Adam Boyes (Vivrato, PlayStation, Iron Galaxy) joins us to discuss the finer art of extraction in Arc Raiders. We’re also talking a lot about the Marathon Server Slam and how that’s really turning me around on this whole “extraction” thing. Also: highlights from the Steam Next Fest including Awaysis, some Resident Evil 9 talk, the grand opening and grand closing of Highguard, the state of the industry, the future of AAA games, the true end of the console wars, Xbox’s chances in the years ahead, Johnny V’s Pokemon boxers, and who the hell is funding all these video games, anyway?

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A wild week in news as Xbox honcho Phil Spencer retires and is set to be replaced by someone from one of Microsoft’s AI divisions. What does this mean for the future of Xbox? Also: Sony shutters Bluepoint Games, Evo expands, and my son got way into Knack? Aw man.

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Jeff is fresh (?) back from Las Vegas with some thoughts about the future of video games. Also: interviews with Greg Kasavin, Amir Rao, Evan Wells, and Chris Kohler recorded moments after their wins at the DICE awards! Then we’ll get into the news, including layoffs for 2XKO and HIghguard, the new God of War game, PlayStation’s latest State of Play, the threat (?) of a new Metal Gear, and more!

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Another Nintendo Direct has come and gone, let’s talk about the third-party games on display. Also: Sony officially announces the multiplayer Horizon game, Epic wants to be on the next Xbox on day 1, Baldur’s Gate is coming to TV, and the MindsEye saboteurs are… going to get theirs? Plus some more talk about the future of video games and your emails!

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We’ve been talking about it so much that I finally had to try Bazzite out for myself, let’s talk about some of the early impressions of that! Also: Apex ditches the Switch, 2K announces way too many different editions of this year’s WWE game, Sony gets a patent on AI podcasts that tell you you’re bad at games, and more!

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Out of Action is out on Early Access and it’s neat, let’s talk about it! Also: Highguard, the talk around HIghguard, and the talk around the talk around Highguard. Exhausting. Hey, Nintendo’s going to release some unreleased Virtual Boy games! That’s bananas! Also: Xbox Developer Direct, some recent chatter about the PlayStation 6, and more.

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Playing Astro Bot with the kids leads me to the next natural evolution… replaying Super Mario Bros. Special. Pretty direct cause and effect, there, really. Also: is it just me or is Microsoft kind of messing up at everything right now? Far Cry games now run at 60fps, New World gives an eviction notice to players, and lots of “Roblox is a crime” talk from you in the emails section.

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This week’s topics include the Commodore 64 Ultimate, Nintendo’s thoughts on RAM prices, the future of the Xbox Ally X, The Division 3, 2 Live Crew, "coinslop," and the need for a new Wolfenstein game.

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Let's try another one of these AI Energy Drinks. The last one was garbage, surely this one will be different, right? Also: CES is here and it kinda doesn'tt matter. NVIDIA rolls out a DLSS update but here at headquarters the results have been pretty bad. Sony wants to play games for you, game designers love Portal, and Anthem is on its final week.

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Finally, the rivalry that defined the early 2000s can be settled! Let’s talk about GOG splitting off of CD PROJEKT, RAM prices, the PlayStation 6, and Actually Important things. Like, for example, what it was like to review The Guy Game.

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