Videogame Roundtable

This week's podcast covers Nioh 3 crossing 1 million units sold to become the series' fastest-selling game, Resident Evil Requiem has surpassing 5m copies sold in less than a week, and Discord delaying its global age verification rollout and cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification vendor. This week's Gaming Flashback is Shovel Knight. The news includes:
Sony was ready to approve a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down
PlayStation reportedly plans to stop releasing major PS5 games on PC
Steam Deck faces US stock issues as AI-driven RAM shortage hits gaming hardware
Slay the Spire 2 confirms online co-op
Stop Killing Games is launching NGOs in the European Union and the US
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In this episode, Nioh 3 gets its first big post-launch patch on Steam and PlayStation 5, and XCOM 2 is the Gaming Flashback. News items:
Every big announcement from PlayStation’s February State of Play
Bloomberg claims 'rampant AI demand for memory' is forcing Sony to consider pushing back the launch of its next-gen PlayStation as far back as 2029
More evidence of that Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake surfaces
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In this episode, Blizzard unveils a major Overwatch 2 revamp, Pokémon will kick off its 30th anniversary celebrations with Jigglypuff, 7 years after it was pulled from Steam Poker Night at the Inventory is coming back in March, and Eric Barone says Haunted Chocolatier will be out when it's good and ready. News includes:
Nintendo Partner Direct
"No possibility" of an uncensored physical version of Dispatch on Switch
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Vampire Crawlers getting PC and Xbox demo on February 23, and the Gaming Flashback is Jonathan Blow's The Witness. The guys also cover the Xbox Developer Direct. The news includes:
Ubisoft closes two studios and cancelled six projects
Marathon soars to Steam's Top Sellers after release date reveal
Nintendo president is 'carefully considering the situation' around memory prices as research firm predicts Switch 2 price hike
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It's the beginning of 2026, and the crew discusses their favorite and best games of 2026, and the Gaming Flashback is none other than Pokemon Go, which is still alive and well 10 years later.
Here is Episode 264: Pokemon No!, as promised.

This is the final episode of 2025, and the guys discuss the games they played that was the best, the games they played that was their favorite, and the older games they've been replaying.Also, the new Videogame Crash of the 2020's.Let us know what you think.

The guys talk about Dave the Diver finally arriving on Xbox Series X/S, Krafton CEO allegedly asking AI to "brainstorm ways to avoid paying" earnout bonus to Subnautica 2 devs and the Xbox Partner Preview.The Gaming Flashback is the indie megahit Undertale.More news:
Cities: Skylines development moves to Iceflake Studios (from Shacknews)
Marathon playtest is coming in December
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This week the guys discuss Rockstar is now under pressure from UK Parliament as protests grow and 220 employees demand fired workers be reinstated, new Red Dead Redemption rating suggests remaster on the way to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch 2, PS6 launch “later than expected” and region-locked, LEGO The Legend of Zelda set coming in 2026 (the actual LEGO, not a videogame).The Gaming History is all about the classic JRPG Grandia.The news includes:
Xbox boss responds to Valve's new hardware, fellow Microsoft employee jokes it looks like those "rumoured" Series S leaks
Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading
Sony says Marathon will still release by March 2026
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