The Ramblepack Podcast

Round 2: Electric Boogaloo! We lost a recording, so had to re-record, so we re-cover Sony's State of Play, Ghosts of Yotei reviews, Payday devs cancelling a co-op D&D game, and Hades II is doing great. We also look at the Saudi Arabi & EA deal and what is going on with Xbox.

We're back at full strength this week! Team Cherry is working on smoothing out some wrinkles from Silksong's release, Valve possibly adjusting their post-launch DLC guidelines, and is this the year of 2D side-scrollers? We also talk about Battlefield 6's development, Marvel 1943 leaks, the Pokemon Patent and what it could mean going forward, and why some people might prefer inverted or...

Happy Silksong release! The game even brought down some eshops for a bit. Kojima Productions turns 10 this year and are celebrating, Borderlands 4 gives a look at their post-launch roadmap, Sony possibly making a portable console, and Stardew dev assisted with Silksong's production?

We have some more book talk to start this one off (this is a video game podcast.) Kev Levine shares some insights on their approach to their "villain" for Judas, Adam does a mini review of Gears of War's remaster, and No Man's Sky has yet another game update! We also dive a little in Bungie changing planned updates based on community feedback, and discuss devs not getting Switch 2 dev kits.

We're a video game podcast, so we talk about books for a while! Sean reviews the Switch 2, Adam covers Bungie's updates to Destiny, game console prices going up, Pete Parson's leaves Bungie, and GamesCom news!

It's a two-man show this week! We talk about Itch.io looking for new payment processors after the previous week's delisting of games. We also cover the games shown off at the Nintendo Direct, as well as touch on some data Xbox put out from their Q4 earnings.

We have a new one for your ears this week! Borderlands 4 has gone gold, Ghosts of Yotei may not get a multiplayer mode, and the Lego Game Boy's price was revealed. Double fine, and we, pay our respect to the late Ozzy Osborne, as well.

Mike's taking command of the ship this episode to talk about his favorite series: Kingdom Hearts! They touch on all 14 games in the series, cover the main storyline line, and speculate on what the future for KH might look like.

Adam & Sean are back to cover the news of the last week! We discuss Fallout 5 being greenlit, SGDQ's total for Doctors without Borders, Gabe Newell's hobbies since "retirement," Xbox pushing for AI after layoffs, and so much more.

It's a 3-person podcast this week! We talk a bit about all of the Xbox layoff news, shine some light on SGDQ, Stardew Valley being Steam's top-rated game, and what Nintendo is up to.

Got a new special one for you today! Introducing Sean to the podcast, we got together to discuss the Assassin's Creed series. Having both enjoyed the series since the first, we step through the games and talk about our likes, dislikes, Ubisoft as a whole, and where the series may go in the future.

We took a look this week at Minecraft's June update, talk about its release on HBO Max, Switch 2 sales numbers, Marathon officially being delayed, Magic x Final Fantasy sets, and some changes coming with Destiny 2's newest expansion!

It's another special interview episode! Following a similar theme as last time, we sat down with Mike Schleibaum of Darkest Hour fame to talk a little about gaming growing up, being fathers in the modern era, and the trials and tribulations that come with it.

We're back! Marathon has had a rough time since its closed beta, Switch 2 is releasing soon to a mild response, EA cancels more games and closes a studio, and Gearbox's studio head on "real fans."

We say it all the time, but we're back! After much needed vacations, we're back checking out the Nintendo Partner & Indieworld Showcase, little bit of catch up, and getting ready to record more!

It's our first interview! Aaron "Big Deal" Deal, the bassist for Darkest Hour, sat down for about an hour discussing mutual admiration for retro gaming, emulation, modern VS retro gaming, and how Nintendo is in a league of their own. Go check out Darkest Hour in Indiana with Haste the Day in August and over in Europe with Sylosis & Fit for an Autopsy this winter!

We've been away for a little with life and everything, so for this episode we got together to build some Gunpla and talk about games. Get ready for some chill vibes on this one!

A few more video game movies are on the way! Sonic 3 has found its voice for Shadow, the Minecraft movie is in full swing, and now Fallout is on TV. Weta Workshop and Private Division are working on "Tales of the Shire" while a former Blizzard president says gamers should tip game devs. "Stop Killing Games" also has gained traction lately.

There's a lot of doom & gloom around the video game markets, fears of another video game crash. We run down the games Xbox showed off during their partner showcase, the industry was hit with more layoffs, & Nintendo ends Yuzu.

Larian won several more awards at the Dice Awards recently. More rounds of layoffs have hit several more studios, including Playstation, Xbox had to put out fires and lay out their business plan, and Helldivers 2 has been a pretty big hit.

We're finally back with our first episode of the new year! Palworld released in early access and has taken over Steam with time played. Layoffs are already hitting the industry hard early in 2024 and is expected to continue for the year or more, GDQ just wrapped up, and we talk about the Xbox Developer Direct and look at the news that closed out 2023.

GTA VI is real! Unfortunately, Rockstar had their trailer leaked ahead of the debut. Sony is removing paid content from their libraries and accounts are getting suspended. Vampire Survivors got its adventure update and the third Sonic movie teased Shadow's appearance.

Destiny's coming expansion, The Final Shape, was officially delayed until June. Ubisoft was experimented with in-game ads for paid games and Eminem is coming to Fortnite. Half-Life also turned 25!

Call of Duty's newest entry barely has a campaign and Amazon went through another round of layoffs in their gaming division. The nominees for the Game Awards are out, GTA VI is getting a trailer in December, and we're getting a live-action Legend of Zelda movie?

A new week, a new round of layoffs. This time, beloved studio, Bungie, earned the ire of the Destiny community after their layoffs started coming to light. Xbox is protecting their ecosystem by denying access to unauthorized accessories, Disney Dreamlight Valley devs switch from free-to-play to a paid game on release, and MK1 fans are upset about paid fatalities.