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This week, TJ finally decides to play Middle Earth: Shadow of War, and there is a debate on whether he should play Shadow of Mordor or just watch a Let’s Play of the game first.

The news includes:

• Cities: Skylines 2 DLC has been delayed and weekly patches have come to an end
• Warner Bros says Wonder Woman won’t be a live-service game
• Knights of the Old Republic remake reportedly not in active development
• Insomniac’s Wolverine reportedly due 2025

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This week is all about Starfield, Grand Theft Auto 6 and Chucky.

The news includes:

• Rockstar officially announces GTA 6 reveal in December
• PlayStation and X break up
• Nintendo says Switch releases won’t be bound by “traditional” platform lifecycle
• The enormous new Stellaris DLC finally has a release date

All this and listener feedback!

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The guys continue from #700 by discussing, among other things, the upcoming Dark Forces remaster.

The news includes:

• Xbox Partner preview
• Cities: Skylines 2 studio promises performance issues can and will be fixed
• PlayStation 5 Slim disc drive seems to require internet connection to install
• Xbox sees record-breaking Q1 gaming revenue
• Hogwarts Legacy Switch Day One update is larger than game’s cartridge size

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The TD Gaming Podcast reaches its big 700th episode milestone, but unfortunately it covers some boring industry news about Microsoft, Activision, Lies of P, and giantesses in Baldur’s Gate 3.

The news items include:

• Microsoft closes $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
• Phil Spencer: Activision Blizzard games are not coming to Game Pass until 2024
• Cities: Skylines 2 performance has “not achieved the benchmark we targeted”
• Cities: Skylines 2 won’t use Steam Workshop for mod sharing
• Lies of P passes 1 million units sold

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This week, the guys discuss the upcoming consoles coming from Sony and Nintendo, announced and rumored respectively.

The news includes:

• New PS5 Slim officially revealed
• Nintendo Switch 2 name, release date and pricing reportedly revealed
• Unity CEO Riccitiello steps down, effective immediately

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Game news:

• Payday 3’s first update is delayed to mid-October to ensure its stability
• Wolf Among Us 2 dev says “Telltale laid most of us off”
• Sony confirms cyber-attack exposed details of nearly 7000 current and former employees
• Stardew Valley creator shares new screenshots of Haunted Chocolatier

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This week the guys discuss Electronic Arts soccer, Far Cry 7, Vampire Survivors, Sony vs. Gaming Heads, Starfield, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, The Talos Principle 2, and Unity getting games canceled.

• PlayStation boss Jim Ryan to retire next spring
• Meta Quest 3 is coming on October 10
• All of Sony systems allegedly hacked by new ransomware group

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Plenty to talk about, as the guys discuss Cities Skylines 2, The Elder Scrolls 6, Phil Spencer’s old emails, the Steam Deck 2 and The Division 3. However, the main focus of discussion lies in the Nintendo Direct, PlayStation State of Play and Xbox Tokyo Game Show conference and what to expect in the future.

The news otherwise features:

• Xbox Series X disc-Less design leaks online
• Fallout 3 remaster leads colossal Microsoft leak of unannounced games

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Life By You looks promising, Armored Core 6 is kicking all sorts of butt, and NBA 2K24 gets more and more predatory and dismaying.

The news this week includes:

• NBA 2K24 players say new badge regression system feels like a “second job”
• Nintendo reportedly gave private Switch 2 demos to developers
• Atari acquires massive Atari archive after revealing a new 2600 that takes cartridges
• Starfield mod tools are coming in 2024

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As Starfield readies its launch, Baldur’s Gate 3 gets a ton of updates.

The news includes:

• Star Wars: Dark Forces is getting the Nightdive remaster treatment
• Xbox must have mobile presence if it’s going to thrive, Phil Spencer says
• No Man’s Sky adds its first new race in its biggest update of the year
• Citizen Sleeper 2 announced
• League of Legends is ditching Mythic items

All this and Listener Feedback.