This episode aired on February 2nd 2024

- Playstation State of Play

- Patreon Q&A submission

RyanColby1984 asks:

What's an underrated game that you think changed a genre of games for the better? Perhaps a title that introduced revolutionary mechanics. Alternate question: what game or games would you consider to be "Formative" in your life - ones that made you fall in love with a genre of gaming or taught you how to do certain things or skills best.

SECOND HALF

- Riot layoffs, 530 people affected, namely within Riotforge.

- they're offering a substantial severance package

- Microsoft lays off 1900 staff, many from Activision Blizzard

- Mike Ybarra has left

- His replacement is an Activision exec, which Blizzard have tried to avoid so staff are salty about it

- Blizzard has cancelled the survival game they were making- Embracer has laid off more staff, this time Eidos Montreal and cancels an Deus Ex project

FILLER

- Palworld 2nd most played game on Steam

- 19 million if you also include Game Pass

- Microsoft said they will "support" Palword, especially after stating it's the most successful 3rd party game on Game Pass

- Nintendo says they're "aware of a game"

- Nintendo DMCA a Pokémon mod for Palworld

- No evidence of AI used in Palworld