Turn-Based Cynics: Unleashing Snark and Wit on the Gaming World

A new Hellgate game may be coming https://www.gematsu.com/2024/03/hellgate-redemption-announced-for-console-pc-new-game- in-hellgate-london-franchise-by-original-creator Embracer divests Gearbox Entertainment to Take-Two Interactive https://x.com/Wario64/status/1773197294877212904?s=20 Gearbox hit with Layoffs https://www.vgchartz.com/article/460467/gearbox-hit-with-layoffs-following-acquisition-b...

G/O Media mandating "50 guides a week" for Kotaku https://twitter.com/Vahn16/status/177088217204146 Dragons Dogma 2: https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1771165625978667262 GDC Devs need a "Scream": https://twitter.com/Vahn16/status/1770882172041466122 Trailer for Amy Henning's Marvel game got released: https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1771477023828976115 Alpha Protocol gets a...

ColdDeath Dug through the Bullshit to figure out and understand this whole Sweet Baby drama. and He regrets it. Saber Interactive splitting off from Embracer Group https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/saber-interactive-splits-off-from-embracer-group- taking-various-studios-with-them/ Monster Hunter World sales top 25 million https://www.gematsu.com/2024/03/monster-hunter-world-shipments-and-digit...

Capcom raising new graduate salaries https://twitter.com/TechRaptor/status/1765376683430084716 Ghost of Tsushima PC port announced https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1765406479308263515 Warner Brothers delisting Adult Swim games https://vxtwitter.com/Wario64/status/1766101118105338271 EA adding some of their back catalog to Steam https://store.steampowered.com/developer/EA/sale/classic-games-sale...

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League falls short of expectations https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1761021074085380168 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nNQ6ibAl8o Steam Annual Summary 2023 https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/4031353003322171823 Palworld Sales / Player Count Update https://www.gematsu.com/2024/02/palworld-early-access-tops-15-million-sales-on-steam- 10-million-pla...

Disco Elysium dev confirms layoffs / project cancellation https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/disco-elysium-developer-zaum-confirms-game- cancellation-and-layoffs Suikoden creator Yoshitaka Murayama has passed away https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/suikoden-and-eiyuden-chronicle-creator-yoshitaka- murayama-has-passed-away Xbox Update https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/xbox-will-release-four-games-...

Eidos layoffs https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1752015148213064092?s=20 https://archive.is/C91QT Yakuza Dub https://fxtwitter.com/BeatGh0st/status/1751803885595816109 https://fxtwitter.com/BeatGh0st/status/1751804059739173055 Suicide Squad https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/suicide-squad-early-access-bug State of Play https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/playstation-state-of-play-january-2024-reca...

Lots of Palworld stuff Big layoffs at Microsoft https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce "Iconic" hammer from Last of Us 2? https://fxtwitter.com/BoobSliders/status/1751240412000371150 Model comparisons to Pokemon https://twitter.com/covingtown/status/1749462735291859423 https://twitter.com/byofrog/status/1749193341932020097 AI related http...

Sky News: https://fxtwitter.com/VGC_News/status/1742869729658720520 Star Citizen: https://www.ign.com/articles/star-citizen-introducing-a-48000-ship-bundle-but-only-for-players-who-have-already-spent-10000 CCP WRECKS Companies: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-ccp-softens-its-stance-on-live-service-games-after-plummeting-stocks-reportedly-removes-official-responsible-for-the-panic/ Korea doesnt tolerat...

Colddeath finally follows up on his journey of receiving the Steamdeck OLED and we cover a few interesting if not unsurprising stories in the industry. Because hey, EA hasn't been a topic in like 20 minutes. Cited Sources: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/destiny-2-starter-pack-removed a https://fxtwitter.com/PC_Focus_/status/1729822221093265902 Who Are We? Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5...

Its a slow week, so decide to look at some documents summing up the mobile game market for the year, and boy its not a great look. Source in this Video: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/report-83-of-mobile-games-fail-in-the-three-years-after-launch Who Are We? Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5xWHX Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify...

Health problems, Life issues, abroad! The Completionist proves just how complicated giving money to charity can REALLY be. Who Are We? Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5xWHX Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics

Bungie is getting hit hard by rough times, Destiny 2 is seeing massive fall off of retention, Bungie is dropping 100 employees, and we take all this to also deep dive in to the math of Live Service Games. Who Are We? Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5xWHX Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics

ntro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/ Resobaso's Gaming channel: www.resowalkthroughs.com Who Are We? Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @TurnBasedCynics

Its been one hell of a week where everything all kinds of pop off all at the same time. Well, thats certainly something. Who Are We? Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5xWHX Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics

After two weeks of being go we return to catch up on stories and such, New and announced games, A terrible Switch Port, and Epic Games dumping nearly 20% of their staff. Who Are We? Discord: https://discord.gg/wxAud5xWHX Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics

Sources: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unitys-self-combustion-engine-this-week-in-business https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/724974578442567758/1152662040255680523/image.png https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/16jxjbt/close_shop_or_go_bankrupt_what_one_small_game/ Who Are We? Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbase...

Digital Foundry / Eurogamer stuff: https://twitter.com/GenePark/status/1698756550221791253 People overreacting to something: https://archive.ph/4yOio Johnathon Blow being an absolutely Toolbag: https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/1700664410287804639 Who Are We? Twitter, Youtube, Instagram: @Resobaso Twitter: @Colddeath Find Our Show on Apple, Google, and Spotify @Turnbasedcynics

PS Plus price hike: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/playstation-plus-price-hike-announced-for-12-month-subscription-alongside-september Volition Closes Down: https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1697288775968174478 intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: https://coldgamesorg.de/ Resobaso's Gaming...

Sony Portal: https://twitter.com/Knoebelbroet/status/1694334484999508249 Baldurs Gate 3 is Finally coming to Xbox with a missing feature!: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/baldurs-gate-3-xbox-release-is-happening Bioware...Being Bioware: https://blog.bioware.com/2023/08/23/an-update-on-the-state-of-bioware/ intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.wa...

FemFeq Shuts Down (Finally): https://feministfrequency.com/2023/08/01/shutting-down-feminist-frequency/ Minecraft Nothing Burger Story: https://twitter.com/ShitpostRock/status/1687305982009819136?s=20 Baldur's Gate III 3 LAUNCHES: and there's obviously the absolutely massive launch of BG 3 https://steamdb.info/app/1086940/charts/ intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck...

What's a show where we don't get to talk about video games in a personal and sometimes difficult way, we have UltraJDude, Youtube OG, Indie Game Dev, and sometimes Streamer to join the show. Where Was Reso Last Week?: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1879702005 The Never Ending Quest Log:: https://www.youtube.com/ @TNEQL More of Where you find UltraJDude: Sad Folks Interactive: https://twitter...

This Episode was a BLAST! We have a special guest MegaGWolf on the show to talk about gaming, Content Creation and even Twitch life and all that mess brings with it! Youtube: @MegaGWolf Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/megagwolf Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperGWolf intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organiz...

We have missed 3 Episodes of the show in a row and that absolutely blows the show's momentum but despite that. Resobaso, alone without his cohost brings you a mini show to explain what has been happening and why at least on his end this has been happening. intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ ColdDeath's Game Organizer: h...

Star Citizen Just Won't Leave Me Alone: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/star-citizen-launches-alien-week-as-crowdfunding-passes-590-million Activision/Blizzard Deal just won't go away: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/ftc-temporary-restraining-order-microsoft-activision-blizzard intro/Outro music:: https://www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck Written Work: https://blog.walkinshadows.com/ C...