The news includes: Firaxis announces, “Today, we confirmed we're testing dramatic changes to Legacy Paths, and continuous play as one Civ through all the Ages", Baldur's Gate 3 is about to become an Xbox Play Anywhere game. Jonah and T.J. have a long discussion of the games they're playing. This week features a Gaming Flashback: Master of Orion II The rest of the news includes:

• Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit suffers a big blow
• Another Battle Royale game is shutting down for good

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The news items include: EA and NFL extend Madden license til 2030 – NFLPA still far apart, former Battlefield 6 campaign boss calls out EA for leaving him and other developers out of the credits after closing his studio in 2024, Ubisoft has come up with a new way to avoid saying the word 'layoffs,' with a 'voluntary career transition program' offer that some employees won't be able to refuse, 'Pacifist Battlefield completed', Palworld studio Pocketpair says its new publishing division won't handle games that use generative AI: 'We don't believe in it', Two Point Museum gets Vampire Survivors content in free update. In addition:

• The Sinking City 2 is delayed into 2026
• No Man's Sky gets space wreck salvaging and expanded ship building (from Eurogamer)

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The guys talk about Skate Story is finally releasing in December, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is getting a New Game+ mode and some new duds in a free update, Might and Magic: Olden Era is delayed to 2026, a Minecraft Movie sequel is coming in July 23, 2027, and Cities: Skylines 2's big Bridges and Ports expansion is finally almost here. News includes:

• Helldivers 2 developers blame HDDs for the PC version's file size & delayed updates

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