This week we found out about Jim's play through of Baldur's Gate 3 where he is leaving death and destruction in his wake. Mike tries out Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and Tony starts Octopath Traveler 2. Lots of smoke coming from Warner Bros Games leadership leaving and THQ Nordic announces a new TMNT game based on the graphic novel The Last Ronin. Xbox introduces a enforcement strike system where reported players can be punished for being toxic or harassing other users. Lastly, more PS5 Slim speculation!

#baldursgate3 #zelda #octopath #warnerbros #tmnt #xbox #ps5 #videogames #allyoucangeek

Things get disrupted on this week's Moviecast. The writers and actors strikes claim more victims as Deadpool 3 halts production. Disney Plus raises prices and promises a password-sharing crackdown next year. Dave Bautista wants to be the DCU's Bane.

The heat was turning up for a second weekend in a row thanks to EVO 2023 where competitors all across the world came to duke it out over popular fighting games. Capcom shows off a Street Fighter x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collaboration, Microsoft cuts down the intro 1 dollar Game Pass to 14 days instead of one month, and Nintendo reports on record breaking profits and gives new Switch hardware and software numbers. Baldur's Gate 3 breaks records and becomes one of the top performing games on Steam and reached the cultural zeitgeist. Lastly, is the lack of a Starfield demo at Gamescom a worrying sign?

#evo #streetfighter6 #tmnt #gamepass #nintendo #switch #baldursgate #starfield #videogames #podcast #aycg

Moviecast 659 hits with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 starting to film without actors due to the current strikes going on in hollywood.  We also discuss casting news and rumors on Marvel's first family The Fantastic Four and their movie being developed.  TMNT is out in theaters and is doing well, but not as well as the Billion Dollar Barbie!

Studios around the globe have received development kits for the "Switch 2" and mentioning we should see it being released in 2024. EA sees a record FY Q1 citing Jedi Survivor as a commercial success and announces ports of it to PS4 and Xbox One. In other news, Phil Spencer somehow manages to show up to FanFest to co-announce the Xbox port of Final Fantasy XIV after complaining about Sony paying for exclusivity. 

#switch #nintendo #switch2 #ea #starwars #jedisurvivor #xbox #ffxiv #finalfantasy #allyoucangeek

Things get dicey on this week's Moviecast. Steven Amell isn't a fan of the SAG strike, despite being a member. Adam Driver is out as the MCU's Reed Richards. Barbenheimer continues to dominate the box office. Also we bid farewell to Paul Reubens who passed away this week.

#sagstrike #paulreubens #barbie #mcu #oppenheimer #marvel #secretinvasion #movies #streaming #tv

PS5 Pro confirmed?! Futurama comes to Fortnite in their new crossover while Ubisoft cancels a sequel to Immortals Fenyx Rising. Blizzard pisses off fans with their patch right before the start of season 1. Microsoft's Q4 fiscal results are nothing to be happy about for the trillion dollar company while Capcom soars to new heights off a string of hits. 

#videogames #fortnite #ubisoft #blizzard #microsoft #xbox #capcom

Barbenheimer dominates on this week's Moviecast. Both Barbie and Oppenheimer release to huge numbers on the box office. Also, the Rock  donates big to the strike, Netflix wins, Bordelands gets a release date, and The Flash's Director is out as the director of Batman: Brave and the Bold.

#barbenheimer #barbie #oppenheimer #netflix #secretinvasion #marvel #spiderman #dc #spiderverse #dcu #movies #streaming #tv

This week has the EU regulating that new handhelds will need replaceable batteries by 2027 while the FBI and Nintendo teamed up to rescue a missing child that turned on her Switch. Sega is happy with Sonic Frontier's sales and is open to more reboots in the future, while Microsoft and Sony sign an agreement to keep Call of Duty on Playstation following the acquisition.

#europe #nintendo #sega #sonic #microsoft #sony #callofduty #videogames

It's strike time on this week's Moviecast. The Screen Actor's Guild joins the WGA in strikes against Hollywood execs that all stem from streaming. Also James Gunn talks about more characters in Superman Legacy.

#writersstrike #sagstrike #barbie #flash #disney #marvel #dcu #tv #streaming #movies