251: Bone Up!
Show notes
With the summer games season beginning, this week we cover State of Play items like God of War: Laufey, Until Dawn 2, and the Wolverine demo, plus the Fable delay, 007 First Light, Mina the Hollower, the whole shebang about Directive 8020 (plus some loose Dark Pictures ranking), and the most important news of the week: StarCraft II PTR update 5.0.16.
CHAPTERS
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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:19) Some quick pet updates
(00:06:37) 007 First Light | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | May 27, 2026
(00:25:50) First Break
(00:31:25) Mina the Hollower | [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | May 2026
(00:42:12) Directive 8020 | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | May 12, 2026
(00:42:20) [SPOILERS] We're going to talk about the story
(00:58:43) Saros | [PlayStation 5] | Apr 30, 2026
(01:07:36) TerraTech Legion | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] | Apr 30, 2026
(01:10:02) Second Break
(01:10:03) Sony State of Play
(01:10:14) Marvel's Wolverine | [PlayStation 5] | Sep 15, 2026
(01:15:28) Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Aug 06, 2026
(01:16:10) God of War Laufey | [PlayStation 5] | TBD
(01:27:40) Until Dawn 2 | [PlayStation 5] | 2027
(01:28:47) Rayman Legends Retold | [Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Oct 01, 2026
(01:29:41) Kemuri | [PlayStation 5] | 2027
(01:30:43) Stuntman: Hollywood | [PlayStation 5] | TBD
(01:33:30) The Lost Wild | [PlayStation 5] | 2027
(01:35:06) Gonna be a big September!
(01:37:08) Checking in with Sony First Party sales
(01:40:46) Fable delayed to 2027
(01:46:02) Ex-Forza Horizon devs announce new racing game
(01:49:09) Publisher of Balatro and Abiotic Factor bought by GameSpot owner! (Kind of)
(01:55:22) StarCraft 2 gets major patch?!
(02:05:34) Emails
(02:11:46) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:15:24) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:17:49) General feelings around this year's big announcements?
(02:18:56) Wrapping up
(02:22:40) See ya!