Super Gamekast

We take this episode to look at where the console makers stand and how they're poised to do for the rest of the decade, as well as what's going on with Capcom, Hideki Kamiya, Borderlands, and this Sonic creature we keep hearing about

This week we talk about Sony possibly buying FromSoftware and Marvel Rivals

NZXT is caught in some hot water, Shu retires from PlayStation, and games you can buy instead of Suicide Squad during a Steam Sale.

This week we talk about all The Game Award Nominees and then how you should buy Alan Wake 2

The console wars continue...

This week we have a ton of PlayStation News, some Switch 2 news, and talk about how much we love Black Ops 6

0:01:42 Sony Says It Should Have Done User Testing and Internal Evaluation Earlier on Concord

0:14:05 Sony Commits to Releasing ‘Major’ Single-Player Games Every Year From 2025 Onwards

0:40:46 Lack of PS5 Pro shortages means some scalpers are re-selling at a loss

0:45:03 PS5 hits 65m as Sony says to expect ‘mix of single-player and service games’

0:50:45 Nintendo has lowered its Switch forecast after sales declined 31%

0:54:04 Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch, Nintendo confirms

1:00:02 Warner Bros. Admits MultiVersus Underperformed, Contributing to Another $100 Million Hit to Revenue in Its Games Business

1:11:10 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Dev Says Game Pass Helped Convince People Who Were ‘On the Fence’ to Try the Game — but Now the Challenge Is to Convince Them to Stick Around

What we've been playing

1:13:02 CoD

This week it's just Bronson and Em discussing more studio closures, Microsoft charging you to continue using Windows 10, Hasro making Baldurs Gate 4 without Larian AND SO MUCH MORE

This week on the podcast we give our Black Ops 6 impressions, talk about Bloober Team, the cost of AAA games, and the fact we are never getting another Killzone.

Chapters

00:04:20 Bloober Team claims it’s finished making "shitty" games

00:15:27 Dead Space 2 Remake canceled by EA following poor sales

00:31:24 Bungie creative team joins PlayStation to support live service games

00:37:41 Black Ops 6 has the option to pay For better audio

00:42:51 Guerrilla art director says the studio was ‘done with’ Killzone, and prefers working on Horizon

00:52:10 A Monster Hunter Wilds open beta launches next week with early access for PlayStation Plus members

00:57:46 Beyond Good & Evil 2 is somehow still in development, and it has a new Creative Director

What we've been playing

01:24:00 Astro Bot

01:26:32 WoW 20th anniversary event

01:37:27 Black Ops 6

02:04:31 Lockdown protocol

02:07:58 Combat master

02:09:25 off the grid

This week we discuss the new Destiny mobile game,sales of Silent Hill 2 and Sparking Zero, PlayStation on PC, and Shawn Layden's comments on the future of video game hardware Black Ops 6 and MORE!!!!!!

TIMESTAMPS

1. 00:06:41 Destiny is getting a mobile game made by the Diablo Immortal people
2. 00:22:36 Silent Hill 2 Remake tops 1 million sold in 3 days
3. 00:26:11 Sparking Zero sold 3 million copies in 24 hours, but Namco Bandai is still having financial troubles.
4. 00:33:23 More layoffs at Riot Games
5. 00:35:19 Spider-Man 2 is coming to PC and Insomniac has no plans for story DLC.
6. 00:42:23 Dino Crisis fans aren't happy it's locked behind the subscription on PS Plus
7. 00:44:54 Former PlayStation exec says the console arms race has plateaued
8. 00:55:14 Kuwait Blocks Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Release, Activision Cancels All Preorders and Offers Refunds
9. 1:20:00 Denuvo opens a Discord server and it goes as well as you might think.
10. 1:29:10 What we've been playing

This week we discuss the advantages of console gaming, the price of the upcoming 5000 series GPUs, Silent Hill 2 Remake drama, and SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!!