You spoke. We listened.

Games we played this week include:

Avowed (3:20)

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 (18:40)

Guns of Fury (23:55)

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (29:50)

Wanderstop (40:55)

Drakengard (45:45)

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (53:30)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Supergiant won’t sign an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA for Hades II (1:01:12)

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/supergiant-denies-recasting-hades-ii-actor-over-interim-sag-aftra-contract-request

WB Games closes down multiple studios (1:11:15)

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/wb-games-shuts-down-three-internal-devs-including-monolith-and-player-first

Activision discloses use of AI in Call of Duty (1:12:45)

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/528973/activision-generative-ai-call-of-duty-steam-disclosure

PEGI reclassifies Balatro as 12+, promises changes to system (1:13:55)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pegi-to-revisit-automatic-18-ratings-for-simulated-gambling-games-after-balatros-successful-appeal

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