Videogame Roundtable

Episode 543: Toxic City

This week's podcast includes the following news items:
Cities: Skylines 2 community is getting more toxic
Twitter ends NFT profile picture support
Naoki Yoshida thinks Final Fantasy 17 should be directed by someone new
Rocksteady reportedly worked on a non-DC game before Suicide Squad
Let us know what you think.

Episode 542: Eat Pikachu

This week's episode has the entire podcast crew reacting to Palworld. It's priceless. They also discuss Alan Wake is coming to Dead by Daylight later this month and a Tetris prodigy triggering a "true killscreen" in record-setting run. The news includes:
Bethesda will finally show off Indiana Jones gameplay at the Developer Direct showcase
Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2
Palworld's Pokémon-with-guns adventure enters early access next week
Let us know what you think.

Episode 541: Hello 2024

The first episode of 2024 is a short one, though the guys discuss the original Mickey Mouse hitting the public domain, Square Enix declaring it will be "aggressive in applying AI", CD Projekt RED staying independent, and Valve ending all support for CSGO in favor of Counter-Strike 2. The news includes:
Activision Blizzard workers speak out after Bobby Kotick’s CEO exit
Star Wars Outlaws releasing "late" 2024
Studio behind PlayStation Firewall games shuts down due to "lack of support" for VR within industry
Let us know how your 2023 went.

Episode 540: Goodbye 2023

This is the last podcast of 2023, as the gang just talks about the year that was and the upcoming 2024 in a long, unscripted episode.

Episode 539: Goodbye E3

E3 is no more, but was it inevitable? Other news includes:
E3, the video game expo, officially shuts down forever
Report: Insomniac suffers ransomware attack
Zelda producer doesn't get why some fans want to go back to the "limited" and "restricted" games
The Last of Us Online finally canceled
Let us know what you think.

Episode 538: Commercial Bliss

The first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer dropped, and it has been viewed well over 110M times since. There is much more news post-Game Awards, including Vampire Survivors, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and a ton of demos dropping on Xbox. The news includes:
Stormgate launches Kickstarter campaign
Final Fantasy 16 director teases two-episode DLC will expand Clive's story
GTA 6 will release on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 in 2025
Report: Embattled Bungie management insist fans 'still like us'
Let us know what you think.

Episode 537: Pointless Awards

This week, we discuss the Videogame Awards and Destiny 2's final DLC The Final Shape being delayed, as well as the following news items:
Mario Kart X out in 2025 claims leaker
Pony-inspired fighting game Them's Fightin' Herds abandons its unfinished story mode
Nier: Automata sequel is coming – but not just yet
Former Xbox employee reveals game EA made them cancel
Let us know what you think.

Episode 536: Shadow of War

This week, TJ finally decides to play Middle Earth: Shadow of War, and there is a debate on whether he should play Shadow of Mordor or just watch a Let's Play of the game first. The news includes:
Cities: Skylines 2 DLC has been delayed and weekly patches have come to an end
Warner Bros says Wonder Woman won't be a live-service game
Knights of the Old Republic remake reportedly not in active development
Insomniac's Wolverine reportedly due 2025
Let us know what you think.