Your robo-friend to the end.

Games we played this week include:

Stellar Blade (11:00)

Hades II (18:25)

Harold Halibut (25:45)

Fallout (30:20)

Vampire Survivors (37:10)

Kaichu (40:25)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Square Enix abandoning projects they’ve spent a lot of money on (43:30)

https://www.eurogamer.net/square-enix-abandons-112m-of-in-development-projects-in-an-effort-to-improve-quality

Escape from Tarkov devs surprised by response to locking PvE mode to exorbitant special edition (54:15)

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/escape-from-tarkov-boss-didnt-expect-players-to-get-mad-about-paid-pve-content/1100-6523084/

Embracer’s CEO admits he made mistakes (53:15)

https://www.eurogamer.net/embracer-boss-admits-long-list-of-things-hed-have-done-differently-as-embattled-company-splits-into-three

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