Easy Achievers Gaming Podcast

Welcome Back! I have a longer than normal solo episode today as there is quite a bit to talk about this week. Of course, Black Myth Wukong has gained an incredible amount of sales and inversely Concord launched to an absolute disaster. Plenty to piece out in the aftermath of both launches alongside the save corruption drama of Star Wars Outlaws. Outside of new game releases we have to discuss the new partnership between Remedy and Annapurna in making new films and/or tv shows. Plenty of rumors to discuss this week as the PS5 Pro has been fully leaked in terms of the official name and its design. In the actual show we take the time to actually hash out the situation at Bungie as reported by Bloomberg. Concord’s disastrous release, and the strange announcement of Indiana Jones. All that and more of the expected this week. Thank you for taking the time with me today and I will see you next week!

TimeStamps

00:00:00- Intro

00:01:12- Not So Rapid Fire/ Star Wars Outlaws review

00:03:00- Concord reviews

00:03:57- Remedy reaches partnership with Annapurna

00:06:56- Black Myth Wukong not coming to Xbox

00:13:50- Netease guts Ouka Studios

00:15:30- Star Wars Outlaws Save corruption

00:18:25 - GDQ switches management

00:19:50 - Call of Duty NEXT

00:21:25 - Hidetaki Itsuno leaves Capcom

00:23:25 - Rumor Roundup/PS5 Pro name and design leak

00:25:23 - There is no “The Batman” game.

00:33:05 - Marathons Director accused of unbecoming behavior

00:46:45 - Let's talk about Concord’s disastrous loss

00:58:40 - Indiana Jones strange release date announcement

01:04:17 - Date Updates

01:07:00 - What's Queued up?

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A PlayStation State of Play has come and gone so we have a little update from Sony to talk about. Fourteen games were shown and were given the PlayStation limelight. For a State of Play it was quite good however, as you will see in the show, I disagree heavily with how Concord was shown and "pitched" to us. Let me know if you agree or disagree below. I will let the show do most of the talking this week. Speaking of this week, hopefully the extra videos this week do not bother anyone out there as I am attempting a new direction for the channel. Always let me know your thoughts of course. Until next week, Go Achieve!

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This is a casual episode of just talking about some subjects in gaming that has hit my mind throughout the conversation. I do not have much to add here unlike how it usually is in the description. Let me know on whatever thoughts you have on the video either agreeing or disagreeing.

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We have a more active week in gaming news than expected as The Final Shape, Destiny 2's latest expansion, was leaked by Sony through an interesting workaround via Sony's cloud servers. This lead to a lot of the details of the expansion to be out there and if you believe some you had enough time to fully play the campaign so beware of spoilers. Other than this Sony actually shot themselves in the foot in another way but we will cover that in the show. Other than that the news was somewhat light as the State of Play, as of recording this, was due very soon so expect the video breaking that down to be live.

Well here we are as this week has changed from a noneventful week as it has been for awhile now to something feels like it has fundamentally changed in the Xbox ecosystem specifically to the fan and economic side. Since something so interesting happened I took the chance to grab Emmett Watkins Jr. on the show to give his thoughts on Xbox both closing four studios one being a seemingly successful studio in Tango Gameworks and how Game Pass seems to have changed its entire structure to an almost Activision like house of cards. I think this is a great episode but I only know that if I hear from you so let me know your thoughts on this show and any points in the show in the comments below. Thank you for your time!

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A quick impressions video about my playtime in Stellar Blade. I am still early in but I feel like something is special about this game. Now to be clear, this is no Lies of P where a game comes out of nowhere and takes us all of guard but this game feels very fun and I think there is something here for a lot of people even though on the surface it seems very much geared to a specific subset of people. Lets talk about it!

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2024 is almost halfway through and we are inching closer to nearly 10,000 lost jobs this year alone. It seems we are at a troubling time in the industry as on the surface Gaming is making more money than ever before and is ahead of all of its competitors in terms of money earned. However, ballooning budgets, economic effects, and much more factors are hurting the industry in its most important and weakest section, money. Combine all these factors are I believe gaming's future is uncertain. We know from much smarter people than I that gaming is not growing which is causing the big competitors to get creative on how they will increase their margins. That is what I want to discuss today, not to find a solution to this but to start a conversation on the how and why and what in the future may change. As always I thank you for taking the time to listen and read my little message and I hope you are well and continue to be so. Until the next time!

We have yet another slower news week as there is not much to talk about but that lets us delve a bit deeper into any subject I bring up! As always I thank you for taking the time. Stellar Blade is out and reviews are pretty good but it seems the narrative is rather weak. Eiyuden Chronicles is out too. No Rest for the Wicked and Hades 2 are getting some early testing via early access for No Rest and a tech test for Hades 2 which will be quickly followed by early access for the game. Fallout as a franchise is gaining more popularity due to the show's success. And much more to discuss but if I may divert from the description a bit it feels so quiet out there I wonder if we are due for a major news story soon or not. Who knows but anyways thank you for stopping by and I will see you next week!

TimeStamps

00:00:00- Intro

00:03:30 - Not So Rapid Fire/Blizzcon skips 2024

00:04:08 - Stellar Blade launches

00:05:05 - Eiyuden Chronicles is out

00:06:04 - No Rest for the Wicked is in early access

00:06:24 - Fallout games are exploding in popularity

00:07:45 - Hades 2 tech test is underway

00:08:56 - People Can Fly cancel a game

00:11:17 - What Have You Been Playing/

00:14:03 - Rumor Roundup/Bethesda France is closed (mislabeled part of the show)

00:15:43 - AC Hexe details are out

00:17:13 - Watch Dogs is out

00:18:12 - Helldivers coming to Xbox?

00:25:20 - Division Heartland unofficial update

00:27:38 - Start of the Show/Embracer splits from itself

00:37:32 - What’s Queued Up?

Xbox 360 Store Closing Soon! | Easy Achievers Podcast Ep.180 by Alex and Elijah

Well we have some catching up to do so let's get into it. Dragon’s Dogma 2 has taken over the gaming sphere and I want to give my thoughts on my pretty deep experience with the game. Unfortunately there will be no Baldur’s Gate 3 DLC and that breaks my heart. Some new looks at Marvel 1943 and Dragon Ball Sparking Zero. Apple is being sued to break up their Apple Market. Assassin’s Creed Jade has been delayed a year although I am not sure if anyone even cares. Toys for Bob has been let go with an agreement with Microsoft. A small look at the all digital Xbox Series X. And for the main show let's talk about Gearbox breaking out of Embracer and Connie Booth has found a new working spot at EA. As always we end with Date Updates and What’s Queued Up. That is all for this week and I will be getting back to more Dragon’s Dogma and my life in general, thank you so much for watching and gifting your time and until next week!

TimeStamps

00:00:00- Intro

00:15:42- Not So Rapid Fire/ DD2 and Ronin reviews are out

00:23:00- My Dragons Dogma 2 impressions after 30 hours

00:27:30- Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC survey is out

00:27:59- Larian Founder says no DLC or expansion for Baldur's gate 3

00:32:14- Marvel 1943 Trailer is out

00:33:07- Dragon Ball Sparking Zero got another trailer and some roster reveals

00:33:46- Apple is being sued for antitrust

00:35:57- Yoko Shimura maybe composing some songs for Kingdom hearts 4

00:36:50- Assassins Creed Jade gets delayed by Netease

00:37:28- It Takes Two moves 16 million units

00:40:38- Overwatch-like shooter by Marvel games was announced

00:44:07- First Human Neurolink patient has used his device to play Civilization 6

00:46:45- Toys for Bob signs agreement for first solo game since departing from Microsoft

00:48:24- Certain Affinity suffers layoffs

00:49:00- What Have You Been Playing?

00:50:25- RE 9 maybe open world

00:51:12- Exputer breaks all white xbox series x pictures

00:51:46- Gearbox is bought by Take Two from Embracer

00:53:43- Connie Booth has moved to EA

01:00:36- IGN interview with Ken Levine

01:07:30- Date Updates

01:09:22- What's Queued Up?

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