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Pong and Atari are known for being pioneers of the video game industry, but they weren't the first. This week we discussed some of these early video games including Tennis for Two and the Magnavox Odyssey. Apple has finally opened the App Store up for video game streaming services. Previously, apps like Xbox Game Pass were blocked by the App Stores' policies because each and every video ga...

Xbox Developer Direct 2024 showed off a collection of great looking games including Bethesda and Machine Games' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Avowed, Visions of Mana, and Ara History Untold. Ubisoft director says gamers will et more comfortable not owning games with subscription services like Game Pass and Ubisoft+ finding success in the market.

Nvidia will release new GPUs this month including the RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080. Samsung TVs are getting a new controller for the Samsung Gaming Hub. Unlike existing compatible controllers, the new Samsung controllers are able to control the power and volume of the TV. HBO has hired Kaitlyn Dever to be Abby in the upcoming The Last of Us season 2. Ubisoft has signed up for Nv...

Happy 2024! It's our first episode of the year and coincidentally is releasing exactly 11 years since our first episode launched. This week we'll be discussing MSI's new Steam Deck competitor called The Claw - it should give us a good look at mobile PC gaming on the Intel side of things. Switch 2 speculations are always floating around, but this time some former Nintendo employees offe...

The sequel to 2019's Gears 5 could soon be revealed after an alleged tease by one of the level designers potentially working on the project. Is Gears of War 6 coming in 2024? E3, the annual "Christmas for gamers" has officially be cancelled indefinitely. The show has recently struggled to get back on its feet after being cancelled due to COVID in 2020, returning in 2021 as a digital-...

Starfield's design lead took to Twitter/X to talk about his thoughts on all the negative feedback that Starfield is getting. He wrote a long thread that covered several points including: a reminder that games are developed by hard working people, he doesn't criticize games anymore due to his position at Bethesda, and that games are made in a particular way for a reason (ie technical limita...

The Game Awards 2023 just wrapped up so let's talk about it! We discussed a collection of the awards including: Best Ongoing Game, Best Multiplayer Game, Game of the Year, and more. We also covered some of our favorite reveals including Light No Fire; a new game from the creators of No Man's Sky about a large-scale procedural planet that you can build on and explore with your friends, Rise...

Despite some comments by Xbox CFO Tim Stuart about the hope that Game Pass would end up on all screens, including those of the PlayStation and Nintendo - Phil Spencer has clarified, or maybe doubled back a bit by stating that there are currently no plans to get Game Pass onto PlayStation and Nintendo. According to some Christmas lists, the demand for physical games have dropped below subscriptions...

Xbox sales in Europe have collapsed with a 52% drop from October last year, meanwhile PlayStation has seen an increase of 143% in the same time period. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake fell on hard times alongside the difficulties found at its original developer Aspyr. Embracer Group moved the development following these problems over to Saber Interactive - the developers of the recen...

This week Ryan, Tim and Matt discussed The Game Awards 2023 Nominees for Game of the Year, Best Action Game, Best Audio Design, and much more!

Rockstar has broken their silence on GTA announcing that a trailer for GTA 6 is coming in December 2023. What do you think about video game movies? Well they're going to keep on coming, this time with Nintendo confirming that they're working on a live-action Zelda flick. Will the tone by like the games, or more serious? Valve has announced a Steam Deck refresh with the Steam Deck OLED. Thi...

Diablo IV's new expansion is on the way after a teaser was shown off Blizzcon. (Source: Kotaku ) Ubisoft decomissions old games' online services, with titles like NCIS, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, and more being affected. (Source: ClutchPoints ) Konami's latest earnings call may have slipped up and revealed that more than just Silent Hill 2 is being remade. Will these remakes evolve ho...

This week Tim and Matt discussed Bethesda's mindset while developing Fallout 76, having come off so many game of the year awards from their previous titles, they felt infallible...and then they launched Fallout 76. Xbox's earnings post-Starfield launch have some good and some bad - namely an increase in game services and a decrease in hardware sales, is streaming taking over gaming? The PS...

This week Matt and Tim discussed some of the recent top gaming news stories including Minecraft 300 million sale milestone, Bethesda's Pete Hines has announced his retirement, Nintendo accounts give us hints at what the Switch 2 may be, and Game Pass will have to wait until 2024 for Activision-Blizzard games. Then in the Query Corner Tim asks if Larian's development methods are going to im...

Microsoft has finally acquired Activision Blizzard, after months of deals, lawyers, and regulatory concerns. We cover some of the biggest games/franchises from Activision Blizzard. Sony confirms there will be a PS5 slim this holiday season. Ubisoft thinks physical sales will drop lower than they are now. Then in the Query Corner Question: Why do legendary items not have legendary stats? Especially...

Samsung's game streaming service beta for their Game Launcher is coming to an end as it prepares for release. Microsoft's massive Activision-Blizzard deal finally looks like its coming to a close. Should game fatigue (ie too many games in a series that feel the same) affect game review scores? How are review scores impacted by reviewers that have experience with a like-game, versus those t...

In this episode we discussed: PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan's upcoming retirement and what it means for the industry AAA Publishers are "milking their top franchises" according to a leaked Phil Spencer email Capcom exec says that game prices are too low Gaming on the iPhone, are the consoles in trouble?

This week the guys record in-person for the first time in a long time to discuss the massive Xbox leak that included a new Xbox Series hardware refresh, Phil Spencer's desire to purchase Nintendo, Oblivion remake, and much more. They also discussed the new Sea of Thieves solo mode that lets you play alone or with friends in a private session with some limitations.

The crew's all here to discuss this packed week of gaming news. We discussed the PlayStation State of Play, Nintendo Direct, and some gaming surprises at the iPhone 15 event. In the PlayStation State of Play September 2023 , they showed off: New Spider-Man 2 gameplay Resident Evil 4 DLC Resident Evil 4 for PSVR2 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Deep Earth Collection (faceplates and controller colors)...

This week on the Day One Patch Podcast, Ryan and Matt discussed the alleged Nintendo Switch 2 reveal to developers behind closed doors and how it seems to be on part with Xbox Series and PS5. The guys also discussed the Starfield launch, talking numbers and sharing their own experiences in the game. Sadly, there was also more bad Skull and Bones news to discuss as the game still isn't out and...

In this episode of the Day One Patch Podcast, Adriano and Matt discuss the week's top gaming stories - including the headliner: PlayStation Plus is getting a major price hike. The guys also discussed Xbox's upcoming auto-upload to OneDrive feature, PlayStation Portal's release date confirmation, and in the Query Corner - did The Elder Scrolls 6 announcement affect the Microsoft buyout?

We got more details on the PlayStation Portal this week, revealing that it is indeed a remote-play device that only supports streaming from a PlayStation 5 console. It is incapable of streaming games from the PlayStation Network's own streaming service via PlayStation Plus Premium. This begs the question, who is this device for? At the $199.99USD price point, we aren't optimistic that this...

The end of an era as the Xbox 360 store closes on both the console and browser (marketplace.xbox.com) in 2024. Epic is working to make cross-play easier, with tooling available to developers to access their in-game overlay for friends, invites, and more. Tim's been playing Baldur's Gate 3 on and off stream, Ryan's been doing the same, and Matt's been min/maxing in No Man's Sky.

This week on the Day One Patch Podcast - Ryan, Adriano, Tim, and Matt discussed the top gaming news stories of the week including the headliner, the Red Dead Redemption Port is priced...quite high for some. Microsoft has shortened the Game Pass trial period ahead of the Starfield release. And the Uncharted movie...might "definitely" get a sequel.

This week on the Day One Patch Podcast Ryan, Tim, and Matt discuss a bunch of this week's gaming news including... Streaming gameplay to Discord is coming to Xbox consoles The Xbox Companion App on Windows has been discontinued, moving players to the existing Xbox app GameStop is exiting the crypto market Classic Call of Duty servers on Wii and DS have been shut down