This episode aired on 27th July 2024
Agenda:
**FIRST HALF**
- EA decides to rip off it's player base, after promising not to. We. Are. SHOCKED.
- Apex Legends has split it's Battle Pass into two, charging the same amount for the lower tier and more for the second
- They have completely removed the means to earn them for free, which was a large draw to the game.
- They've tried to imply the latter was necessary as part of removing the in game currency cost from the Battle Pass (they're now using real world currency)
- These two things do not connect
- As of writing it is 8% positive on Steam
- SAG-AFTRA on strike, specifically regarding AI
- Video game voice actors didn't really get included in the deal from the previous strike
- SDCC potentially leaks Soul Reaver 1 + 2 Remaster
**SECOND HALF**
- Path of Exile new league - Settlers of Kalguur
- Expansion league: a game within a game
- Melee rework
- loads of rebalancing a class changes
**FILLER**- Warhammer 40k updates
- Workers at Bethesda join a wall-to-wall Union
- Workers at Warcraft have likewise done the same
- Halo TV adaption cancelled after season 2
- Fallout: London is out (on GOG because it's too big for nexusmods)
- Horizon adaptation has been canned
- PlayStation are going to be at the Tokyo Game Show for the first time in years
- Many suspect it's for the PS5 Pro announcement
- Diablo 4 Spiritborn was reveal
- Level cap increase
- Stalker 2 delayed to November 20th
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