WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:14.640 Don't be bad. It's the Internet. You're busy. Let's do 2 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:17.960 this for February sixth, twenty twenty five. For the next 3 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.359 hour or so, let me help you sort through the 4 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:22.559 world of gaming on Game Mes Mornings Live with me 5 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:26.399 Jeff Grubb. Today, Konami is busy as a Newcastle Vigne 6 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:29.160 may get announced later this year, and we may we 7 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:32.159 do finally know when Metal Gear Salad Delta is launching. 8 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:34.920 But first please join me in welcoming today's co host, 9 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:38.439 the Game Mess Mornings. It's Jan A Joa. Everybody, Jan 10 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:39.119 how are you doing? 11 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:43.560 I am doing completely okay. I'm trying to fight off 12 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.560 the sickness. So I'm just eating ginger now grub wa. 13 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:49.640 You gotta fight off the sickness. I think that's how 14 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:50.439 that song goes. Yeah. 15 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:52.719 Yeah, I'm not getting down with it. I'm staying far 16 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.079 away from shit. 17 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:58.840 Uh pretty good though. That was a pretty good one. Yeah, 18 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.600 it's every it's everyone. They canceled school again today, not 19 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:04.840 because the teachers were sick this time, although I bet 20 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:07.599 they still are just now. It's we're covered in ice everywhere, 21 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:09.599 but I bet they are happy to have an extra 22 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.959 day to let everyone sort of bounce back. The kids 23 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:15.959 have gone from like upset tummies to like, you know, 24 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:17.879 needing the bucket next to them all non stop, to 25 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:20.760 fevers like that stopped and the fever started, and then 26 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:23.079 the fever stopped, and now they're both coughing. So it's 27 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:29.439 just one thing after another and walking walking pneumonia. So 28 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:30.879 how you say that. I never know how to sit 29 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:33.680 because there's ammonia and pneumonia and I don't know to 30 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:37.200 see either one. Yeah, they either way. They are walking 31 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:40.599 around with a lot of just flim and and all 32 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:43.599 kinds of nastiness happening. So it's been fun over here. 33 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.159 I so far have mostly ignored it. I've mostly been 34 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:50.760 able to, like, I feel a little down in the dumps, 35 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:52.640 but I'm fighting it off. 36 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:55.799 So hopefully we get through this gin. We will get 37 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:59.799 through this grub. I have a very short work assignment 38 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.040 coming up, and I am not missing it. 39 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:04.239 Yo, No, you're gonna make it happen. 40 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.599 I'm not gonna get sick, That's what it is. And 41 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.520 I know that as soon as I said it, I 42 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:11.800 up the chance of getting sick. But I'm eating so 43 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:14.800 much ginger grub my throat is burning. 44 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:16.800 Okay, and that's what you want. That's ill how you 45 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:17.680 fix most things. 46 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:19.800 If I got to pull out half a raw onion 47 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:20.879 and eat it, I'm gonna do it. 48 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:26.520 That just sounds tasty at this point, that sounds really good. Yeah, 49 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:29.319 it's going over here, and I am like, Okay, the 50 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:31.080 ice is outside, so I was gonna go for my walk, 51 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:33.960 and I'm like, as soon as I stepped outside, I 52 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:35.400 was like, oh, I will die if I try to 53 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.639 walk on this sidewalk. So back inside. It's been a 54 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:43.280 rough winter. I don't know. I guess I'll just hang 55 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:45.719 out and play video games inside. That seems to be 56 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:48.319 working for me. Just fine. There's a lot coming out 57 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:51.000 right now. Jan have you like picked a game recently? 58 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:56.479 I picked up one thing on Fantasy Critic. I meant 59 00:02:56.479 --> 00:03:00.039 to pick up more, but then I'm realizing how I 60 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:03.560 don't want to overload on games now. And yes, I 61 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:04.680 just kind of went a wait for the rest of 62 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.520 the year, but I did. I am checking out a 63 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:11.800 game that is out today called Keep Driving. I've seen 64 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:15.319 some folks in the GB chat chime in about this. 65 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:16.719 I think this is a very grub game. 66 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:17.919 I'm gonna check this out. 67 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:25.240 Imagine Oregon trail grub okay, inventory management allah, a resident 68 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:29.759 evil all right, and just vibes and driving. 69 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:33.719 Vibes, vibes and drives. Okay, I'm looking at this right now. 70 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:43.080 Positive on Steamy cjy develop It Pixel Graphics, Atmospheric Adventure RPG. Yeah, okay, yeah, 71 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:45.840 look at this. This looks like a road Trip RPG. 72 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.319 This was when I was a kid. I always was like, 73 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:50.360 that's the kind of video game I would make if 74 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.039 I were older. Seeing something like this that definitely triggers 75 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:54.080 me in a positive way. 76 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:58.759 I I know that we're we're standing right at the 77 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:01.639 edge of the cliff with all the games coming out grub. Yes, 78 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:06.599 for whatever reason, I feel compelled to try and figure 79 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:10.719 out a way to play nineteen ninety one's I believe 80 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:15.840 it's ninety one police knots Okay, yeah, we can make 81 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:16.759 that happen, right. 82 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.279 That's a Headao coach of a joint, right, yeah. 83 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:22.839 It's a Kojima joint. I don't know why. Someone had 84 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:27.000 said it in chat earlier this week somewhere, and then 85 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.319 it just like it has just been infecting my brain. 86 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.600 I've never played that or Snatcher, Yeah, that's those are 87 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:37.560 the two that like they're like visual novels, slash f 88 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:41.120 and v cut seene heavy like storytelling games. It doesn't 89 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:42.160 really matter, you just want to play it. 90 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.759 Huh. Yeah, yeah, it's vibes okay. 91 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.600 I mean police snots always had a cool look to it. Yeah, 92 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:51.600 like it was from my head. I'm like, I think 93 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:53.399 that was on Sega CD. I'm sure it was on 94 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.040 a million other things in Japan though, So yeah, and 95 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:59.600 I bet there are some like pretty good like modern 96 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:02.199 fan translations and stuff of that, like that is that 97 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:02.519 as well? 98 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:03.160 Gotta be? 99 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.199 Yeah, or we could just we could just learn Japanese? 100 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:08.199 Why not both? 101 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.639 Yeah? There we go. Okay, Well, I'm like invested in 102 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:13.279 making this happen now, jan let's see if we can 103 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.879 get on top of that. I would I would love 104 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:17.160 to see it. In the meantime, though, let's explain what 105 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:19.439 we do here most weekdays, I Jeff Grub will help 106 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:22.079 piece your game in life back together. That includes breaking 107 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:24.759 news and maybe even some of our own original reporting. 108 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:26.759 For all these topics, I'll get the input of a 109 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:29.199 bona fide expert who will make me look smart. If 110 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.959 you are watching live on twitch welcome, you can always 111 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.279 listen to the show later on podcast feeds by searching 112 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:37.519 for Game Mess Mornings, or find the RSS on giant 113 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:39.879 bomb dot com. You can also catch the show later 114 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:44.720 with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. Hello YouTube. All right, 115 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:46.560 we have a lot to get into, so let's start 116 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:50.879 the Morning Mess with porting powerhouse. Iron Galaxy is laying 117 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:53.959 off staff in what is regarded as a last resort. 118 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.759 This is from Ben Lions at Game Reactor. The layoffs 119 00:05:56.839 --> 00:05:59.199 waves a wave across the video game sector continues to 120 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.000 affect more and more people. On top of the round 121 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.759 of additional layoffs there are rumored to have been that 122 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:07.959 are rumored have affected PlayStation again, which is another thing 123 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.959 that's happened recently. Those are rumored, not really exactly sure 124 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.120 what's happening there yet, but those are rumored to be 125 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:17.079 happening while this is also happening. This other studio, Iron Galaxy, 126 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:20.120 is doing this as what it calls a last resort. 127 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:22.800 This time it's the porting experts in the sports studio there, 128 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:27.040 most known maybe recently for Rumble Verse, but they worked 129 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:30.600 on Killer Instinct. They were heavily invested or heavily involved 130 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.639 in the Metroid Prime remaster. They've done a lot of 131 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:37.800 work like that, but they definitely seemed to be in 132 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:41.399 a situation and they kind of say it pretty bluntly here. 133 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.879 Once rumble Verse Went Sideways, which was an Epic Game 134 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.560 Store PC exclusive. It was also on console, I think, 135 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.959 but that's where I played it. Once that went Sideways, 136 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:54.079 they definitely were reeling for a minute there, trying to 137 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:55.800 see if they could get some other projects going to 138 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:59.399 keep as many people employed as possible. That they've run 139 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:01.839 out of run way there and now they are trying 140 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:04.879 to basically save the rest of the studio by making 141 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:09.519 these cuts. Jane, I always feel it's always weird to 142 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:13.839 cover layoff stories because you don't know the reality on 143 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:16.160 the ground, what these people have been through. Real people's 144 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:19.600 lives are involved, and we can only sort of glance 145 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:22.959 in from the outside and try to understand what happened. 146 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.040 And my gut here is like, man, man, if Rumbleverirs 147 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.439 could have just came to steam, maybe that would have 148 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:30.959 had a better chance of succeeding. And I'm sure it's 149 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:34.319 way more complicated than that. I am sure that the 150 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:37.800 people that are affected by this hear that, and they 151 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.720 like morbidly chuckle at like how little we fully understand 152 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:42.360 about what they've been through and how to make how 153 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.759 to make a business like this go. But boy, I 154 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:47.639 wish they would have just have been afforded every opportunity 155 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:50.879 to succeed with a game like that. And now I 156 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:55.079 think this speaks more highly to a an industry that 157 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.920 doesn't want to be spending a lot of money hiring 158 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.519 up outside studios to do work lest they absolutely have to. 159 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.680 So maybe that's support work that they've been like supplementing 160 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:07.439 the income for the studio with. It's just not out 161 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.439 there as much as it once was. So how do 162 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:10.000 you read this? 163 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:15.519 It's unfortunate, Greb, especially you know Dave Lang very close 164 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.639 friend of the website and everything, and layoffs at any 165 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:24.319 level are going to be difficult. This hits a little 166 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:27.480 bit harder because for smaller studios you have to imagine 167 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:30.959 that everyone feels the impact more so or like on 168 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.240 a deeper level where you know. Unfortunately, if you are 169 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:38.120 a bigger company like a Microsoft or a UBI Soft 170 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:42.039 laying off two three hundred people, you can kind of 171 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:44.759 just get rid of them and erase them from your mind, 172 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:50.480 especially if you're at a CEO level like Eves. It's unfortunate. 173 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:55.000 I at least appreciate the level of transparency that like, hey, 174 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:57.279 we're trying to save the studio as a whole, and 175 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:01.600 we have to make these cuts the port work. It's 176 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:04.600 I feel like Ourn Galaxy is very good at what 177 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.639 they were doing with the ports, So I think you're right, Grub. 178 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:11.279 I think those bigger studios are tightening up the purse 179 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:16.799 strings because they don't see the value or the money 180 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.840 in importing an older game. They just want to continue 181 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:25.679 taking stabs at live service games that will never get released. 182 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.960 Yeah, or they're bringing that stuff in house. You know. 183 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:31.960 I was having a conversation with my wife and her 184 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.559 business relies a lot on like companies just kind of 185 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:36.279 being like, Okay, we have some extra money to spend. 186 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.840 We're gonna go hire this outside firm or whatever. And 187 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:41.600 I think we're just kind of looking around me like 188 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:44.559 that is. You know, if it's not dried up, it 189 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:48.639 is certainly drying up. It is these companies are feeling 190 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:50.480 less flush, And I don't know if they actually are 191 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.840 less flushed. They probably do have the same amount of 192 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:56.200 extra cash on the books. But the uncertainty in the 193 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.360 global economy for every reason that we've talked about recently 194 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:02.000 on the show. First and foremost, the state of the 195 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:05.799 United States has I think spooked so many of these 196 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.320 companies to the point where they are not investing, and 197 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:11.879 I think that, you know, that is just exacerbating foundational 198 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:14.480 issues that have been there for a long time in 199 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:16.399 how these companies want to spend money on games, and 200 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:20.159 that's very likely that, like you know, they're Iron Galaxy 201 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:22.159 is probably not laying people off because of the global 202 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:25.080 economy in this moment. They are like, we've tried a 203 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:29.879 bunch of different things recently for years and not you know, 204 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.320 everything kind of had to go exactly right for us 205 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:35.000 to be able to save everyone at the studio, and 206 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:39.919 it didn't. So again, it's it's going to be complicated. 207 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.279 I hope they're able to make this work. You know. 208 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:43.720 A part of me is also like, God, weren't that, 209 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.080 you know, wasn't Microsoft looking for someone to make Killer 210 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:49.080 Instinct again? They would have been perfect for that, and 211 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.200 it was always I imagined while hearing things that kind 212 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.000 of filled in with a little bit of color. My 213 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:57.759 understanding is like, you know, Iron Galaxy was busy with rumbolvers, 214 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.600 so they couldn't do that, and my hope was okay, 215 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:01.279 as soon as they get down with Rumble Verse. That's 216 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.519 a shame. That game was very good, should have survived, 217 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.919 should have had a better chance, but it didn't. Hopefully 218 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:08.039 now they could just rush over to Microsoft and say, hey, 219 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:10.159 we will take on Killer Instinct for you. But maybe 220 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:14.879 Microsoft found someone else again. We don't know, So I 221 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:18.320 begin wanting to rationalize and understand how these things happen 222 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:21.840 and just try to imagine a world where the best 223 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.960 case scenario could have happened, and come out of it 224 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:26.399 feeling pretty naive a lot of the times. 225 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.799 Jan Yeah, I feel the same way, Greb. It feels 226 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.519 very easy to be on our side of the fence 227 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:34.759 and just play armchair expert, yeah, and not knowing all 228 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:37.919 the various different pieces that go into having to make 229 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:43.480 gigantic decisions like this. Overall, I am bummed because Iron 230 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:45.720 Galaxy was one of those places where it's like, all right, 231 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:47.600 it's cool to be weird, and it's okay to be 232 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:51.960 weird because you get something like Dive Kick and Rumble Verse. 233 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:55.159 For as much as we and other people across the 234 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:58.039 internet are talking about how great it was, I think 235 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.200 legitimately if it was given the proper run way, it 236 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:04.200 could have maybe not taken off to Fortnite levels, but 237 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:07.559 at least continue to build a niche community. I mean, 238 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.559 there is an absolute drop when it comes to wrestling games, right, 239 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:16.080 we had the one AEW game, there's ww's kind of 240 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.200 fixed things up now with two K and like those 241 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.320 games are better now. But other than those two very 242 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:27.240 lacking in wrestling game representation. And there's so much space 243 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:32.919 for Rumble Verse to have partnered up with an AW 244 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:36.120 or with a WWE releasing skins on skins on skins, 245 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.120 or you know what, Rumble Verse could have teamed up 246 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:41.759 with Stardom grub. We could have gotten our Joshi wrestler skins. 247 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.399 Yep. Yeah, I mean honestly that you could. There's so 248 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.200 many ways you could see Rumble Versus working if it 249 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.600 just had been really given a chance. 250 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:52.000 And perhaps like the partnership with Epic Right tied up 251 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.159 a lot of that where they weren't allowed to reach 252 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:55.919 out and it. 253 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.799 Would rather close it than release it on Steam. Right, 254 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:03.120 it was that was obvious. Again, who knows how much 255 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.679 of that really is the culprit. Here in my head, 256 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:08.159 it's like that's a big part of it. People point out, 257 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:10.120 like you know, Iron Galaxy also hasn't had a perfect 258 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:13.799 record with putting ports out Arkham one. The Arkham port 259 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:17.000 that they did was plagued with issues. Now how much 260 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:20.679 of that was their fault has been debated. I again, 261 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.039 I imagine it's more complex than the Steam reviews would 262 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:27.320 have led you to believe. And then they were also 263 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.600 involved in a rough port of the Last of Us 264 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:32.919 Part one. But they've also done so many great ports 265 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.519 that it's like, Okay, they can do this, and sometimes 266 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:37.639 it goes bad. So I bet it's once again more 267 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:41.639 complicated than we understand, because hey, the team that worked 268 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.720 on the Metroit Prime remastered port deserves all of the 269 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:47.000 applause in the world and they were involved in that. 270 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:50.919 So yeah, I just think that this is something where 271 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:53.679 we see them do this work and then companies keep 272 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:56.080 going back to them to ask them to do more ports. 273 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.080 So clearly they enjoy working with them and have seen 274 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:00.399 positive results. You don't get that repeat business, that's not 275 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:03.320 the case. I think. Really this just comes down to, 276 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.399 excuse me, these companies are bringing more work in house, 277 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:09.720 trying to save money, and this is something we see 278 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:12.159 in times of uncertainty. That was one of the first 279 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:14.600 things that happened in two thousand and eight as the 280 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:18.039 recession was really starting to hit hard, was all these 281 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:21.919 support studios that existed in Australia that we're holding up 282 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:25.720 that entire country's video gaming industry all had their money 283 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:28.799 pulled basically at the same time. Left everyone reeling and 284 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.679 that was, you know, an entire country's worth of an industry. 285 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:34.720 And I think we're kind of seeing that begin up 286 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:38.200 once again. Maybe this is not like, oh, it's going 287 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:40.679 to going to get that bad, but it feels like 288 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.159 it is symptomatic in the same way that was symptomatic 289 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:47.480 of a deeper uncertainty about video games overall. Either way, 290 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:50.759 Iron Galaxy is still going. Hopefully they're able to figure 291 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.960 some stuff out. A big part of this is obviously 292 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:59.519 I do enjoy Dave Lang, but I think a big 293 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:03.000 part of it also is these are people who are 294 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:09.399 out of the like Midway Family and Midwest Gaming in Chicago, 295 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.600 and you know, we saw it was a Deep Silver 296 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:19.480 or the team that works on Saints Row they got 297 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.039 hit with a bunch of layoffs as well, and they 298 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:23.360 were also in the Midwest, and we're just we don't 299 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:26.120 have a lot of developers, big developers left in the Midwest, 300 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:28.759 and part of me feels like this is a slow 301 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:32.799 draining of all that talent and video game development in 302 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.440 the Midwest probably will not recover from this. If it 303 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:38.440 really goes away, it will just be smaller studios popping 304 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.399 up here or there, and they will mostly have remote 305 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.240 teams all of the world. Not that there's anything wrong 306 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:45.960 with that, but the idea of like a big company 307 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:47.559 you can go work at in the Midwest to make 308 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:51.120 video games that is that feels like it's a dream, 309 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:54.440 not long for this world. Volition. Thank you, Thank you, Chad, 310 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:58.840 appreciate that. Yeah, Okay, let's see here, let's keep going. 311 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:02.080 Medal Gear Solid Delta release date leaks via PSN. This 312 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:04.960 is from Jordan Miller at VGC. A trailer for middle 313 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.879 Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater has gone live early revealing 314 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.720 the game's release date. The trailer, which is currently visible 315 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:13.279 on the PlayStation store page for the remake, shows that 316 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:16.519 the game will be released on August twenty eighth. According 317 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.320 to the page, the game will be released, it will 318 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:21.639 be excuse me PS five pro enhanced. The trailer also 319 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:24.360 confirms that the snake versus Monkey mode from the original 320 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:27.000 game will make a return in the remake. It's possible 321 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:30.200 that the trailer was intended for Sony's rumored upcoming State 322 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:33.840 of Play presentation. Medlegear Solid Delta Snake Eater's difficulty will 323 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:36.480 change based on whether players use the game's new third 324 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:40.000 person visual perspective or the original fixed perspective, and then 325 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:43.080 Meddle Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater's modern perspective makes the game, 326 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:46.120 which was originally reached on the PlayStation two, play more 327 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:48.960 like middle Gear Solid five the Phantom pain rather than 328 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:51.600 the zoomed out perspective of the original middle Gear Solid 329 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:55.279 three release. That's very fascinating. I had not realized that 330 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:58.320 I read some of those previews, but I must have 331 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:02.240 glanced over that. If people mention that book for okay, 332 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.279 August twenty eighth, that later than I was expecting. But honestly, 333 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:08.960 you know, early kind of like I guess, it's like 334 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:12.079 the heart of summer basically. That sounds about right. That's 335 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.680 pretty cool. At least we don't have to wait until 336 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:16.240 like November. I'm really looking forward to this one. 337 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:21.480 Jan I am as well. I'm ready to shimmy around 338 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:26.359 ducts and to hide in boxes all over again. Grub yep, yeah, 339 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:29.880 I just I will. I think part of the reason 340 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:31.960 I want to play Police NOTTS is I kind of 341 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:37.039 miss Kojima's weirdness. Yeah, and he's been pretty quiet with 342 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:39.960 Death Stranding lately. Well, I think we have a new 343 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:43.880 story talking about that later, but I want the weird 344 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:46.319 goofiness to grub Yeah. 345 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:50.240 I mean seeing the monkey Snake versus Monkey mode always 346 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.920 does remind me of like, oh, how his goofiness really 347 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:56.160 can infiltrate his games in a very obvious way. Obviously, 348 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:00.440 the stories have a lot of quirks to them, and 349 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:05.039 the characters are all pretty weird deep down and on 350 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:07.920 the surface in many ways. But you're right, like this 351 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:10.519 was just him kind of going ham and I'm glad 352 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:12.680 that this game will be able to preserve that and 353 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:17.039 showcase it in a new way. Yeah. I mean, Konami 354 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:19.839 really going hard with this one. There was a chance 355 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:21.519 that this game I thought could have come out even 356 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:23.759 last year, so them taking quite a bit of extra 357 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:25.880 time to really get it right. I think they have 358 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.920 some confidence in it. I think they think that this 359 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:33.279 can sort of reset Metal Gear and get people very 360 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:36.160 much back into that franchise and help them establish a 361 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:40.559 new platform to launch future Metal Gear related projects. I 362 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:43.279 don't know how likely it is they start making new 363 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:46.519 Metal Gear games, but if this hits really hard, they 364 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:49.039 probably do go back and begin remaking a bunch of 365 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:51.400 other Metal Gear solid games, which I think can hold 366 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.680 them over for quite some time. And there's still we 367 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:55.960 see there's a lot of appetite for that. Obviously, resident 368 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.799 eval proving that. 369 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:04.359 Let's see the Game Boy remaster remake of Metal Gear. Yeah. Also, hey, 370 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:07.079 a lot of us had a lot of doubt with 371 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:09.480 Silent Hill two's remake. It's right, I wound up being 372 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:13.400 very very good. I had a lot of attention poured 373 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:18.359 into that and love. So perhaps Konami may be doing 374 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:22.640 something okay lately. Maybe they're getting their act together. Maybe 375 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:24.920 they're the ex grub that wants to get back with you. 376 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.799 Yeah, maybe they like improved themselves in like a real 377 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:29.039 way and it's not. 378 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:32.720 Just all a ruse to appear better. 379 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:35.839 Maybe they actually do care about these games. Again, So 380 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.240 when Chad asked like, hey, why this one? First, I think, 381 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:41.839 and then someone answered here, I see this is first 382 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:46.039 chronologically in the middle Gear Lore, So I think they're 383 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:48.079 looking at it that way is we'll start with this 384 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:51.839 and then we'll rem And also obviously part of it 385 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:54.680 is this is primed for a remake because it is 386 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.720 from that generation where, yeah, they need to update some 387 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:59.759 of the gameplay and change some of the things, but 388 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:02.400 a lot of the foundational work is there. If you 389 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:05.200 go back and remake Medal Gear Solid one, it would 390 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:08.039 take quite a bit more work to actually do that. 391 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.880 We've heard other developers and other publishers talk about that, 392 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:13.720 where it's like, hey, the PS two, PS three era 393 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:18.759 a little bit easier to remake those occasionally. Yes, Speaking 394 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:21.920 of konami, new cast Sylvania game apparently to be announced 395 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:25.000 this year. According to rumor this is from my Nintendo News, 396 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:27.119 it has been a long time since we got a 397 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:29.960 big budget Castlevania video game, despite it being a huge 398 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:33.519 franchise and having a successful animated Netflix show. Now a 399 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.200 new rumor is doing the rounds online, suggesting that Konami 400 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:39.039 is preparing to revive the franchise in the same way 401 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:42.920