There comes a time in every person's life when they must contend with the question: which golf game is for me? For Rob, well he and his dad spent some time this past week hitting the links in PGA 2k25. Patrick and Chia were both won over by a totally Normal Golf Game, (which they will make Rob play next week when the crew gathers at Highground). Unfortunately, there's only so much golfing that can distract from Xbox closing multiple studios, Epic putting AI in Unreal Engine 6, and Don't Nod teetering on the edge of shutting down for good. As bleak as the AAA space is, at least Steam Next Fest has given Patrick and Chia games to look forward to in the indie zone, including Penguin Colony, the next game from the folks who made Umurangi Generation, and even more golf in the form of Sting and Swing, a stylish looking metroid-vania golfing game.

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Links: Normal Golf Game Screenshot, Studios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for Closures, Xbox's reverse-2018, Vampire Survivors Fortnite Crossover Might Not Happen Due To GenAI

Discussed:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:09:00 - PGA 2K25

00:30:49 - Normal Golf Game

00:42:23 - IRL stream next week

00:53:11 - 4th and Goal

00:59:33 - Compulsion, Ninja Theory, and Double Fine closed by Xbox

01:17:18 - Dont Nod will run out of money in November

01:30:57 - Unreal Engine 6 will include AI

01:44:33 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword

02:09:53 - Steam Next Fest

02:14:13 - Sting and Swing

02:16:18 - Pact Warden

02:17:48 - Hellraiser: Revival

02:30:03 - Slap Out of It

02:30:38 - Mr Records

02:33:43 - Rob's new mouse

02:43:50 - Question Bucket

03:07:32 - Outro and announcements

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