The Home of Play: A PlayStation Podcast

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about the decent into development hell that Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 is turning into . We got new details on how our PS5 fans will learn from us all. Ubisoft releases new details on their new Ubisoft Connect service, and we get a date for the new raid coming to Ghost of Tsushima Legends mode. All that and more on episode 33 of the home of play podcast.

00:01:38 -Weekly Update with Steve And Chris.

00:11:24 -Article 1: First Look At The Live Action Nathan Drake From The Upcoming Uncharted Movie.

00:14:03 -Article 2: A List Of Day One Streaming Apps For The PS5 Are Released.

00:15:28 -Article 2B: PS5 Fans Will Learn From Us All And Adapt Accordingly.

00:17:09 -Article 3: NBA 2K21 Adds Unskippable Ads To The Game Six Weeks After Initial Game Launch.

00:25:00 -Article 4: Ubisoft Connect Details Explain To Us What To Expect.

00:27:19 -Article 5: Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Lines 2 Looks Like It's Having More Inside Issues.

00:29:59 -Article 6: Ghost of Tsushima Legends Raid Date Announced For This Month, and A Sequel Might Already be In Development.

- Lawsuit Claims Bethesda Purposefully Sabotaged Rune 2 In Favor Of The Elder Scrolls - Game informer

Bloopers - 00:38:20

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about the recent Phil Spencer interview, which addresses the likelihood of Bethesda games making there way to the PS5. We get our first look at the PS5 UI thanks to a surprise state of play video that dropped last week. Are you saving your pennies? You should be, Sony has releases a list of PS5 compatible SSD's and they ain't cheap. And finally it looks like the last nail might have been hammed in on the marvel's avengers coffin, as Crystal Dynamics announces delays on DLC and next-gen releases. All that and more on episode 32 of the home of play podcast.

00:01:22 -Weekly Update with Steve And Chris.

00:06:32 -Article 1: PS5 UI Finally Shown To Us Through Surprise State of Play!

00:17:30 -Article 2: PS4 Version 8.0 Releases And Players Are Not Happy.  

00:23:11 -Article 3: Phil Spenser Comments On Possibility of Bethesda Games Making There Way to Sony Consoles In The Future.

00:27:39 -Article 4: Sony Releases List For Compatible PS5 SSD's.

00:31:50 -Article 5: Bloodborne Modder Plans To Release 60FPS Mod If Sony Doesn't Patch It First! 

00:34:49 -Article 6: Marvel's Avengers DLC And Next-Gen Upgrade Delayed...Surprise Surprise.

00:39:33 - Your Homework for the Week:

- Spiderman Miles Morales Game Details Explained - IGN

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about Cyber Punk 2077 going gold. also the newly leaked game map. We Have leaked videos on the PS5 UI, or at least the UI running on Dev Kits. Insomniac is receiving death threats due to the new peter parker face model. Plus we got new concurrent player counts for the PC version of Marvel's Avengers and it's not good. All that and more on episode 31 of the home of play podcast.

00:02:47 -Weekly Update with Steve And Chris.

00:11:14 -Article 1: Ghost of Tsushima Will Add New Game+ On Oct. 16th

00:15:48 -Article 2: Cyber Punk 2077 Goes Gold, And Game Map Leaks.

00:19:38 -Article 3: PS5 Dev Kit UI Videos Surface Online, As Well As An Official PS5 Console Deconstruct Video.

00:27:34 -Article 4: PlayStation Is Changing The Value Of Your Trophies!

00:35:51 -Article 5: Insomniac Is Getting Death Threats Over New Peter Parker Face.

00:39:32 -Article 6: Marvel's Avengers Player Base Is Dropping Like Flies, Making Matchmaking Even Worse.

00:50:28 -Article 7: Unfounded Rumors Suggest Series X Consoles Might Get Real Hot While In Use.

00:53:43 -Article 8: We Have A List of PS4 Games That Won't Run On The PS5 And It's Small.

00:57:26 - Your Homework for the Week:

- Microsoft Partners With GameStop - Destructoid

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about Cyber Punk 2077 entering crunch mode, and the internet is not happy about it. More PS5 Launch titles get confirmed this week. And we learn more about how the PS5 might have issues allowing you to use your previous gen saves to play on the new system. All that and more on episode 30 of the home of play podcast.

00:01:30 -Weekly Update with Steve And Chris.

00:11:45 -Article 1: Say Hi To The New Peter Parker.

00:17:03 -Article 2: Cyber Crunch Catches Heat Online.

00:22:02 -Article 3: FFXVI Will Be More Polished At Launch...Maybe.

00:25:08 -Article 4: Pathless Is Yet Another PS5 Launch Title.

00:27:29 -Article 5: Finally Some Information On Upcoming PS5 Title Stray.

00:31:23 -Article 6: Godfall Will Also Be A Launch Title, But It Will Cost $70.

00:35:55 -Article 7: PS5 Cross Save Confusion Has Us Scratching Our Heads.

00:41:25 - Your Homework for the Week:

- WB interactive president comments on current JK Rowling situation - ign

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about the major Bethesda purchase that Microsoft made, Metal gear solid remake might be real, Spiderman ps5 confusion, and the x box one x and s are selling more due to branding confusion. All that and more on episode 29 of the home of play podcast.

00:01:24 -Weekly Update with Steve And Chris.

00:06:04 -Article 1:  Microsoft Purchases Bethesda!

00:15:12 -Article 2: Bethesda Engine Overhaul.

00:22:48 -Article 3:Beyond Good And Evil 2 Update.

00:24:54 -Article 4: MGS Remake Might Be On The Way! 

00:32:02 -Article 5: Spiderman 2018 Remastered Confusion.

00:38:25 -Article 6: Xbox one X and S Sales Skyrocket Due to Poor Console Branding.

00:47:33 -Article 7: Destiny 2 Needs A Full Re-Install.

00:50:18  -Article 8: Final Fantasy XVI coming sooner than later.

00:52:55 - Your Homework for the Week:

- mass effect legendary edition named - games radar

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about Everything PS5. We got to see PlayStation next big event, and we were not disappointed. Chris And Steve Summarize the event, respond to the game reveals, and talk about the missing information that was later released on twitter following the event. Then in the fastest way possible we added the rest of the news in a quick fire speed! All that and more on episode 28 of the home of play podcast.

00:01:39 -Weekly Update with Steve And Chris.

00:08:47 -PS5 Event Impressions.

00:10:34 -Article 1:  PS5 Event Summary

00:10:35 - Final Fantasy XVI

00:15:35 - Spider man: Miles Morales

00:19:22 - Hogwarts Legacy

00:21:29 - Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War

00:24:03 - Resident Evil 8: Village

00:25:08 - Deathloop

00:28:27 - Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition

00:30:18 - Oddworld: Soulstorm

00:31:26 - Five Nights At Freddy's Security Breach

00:32:27 - Demon's Souls PS5

00:34:29 - PS Plus Collection

00:38:45 - Console Price and Release Date Reveal

00:39:47 - God of War Ragnarok

00:40:22 - Pre Order Fumbles 

00:46:21 -Article 2: PS5 Will Have More Units at Launch Than PS4 Had at Launch.

00:46:59 -Article 3: This Is Not the Backwards Compatibility You Were Hoping For!

00:48:04 -Article 4: Sony Apparently No Longer Believes In Generations.

00:50:24 -Article 5: 70 Games Are Going to Be the Norm.

00:51:18 -Article 6: Sony Won’t Be Short Units.

00:52:00 -Article 7: Monster Energy Drink Has To Much Power Over Ubisoft!

00:52:50 - Your Homework for the Week:

 - Night City Wire Event Episode 3 - Youtube

00:53:44 - Outro/Signing Off

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about Xbox and the companies next gen plans. Lots of news from developer CD project red, including a big Witcher 3 update. Also Ubisoft's second Forward event took place last week, so we share our thoughts on that showcase. All that and more on episode 27 of the home of play podcast.

00:01:32 -Weekly Update with Steve And Chris.

00:06:39 -Steve's Marvels Avengers Review.

00:20:01 -Article 1:  More False PS5 Rumors Turn Out To Be Just That!

00:23:50 -Article 2: CD Project Read Promises Less Aggressive Micro transactions Than We're Currently Used To.

00:26:47 -Article 3: Cyberpunk 2077 Will Not Be Delayed Again!

00:29:58 -Article 4: Xbox Finally Spills The Beans.

00:34:38 -Article 5: GamePass Partners With EA Play Service.

00:43:29 -Article 6: EA Implements Ads Into UFC And Hears About It From Fans!

00:49:05 -Article 7: The Witcher 3 is Coming To Next Gen Consoles With Free Upgrade.

00:51:39 -Article 8: Ubisoft Forward Event the Second.

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about Ubisoft potentially outing the PS5's backwards compatibility features. It would seem that they were informed that the PS5 would not be able to play PS 1, 2, or 3 games that Ubisoft had previously developed. AT&T seems to be no longer interested in selling off its Warner Bos game division, which i know will allow me to sleep better at night. In more Ubisoft news we now know we will see their next Ubisoft Forward event on Sept 10th. What will Ratchet and Clanks performance mode mean for the visuals? The Internet is in flames after rumors spread about Cyberpunk 2077 download size might be over 200gb. All that and more on episode 26 of the home of play podcast.

00:11:00 -Article 1:  Ubisoft Might Have Just Revealed PS5 Lack of Backwards Compatibility!

00:16:02 -Article 2: Warner Bros Is to Valuable!

00:18:26 -Article 3: Save the Date We Have Another Ubisoft Forward Event on The Way.

00:21:43 -Article 4: Yes, Please I’ll have the More Framerate for Ratchet & Clank: Rifts Apart.

00:25:13 -Article 5: No Cyberpunk Won’t Fill Up You Hard Drive.

00:28:06 -Article 6: Marvel’s Avengers is Now PlayStation Most Downloaded Beta in History.

00:33:08 -Article 7: Sony Wants to Acquire More Developers.

00:33:43 -Article 8: Who’s Ready For Final Fantasy 16?

00:37:28 -Steve and Chris Rant About PS5 Launch/Madden 21 Issues.

Your Homework for the Week:

00:50:17

Division 2 to get 100-floor skyscraper PVE endgame mode -ign

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about new emails being sent out to select PlayStation players, to inform them of a way to possibly get an early pre-order for a PS5. We also talk about two new game reveals, one being the new Rocksteady developed suicide squad. Is the new call of duty going to cost you 70$? and last but not least we finally talk about our marvels avengers open beta impressions. All that and more!

00:13:29 -Article 2: ps5 has a pre-order registration site and Chris got an invite!

00:17:24 -Article 3: Our Marvel Avengers open beta impressions.

00:28:16 -Article 4: Rocksteady's suicide squad game revleaed at dc FanDome event.

00:34:50 -Article 5: Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War official reveal/70$ price tag confirmed.

00:41:52 -Article 6: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020 event impressions.

This week on the Home of Play podcast we talk about if Demon's Souls might actually be a console launch title for the PS5. We have an update on the not so free next gen update from 505 games title Control. Something fishy is going on over at Hardsuit labs, who are currently working on the vampire masquerade bloodline 2. Is the Prince of Persia Remake real or just rumors? PS5 looses a launch title with the recent delay of Deathloop. Plus we got a huge update on ghost of Tsushima, with our first look at its new multiplayer mode, coming this fall! All that and more.

00:08:13 -Article 1: Is Demon's Souls a PS5 release title?

00:11:20 -Article 2: 505 Games is Sorry not Sorry.

00:15:25 -Article 3: Bloodlines 2 Says Goodnight sweet prince to narrative lead

00:18:17 -Article 4: Prince of Persia Remake Might Be Real.

00:21:30 -Article 5: Deathloop No longer Launch Console Exclusive

00:24:32 -Article 6: Ghost of Tsushima legends new multiplayer mode

00:27:49 -Article 7: Gotham Knights Coming 2021

Your Homework for the Week: