There are a lot of great things going on with the Steam Machine, but it might not quite be ready for prime time. Let’s talk about my time with it so far, the price, the comparisons to other devices, all that stuff. Also: Call of Duty goes retro with new releases of old-ass Black Ops and Black Ops II, some more fallout from the Xbox cuts, Ubisoft workers go on strike, the idea of an OLED Switch 2, and more.

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Xbox cuts 1,600 jobs. PlayStation announces plans to exit the game disc business. Jeff buys an Ayn Thor and uses it to play Mr. Do! on two screens at once. Dark times, friends.

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Nick Cage takes on yet another new and exciting role, everyone braces for layoffs, Dead or Alive 6 gets re-released for some weird reason, the Steam Machine lottery happened (?), Star Fox 64 gets remade yet again, and more! There’s never been a better time to play (Nintendo 64) video games?

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Big anniversaries this week for the N64 and for Quake! Let's talk about those, also the FUTURE OF SCIENCE, the future of Unreal Engine, a review of the Beitong Pangu, the Steam Machine, goblinAmerica, and more!

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Some hands-on reporting from the worlds of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, Turok Origins, Stranger Than Fiction, and Sprawl Zero. Also: last week’s “Xbox has to make some tough choices” talk turns into this week’s “massive layoff and studio closure” talk. EA gets (back) into in-game advertising. Commodore makes an expensive cell phone? Sure, why not?

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Nintendo’s Direct aired this morning and it seems like we’re all-the-way done with announcements for this year’s Summer Game Fest window of events. Let’s talk about everything that happened from PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox along with third-party stuff like Control Resonant, Crazy Taxi, Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, and more.

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We’re on the precipice of new video games! Let’s talk a bit about that along with Mina the Hollower, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, PlayStation fight sticks, Fable’s delay, the wild new Steam Deck price, and more.

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Destiny 2 is headed for more of a maintenance-style mode, Rocket League’s going to get updated with Unreal Engine 6, the new Modern Warfare is coming, James Bond has returned, Yoshi has also returned, and more!

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Mr. Do! finally joins the Arcade Archives series and there is much rejoicing! Also: Forza Horizon 6, PSN prices go up, Lego 2K Drive goes away, some Xbox controllers leak, and Nintendo wants to bring some kind of WarioWare knockoff to your phone?

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Sega cancels the SUPER GAME, PlayStation exec sees bright future from third-parties, Harada starts a new studio, Tezuka retires, Angry Birds goes into the Hall, Steam Controller talk, and more!

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