PAX West 19: Cosmoteer

Good lord, can't anyone make a decent f#%king game, lately? I know the pandemic was bad, y'all, but seriously... what the frick? Anyway... Redfall reveals more bad news, Suicide Squad delayed a emeffin' YEAR... and in shocking, North Dakota is apprently the the tech hub of the United States. Who knew?! Edie and Nick wrap the week's news.

So much bad news coming this week. First, we have Studio Wildcard doing everything it can to completely piss off fans, and then we have Monster Energy drink suing indy devs because they think they own the word "Monster."

The title is a little misleading... we won't be talking about fart jokes the WHOLE time. We also have the roundup of news, including Naughty Dog's apology for the Last of Us Part 1's PC port, the return of an OG Dragon Age dev to the team, and the unofficial final curtain for E3.

Yaaaaa... that happened.

If you didn't know any better, you might think there's trouble at Square Enix. In one week they close.... uh, make that "absorb"... the Forspoken studio and boot their CEO. Strange things are afoot at the Circle S.

This week, do you say "It's a live service game" without saying "live service"? Well Rocksteady Games showed us how, and the gaming world HATES it. Microsoft attempts to blunt the whole "CoD monopoly" holding up their Activision buyout in the most cynical way possible. And E3 is not dead; it just smells that way.

Nick and Edie are in person and reviewing this week's news.

We are late!

The epic saga of Wizards of the Coast's complete bumbling of their brand was like an epic screenplay, with the little guy winning. But is this win really the end of the battle? No. Absolutely not.

Nearly every day last week we've had new developments in the DND OGL firestorm. The latest moves put Wizards of the Coast on the back foot, but the damage is done. We discuss whether it can be repaired as well as why this probably isn't a win for a community but a tactical retreat for WotC.