In a week full of VR competition ramping up and anticipation building up for Summer Game Fest, Xbox's Showcase, and the rest of the gaming industry to breath new announcements into life, we look at PSVR2's new games that came as part of it's competition announcing their next, or in Apple's case, first step into the market, Square Enix's strange marketing tactic in the build-up to more information on Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, a talk about micro-transactions and their place in modern gaming amidst concerns that Diablo 4's MTX are a beacon of something worse, and get the Community's thoughts on ..read more

Enjoy timestamps for topics below: ------------------------------------- What We've Been Playing - 0:00 What's Making Development Longer? - 13:45 Question: Game You Regret Trading/Selling? - 24:15 Community's Take: Showcase Review - 31:45 News Start: PS+ June Games - 49:38 Days of Play Deals - 51:55 Q Lite Battery Life Rumors - 52:56 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PC Announcement - 1:04:45 Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged Hitting 2023 - 1:07:03 Alan Wake 2 & Digital vs. Physical - 1:11:00 The Last of Us Factions in Trouble? - 1:27:40 Question: Is Factions Going to be Cancelled? - 1:34 ..read more

Hot off the back of PixelOpus closure, another PlayStation game may be having issues as partner studio Deviation is hit with layoffs, signaling potential issues with their PS5 AAA multi-player game, begging the question: Is Deviation's PS5 project dead? We share our thoughts on this, look at Blizzard announcing Overwatch 2 will not longer get it's single player campaign that was promised alongside the reveal of the game, get teased for a reboot to long time fighting classic Mortal Kombat, talk about "milking" IP and how the negative or positive connotations often come with the quality of the p ..read more

This week saw the game industry shake up with fallout from Redfall's weak reception, PlayStation shuttering a studio amidst a time of acquistions, and seeming confirmation of the long awaited return of a PlayStation Showcase. We share our thoughts on this, give our perspective on Phil Spencer's surprisingly candid interview with Kinda Funny's Xcast, revisit the long running Metal Gear Solid remake rumors that are stirring back up by looking at our want for the remake versus our expectation of what will come, share what we hope to see at the potential PlayStation Showcase later this month, and ..read more

This week brings PlayStation fan favorite Shuhei Yoshida commenting on the gaming industry from the importance of indie games to hoping that gaming doesn't just become predominately Games as a Service. Sony acquiring another start-up it had partnered with in the way of Firewalk Studios joining Sony's Worldwide Studios, Guerrilla Games having another upper management move into overseeing PlayStation's development strategy as well as confirming Horizon will get a 3rd game and teasing "ambitious plans" for their Decima engine, PS+ continuing with day & date releases from partnered 3rd party g ..read more

Not much big movements in the gaming industry this week, but SEGA does join in on the acquisition fun by acquiring Rovio, Final Fantasy XVI enjoys a new burst of hype following the recent State of Play, & Spider-Man leaves PS+ making users wonder if this is something we can expect from PlayStation first party games moving forward or something else. We share our thoughts on these, while looking at Media Molecule hitting the news again with the announcement that their co-founder is leaving the company, Suicide Squad's delay is finally confirmed by WB and Rocksteady as it moves into 2024, Rem ..read more

In the still slow news time we find ourselves in, Media Molecule stirs up emotions by announcing that Dreams has reached end of support as they move on to a new project, Tom Henderson breaks silence on his "Sony Hardware" rumors entailing a handheld that is Remote Play focused, a key Halo figure leaves Microsoft leaving Chris to wonder the value of Sony approaching him should the need arise to re-visit the "Halo Killer" era by looking to create a "Call of Duty Killer" should the ABK deal go through. We share our thoughts on all this, Resident Evil 4's addition of microtransactions and whether ..read more

Tom Henderson teases new Sony Hardware that is supposed to hit before the rumored PS5 Pro, could this be a return to handheld and if so, what shape might that take? We share our thoughts on this, E3's attempt to return proving the end of the once invincible "biggest week in gaming", SEGA having some fun with the Sonic The Hedgehog IP by killing Sonic, and Konami investing to dive back deep into the world of AAA games development they abandoned nearly a decade ago, while discussing rising development costs and how that translates to infalted development schedules, how those development schedule ..read more

This week we celebrate 300 episodes by interacting with YOU, the liseners, and then sharing our thoughts on the reported TMNT game inspired by God of War and following the Last Ronin storyline from TMNT, learn that Multiversus was apparently in beta which is ending in June to allow the game to release in full early next year, talk Bobby Koticks remarks on not letting Sony's interference in their acquisition impact their partnership relationship, share our thoughts on the Redfall PS5 version being cancelled internally, look at your favorite moments from the years of the podcast, and look back a ..read more

Months after Insomniac confirmed that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will still be releasing this year, Tony Todd might have let the release date slip on Twitter! In an interaction with a fan, he revealed that September seems to be the release date with marketing starting to push in August. We share our thoughts on this, when to expect The Last of Us HBO to return with Season 2, discuss companies delisting games they own the rights to and how it impacts game preservation, check in on what you all think about games taking the "Final Fantasy" anthology approach and how media has become so Sequel oriented ..read more