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– Hello, folks.
Today is Friday, December 16th, 2022.
As usual, my name is Jake Baldino.
Here to talk about the video game news
that has been going on this week.
It’s been quite a week,
so let’s just jump in.
First, with some hot rumors.
Now, this is,
take this as an extreme rumor,
take it with a grain of salt,
of course, but there’s
actually some stuff coming up
about “The Last of Us Part 3,” apparently.
Now, this comes from Twitter
person, anonymous leaker,
and by the username ViewerAnon.
Who, you know, could just be
a random person on Twitter.
But they actually have a
more recent track record
of getting a couple of things right,
including leaking some details
about “The Last of US” HBO show,
specific details and getting them right.
As well as the existence
of “Crash Bandicoot 4.”
So there’s that, at least.
Some people are hanging onto this.
Now, ViewerAnon suggests
that the “Last of Us Part
3” is well in the works,
and it is Naughty Dog’s next game
after the “Factions” multiplayer thing
that’s going to be released.
They talked about that earlier this year,
but apparently, right after that,
“The Last of Us Part 3” is
their next official game.
Now, people behind Naughty
Dog like Neil Druckman
and stuff have one on record
saying that they have an outline
for a possible next game,
but this is apparently now a real thing.
Again, if this guy is right.
When somebody asked this leaker
about like what’s going
on with “Uncharted,”
they suggested that another
studio is working on it.
Now, that could mean anything.
Another studio internally,
another small group within
Naughty Dog working on it,
or is “Uncharted” going to be outsourced
or rebooted to another Sony studio?
We don’t know for sure,
but me, at the end of the day,
I personally was hoping for something
other than “The Last of Us Part 3”.
I’m not an anti “Last
of Us” person at all,
believe me, but I like Naughty Dog enough
that I just wanna see them
take on different things,
come up with new things.
Or I’m gonna be one of those weirdos
still telling them to go
back and make cartoon games.
I want another “Jak
and Daxter,” goddammit,
but that’s besides the point.
If this stuff is even true
and “The Last of Us Part
3” is their next game,
there’s also the big question like,
where does the story go now?
it’s the same question I had
after the end of the first game,
I have after the end of the second game.
What do we do now?
Like, there’s some open-ended stuff,
but I don’t know, man.
On the other side of it,
like the money making business side of it,
I mean the another “Last
of Us Game” can make sense,
especially if they’re going
off the momentum of the show.
The HBO show, it seems like
they’re building this thing up
to be a big deal.
They released “Last of US Part 1,”
a cleaner, newer, more expensive version
of the original game for
more people to play, access,
new people, new players,
along with it going on PC.
So like the “Last of Us” is
a ball rolling right now.
It’s a snowball thing.
So maybe 3 is the obvious next choice.
I don’t know, they should stop,
and make like a “Last of
Us” cart racer in between.
Okay, bad, stupid old game jokes aside,
that’s where we’re at with this news
so let me know what you think.
I’m sure you’re gonna
have lots of opinions.
In other news, Rockstar
Games has been in the news
because they unveiled like
a cool new flashy logo
that people are like,
“Oh my God, is it “Grand Theft Auto 6?”
Whatever ,dude, I don’t know.
But the big thing is that
they just dropped ray tracing
in “Grant Theft Auto 5” for
PS5 and Xbox Series X and S
in an update.
And holy shit, like,
this looks really good.
I mean, granted they’re
putting ray tracing
into an older game
that technically should
be able to handle it,
but like, damn, this video
of it via GTA Series Videos,
it’ll be linked into
description down below
if you wanna check it out, is pretty wild.
I mean, this is pretty
cool, impressive stuff.
Video Game Tech gets
more and more impressive.
We talked about it last week,
a couple weeks before.
And it’s nice to see cool stuff
being implemented more and more now.
That’s really it.
That’s the long and short of it.
Oh, and some other surprise news.
If you’re watching this on
Friday when this goes up,
just yesterday, Sony just low-key dropped
that “Spider-Man 2,”
the next insomniac big “Spider-Man” game,
is releasing next year,
fall of 2023, believe it or not.
I didn’t expect that.
I thought we were going
to be waiting longer.
But in their PlayStation blog,
kind of like looking at
what’s coming in 2023,
one of the big things
right at the top was this,
“Spider-Man 2,” fall 2023.
And games get delayed all the time.
Let’s be honest, (chuckles)
especially, like, I don’t know.
I’m more used to things
getting delayed so much
because of like the pandemic
and everything that
went on with development
for the last two years.
But even going back to normalsville,
like, games still get
delayed all the time.
That being said, I hope we see it.
Love “Spider-Man,”
so we’ll just have to wait and see.
Sticking with me,
sticking with Sony for a sec,
also hot on the news
is that apparently, Gorilla Games
is working on a “Horizon”
multiplayer game.
Yes, a like new game set in the universe
of “Horizon Forbidden West,” “Zero Dawn,”
but fully multiplayer.
This is because of a job posting,
and they basically
outlined a multiplayer game
with familiar characters and elements
from the world of “Horizon,”
which is pretty big.
I’ve seen ramblings out there
of like a concept
of kind of like a “Monster
Hunter” style game,
like, in terms of
multiplayer for “Horizon,”
which I mean, makes sense, right?
You think about the way
monster hunting goes down
in something like a “Monster Hunter,”
and people love the hell out of that.
So I mean like, “Horizon”‘s already
kind of like this “Monster
Hunter” like type of thing,
so it’s a no-brainer.
I’d really like to see how this goes down,
and I hope it becomes a thing,
’cause, I don’t know,
actually, I don’t know how I
was gonna finish that sentence.
Robot dinosaurs are cool.
Oh, and a little “Tomb
Raider” update for you.
We got a little bit more about
the next “Tomb Raider” game.
We already know Embracer Group
who now owns Crystal Dynamics
has said that they are making
a new “Tomb Raider” game,
but now we know officially
that Crystal Dynamics is partnering up
with Amazon Games to put this bad boy out,
and it is going to be a
multi-platform “Tomb Raider” game
on Unreal Engine 5.
I think we knew the Unreal
Engine 5 bit already,
but Amazon is involved,
and just a blanket statement,
was basically the description,
you playing as a confident
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider,
in a world with combat
and mind-bending puzzles.
So as a “Tomb Raider” fan,
I still have so many questions
about like are we getting classic Lara,
’cause that’s, at this point,
that’s what I want,
and I know a lot of “Tomb
Raider” fans out there
definitely want that as well.
Or are we continuing from the last thing,
like, it’s like, it’s
been hard to tell really
with what they’ve stated so far.
Here’s my pitch.
“Lara Croft Tomb Raider” Battle Royal.
100 Laras drop onto an island,
and each one of them has two guns
and they gotta fight a bunch of wolves.
What, I don’t know.
Okay, anyway, bad joke, let’s move on.
I’m working this out.
Okay, I’m workshopping bits.
Okay, next up we have a little
bit of “Elden Ring” news.
Something I didn’t acknowledge last week
during the kind of Friday news
show game award type video
’cause I wasn’t feeling well,
I missed some stuff.
But “Elden Ring,” of course,
won Game of the Year.
And Miyazaki acknowledged
that they are working
on more things specifically
with “Elden Ring.”
We already talked about
the PVP Coliseum thing
that opened up,
but apparently, there is more to come.
We know that they’ve been
working on DLC, kind of,
but to hear Miyazaki,
head of FromSoftware,
acknowledged it himself, is good.
And the fact that he
said several more things
is pretty exciting.
Along with that, more
recently, Miyazaki and Friends
did the interview circuit,
and they had a conversation with IGN
talking about “Armored Core 6,”
where if you remember,
we got that sick ass, cool
concept trailer type thing,
and the game is apparently coming in 2023.
Well, he outlined that they are not
specifically trying to
make it a “Soulsborne”
or “Souls” like style game.
Like, it’s not going to
necessarily play like one.
Some people were kind of speculating that,
where “Armored Core” old
school fans didn’t expect that.
It seems like they’re going to stick
to the mecha stuff here
from what they’ve said.
However, he did say that
there are going to be
some really awesome boss battles,
and that is a main focus of the game
and kind of the challenge
of that boss battle
and outwitting them.
But he said specifically,
they had not been making
a conscious effort
to try to direct “Armored Core”
towards more “Soulsborne” type gameplay.
And I quote,
“Boss battles are the highlight this game
in this title.
The essence of the battles
in which the player
reads the enemy’s moves,
and then plays games with them,
is of course, provided as
is typical of FromSoftware.
But in this title,
both the enemy and your
own machine are aggressive
and violent in their attacks.
We are developing the game
so that players can enjoy the dynamic
and intense boss battles
that only mechas can offer,
along with the unique
aspects of ‘Armored Core.'”
I’m really excited to see this one.
As somebody who never really
got into “Armored core,”
and I expect there’s a
lot of people out there,
I think this is pretty
exciting that the fact
that they labeled it “Armored
Core 6” specifically,
in my opinion,
seems like they still
wanna give those OG fans
what they want.
There are tons of “Armored Core” fans,
so I’m really hoping
FromSoftware delivers.
And while it seems like
it’s gonna be hard to please
new FromSoftware fans
and “Armored Core” fans,
I think if anybody can do it,
they can, at this point.
They earned the benefit of the doubt.
And next up, this episode is
brought to you by no sponsor.
We have no sponsors for
the rest of the year.
We’re wrapping things up here.
I think, technically, this is
the last Friday show of news,
but you’re gonna be getting
me every Friday still,
I’m not going anywhere.
But I just wanted to say,
as always, thank you guys for watching.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for dealing with,
or watching, or clicking on the sponsors.
However you watch us,
just thanks for sticking around.
Now, moving on, it’s the end of the year.
Just when you thought
they couldn’t have have
squeezed in another game delay,
somehow they did.
Warner Brothers has announced
that the previous gen versions
of “Hogwarts Legacy” are being pushed.
So PS5, Xbox series X and S,
and PC versions are still
launching February 10th,
but the PS4 and Xbox One
versions are dropping April 4th,
and the Nintendo Switch version
is coming in July, July 25th.
And I can’t imagine what the
switch version of that game
is gonna look like.
I don’t think it’s streaming.
I don’t, I should look into that.
But, yeah, that’s where we’re at.
Final game delay of the year.
Hopefully, nothing else
squeaks by, but yeah.
Also some stuff I just wanted to link
in the description down below,
some reminders, stuff like that.
The first is the trailer
for “High on Life”
that dropped this week.
People seem to be playing
that and enjoying it.
I haven’t jumped in yet,
but we might be doing a
Before You Buy on this one
over the weekend,
I’m not on that though.
I need a little bit of a break
from Before You Buy videos.
But, yeah, also, the
“Witcher 3” Next Gen Update
did drop on PS5 and Series X.
It seems like, for the most part,
it’s a pretty banger little update.
The PC version still has some quirks
that are getting worked out,
which is really unfortunate.
But otherwise, just some
thoughtful little implementations
and improvements here and there.
That’s just a nice reason
to revisit the “Witcher 3.”
One of my favorite games
I’ll always take an excuse to do so.
Also “Crisis Core” drops.
There’s a trailer for that.
Seems like people are
really, really digging that.
Lots of stuff floating,
a lot of memes floating around
out there, I appreciate.
And also, two things I linked.
The first is Hideo Kojima’s new studio.
This is like a flashy,
almost like billionaire YouTuber
style video game studio.
Like, it just looks crazy.
It’s absolutely insane.
Good for them.
He highlighted that they were working
on “Death Stranding 2” and another game.
And then also multimedia projects.
So there you have it.
Along with that, I also just
linked a quick interview
with the guy who went
viral at the Game Awards
at the Game Awards orchestra.
The guy who was playing the flute,
and going crazy,
and just really loving it.
The Verge, I believe did
an interview with him,
and it’s just really nice.
He’s just a passionate guy who loves music
and loves his job.
And I just thought that was
worth getting some eyeballs on.
It’s worth reading
if you wanna feel something
nice about someone.
Well, little Friday inspiration
for you, I don’t know.
Also, Valve kind of talked
about the next iteration
of the Steam Deck.
Yeah, in an interview with The Verge,
Valve let Lawrence Yang
and Pierre-Loup Griffais,
if I’m saying his name right,
to just kind of do a
full ranging interview,
and they touched on a lot of things.
Number one, that they still wanna revisit
the Steam Controller
and make a Steam Controller 2,
which is cool for a very
specific group of people,
you perverts.
I’m kidding. (chuckles)
But also, the fact that Steam Deck 2
is a possibility at
sometime in the future.
They reiterated that it is
a multi-generational thing,
and I still feel like Valve
isn’t going to just fart out
a completely new revision
every year like a cell phone.
But at some point, they
did specifically say
that the things that they
are going to upgrade first
are going to be screen and battery life.
They’re still confident in the fact
that the internals can
play a lot of modern games,
so don’t expect revisions
for that anytime soon.
But they are looking into the battery life
and the screen,
which, just judging from my
YouTube comments and stuff,
and what I’ve seen,
that’s the thing most
people take issue with.
Battery Life hasn’t bothered me too much,
but the fact that it is
a concern for people,
they obviously wanna
improve that, so, cool.
Are we gonna see that right away?
No, I don’t think so.
I think they’re still focused
on doing little incremental changes,
both just to hardware manufacturing,
but also software.
The amount of updates
they’ve done to this thing
over the course of a year
has been really impressive.
So that’s where that’s at.
That full interview,
like everything I talked about,
of course will be linked
into description down below.
But also, it’s worth pointing out,
you know, the whole digital future
and game ownership stuff.
Some games have been taken online by Epic.
They have shut down
servers and online services
for a handful of games,
including old “Dance Central” games,
old “Rock Band” games, specifically
“Rock Band 1, 2, and 3,”
and the “Green Day” and
“Beatles, Rock Band” games.
And the old “Unreal”
games like “Unreal II,”
“Unreal Tournament 2003, 04”
and “Unreal Tournament 3.”
They did announce that they are bringing
“Unreal Tournament 3” to Epic Games,
and they’re gonna like
bring it back as a thing
with Epic services specifically,
but “Unreal Tournament 3” really?
Wouldn’t have been my first choice,
but also, I’m not the expert,
I’m more of a “Quake,”
“Tribes” guy, but yeah.
As generation grows
and the span widens,
shit’s gonna move fast and loose.
I mean, just look at the
entertainment industry,
and look about how many
things just sudden,
the fact that HBO announced
that they’re just taking
“Westworld” off of HBO Max is wild.
They like just made that show.
So just pay attention and
be an informed consumer
as the digital future continues.
Now, finally, let’s just talk
entertainment real quick.
Couple of new announcements.
The first is “God of War,” the show.
We’ve known this is a thing,
but people have a short attention span,
so like the new announcement
kind of spurred interest.
but the new announcement
just comes with, specifically,
who the people involved are?
This is going to be a “God of War” show
coming to Amazon that is in the works.
And it is from two people
behind and very involved
with the “Wheel of Time,” “The Expanse,”
which is very cool.
And yeah, that’s gonna
be Sony Pictures TV,
Amazon Studios working
together for a thing.
And the official description
describes the plot of “God of War” 2018,
which is very interesting to make a show
about a character that
had a previous life,
like, he’s coming down
from a previous life
from somewhere else,
but it’s other video games.
Like, it’s just interesting.
I would’ve loved to have seen them
start with “God of War 1.”
Make a (beep) “God of War 1” show.
Could you imagine what that will be like?
I can’t.
But the people love “God of War” 2018,
and it’s a solid story and a good play.
It’s cool, so yeah, there’s that.
But also, the announcement this week
that “Death Stranding”
is also getting a movie.
Okay, good luck with this.
It seems like more of
it’s just like a sitting
on the rights thing.
I don’t know if we’re ever
really going to see this,
but the producer of the very awesome,
recent horror movie, “Barbarian,”
has announced a partnership
with Kojima Productions
to develop and produce a
film adapting the Game.
Good luck with that. (laughs)
I really liked “Death Stranding.”
I thought it was really creative,
but like the story and telling that
in just the format of a film,
I don’t know, man.
It’s the same thing with
the “Metal Gear” movie.
It’s like, how do you,
it’s a lot.
Let’s just say that.
But that’s a video game news
that has been going on this week.
So of course I wanna hear from you, guys,
in the comments, like,
what you’re thinking
about this stuff from those shows,
to “The Last of Us,”
and “Uncharted” rumors,
to delays, “Tomb Raider,”
a new “Spider-Man” game
possibly coming next year.
Let’s talk about all this
gaming news down there.
I definitely wanna hear from you.
And of course, if you ever
wanna yell at me directly,
’cause we’ll be in the comments,
we’ll be there as much as possible,
but things get a little crazy.
So just shout at me on Twitter
and Instagram @JakeBaldino.
And also, still, be on
the lookout for scammers
in YouTube comments.
It’s on our channel,
but it’s on all YouTube channels.
We moderate as much as possible,
but the bots are out of control.
If you get like a fake Gameranx account
messaging you or replying to you saying,
“Hi, DM me on Discord or Telegram,
you’ve won a free prize,”
it’s not us.
Dude, we’re not doing giveaways like that.
And also, we’re not gonna ask you
to like send us your address
and social security number on Discord.
Unfortunately, people are
falling for this stuff.
But just be aware,
as of right now,
we’re not doing any giveaways,
so stay safe out there.
And speaking of staying
safe, happy holidays.
Although you’re going to see
me much more up until then.
I’m still gonna be here every Friday,
just different types of videos.
But thank you very much for watching.
Have a great one.
We love you.
I’m Jake Baldino.
See you guys next time.
Pizza’s on me.
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– Hello, folks.
Today is Friday, December 16th, 2022.
As usual, my name is Jake Baldino.
Here to talk about the video game news
that has been going on this week.
It’s been quite a week,
so let’s just jump in.
First, with some hot rumors.
Now, this is,
take this as an extreme rumor,
take it with a grain of salt,
of course, but there’s
actually some stuff coming up
about “The Last of Us Part 3,” apparently.
Now, this comes from Twitter
person, anonymous leaker,
and by the username ViewerAnon.
Who, you know, could just be
a random person on Twitter.
But they actually have a
more recent track record
of getting a couple of things right,
including leaking some details
about “The Last of US” HBO show,
specific details and getting them right.
As well as the existence
of “Crash Bandicoot 4.”
So there’s that, at least.
Some people are hanging onto this.
Now, ViewerAnon suggests
that the “Last of Us Part
3” is well in the works,
and it is Naughty Dog’s next game
after the “Factions” multiplayer thing
that’s going to be released.
They talked about that earlier this year,
but apparently, right after that,
“The Last of Us Part 3” is
their next official game.
Now, people behind Naughty
Dog like Neil Druckman
and stuff have one on record
saying that they have an outline
for a possible next game,
but this is apparently now a real thing.
Again, if this guy is right.
When somebody asked this leaker
about like what’s going
on with “Uncharted,”
they suggested that another
studio is working on it.
Now, that could mean anything.
Another studio internally,
another small group within
Naughty Dog working on it,
or is “Uncharted” going to be outsourced
or rebooted to another Sony studio?
We don’t know for sure,
but me, at the end of the day,
I personally was hoping for something
other than “The Last of Us Part 3”.
I’m not an anti “Last
of Us” person at all,
believe me, but I like Naughty Dog enough
that I just wanna see them
take on different things,
come up with new things.
Or I’m gonna be one of those weirdos
still telling them to go
back and make cartoon games.
I want another “Jak
and Daxter,” goddammit,
but that’s besides the point.
If this stuff is even true
and “The Last of Us Part
3” is their next game,
there’s also the big question like,
where does the story go now?
it’s the same question I had
after the end of the first game,
I have after the end of the second game.
What do we do now?
Like, there’s some open-ended stuff,
but I don’t know, man.
On the other side of it,
like the money making business side of it,
I mean the another “Last
of Us Game” can make sense,
especially if they’re going
off the momentum of the show.
The HBO show, it seems like
they’re building this thing up
to be a big deal.
They released “Last of US Part 1,”
a cleaner, newer, more expensive version
of the original game for
more people to play, access,
new people, new players,
along with it going on PC.
So like the “Last of Us” is
a ball rolling right now.
It’s a snowball thing.
So maybe 3 is the obvious next choice.
I don’t know, they should stop,
and make like a “Last of
Us” cart racer in between.
Okay, bad, stupid old game jokes aside,
that’s where we’re at with this news
so let me know what you think.
I’m sure you’re gonna
have lots of opinions.
In other news, Rockstar
Games has been in the news
because they unveiled like
a cool new flashy logo
that people are like,
“Oh my God, is it “Grand Theft Auto 6?”
Whatever ,dude, I don’t know.
But the big thing is that
they just dropped ray tracing
in “Grant Theft Auto 5” for
PS5 and Xbox Series X and S
in an update.
And holy shit, like,
this looks really good.
I mean, granted they’re
putting ray tracing
into an older game
that technically should
be able to handle it,
but like, damn, this video
of it via GTA Series Videos,
it’ll be linked into
description down below
if you wanna check it out, is pretty wild.
I mean, this is pretty
cool, impressive stuff.
Video Game Tech gets
more and more impressive.
We talked about it last week,
a couple weeks before.
And it’s nice to see cool stuff
being implemented more and more now.
That’s really it.
That’s the long and short of it.
Oh, and some other surprise news.
If you’re watching this on
Friday when this goes up,
just yesterday, Sony just low-key dropped
that “Spider-Man 2,”
the next insomniac big “Spider-Man” game,
is releasing next year,
fall of 2023, believe it or not.
I didn’t expect that.
I thought we were going
to be waiting longer.
But in their PlayStation blog,
kind of like looking at
what’s coming in 2023,
one of the big things
right at the top was this,
“Spider-Man 2,” fall 2023.
And games get delayed all the time.
Let’s be honest, (chuckles)
especially, like, I don’t know.
I’m more used to things
getting delayed so much
because of like the pandemic
and everything that
went on with development
for the last two years.
But even going back to normalsville,
like, games still get
delayed all the time.
That being said, I hope we see it.
Love “Spider-Man,”
so we’ll just have to wait and see.
Sticking with me,
sticking with Sony for a sec,
also hot on the news
is that apparently, Gorilla Games
is working on a “Horizon”
multiplayer game.
Yes, a like new game set in the universe
of “Horizon Forbidden West,” “Zero Dawn,”
but fully multiplayer.
This is because of a job posting,
and they basically
outlined a multiplayer game
with familiar characters and elements
from the world of “Horizon,”
which is pretty big.
I’ve seen ramblings out there
of like a concept
of kind of like a “Monster
Hunter” style game,
like, in terms of
multiplayer for “Horizon,”
which I mean, makes sense, right?
You think about the way
monster hunting goes down
in something like a “Monster Hunter,”
and people love the hell out of that.
So I mean like, “Horizon”‘s already
kind of like this “Monster
Hunter” like type of thing,
so it’s a no-brainer.
I’d really like to see how this goes down,
and I hope it becomes a thing,
’cause, I don’t know,
actually, I don’t know how I
was gonna finish that sentence.
Robot dinosaurs are cool.
Oh, and a little “Tomb
Raider” update for you.
We got a little bit more about
the next “Tomb Raider” game.
We already know Embracer Group
who now owns Crystal Dynamics
has said that they are making
a new “Tomb Raider” game,
but now we know officially
that Crystal Dynamics is partnering up
with Amazon Games to put this bad boy out,
and it is going to be a
multi-platform “Tomb Raider” game
on Unreal Engine 5.
I think we knew the Unreal
Engine 5 bit already,
but Amazon is involved,
and just a blanket statement,
was basically the description,
you playing as a confident
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider,
in a world with combat
and mind-bending puzzles.
So as a “Tomb Raider” fan,
I still have so many questions
about like are we getting classic Lara,
’cause that’s, at this point,
that’s what I want,
and I know a lot of “Tomb
Raider” fans out there
definitely want that as well.
Or are we continuing from the last thing,
like, it’s like, it’s
been hard to tell really
with what they’ve stated so far.
Here’s my pitch.
“Lara Croft Tomb Raider” Battle Royal.
100 Laras drop onto an island,
and each one of them has two guns
and they gotta fight a bunch of wolves.
What, I don’t know.
Okay, anyway, bad joke, let’s move on.
I’m working this out.
Okay, I’m workshopping bits.
Okay, next up we have a little
bit of “Elden Ring” news.
Something I didn’t acknowledge last week
during the kind of Friday news
show game award type video
’cause I wasn’t feeling well,
I missed some stuff.
But “Elden Ring,” of course,
won Game of the Year.
And Miyazaki acknowledged
that they are working
on more things specifically
with “Elden Ring.”
We already talked about
the PVP Coliseum thing
that opened up,
but apparently, there is more to come.
We know that they’ve been
working on DLC, kind of,
but to hear Miyazaki,
head of FromSoftware,
acknowledged it himself, is good.
And the fact that he
said several more things
is pretty exciting.
Along with that, more
recently, Miyazaki and Friends
did the interview circuit,
and they had a conversation with IGN
talking about “Armored Core 6,”
where if you remember,
we got that sick ass, cool
concept trailer type thing,
and the game is apparently coming in 2023.
Well, he outlined that they are not
specifically trying to
make it a “Soulsborne”
or “Souls” like style game.
Like, it’s not going to
necessarily play like one.
Some people were kind of speculating that,
where “Armored Core” old
school fans didn’t expect that.
It seems like they’re going to stick
to the mecha stuff here
from what they’ve said.
However, he did say that
there are going to be
some really awesome boss battles,
and that is a main focus of the game
and kind of the challenge
of that boss battle
and outwitting them.
But he said specifically,
they had not been making
a conscious effort
to try to direct “Armored Core”
towards more “Soulsborne” type gameplay.
And I quote,
“Boss battles are the highlight this game
in this title.
The essence of the battles
in which the player
reads the enemy’s moves,
and then plays games with them,
is of course, provided as
is typical of FromSoftware.
But in this title,
both the enemy and your
own machine are aggressive
and violent in their attacks.
We are developing the game
so that players can enjoy the dynamic
and intense boss battles
that only mechas can offer,
along with the unique
aspects of ‘Armored Core.'”
I’m really excited to see this one.
As somebody who never really
got into “Armored core,”
and I expect there’s a
lot of people out there,
I think this is pretty
exciting that the fact
that they labeled it “Armored
Core 6” specifically,
in my opinion,
seems like they still
wanna give those OG fans
what they want.
There are tons of “Armored Core” fans,
so I’m really hoping
FromSoftware delivers.
And while it seems like
it’s gonna be hard to please
new FromSoftware fans
and “Armored Core” fans,
I think if anybody can do it,
they can, at this point.
They earned the benefit of the doubt.
And next up, this episode is
brought to you by no sponsor.
We have no sponsors for
the rest of the year.
We’re wrapping things up here.
I think, technically, this is
the last Friday show of news,
but you’re gonna be getting
me every Friday still,
I’m not going anywhere.
But I just wanted to say,
as always, thank you guys for watching.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for dealing with,
or watching, or clicking on the sponsors.
However you watch us,
just thanks for sticking around.
Now, moving on, it’s the end of the year.
Just when you thought
they couldn’t have have
squeezed in another game delay,
somehow they did.
Warner Brothers has announced
that the previous gen versions
of “Hogwarts Legacy” are being pushed.
So PS5, Xbox series X and S,
and PC versions are still
launching February 10th,
but the PS4 and Xbox One
versions are dropping April 4th,
and the Nintendo Switch version
is coming in July, July 25th.
And I can’t imagine what the
switch version of that game
is gonna look like.
I don’t think it’s streaming.
I don’t, I should look into that.
But, yeah, that’s where we’re at.
Final game delay of the year.
Hopefully, nothing else
squeaks by, but yeah.
Also some stuff I just wanted to link
in the description down below,
some reminders, stuff like that.
The first is the trailer
for “High on Life”
that dropped this week.
People seem to be playing
that and enjoying it.
I haven’t jumped in yet,
but we might be doing a
Before You Buy on this one
over the weekend,
I’m not on that though.
I need a little bit of a break
from Before You Buy videos.
But, yeah, also, the
“Witcher 3” Next Gen Update
did drop on PS5 and Series X.
It seems like, for the most part,
it’s a pretty banger little update.
The PC version still has some quirks
that are getting worked out,
which is really unfortunate.
But otherwise, just some
thoughtful little implementations
and improvements here and there.
That’s just a nice reason
to revisit the “Witcher 3.”
One of my favorite games
I’ll always take an excuse to do so.
Also “Crisis Core” drops.
There’s a trailer for that.
Seems like people are
really, really digging that.
Lots of stuff floating,
a lot of memes floating around
out there, I appreciate.
And also, two things I linked.
The first is Hideo Kojima’s new studio.
This is like a flashy,
almost like billionaire YouTuber
style video game studio.
Like, it just looks crazy.
It’s absolutely insane.
Good for them.
He highlighted that they were working
on “Death Stranding 2” and another game.
And then also multimedia projects.
So there you have it.
Along with that, I also just
linked a quick interview
with the guy who went
viral at the Game Awards
at the Game Awards orchestra.
The guy who was playing the flute,
and going crazy,
and just really loving it.
The Verge, I believe did
an interview with him,
and it’s just really nice.
He’s just a passionate guy who loves music
and loves his job.
And I just thought that was
worth getting some eyeballs on.
It’s worth reading
if you wanna feel something
nice about someone.
Well, little Friday inspiration
for you, I don’t know.
Also, Valve kind of talked
about the next iteration
of the Steam Deck.
Yeah, in an interview with The Verge,
Valve let Lawrence Yang
and Pierre-Loup Griffais,
if I’m saying his name right,
to just kind of do a
full ranging interview,
and they touched on a lot of things.
Number one, that they still wanna revisit
the Steam Controller
and make a Steam Controller 2,
which is cool for a very
specific group of people,
you perverts.
I’m kidding. (chuckles)
But also, the fact that Steam Deck 2
is a possibility at
sometime in the future.
They reiterated that it is
a multi-generational thing,
and I still feel like Valve
isn’t going to just fart out
a completely new revision
every year like a cell phone.
But at some point, they
did specifically say
that the things that they
are going to upgrade first
are going to be screen and battery life.
They’re still confident in the fact
that the internals can
play a lot of modern games,
so don’t expect revisions
for that anytime soon.
But they are looking into the battery life
and the screen,
which, just judging from my
YouTube comments and stuff,
and what I’ve seen,
that’s the thing most
people take issue with.
Battery Life hasn’t bothered me too much,
but the fact that it is
a concern for people,
they obviously wanna
improve that, so, cool.
Are we gonna see that right away?
No, I don’t think so.
I think they’re still focused
on doing little incremental changes,
both just to hardware manufacturing,
but also software.
The amount of updates
they’ve done to this thing
over the course of a year
has been really impressive.
So that’s where that’s at.
That full interview,
like everything I talked about,
of course will be linked
into description down below.
But also, it’s worth pointing out,
you know, the whole digital future
and game ownership stuff.
Some games have been taken online by Epic.
They have shut down
servers and online services
for a handful of games,
including old “Dance Central” games,
old “Rock Band” games, specifically
“Rock Band 1, 2, and 3,”
and the “Green Day” and
“Beatles, Rock Band” games.
And the old “Unreal”
games like “Unreal II,”
“Unreal Tournament 2003, 04”
and “Unreal Tournament 3.”
They did announce that they are bringing
“Unreal Tournament 3” to Epic Games,
and they’re gonna like
bring it back as a thing
with Epic services specifically,
but “Unreal Tournament 3” really?
Wouldn’t have been my first choice,
but also, I’m not the expert,
I’m more of a “Quake,”
“Tribes” guy, but yeah.
As generation grows
and the span widens,
shit’s gonna move fast and loose.
I mean, just look at the
entertainment industry,
and look about how many
things just sudden,
the fact that HBO announced
that they’re just taking
“Westworld” off of HBO Max is wild.
They like just made that show.
So just pay attention and
be an informed consumer
as the digital future continues.
Now, finally, let’s just talk
entertainment real quick.
Couple of new announcements.
The first is “God of War,” the show.
We’ve known this is a thing,
but people have a short attention span,
so like the new announcement
kind of spurred interest.
but the new announcement
just comes with, specifically,
who the people involved are?
This is going to be a “God of War” show
coming to Amazon that is in the works.
And it is from two people
behind and very involved
with the “Wheel of Time,” “The Expanse,”
which is very cool.
And yeah, that’s gonna
be Sony Pictures TV,
Amazon Studios working
together for a thing.
And the official description
describes the plot of “God of War” 2018,
which is very interesting to make a show
about a character that
had a previous life,
like, he’s coming down
from a previous life
from somewhere else,
but it’s other video games.
Like, it’s just interesting.
I would’ve loved to have seen them
start with “God of War 1.”
Make a (beep) “God of War 1” show.
Could you imagine what that will be like?
I can’t.
But the people love “God of War” 2018,
and it’s a solid story and a good play.
It’s cool, so yeah, there’s that.
But also, the announcement this week
that “Death Stranding”
is also getting a movie.
Okay, good luck with this.
It seems like more of
it’s just like a sitting
on the rights thing.
I don’t know if we’re ever
really going to see this,
but the producer of the very awesome,
recent horror movie, “Barbarian,”
has announced a partnership
with Kojima Productions
to develop and produce a
film adapting the Game.
Good luck with that. (laughs)
I really liked “Death Stranding.”
I thought it was really creative,
but like the story and telling that
in just the format of a film,
I don’t know, man.
It’s the same thing with
the “Metal Gear” movie.
It’s like, how do you,
it’s a lot.
Let’s just say that.
But that’s a video game news
that has been going on this week.
So of course I wanna hear from you, guys,
in the comments, like,
what you’re thinking
about this stuff from those shows,
to “The Last of Us,”
and “Uncharted” rumors,
to delays, “Tomb Raider,”
a new “Spider-Man” game
possibly coming next year.
Let’s talk about all this
gaming news down there.
I definitely wanna hear from you.
And of course, if you ever
wanna yell at me directly,
’cause we’ll be in the comments,
we’ll be there as much as possible,
but things get a little crazy.
So just shout at me on Twitter
and Instagram @JakeBaldino.
And also, still, be on
the lookout for scammers
in YouTube comments.
It’s on our channel,
but it’s on all YouTube channels.
We moderate as much as possible,
but the bots are out of control.
If you get like a fake Gameranx account
messaging you or replying to you saying,
“Hi, DM me on Discord or Telegram,
you’ve won a free prize,”
it’s not us.
Dude, we’re not doing giveaways like that.
And also, we’re not gonna ask you
to like send us your address
and social security number on Discord.
Unfortunately, people are
falling for this stuff.
But just be aware,
as of right now,
we’re not doing any giveaways,
so stay safe out there.
And speaking of staying
safe, happy holidays.
Although you’re going to see
me much more up until then.
I’m still gonna be here every Friday,
just different types of videos.
But thank you very much for watching.
Have a great one.
We love you.
I’m Jake Baldino.
See you guys next time.
Pizza’s on me.
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