Triangle Squared: A Playstation Podcast

After a week off during the busiest week in gaming for the year, we return with guest Luke Lohr, The Insipid Ghost, from the Xbox Expansion Pass podcast to get a fresh perspective on how PS+ has come along in the face of steep competition with Game Pass, if and why PlayStation might start putting 1st party titles on PS+ day and date, how showcases lean toward showing games without gameplay and if...

In a week full of VR competition ramping up and anticipation building up for Summer Game Fest, Xbox's Showcase, and the rest of the gaming industry to breath new announcements into life, we look at PSVR2's new games that came as part of it's competition announcing their next, or in Apple's case, first step into the market, Square Enix's strange marketing tactic in the build-up to more information...

This week sees us tackling the report of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Factions multiplayer title facing problems, the rumors that the Q-Lite handheld Sony recently confirmed to be real has a 3-4 hour battery life while discussing if that is enough, and share our thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of an All-Digital gaming future off the back of Remedy confirming Alan Wake 2 will be a digital...

After more than 600 days since the last Showcase event, PlayStation Showcase 2023 brought an end to that drought. With a collection of indie games, 3rd party games, a look into PSVR2's future library including a seemingly fully playable Resident Evil 4 Remake, and a few first party titles, the question becomes: Was the wait worth it? We have fun prediting what we'll see at the showcase, and then c...

Hot off the back of PixelOpus closure, another PlayStation game may be having issues as partner studio Deviation is hit with layoffs, signaling potential issues with their PS5 AAA multi-player game, begging the question: Is Deviation's PS5 project dead? We share our thoughts on this, look at Blizzard announcing Overwatch 2 will not longer get it's single player campaign that was promised alongside...

This week saw the game industry shake up with fallout from Redfall's weak reception, PlayStation shuttering a studio amidst a time of acquistions, and seeming confirmation of the long awaited return of a PlayStation Showcase. We share our thoughts on this, give our perspective on Phil Spencer's surprisingly candid interview with Kinda Funny's Xcast, revisit the long running Metal Gear Solid remake...

This week brings PlayStation fan favorite Shuhei Yoshida commenting on the gaming industry from the importance of indie games to hoping that gaming doesn't just become predominately Games as a Service. Sony acquiring another start-up it had partnered with in the way of Firewalk Studios joining Sony's Worldwide Studios, Guerrilla Games having another upper management move into overseeing PlayStatio...

Not much big movements in the gaming industry this week, but SEGA does join in on the acquisition fun by acquiring Rovio, Final Fantasy XVI enjoys a new burst of hype following the recent State of Play, & Spider-Man leaves PS+ making users wonder if this is something we can expect from PlayStation first party games moving forward or something else. We share our thoughts on these, while looking...

In the still slow news time we find ourselves in, Media Molecule stirs up emotions by announcing that Dreams has reached end of support as they move on to a new project, Tom Henderson breaks silence on his "Sony Hardware" rumors entailing a handheld that is Remote Play focused, a key Halo figure leaves Microsoft leaving Chris to wonder the value of Sony approaching him should the need arise to re-...

Tom Henderson teases new Sony Hardware that is supposed to hit before the rumored PS5 Pro, could this be a return to handheld and if so, what shape might that take? We share our thoughts on this, E3's attempt to return proving the end of the once invincible "biggest week in gaming", SEGA having some fun with the Sonic The Hedgehog IP by killing Sonic, and Konami investing to dive back deep into th...

This week we celebrate 300 episodes by interacting with YOU, the liseners, and then sharing our thoughts on the reported TMNT game inspired by God of War and following the Last Ronin storyline from TMNT, learn that Multiversus was apparently in beta which is ending in June to allow the game to release in full early next year, talk Bobby Koticks remarks on not letting Sony's interference in their a...

Months after Insomniac confirmed that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will still be releasing this year, Tony Todd might have let the release date slip on Twitter! In an interaction with a fan, he revealed that September seems to be the release date with marketing starting to push in August. We share our thoughts on this, when to expect The Last of Us HBO to return with Season 2, discuss companies delisting...

Hot off the back the most recent State of Play, Jason Schrier and Jeff Grub reveal negative reactions see Suicide Squad delayed again, but how much of the criticism can reasonably be changed? We share our thoughts on this, talk Square Enix underperforming with recent games from big releases like Forspoken to it's smaller and mid-sized titles like The Diofield Chronicle and Triangle Strategy, as we...

A couple weeks out from release, Joseph Moran from the The Trophy Room: A PlayStation Podcast joins Brett for a tale of two episodes. The first half of this show: PSVR 2 deep dive into our impressions and experience with the tech and games, what we want to see from it in the near future, as well as challenges it may face in the long term. The second half? A look at Dragon Ball games returning to B...

State of Play hit this week and brought with it updates on mostly known games, with Baldur's Gate 3 controversy due to it's unplanned exclusivity on PS5 due to Series S development issues, Resident 4 getting even more gameplay ahead of it's upcoming release, and finally a look at Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will be offering gamers when it hits this May. We share our thoughts on all this...

Extra/Premium tier's monthly catalog additions finally bring a newer 1st party game to the service with Horizon: Forbidden West hitting PS Plus, potentially giving us an indication of how PlayStation intends to use 1st party titles with it's subscription service in contrast to Xbox's Game Pass. We share our thoughts on this, State of Play returns with a PSVR2 and 3rd party focused showcase, Hogwar...

Live service (or Games as a Service) titles shook the gaming community in a bit of a recent pile up of games ending support for their titles, with games like Marvel's Avengers, Knock Out City, Rumbleverse, and many more announcing end of service or outright being cancelled before hitting the digital storefronts. Is this indicative of a problem with the type of game, and should PlayStation, who hav...

This week saw a Horizon multiplayer leak that showed footage and concept art for the title in alpha, talk Bloomberg's potentially false reporting of PSVR2 forecasts being lowered, if PSVR2 has enough appeal out of the gate for a high demand, as well as the death of E3 as we knew it with the big 3 bowing out of the yearly trade show this time. We share our thoughts on all this, as well as Naughty D...

2023 is bringing with it new life to Marvel's presence in games, as well as seeing the end of another as Insomniac's Marvel spree continues with Spider-Man 2 being once again reassured to be hitting this year, while on the flip side Crystal Dynamics' Marvel's Avengers game is officially hitting it's end of life stage with one final balancing update before support ends on the long frought game. We...

This week brought with it talk of Ubisoft's troubles, cancelling 3 games and delaying Skull & Bones yet again, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League getting a possible leak hinting at a Live service or Games as a Service style setup, and a leaker returns to tease 3rd party PlayStation deals that line up nicely with the evergreen MGS Remake rumors that have circulated around! We talk all this,...

Sony hit CES with a littany of updates on PlayStation, from 30 million PS5s sold, to Gran Turismo 7 getting a free PSVR2 update, to even announcing their foray into the hardware side of accessbility with Project Leonardo: PlayStation's take on a highly customizable accessibility controller. We share our thoughts on all this, Neil Druckmann talking about Naughty Dog announcing games closer to when...

Neil Druckmann recently stirred the pot when outlets covered that he said Naughty Dog's next game will be "structured more like a TV show", going as far as saying that he'd assembled a writers room for the project, before later clarifying that the quote was taken out of context and instead that he meant the game would just be made in a more collaborative way, but it spurred the question. How could...

Building off the backs of their creators previous work, Striking Distance Studios set out to craft a new survival horror title from the mind behind Dead Space, in the form of The Callisto Protocol. Met with excitement at it's unveiling, and with a sense of hype that carried through to launch, it soon found itself to be quite the divisive game amongst fans and critics alike. We gather in this episo...

In the midst of the ongoing Activision/Blizzard acquistion, Microsoft offers PlayStation access to Call of Duty on PlayStation Plus, and of course The Game Awards have come and gone. This week we'll share our thoughts that, Hogwarts showing new gameplay alongside disappointing news for PS4/Xbox One players, God of War being the next PlayStation IP to start teasing an upcoming show with Corey Barlo...

The long awaited release of The Callisto Protocol has come and with it we share our thoughts on the game in the wake of the game being divisive amongst the internet and ask: Why is The Callisto Protocol so divisive? We also talk Fortnite bringing Unreal Engine 5.1 to the game with Chapter 4 to finally show off tech like Nanite and Lumen in a fully playable console game and how that impacts our exc...