XP Report

How will Sony dig themselves out of this hole? Can Nintendo keep their good reputation going? Will Live Service games keep releasing stuff that people only want to play for a few weeks?

Hosts:

Keirron - @hookkshot

Ronnie - @Ronniekrazy

Wishlist UnQuollified ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://store.steampowered.com/app/4615280/UnQuollified/ ⁠⁠Back High Winds⁠⁠https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scaleboundgames/high-winds

Is owning games dead? How hard do you need to dive in on AI to kill your game? Will amazon use you for 'content'?

Hosts:

Keirron - @hookkshot

Ronnie - @Ronniekrazy

Wishlist UnQuollified ⁠⁠⁠https://store.steampowered.com/app/4615280/UnQuollified/ ⁠Follow High Winds⁠https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scaleboundgames/high-winds⁠

Can we survive the end of peak? Will Roblox ever learn? Can Palworld MMO capture the same audience as the original. Lets Discuss

Hosts:

Keirron - @hookkshot

Ronnie - @Ronniekrazy

Wishlist UnQuollified ⁠⁠https://store.steampowered.com/app/4615280/UnQuollified/ Follow High Windshttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scaleboundgames/high-winds⁠⁠

Releases

Halo: Campaign Evolved | Jul 28 | Mixed Reviews (who thought…)https://store.steampowered.com/app/2806050/Halo_Campaign_Evolved/#app_reviews_hash

Mistfall Hunter | Jul 29 | PvEvP Extraction Shooterhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3282300/Mistfall_Hunter/

Corsair Cove | Jul 31 | City Builder, Strategy, Simulation | PIRATE LIFE!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/

Big Walk | Aug 4 | Walking Sim, Co-op, Proximity Chat, Puzzles, Adventure

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1478500/Big_Walk/

Beast of Reincarnation | Aug 4 | Action RPG, Sekiro/Wukong-like?https://store.steampowered.com/app/2001760/Beast_of_Reincarnation

Fields of Mistra | Aug 5 (1.0) | Farm / Dating / Life Sim, Pixel, RPGhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/Fields_of_Mistria/

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls | Aug 6 | Action, 2D Fighter, Arcade, 2.5Dhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3787240/MARVEL_Tkon_Fighting_Souls/

Spiritstead | Aug 6 | City Builder, Cozy, Atmospheric

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3501540/Spiritstead/

Will using mod hacks to help your friends get you fired? Can Steam become even more useful for everyone? Are we just cash grabbing IP for movies like Resident Evil at this point?

Hosts:

Keirron - @hookkshot

Ronnie - @Ronniekrazy

Wishlist UnQuollified ⁠https://store.steampowered.com/app/4615280/UnQuollified/ ⁠

Releases

Storebound (1.0) | Jul 16th | (1-3 person co-op puzzle horror game) (EA was Nov. 17th)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3417410/Storebound/

Moss: The Forgotten Relic | Jul 16th | 3D Puzzle Platformerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3914860/Moss_The_Forgotten_Relic

Fading Echo | Jul 21st | Action Adventurehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2467880/Fading_Echo/

Tears of Metal (EA) | Jul 22nd | 4 player co-op Hack n Slash in Scottish settinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1913120/Tears_of_Metal/

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game | Jul 23rd | 2D Hand Drawn Fighterhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2424420/Avatar_Legends_The_Fighting_Game/

Disgaea Mayhem | Jul 23rd | Mario Party looking Action game?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4402250/Disgaea_Mayhem/

Dinoblade | Jul 23rd | Part soulslike, part silly, part decent game?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3440070/Dinoblade/

Forsaken Realms: Vahrin’s Call | Jul 27th | Single player action adventure RPGhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/951770/Forsaken_Realms_Vahrins_Call/

Halo: Campaign Evolved | Jul 28thhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2806050/Halo_Campaign_Evolved/

Mistfall Hunter | Jul 29th | Dark Fantasy Extraction PvP soulslike https://store.steampowered.com/app/3282300/Mistfall_Hunter/

Truxton Extreme | Jul 30th | Shoot em up (like Gradius / Ikaruga)https://store.steampowered.com/app/3323490/Truxton_Extreme/

Mimicry! | Jul 30th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4137450/Mimicry/

Who will win the race to the bottom between Sony and Microsoft? Are physical games still important? The ENNIE Awards have SOO many awards.

Hosts:

Keirron - @hookkshot

Ronnie - @Ronniekrazy

Wishlist UnQuollified https://store.steampowered.com/app/4615280/UnQuollified/

Releases

EA Sports College Football ‘27 | July 9thhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4032350/EA_SPORTS_College_Football_27/

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced | July 9th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3751950/Assassins_Creed_Black_Flag_Resynced/?snr=1_4_4__118

Echoes of Aincrad (SAO) | July 10th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2244210/Echoes_of_Aincrad/

The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu | July 15th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2569760/The_Mound_Omen_of_Cthulhu/

Denshattack! | July 15th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2524850/Denshattack/

DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations (DLC) | July 7th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3469450/DOOM_The_Dark_Ages__Revelations/

Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok (DLC) | July 8th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3839790/Granblue_Fantasy_Relink__Endless_Ragnarok_Upgrade_Kit_Standard_Edition/

Palword (1.0 Launch) | July 10th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1623730/Palworld/

Sony dropping movies that you already paid for? Keirron and Ronnie talk about all the crazy things happening in the industry right now, price rises, layoffs, steam changes, game are not slowing down it seems.

Welcome to the XP Report! Keirron and Ronnie discuss all the SGF fests they watched, compare the exciting games coming up and the not so exciting ones.

News

Summer Games Official

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdNmVWXuYec

Frosty Games Fest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eynM-CXwDRg

Indie Games Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACQ95KlNjco

Green Games Showcase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=196BrTWr-tY

Story Rich Showcase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WzFwl6GVk

Wholesome Direct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2zHskJu1oQ

Women Led Games Showcasehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTsfNa7g-o0

The Mix Summer Game Showcase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yoN_ITAafw

Welcome to the XP Report! Keirron and Ronnie discuss outrageous RAM prices, how AI is slowly ruining everything we love. Hytale is saved and hopefully going to be better. and a bunch of new games.

Hytale is saved and going independent

https://hytale.com/news/2025/11/hytale-is-saved

Cities Skylines moving developers, Paradoxes new playbook

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cities-skylines-to-switch-developer

Clair Obscur: E33 sweeped every category it was nominated for at the Golden Joystick Awards.

RAM prices soaring to all-time highs

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=64gb+ddr5

Saudi Arabia’s EA acquisition Public Investment Fund in “financial distress”

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-saudi-arabia-fund-behind-the-wildly-leveraged-ea-buyout-is-dealing-with-financial-distress-claims-report

Far Cry is getting a TV series starring Mac from It’s Always Sunny

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/far-crys-getting-a-tv-series-starring-its-always-sunnys-rob-mac-with-each-season-designed-to-mirror-a-new-game

VTMB2 “should have been called something else” former creative director agrees

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-should-have-been-called-something-else-agrees-former-creative-director

Data shows that Steam games continue to get cheaper overall even while console games raise prices.

https://www.polygon.com/steam-game-price-median-sales-console-aaa-data-trends-cheap/

Steam has it’s FIRST EVER Black Friday sale!

https://store.steampowered.com/specials

Anno 117: Pax Romana (PC) - Nov. 13th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3274580/Anno_117_Pax_Romana/

CoD: Black Ops 7 (PS5, XBox, PC) - Nov. 14th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7/

Escape From Tarkov 1.0 (PC) - Nov. 15th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3932890/Escape_from_Tarkov/

SpongBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC) - Nov. 18th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2479650/SpongeBob_SquarePants_Titans_of_the_Tide/

Demonschool (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC) - Nov. 19th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (PC) - Nov. 19th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2350790/Moonlighter_2_The_Endless_Vault/

Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2) - Nov. 20th

R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC) - Nov. 20th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3072620/RType_Delta_HD_Boosted/

Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road (PC) - Nov. 20th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2934220/Monsters_are_Coming_Rock__Road/

Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE (PC) - Nov. 24th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2373990/Solo_Leveling_ARISE_OVERDRIVE/

Of Ash and Steel (PC) - Nov. 24th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2893820/Of_Ash_and_Steel/

Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons (PS5, Switch, PC) - Nov. 27th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2937770/Bubble_Bobble_Sugar_Dungeons/

Welcome to the XP Report!

Is more premium currency the answer to our problem, Blizzard seems to think so. The debate of AI doesn't seem to ever stop so lets talk about it. Join us each fortnight for more games news and opinions.

New premium currency

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/world-of-warcraft-will-get-a-new-premium-currency-alongside-midnight-for-no-obvious-good-reason-at-all

Fantasy ground goes free to play

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/fantasy-grounds-free

Nintendo loses patent claim

https://gamesfray.com/japan-patent-office-rejects-nintendo-application-relevant-to-palworld-dispute-cites-games-like-ark-as-prior-art-after-third-party-submission/

Square Enix changing direction - also layoffs

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-announces-more-layoffs-as-part-of-us-and-europe-restructuring/

Stop Killing Games

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stop-killing-games-uk-petition-has-been-debated-in-parliament-the-law-works-but-companies-may-need-to-communicate-better

New World is so Old World now

https://www.eurogamer.net/amazon-isnt-closing-mmo-new-world-right-away-but-it-wont-guarantee-the-life-of-the-game-past-2026

Jurassic World Evolution 3 - October 21st https://store.steampowered.com/app/2958130/Jurassic_World_Evolution_3/

Ninja Gaiden 4 - October 21st https://store.steampowered.com/app/2627260/NINJA_GAIDEN_4/

Painkiller - October 21st https://store.steampowered.com/app/2300120/Painkiller/

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - October 21st https://store.steampowered.com/app/532790/Vampire_The_Masquerade__Bloodlines_2/

Dispatch - October 22nd https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/Dispatch/

Double Dragon Revive - October 23rd https://store.steampowered.com/app/3012220/Double_Dragon_Revive/

Godbreakers - October 23rd https://store.steampowered.com/app/2687400/GODBREAKERS/

Moonlighter 2 (EA) - October 23rd https://store.steampowered.com/app/2350790/Moonlighter_2_The_Endless_Vault/

Tormented Souls 2 - October 23rd https://store.steampowered.com/app/2464280/Tormented_Souls_2/

Plants vs. Zombies Replanted - October 23rd https://store.steampowered.com/app/3654560/Plants_vs_Zombies_Replanted/

The Outer Worlds 2 - October 29th https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449110/The_Outer_Worlds_2/

Arc Raiders - October 30th https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808500/ARC_Raiders/

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake - October 30th https://store.steampowered.com/app/2893570/DRAGON_QUEST_I__II_HD2D_Remake/

Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection - October 30th https://store.steampowered.com/app/3454980/Mortal_Kombat_Legacy_Kollection/

Tales of Xillia Remastered - October 31st https://store.steampowered.com/app/2246670/Tales_of_Xillia_Remastered/

Dark Quest 4 - November 5th https://store.steampowered.com/app/2453840/Dark_Quest_4/

Sonic Rumble - November 5th https://store.steampowered.com/app/2951690/Sonic_Rumble/

Egging On - November 6th https://store.steampowered.com/app/2897610/Egging_On/

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - November 6th https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/hyrule-warriors-age-of-imprisonment-switch-2/

Void Train (1.0 Release) - November 7th https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159690/Voidtrain/

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Mysteria Ecclesiae (DLC) - November 11th https://store.steampowered.com/app/3368620/Kingdom_Come_Deliverance_II_Mysteria_Ecclesiae/

Nascar ‘25 - November 11th https://store.steampowered.com/app/3873970/NASCAR_25/

Sacred 2 Remaster - November 11th https://store.steampowered.com/app/3906660/Sacred_2_Remaster/

Tabletop Game Shop Simulator - November 12th https://store.steampowered.com/app/3524750/Tabletop_Game_Shop_Simulator/

Welcome to XP Report, this week Keirron and Ronnie chat about the impending doom which is Xbox not understanding their users. What Keirron did at pax Aus. Why is pokemon trying so hard to lose its fan base?

Xbox raising prices for Gamepass - https://www.theverge.com/news/789424/xbox-game-pass-premium-essentials-ultimate-price-increase-changes

WotC New office in Montreal - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/hasbro-opens-new-wizards-of-the-coast-development-hub-in-montreal

Pokemon drama - https://kotaku.com/pokemon-leak-budget-canceled-masuda-black-white-remake-2000635371

Everwild art got leaked - https://www.eurogamer.net/first-screenshots-of-rares-ill-fated-everwild-emerge-thanks-to-artists-portfolio-website

Critical Role C4 has started

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1004640/FINAL_FANTASY_TACTICS__The_Ivalice_Chronicles/

Digimon Story: Time Stranger

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1984270/Digimon_Story_Time_Stranger/

Battlefield 6

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2807960/Battlefield_6/

Little Nightmares 3 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1392860/Little_Nightmares_III/

Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794880/Ys_vs_Trails_in_the_Sky_Alternative_Saga/

Pokemon Legends: Z-A (Oct. 16th)

Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Oct. 21st)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2958130/Jurassic_World_Evolution_3/

Ninja Gaiden 4 (Oct. 21st)

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/2627260/

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (Oct. 21st)

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/532790/

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (Oct. 23rd)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2350790/Moonlighter_2_The_Endless_Vault/

Once Upon a Katamari (Oct. 24th)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1880620/Once_Upon_A_KATAMARI/

The Outer Worlds 2 (Oct. 29th)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449110/The_Outer_Worlds_2/

Arc Raiders (Oct. 30th)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808500/ARC_Raiders/

Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake (Oct. 30th)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2893570/DRAGON_QUEST_I__II_HD2D_Remake/

Tales of Xillia Remastered (Oct. 30th)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2246670/Tales_of_Xillia_Remastered/