We’re back! After a several week hiatus, we return to discuss the chaos that was the Nintendo Switch 2 preorders. We also talk about the Oblivion Remaster, the Marathon alpha, and a new game called Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

[News of the Week]

• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor to go 1.0 in September

• Star Wars XCOM-like game name revealed

• • Star Wars Zero Company trailer

• Mario Kart World Direct

• • Press release with the details

• Oblivion remastered revealed

• Pre-ordering the Switch 2

• Marathon Alpha

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• First Contact

• Oblivion Remastered

• Clair Obscur Expedition 33

• Marvel Rivals Season 2

Starside Chat Episode 180

On this week’s episode, we’re going over all the details about the Switch 2, including the games that were announced.

Starside Chat Episode 179

On this week’s episode we talk about the latest Nintendo Direct, the things going on at Ubisoft, and a slew of upcoming games. Then we dive into what we’ve been playing and reading lately.

[News of the Week]

• Nintendo Direct

• • Nintendo Today app

  • Virtual Game Cards

  • Metroid Prime 4

  • Tomodachi Life

  • Shadow Labyrinth

• Ubisoft deal with Tencent

• Ubisoft to release Prince of Persia The Lost Crown on iOS and Android

• Monument Valley 1, 2 and 3 coming to console

• King of Meat looks like Mario Maker meets Fall Guys

• Images of Star Wars XCOM-like game leak

• Game Informer is back

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7:Rebirth

• Balatro

• Zero Minus Ten
  

Episode 178

This week we talk about the rumored Xbox handheld console, a rumored Star Wars tactics game, and the latest Silksong release date rumors. Then we get into what we’re playing and watching, including Aaron’s progress in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and a solo card game Zach has been playing.

[News of the Week]

• Xbox rumored to release handheld console this year

• Star Wars tactics game?

• Game Informer posts cryptic message

• • GTA 6 related?

• Minecraft Live

• • Vibrant

  • Ghast

  • Action Figure

• Silksong release date rumor

• New Katamari

• Possible Switch 2 launch leak?

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Severance season 2 finale

• FF7:Rebirth - Golden Saucer

• Marvel Rivals

• Chivalry 2

• Scoundrel - a solo dungeon crawler card game

On this week’s episode, we talk about some of the latest games industry news that caught our eye, and we dive into the games we’re playing lately - which includes Aaron’s progress in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

[News of the Week]

• Neil Druckmann says don’t bet on there being more “Last of Us”

• Monster Hunter Wilds tops 8 million in 3 days

• Kaizen: A Factory Story

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Doom Deluxe Edition

• Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition - Switch release

• Titanfall Developer Cancels Unannounced Multiplayer FPS Project

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7: Rebirth

• Chivalry 2

• Marvel Rivals

• Monster Hunter Wilds

Starside Chat Episode 176 - Monster Hunter Wilds, Top 5 Podcast Games

This week, in the absence of a lot of gaming-related news to talk about, we each give our top picks for games you can play while listening to podcasts. Then Zach gives early impressions on Monster Hunter Wilds!

[News of the Week]

• A new Katamari on the way?

• New Terminator 2 Game

• WB closes Monolith

[Games out this week]

• Monster Hunter Wilds

[Features]

• Top 5 Podcast games

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Apex Legends

• Monster Hunter Wilds

• Marvel Rivals

• Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

• Timecop

Starside Chat Episode 175

On this week’s episode, we talk about Amazon taking full control of the Bond franchise. We also talk about potential game of the year candidates for 2025, and all the stuff we have been playing lately.

[News of the Week]

• PS5 Fans Are Pondering the Point of Days Gone Remastered After Graphics Comparison Emerges

• Netease fires Marvel Rivals game director and staff (Seattle-based)

• Amazon takes full control of the Bond franchise and people are worried

• Hades 2 - Warsong Update available now

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Balatro

  FF7:Rebirth

• Marvel Rivals

• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

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