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Palworld Comes In Hot / Plants Vs. Zombies 3 Soft Launches

In today's episode, Palworld launches today, selling over a million copies in either hours, Plants Vs. Zombies 3 soft launches in select countries, and the developers of Dead by Daylight layoff employees.
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Exoprimal Season 3 / Xbox Developer Direct

In today's episode, we take a look at all of the new features that came out for Exoprimal Season 3, collaborating with Monster Hunter, we see new skins, exosuits, new map and more! Plus we got our first Xbox Developer Direct giving us a peek at some studios and the games they are working on such as Indiana Jones, Avowed and more!
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Twitch Con 2024 Announced / Until Dawn Movie Adaption

In today's episode, we get details on Twitch Con 2024 and beyond, Sony announces an Until Dawn movie adaption, and Martha is Dead is getting a movie adaption as well!
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Foamstars Day One PS Plus / Frost Punk 2 Day One Game Pass

In today's episode, we learn that Foamstars will be available day one on PS Plus, Frost Punk 2 will be available day one on Game Pass and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is delayed again.
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LANFest 2024 / Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League NDA Lifted

In today's episode, LANFest 2024 took place at the Hyper X Arena in Las Vegas with Games For Love winning the Valorant tournament and the event raising over $37,000, plus Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League lifts its NDA for testers to talk about the game.
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Twitch Lays Off 35% Of Their Staff / Surprise SAG-AFTRA Deal

In today's episode, Twitch announces a 35% reduction in staff, which is part of a larger decrease from Amazon owned companies, SAG-AFTRA announces a deal with Replica Studios but it seems that members weren't in the loop and we get our first look at TeamKill Media's Son and Bone
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Unity Takes Another L / Kaitlyn Dever Cast As Abby

In today's episode, game engine developer Unity announces another round of layoffs, equating to a 25% cut in their worldwide staff, Kaitlyn Dever is announced as The Last of Us Season Two's Abby and Xbox announces their first developer direct of 2024.
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CES 2024 Is Here / Twitch Multi-Encode Is Finally Coming

In today's episode, CES 2024 has officially kicked off at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Twitch, OBS and NVIDIA partner up for Twitch's soon to be released mutli-encode option and before the weekend, we got our first look at Arcane season two!
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Outcast Sequel / City Of Heroes Homecoming Goes Official

In today's episode, we take a look at Outcast - A New Beginning a sequel to one of the first open world games, NCSoft grants a license for City of Heroes Homecoming, but it comes with some caveats and MSI jumps into the handheld space!
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Steam Breaks Record / CRPG Glasshouse

In today's episode, we learn that Steam breaks a record for most games released in a single year, China fires their Head of Publishing and CRPG Glasshouse may be up your alley as it takes inspiration from games like Disco Elysium.
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