Mass layoffs hit XBOX again and it's most definitely not the end with over 9000 employees and multiple projects canceled. Are we cooked? More Death Stranding 2 talk and look foward to what Kojima has in store. A new Planetside-like being developed? The Alters dev respond to usage of AI, Stop Killing Games reaches 1 million signatures for UK. A look at Uma Musume and gacha gaming, PEAK and more!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Climate
2:40 - Death Stranding 2
28:25 - Lord of the Rings Online
32:15 - A new Planetside? Reaper Actual
39:50 - The Alters AI
59:30 - Stop Killing Games reaches 1 million signatures in UK
1:06:00 - Helldivers 2 hits XBOX
1:07:40 - Microsoft massive layoffs and cancelations
1:33:00 - EA expects 100 million players for Battlefield
1:40:00 - Krafton replaces Subnautica co-founders
1:55:00 - Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
2:04:00 - Gacha games
2:24:00 - PEAK
2:32:10 - 7 Days to Die
2:35:30 - VTuber Q
2:50:10 - Shoutouts

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The use of GenAI continues to grow in game dev, viewbotting is increasing on Twitch, is streaming video games dying? Our thoughts on Stop Killing Games, Dune Awakening's end game, Death Stranding 2, Lies of P and of course the Horse Girl game.

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - The Thon ends
4:00 - Dune Awakening endgame
29:00 - GenAI in The Alters
57:00 - Viewbots
1:21:30 - Is game streaming dead?
1:29:00 - Stop Killing Games
1:33:10 - Death Stranding 2
2:15:00 - Lies of P: Overture
2:28:00 - Peak
2:45:00 - Ruffy and the Riverside
2:49:00 - Ume Musume: Pretty Derby
3:01:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Dan this week to give us the lowdown on The Alters and the tips/tricks for dating everything in the house in the new dating sim: Date Everything! But first Borderlands 4 had their deep dive reveal during their fanfest and for the first time we're actually excited to play it! Nexusmods gets sold, should we be worried (yes!) Splitgate 2 devs face layoffs after poor launch, Marathon gets delayed indefinitely, Mr. Beast's AI thumbnails, Kojima doesn't want you to feel good after playing Death's Stranding 2, 32 race Mario Kart World and more!

0:00 - Intro
4:00 - The Blood of Dawnwalker
16:00 - Borderlands 4
32:35 - Borderlands 4 is now a $70 game
49:25 - Donkey Kong Bonanza
55:45 - Lies of P: Overture
1:03:45 - Stellar Blade
1:05:00 - Splitgate devs facing layoffs
1:08:00 - Nexusmods gets sold
1:12:20 - Hades 2 update
1:15:20 - AI thumbnails
1:20:40 - Marathon delayed indefinitely
1:25:00 - Jukeboxes
1:31:30 - Fantasy Life I gets a roguelike mode
1:34:30 - SEGA leaks their sales info
1:36:00 - FBC Firebreak
1:45:40 - Kojima changed Death's Stranding 2 to be more polarizing
2:01:10 - REMATCH
2:26:00 - Mario Kart World
2:30:50 - Date Everything
2:54:10 - The Alters (no spoilers)
3:03:10 - Shoutouts

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