1 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to Games Mornings with Me Jeff Greb, 2 00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:13,720 your host from giant Bomb dot com. 3 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,839 Speaker 2: Thank you for tuning in. 4 00:00:15,839 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: In this episode, we're gonna be talking about making your 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,920 own physical games and finally getting a better look at 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,000 a major switch to exclusive. It's gonna be a good 7 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:27,239 one because we have Jana Chow on the show. Jan, 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:28,480 how are you doing. 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 3: I'm tired. 10 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we're. 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,759 Speaker 1: We're hanging in there. We're doing all right. But yeah, 12 00:00:34,799 --> 00:00:37,399 you gotta you gotta get ready for another trip coming 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:38,079 up real soon. 14 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:38,439 Speaker 2: Jan. 15 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 4: It's great, it's great. I mean, thankfully. It's gonna be 16 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,759 a fun time at mysterium. I can fall asleep in 17 00:00:46,799 --> 00:00:49,240 the car for at least one shift of it. It's 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,719 gonna be great for folks that may have missed it 19 00:00:51,759 --> 00:00:56,799 on the BombCast yesterday. We are also incorporating the Giant 20 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,359 Bomb road trip from San Francisco all the way too Portland, 21 00:01:00,439 --> 00:01:06,200 Oregon grub Mike, myself and Dan Reikert in a car 22 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,280 for X amount of hours. 23 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be a couple of days. 24 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,799 Speaker 1: It'll be like two days of about seven hours of 25 00:01:12,879 --> 00:01:14,760 drive and maybe more as we like decide to go 26 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,120 off off the map and going to different places we'll see. 27 00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:21,760 I'm excited. It's gonna be a good time. Uh but yeah, 28 00:01:21,799 --> 00:01:24,079 that'll be uh kind of a great way to get 29 00:01:24,079 --> 00:01:26,760 out there, get together and maybe see some folks. We're 30 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,079 gonna be this stuff. Maybe in Portland. That's where gonna 31 00:01:30,079 --> 00:01:31,760 be the longest. 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We'll kick off its network test on August 76 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,479 twenty first, it has confirmed. 77 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,599 Speaker 2: Nintendo announced the news via a post on Twitter. 78 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,719 Speaker 1: The Dusk Bloods network test will take place between August 79 00:03:37,719 --> 00:03:41,840 twenty first and August twenty fourth, twenty twenty six. Players 80 00:03:41,879 --> 00:03:43,719 eager to go hands on with the game during the 81 00:03:43,719 --> 00:03:46,919 network test can apply from July twenty second. It's a 82 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,479 week from now. Jan that's like exactly a week from today. 83 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:54,120 A Nintendo Switch Online subscription is required. We've listed the times, 84 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,199 that is Dave Aubrey over VGC. Who let's see here. 85 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,960 The network test times include a test on the two, 86 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,240 twenty first, twenty second, a couple on the twenty second, 87 00:04:02,599 --> 00:04:04,439 one on the twenty third, and one on the twenty fourth. 88 00:04:04,759 --> 00:04:08,960 They are at various times eleven am BST. 89 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: Three am BST seven pm. 90 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to track all this stuff down for 91 00:04:12,039 --> 00:04:15,039 what it means for your local time zone. But yeah, 92 00:04:15,039 --> 00:04:16,879 that week they're gonna have a handful, but it's not 93 00:04:16,879 --> 00:04:18,560 gonna be a constant thing. It's going to be for 94 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,120 a couple hours each time, or a handful of hours. 95 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,519 But hey, we're gonna finally have a good idea of 96 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,160 what this game looks like, cause I'm trying to see 97 00:04:27,199 --> 00:04:29,439 here I was looking at this. Is there any like 98 00:04:29,639 --> 00:04:32,079 NDA for this sort of thing? No, I don't think 99 00:04:32,079 --> 00:04:34,480 that's the case. Does seem like people will be able 100 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,800 to talk about their experience with the dust Bloods once 101 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,160 they do go hands on with it. The game is 102 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:41,639 still scheduled to release this year, although they have not 103 00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:46,360 confirmed an exact date. I think as this happens, that 104 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,480 seems more likely as well. Although you know, as this 105 00:04:50,519 --> 00:04:53,600 is ending, Jen, we'll be right there on the cusp 106 00:04:53,639 --> 00:04:57,160 of September, which is when Nintendo really does like finalize it. 107 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,360 It's talking points for the rest of the year. Maybe 108 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,680 they'll wait until then to like tell us exactly the date, 109 00:05:02,759 --> 00:05:04,560 but honestly, at any moment we could get that for 110 00:05:04,879 --> 00:05:07,639 the Dusk Blootz, I'm gonna try to partake in this 111 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,720 because this is one of my most anticipated games in 112 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,759 the air just because it's Miyazaki's next game. This is 113 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,199 this is Miyazaki at from Software. This is not just 114 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,720 another from Software game, and even if it was, I 115 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,519 would still be excited. But this is Miyazaki being like, 116 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,079 this is what I care about, this is what I'm 117 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:23,560 working on. 118 00:05:23,879 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 2: I need to see that. 119 00:05:24,879 --> 00:05:26,519 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna try to get into this so i 120 00:05:26,519 --> 00:05:28,680 could see for myself if I should be as excited 121 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:29,560 as I am right now. 122 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 2: What do you think? 123 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,519 Speaker 4: Jan one hundred percent? I'm right there with you, Greb. 124 00:05:32,639 --> 00:05:36,920 Also glad to know that this game is still real, 125 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,720 that there's still something tangible, and that we will actually 126 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:41,720 be able to get to see something soon. I know 127 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:44,079 that there's been a lot of scuttle but with the 128 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:46,759 lack of updates as to whether or not this game 129 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,600 is getting delayed or not. So I'm happy for people 130 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:55,240 out there to finally get there from fix this year. 131 00:05:56,959 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is you know, switch to exclusive. 132 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,439 Speaker 1: It's it's not on. It's not coming to PC right 133 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,639 away anytime soon. I think it will kind of eventually 134 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,800 maybe come to PC, but that will have to be 135 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:15,720 after probably a handful of years because, uh, Nintendo is 136 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,800 involved in the publishing of this, so. 137 00:06:19,319 --> 00:06:19,639 Speaker 2: You know that. 138 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: You know that again, when Nintendo does this sort of 139 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,680 deal with a third party and they publish one of 140 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,079 their games that does not mean they're lockdown forever, but 141 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,000 it often does mean it's lockdown for for a long time. 142 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,720 So people are interested in this, they are going to 143 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,680 have to pick up a switch to ye and you know, 144 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,040 there's definitely been some people in the front community or like, man, 145 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,560 I don't want to have to buy another system that's expensive. 146 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,480 I like playing my from games where I've been playing them, 147 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,720 whether that's a PlayStation or a PC. 148 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,639 Speaker 2: And uh, that's it's yeah, I just would not like wait. 149 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: But also maybe this is a game that people like 150 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,040 find reasons to be like a you know, it's one 151 00:06:57,079 --> 00:06:59,160 of these weirder online experimental games. 152 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 2: Again, we don't really know what the moment to moment 153 00:07:01,519 --> 00:07:03,639 gameplay is like. But I don't know. 154 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: I think this game is probably going to hit pretty 155 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,800 hard and be a big win for everyone involved. 156 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,639 Speaker 3: I think so too, Greb. I think this is going 157 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:12,000 to be. 158 00:07:13,959 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 4: People are underestimating how this can push consoles and push 159 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,920 the switch to in a hard way. I know a 160 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,920 lot of folks were a little bit skeptical about like 161 00:07:24,279 --> 00:07:27,199 elden Ring Night Rain and how popular that would be, 162 00:07:27,639 --> 00:07:30,519 and then we saw that takeoff. There's still a vibrant 163 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:34,120 community continuing to play that game because those people are 164 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:38,920 sick Oh's parentheses positive of course, and if night Rain 165 00:07:39,079 --> 00:07:45,079 successes anything to track, I think with Dusk Bloods, hopefully 166 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,319 and maybe we will see a similar trajectory unless it 167 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:54,519 performs absolutely terrible on the switch To. But you know 168 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,240 Capcom has had success with the switch to and their 169 00:07:58,279 --> 00:08:01,279 games running, so I would have to believe with how 170 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:04,439 little we've seen that maybe Nintendo's taking a little bit 171 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:09,800 more of care and attention to with from to make 172 00:08:09,839 --> 00:08:13,040 sure that Dusk Blood gets off to a proper start. 173 00:08:13,839 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: And Nintendo does like have some copy here. 174 00:08:17,279 --> 00:08:20,439 Speaker 1: In this new multiplayer action game, you'll take on the 175 00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:24,079 role of the Blood Sworn and fight against and alongside 176 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,560 up to seven other players with unique weapons and abilities. 177 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,920 Transcend humanity with blood based powers that transform your character 178 00:08:31,959 --> 00:08:34,559 and combat style as you battle to secure the coveted 179 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,080 first Blood. The Dusk Bloods launch us exclusively on Nintendo 180 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,720 switch To in twenty twenty six, and as we're fialed 181 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,720 in the presentation, players can learn more about the closed 182 00:08:42,759 --> 00:08:45,080 network tests for the game coming in some summer twenty 183 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,960 twenty six. Yeah, I mean it's it does sound very 184 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:54,440 multiplayer focused, but I am like curious, It's like, what 185 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,759 is the arc of one of these missions that you're 186 00:08:56,799 --> 00:08:59,200 going to be going on. I to me, it does 187 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,000 continue to sound like you go out there starting on 188 00:09:02,039 --> 00:09:04,799 your own very likely or maybe it is with like 189 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,679 your friends, and then you are working toward being. 190 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 2: The person who gets the first blood. 191 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: And that means like even if you were working together 192 00:09:14,759 --> 00:09:18,559 with your friends or others, at the end of the round, 193 00:09:18,879 --> 00:09:21,279 you're gonna be like facing off each other, facing off 194 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,039 against each other with PVB components, And that's like where 195 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:25,799 the bulk of the multiplayer. 196 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 2: Comes from, would be my expectation. Is it going to 197 00:09:28,759 --> 00:09:30,840 have like a circle, like just like Night Rain? 198 00:09:30,919 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: Does that get smaller and smaller and kind of forcing 199 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,240 players to like into closer proximity. 200 00:09:36,519 --> 00:09:36,919 Speaker 2: I don't know. 201 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:38,879 Speaker 1: It's like they just did that with Night Rain, so 202 00:09:39,039 --> 00:09:41,600 I'm hoping they have some other ideas here it. 203 00:09:42,879 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 4: I do see a world grub where this game does 204 00:09:47,039 --> 00:09:51,200 force you to be to play multiplayer, but quickly folks 205 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:54,480 will find a way to roll and run, go on 206 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:59,000 solo dolo runs by themselves, yeah, and just get become 207 00:09:59,039 --> 00:10:02,120 a real real that go with it. I'm interested to 208 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,360 see what the flow of the game is going to be, 209 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,120 and even if it winds up being very similar to 210 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,799 Night Rain, I don't think that's going to be a 211 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:11,039 big problem for some people. 212 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 2: Now. Yep. 213 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: I think good Night Rains definitely establish itself as not 214 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,559 just oh it did well because it had the elder 215 00:10:17,639 --> 00:10:18,279 Ring name on it. 216 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 2: Eventually it's like, no, people really love that game. 217 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:20,919 Speaker 3: Yeah. 218 00:10:21,039 --> 00:10:26,759 Speaker 4: I think having the from Soft tag on this as 219 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:29,960 well is going to do big. I think there are 220 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,519 the people on the switch to that are clamoring for 221 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,279 something to play. We'll get really into this. Perhaps this 222 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,840 is one of those games that you can convince your 223 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,320 friends to also get into that. This could be that 224 00:10:41,399 --> 00:10:46,080 multiplayer hangout game, especially any with destiny to shutting down 225 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:51,080 and those communities looking for a group game, a hangout 226 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,279 game to flock too. I'm interested to see if dust 227 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,279 Bloods will be able to grab some of that audience. 228 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's always a chance to sort of become that 229 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:02,159 next game. 230 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I'm glad someone mentioned this in chat. 231 00:11:05,639 --> 00:11:09,639 But I do hope that Dusk Blood's does become a lort. 232 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 2: Like, yeah, I mean, can it stand up to Lord? 233 00:11:12,279 --> 00:11:13,200 I highly doubt it. 234 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: That's who can No one absolutely no one all right 235 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:22,399 refunds for Dying Light two PS four users as the 236 00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:24,519 Beast is canceled for last gen systems. 237 00:11:24,519 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 2: This is from Liam Croft at push Square. 238 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: Tech Land has shared it will be providing some form 239 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,440 of refund to owners of the PS four version of 240 00:11:32,519 --> 00:11:35,080 Dying Light as the team has canceled the last gen 241 00:11:35,159 --> 00:11:36,919 port of Dying Light the Beast. 242 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,039 Speaker 2: I think they're also refunding on Xbox as well. 243 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: This is because when Dying Light two originally launched, it 244 00:11:43,039 --> 00:11:46,279 sold a season pass promising two pieces of DLC. The 245 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,679 first one launch for both PS five and PS four, 246 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,080 and the second became The Beast, which was released as 247 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:55,159 a standalone product. Ultimate Edition owners on PS five excuse 248 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:56,960 we still got access to the Beast. While tech Lan 249 00:11:57,039 --> 00:11:59,159 said it would continue to work on the PS four version, 250 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,279 now the PS four version is no longer happening, the 251 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,639 team said in a social media statement that bringing the 252 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:09,360 Beast to last gen boxes would compromise the experience too much. 253 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,679 This was not a matter of choosing to leave those 254 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,639 platforms behind, they said, Rather it reflected the tech technical 255 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,720 realities of development and our commitment to delivering the best 256 00:12:18,759 --> 00:12:24,039 possible experience. Techlan then apologized for the cancelation and said 257 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,240 anyone who was expecting to play on either platform will 258 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:28,639 be eligible for a refund. 259 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: So yeah, both Xbox and PlayStation. 260 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,879 Speaker 1: Just kind of a maybe notable in that we are 261 00:12:34,919 --> 00:12:39,639 in this weird moment jan where like console like the 262 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,600 advancement of consoles feels questionable and maybe more questionable than 263 00:12:43,639 --> 00:12:47,360 ever because it's going to like the cost benefit analysis 264 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:50,600 has been thrown so out of whack, where we were 265 00:12:50,639 --> 00:12:54,600 already getting such diminishing returns from one console to the next, 266 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,080 and like even from a PS four that was kind 267 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,960 of thrown together sloppily versus PS five, which was this 268 00:13:01,159 --> 00:13:03,039 very elegant hardware. 269 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 2: They did that, they did do a great job making. 270 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,919 Speaker 1: Even the jump between those two consoles wasn't huge, and 271 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,240 so we weren't expecting much of a jump from PS 272 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,559 five to PS six, and now it's going to be 273 00:13:13,639 --> 00:13:17,080 that much more expensive. So it's like looking around be like, oh, yeah, 274 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,360 there are like that long tail that the PS four had, 275 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,440 that long generation that just kept going and going made 276 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,919 more sense over time as it's like, yeah, just let 277 00:13:25,919 --> 00:13:27,879 the people who are already playing on there continue to 278 00:13:27,879 --> 00:13:29,559 play on there so they don't feel like they have 279 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,919 to keep up with the Joneses and give a developers 280 00:13:31,919 --> 00:13:33,919 a place to sell video games where there are a 281 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,679 lot of people maybe still buying video games, and it's like, like, 282 00:13:38,039 --> 00:13:40,799 you know, the reality of making these games just kind 283 00:13:40,799 --> 00:13:43,799 of ran into a wall here where it's like, yeah, 284 00:13:43,879 --> 00:13:46,000 if you kept trying to keep up with the Joneses, 285 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,480 your games just simply won't work on those old on 286 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,799 that old hardware anymore. And maybe now enough people have 287 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,399 moved on where you do want to leave those consoles behind, 288 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:55,759 But it's like, man, it kind of would have been 289 00:13:55,799 --> 00:13:58,919 nice to still have those systems going, but PS four 290 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,039 and Xbox, it's just it's real rough to make games 291 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:05,120 for those and it has been for a really long time. 292 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 2: So this is not too surprising, but I bet. 293 00:14:07,759 --> 00:14:09,399 Speaker 1: A lot of developers are like, god, I wish we 294 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,519 had like that massive install base. 295 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 2: We could still sell games too. 296 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,639 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm curious as to how developers are going to 297 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:19,159 approach the end of this current console generation that we're in. 298 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: I think it's like with the hope that it doesn't 299 00:14:20,679 --> 00:14:22,279 end jan I think that's what it is. I think 300 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:24,159 they're like, let's just hope this one goes on forever. 301 00:14:24,519 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, and then you also have to balance the performance 302 00:14:28,279 --> 00:14:31,919 on a base PS five versus a PS five Pro 303 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,440 and how many people can adopt that. And I'm sure 304 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:39,559 that that even that skew issue was probably difficult when 305 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,080 developing for the PS four and the PS four Pro 306 00:14:42,559 --> 00:14:44,720 and then the PS five and the PS five Pro 307 00:14:45,279 --> 00:14:48,320 on top of all the different the other console ecosystem 308 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,639 on the Xbox side, and making sure you're checking off 309 00:14:50,639 --> 00:14:53,840 all those boxes. I do think, Greb, this is an 310 00:14:53,879 --> 00:14:59,679 interesting challenge for dev's because not only do we see 311 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,639 so much many publishers wanting big numbers right outside the gate, 312 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,440 I think there's also the lack of understanding and the 313 00:15:06,519 --> 00:15:10,120 lack of allowing a runway to understand that, like all right, 314 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:14,559 install bases are all over the place, especially when we 315 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,600 are starting to exclude the previous console generation that also 316 00:15:18,879 --> 00:15:24,360 was kind of perhaps stalling development, like you were mentioning of, like, Okay, 317 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,519 if we are trying to appease those many people that 318 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:29,480 are still over there, it is ultimately going to hamper 319 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,279 our tools, our performances. Where we are at in the 320 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:37,279 console generation right now. Good to hear at least that 321 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,559 refunds are being issued. I know sometimes on the console 322 00:15:40,559 --> 00:15:44,440 front that doesn't always happen, and sometimes that's where console 323 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,879 gamers kind of get boned, is the lack of refunds 324 00:15:46,919 --> 00:15:52,159 and the lack of on on on e shops and 325 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,360 everything where you know, you don't get sales and also 326 00:15:55,879 --> 00:15:58,080 sometimes you don't get a refund unfortunately. 327 00:15:59,240 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 2: Yep. 328 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's like these uh, these migrations to 329 00:16:03,919 --> 00:16:08,240 newer devices has happened enough obviously with PS five being God, 330 00:16:08,279 --> 00:16:10,679 it's called it's approaching one hundred million, right, something like that. 331 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,440 So it's okay, that is where the audience is, and 332 00:16:14,519 --> 00:16:16,279 we do want to make sure that our game looks 333 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,759 good on those platforms. 334 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,279 Speaker 2: But but I think, like now. 335 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: That PS four is fully being left behind, I think 336 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,679 it's a lot of these studios looking around saying, okay, 337 00:16:26,159 --> 00:16:29,320 let's hunker down here and kind of go and try 338 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,480 not to push things too much further. The games already 339 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,399 look good enough. We've got to find maybe other ways 340 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,919 to get them to stand apart. And uh, let's let's 341 00:16:36,919 --> 00:16:39,799 support PS five for as long as possible. Let's support 342 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,639 switch to for as long as pos as possible. We 343 00:16:42,679 --> 00:16:45,679 will begin leaving behind switch ones many studios already have 344 00:16:45,879 --> 00:16:46,840 or this techlan. 345 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,399 Speaker 2: I don't think I ever put anything. 346 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,639 Speaker 1: Out on uh switch one, and if it has, it 347 00:16:50,639 --> 00:16:53,759 hasn't done so recently. So yeah, I think that this 348 00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:56,240 is a situation now where it's like, Okay, we've seen 349 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,639 how we can support one of these consoles long term, 350 00:16:59,000 --> 00:16:59,399 let's do. 351 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: That with the PS five. 352 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 4: And you know, we were just talking about install base 353 00:17:02,759 --> 00:17:07,039 for a game grub. I can't imagine a developer feeling 354 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,880 quite safe trying to develop something for the next generation 355 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,759 of PlayStation and Xbox when the barrier of entry when 356 00:17:14,799 --> 00:17:17,279 it comes to cost, is going to be so high 357 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:19,559 that how many people are you going to get right 358 00:17:19,559 --> 00:17:20,279 from the jump? 359 00:17:20,759 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 3: Where? 360 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:21,279 Speaker 2: Yah? 361 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 4: And that I hate to say it, but it feels 362 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,799 like the console audience is going to start shrinking with 363 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,680 if and when that next generation of consoles comes out 364 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,799 and it is prohibitively expensive to get into. So I think, 365 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:36,279 you know, you will see a lot more people getting 366 00:17:36,319 --> 00:17:41,319 into a switch to perhaps getting into a cheap gaming laptop, 367 00:17:41,559 --> 00:17:44,799 maybe a Steam Deck or one of the other PC 368 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,599 handhelds out there, or completely abandoning any interest in a 369 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,240 new console generation, sticking with a current gen, or going backwards. 370 00:17:54,519 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 2: I will be. 371 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:02,079 Speaker 1: Surprised if there are many PlayStation exclusives versus PS five, 372 00:18:02,319 --> 00:18:05,279 like anytime in the first couple of years of the 373 00:18:05,279 --> 00:18:08,839 PS six and really beyond that, even because I just 374 00:18:08,839 --> 00:18:12,119 feel like there's a chance of FOMO backfiring. That's been 375 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,880 one of the tools that a company like Sony and 376 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,319 Nintendo and Xbox have all used to like get you. 377 00:18:17,279 --> 00:18:19,799 Speaker 2: To move from the current console to the next gen console. 378 00:18:20,319 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: FOMO of exclusive games you can't get anywhere else, can't 379 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,359 get on the system you just had, and you were 380 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,559 getting their games, so now you have a built in 381 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:27,440 fear of missing out. 382 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 2: And I just think. 383 00:18:28,039 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: People with the physical game news and the rising prices, 384 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,160 people go like, man, I could see what you're trying 385 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:36,559 to do here. 386 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:37,519 Speaker 2: I'm just I'm just. 387 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,759 Speaker 1: Gonna check out instead, and because that's the only other 388 00:18:40,839 --> 00:18:43,119 fair option I have here, and I will go do 389 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,160 something else with my time and money. And it's not 390 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,039 like people have a lack of options there. 391 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:51,319 Speaker 4: I do see a fair amount of people grub that 392 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,359 have been waiting for GTA six. As soon as that 393 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,960 comes out, they'll be completely fine and satiated until any 394 00:18:59,039 --> 00:19:02,480 type of rumblings twenty years from now the next grand 395 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:05,640 Theft auto pops up. So I also don't see that 396 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:10,319 casual audience flocking to a new console generation when they've 397 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,759 been waiting during this existing console generation for however many years. 398 00:19:14,759 --> 00:19:16,839 We've been in it now for GTA six. 399 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: Yep, all right, let's keep going here. Paramount confirms Mike 400 00:19:21,599 --> 00:19:24,759 Zaimont is employed by Avatar Legends dev and if you 401 00:19:25,079 --> 00:19:28,160 saw Turbashan's skeet, you know that that's a problem. This 402 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,839 is from Brian Francis at game developer Paramount Games. This 403 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,519 news video game Division is coming online with what could 404 00:19:34,519 --> 00:19:36,440 be a win for the company the release of gameplay 405 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,119 Group internationals Avatar Legends the Fighting Game, a two player 406 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,599 fighting game inspired by the popular two thousand and five 407 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:47,039 animated series Avatar the Last Airbender. But industry professionals have 408 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,160 expressed frustration over one developer working on the project, former 409 00:19:51,279 --> 00:19:55,839 Lab Zero game CEO Mike Zemont, who was previously accused 410 00:19:55,839 --> 00:19:59,400 by colleagues of sexual harassment in the workplace. Game developer 411 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,920 is now confirmed that Zaemon is employed is an employee 412 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,400 of the Avatar Legends developer. This information came straight from 413 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,680 a Paramount Games representative who informed game developer that Zeymont 414 00:20:10,799 --> 00:20:14,200 holds a position as an individual contributor, basically saying that 415 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,319 he's not in charge of anyone, So is this really 416 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:16,960 a problem? 417 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 3: That's rough? 418 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,319 Speaker 1: The question of Zaemon's employment came up after veteran Avatar 419 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,000 comic artist and illustrator Irene Coe publicly shared details of 420 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,799 her back and forth with Paramount Games, who had reached 421 00:20:27,839 --> 00:20:31,240 out to her to potentially commission promotional art for Avatar Legends. 422 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,440 She asked the publisher to confirm if Zaymont was working 423 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,920 on the game, but said the company did not respond 424 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,279 to her queries. It's unusual for anyone developer to invite 425 00:20:40,319 --> 00:20:43,119 such scrutiny for his involvement in a project, but Zaemon's 426 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:47,319 history of allegedly abusive behavior has invited scrutiny into multiple 427 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,880 games he's worked on. After shutting down Lab zero Games 428 00:20:51,079 --> 00:20:54,480 following max a mass exodus of workers in twenty twenty. 429 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,039 That same year, ARC system Works suspended Zeymont from work 430 00:20:58,079 --> 00:21:00,480 on a rollback net code update for Guilt to gear 431 00:21:00,599 --> 00:21:06,880 xx Accent Core Plus Yeah Yeah. The accusations include sexual harassment, abuse, 432 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,720 and other offenses. During one stream, he made a joke 433 00:21:11,759 --> 00:21:15,240 about George Floyd in the immediate aftermath to his black 434 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,160 co host during like a stream or something, that these 435 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:23,279 are this is an unsavory fellow and has kind of 436 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,480 sank Studios before just being involved. 437 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 2: So Paramount bringing them on. 438 00:21:28,759 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: So what are you thinking, Well, it's Paramount and that's 439 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,519 this is uh, you know, this is the company that's 440 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,640 trying to buy CNN, move them more to the right, 441 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,880 to be more in line with Trump. 442 00:21:39,279 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 2: They don't care. 443 00:21:40,559 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: So kind of very frustrating for I think a lot 444 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,680 of Avatar fans who are beginning to get very hyped 445 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,400 up for this game and now it's like, man, you 446 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,400 just tainted it, and I don't want to play it anymore. 447 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:57,039 Speaker 4: I am in that exact same boat. Avatar, the Last Airbender, 448 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,119 Legend of Korra probably one of my favorite franchises at 449 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,880 this point. I hold it in very high regard, as 450 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,720 well as the extended universe from the novels, the comic books, 451 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,240 and you know, the joke has always been that Xbox 452 00:22:11,319 --> 00:22:15,920 three sixty game that was an easy achievement achievements, that 453 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,759 was an Avatar game. You could get that and everything, 454 00:22:19,759 --> 00:22:24,720 but and the excitement building for this Avatar fighting game 455 00:22:24,839 --> 00:22:27,240 I was getting really pumped up as someone that isn't 456 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:30,079 really into fighting games, but really into Avatar. I was 457 00:22:30,079 --> 00:22:32,039 hoping that this would be a good foray into that, 458 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,279 and then for this news to come out a couple 459 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,960 weeks before the game is supposed to launch really deflated 460 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,480 and took the wind out of my sales. And now, 461 00:22:44,599 --> 00:22:46,920 unfortunately I don't have a lot of interest in checking 462 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,839 it out because of my semn's attachment to the game, 463 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,640 because I, even if he does not have a big 464 00:22:53,759 --> 00:22:57,160 role in this game, I don't want to support a 465 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:02,839 company that callously will employ a piece of garbage. 466 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:04,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. 467 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: There's so many other games to play at any one time, 468 00:23:07,799 --> 00:23:10,640 and that's not just new games. That's countless old games 469 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,119 that I could be playing at any moment, and m 470 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,480 I don't need much of a reason to skip out 471 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:17,920 on a game these days, and. 472 00:23:18,319 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 2: This guy's definitely more than just a little reason. He's 473 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,079 a good reason. This just not I don't want to 474 00:23:22,079 --> 00:23:22,440 I don't care. 475 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: I don't want to be thinking about Mike Zaymont in 476 00:23:24,559 --> 00:23:25,480 twenty twenty six? 477 00:23:25,559 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 2: Are you kidding me? Are you joking? Yeah? This just 478 00:23:28,559 --> 00:23:29,559 stupid moves. 479 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,079 Speaker 4: And all right, like the sorry a friend of the show, 480 00:23:33,599 --> 00:23:37,359 John Martin hit One of his reply to Sean's post 481 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,039 on Blue Sky is the worst part is that they 482 00:23:41,079 --> 00:23:43,319 know this right, is that they know that he is 483 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,880 a bad person, a bad figure. If he's already sunk 484 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,880 a company before, why are you going to invite that 485 00:23:50,279 --> 00:23:53,519 into a game that has a lot of potential and 486 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:58,079 has a lot of fans clamoring for a good game 487 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:04,680 in this ip, especially with one with one like Avatar 488 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:09,720 that talks and touches upon multiple social issues underneath the surface. 489 00:24:10,079 --> 00:24:14,759 It's such a boneheaded move from Paramount, And I don't 490 00:24:14,759 --> 00:24:17,920 want to say like, oh, it's Paramount. Of course they're idiots, 491 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:22,480 but they're fucking idiots, and I want folks to know 492 00:24:23,039 --> 00:24:27,160 no space for any type of behavior like Mike Zaymont 493 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,519 does over here at GB Yep. 494 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 2: All right, let's take a break. There's a couple of stories. 495 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 1: That have popped off that are not on the rendt 496 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,039 we'll get to right after this break. Everybody, including something 497 00:24:39,079 --> 00:24:41,880 happens with Wretchett and Clank, and we've got dinsha attack 498 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,680 reviews in so we'll talk about that right after these messages. 499 00:24:44,839 --> 00:24:46,480 If you want to skip out on them, you can 500 00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:48,880 do so, go to Giant bomb dot com, slash join, 501 00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:52,039 become a premium member, get at reversions of the Show's there. 502 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,720 It's Game Ass Mornings. I'm Jeff, that's Janet Shoah. Let's 503 00:25:01,799 --> 00:25:04,799 get into it with a cook update. Ratchet and Clank 504 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:10,240 Ranger Rumble. This is a new mobile hero shooter. Preregistration 505 00:25:10,319 --> 00:25:14,799 opens with an exclusive Clank skin to unlock. They're writing 506 00:25:14,799 --> 00:25:17,920 about this over on the PlayStation blog. What is Ratchet 507 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,039 and Clank Ranger Rumble. It is a free to play, 508 00:25:21,039 --> 00:25:24,079 a multiplayer hero shooter that brings the iconic franchise to mobile, 509 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,640 developed by oh Bibbi in collaboration with PlayStation Studios and 510 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:32,720 Insomniac Games. Captain Cork has created a revolutionary combat simulation 511 00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:35,119 to find the next generation of glact Grangers. But well 512 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,960 it's Quark, so once you step into the arena, anything 513 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,599 can happen. Yeah, it's a yeah, hero team based shooter. 514 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:48,279 It looks like so okay, like Overwatch, but Ratchet and Clank. Look, 515 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:54,200 I'm glad ratcheting Clank is still getting like, still releasing games. 516 00:25:54,279 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 2: But this is not what I'm interested in. 517 00:25:57,519 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: I don't know, I I'm not expecting to Ratch Clank 518 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,799 game like super soon anytime, like, just because I think 519 00:26:04,839 --> 00:26:08,160 that that has moved to a once per generation game 520 00:26:08,279 --> 00:26:10,640 for them, So they'll wait to the PS six before 521 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:11,440 they have another one. 522 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,559 Speaker 2: And that studio is very very busy, right, They're they're they. 523 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: Got they have Wolverine, they have a Venom game like 524 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,440 that they were working on and are they still and 525 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,839 maybe they'll go back to that. And that's before they 526 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,000 get into a list of of you know, going back 527 00:26:25,039 --> 00:26:26,880 to other Spider Man games, let alone all the X 528 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:28,920 Men games they are rumored to be working on, you know, 529 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,279 not not just rumored but leaked. So it's like, yeah, 530 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,079 well they get back around to Ratchet Clink, Well that 531 00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:35,440 was on their on their list as well, and so 532 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,319 I do think it will happen, but hopefully it wasn't this. Yeah, Jane, 533 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,400 any chance you check out Ratchet and Clank Ranger Rumble. 534 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,519 Speaker 4: Ratchet and Clink is one of those ips that I 535 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,160 hold in high regard as well, Grub. Yeah, I might 536 00:26:49,519 --> 00:26:52,920 check it out just for curiosity's sake. The silver lining, right, 537 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,839 The silver lining for this though, Grub, is that I 538 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,599 hope the youth or whoever winds up picking up this game, right, 539 00:26:59,599 --> 00:27:03,559 it becomes popular, gets introduced to Ratcheting Clank, and then 540 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,279 PlayStation realizes we should do more stuff with like the 541 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,240 fox cat and the robot. 542 00:27:10,519 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: It is like, I guess, at the very least you 543 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,880 know something like this. It's like ratcheting Clank is a 544 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,839 skin in Fortnite, and that's how we're getting to the youth. 545 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,359 And I'm like, yeah, but I kind of wish they 546 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,079 would just have their own game. They're they're doing their 547 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:22,519 own game. 548 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 2: This is that. 549 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,279 Speaker 1: So I will complain a little bit less and kind 550 00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:30,640 of hope that we just have a real mainline ratcheting 551 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,240 Clank game happening sometime soon. 552 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:33,839 Speaker 2: That would be excellent. 553 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 4: The unfortunate part is that there's a certain quality with 554 00:27:38,279 --> 00:27:41,720 some of these games though grub, so it may not 555 00:27:42,839 --> 00:27:46,160 be captivating from the jump. You checked out that Star 556 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,759 Wars character shooter a couple of. 557 00:27:48,759 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 2: Nights I did, and it was all right, yeah, And 558 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:52,519 then what was the other one? 559 00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:58,039 Speaker 1: Not a shooter, but the crash bandicoot one not Crash Bash. 560 00:27:58,079 --> 00:28:00,000 I can't remember what it was called, but there was. 561 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,359 It's like that was like an online sort of mobile 562 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,039 light game, and that was okay. That was fun to 563 00:28:05,039 --> 00:28:07,240 play as well. But it's just like, these things are 564 00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:09,079 not going to become my hobby. They're not going to 565 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,400 become my forever game. So I don't know will they 566 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,920 do that for anybody? Yeah, Crash Team Rumble, thank. 567 00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:15,799 Speaker 3: You to Rumble. 568 00:28:16,079 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 4: I'm looking at the trailer for this now. It doesn't 569 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,319 look bad. 570 00:28:19,559 --> 00:28:21,319 Speaker 2: No, I bet it's going to be I bet it's 571 00:28:21,319 --> 00:28:21,960 gonna play great. 572 00:28:22,079 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 1: What is uh? 573 00:28:23,079 --> 00:28:25,759 Speaker 3: What is Ratchet again? A locksul a watzul? 574 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 2: Uh? 575 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, quits acuaddle Yeah, I can't remember quaka lomback. 576 00:28:33,319 --> 00:28:36,799 Speaker 2: Wow, I'm very wrong. Combacks Okay, Yeah, I've got a. 577 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,119 Speaker 4: Cute lombacks here. It's like not quite cell shaded, but 578 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,240 almost cell shaded. He's wearing a clank outfit. That's kind 579 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:43,599 of fun. 580 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,359 Speaker 1: Uh, den shit Attack reviews are out chan the game 581 00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:51,559 is let's see here with how many reviews are there. 582 00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:53,759 Speaker 2: Uh, there's quite a few. 583 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,599 Speaker 1: Already out and it has yeah, thirty seven reviews and 584 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,000 has an eighty seven on Open Critic, So that's that's 585 00:29:01,119 --> 00:29:02,799 really good. I've been playing this game just in the 586 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,880 last day or so. I'm gonna be on a podcast 587 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,480 talking about it soon, so I'm like oh, I should 588 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,119 really see this from myself, and I was like, man, 589 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,079 the Dreamcast vibes are off the charts, and that's kind 590 00:29:14,079 --> 00:29:15,039 of doing enough for me. 591 00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:18,119 Speaker 2: And then it's like the sort of I'm like, oh, 592 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:18,400 it's this. 593 00:29:18,759 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: It seems kind of basic, and it's like very quickly 594 00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:23,480 it's doing so much that it overwhelms, and I'm like, oh, 595 00:29:23,559 --> 00:29:26,240 there is so much more going on here. That it 596 00:29:27,359 --> 00:29:31,279 went from being like Okay, I get it to oh, wow, 597 00:29:31,559 --> 00:29:33,440 this is very engaging. 598 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, it is over stimulation. Nation of the best 599 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:42,759 ways possible. If when we had epos vox a couple 600 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,160 weeks ago and he was showing off his scene that 601 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,279 he had made and how influenced it is by like 602 00:29:50,519 --> 00:29:54,599 just your eyes being flooded with different things. That is 603 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,200 this game. You are constantly being flooded with different things. 604 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,279 But it also accompanies it with several different mechanics that 605 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,000 on its face don't make sense. You were playing as 606 00:30:06,079 --> 00:30:09,079 a train, and for a train to do a manual 607 00:30:09,519 --> 00:30:12,240 and then to do a backflip and then like a 608 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:19,480 very exaggerated a downward thrust like almost like a ground 609 00:30:19,519 --> 00:30:24,000 pound shouldn't work for a train to drift around a 610 00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:27,319 corner shouldn't work, but it manages to pull off all 611 00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:31,200 of those different things. I know that we're playing mecha 612 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,039 chameleon on UPF, but maybe we should try and get 613 00:30:34,039 --> 00:30:37,279 a quick look off the ground. I have played like 614 00:30:37,319 --> 00:30:41,440 a good chunk of this game front to back. It 615 00:30:41,519 --> 00:30:46,359 is definitely a love letter to that Dreamcast era jet Radio, 616 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,880 but also it definitely has the Tony Hawk DNA and 617 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:51,200 you know what. 618 00:30:51,279 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 3: Turns out grub. I don't know if you know this. 619 00:30:53,519 --> 00:30:54,880 Trains are sick. 620 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 2: They're cool, They're cool. 621 00:30:59,039 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: Do you have a lexl Buddy's ninety one out of 622 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,799 one hundred review over here? The real wonder of Dentsha 623 00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:07,759 Attack is that there is virtually no component that doesn't 624 00:31:07,759 --> 00:31:10,039 work in harmony with the rest to make the game better. 625 00:31:10,119 --> 00:31:13,559 Like the National Rail Service it's inspired by. Dnch Attack 626 00:31:13,799 --> 00:31:17,319 is a well oiled machine, mechanically complex and rewarding, but 627 00:31:17,359 --> 00:31:21,759 breezy and relaxed enough to be enjoyed by almost anyone. 628 00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:26,400 I let's hear some other reviews. Real Quick Stephen Telby 629 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,319 Push Square eight out of ten. Danch Attack is a blast. 630 00:31:29,359 --> 00:31:31,599 While it may present a steep learning curve at the beginning, 631 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,839 it's unique Arcadie gameplay reward its rewards skill and quick 632 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,720 thinking in a way that feels old school and fresh 633 00:31:39,119 --> 00:31:42,519 at the same time. From its silly train tricking premise 634 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,440 through its challenging, fast paced action and colorful presentation, it's 635 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,319 a cohesive game that delivers big fun at every turn 636 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,799 in the track. And then Joe Richards at PlayStation Universe 637 00:31:53,839 --> 00:31:55,480 gave it a nine out of ten said dnsch Attack 638 00:31:55,599 --> 00:31:58,039 is a triumph of a game and manages to take 639 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,759 inspiration and turn it into something far greater. A ridiculous 640 00:32:01,759 --> 00:32:04,839 premise is given the weight it deserves, ending with a 641 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,079 game I can't help but love, well, it might not 642 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,200 scratch the itch of a true arcade skater game, what 643 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,039 is here is fantastic by its own merits. I only 644 00:32:13,039 --> 00:32:15,240 felt the game start to creak towards the very end, 645 00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:17,599 and it can't fault that when the concept was so 646 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,519 obviously at the core of the vision. Nothing feels like fluff. 647 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:21,799 Everything is fantastic. 648 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,119 Speaker 4: It just also I am such a fan of a 649 00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:28,799 off the wall concept grub and it materializing into a 650 00:32:28,839 --> 00:32:33,759 fantastic game. This is why I like this space of games. 651 00:32:34,279 --> 00:32:37,599 Lower than a triple A, A double A level because 652 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,359 of like the ability to take this odd idea and 653 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,119 just pedal to the metal, just go all. 654 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 2: The way yep. 655 00:32:46,519 --> 00:32:49,519 Speaker 1: And it's I think that that is the last little 656 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,839 blurb there kind of gets at what I would like 657 00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:54,599 warn people who are coming from my perspective, like you're 658 00:32:54,599 --> 00:32:56,799 gonna go in expecting like, am I going to feel 659 00:32:56,799 --> 00:32:58,839 the way I feel when I'm playing Tony Hawk? And 660 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,119 eventually you will, but not not right away, because it's 661 00:33:01,119 --> 00:33:03,160 like you need to sort of understand that it's doing 662 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:07,559 something slightly different, and being on a rail does mean like, oh, 663 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,799 I'm not really in control. No, you have a ton 664 00:33:09,839 --> 00:33:11,640 of control. You just have to like wait for it 665 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,799 to show you all the tools it gives you. Yeah, 666 00:33:14,839 --> 00:33:20,200 so that's the curve there, all right, let's keep going here. Yeah. 667 00:33:20,359 --> 00:33:25,000 Compulsion Games post calls for business partners after Xbox spent off. 668 00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:29,519 This is from Diego Arguello at game developer Compulsion Games. 669 00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:32,000 The studio behind South of Midnight, is making a public 670 00:33:32,039 --> 00:33:35,200 appeal in search of opportunities to collaborate with studios following 671 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:39,240 its spin off from Xbox last week. In an open 672 00:33:39,319 --> 00:33:43,000 letter shared via social media, studio expressed its desire to 673 00:33:43,039 --> 00:33:47,680 collaborate with studios across the games and entertainment industry, inviting 674 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,400 partners to leverage the talent and creativity of the team. 675 00:33:50,839 --> 00:33:54,720 Compulsion leads to leads the open letter mentioned by mentioning 676 00:33:54,799 --> 00:33:57,680 South of Midnight's Accolades, which received a Bafter Award, a 677 00:33:57,759 --> 00:34:01,960 Peabody Award, seven Canadian Game Awards, and recognized. 678 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,119 Speaker 2: On multiple Best Games of twenty twenty five lists. 679 00:34:04,279 --> 00:34:08,360 Speaker 1: So basically, we've made games that are widely recognized. They 680 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,000 also got to keep their ip jan So that's that's 681 00:34:11,039 --> 00:34:13,960 like one of the silver linings of everything that did 682 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,920 happen with those Xbox layoffs. This immediate sort of appeal 683 00:34:19,639 --> 00:34:23,360 for partners should be a reminder of people need to 684 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,719 stop saying they only laid off sixteen hundred people. They 685 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,039 did lay off thirty two hundred people. They're in the 686 00:34:28,079 --> 00:34:31,239 process of doing. So cutting those jobs and then being like, 687 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,760 you go figure it out is not exactly like, oh, 688 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,440 some winning thing that they did here, some magnanimous move 689 00:34:38,519 --> 00:34:41,480 from Microsoft. Now it's better than the alternative, I guess 690 00:34:41,519 --> 00:34:44,199 of just closing down the studios, But that is such 691 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:47,880 a low bar that you know, Microsoft still cut thirty 692 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,960 two hundred jobs. And now this team's in a market 693 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,480 where it's going to be very hard to find this 694 00:34:54,599 --> 00:34:58,480 funding and they clearly, based on this letter, don't seem 695 00:34:58,519 --> 00:34:59,920 to have that lined up and ready to go. 696 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:00,079 Speaker 3: Oh. 697 00:35:01,159 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 2: I hope they're able to find it. This is a 698 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:03,480 team that I. 699 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,199 Speaker 1: Do think was on the upswing of like man that 700 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,760 South of Midnight felt like they were figuring some stuff out. 701 00:35:09,079 --> 00:35:12,159 If they could keep doing stuff along those lines, they 702 00:35:12,199 --> 00:35:14,320 probably have several great games. 703 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,199 Speaker 2: In them, and I hope that that can happen. 704 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 4: Jan one hundred percent, Greb. You know, suddenly gaining independence 705 00:35:20,519 --> 00:35:25,599 from a corporate entity is not It is great, It 706 00:35:25,679 --> 00:35:28,480 is fantastic, but it does come with a lot of 707 00:35:28,599 --> 00:35:32,719 scary issues. And especially when you are a studio at 708 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,960 the size of Compulsion Games, you have a lot of 709 00:35:36,039 --> 00:35:38,320 people to support. You are not a group of five 710 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,880 dudes plus three others that can kind of like take 711 00:35:42,039 --> 00:35:45,840 wild swings. You have to take measured moves to make 712 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,920 sure that your studio can stay together. And also, in 713 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,679 the volatile business world where we're in, it is incredibly 714 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:57,280 hard to get a buy in from a publisher's standpoint 715 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,119 or from a bigger standpoint for some and to invest 716 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:06,119 in in your company, and that also runs the risk 717 00:36:06,159 --> 00:36:09,239 of like, okay, say we get acquired by another publisher 718 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:13,400 or another group, what happens then and will we wind 719 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,159 up getting cut down the line? Will the guillotine come 720 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:16,800 down for us? 721 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 2: Then? 722 00:36:17,079 --> 00:36:21,440 Speaker 4: Are we just prolonging the inevitable? Ultimately, I hope Compulsion 723 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,719 Games is able to pull it off and find a 724 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,199 business partner that works out for them so they can't 725 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:29,480 stick together. I'd be very interested to eventually play South 726 00:36:29,519 --> 00:36:32,280 of Midnight once it is divorced from Xbox because of 727 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,559 BDS boycott and everything, and I it's it is a 728 00:36:36,599 --> 00:36:40,320 scary place. But like you said, I guess the silver 729 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,639 lining is that Compulsion Games gets to keep their ip. 730 00:36:44,519 --> 00:36:45,920 Speaker 2: Very very small silver lining. 731 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,039 Speaker 1: Well, we don't de pretend like that this isn't an 732 00:36:48,119 --> 00:36:49,599 ongoing tragedy that's happening. 733 00:36:49,599 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 2: We all know it is. 734 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:54,119 Speaker 4: Yeah, And you know these are also just the layoffs 735 00:36:54,119 --> 00:36:57,960 that have been announced, right. Who knows what other minor 736 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:03,400 small cuts or going to continue happening as the week's progress. 737 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know, as we find out more from 738 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,239 the wayoffs, it's like, oh wow, they're gutting things in 739 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:13,280 a way that just sounds like slipshot random and uh 740 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:15,360 like that, do they have a plan, And I just 741 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,559 think the answer continues to be no, Like they just 742 00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:20,000 want to cut and cut and cut and uh. And 743 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,519 then the plan that they state publicly of we are 744 00:37:22,599 --> 00:37:26,840 refocusing on our core franchises, So we are going to 745 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,360 have a team working on Fallout, now, aren't you excited? 746 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,039 And then the people who like made those games, many 747 00:37:33,119 --> 00:37:35,760 of whom who have been laid off, are like saying, uh, 748 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,679 what are you What are they talking about? The mechanism, 749 00:37:39,679 --> 00:37:43,239 the machinery underneath that was made those games possible, has 750 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,599 if it hasn't been completely cut, has been mortally wounded, 751 00:37:47,079 --> 00:37:49,880 and so like, they don't really mean the thing that 752 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,760 they're saying to you, which we have now the a 753 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,679 track record of believing that they are not meaning what 754 00:37:55,679 --> 00:37:57,920 they're saying. They've done that over and over again, going 755 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,719 back to the recent showcase where they told us these 756 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:02,760 games that are Xbox games and you should get excited 757 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,519 about them because their Xbox games were from studios they 758 00:38:05,519 --> 00:38:07,280 were planning to close in the next week. 759 00:38:07,559 --> 00:38:11,320 Speaker 4: So yeah, you know, for for any of those Xbox 760 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,559 console warriors that are still flying that flag, I just 761 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,920 implore you that this company does not care about you. 762 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,599 Speaker 2: Yep, absolutely no. Uh. 763 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,719 Speaker 1: Speaking of Xbox has removed Tony Hawk one plus two 764 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,320 from its upcoming game Pass releases. This is from Chris 765 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,880 Gooing at VGC. Microsoft has removed tonyawks pro Skater one 766 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,039 plus two from its list of upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles. 767 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,159 Last week, the latest batch of game Pass titles was confirmed, 768 00:38:37,199 --> 00:38:40,119 including the full version one point zero release of Pow 769 00:38:40,119 --> 00:38:42,719 World Day one title Ascend to Zero, and the addition 770 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,519 of Gears of War reloaded to Game Pass Premium. The 771 00:38:45,559 --> 00:38:48,679 list also included Tonyak's pro Skater one plus two, which 772 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,119 was set to be added to Game Pass, Ultimate, Game 773 00:38:51,159 --> 00:38:54,400 Pass Premium and PC Game Pass on July twenty first, 774 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,639 according to Xbox's list Now, however, the post on the 775 00:38:57,639 --> 00:39:01,199 official Xbox y Are blog listing the wave of game 776 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:05,000 Pass titles has been updated, along with an editor's note 777 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,559 reading we've removed Tonyawk's pro Skater one plus two from 778 00:39:07,559 --> 00:39:10,119 the list of titles coming soon to Game Pass. No 779 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,920 explanation has been given for the removal of the game 780 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:16,920 from Xbox's game Pass release schedule. Xbox acquired the game's publisher, 781 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,800 Activision twenty twenty three, meaning it owns Tony Oaks pro 782 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,559 Skater IP and theoretically could release the game on Game 783 00:39:23,559 --> 00:39:27,559 Pass whenever it wishes. Instead, the game sequel Tonyaks pro 784 00:39:27,599 --> 00:39:29,480 Skater three plus four was added to game Pass on 785 00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:31,760 its day of release in July twenty twenty five, and 786 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,880 it's still available there. Given the game is now nearly 787 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,000 six years old, this is going back to one plus two. 788 00:39:38,039 --> 00:39:41,360 There may be licensing reasons, is what Chris Scullion is 789 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:45,440 speculating here for Xbox's decision to remove and remove it 790 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,000 from its game Pass plans. Should the game have to 791 00:39:48,039 --> 00:39:50,079 be pulled from the Xbox Store in the near future 792 00:39:50,159 --> 00:39:54,039 due to expiring music or sponsor licensing, it would have 793 00:39:54,119 --> 00:39:56,480 to be taken off game Pass two. So maybe they're 794 00:39:56,519 --> 00:40:00,800 like they forgot, and they're like, hey, we will announce 795 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:02,880 it and then like, wait, someone should check and see 796 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,360 if this game is going to get delisted in the 797 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,440 next three months or a year or something, and then 798 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,119 that would be kind of annoying, So let's not even 799 00:40:09,159 --> 00:40:12,199 put it on game Pass. But man, it just feels 800 00:40:12,199 --> 00:40:15,480 like something you should know before you announce it. 801 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,960 Speaker 2: This is bizarre jam. What's going on here? 802 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:19,440 Speaker 3: It is very bizarre. 803 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:24,559 Speaker 4: But I don't exactly trust Xbox Microsoft to be to 804 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,440 think that far in advance at this point, just because of. 805 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,400 Speaker 1: Right, maybe the people that were like, we're responsible for 806 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:31,400 that are no longer there, right, the people that would 807 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:31,920 have known. 808 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:36,679 Speaker 4: One hundred percent completely possible. Perhaps Rodney Mullen is holding 809 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,239 uh is bashing a skateboard saying no, take this game down, 810 00:40:41,519 --> 00:40:42,320 pay me better. 811 00:40:43,039 --> 00:40:45,199 Speaker 2: I hope so commonly should be paid better. 812 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:50,159 Speaker 4: Yes, Rodney Mullen one of the fucking goats. This could 813 00:40:50,159 --> 00:40:53,239 be a licensing issue. I don't see this as like 814 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,840 a particular business move to incentivize people to go out and. 815 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 3: Buy copies of the game, no point. 816 00:41:01,079 --> 00:41:05,400 Speaker 4: No, So perhaps it is something as simple as, like 817 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,440 you said, a sponsor deal being up there. I mean, 818 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,760 there are like a lot of different actual real life 819 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,800 brands in the game, different skate brands. 820 00:41:14,079 --> 00:41:14,400 Speaker 3: Shoot. 821 00:41:14,519 --> 00:41:18,280 Speaker 4: Music obviously, music is like always the big thing. Maybe 822 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,280 Bob Burnquist is done. 823 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, Bob burn Quists became a terrorist and now they're like, well, 824 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:24,239 we can't have that on here. 825 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:28,920 Speaker 2: That's bad. No, listen, I get it, Bob. Yeah, it's 826 00:41:29,519 --> 00:41:29,920 it's just. 827 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,320 Speaker 1: Weird that they would announce it and then and then 828 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,639 have to like retract it. That is the really bizarre 829 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:39,320 thing here. And then having to dealist video games continues 830 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,360 to be bizarre because it's like, just figure that out, 831 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,599 whoever you are licensing from, if they don't give you 832 00:41:45,639 --> 00:41:48,760 the rights in perpetuity to just sell this game, be like, look, 833 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,519 we're gonna give you a lot of money. Let's just 834 00:41:50,599 --> 00:41:53,280 let us keep selling this video game. And then if 835 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,840 you need to like make a certain like like one 836 00:41:55,960 --> 00:42:00,480 cent per sale or whatever in perpetuity as we sell 837 00:42:00,519 --> 00:42:03,119 this video game or whatever. I guess maybe for game 838 00:42:03,119 --> 00:42:04,840 Pass that does become a little bit of a headache. 839 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,239 Speaker 2: Maybe that is exactly what it is. 840 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,360 Speaker 1: Maybe it is every copy that someone activates, you have 841 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,159 to give us a dime for this music, and they're like, 842 00:42:13,199 --> 00:42:15,719 oh wait, that's actually super annoying for game Pass, that's 843 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,760 just going to be a loss for us, and we 844 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:18,440 don't want to do that. 845 00:42:18,599 --> 00:42:22,599 Speaker 2: So I don't know, Jan I hope we can find out. 846 00:42:22,679 --> 00:42:24,519 Speaker 1: But this is just another one of these bone headed 847 00:42:24,559 --> 00:42:26,599 things from Xbox that's hard to explain. 848 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,000 Speaker 3: Incredibly boneheaded. 849 00:42:28,599 --> 00:42:31,400 Speaker 4: I mean, I mean there was a lot of issue 850 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:35,360 with the with one and two coming out of certain 851 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,239 tracks from the original game not being available, so I 852 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,800 could see that being a big issue, and of course 853 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:47,039 an issue that when Microsoft acquired it did not think about, 854 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:49,800 just due to their short sightedness. 855 00:42:52,039 --> 00:42:54,440 Speaker 1: All Right, God wants you to make your own physical games. 856 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:56,400 This is from Claire Lewis at game Spot. In the 857 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,719 wake of the news that Sony will end PlayStation disc 858 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,360 production by twenty twenty eight, a lot of folks are 859 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,760 expressing their disgust at the idea of digital only game libraries, 860 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:06,800 but players aren't the only ones sharing their frustration. 861 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:08,840 Speaker 2: God dot com joined the conversation with. 862 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,960 Speaker 1: A short tutorial showing players how to physically preserve their 863 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:16,400 digital games. Download the offline installer of any game of 864 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,840 your games on gog, save it to a disc, and 865 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,920 it's yours forever. You don't need a storefront's permission to 866 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,559 play what you bought this. I'm mostly including this jan 867 00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:27,920 as a reminder of like, it is hard to compare 868 00:43:28,559 --> 00:43:31,519 PC versus console apples to apples when it comes to. 869 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:35,559 Speaker 2: Hey, but PC's been digital for forever. Isn't that the 870 00:43:35,559 --> 00:43:37,079 same thing? It's not. 871 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:40,840 Speaker 1: There are a lot of different options on PC, including 872 00:43:41,519 --> 00:43:43,360 you know what we talked about piracy before, But like 873 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:46,320 being the ultimate competitor for Steam and keeping Steam in check. 874 00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:50,000 But there are these other storefronts that offer DRM free 875 00:43:50,079 --> 00:43:53,159 versions of games that you once you buy the game, 876 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,159 it's yours and you can put it into your nests. 877 00:43:56,599 --> 00:43:59,480 You can put these installers onto CDs and then you 878 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,679 or DVDs whatever you want to store them on USB 879 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,639 drives and then they're just yours and you can keep 880 00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:08,320 them and you don't have to worry about steams DRM. 881 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,400 You don't have to worry about PlayStation's dr and which 882 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,239 there isn't a very convenient way to get around. So 883 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,840 it's it's a completely different situation. And the arguments for 884 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,760 like I want to have these physically so I could 885 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,519 save them and have them stored somewhere separate from any 886 00:44:21,639 --> 00:44:25,880 like cloud service or hard drive, Well, God does offer 887 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:29,719 a way of doing that, and it's you know, it 888 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,880 also is worth pointing out that gog is one of 889 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,320 the like a litany of companies now getting and on 890 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,719 the dunking on PlayStation of just being like, hey, we're 891 00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:40,760 going to own this company because they are just doing 892 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,400 something so stupid and we can make ourselves look better 893 00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:46,800 and that has that's a list that includes like dominoes 894 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:48,960 and stuff like that. But obviously, in the game and 895 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,119 space people know right now, this is a cheap win 896 00:44:52,199 --> 00:44:54,920 you can get and it's for god really, it's well earned. 897 00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,320 They've been doing this for forever, and they should be 898 00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:00,159 trumpeting in the fact that they are this DRM free option. 899 00:45:00,559 --> 00:45:04,079 Speaker 4: You know, Greb, We've talked a bunch now ever since 900 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:10,360 PlayStation decided to end disc production and how difficult it 901 00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:14,039 would be to roll that back. I'm starting to think, 902 00:45:14,559 --> 00:45:19,400 and maybe this is just naivete. I think we could 903 00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:22,880 bully them in a way to reverse that decision. 904 00:45:23,639 --> 00:45:24,800 Speaker 2: I know, I believe we can. 905 00:45:25,119 --> 00:45:27,639 Speaker 4: I think there's definitely a way with enough people causing 906 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,920 enough stink to do that, because of how it is 907 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:35,239 just going to cripple other parts of the industry and 908 00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:39,239 also just make it harder for people to play games. 909 00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:41,599 Sometimes bullying can work. 910 00:45:42,519 --> 00:45:45,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, we should be bullying companies, absolutely, And it's uh, 911 00:45:46,679 --> 00:45:49,639 you know, I don't think this means that we could save. 912 00:45:49,559 --> 00:45:51,280 Speaker 2: Discs eternally, you know. 913 00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:54,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, But like I, you know, I was under the 914 00:45:54,679 --> 00:45:58,440 assumption that they would just naturally phase out, that these 915 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,760 companies were just like yeah, but they would gesture towards 916 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:06,000 discs for forever until they just be like, oh, the 917 00:46:06,119 --> 00:46:09,760 last you know, manufacturing line that produced the optical drives 918 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,679 that we need, Well that it's broken, we're not going 919 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:14,880 to fix it, and so we'll just keep selling you 920 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:18,760 the ones we have and oh well sorry, they're not 921 00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:22,000 even really doing that. So yeah, I just thought they 922 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,559 would naturally let it decline. So the fact that they 923 00:46:24,559 --> 00:46:27,000 are going this route of pulling off the band aid 924 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,960 and just saying deal with it, seems like you couldn't 925 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,519 wait another five years to just let it peter out. 926 00:46:33,679 --> 00:46:34,599 Speaker 2: I don't know, it's crazy. 927 00:46:34,679 --> 00:46:36,679 Speaker 4: I do think it's also very telling, Greb that they 928 00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:43,039 have been relatively quiet on social media. Oh yeah, with anything, 929 00:46:43,199 --> 00:46:45,639 you know, like one of the last This ratchet and 930 00:46:45,679 --> 00:46:48,079 Clank mobile game is one of like the first things 931 00:46:48,079 --> 00:46:51,039 they've talked about in a while. I do imagine that 932 00:46:52,039 --> 00:46:55,440 they will have a boisterous crowd for the wrong reasons 933 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,880 at San Diego Comic Con during that God of War 934 00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:04,880 LOFE panel, poor Debora and wool. But I don't think 935 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,400 people are going to be quiet about I don't think 936 00:47:07,679 --> 00:47:09,360 they're going to be able to sweep this under the 937 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:13,440 rug along with like the other various studio closures they've had, 938 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,559 you know a lot of people rightfully, so still very 939 00:47:16,639 --> 00:47:20,679 upset about the closure of Blue Point. Yeah, and I 940 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:25,159 see people still harping on them on YouTube comments, social 941 00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:27,719 media posts of like why did you do that? So 942 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,039 I don't see this disc thing going away anytime soon. 943 00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:35,840 Speaker 1: Yep, speaking of Sony staring down four hundred and fifty 944 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:39,239 seven million dollar lawsuit as disc deletion decision lingers. This 945 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,400 is from Grant Taylor Hill at Insider Gaming. It was 946 00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,039 recently discovered that a Dutch consumer group has filed a 947 00:47:45,119 --> 00:47:48,079 massive lawsuit against Sony that aligns perfectly with the Tech 948 00:47:48,119 --> 00:47:51,519 Titan's recent decision to scrap the physical production of new 949 00:47:51,559 --> 00:47:54,880 PlayStation games. From January twenty twenty eight, no more discs 950 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,960 will be printed. As we know, the group Stitching massa 951 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,559 shod and Consumer claims to have filed the lawsuit on 952 00:48:02,599 --> 00:48:06,199 behalf of a whopping one point seven million Dutch PlayStation users, 953 00:48:06,599 --> 00:48:09,159 and it's seeking four hundred and fifty seven million in 954 00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:12,760 damages for exorbitant prices in the PlayStation store. This wouldn't 955 00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,159 be the first time such a suit has succeeded against Sony. 956 00:48:15,199 --> 00:48:16,480 Speaker 2: If it were to go all the way. 957 00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:19,159 Speaker 1: A couple of weeks ago, Sony stood up annouced it 958 00:48:19,159 --> 00:48:21,719 would no longer be printing discs for new PlayStation games 959 00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:25,559 launched after January twenty twenty eight, prompting many to lose 960 00:48:25,599 --> 00:48:29,639 their minds and social circles everywhere folks announced PlayStation canceled 961 00:48:29,639 --> 00:48:32,199 their subscriptions, and even fed their PlayStation five consoles into 962 00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:35,360 crushing machines. Now, a consumer group in the Netherlands has 963 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:37,960 filed a staggering lawsuit against Sony, stating that the company's 964 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:42,000 store commission could push prices even higher than before, leading 965 00:48:42,039 --> 00:48:45,679 to the topic of monopolization yet again. And now they're 966 00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:47,960 adding this getting rid of disks on top of it. 967 00:48:48,079 --> 00:48:50,800 Speaker 2: Jan The idea here is like, you know, at. 968 00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,599 Speaker 1: Least there was competition in the retail market space, so 969 00:48:53,639 --> 00:48:56,280 people didn't have to go the PlayStation store where prices 970 00:48:56,280 --> 00:49:00,320 do seem to be kept artificially high. And now that's 971 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,800 going away, so you have to go through the PlayStation store, 972 00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:06,000 and that feels like more of of a monopoly. And 973 00:49:06,039 --> 00:49:08,159 now that consumer choice that Sony might have been able 974 00:49:08,199 --> 00:49:11,639 to have been able to argue beforehand, is gone, and 975 00:49:11,679 --> 00:49:13,760 this might put them in a tougher position, and they 976 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:18,159 might actually face some some strong sort of decision here 977 00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:22,800 against them based on this. So the pressures could mount 978 00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:24,079 on a company like Sony Jan. 979 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:29,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, hold their feet to the fire. It's disheartening that 980 00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:34,840 we have to that the US can't ever do anything 981 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:38,320 about holding a company, a corporate company, accountable to anything, 982 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,840 but shouts out to other people for doing that job 983 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,880 and actually looking out for the consumer. 984 00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:45,840 Speaker 2: Yep. Absolutely. 985 00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:50,639 Speaker 1: A new survey claims one of Japanese online game developers 986 00:49:51,519 --> 00:49:55,400 that were surveyed, let's be clear, use generative AI tools. 987 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,679 This is from Chris Scullion at VGC, and I'll just 988 00:49:57,719 --> 00:50:01,800 like again, like they they survey made basically studios that 989 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:05,400 make online games and mostly online mobile games. But of 990 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:09,840 those surveyed, one responded saying that they use generative AI. 991 00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:15,800 Let's see, ninety four percent use Gemini, eighty four percent 992 00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,920 used Claude, seventy six percent used get hub copilot. 993 00:50:19,519 --> 00:50:23,159 Speaker 2: Fucking get a life. It is, Uh, this is the 994 00:50:23,199 --> 00:50:25,559 kind of thing where, like, you know, I'll just kind 995 00:50:25,559 --> 00:50:26,000 of say it again. 996 00:50:26,039 --> 00:50:28,199 Speaker 1: When I was saying I was interested in Crazy Taxi, 997 00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:30,360 it was with this in mind of like it's everywhere 998 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:33,199 I know it's everywhere, especially in Japan, that they're all 999 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,559 using it, so there's no difference between that and all 1000 00:50:35,559 --> 00:50:38,960 the other Japanese games I was excited about. But it's like, 1001 00:50:39,519 --> 00:50:42,119 oh the Tooth based out of the Tube jan or 1002 00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:44,360 or or what like. There's a part of me that 1003 00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:46,960 was like, oh, man, I'm these Western games are sort 1004 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:47,679 of losing the thread. 1005 00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:49,840 Speaker 2: At least we have Japan. And then it's like, oh, yeah, 1006 00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:51,880 that's right, Japan very in on ai. 1007 00:50:53,559 --> 00:50:54,599 Speaker 3: I grub. 1008 00:50:54,639 --> 00:50:57,840 Speaker 4: I just don't know where how to feel on this one. 1009 00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:02,199 It just yeah, even if it is a specific group 1010 00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:05,840 of developers that are being surveyed, I still think this 1011 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:10,519 may be. This may represent a good chunk of developers. 1012 00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:13,880 It does in the read that's fair, right, even if 1013 00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:17,039 we quarantine it to mobile games and everything, I don't 1014 00:51:17,079 --> 00:51:20,320 think it just lives in that container. I think those 1015 00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:26,519 those practices may unfortunately be spread out much further than 1016 00:51:26,559 --> 00:51:28,920 the survey even implies. It could be more than one 1017 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:32,639 hundred percent, which you know stinks. 1018 00:51:33,199 --> 00:51:36,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, it does say like the most common thing 1019 00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,239 that they use AI for is to take a lot 1020 00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:43,800 of big data from consumer feedback and data analysis like 1021 00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,639 telemetry data of how people are playing the game, feeding 1022 00:51:46,639 --> 00:51:48,960 that into one of these AI models and being like, 1023 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:52,880 what's happening. Just tell me what the general sentiment is. 1024 00:51:53,519 --> 00:51:55,440 But that's the most common response. It does seem like 1025 00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:59,800 they use it for just about everything, including generative AI. 1026 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:04,880 Speaker 4: The crappy part, grub is we were talking about this. 1027 00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:07,679 I believe it was the BombCast or some other program. 1028 00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,199 How generative AI all looks the same? 1029 00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:15,960 Speaker 1: And yes to those posters, yeah, they're like the Flyer 1030 00:52:16,159 --> 00:52:18,559 thing where it's like they all look exactly alike. 1031 00:52:18,639 --> 00:52:20,800 Speaker 2: We're not going to like and that's something very basic 1032 00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:21,320 to do, right. 1033 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:24,599 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I don't want this to lead to any 1034 00:52:24,679 --> 00:52:29,840 type of stylistic aesthetic loss, in creative loss just for 1035 00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:34,320 the sake of speeding things up, because specifically out of Japan, 1036 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,760 a lot of my favorite games have such a distinctive 1037 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,280 look and feel that I don't want that to be 1038 00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:43,119 lost for the sake of keeping numbers up. 1039 00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:47,840 Speaker 1: Yep, Dragon's Dogma two Dark Risen already running at thirty 1040 00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:50,440 frames per second and higher on Nintendo Switch to. 1041 00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:52,559 Speaker 2: I think that is. 1042 00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,440 Speaker 1: Way above what people had expected for this, based on 1043 00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:58,920 the way that that game ran on really powerful PCs 1044 00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:03,079 when it launched. It was a mess and it didn't 1045 00:53:03,119 --> 00:53:05,559 run at all really on the Steam deck. So the 1046 00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:07,159 hope was like, Okay, are they going to sort of 1047 00:53:07,199 --> 00:53:08,400 figure this out for the switch too. 1048 00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:12,679 Speaker 2: Sounds like they have and I'm excited, souse. 1049 00:53:12,679 --> 00:53:14,000 Speaker 1: It's like, man, that's a game I think I would 1050 00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:15,679 play on switch too, especially if it's going to be 1051 00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:19,079 a consistent, sort of stable frame rate, that would be really. 1052 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:19,599 Speaker 2: Nice to see. 1053 00:53:19,639 --> 00:53:22,360 Speaker 1: But yeah, sounds like they've done a lot of work 1054 00:53:22,519 --> 00:53:25,119 specifically to get this game up and running on the 1055 00:53:25,119 --> 00:53:27,239 switch to and then that's going to filter back into 1056 00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:29,360 the other versions of the game when they launched dark 1057 00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:32,400 O Risen that update for all the other platforms. 1058 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:34,559 Speaker 2: So yeah, cool to see. 1059 00:53:34,559 --> 00:53:37,360 Speaker 1: And it does continue to feel like, oh yeah, Capcom 1060 00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:39,599 at the very least, you know, squar Nix some others 1061 00:53:39,639 --> 00:53:41,079 are like looking at the switch to and be like, 1062 00:53:41,119 --> 00:53:42,840 we got to keep making sure our games are coming 1063 00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:46,039 out there, and it's not an afterthought. They are doing 1064 00:53:46,039 --> 00:53:48,920 the work to make sure that the platform is you know, 1065 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:50,440 running the games in a good way. And it does 1066 00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,360 seem like the Switch two can handle a lot of 1067 00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:54,079 these games. Good news, huh. 1068 00:53:54,119 --> 00:53:57,000 Speaker 4: I do hope that a lot of different studios publishers 1069 00:53:57,159 --> 00:54:03,519 see the success of Resident Evil, Requiem Pragmata and then 1070 00:54:03,599 --> 00:54:06,480 hopefully the success of Dust Bloods. But you also have 1071 00:54:06,519 --> 00:54:10,079 to look at something like Pacopia and see the gigantic 1072 00:54:10,119 --> 00:54:13,480 audience that has been generated on the switch To, and 1073 00:54:13,559 --> 00:54:16,320 it has to start factoring into your calculus of where 1074 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:20,360 to release a game, especially where the like we've mentioned 1075 00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:23,440 at the top, the bearer of entry and maybe interest 1076 00:54:23,599 --> 00:54:26,760 in the police, PlayStation or Xbox may be waning or 1077 00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:29,239 just hard to get into. You have that switch To 1078 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:30,280 as an alternative. 1079 00:54:31,199 --> 00:54:36,639 Speaker 1: Yep, absolutely all right. Let's see here today and tomorrow. 1080 00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:40,280 Today some notable releases. Dentia Attack is out today. It's 1081 00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:45,000 also arriving on Game Pass. The mound Omen of Cthulhu 1082 00:54:45,079 --> 00:54:48,519 is out on PCPs five, Xbox Disney Speedstorm is getting 1083 00:54:48,519 --> 00:54:52,880 it switched to version shape. Hero Factories getting an Xbox 1084 00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:56,559 series release. Also happening today, but that's to save our devs. 1085 00:54:56,599 --> 00:54:59,960 Demonstrations at multiple studio locations so that those strikes can 1086 00:55:00,199 --> 00:55:03,719 to happen. Day two of Ubi Suf's Barcelona's three day 1087 00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:07,559 strike is happening now. It'll continue through tomorrow, so show 1088 00:55:07,599 --> 00:55:09,800 support for them, especially if your local maybe go there. 1089 00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,159 And just like hand them some waters and give them 1090 00:55:12,199 --> 00:55:16,639 some love Tomorrow Thursday, July sixteenth. Most notable releases include 1091 00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:20,360 Heave Ho two for Switch to Switch and PC, The 1092 00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:24,239 Mermaid Mask for PS five, Switch to PC, Switch and PC, 1093 00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:27,519 seventy Style Robot Anime, Jeppy X. 1094 00:55:27,519 --> 00:55:28,159 Speaker 2: Or Get b X. 1095 00:55:28,199 --> 00:55:30,119 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to say that last part, but this 1096 00:55:30,199 --> 00:55:33,159 one caught my eye during a recent Steam Next vest. 1097 00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:34,639 I think that's gonna be one. I'm going to try 1098 00:55:34,639 --> 00:55:36,559 to check out more of now that's coming to PC, 1099 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,719 PS five, PS four, Xbox Series and Switch. This is 1100 00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:44,280 the first official release outside Japan Fitness Boxing three year 1101 00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:47,840 Personal Trainer, which is a surprisingly popular game for Switch 1102 00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:51,960 one getting it switched to edition called Set begins coming tomorrow, 1103 00:55:52,039 --> 00:55:55,239 far Lands version one point zero tomorrow, and Arcade Archives 1104 00:55:56,159 --> 00:55:59,400 Sevillian Yes a Allian is getting a new platform release, 1105 00:55:59,679 --> 00:56:02,880 and then showcases. There will be a showcase tomorrow, Secret 1106 00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:07,119 Sauce Showcase more than seventy indie games, trailers and announcements. 1107 00:56:07,119 --> 00:56:11,159 That's one pm Eastern and Convergence Game Showcase at three 1108 00:56:11,199 --> 00:56:14,559 pm Eastern. Two hours of indies and double A games, 1109 00:56:14,559 --> 00:56:17,840 including live action, live reactions and gameplay from its hosts. 1110 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:21,679 All right, let's get to the poll question from monday. 1111 00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:24,840 Are you playing Black Ops one and two right now? 1112 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:26,519 Speaker 2: Yes or no? 1113 00:56:27,199 --> 00:56:30,800 Speaker 1: Five percent said yes, which with you know, four thousand respondents, 1114 00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:32,760 more than four thousand respondents. 1115 00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:36,800 Speaker 2: One in twenty checking this out. Okay, this is kind 1116 00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:37,039 of what. 1117 00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:40,039 Speaker 1: I was expecting from our audience though, jan where it's like, yeah, 1118 00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,239 looks cool that those games got ported to PlayStation and 1119 00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:45,880 apparently they're doing very well. But we have a lot 1120 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:47,400 of other games that we're playing, so we'll probably not 1121 00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:49,480 got to check this out. I'm not playing Black Ops 1122 00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:52,599 one and two right now. All right, We'll have a 1123 00:56:52,639 --> 00:56:55,960 new poll question, are you excited about the Dusk Bloods 1124 00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:59,559 that will go up today on YouTube dot com slash 1125 00:56:59,639 --> 00:57:00,400 at bomb. 1126 00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:02,280 Speaker 2: If you go to the posts tab, you can find 1127 00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:04,880 it there. You can vote yes or no. 1128 00:57:05,079 --> 00:57:07,079 Speaker 1: Are you excited about duk Dusk blood I'm probably gonna 1129 00:57:07,119 --> 00:57:09,760 do another one of these exactly like this after we 1130 00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:11,760 get to that play test, kind of want to see 1131 00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:13,960 what you know the temperature is before and after. 1132 00:57:14,119 --> 00:57:16,440 Speaker 2: So are you excited about the Dusk Bloods? 1133 00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:18,639 Speaker 1: We'll get the results of that, talk about it on 1134 00:57:18,719 --> 00:57:22,159 Game mess Mornings here on Giant bomb tomorrow speaking a 1135 00:57:22,199 --> 00:57:24,119 giant bomb, jan What do we have going on? 1136 00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:27,119 Speaker 4: Right after this? Jeff grab Sean and I are hidding? 1137 00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:32,239 The gm pokem Monday Night Combats returns and continues. 1138 00:57:32,239 --> 00:57:36,320 Speaker 3: The crab Jeff Grub No, Grub, no. 1139 00:57:37,559 --> 00:57:39,960 Speaker 2: No, I didn't. I don't did nothing wrong and they 1140 00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:40,599 blighted me. 1141 00:57:41,199 --> 00:57:44,840 Speaker 3: I don't what's going on? What's happening? I don't make 1142 00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:48,239 the rules here. You know? It is a blood the thing. 1143 00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:53,599 Speaker 4: And Jeff Grubb, your season of Blake Club starts today? 1144 00:57:54,199 --> 00:57:56,760 Speaker 2: Why are people excited? It's better when the other ones 1145 00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:59,039 are playing. That's how I feel, you knows. 1146 00:57:59,239 --> 00:58:01,519 Speaker 4: I do fire it to be entertaining when those two 1147 00:58:01,559 --> 00:58:02,599 are upset with each other. 1148 00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:04,199 Speaker 2: Oh that's very good. 1149 00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:07,199 Speaker 1: I guess we're gonna have a come down match and 1150 00:58:07,199 --> 00:58:09,360 that's what I'll be, and then we'll get back to 1151 00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:11,440 them hurting each other with the way it should be 1152 00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:12,760 on Blake Club. 1153 00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:16,880 Speaker 4: All right, Okay, yeah, Crub, I'm predicting this now. One 1154 00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:18,679 of them or both of them are gonna wind up 1155 00:58:18,719 --> 00:58:21,559 being upset with each other and blaming the other person 1156 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:23,840 for something today. 1157 00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:28,000 Speaker 2: All right, I'm not taking that bet, Jane. You're right, Yea, 1158 00:58:29,679 --> 00:58:30,239 that'll happen. 1159 00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:32,920 Speaker 1: There'll be some like I'll do like surprisingly well, and 1160 00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:35,360 they'll start fighting, like I think there's a chance that 1161 00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:35,880 it could. 1162 00:58:35,719 --> 00:58:38,400 Speaker 4: Happen, yes, yes, And then like they'll yell at each 1163 00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:41,599 other for who chose the game, whose decision it was, 1164 00:58:42,199 --> 00:58:45,400 and then like you're gonna blast through it maybe, and 1165 00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:47,920 then like they'll just be upset with each other. 1166 00:58:48,719 --> 00:58:54,079 Speaker 1: Yep, all right, So Blake Club later today. Also, I'll 1167 00:58:54,079 --> 00:58:56,840 be on Besties this week, everybody, so go check out 1168 00:58:56,840 --> 00:58:59,159 their podcast. I'm gonna be recording that with them today, 1169 00:58:59,199 --> 00:59:01,639 so go check that out. I think they put it 1170 00:59:01,639 --> 00:59:04,719 out on Fridays, maybe earlier if you're a Patreon member. 1171 00:59:05,360 --> 00:59:07,480 I've always loved the Bestie, so shout out to them. 1172 00:59:07,519 --> 00:59:10,039 I'm glad I could be on the show. Uh okay, 1173 00:59:10,360 --> 00:59:12,599 let's see here. We've wrapped up that. I think what 1174 00:59:12,679 --> 00:59:14,559 I do now say, Jan thank you so much for 1175 00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:16,400 hanging out with me today and talking about video games. 1176 00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:17,440 Speaker 2: Man, I really appreciate it. 1177 00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:18,960 Speaker 3: It's the best way to start a Wednesday. Greb. 1178 00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:22,480 Speaker 1: Thank you all for watching and listening. You are the 1179 00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:25,480 best audience in gaming. Until next time, have a good one, 1180 00:59:25,559 --> 00:59:27,519 take care of yourself and watch Blake Club.