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We go down an Abandoned rabbit hole, filled with Blue Box, Hideo Kojima, Silent Hill, Hasan Kahraman, & so much more!

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We talk about the problem with open world games and how it can lead to fatigue. And then we transition to being burned out by playing video games. Finally we talk about the new DLC for The Outer Worlds - Murder on Eridanos, Alba - A wildlife Adventure, & Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

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With the finalization of the Bethesda acquisition by Microsoft, the question now is - will the next Fallout, Skyrim, etc be exclusive to the Xbox platforms? And with Days Gone coming to PC, are we slowly going to see more of Sony's exclusive titles make their way to PC?

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What does a developer do when a game fails at launch? Do they keep at it, like No Man's Sky? Or do they cut and run, like Lawbreakers?

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The crew comes together to "accurately" predict 2021's future in terms of video game releases and industry events.

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We talk about Diablo 2, it's impact on our childhood gaming days, and why we're excited to get back in with Diablo 2: Resurrected!

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The Gameffine crew sits down to talk about a whole bunch of gaming news and video games that they have been playing.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:56 - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake delayed

00:06:56 - WB Games patents Nemesis system from LOTR's Middle-earth: Shadow franchise

00:18:36 - Google shuts its first party development studios at Stadia

00:30:23 - Gearbox bought by Embracer Group for $1.3 bn

00:41:55 - Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen

00:51:00 - Dyson Sphere Program

00:52:39 - Encodya

00:54:31 - Gods Will Fall

00:58:22 - King Arthur: Knight's Tale

01:00:31 - Hitman 3

01:07:00 - The Medium

01:12:53 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

01:14:24 - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

01:15:33 - Deep Rock Galactic

01:17:12 - Nuts

01:20:36 - Greedfall

01:23:35 - Control: Ultimate Edition for PlayStation 5

01:29:30 - Outro

The Google Graveyard - https://killedbygoogle.com/

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Abhijeeth from Visai games joins us on this episode of the podcast to talk about about their upcoming game - Venba - a narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom, who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s.

Wishlist Venba On Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/Venba/

Website - https://venbagame.com/

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:06 - Visai Games: the team behind it

00:01:58 - The story before making Venba

00:03:04 - What does Venba mean?

00:04:14 - Why make a game about Indian cuisine?

00:05:13 - Focus on game mechanic or narrative?

00:06:08 - Is the game's story autobiographical?

00:08:01 - On the topic of immigration

00:09:51 - Moving to Canada, and introduction to gaming

00:11:34 - Breaking into the gaming industry

00:16:14 - A unique artstyle and the artist Sam Elkana

00:19:33 - What games do you love? Lucas Pope, Outer Wilds and Shadow of the Colossus

00:24:51 - Expectations behind making Venba

00:29:27 - Tamil cuisine and the recipes in Venba

00:31:47 - A release date, progress and milestones, chances of a demo

00:33:40 - The journey of making an indie game and the impact of the pandemic

00:37:28 - The roadblocks for game development in India

00:40:57 - Favourite Indian dish and can you cook it?

00:42:40 - Movies!

00:44:28 - The question we dodged: what games we love and play!

00:44:45 - Dyson Sphere Program

00:47:00 - Half-Life

00:48:00 - Nuts

00:48:40 - Diablo II, Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, Greedfall, Control

00:49:36 - Why does Ayush not like Shadow of the Colossus?

00:51:50 - Why does Abhijeeth love it? Artificial loneliness and the gamut of emotions

00:53:58 - Manas makes his case for the game

00:55:47 - Spoilers for a game from 2005

00:56:42 - Outro

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‘MISSING: The Complete Saga’ is a reality-based role-playing game set in the rural Indian countryside. Through this game you take the journey of an impoverished but brave village girl, Devi, in her fight against her nefarious circumstances, becoming a victim of trafficking for prostitution, and finding her own place in the world thereafter.

Steam Page - https://bit.ly/39W1mWF

Official Website - https://bit.ly/3pctL16

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We talk at length about The Game Awards 2020, the nominations, the winners, and the new announcements. After that we talk about Cyberpunk 2077!

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