Triangle Squared: A Playstation Podcast

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...

Sony announced that God of War: Ragnarok broke the companies record for fastest selling first-party title, while Pokemon manages to double that, Microsoft offer Sony 10 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation and prepare concessions to help push the Activision deal through, and The Witcher remake goes open-world while being likely being years off from release. We share our thoughts on all this, check...

After years of people bemoaning "shovelware" and "just for platinum" games on PS Store, it seems PlayStation might be clamping down on "spam" games if a report is to be believed. We share our thoughts on this, God of War: Ragnarok's director asking for Santa Monica to helm a Castlevania game, Sony & Honda teaming up to put PS5 into electric vehicles so everyone can tap into their inner Ja Rule...

The Game Awards have revealed the nominees for the seemingly coveted Game of the Year award as well as several other categories, which leads us to look back at this year, how releases have gone, and discuss what we personally make of determining what makes something deserving of a "Game of the Year" moniker. We share our thoughts on that, Razer bringing offset sticks to the PS5 in a surprisingly p...

Sonic Frontiers releases just ahead of one of the biggest games of the year, giving us time to try it out before the shadow of God of War can come into play, whispers in rumortown spread word of PlayStation partnering with NCSoft for a Horizon MMO, and we take a look at what headlines YOU would like to see hit the media in 2023! All this, plus chats about Kojima claiming he'll likely never take a...

EA announced a 3 game deal with Marvel that brings back memories of their sometimes controversial deal with Star Wars, but this time without the exclusivity clause. Will these games sell as well as the Star Wars games while hopefully garnering more universal praise? We talk our thoughts on that, while looking at PlayStation's job listing for a new San Diego Studio to co-develop a new game in a "be...

This week finally saw Konami return to Silent Hill, unveiling not only 1 but multiple new games including a remake of fan favorite Silent Hill 2, timed exclusively to PS5, as well as a new movie from the director of the original movie. Resident Evil followed suit with Capcom showing off the Winter's Expansion for Resdient Evil 8, and a look at much more gameplay from Resident Evil 4's big remake s...

PlayStation makes like Blink-182 and announces the release date and price for its Dualsense Edge controller, while Microsoft claims that Sony said "no" to Game Pass on PlayStation. We look at these topics while delving into PlayStation potentially sitting on a PS Showcase announcement while the CMA investigation for Activision marches forward, Gotham Knights staring controversy in the eye with the...

The internet got in an uproar over a leak claiming that Horizon: Zero Dawn is getting a PS5 remaster, people confuse remaster and remake, and CD Projekt Red go full Marvel by announcing their next 7 titles in the Witcher and Cyberpunk series as well as a new IP that's some time out. We share our thoughts on these, God of War: Ragnarok going gold with the help of Bluepoint Games, a peek behind the...

The Last of Us Day, previously known as Outbreak Day, brought with it a full trailer for the HBO adaptation of the game, finally allowing us a good look at multiple characters outside of Joel and Ellie, such as Nick Offerman's Bill. With the show choosing to follow the same story of the game, we share our thoughts on the positives and negatives of adaptations of games following their source materi...

The gaming world was shaken by a pretty huge leak of GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto VI to be proper), revealing things such as a look at the protagonists, what the world might look like, and gameplay mechanics that Rockstar have evolved since the last entry, but apparently it's all from roughly 3 years ago. We take a look at the impact of leaks, why people are quick to criticize mid-development footage f...

It's a big week for news as Ubisoft Forward brings with it Assassin's Creed Mirage and a barrage of other AC announcements, Sony and Microsoft trade blows in what we are now dubbing #CallofDutyGate, Platinum Games pull the plug on Babylon's Fall, State of Play comes out of nowhere and lugs Tekken 8, a new Team Ninja exclusive, and a fresh trailer for God of War: Ragnarok with it, and more! We shar...

The guys are back to talk about The Last of Us Part 1, when (if ever) is it too soon for a remake, gaming as a luxury hobby, Cyberpunk 2077 turning heel and finally abandoning last gen consoles moving forward with their Phantom Liberty DLC, and Chris' new found addiction to Red Dead Redemption 2 after years of negative experiences with it. There's more, like PSVR2 talk and Microsoft's potential tr...

So Gamescom 2022 happened and brought with it a ton of new game announcements, as well as updates on games we've known about! We share our thoughts on these alongside Sony flirting with developing Days Gone and Gravity Rush films or series, Embracer buying any and everything they can get their hands on (including all of Middle-Earth), PSVR2 launching in early 2023, the crazy lawsuit being leveled...

Marvel's Spider-Man has finally hit PC and with it comes the obligatory searching through files that hint at PlayStation bringing the PSN to PC, meaning you could be earning trophies on PC soon, among other implications that brings, and we get a hint from Disney that their new games showcase will have us seeing something from Amy Hennig's new game which appears to be a Marvel "Ensemble" game that...

As we all know, Square Enix recently announced it's plans to sell Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal and much of it's western development studios and IP to Embracer Group. Many assumed that this was due to a mix of Marvel's Avengers underperforming combined with an assumed effort to trim the fat to better prime the remainder of the company to an interested party, with Sony at the forefront of that a...

Brett is back with Chris to discuss recent reports from Bloomberg on the future of Grand Theft Auto 6 that have the internet asking the question: Is GTA Going Soft? We share our thoughts on this, look at Mental Health and Gaming to talk how our mental states manifest in us playing games and consuming entertainment in vastly different ways, Chris fawns over Apex Legends new season and his grand ret...

With Sol leaving the show and Brett taking a vacation, Chris takes over the show to talk about Apex Legends, The Loch Ness Monster, and Jeff Grubb. New episodes posts every Wednesday at 12PM CST/10AM PST!This show is possible thanks to the support of our Patrons. Consider becoming one today at www.patreon.com/nartechDiscord Server: discord.gg/cEvKzqmTwitch: www.twitch.tv/nartechgamingEmail or Twee...

This week the guys look at Sony investing further into esports, PlayStation taking another swing at a loyalty reward system with the reveal of PlayStation Stars and the promise of 'digital collectibles', the long awaited Stray finally giving gamers a dedicated "meow" button, God of War Ragnarok's performance modes, reminisce on school lunch food, and generally hang out as we talk about how the sho...

This week brings word of a single player Apex game, Haven Studios joining PlayStation officially, and a listener asking what makes a 'AAAA' game? We share our thoughts on these, if Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's next-gen exclusivity might mean an open world, Skull & Bones going toe to toe with God of War: Ragnarok by sharing a release day, how the confirmed Terminator survival game from Nacon might...