Good Gains, Well Played

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:IntroNews Highlight- 00:26 PS5 Pro- 13:45 PS5 Controller

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:IntroNews Highlight- 00:33 Concord Goes Offline- 20:51 Star Wars Outlaws- 22:19 Baldur's G

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:IntroNews 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 Sp

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:IntroNews Highlight- 00:21 FFXVI PC Release Date Announced- 01:10 August Game Pass Wave 2 Lineup- 01:55 Gamescom RecapWhat We're Playing- 25:02 Honkai: Star Rail- 27:31 Black Myth: Wukong- 34:20 No

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:IntroNews 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 SupportWhat We're Playing

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:IntroNews Highlight- 00:13 Star Wars Jedi Survivor PS4/Xbox One Release Date- 01:08 DOOM And DOOM II Enhanced Versions Announced- 04:14 For

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:IntroNews Highlight- 00:36 Avowed Delayed- 04:35 Valorant Launches- 05:07 Activision's SBMM Test- 16:54 Layoffs At Bungie- 34:47 Game Informer ClosedWhat We're Playing- 38:10 Final Fantasy XIV & Elden Ring- 45:18 Alan Wake 2- 1:03:20 Bald

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:IntroNews Highlight- 00:19 WoW Team Unionizes - 13:45 SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike- 23:41 Fallout London Releases- 29:42 Valorant Out In Open BetaWhat We're Playing- 32:20 Alan Wake 2- 41:42 No Man's Sky, Shad

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:IntroNews Hig

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:IntroNews 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 Onli