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This week we share our final thoughts on Summer Game Fest and check our post-SGF hype levels. We wonder if Marathon is still releasing this year. Sony quietly removing region-lock on their PC ports. GameStop removing the Game from Stop. Obsidian leads wonder about the industry. MindsEye... Dune: Awakening addiction and plenty of Steam NEXT Fest demos including Rue Valley, Baby Steps and Dispatch!   0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Father's Day 4:00 - Post-SGF 10:00 - Arc Raiders 21:00 - Marathon 37:20 - Sony removing regional restrictions on Steam 43:30 - Stellar Blade peaks CCU on Steam 49:40 - Gamestop moving away from games 54:00 - Obsidian on $80 games and the industry 1:02:40 - Switch 2 sells over 3 mil in a day 1:16:25 - MindsEye and Cohh 1:34:00 - Dragon Age dev hell 1:47:00 - Dune: Awakening 2:24:00 - Ninja Gaiden Ragebound      2:26:30 - Baby Steps 2:34:50 - Rue Valley 2:37:00 - Dispatch 2:49:00 - Zeke's favorite NEXT Fest demos 3:03:40 - Path of Exile 3:05:10 - Nancy Drew 3:11:15 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Our main topic this week is going over our Summer Game Fest coverage plans. Be sure to watch with us this Friday, June 6 5PM ET! We also go through all the TwitchCon news including increased streaming resolutions (but not the bitrate,) Twitch live rewind... That's behind a paywall, and more! We then discuss our time with Elden Ring: Nightreign a weirdly addicting game, Tainted Grail and round it all out with Zeke's indie recommendations! 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Nicknames 5:10 - Twitch bitrate 6.40 - Twitch rewind 17:00 - The rest of Twitch Con EU news 25:00 - Expedition 33 sells 3.3 million in 33 days 26:40 - EA closes Cliffhanger Studios 30:00 - COD ads 34:40 - Elden Ring: Nightreign 1:15:00 - Switch 2 1:31:10 - Summer Game Fest plans 1:59:00 - Tainted Grail 2:30:00 - The Last Golfer 2:40:30 - Zeke's indie recommendations 2:56:20 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Is Marathon getting delayed? All signs point to yes with the latest Playstation rumors, meanwhile an Arc Raiders announcement seems imminent! We share our very official casting for the recently announced Elden Ring movie by A24 and Alex Garland. We have a battle over which game is better, we can't afford $80 and then we watch the OTK game showcase.   0:00 - Intro 3:25 - Marathon delayed? 16:50 - Lies of P Expansion preview 21:40 - Arc Raiders ARG? 25:15 - Elden Ring the movie 38:55 - Warhammer 52:25 - Games Workshop doing well 53:30 - Witcher 3 celebrates 10 years 1:01:10 - Star Wars Battlefront 2 returns 1:10:00 - Pokémon 1:12:30 - Carey Patel joins Night School 1:19:00 - Can you afford $80? 1:36:20 - TMNT 1:45:10 - Tainted Grail 1:46:15 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

We're joined by Dan this week to into DOOM: The Dark Ages before we tear into Bungie for plagiarizing assets off an artist in their upcoming game Marathon. AI Darth Vader is a menace in Fortnite, Stellar Blade banned in 130 countries on PC, World of Tanks introduces tiered loot boxes, more ways to pay for Star Citizen and much more this week! 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Summer Game Fest is soon 3:50 - Is DOOM: The Dark Ages not as good as the others? 45:20 - Art plagiarism on Marathon 1:04:40 - Darth Vader in Fortnite 1:32:40 - Apple denies Fortnite on App Store 1:33:50 - Nintendo patents gliding 1:35:10 - Ubisoft down 1:37:00 - Sony considering to increase prices 1:38:00 - Stellar Blade banned in 130 countries 1:43:50 - Star Citizen sells more stuff before game release 1:47:00 - Tiered loot boxes 1:52:50 - Call of Duty Warzone Mobile shutting down 1:55:00 - Bandai Namco execs 2:03:50 - Dragon's Dogma Online 2:06:10 - Cash Cleaner Simulator 2:15:45 - Quarantine Zone 2:18:55 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 2:31:15 - The Precinct 2:43:00 - Sleeping Dogs 2:51:30 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Sandfall Interactive co-founder and Game Director: Guillaume Broche joins us this week to talk about the crazy journey it's been getting their first game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 out the door. In the back half we share our enthusiasm for new extraction shooter Arc Raiders, surprised by the glowing previews of Death Stranding 2, breathe a sigh of relief at GTA6's delay and much more!    0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Guillaume Broche from Sandfall Interactive is here! 4:30 - Clair Obscur crushed all their expectations 11:00 - The path to creating Expedition 33 30:00 - Expedition 33's soundtrack 33:00 - How the combat came to be 1:00:00 - Rapid fire questions 1:11:30 - Will there be DLC? 1:26:30 - Arc Raiders Play Test 1:43:20 - Death's Stranding 2 previews 1:49:40 - GTA6 delayed to May 2026 1:53:20 - Tariffs and games 2:00:00 - Borderlands 4 might be $80? 2:04:20 - Diablo 4 x Berserk 2:06:00 - Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy 2:12:40 - Ben Starr is everywhere 2:22:45 - The Midnight Walk 2:31:00 - Revenge of the Savage Planet 2:42:10 - Dune: Awakening 2:55:30 - Doooom 2:58:10 - Elden Ring Nightreign 3:00:20 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.