Spawn Trap Podcast

We watched A LOT of video game trailers last week.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro and Summer Game Fest thoughts

0:05:25 - Fantasy Critic update

0:18:11 - What we've been playing

0:24:50 - Our favorite Summer Game Fest announcements

0:54:04 - Crazy Taxi World Tour uses gen AI

1:02:02 - GOG apologizes for offensive email

1:03:24 - Leave the Peak developers alone

1:14:28 - Embracer Group spinning off Fellowship Entertainment

1:20:33 - Guitar Hero is back! (as "Stage Tour")

1:23:18 - PickMon ripping off Palworld ripping off Pokemon

1:27:11 - TemTem Pioneers gets Kickstarter funding

1:30:26 - Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion getting a book

1:23:51 - The 007 controller is nice

1:33:11 - No Man's Sky gets a Pokemon Stadium-like game

1:34:36 - Abandoned E3 2000 Spyro statue saved

1:39:18 - Bowie Knife99

1:41:51 - Pac-Man Fender guitar

1:42:27 - Tekken director finally goes to Waffle House

Official Music Credit:

Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros

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We had a bit of a break, but the gaming industry hasn't stopped shoving AI into everything.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro / Summer Game Fest plans

0:03:26 - What we've been playing

0:07:34 - Fantasy Critic check-in

0:10:41 - Party Animals AI contest backlash

0:19:29 - Other depressing old AI gaming news we missed

0:25:03 - NVIDIA DLSS 5 controversy

0:32:11 - Amazon developers pivot to mandated AI, laid off anyway

0:38:34 - Open-world Lord of the Rings game announced

0:42:17 - Retroid Pocket 6 shipping issues

0:47:37 - Rumor StreamElements shutting down (no sources, our bad!)

0:54:06 - Pokemon GO player disqualified from tournament for dumbest reason

1:02:43 - Resident Evil creator launches new studio, sold to Stellar Blade owner

1:05:07 - Capcom apologizes for incest

Official Music Credit:

Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros

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Xbox is making big changes that have us concerned, and Nintendo celebrates 30 years of Pokemon.

0:00:00 - What we've been playing

0:10:42 - Fantasy Critic update and trailers

0:21:40 - Xbox news

1:24:55 - Nintendo and Pokemon

Official Music Credit:

Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros

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Kicking off the new year reviewing upcoming games and our hot takes regarding generative AI use in the video game industry.

0:00:00 - intro (music is low, don't turn up volume!)

0:09:22 - Analogue 3D now in fantastic colors!

0:15:19 - SuperStationOne

0:23:24 - TimeSplitters is back! (Rewind)

0:28:35 - Banjo-Kazooie is back! (in Dreams)

0:30:22 - Tim Cain secret Fallout project?

0:29:40 - Saudi Arabia will own over 90% of EA

0:42:59 - Netflix to acquire Warner Bros.

0:51:15 - Vince Zampella passed away

0:53:55 - Indie Game Awards retracts Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 award over gen AI

1:23:28 - GOG acquired by original co-founder

1:25:50 - Ubisoft Halifax forms union, studio immediately shut down

1:30:05 - Game releases for 2026

Official Music Credit:

Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros

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DOOM AND GLOOM IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY! Plus, Valve brings back Steam Machines and we choose the "10 games to get to know us."

0:00:00 - Recapping our GOTY predictions for TGA's

0:05:51 - Twitchcon stuff

0:15:51 - Rockstar stuff

0:26:02 - Ubisoft stuff

0:30:11 - Netflix stuff

0:34:45 - EA stuff

0:41:59 - What an "AI game" actually looks like

0:44:31 - More EA stuff

0:46:10 - Krafton stuff

0:50:18 - Microsoft stuff

0:58:51 - Square Enix stuff

0:59:30 - Amazon stuff (*and correction about Netflix stuff)

1:03:17 - Steam Machines are back

1:09:24 - Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra delayed again

1:10:12 - Nintendo stuff

1:18:13 - PlayStation stuff

1:22:38 - Analogue 3D is FINALLY released

1:23:23 - Atari 2600 Plus Pac-Man Edition

1:26:09 - SuperStation One is getting new memory cards

1:27:25 - Retroid Pocket 6 and G2, AYN Thor

1:34:03 - PlayStation is making weird commercials

1:35:33 - New Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer

1:37:15 - "10 games to get to know me" trend

Official Music Credit:Music:

"8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros

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We predict what the Game of the Year nominations might be for The Game Awards.

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Pokemon suffers another major leak, Xbox Game Pass is more expensive, and we need to stop killing games!

Topics:

0:00:00 - What we've been playing

0:12:12 - Wii is getting achievements

0:16:38 - Stop Killing Games

0:33:44 - Pokémon leaks (SPOILERS)

1:08:59 - rapid-fire news

1:14:47 - Halo art director leaves with ominous message

1:23:48 - Xbox Game Pass changes

Official Music Credit:

Music:"8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros

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A radical activist group takes responsibility for the mass delisting of NSFW games, there is a 60 minute Nintendo Direct TOMORROW, and Nintendo patents a core Pokemon feature that many other games already use. Let's break it all down.Topics:0:02:05 - What we've been playing0:04:16 - Nintendo Direct TOMORROW!0:08:20 - Nintendo "summoning" and "battling" patent0:16:22 - Genki settles Nintendo lawsuit0:19:50 - Adult games delisted on Steam and Itch.io0:49:52 - Peach and Mario are "just good friends"0:52:30 - Honda Koraidon motorbike is hilarious0:53:58 - Spirit Halloween makes a new NES game0:57:22 - Nintendo wanted Pikachu to have "huge breasts"1:00:03 - Analogue 3D delayed again1:01:30 - SuperStation One1:08:50 - Zelda fan builds functioning Wind Waker boat1:10:08 - Movie and TV adaptations (Tomb Raider, Call of Duty, Wolfenstein, Life is Strange)1:20:34 - Acclaim is BACK! (... and we don't remember)1:23:07 - Pokemon is legally allowed to steal fan art for TCG Pocket???1:28:13 - Sony and Tencent lawsuit over Horizon ripoff game1:34:32 - Perfect Dark was almost revivedOfficial Music Credit:Music:"8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvYFollow us!https://linktr.ee/spawntrap

There are a couple of things to note about this episode. First, the news about Steam delisting adult games was brand new as we recorded this podcast, so we didn't have a lot of the information and nuance to the story to comment about it at length with the appropriate context. We will likely bring it up in the next podcast. Secondly, we intentionally did not dive into "Stop Killing Games" in this podcast because Court, in particular, wants to be part of the conversation, and it remains an ongoing story with more updates and details to follow.

Topics:

0:00:00 - What we've been playing

0:09:09 - Analogue 3D delayed (again)

0:10:04 - Good news

0:23:13 - Ubisoft news / Stop Killing Games

0:39:26 - Sony Santa Monica's teases next game

0:44:46 - Neil Druckmann exits The Last of Us series

0:47:28 - EA cancels Black Panther, closes Cliffhanger Games

0:48:44 - Xbox cancels handheld (NOT the Asus ROG Ally X)

0:51:02 - Xbox working on next-gen consoles

0:51:45 - Xbox layoffs, cancelled games, studio closures, etc

1:11:05 - SAG-AFTRA voice actor updates

1:13:02 - IGN union tries to expand, IGN refusing to recognize

1:14:16 - More quick news

1:15:10 - Nintendo is banning Switch 2 consoles

1:17:30 - Nintendo, Palworld lawsuit updates

1:22:35 - Subnautica 2 drama

1:28:05 - Steam delisting adult games* (see video description)

1:29:28 - Anthem will no longer be playable

1:31:37 - Epic Games delisting Dark and Darker, wiping from player libraries

Official Music Credit:Music:

"8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros

https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY

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GTA VI is delayed, Summer Game Fest is around the corner, and the upcoming Switch 2 launch is already controversial.Time stamps0:00:00 - AI Darth Vader in Fortnite0:02:36 - Summer Game Fest plans0:08:35 - Off-topic: Thunderbolts* (SPOILER-FREE)0:10:06 - What we've been playing0:14:48 - Til caved and pre-ordered Switch 20:16:19 - Xbox might be making 3 new controllers0:22:22 - GTA VI delayed0:25:07 - Nintendo suing Genki over Switch 2 leak0:30:51 - Palworld makes changes due to lawsuit0:36:17 - Switch 2 may increase in price0:38:24 - New PlayStation studio, teamLFG0:47:57 - The Louvre ending Nintendo 3DS guide service0:49:58 - Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra delayed0:54:40 - Overwatch team unionizes0:55:52 - Switch 2 VRR support only for handheld mode0:59:35 - Bungie admitted to stealing artwork1:03:07 - PureXbox claims multiple June Xbox showcases (based off nothing)Official Music Credit:Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvYFollow us!https://linktr.ee/spawntrap