The Home of Play: A PlayStation Podcast

This week on the Home of Play podcast, we talk about Microsoft's  newly revealed launch window of November for the X-Box Series X, and how we can bet the PS5 will land around the same time. We have news of a never to be seen Star-wars game, No free upgraded version of Control for early adopters, and Two major WB studio games have been confirmed due to a schedule release for the DC Fandom Event. All that and much more on episode 23 of the Home of Play podcast.  

10.05 -Article 1:  Will New Consoles Will Indeed Launch in November? 

14.14 -Article 2: In A Galaxy So Far Away, It Will Never See The Light Of Day.

19.16 - Article 3: Out Of Control

25.57 - Article 4: Not for Sale!

29.04 - Article 5: Rumors Become Reality

33.32 - Article 6: Miles Morales Will Have A “Full Arc”

35.30 - Article 7: Marvels Avengers Roster May Be Growing in numbers

29.24 - Article 8: Last of us part 2 adds new modes

42.23 - Article 9: Cyberpunks 2nd night city wire event impressions

Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher to join rainbow six siege as an operator named specialist zero - ign

Vampire: The Masquerade – bloodlines 2 delayed into 2021 – gameinformer

Marvel’s Avengers reportedly features cosmetic content tied to network providers and other retail brands - destructoid

EA play is new name for EA’s game subscription service - destructoid

Capcom is undecided about whether it’ll charge 70$ for next gen games – destructoid

This week on the Home of Play podcast, we talk about the new state of play Sony dropped in the week, as well our thoughts and impressions on the games that were showcased. It also wasn't a very good week for everyone's favorite wall crawler, as the internet was set ablaze by many angry marvel fans, who were not happy about the recent Sony exclusive deal to have spider man all to their selves. We discuss when we think we will hear more about the PS5 from Sony, as well as what we think needs to be said. All that and more on this weeks episode of the Home of Play podcast.

-Topic #2: Here Comes Another State of Play, And People Are Mad

-Topic #3: Our Next PS5 Showcase Will Happen This Month…Hopefully

-Topic #4: You’re Friendly Neighborhood Villain?

-Topic #5: We’re Going Shopping!

-Topic #6: RockSteady Confirms Their Next Project!

-Topic #7: More Last Of Us Part 2 Leaks

Your Homework for  The Week:

God of war director cory barlog drops hints about what ps5 could mean for a sequal – gamesradar.com

Game sales are leaning more and more towards digital as sony reports huge playstation store success. – push square.com

Bethesda announces free next gen upgrades for doom eternal and the elder scrolls online – gameinformer

Learn more about Cyberpunk 2077 on august 10 with new night city wire – game informer

Playstation state of play: everything shown including ps5 games – gamespot.com

This week on the Home of Play podcast, we talk about Ps5's new rumored "Activities" feaure and what it could mean for the upcomming console, as well as our thoughts on Ghost of Tsushima having the PS4's best user score on Metacritic and what separates it from The Last of Us Part 2's very poor user score reception. All that and so much more on episode 21.

-Topic #1: Is There More to Spider-man Miles Morales?.

-Topic #2: Ubisoft Lays King Arthur To Rest!

-Topic #3: Who’s Ready For Some PS5 “Activities”?

-Topic #4: I’ll Take My Eggs Scrambled.

-Topic #5: Ghost of Tsushima’s User Metacritic Score, highest of any PlayStation exclusive

-Topic #6: PlayStation is Getting Its Own Documentary Movie

-Topic #7: Further Details all but seem to confirm the next call of duty title.

-Topic #8: Cup Head Lands on PS4’s This Week

-Topic #9: It’s a Bird it’s a plane, nope it’s just Hawkeye

Your Homework for  The Week:

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Getting Update On October 29 - game informer

Red Dead Online Invites You To Track And Study Animals As The Naturalist - game informer

Ghost of Tsushima Adds New Difficulty And Text Options Today - game informer

PlayStation Plus Games For August Revealed - game informer

Halo Infinite demo was a work-in-progress build, but running on a pc powerful as series x – IGN

24k Gold PlayStation 5 announced – Kit Guru

This week on the Home of Play podcast, we talk about Ubisofts current scandal and the company's new statement on changing it's current policy's to adapt and improve current workplace envioroments. On top of that we also got a chance to watch X-Box's big conference last week and we of course have thoughts on that as well. All that and so much more on episode 20.

-Topic #1: Ghost of Tsushima Breaks Records in it's First Week of Sales.

-Topic #2: X-box Game Showcase. All the Games Revealed and Our Thoughts on Them.

-Topic #3: Every Game Shown in X-box's Showcase Will Come Day One to Gamepass.

-Topic #4: Ubisoft Promises Major Overhaul in Company Practices After Major Scandal Pops Up in Last Weeks Headlines. 

-Topic #5: Ubisoft Will Keep Current Game Prices the Same, Or At Least For Now.

-Topic #6: Spider-Man Miles Morales Offers 60fps/4k Performance Mode.

*Final Fantasy Part 2 is in Full Development - Destructoid

This week on the Home of Play podcast, we talk about Sony doubling their original production numbers to keep up with growing gamer demands created by the pandemic, One third of game developers are feeling the weight of game development in a global pandemic, and on a lighter note we also discuss the metacritic scores for ghost of Tsushima, as well as our love of the game. All that and so much more on episode 19.

-Topic #1: Sony doubles down on PS5 production.

-Topic #2: Covid-19 has delayed one third of developers games according to survey results.

-Topic #3: Ghost of Tsushima hits metcritic gold.

-Topic #4: Marvels Avengers beta dates have been revealed.

-Topic #5: Red Dead meet Clowns.

-Topic #6: Amazon adds a PS5 console page to the store.

-Topic #7: Ubisoft Rebooting previously announced Pirate Game Skull and bones.

-Topic #8: Ubisoft Forward, and our thoughts!

Your Homework for  The Week:

*Destiny 2: Beyond Light Has Been Delayed to November 2020 - IGN

This week on the Home of Play podcast, we talk about a new patent discovered that might mean we could see PS1, all the way to PS3, games working on the PS5 in the future. Sony has also dropped some fat stacks into Epic stock this past week, and we discuss our thoughts on the upcoming Ubisoft event. All that and so much more on episode 18!

-Topic #1: Sony Patent Suggests PS1, PS2, and PS3 Could Be Backwards Compatible

-Topic #2: Sony Acquires Minority Stake in Epic for $250 Million

-Topic #3: Ubisoft Forward Event

-Topic #4: Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning: Slight Delay, New DLC Expansion Announced

-Topic #5: Assassin's Creed Valhalla: 30 Minutes of Gameplay Footage Leak

-Topic #6: Capcom Says 80% of Its Games Are Sold Digitally

-Topic #7: Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong Reveal

-Topic #8: The Mafia remake gets hit with a delay

Your Homework for  The Week:

*PlayStation’s ‘July Savings’ sale discounts more than 200 titles - mobilesyrup.com

This week we talk about new place holder prices popping up on next gen titles, which leads us to believe our new games will be more expensive in the near future. Finally more word on the rumored harry potter rpg. Cyberpunk nerfs wall running, and so much more.

This week Chris and Steve discuss 8 new topics!

-Topic #1: Game prices are on the rise again!

-Topic #2: We finally have news on harry potter rpg

-Topic #3: Cyberpunk 2077 says goodbye to wallrunning

-Topic #4: PS plus games of July

-Topic #5: Call of Duty: Warzone's Season Four Reloaded Update 200-Player Matches (limited time mode)

-Topic #6: Hyper Scape reveal

-Topic #7: Crysis Remastered Delayed After Game Footage is leaked

-Topic #8: PlayStation Reveals 6 New PS5 Indies

Your Homework for  The Week:

*The Last Of Us Part II's Sales Are Already Over 4 Million Copies - gameinformer

This week we talk about Cyberpunk 2077 night city wire event, Leaks online point to Rocksteady's next big release title, and PS plus turning 10. We Also dive deep into why Steve's Skin is so red, and why nature feels he must bleed to fish. 

This week Chris and Steve discuss 6 new topics!

-Topic #1: PS Plus Has It's Tenth Birthday

-Topic #2: New Domains Suggest a Suicide Squad Game to Come From Rocksteady.

-Topic #3: Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire Event Details and Impressions.

-Topic #4: Marvels Avengers War Table Event Details/Info On Free Next Gen Upgrades.

-Topic #5: Last of Us Part 2 Is UK's Biggest Physical Game Sold for 2020.

-Topic #6: Facebook Buys Developer Ready At Dawn.

Your Homework for The Week:

* Chris Avellone No Longer Working On Dying Light - allegations of sexual harassment

This week we talk about Cyberpunk 2077 delays and new info on an upgrade plan for next gen. As well as our Review on EA Play Live 2020 conference, and our impressions on our current play through of the Last of Us part 2.

This week Chris and I discuss 5 new topics!

-Topic #1: Cyberpunk 2077 Delayed...Again!

-Topic #2: Cyberpunk 2077 Next gen Upgrade Details Released

-Topic #3: Our EA Play Live 2020 Review

-Topic #4: Crash Bandicoot: It's About Time Leaked

-Topic #5: AT&T Offering Up Warner Bros Games Division to Anyone Who Wants it!

- Our Last of Us Part 2 Impressions.

This week we talk about the PS5 game event that happened last week, Sony's cooling patent, and Sony's recent loss in the court room.

This week Chris and I discuss 5 new topics!

-Topic #1: PS5 Game Event Impressions!

-Topic #2: PS5 is how cool... ICE COLD!

-Topic #3: Sony gone did a Dirty?

-Topic #4: No Man's Universe just got Bigger.

-Topic #6: Desitny 2 will never Die.

Your Homework for The Week:

*Cyberpunk 2077 Will Not Be Available on Stadia at Launch - ign