WEBVTT 1 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:36.039 Hey, everybody, welcome to game Breaking News with me Jeff 2 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:38.200 Grub your host from giant bomb dot com, and my 3 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.079 name is not coldl Walk. Thank you for tuning in. 4 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:43.759 In this episode, we're gonna be talking about companies getting 5 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:47.079 ready for summer game Fest and ease titan Fall really 6 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:51.079 returning this time. We'll see it's gonna be a good one, 7 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:53.000 and we have Jason Fonelli on the show. Jason, how 8 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:53.560 are you doing? 9 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:56.840 I am treading water, but no, I'm doing I'm doing 10 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:58.159 all right. Everything's fine. 11 00:00:58.439 --> 00:00:58.640 You know. 12 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:01.799 We're just keeping our heads above above water as best 13 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:05.120 we can. Seeing the news titles, the news cycles choose 14 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:06.680 us up and spits us out. But we're doing good. 15 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.519 Everything's great, having a good time before we get started, 16 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:12.920 if you don't mind, which would like to show some 17 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:16.120 appreciation to a member of the community. I gotta I 18 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:19.640 gotta DM Jen. Jen the man Ochoa slid into my 19 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:22.519 DMS yesterday or Monday, excuse me two days ago telling 20 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:25.000 me about an email that hit the BombCast email address, 21 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.159 and I just want to read this. It says, just 22 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.680 want to say that I've really enjoyed Jason Finelli being 23 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:32.959 featured on some Giant bomb content as of late, I've 24 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.200 never heard of him before a game mess morning appearance 25 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:37.920 and became a fan instantly. Just want to send some 26 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.319 positive vibes and feedback to the whole crew and Jason 27 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:42.280 in particular, loving the content, and big ups to the 28 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:45.400 crew for keeping me entertained throughout the week. I need 29 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:52.120 you to know whoever wrote that email, how absolutely touched 30 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:55.120 I was to see that. That is people love amazing, 31 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:59.760 Whoever whoever sent that, how. 32 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.000 Everyone the community feels though. I get that message all 33 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:04.319 the time about you specifically, people love you. You fit 34 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:06.439 in great. I love having you on the show for sure, 35 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:08.039 So I'm glad someone stepped up and said it. 36 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:10.960 Yeah. I just wanted to make sure that the Internet 37 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.759 spends way too much time negatively reacting to things, So 38 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:16.120 the fact that I got a positive reaction that warrants 39 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:18.680 its own positive reaction, I had to had to make 40 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:19.520 sure I took care of that. 41 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:21.599 But yeah, yeah, that's and that's good. Like he go 42 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:22.919 out there and tell somebody you like some of their 43 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:24.800 stuff this week, let's get like that going again a 44 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.400 little bit. There's not much else we could trade on 45 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:28.639 these days, so let's let's do some of that I'll 46 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:30.280 do that myself. I'll get out there and tell some 47 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:32.759 people who's stuff I enjoy that I'm down with them. 48 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:36.199 Always a good thing, Yeah, that I have with them. Yeah, 49 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.800 I mean got the news is like I've been trying 50 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:40.199 to keep up with it, and then I'm like, oh, 51 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:41.680 I shouldn't try to keep up with it. Doesn't mean 52 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:43.479 it's not doing me any good. But I saw like 53 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.759 US treasury bonds, right, I'm like, wait, my understanding is 54 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:52.879 in moments like this, where people are expecting inflation and 55 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:57.400 they're expecting a weak economy all these other things, typically 56 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.879 these treasury bonds become they go high and demand, and 57 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.599 what's happening right now is that they're not and that 58 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:06.879 the interest rates on them are shooting up, so like 59 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:08.599 mortgage rates are going to go up all this other stuff, 60 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:11.599 which doesn't make any sense with everything else that's happening. 61 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:15.439 And seemingly the reason is all the countries that we 62 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:17.960 do business with, right they buy, they or they sell 63 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:20.159 stuff in this country, and we've started a trade war 64 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.159 with them, and now they so what they traditionally do 65 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.120 is they have all these dollars that they get and 66 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:27.479 they don't transfer all of that into their home currency. 67 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:29.280 A lot of times they take a bulk of that 68 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.000 money and they buy US Treasury bonds. So it's like, 69 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:34.960 we can use these dollars and we can invest it, 70 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:36.680 and we can get paid back by the United States. 71 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:40.800 It's one of the safest havens for our money going forward. Well, 72 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:43.319 now the industry keeps going up because no one seems 73 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:45.840 to want these things, even though the stock market is 74 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:50.199 in shambles. So the sign there is like, oh, these 75 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.680 things are splitting apart in a way where something's going 76 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:54.919 to break. Because if people no longer see the United 77 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.719 States bonds as a safe haven, what do people do next? 78 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.439 Or what is this country next? Really, it sounds like 79 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:03.599 these other countries are selling off all of their bonds 80 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:05.479 that they have because they don't want to do business 81 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:07.680 with us and they want to hurt us. And uh, 82 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:10.199 I don't know. I'm definitely I'm definitely coming out of 83 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:12.439 reading the news this morning, Jason thinking oh, things could 84 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.520 get much worse. So what's going to happen next? Who 85 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.720 the hell knows? It is frightening times. 86 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:21.560 Like you want to every every news article you read, 87 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.439 you want to think, yeah, the floor, we've hit the floor. 88 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:27.399 But then you realize, yeah, you might have hit the floor, 89 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.959 but you're still upstairs. You haven't even hit the middle floor, 90 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:34.920 let alone the basement. Yet. You just don't know. And honestly, 91 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:39.879 I'm not surprised, because it turns out that people around 92 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:44.639 the world are not into the living embodiment of small 93 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:50.759 dick energy. So here we are dealing with this crap 94 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.399 because of what's going on outside of our control. And 95 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:59.519 and you and I and everyone in the chat from America. 96 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:01.399 I know lex is floating around in there that doesn't 97 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:04.519 apply to them, but you know it's gonna hurt us 98 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:07.000 more than it's gonna hurt the person pushing the buttons. 99 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.839 And that all just makes it even more infiording, yeah, all. 100 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.720 Right, Well, didn't mean to get us started off on that, 101 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:13.560 but it's like I can't stop thinking about it, really 102 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:15.519 uh gnawing at me. But let's list say what we 103 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:15.800 do here. 104 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.040 Yeah, I see the first I see the first article 105 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:20.199 you've written here. We're gonna disappoint. 106 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.000 People in a completely different way, Kelly. Let's explain what 107 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:25.240 we do here most weekdays, I Jeff Grob will help 108 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.879 piece your gaming life back together. That includes breaking news 109 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.600 and maybe even some of our own original recording. We'll 110 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.600 have some of that for you today. For all these topics, 111 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:34.399 I'll get the input of a bona fide expert who 112 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.959 will make me look smart. If you are watching live 113 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.439 on twitch welcome, You can always listen to the show 114 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:42.560 later on podcast feeds by searching for game breaking news, 115 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.319 or find the RSS feed on giant bomb dot com. 116 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:50.399 You can also catch the show later on YouTube. Hello YouTube. 117 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:51.800 All right, we have a lot to get into, so 118 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:55.079 let's start the show with. Here's a story from Insider Gaming. 119 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:58.839 Titan Fall three is almost complete, says leak, and has campaign, 120 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:03.040 multiplayer and ex Legends content. Here is a summary of 121 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.240 the story from Insider Gaming. Recent reports and leaks suggest 122 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:09.639 Titanfall three, a highly anticipated sequel, is nearing completion after 123 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:14.920 previous cancelations and development rumors, and an Apex Legends leaker 124 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:18.439 claims the game is almost finished and will utilize Unreal 125 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:21.600 Engine five, featuring a single player campaign, live service elements 126 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:25.079 with battle passes in extraction mode, classic titan Fall two 127 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:29.160 multiplayer modes, returning Apex characters and a weather system. A 128 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:33.480 potential release has generated excitement given Titanfall two's acclaimed campaign 129 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:38.399 and multiplayer, along with a possible Apex Legends crossover. This 130 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:42.120 is in real. I'm sorry, it's not real, Okay, So 131 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.680 let's get into the details here of like what could 132 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.439 be happening at Respawn. There is a skunk Works team 133 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.079 headed up by Titanfall one director Steve Fakuda. He's got 134 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:57.360 a small team over there that is probably messing around 135 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:00.240 with like games that have Titans in them, right, titan 136 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.839 Fall one creator over there, messing around with the small 137 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:06.959 team prototyping stuff the way Respawn has traditionally done. So 138 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.759 does he have something that, like a prototype that has 139 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:11.680 Titans in it? I would guess. So. I don't know 140 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:14.079 for sure, but I would certainly assume that that is 141 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:17.720 a safe thing to think. Now, is that coming? You're 142 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:19.759 going to get announced in twenty twenty five and released 143 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:22.360 in twenty twenty six. No way, no way, if that 144 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:25.279 Steve Akuda thing it even happens. Because let's look at 145 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:27.759 what EA has done to RESPWND recently. Cancel game, cancel game, 146 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:31.800 cancel game, everything except for Apex Legends and Star Wars 147 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:35.319 Jedi and then that Bitreactor game. They're they're working in 148 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:37.839 a partnership with those are the only things left that 149 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:41.879 are really going concerns. Everything else has been canceled, including 150 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.639 what sounded like an incredible Star Wars first person shooter 151 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.439 titan Fall Legends, a previous version of titan Fall three 152 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:50.480 that was going to be this new mode in Apex 153 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:53.360 Legends that was going to have single player stuff and 154 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.199 it was going to take like concept from Hades and 155 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:58.879 apply it to the single player campaign that that you 156 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:01.519 got from in titan Fall two. Yeah, that stuff wasn't 157 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:04.199 the works. It's been that's long scrapped, long canceled at 158 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:08.879 this point, So do not expect an Unreal Engine five 159 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.879 single player campaign titan Fall three with multiplayer, with a 160 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:17.120 full multiplayer suite with weather whatever that means. I'm not 161 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:20.160 really sure where this is coming from, Jason, and I 162 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.800 hate to be like, hey, let's rain on the parade, 163 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:25.839 but don't get your hopes up for Titanfall anytime soon. 164 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:30.920 No, I agree, And this report didn't pass the smell 165 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.720 tests just reading the paragraph that you've just read it, 166 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.320 and the reason being, I have noticed that the more 167 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:43.720 Elite promises, the more chance it's wrong. This promise true 168 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:48.120 on Religion five single player live service extraction classic titan 169 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:53.519 to multiplayer, returning Apex characters, weather system, potential Apex level. 170 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.399 There's too much here and almost done. That I think 171 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.080 was what it clinched it for me. All of this 172 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:03.200 is coming and it's almost done. I know it pains 173 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:05.919 me to say it, because titan Fall two is wonderful 174 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.600 and deserve to follow up. But I am with you 175 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:13.759 in that if anything is happening, it is nowhere near complete. 176 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:17.720 It's in concept or prototype, and that's it. I would 177 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:21.240 agree that they are probably using the as you mentioned, 178 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:25.799 the Titan Fall, the Titan mechanics or technology for something. 179 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:29.240 But for all we know, this prototype could adapt that 180 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.639 sort of tech into a Star Wars game. You know 181 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:36.000 what I'm saying. That is a universe that could feasibly 182 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:38.159 have that sort of tech in it. We don't know 183 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:42.480 if it's for titan Fall or not. I am not 184 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:46.240 surprised that this isn't real. I figured it wasn't as 185 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:49.039 soon as I saw it. Partially because I want titan 186 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.559 Fall three really bad and I'm ready to get hurt again, 187 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:54.080 and partially because, like I said, it just promised way 188 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:58.039 too much. I would love to be wrong that this 189 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.279 is something I would love to be wrong about and 190 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:04.440 I will gladly eat that crow if I am, but 191 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:09.799 or if we are, I guess, But no, I'm sorry, guys, 192 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:10.480 I can't. 193 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:13.519 No, Yeah, I do like want to like talk to 194 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.759 you about, like what is the reason that we don't 195 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:20.279 get a titan Fall three, Like like what is happening 196 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.919 at a corporation like EA where they did have something 197 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:25.240 like titan Fall Legends in the works and they couldn't 198 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:27.720 figure out a way to make it make sense? Like 199 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:29.679 why is gaming the way it is? Right now? What 200 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:30.240 do you think? 201 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:36.039 I think instability from outside forces that we spoke about 202 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:38.240 earlier be damned. I think just because the last couple 203 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:40.559 of years, with all of the turmoil and turnover and 204 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.759 things like that, big corporations like this are just sticking 205 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:48.639 to their best chances, let's say. And as much as 206 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:51.759 there was a groundswell of support for titan Fall, I 207 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:55.600 don't remember it selling well, right, I don't remember titan 208 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.159 Fall two selling well, and. 209 00:10:57.159 --> 00:11:02.039 Just that Aloneween Battlefield another YA game, and as Paul Newty, 210 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:04.639 it was like released right between those, it just never stood. 211 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:07.360 A chance, right right, And I think that that even 212 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:10.639 though those circumstances and now we're coming on eleven years 213 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:13.840 since that actually happened, I believe twenty fourteen. It's just 214 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.639 I think they're too afraid right now. I think, especially 215 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:22.559 with everything going on, they only want sure things, or 216 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:24.879 as much of a sure thing as they can predict. 217 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.320 Star Wars Jedi probably as close to a short thing 218 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:32.639 as they can predict. At Respawn titan Fall legends. While 219 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:34.879 it would have been appreciated, I don't think it would 220 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:37.279 have had the impact that a new Star Wars Jedi 221 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.799 game would have had or would have, And that's why 222 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.080 those resources are now being dedicated there. It's not to 223 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:47.000 say that there will never be a brand new titan 224 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:49.600 Fall game. Ever, this isn't Star Tropics. They're gonna see 225 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:51.559 it at some point. 226 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.919 But go to Hell's Star Tropics fans. 227 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:58.840 But I don't know if or when that's going to happen. 228 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:02.080 If it's this prototype. If it's a prototype, we're talking 229 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:05.279 what four or five years? If that could be more 230 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.840 if it's just a prototype. So who knows. But to 231 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.480 answer your question, I just think a lot of these 232 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:13.559 bigger companies, even looking at someone like Ubisoft and whatever 233 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.320 the hell's going on over there, company like EA is like, 234 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:17.759 we just have to stick to what we know makes 235 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:20.799 us money, and that's EA Sports and from Respawse case 236 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:21.759 Star Wars. 237 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:24.679 Yeah, I think that's That's definitely how it went down 238 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.919 with Titanfall Legends. One is they were looking at, Okay, 239 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:32.799 we're gonna bolster Apex Legends with this stuff. Now, let's 240 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:35.519 look at the timeline. Do we think the amount of 241 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:38.200 money it takes to make this investment, to make all 242 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:41.960 this stuff will be returned to us in new support 243 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:45.759 for Apex going forward. And sure, I dislike as much 244 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:47.840 as anyone else said the fact that Titan Fall's fate 245 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:49.519 was tied to that, but that seemed to give it 246 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:51.799 the best chance, and even that they were looking at 247 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.360 it like, no, what we'd rather do? And this is 248 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:56.559 in that moment. I think things have probably changed a 249 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:58.360 little bit, But in that moment they were saying, we'd 250 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:02.639 rather just sort of keep Apex Legends in a stasis 251 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:05.840 mode and maybe not maintenance mode, but let it slowly 252 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:09.639 just like get smaller and smaller updates, fewer and fewer 253 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.840 big investments in terms of new ideas and new stuff, 254 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:14.919 and just kind of squeeze what we can from the 255 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:17.519 remainder of the next five to six years from that game, 256 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:20.440 and then kind of in that time get ready to 257 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:22.360 make something else and launch something else so we can 258 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:25.600 follow it up. And that was not going to be 259 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:27.679 That was never going to be Titanfall, and so yeah, 260 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:31.320 they decided against Titanfaule Legends in that moment, and I 261 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:34.559 think if anything's changed, it is them thinking maybe we 262 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:38.080 could reinvest in Apex Legends in other ways, and it's like, 263 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:40.639 oh man, why couldn't you just bridge those two things 264 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:43.480 and come to that conclusion whilst still making Titanfall Legends 265 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:45.759 and just rework whatever you had to make it make 266 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:49.080 the most sense. I think all anyone really wanted was 267 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:52.480 a Titan Fall campaign and some Titans in Apex Legends, 268 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:54.639 or obviously I want more than that, but I think 269 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.440 I would have happily settled for that. If there was 270 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.360 this titan Fall campaign to kind of get me back 271 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:02.279 in through the gateway for Apex Legends and then I 272 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:05.159 go in to the multiplayer mode and there's dedicated Titan modes. 273 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:08.720 I think that would have been fantastic. But here we are. 274 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.039 We people still are holding a torch for this one, 275 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.879 and I don't blame anyone for that, but it's not 276 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.440 coming back. 277 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:21.000 I wonder too if the failure of Apex Legends Mobile 278 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:24.360 may have scared them away of making any big changes 279 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.519 to Apex Legends in general, because they really thought that 280 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:29.879 that was going to be a huge mobile driver for them, 281 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:33.759 just as the console version was, and then it just 282 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:36.320 disappeared like they just fell off the face of the earth. 283 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.960 So I wonder if. 284 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:39.919 That was on Switch. It was like, you know, Partnight 285 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:42.080 makes a lot of money on Switch, Apex Legends made 286 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:43.120 nothing on there, No. 287 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:47.080 Did not, So I wonder if there if there's if 288 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:50.840 there is enough anxiety I guess surrounding the core Apex 289 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:53.720 Legends experience that they don't want to rock the boat 290 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.600 any more than they have to, So that might play 291 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.360 into this as well. 292 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.440 Yep, it's a it's a shame. I loved and Fall 293 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.639 both one and two. I love those games. Played a 294 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.919 thousand hours of titan Fall one. I think Titan Fall 295 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.919 two the campaign is one of the best games I've 296 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.639 ever played. It just straight up is incredible. It's like 297 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:16.240 Super Super Mario Galaxy two in terms of the inventiveness 298 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:19.080 and how many cool ideas are in that game. And 299 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:23.840 I hope that that knowledge because really, what's happened here 300 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:27.559 Jason with with Respawn, Well, EA has fumbled the bag 301 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:29.279 and not really been able to take a lot of 302 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:32.399 these great the great elements that made Respawn special, which 303 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:36.120 is it's tendency to prototype for several several years, come 304 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:38.200 up with a lot a lot of ideas, and then 305 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:40.759 make a game based on all of these great ideas. 306 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:42.559 That is their their method. They you know, two and 307 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:44.440 a half years of prototyping, two and a half years 308 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.600 of hard development and product design and all that stuff, 309 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:49.879 and that really worked and they, like EA, we fell 310 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.399 in love with it for a moment. But of course 311 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:55.639 EA shortsighted has already abandoned that. So what's happened is 312 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:58.039 a lot of the people that were key to Respawn 313 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:01.360 their stocks vested. They they made their money, and they 314 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:04.360 have used that money as a backbone to support their lives. 315 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:06.919 You know, I don't know anyone personally, I've never like 316 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.960 asked them about this, but I do know many have 317 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:12.639 left taken investment from other companies to start their own 318 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:15.399 development studios. And there are at least like three or 319 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:20.600 four of these Respawn you know, the coaching Tree Coaching, 320 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.519 Tree of Development studios that are going to come back 321 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:25.320 with products that I think we're probably going to be 322 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.240 more interested in, and I hope a lot of them 323 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.840 hit very hard. But what we're gonna have to wait 324 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:32.159 and see. In the meantime. If you're looking to respawn 325 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:36.240 for more titan Fall, sorry, just not gonna happen. All right, 326 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:39.320 let's move on here. Xbox Games Showcase twenty twenty five, 327 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:42.399 followed by the Outer World's two direct, is set for 328 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:46.759 June eighth, Summer Game Fest. The season is basically upon us. 329 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:50.039 You and I were talking already, starting to get emails, 330 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:52.519 and we're starting to talk about like GB at night 331 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.480 and stuff over here. So it's coming. This is from 332 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:01.600 Salamano at Gamoka. Oh yeah, sleep there, but for sure 333 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:05.440 I will snuggle. Xbox Games Showcase twenty twenty five air 334 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:08.559 on June eighth at ten am Pacific time one pm Eastern. 335 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.039 Microsoft announced it will be immediately followed by a special 336 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:15.079 Deep Dive direct into the Outer Worlds too. You will 337 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.960 be able to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook. 338 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:21.279 The broadcast will feature an upcoming look at titles from 339 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.359 across Xbox Game Studios, as well as new titles from 340 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:27.039 third party partners across the world. This year, the show 341 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.640 will be digital only in over forty languages. Oh okay, 342 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:32.079 so they're not doing an in person thing, that's what 343 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:37.039 that means. Okay, Yeah, for sure, man. So it's basically 344 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:40.000 just like a Nintendo Direct. Now, interesting, I didn't see 345 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.359 that part before. I put thro us of this news 346 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:42.559 here and included that last line with. 347 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:45.960 M Yeah, and they and they actually specified that includes 348 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:48.680 like the media watch party that was at the what 349 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:53.359 the Academy of Motion Pictures last year. They're not doing anything, right, 350 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:58.240 It's just a digital show this Sunday, Sunday, Yeah, Sunday 351 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:02.319 of Summer Games festive time slot. Just nothing in person yep. 352 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:07.599 So they Yeah, I am. I'm excited for these. I'm 353 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:10.000 always excited for these. I think Microsoft has really nailed 354 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:12.960 their especially their Summer Game Fest showcases the last couple 355 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:15.880 of years. Last year's was really good. They still have 356 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:18.480 tons to talk about, even though despite the fact that 357 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.000 they have started releasing their games more frequently, and it 358 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:23.759 feels like they are hitting that cadence they always promised. 359 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:27.440 They you know, Perfect Dark isn't here, Fable isn't here. 360 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:29.799 So that's there's plenty of stuff to talk about. Uh. 361 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:33.039 The focus on Outer Worlds too also is in surprising. 362 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.759 That's one that they I think they My understanding is 363 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:38.160 they move that up. They like delayed another game and 364 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:40.559 I can never remember what it was they got pushed 365 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:42.400 out of this year and Outer Worlds two got moved 366 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.200 up into this year. Uh. And so that game must 367 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:47.480 be looking real shit hot for them to put so 368 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:51.559 much emphasis on it and give it its own, you know, attention. 369 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:54.000 But also Obsidian has been good to them about I think, 370 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:56.000 you know, did what it needed to do, and I 371 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:57.960 think they're ready to like be like, no, this is 372 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:02.240 a big deal. And my expectation, my expectation always was 373 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.000 for this game is that it would be a major 374 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:09.279 revamp or major like not reinvention of what the Outer 375 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:12.119 World was, but a realization of all the promises that 376 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:13.759 they couldn't get away with the first time with the 377 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:15.640 first game, as they were just getting development for a 378 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:19.839 new open world space RPG off the ground with a 379 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.039 who who was the publisher at the time. It was 380 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.440 Take Two's indie label, right, Private Division. I think that's 381 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:29.240 Private Division, right, It's like, so there were definitely some 382 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:31.839 like shackles on them and now that stuff off. They 383 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:34.960 have a proven franchise here. My hope is this really 384 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:38.079 can be the fully realized idea of what they were 385 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:40.279 going for. So I'm excited about all this, how about you? 386 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:43.640 I agree one hundred percent. I like that. I like 387 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:46.119 that we're talking about Summer Games Fest in general, honestly, 388 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:47.920 but it's nice to see that they're going to do 389 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:51.400 the same thing they did last year, Digital or Live whatever. 390 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:53.839 I do agree that the last couple of years we 391 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:56.359 really have changed the conversation around them when it turns 392 00:19:56.720 --> 00:20:00.519 in terms of games for their systems, haven't we There 393 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:02.839 was a time we were talking about what's Xbox got. 394 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:06.200 Now that conversations completely flipped to the other side, what's 395 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:09.119 going on over at Sony right, And even this year 396 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:12.519 things have started strong with avowed South of Midnight reviewed well, 397 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:15.279 so they have, and Doom is still to come right 398 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:17.359 before between now and Summer Games Fest. That's the end 399 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:20.319 of the most awesome. It does look awesome, So there's 400 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:23.279 a lot a lot to be excited about both the 401 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:26.240