Overworld Weekly: A Wider View of Video Game News

By Brendon Bigley x Overworld.vgLeisure

Overworld Weekly: A Wider View of Video Game News episodes

June 12, 2023 I Need Starfield ASAP: An Xbox Showcase Recap
Today's 2023 Xbox Showcase and Starfield Direct double-feature was an absolute winner, in my book. Today on Wavelengths is all about the stuff I got most jazzed about, which honestly ended up being most of it? Starfield in particular really won me over, not that I ~needed~ much winning over, but still. It owned.

IGN Interview about Persona 3: https://www.ign.com/articles/persona-3-reload-wont-include-content-from-fes-or-portable-including-the-female-protagonist
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Chapters:
0:00 - Hello YET AGAIN!
2:33 - Fable
3:32 - South of Midnight
4:07 - Star Wars Outlaws
5:05 - Persona 3 Reload
5:30 - Bummer Persona 3 Reload Info
6:15 - Persona 5 Tactica
6:40 - Metaphor Re Fantazio
7:37 - Sea of Thieves x Monkey Island
8:44 - Forza Motorsport
9:21 - Cities Skylines 2
10:21 - Avowed
12:21 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
14:00 - Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
14:42 - Path of the Goddess
15:21 - Overwatch 2
16:35 - Dungeons of Hinterberg
16:59 - Towerborn
18:00 - Clockwork Revolution
19:03 - 1TB Xbox Series S in Black
20:50 - Starfield my love
31:06 - Bye bye!
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Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r
And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths
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Music provided by:
- Elijah Lee – Trapped in My Mind
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA
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33 min
June 10, 2023 The Best Indie Game Reveals of Summer 2023
Although PlayStation and Xbox are stealing the spotlight in this 2023 summer of game events, there have been a ton of smaller indie-focused showcases over the past few days with some really amazing looking titles on the horizon. On this episode of Wavelengths I wanted to highlight my 19 favorite indie game announcements that might have flown under the radar.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Hello AGAIN!
1:02 - Beastie Ball
2:08 - Hyper Light Breaker
3:14 - Viewfinder
4:17 - Cart Life
5:32 - Helskate
6:49 - Summerhill
7:21 - Cocoon
8:24 - Airborne Empire
9:21 - Frogsong
9:48 - Bubblegum Galaxy
11:06 - Station to Station
11:37 - Baladins
12:21 - Smushi Come Home
12:51 - Unpacking Mobile
13:31 - Venba
14:06 - En Garde!
14:33 - Lords of the Fallen
15:26 - Life By You
16:15 - C-Smash VRS
17:34 - What about YOU?
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078
Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r
And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths
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Music provided by:
- Elijah Lee – Trapped in My Mind
- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA
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19 min
June 09, 2023 A Summer Game Fest 2023 Recap with Stephen Hilger
Summer Game Fest 2023 has wrapped and I've brought Stephen Hilger, friend and cohost of Into the Aether, to talk all about our favorite announcements. Also, because how could we not, we talk about that Persona 3 remake that leaked.

Follow Stephen: https://twitter.com/stephenhilger
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Hello Stephen!
3:35 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
5:25 - Mortal Kombat 1 Gameplay
8:09 - Exoprimal x Street Fighter 6 Crossover
10:58 - Remnant 2 Release Date Trailer
13:05 - Sonic Superstars
14:11 - Lies of P Demo
18:35 - Baldur's Gate 3 Casts Jason Isaacs
20:32 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
21:48 - Lysfangha: The Time Shift Warrior
22:58 - Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis
25:50 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
30:58 - Persona 3 Reload Leak
33:55 - Bye bye!
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078
Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r
And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths
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Music provided by:
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- Provided by Lofi Records
- Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA
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37 min
June 07, 2023 Two Legendary Remakes On the Way?
Two games I've always wanted to play are finally (allegedly!!) getting some remakes, let's talk about them!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Persona 3 Remake
5:11 - Final Fantasy IX Remake
9:12 - Help me out
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Sources:
Persona 3 Remake
https://personacentral.com/p3re-domain/
https://www.anime-expo.org/ax/schedule-2023/
https://twitter.com/Persona_Central/status/1645225760288899072?s=20
Final Fantasy IX Remake
https://youtu.be/YL8eRl0fGoE?t=1812
https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-leaked-games-list-pc/
Other Stories
https://twitter.com/kojipro2015_en/status/1666414840867602433
https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1666111039736258561
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23750797/western-digital-xbox-storage-expansion-card-price-release-date
10 min
June 01, 2023 How Arkane Studios Lost 70% of its Staff Making Redfall
Read Jason's piece here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-01/arcane-s-redfall-misfire-for-xbox-panned-after-7-5-billion-microsoft-deal
Today we delve into the newly uncovered story of Redfall, a critically and commercially disappointing game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios that now has me asking a lot of questions about Microsoft, Starfield, and live-service games as a whole.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Where did Redfall come from?
7:51 - What went wrong?
15:53 - On "live-service" games
21 min
May 25, 2023 Rumor vs Reality: A Playstation Showcase 2023 Recap
This week on Wavelengths I’m covering all of the biggest game and hardware announcements from The Playstation Showcase 2023! The reception to the event seems mixed — a lot of which has to do with lofty expectations fueled by the rumor mill and leaks — but when you take a step back the event was honestly pretty solid overall. We saw a bunch of new games from recent Playstation Studios acquisitions like Fairgames from Haven Studios and Concord from Firewalk Studios, along with a huge list of third-party titles to get stoked about.
We also saw the official announcement of the weirdest piece of hardware I’ve seen in a long time: Project Q.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Welcome back!
0:34 - On Expectation Management
4:58 - “Where were the first party games?”
10:51 - Helldivers 2
11:51 - Ghostrunner 2
12:40 - Sword of the Sea
13:32 - The Talos Principle 2
14:08 - Neva
14:51 - Foamstars
17:25 - The Plucky Squire
18:45 - Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake
21:45 - Alan Wake 2
24:00 - Assassin’s Creed Mirage
26:20 - Revenant Hill
27:26 - Dragon’s Dogma 2 (!!)
29:38 - PSVR 2
32:53 - Destiny 2
34:10 - Marathon
36:15 - Concord
38:13 - Project Q and Earbuds
42:36 - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
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46 min
May 03, 2023 The Most Anticipated Game of the Year Has Leaked
Hello and welcome back to Wavelengths! This week we're talking at length about the discourse surrounding the leaked gameplay from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and whether news outlets like Kotaku should cover those kinds of stories.
Afterwards, get ready for even MORE discourse as we talk about the new Xbox console exclusive Redfall from Arkane Studios and its overwhelmingly negative reception.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Young Horses releases new game experiments
2:33 - Armored Core VI release date leaked
5:05 - Star Trek: Resurgence coming VERY soon
7:03 - Go play Kenny Sun's games
8:06 - Thank you so much for being here 💕
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25 min
April 25, 2023 Octodad Team Drops FOUR New Steam Games for FREE
Welcome to the first official episode of Wavelengths! Thank you to everyone who tuned in for the test episodes over the past month. I am back from my vacation, ~almost~ done getting over a cold, and am ready to sit in the news chair yet again and finally launch this thing.
Today we're talking about a bunch of game announcements to throw on your radar including a few that are out right now!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Young Horses releases new game experiments
2:33 - Armored Core VI release date leaked
5:05 - Star Trek: Resurgence coming VERY soon
7:03 - Go play Kenny Sun's games
8:06 - Thank you so much for being here 💕
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10 min
April 05, 2023 PlayStation's New Handheld is Deeply Confusing
Tom Henderson is reporting that Sony is working on a new PlayStation handheld device that will ~not~ be used for cloud gaming or native games, but is instead only to be used for Remote Play via the PlayStation 5. On today's episode of Wavelengths we're talking about how strange that is.
*Device mockup in the thumbnail from Insider Gaming's piece
LINKS:
Persona 5 Music: https://youtu.be/Uq7kyf1T_lk
Tom's piece: https://insider-gaming.com/playstation-handheld/
Dave2D on the Ally: https://youtu.be/drLZxyv79Oo
Wulff Den with the G Cloud: https://youtu.be/mPXRP3ap-Ks
My Short from yesterday: https://youtube.com/shorts/efGnTGWcki8?feature=share
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:24 - Catching up on the rumors
5:10 - The PlayStation Q Lite
8:41 - Can't we already do this?
10:28 - Bye bye : )
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12 min
April 04, 2023 The Right Way to Make a Street Fighter Movie w/ Tamoor Hussain
Brendon is joined by GameSpot and Giant Bomb's Tamoor Hussain to chat about the news that Legendary Pictures is working on a live-action Street Fighter Movie.

Follow Tam: https://twitter.com/tamoorh
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Talking Street Fighter
16:18 - Bye bye!
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17 min