February still keeps giving! Now this week we have one of the most anticipated games releasing, Elden Ring.

The game is getting spectacular review scores, but the game is not without its problems. Particularly performance issues. Is this fair? Can a game get top scores when it has issues? We discuss this greatly and see what the deal is.

Other than that,

Call of Duty skips year 2023 for the first time since 2006. This creates huge potential for the franchise to be better than ever and we talk about that as well. Maybe we'll get a good base for a CoD title and then go beyond that with updates and more to make it even greater? We can only hope.

Nintendo also acquires a studio, so now they are joined with the big three, Playstations rumored subscription service “Spartacus” gets pricing for each its tiers, March upcoming games and more!

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00:00:17 - 00:03:10 Norderlanders will improve, but not yet.

00:03:10 - 00:07:40 Needed to get out of the city for a while.

00:07:40 - 00:16:45 Emil played 10 hours of Horizon Forbidden West.

00:16:45 - 00:23:47 Jens first impressions of Elden Ring.

00:23:47 - 00:28:19 Nintendo acquired SRD Company after years of partnership.

00:28:19 - 00:35:37 2023 Call of Duty title will be delayed. No new title next year.

00:35:37 - 00:52:52 Elden Ring gets spectacular review scores, despite performance issues.

00:52:52 - 00:58:08 Playstations subscription service "Spartacus" rumored tiers details.

00:58:08 - 01:00:59 Games that will come out in March.

01:00:59 - 01:15:36 Rapido Fire Week 8 (Recap News).

01:15:36 - 01:23:37 Game Releases Week 8.

Another week, another episode. Let's go!

Cyberpunk 2077 is back (sorta). This week CD Project Red announced the next-gen upgrade versions together with patch 1.5. This will bring the game to PS5 and XSX as a free upgrade for those who bought it on console back in the day. The patch brings several updates to the game and we talk about if this will give the game a second chance. Has the cybership sailed?

Playstation being babies, censoring the game Martha is Dead only on their platform. We talk about that and see when is censoring fine and is there a better way to do it? We discuss. 

And lastly, eshop is going away. Eshop for the 3ds and Wii U. Nintendo announced that this week and giving consumers one year to get the games they want before the shop will close in March 2023. What a digital age we live in!

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Oh yeah, I guess it was Nintendo’s turn now! No acquisition luckily, but a new Direct was shown, so we talk about everything that was showcased there.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has been announced and this looks like more what we liked about the first game. Hopefully that is the case. Mario Strikers returns, and that looks like a fun spin on the football genre. Mario Kart 8 gets more stages as DLC, never seen game Live a Live is releasing in the west with updated graphics and more! Looks like your Switch will have a lot to do in the upcoming months.

Someone who doesn’thave much to do, is sadly Google Stadia. Google has rebranded its service to Google Stream and will not be focused as much in gaming as it used to. It’s not completely gone, but it’s getting closer.

And Platinum wants to resurrect the previous Xbox Exclusive Scalebound. Currently, that seems like it could be a reality now. Even more than before.

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00:00:17 - 00:11:09 Mind exhausting, but buying new things always makes it exciting. Vacuums talk as well.

00:11:09 - 00:19:35 Jens beat Pokemon Acreus but also started Sifu.

00:19:35 - 00:29:16 Emil's impressions of Dying Light 2: Stay Human.

00:29:16 - 00:33:00 Quick impressions from Ghostwire Tokyo showcase.

00:33:00 - 00:54:04 Everything from the Nintendo Direct February 2022.

00:54:04 - 01:00:44 Google Stadia dies, changes to Google Stream.

01:00:44 - 01:06:43 Xbox exclusive Scalebound may be resurrected.

01:06:43 - 01:16:46 Rapid Fire Week 6 (Recap News).

01:16:46 - 01:22:18 Game Releases Week 6.

01:22:18 - 01:24:38 Norderlanders is working on something.

So after we have settled after the big Microsoft Activision/Blizzard news from last week,we can continue with this week's news!

Respawn is EA's golden boy for Star Wars games apperently, because they are making three of them. One of the games will be a sequel for Jedi Fallen Order, which no one is suprised by, but also there are a First Person shooter and a RPG in the works. Is this maybe to much for one studio? Jedi Fallen Order sold extremely well, so EA is putting all the chips on Respawn. Hopefully it will all sort out. 

The three next Call of Duty games will come to Playstation. If you have some knowledge of the business, this may also not have been that suprising. With contracts, marketing deals with this franchise releasing a new title every year. But what about after that? Could we have a future where Call of Duty will be an Xbox exclusive? It's hard to imagine, but we have to face the facts that it could be a reality. Time will tell. 

Other than that, Take-Two calls the GTA Trilogy Definitive launch a "glitch", Minecraft cyberattack causes a whole country to lose internett and Netflix really want to be the industry lead in their attempt on video game subscription service. 

We also played so many games, one of them finishing Borderlands (2009), so we go through our thought surronding that. Together with so many more games!

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00:00:17 - 00:06:16 Slippery outside, when can you ask for spring?

00:06:16 - 00:12:34 We finished Borderlands (2009).

00:12:34 - 00:22:52 We also played; Owlboy, Metro Last Light, Psychonauts 2 & Borderlands Pre-Sequel.

00:22:52 - 00:32:00 Respawn is making Jedi Fallen Order sequel, a Star Wars FPS & RPG.

00:32:00 - 00:36:26 Take-Two CEO calls GTA Trilogy definitive launch a "glitch".

00:36:26 - 00:39:13 Minecraft cyberattack takes down a whole country's internett.

00:39:13 - 00:48:04 Next three Call of Duty's will be on Playstation.

00:48:04 - 00:53:47 Netflix want their game subscription service to be market leading.

00:53:47 - 00:57:41 Our Playstation Wrap Up for 2021.

00:57:41 - 01:15:46 Rapido Fire Week 4 (Recap News).

01:15:46 - 01:28:30 Game Releases Week 4.

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00:00:17 - 00:10:12: Tea time with Norderlanders, were we talk what we have been up to this last week.

Life sucks right now, but we have some games to look forward to prettysoon. Even though some of them got delayed. Anyways,always give compliments to each other when you can. Remember that kids!

Take-Two has acquired one of the biggest mobilepublishers, Zynga for 13 billion dollars. What does this mean? Will we see GTA 5 or Red Dead Redemption 2 onphones in the future? Or do we have to settle with spin-offs like Red DeadCandy Crush? Well, we just have to wait and see.

More news about Activision and that LEGO hasstepped away from them now. Not reallysurprising and we take this opportunity to talk about toxic work culture.

Red Dead Online seems to be dying, so fans aretrying to say their piece with hashtag; #SaveRedDeadOnline and more. Hopefully Rockstar will listen and support this community.

Other than that, rumoured Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.5seems really good and may give the game a second chance, and Sony is makingmore PS4s because of the chip-shortage. Microsoft already back in 2020 stoppedXbox One production entirely. How about that?

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00:00:17 - 00:09:43 Everything is shit, but at least we have games coming!

New year, and more Norderlanders! Here is the first episode of 2022. Let's go!

Had a good Holiday? Emil & Jens talk about their holiday and what they have done. Kinda dramatic for some, but all in all nice vacation.

On the news front, we mention the Raven Software strike that has been going on. Is it being handled correctly? We may have to deep dive into it at a later date.

There are some misinformation about Days Gone sales. Ghost of Tsushima has recently sold 8 million copies, hurray! But Jeff Ross got to Twitter that Days Gone also did that in the same time span. Why is Sony so mean to Days Gone? We'll talk about that and the reputation Sony wants to have for their games.

Ken Levine's upcoming game has entered "development hell", and has been there for a while. A lot of changes in direction and rewrites are the cause of it and we talk about it. Maybe it's time to scale back Levine?

And lastly Bully 2 almost happened. Well they worked on it for a while. Sadly timing and prioritizing is the reason we don't have a Bully 2 in our lives now, but maybe in the future that will be a real thing.

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