Episode 281 - The Games Industry Is Burning

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the games we’ve been playing including: Pete: kingdom hearts, Mario Kart World, meccha chameleon Kiley: supermarket chaos, arkane librarian tidyup, subnautica below zero, boltgun We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including: John Carmack responds to the ID lay offs https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/john-carmack-responds-to-id-software-layoffs-admits-microsoft-stewardship-claim-aging-badly/ Bethesda makes a statement about their games slate https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesda-confirms-obsidian-fallout-game-and-that-fallout-5-is-in-preproduction/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout-3-and-new-vegas-remasters-now-in-development/ EU approves PIF acquisition of EA https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/european-union-set-to-approve-saudi-pif-acquisition-of-electronic-arts-according-to-report/ Kratos to be recast in series due to injury https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-live-action-god-of-war-show-is-recasting-kratos-after-ryan-hurst-was-injured-on-the-set/ Indie devs ps5 trailer flooded with comments about disks https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/indie-developers-ps5-game-trailer-is-flooded-with-anti-sony-comments-over-disc-backlash/ Survey claims 100% of Japanese devs using Generative AI https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/new-survey-claims-100-of-japanese-online-game-developers-use-generative-ai-tools/ UK trade organisation comments about sonys decision to remove disks https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/removing-discs-doesnt-represent-progress-uk-retail-group-condemns-playstation-decision-to-stop-making-discs/ We hope you enjoy the episode If you are interested in the Antank S3 Max Switch 2 Dock, you can purchase it on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB3D2BJ8 , or from the following link https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt , use code RRUK for 10% off Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces. You can also listen to the show on Spotify , Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube . You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch , or on Youtube You can fol