This week, The Dumpster Boy reviews Crimson Desert, and we discuss Fortnite developer Epic's massive layoffs, and what it may mean for the industry.

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What we're playing - 8:11

Star Fox and Ocarina leaks - 27:20

PS5 price increases - 43:58

April releases - 49:55

News Spotlight - 1:07:00

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This week, The Dumpster Boy reviews Crimson Desert, and we discuss Fortnite developer Epic's massive layoffs, and what it may mean for the industry.

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What we're playing - 6:47

Crimson Desert review - 13:28

Epic lays off 1k+ people - 31:48

News spotlight - 50:55

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This week, JakeTwitchin joins the show to breakdown the Nvidia DLSS 5 update, The Dumpster Boy shares his impressions on John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, and we do a Pokopia Spoilercast after we rolled credits!

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Toxic Commando - 4:03

Nvidia DLSS 5 - 16:10

Pokopia Spoilercast - 35:00

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BREAKING NEWS ON THE PODCAST - This week, we cover Trump considering forcing Tencent to divest from it's gaming businesses in the US, which would have take the industry to it's knees. Plus, we discuss Highguard shutting down, God of War studio's next game maybe leaked, and the releases coming in March 2026.

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What we're playing - 8:39

Project Helix - 22:35

Mario Day News - 32:46

Sony's Dynamic Pricing - 44:00

News Spotlight - 52:40

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BREAKING NEWS ON THE PODCAST - This week, we cover Trump considering forcing Tencent to divest from it's gaming businesses in the US, which would have take the industry to it's knees. Plus, we discuss Highguard shutting down, God of War studio's next game maybe leaked, and the releases coming in March 2026.

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What we're playing - 7:20

Highguard closing - 17:20

Trump and Tencent - 29:39

God of War leak - 38:30

March releases - 49:11

News Spotlight - 59:46

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Xbox's big shakeup has a ton more info, so we break it down with JakeTwitchin. Plus, Wolverine has a release date, God of War's Kratos maybe spilled a secret, adn more!

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What we're playing - 4:30

Xbox - 22:18

Wolverine - 44:30

News spotlight - 50:34

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Valve warns about future stock of their hardware, and PlayStation has likely pushed PS6 to either 2028 or 2029 because of AI-impacted costs of internal hardware. Plus, Crimson Desert is releasing without micro-transactions! Woohoo!

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What we're playing - 6:32

AI's impact on the future of gaming - 33:58

Crimson Desert's "Premium" experience - 52:36

News spotlight - 59:48

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We are getting a State of Play this Thursday, so of course we are making some predictions on what we think we will see announced!

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What we're playing - 11:00

Predictions - 31:02

Obisian woes - 1:16:20

News spotlight - 1:23:05

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This week, Chancletamangu makes his triumphant return to talk all about Highguard's release, Prince of Persia's cancellation, and much more!

Check out Youtube.com/@wetalkaboutgames for more of Mando's content!

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What we're playing - 6:02

Highguard release and shadowdrop - 22:53

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and 5 other Ubisoft games cancelled - 41:38

News spotlight - 51:34

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This week, certified Life is Strange SICKO Jerica from the JK! Games! Podcast drops in to talk about the announcement of the end of Chloe and Max's saga in Life is Strange. Plus, Marathon has a release date, more CEO's are saying dumb things about AI, and more!

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What we're playing - 5:48

Life is Strange: Reunion revealed - 23:00

News spotlight - 44:05

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