic tech makes zed heads 'flower' when you shoot them, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will get a Nuketown map, Brazil lifts ban on X following Elon Musk's compliance with Supreme Court orders, the DOJ may break up Google, Terrifier 3 (the indie horror film that managed to make 10x its budget while Joker: Folie à Deux flails in the water) is getting a videogame, the current head of Xbox Game Studios, Alan Hartman, is to retire at the end of November, with Rare studio boss Craig Duncan taking over and the official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing. The news:
Legendary game designer Jordan Weisman's next project is an open world deck-building pirate romance tactical RPG
Red Dead Redemption coming to PC later this month
Former Bethesda and BioWare devs are making a Stardew-like with Redwall animals (from PC Gamer)
Let us know what you think.

Episode 567: Third Party Showcases

Among the discussions are the original 1997 Backyard Baseball finally coming to Steam, the original Horizon Zero Dawn removed from Epic Games Store, Hi-Fi Rush 2 already in development six months when Krafton acquired Tango Gameworks and Mario + Rabbids director and Red Dead Redemption lead designer found new studio Day 4 Night. The news includes:
Everything revealed in State of Play September 2024
Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast
Sea of Stars free content update Dawn of Equinox adds local co-op, revamped prologue
Let us know what you think.

Episode 566: More Delays

In this podcast, they discuss Skyrim lead designer saying it will be 'almost impossible' for Elder Scrolls 6 to meet fan expectations, Minecraft is ditching PSVR support next year, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered rated for PS5 and PC, and Dead by Daylight PvE spin-off Project T being canceled after "unsatisfactory" player testing. The news includes:
Square Enix confirms lower-than-expected Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 16 sales
Cities: Skylines 2 Creator Packs and the Bridges and Ports Expansion are being delayed
EA confirms next Battlefield will have a modern setting
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Episode 565: Let's Play Balatro

Concord got canceled after only two weeks, Balatro hits the iOS App Store and Android's Google Play on September 26, EVE players are in revolt over CCP's blockchain plans and a year after outraging developers, blowing up its reputation, and saying goodbye to its CEO, Unity decides 'Runtime Fees' are a bad idea so it's getting rid of them.
Oh, and the PS5 Pro is $700.
And it's Friday the 13th.
Other news includes:
Annapurna Interactive has collapsed
Let us know what you think.

Episode 564: No 563

Episode 563 has been lost to time. It was recorded on August 14, but instead has been folded into this episode.

Episode 562: Just Chattin' 'Bout Games

There's no podcast notes this week because, well, nothing was going on. Enjoy your hot, hot, HOT summer.