Videogame Roundtable

This week's episode is almost two hours long thanks to the ID@Xbox Showcase and the Microsoft Xbox Series X stream. There was also news, which includes:

Hideo Kojima in talks with Junji Ito bbout a new project

Mysterious white next-gen Xbox controller appears online

Fall Guys was the top game on Twitch during its beta weekend

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Publishers are doing their virtual E3 announcements, such as Ubisoft Forward and ID@Xbox's Indie Showcase. There's other wild news going on, and some not even in the official news items below. Said news items include:

Ubisoft executives quit over misconduct allegations

Microsoft has stopped making the Xbox One X

Blasphemous gets free Stir of Dawn DLC on August 4

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There really wasn't all that much going on this week in terms of hard news, but there was a bunch of mini-items that got discussed, as well as a Gaming Flashback of the terrifying game Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

What little news this week had included:

Microsoft shutting down Mixer streaming platform

Street Fighter 5 pros forfeit Capcom Pro Tour matches over lag

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This 90 minute episode is all about the PC Gaming Show and the PlayStation 5 Showcase -- plus a rumor about the Xbox Series X. You might say that the entire podcast is next generation.

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This week's episode features a Gaming Flashback about... nothing. The week before the PC Gaming Show and PlayStation 5 show is kinda slow, but there was some chatter in the industry. The news topics feature:

Resident Evil 3 will not receive any DLCs or significant updates in the future

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey will let players walk around

The Rock of Ages 3 open beta starts on June 9th

Persona 4 Golden reportedly heading to PC this week

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The podcast returns after a week off, and Scott also returns. The Gaming Flashback is another imfamous title, Acclaim's BMX XXX, something Dave Mirra definitely did not approve of. The news features all sorts of Nintendo Switch items, too. This week's news includes:

Metroid Prime Trilogy listed with June 19th release date

Platinum insists Bayonetta 3 hasn't been cancelled

Pac-Man teams up with Minecraft to celebrate his 40th anniversary

Ooblets releasing in early access 'pretty soon'

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This week, Paul fills in for Scott, who has more pressing issues than discussing videogames, though some very serious topics about them do pop up, such as how misogyny became pronounced in the hobby. The Gaming Flashback is one of the legendarily panned titles, Bomberman Act:Zero. The news for this week includes:

Video game spending reaches record high during pandemic

Epic Games Store keyless integration with other digital stores announced

Minecraft sales now exceed 200 million (from PC Gamer)

Star Citizen will hold a free fly event starting this week

There's also some Listener Feedback from longtime fan Ralf from Germany.

This week's episode is full of news that aren't described below, as the games the guys have played get a lot of analysis. The news, incidentally, includes:

Rumor: Diablo 2 remaster coming this year

Mafia Twitter account awakens after 2 years to say “Family”

Destiny 2 is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X

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This week's episode has no Gaming Flashback, but there is a lot of talk about how awesome the Good Old Games digital store is. The week's news items include:

GOG Galaxy 2.0 now includes your gaming subscriptions

Fallout 76 to add pets

Minecraft city was created by a team of professional builders

Xbox Series X design blends game console, speaker and projector into one

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This week's Gaming Flashback, Fallout: New Vegas, sets the crew on a long discussion of what made New Vegas good and Fallout 4 a failed sequel, and the inherent problems of the mainline Bethesda games as opposed to Obsidian's take. This week's news includes:

Nintendo "investigating" reports of accounts being breached

Nintendo gearing up for increased Switch production following global shortages

COVID-19 lockdowns have led to surges in popularity for survival and sports games

Animal Crossing trading is being ruined by absurd trader fees

Let us know if you, too, are obsessing over the latest Animal Crossing.