On this week’s podcast, we speculate on possible settings for the next Luigi’s Mansion game. We also go over the highlights of the latest PlayStation State of Play, and talk about what we have been playing and watching lately!

[News of the Week]

• PlayStation Network outage

• Patent confirms joycon mouse feature

• Where should the next Luigi's Mansion take place?

• Battlefield 6 revealed with early testing program

• EA CEO says there will an Apex Legends 2.0 update after Battlefield 6

• Retro Sim Cities 1 / 2

• 5 new levels coming to Astro Bot

[Features]

• PlayStation State of Play

• • Hell is Us releasing on September 4th (Deus Ex connection)

  • Saros - New game from Hoursemarque

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7: Rebirth

• Buckaroo Banzai

• X-Com 2

• Marvel Rivals

Episode 173

On this week’s episode we talk about the latest update for No Man’s Sky, layoffs at Bioware following the flop of Dragon Age The Veilguard, and the deep dive on Doom: The Dark Ages.

[News of the Week]

• No Man's Sky Worlds Part 2

• Bioware layoffs

• • Legendary Drops’ video on EA falling apart

• Xbox Developer Direct

• • Doom: The Dark Ages deep dive

[Games out this week]

• Games coming out in February

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Severance / Silo

• Marvel Rivals

• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

• Podcasts: Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, The Rest is History

• HBO’s Rome show

On this week’s episode, we talk about Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal trailer and a handful of other interesting news items. Then we wrap it up with what we have been playing and watching!

[News of the Week]

SteamOS expands beyond the steam deck

Xbox teases new OS

Next Xbox may arrive in 2026

Rumored Oblivion remake could come as early as June

Sony cancels live service games

[Features]

Switch 2 Announcement

New Mario Kart footage

Switch 2 leaks point to controllers that work like computer mice

Games reportedly coming to Switch 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

Theaters

FF7: Rebirth

Marvel Rivals

Mario Galaxy