Noob Talk Radio

John Carpenter is working with Boss Team on a new Halloween game, a small indie developer figures out a cunning workaround to SAG-AFTRA’s voice actor strike, Borderlands bombs, rapid fire-while, Replaced and Terminator: Survivor delayed (teardrop tattoo), Chernobylite 2 announced, River City Girls Double Dragon DLC, and Armored Core reaches impressive sales numbers. Please be excited.

Your friendly neighborhood podcast hosts discuss Ubisoft’s statement regarding Assassin’s Creed Shadows, video game voice actors on strike over AI protections, unions at Blizzard and Bethesda, a new report regarding in-app purchases in freemium titles, Green Hell PS5, BioShock movie, Stalker 2 delayed (again!), Hunt: Showdown 1896, Gestalt Steam & Cinder released, and more! Please do enjoy.

The Boys have a meandering chat about the very intriguing recent Dune: Awakening Direct put out by Funcom for their upcoming survival MMO. In other news, Microsoft partners with Amazon for a no-console Xbox bundle while hiking GamePass prices, Capcom talks Dead Rising Remaster and teases Resident Evil 9, new medieval first-person Action-RPG Alkahest looks slammin’, Star Wars Outlaws goes gold, PS5 gets new and improved Discord integration, and more! Please be excited.

Is Summer Games Fest too monumentally gargantuan to even have the most pathetically inadequate hope of covering every meaningfully tantalizing game announcement and showcase in one podcast episode? Yes. Yes, it is. That said, from the new and sometimes out-of-left-field like Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Cuffbust, and Rogue Eclipse to the known yet hotly-anticipated like Mina The Hollower, Star Wars: Outlaws, and Metroid Prime 4, we will certainly do our best! Please be excited.

The Boys sit down for a whimsical fireside chat to discuss Josh’s recent overwhelmingly positive experiences with the System Shock Remake on console, Tieg’s enjoyment of the Halo TV show's Season 2, as well as some recent video game into TV adaptation news, including Yakuza: Like A Dragon live action, Shogun star in talks for Ghost of Tsushima movie, and the Tomb Raider anime. Please do enjoy.

The Boys have a meandering chat about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, IGN Entertainment acquires multiple news outlets, former XCOM director Jake Solomon making a next-gen “life-sim,” Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert making new game that is a cross of Diablo, Zelda, and Thimbleweed Park, China’s laws regarding youths and screen time bear fruit, V Rising release date announced, Redfall gets a final update, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder delayed but not for long, Crow Country released, and more!

While musing over the implications Early Access may or may not have had on Miyazaki’s seminal hit Dark Souls, the Boys discuss Microsoft’s tumultuous course of studio closures (which we don’t like) and the recent strong performance of Xbox games on PlayStation (which we do like), as well Helldivers 2’s PSN account linking on PC controversy. Meanwhile, V Rising has risen to somewhat strong winds of praise on PC, Nintendo officially confirms new Switch model, PS+ adds Tunic for free (go try it!), Loop Hero gets a mobile version, and Diablo IV announces Loot Reborn! Please be excited.

The Boys discuss the vagaries of revisionist history via Lara Croft’s pin-up poster removals in Tomb Raider, while the voice actor behind Three Dog expresses enthusiasm in joining Fallout Season 2, Fallout 4 PS5 edition releases, and Little Devil Inside attempts to rise from the grave. Newswhile in the rapid fire, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 announced, Darkest Dungeon 2 comes to PlayStation, Killing Floor 3 still in development, Animal Well gets a tantalizing, oh-so-soon release date, and many Indies, much excite out of the Triple-I Initiative Showcase 2024, including Wizard of Legend 2. What a week. 

While a disturbance in the force causes a wandering Fallout TV show to draw near, the Boys go over the Star Wars Outlaws almost too-soon-to-believe release date announcement, Hollow Knight Silksong Xbox Store listings indicating a release date around the corner, and Saber Interactive’s mildly passive-aggressive statement that the KOTOR Remake is alive and well. Meanwhile, Skald: The Black Priory gets a release date, Conan Exiles: Age of War Chapter 4, Once Human, and Enshrouded sounds like it bit off more than it could chew, but still tastes delicious. Please do enjoy.

The Boys discuss a slice of gaming news covering the System Shock Remake console release date announcement (finally!), new Black Panther and Captain America game from Amy Hennig, Bungie’s Marathon Director shakeup, Star Wars: Jedi director announcing new studio, Dragon’s Dogma gets mixed reception but still looks awesome, PS5 Pro leaked, Dragon Is Dead looks dope, and Project Birdseye, a new action RPG from the makers of The Callisto Protocol. Please be excited!