January Releases: Let's mostly focus on Animal Crossing and FFVII Remake for Switch 2, plus Code Vein 2 and Highguard. (yeah, we kinda forgot about Highguard too.)

StarCraft Shooter coming to Blizzcon? It might be Blizzard’s third attempt at a SC shooter, reportedly an open-world project led by Dan Hay (Far Cry fame).

Other stuff: Awesome Games Done Quick, a Starfield Star Wars conversion, and FF Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles hitting 1 million players.

We discuss games we played this week, including PlippUp, Fallout 4/New Vegas, Trails in the Sky, The Séance of Blake Manor, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Voidigo and beating Powerwash Simulator 2.

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Diablo IV: Both Scott and Beau are back in for Season 11. Scott’s "Hot Take" is that the game is officially "very good now”, and he does not care who knows it. (Paladin to 46); Beau claims it’s the best season of "Diablo 3" yet. (lol)

Scott: Revisiting Overload (on sale), playing Escape Room Simulator 2, and starting Banquet for Fools.

Jon: Reached the new area in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and is impressed by the visuals.

Beau: Mostly Jump Space outside of D4 play.

And a CRAP ton of your emails and texts for our last episode of 2025!

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Get your ‘500+ Episodes’ mugs at Frogpants.shop now before its too late!. We recapped The Game Awards: Jon loved Resident Evil Requiem, Scott is into Total War Warhammer 40k, and Beau liked Gang of Dragon. We mostly bounced off Highguard.

News: Steam Winter Sale is live. Fallout Season 2 has started. We discussed Netflix buying WB (details at core.show). Supervive is shutting down after 7 months.

Played: Scott is on Path of Exile 2 and Mutant Football League 2. Jon is trying demos like Pragmata and back in FFXIV. Beau is on Witcher 3 and other sick-friendly games this week.

Ozzfudd notes Scott can finish Far Cry 4 and 5 in minutes via secret endings. Just another Nick suggests Super Fantasy Kingdom. Email us at SHOW@CORE.SHOW!

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⚠️ SPOILER POLICY CLARIFICATION

Going forward:

1. We'll do our best not to offer major spoilers on narrative elements

2. We'll give ample warning to pause, skip ahead, or come back later

3. We'll front-load discussions with spoiler-free content

- Scott will play BGM over spoiler sections for podcast listeners

- Jon is doing YouTube chapters ASAP once the episode posts

NOTE: This has never been a spoiler-free show, but we're making extra effort for those asking. You have personal responsibility to avoid spoilers if they matter to you.

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🎮 MAIN TOPIC

THE FEW GAMES OF DECEMBER 2025

Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Octopath Traveler 0, Metroid Prime 4, Yakuza 0 Director's Cut, Terminator 2D: No Fate, & More.

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📰 NEWS ROUNDUP

🐴 Indie Game "Horses" Keeps Getting Banned

Banned from Steam, Epic, and now Humble. Still available on Itch.io and GOG.

🎬 Justin Lin to Direct Helldivers Movie

The Fast & Furious director takes on the video game adaptation.

🐺 SO MUCH WITCHER

- Witcher 4 NOT coming in 2026

- Witcher 5 and 6 also in the works

- Witcher Remastered on the way

🔞 WickedWhims Has 300K Daily Logins

Sims' biggest sex mod sees massive daily usage

🧛 Paradox Takes Blame for Bloodlines 2

Publisher says responsibility for poor sales lies fully with them, not developers

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🎮 WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING

SCOTT

⚠️ Possible Spoilers: Did I finish Dispatch? Have to wait and see!

Split Fiction - Incredible co-op game. Most FUN game this year!

PowerWash Simulator 2 - Still the best CHORE CORE of 2025.

JON

CyberPunk 2077 - Done everything in base game, Phantom Liberty awaits

Marvel Cosmic Invasion - Started and finished

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance - Sleeper hit! (Scott confirms)

BEAU

Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt continues

Noobs Are Coming

Jump Space

Rocksmith 2014 - We're back

Star Citizen - I forgot about it... sorry

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Scott dropped a Patreon vs Core.show support comparison video—check it at Core.show for the breakdown. Also posted an article about RAM prices going absolutely bonkers right now. The advice? Wait it out. Don't be the person overpaying because you can't control yourself.

News Roundup:

WoW: Midnight Gets Real

Jon brought the news: World of Warcraft's next expansion drops March 2nd, 2026. Mark your calendars, prepare your excuses for missing work.

Half-Life 3 Copium Intensifies

People—including "insiders"—still think HL3 is getting announced this year. Spoiler: It's not. It never is. Stop doing this to yourselves.

CD Projekt Reality Check

• No Witcher 4 or Cyberpunk 2 at the Game Awards. Shocking absolutely no one.
• Cyberpunk 2077 hit 35 million copies sold, outpacing The Witcher 3's trajectory
• Cyberpunk 2 is still years away. Hang in there, chooms.

GAMES PLAYED

Scott's Games

Dispatch

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault

No Way Home

Guild Wars 2 Milestone

Jackbox Party Pack 11

Jon's Games

Cyberpunk 2077?

Beau's Games

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Finished

Witcher 3

Total Chaos

And LOTS MORE!

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