We're just about at September's crazy release schedule but for now Sean is playing The Rogue Prince of Persia and Paul revisits Metroid Fusion.

Lots of news this week including Gamescom's Opening Night Live stream (as well as two others), the Xbox Ally gets a release date and possible price point, and Sony is raising the price of PS5s in the US.

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Let's catch up with Sean post-New York. He's been playing Time Flies, Is This Seat Taken?, and Drag X Drive. Paul is playing a ton of the Battlefield 6 beta.

During news we discuss Bithell Games reporting layoffs, Nintendo raises the original Switch price in the US, and BioShock 4 isn't doing well.

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The regular crew is out so Paul holds it down with Nathan, who at the last minute asked if we could do a show. Little did we know, it would be almost 2 hours long!

Nathan has been revisiting Brutal Legend, checking in with his Waifu Shop, getting lost in Dune: Awakening and finding the perfect run in Resident Evil 3(2020) while Paul plays an survival horror throwback game Heartworm and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.

In news, Nintendo Indies are shown, the new game Contraband by Avalanche Games is cancelled and RedOctane is coming back to try to bring rhythm games back.

Also, Nathan has a list of issues and you're going to hear about them, damnit!

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Nathan joins us this week to talk about Space Jam: A New Legacy and Resident Evil 3 Remake. Sean tries out Eriksholm and Shadow Labyrinth. Paul continues with DK Bananza.

During news we discuss the recent Nintendo Direct, as well as Sony suing Tencent over a Horizon clone, and the PlayStation fight stick gets a name and details.

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They said it couldn't be done but we're all here this week. Claire has been playing Donkey Kong Bananza, Pokemon Friends, and Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3. Paul is into The Drifter and Wuchang Fallen Feathers. Sean previews Killer Inn and plays Wheel World and and Roger.

We start news off with some Switch 2 sales numbers, Outer World 2 reverses course on charging $80, and Splitgate 2 is going back into beta.

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It's Bananza week here as we talk about the latest Switch 2 exclusive. Sean plays through Lies of P's Overture DLC and Paul has been enjoying Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4.

News is full of game adaptations as we discuss the Zelda movie cast, Mortal Kombat 2's trailer, DK is getting a movie, and Assassin's Creed is getting a Netflix show.

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Claire is back to talk about some horrible plane trouble on her way to and from Too Many Games. She's been playing Mario Kart World, SteamWorld Dig, and Pinball Spire. Sean finishes up Welcome Tour and plays the new batch of Astro Bot levels.

In news we find out what's up with Romero Games, Anthem announces its end of life, and GameStop has a weird charity auction going on.

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We got together a day early this week to discuss the breaking news of Microsoft laying off a full town's population worth of employees in multiple studios and positions. On the back of last week discussing layoffs coming, it was a shock how many there actually were. In other bad news, Canada will soon have to pay more for... a Switch 1? Amongst other things.

Also, Sean plays some futbol in Rematch and is romancing items in Date Everything while Paul is stuck in his own DUNE-hole by playing Dune: Awakening and being disappointed in Mecha Break.

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