Randy Pitchford, CEO of the Borderlands franchise, couldn’t help but shoot himself in the foot by going on a tirade after a loyal fan criticized the direction of the upcoming Borderlands 4. We discuss his overreaction along with news that there’s maybe only two dozen full-time games journalists left, Monster Hunter Wilds knowing how to make attractive female characters, thoughts on Avowed, Overwatch 2’s desperate attempt to make their female heroes cute again, most Assassin’s Creed Shadows controversies, and Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s ongoing failure.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is out, and it includes several woke and out-of-place elements that never would have been included in the decidedly anti-woke original game from 2018. We discuss the 180-degree turn for the series along with BioWare downsizing and EA learning nothing since Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s failure, Ghost of Yotei’s impending horrible writing, the downplay of Yasuke in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the success of Lords of the Fallen after changing genders from body type A and B to male and female, and Forza Horizon 5 coming to PlayStation 5 in the spring.

The sales figures for Dragon Age: The Veilguard are out, and they show the game fell short of sales expectations by fifty percent. We discuss what this means for Bioware along with drama surrounding the upcoming Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Ubisoft’s change to the description of Yasuke from “samurai” to “warrior” in Japanese marketing for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Xbox censoring female characters in the Ninja Gaiden 2 Black trailer, CI Games removing wokeness from Lords of the Fallen based on fan feedback, and plenty more.

The developers of the upcoming Witcher 4 game admitted at least part of the story will focus on the struggles of being a woman in a medieval world. This isn’t necessarily a red flag, but when you consider other suspicious things about the game and CD Projekt Red, it’s a cause for concern for many fans. We discuss these warning signs along with Helldivers 2’s director’s advice to game makers to focus on making good games instead of contemporary political statements, polls that show gamers don’t care about inclusivity in games, and PC Gamer and other prominent voices that believe Ubisoft as a company is cooked.

Not a single American-made game was nominated for The Game Awards’ game of the year this year, proving how bleak the industry has gotten stateside. We discuss the annual awards show, including the controversial Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet trailer, along with the success of Marvel Rivals compared to Concord, Ubisoft possibly going bankrupt, the pending death of Xbox consoles, and Sony’s attempt to buy out FromSoftware’s parent company.

The art director of the upcoming RPG Avowed is in some hot water after basically admitting to discriminatory hiring practices against white men at Obsidian, the studio he works for. We discuss the hypocritical and blatant racism of such stances along with an IGN article about the burst of the blockbuster game bubble; Kotaku’s defense of Dragon Age: The Veilguard being “snubbed” from the Game Awards; Polygon’s atrocious and politically motivated list of the top 50 games of the year; and Elon Musk’s teasing of a desire to buy Hasbro and, thus, Dungeons & Dragons.

Merely two weeks after awarding Dragon Age: The Veilguard a 9 out of 10, IGN published a long critique of the game’s writing, worldbuilding, and roleplaying, which account for about 99% of what makes RPGs RPGs. We also discuss the game’s likely poor sales and Jason Schreier walking back a mocking tweet about the game’s critics along with news that Alyssa Mercante no longer works at Kotaku and Ubisoft’s hilarious takes on “creativity” when it comes to making Assassin’s Creed Shadows have a black protagonist.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is finally out in the wild, and it’s already stirring up cringe from its terrible writing and voice acting, stale character interactions, and incredibly preachy woke nonsense. We discuss its success (or lack thereof) so far, reviews, and examples of embarrassing moments along with Concord’s official permanent death, Thomas Mahler’s reaction to Alyssa Mercante’s insults, and research that shows women prefer playing as the sexy characters they love to hate.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed to February, no doubt due to criticism against playable character Yasuke, a black samurai in a feudal Japan setting, and the announcement of Ghost of Yotei, a sequel to a game that actually did a historical Japanese setting justice. We discuss how the final game might look along with Ubisoft’s awful response to criticism along with Kotaku complaining about Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s character creator, Silent Hill 2’s manish-looking women, Moon Studios’ CEO’s based take on DEI, and more.

Preorders for Dragon Age: The Veilguard are apparently poor. It might have something to do with the fact the game is now basically a cartoon, the character creator looks like trash, and the devs don’t even know characters from the series. We discuss this train wreck of a sequel along with The Gamer actually admitting the protagonist of Star Wars Outlaws is ugly, a Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts dev discussing why he makes characters hot, the Concord director stepping down, Elder Scrolls Online’s first nonbinary character, and Game Devs of Color Expo.