• Researchers studying ChatGPT conversations surprised to find one power user churning out thousands of Doki Doki Literature Club pregnancy fics
• Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures
• Sony kills physical PS5 games
• PlayStation is deleting 551 movies from customers’ accounts
• Nintendo has detailed rollout plans for Switch 2 product revisions

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Steam Machine price revealed Sony deletes mention of PC from annual strategy report Epic Games Store is getting a big redesign Halo: Campaign Evolved PS5 players will require an Xbox account and gamertag to play Rockstar quietly gives us probably our best look at GTA 6's Vice City yet Ultima's creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk

This week's Gaming Flashback is Halo 3.

• Monster Hunter Wilds' latest patch makes online-only missions playable offline
• Bethesda yet again reassures fans that The Elder Scrolls 6's roadmap is unaffected by recent Xbox layoffs
• Atari signs deal with Universal Pictures to develop movies – Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Yars’ Revenge
• PlayStation ‘blackout’ week is coming to protest Sony’s disc-Less future
• Dev: "Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they've ever seen issued"
• Xbox grants PC versions of select Ubisoft games to digital copy owners

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Gaming Flashback: Shaken But Not Stirred

News:

• FromSoftware has finally announced an Elden Ring Switch 2 release date
• Rayman Legends being remastered in full 3D
• PlayerUnknown's survival game is shutting down 6 months after launch
• Streets of Rage movie hires Sonic screenwriters
• State of Play 2026
• PC Gaming Show 2026
• Xbox Games Showcase
• Future Games Show
• Nintendo's finally developing replaceable batteries
• ROG Xbox Ally X20 announced with OLED display

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News:

• Tom Kane dies aged 64
• Steam Controller reservations are coming through
• Sony reportedly confirms it's ditching PC versions of its single-player PS5 games
• Forza Horizon 6 has already tripled the series' peak player count on Steam
• Sony announces price increase for new PlayStation Plus subscribers

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The guys discuss Path of Exile 2's 'biggest expansion ever', Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 coming this summer, and Sony recording a $766 million impairment loss against Bungie for the 2025 financial year. The Gaming Flashback is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. News includes:

• Nintendo announces Switch 2 price increase
• PlayStation is partnering with Bandai Namco for a "collaborative initiative" focused on generative AI
• Atari announces it has acquired rights to the first five Wizardry games
• New Slay the Spire 2 update deletes its most controversial boss fight

Next podcast in two weeks.

This week, Australia wants to know how Valve is combating 'extreme-right communities' on Steam and the Gaming Flashback is Overcooked. The news includes:

• Slay the Spire 2 devs weren't going to make a sequel
• Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99
• Two Point Museum Arty-Facts DLC brings artistic curation in May 2026
• New retro console smashes annual target after just 24 hours of pre-orders

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This episode is only 30 minutes, as not much is going on. The guys react to CCP adding a non-PvP zone to EVE Online, Shuhei Yoshida saying Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him, and the Slay the Spire 2 dev rejecting the concept of deadlines.

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