Straight into Hades II gameplay talk! Covering the “rat boss,” progress paths, end-game challenges, and tarot upgrades, all leading up to some admittedly broad comparisons to ARPGs and roguelites. Design depth, storytelling, and character reactions, Greg Street’s studio troubles, praise for Megabonk. Not to mention the mess that the gamepass changes continue to be. Sackbird Studios has our hopes. Make your own VR headset at home and WAY MORE STUFF!

SHARED PLAY THIS WEEK

Hades 2

Megabonk

SCOTT

It Has My Face

Soulstone Survivors

Deep Rock Survivors

JON

Final Fantasy Tactics Remastered Ultra HD Power Extra Edition

BEAU

Void Crew

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Scott & Jon’s Horror Video Game Fun Time kicks off Friday with Silent Hill f, running each Friday this month. Main topic covers October’s big releases like Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, Little Nightmares 3, Pokémon Legends Z-A, Ninja Gaiden 4, The Outer Worlds 2, Mina the Hollower and more. Other news: Microsoft hikes Game Pass, EA goes private, Fortnite pulls Peacemaker, Capcom coy on RE9. Dear Martha Gameshow returns with “Find the Flaw.” This week in play: Hades 2, CloverPit, Shipbreaker, Kaiju Cleanup, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Megabonk, Sonic Racing Crossworlds.

GAMES PLAYED

SHARED

Hades 2

CloverPit

SCOTT

Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Kaiju Cleanup (upcoming)

JON

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

Megabonk

Sonic Racing Crossworlds

BEAU

Hades II all day all night!

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Happy ten years to CORE! Plus, Beau reminds us about a Kojima credit card coming soon. Highlights from TGS like Kojima’s new horror game OD and Capcom announcements including C. Viper in SF6, Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, Pragmata, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. PlayStation’s State of Play brought a bag of goodies: Saros, Zero Parades for Dead Spies, Flight Simulator 2024, a Deus Ex remaster, Mega Man in Sonic Racing, Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete, Code Vein 2, Let it Die: Inferno, Chronoscript, new Pulse speakers, and Wolverine. (Which looked REALLY good.) Plus all the usual fun times at CORE.

SHARED PLAY THIS WEEK

Scott and Jon both spent time in Megabonk, which is far better than its looks suggest.

Sonic Racing CrossWorlds was played by Scott and Jon.

Hades II saw time from all of us, with Beau having already played in Early Access and a bit more today.

Borderlands 4 continued, mainly Beau.

More No Man’s Sky, though not much new to report, Beau included.

SCOTT

Plenty of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.

Three hours of Metal Gear Solid Delta — very Kojima.

Tried the demo for Slots & Daggers, which will be a day-one buy.

JON

Fortnite remains a regular, especially the Blitz mode.

BEAU

Skate in Early Access.

More Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Some Heroes of the Storm, though waiting on the new patch.

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