Episode 116 - Gamepass loses it's mind, EA goes private & Waterworld gets a good game

Good Morning CoinDroppersNEXT EPISODE 30 OCTOBER Halloween SpecialToday We're talking about some industry news as well as a game we Mike and I commented on when it was debuted at the THQ Nordic Showcase earlier this year.Xbox GamepassEven though Xbox just hiked the price of gamepass from $16.99 to $19.99 last year they announced ANOTHER price hike this year to $29.99 and nobody liked that. In fact it was so universally hated that Gamepass' cancelation site crashed from all the people canceling their subscriptions.EA BuyoutEA is going private after a 55 Billion Dollar buy out by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and the Affinity Partners. This move could be good and it could be bad. Only time will tell but what we do know is that EA is going to be carrying a lot of debt for quiet a while as a result of the buyout.Tides of TomorrowMike and I talked about the announcement of this game during our coverage of the THQ Nordic showcase. Well they just dropped a demo and I must say it's a rather enjoyable experience. I'm looking forward to the full release.Quick Fire NewsPainkiller gives us some new co-op gameplay footageBeneath launches a demo on steamPeter Molyneux is retiring after Masters of AlbionKingmakers rgets delayed 5 days before Early Access Launch with no word as to when it'll come outSomeone turned the Lego Gameboy into a functional GameboyImages from the KOTOR remake when Aspyr was working on it surface on the internetLet us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning Coindroppers!Today Chris is back with us as we discuss a new Extraction like game that has thrown it's hat into the already over crowded arena. With Steel Hunters sunsetting in less that 6 months after launch, and Dungeonborne within it's first year it's a mystery to me as to why people are STILL making extractions.Mistfall HunterLaunching into early access sometime later this year Mistfall Hunter is the latest dungeon crawling extraction PvPvE game and honestly we've got some concerns about it's staying power. The game as it sits is in a good spot and preformed well in the playtest but strangely the question in this case isn't whether it's good or not. It's if the game will survive it's first year up against an already slam packed genre of games.PlayStation State of PlayPlayStation's latest state of play gave us a glimpse of Saros as well as the first real footage of Insomniac's Wolverine. Both games look amazing in their own right but Insomniac appears to truly be living up to our expectations with the Wolverine. If the game delivers on the promise put forth in the trailer I genuinely think this will be the best Wolverine game ever. We also got the announcement of a Deus Ex Remaster as well as disappointing news about The Halloween Game.Quick Fire News- Zero Parades For Dead Spies- Battlefield 6- Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remaster- Chronoscript: The Endless End- Crimson Desert announces release date 19Mar 26- Pulse Elevated Wireless SpeakersLet us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning CoinDroppers!Zach is back with me for his second full episode and boy are there some good laughs and great stories in this episode. I hope you're all having a great week and you're ready to hear about some awesome games because we've brought the content (despite the slow news week)DuskPunkA new "tabletop" RPG from what I believe is a solo developer. I was contacted by their PR and asked if I wanted to check out their demo ahead of release. Being a sucker for a good story and awesome art I figured I'd give it a go. What I was not expecting was the absolutely enthralling story and sound design that made me forget the visuals in this game are very minimal. I'm floored by how enjoyable this experience was and I highly recommend checking out their demo if you're a fan of steampunk, RPGs, and WWII aesthetic.HyperfunkThis may not be a game for everyone but it is a game for anyone who played Jet Set Radio or Jet Set Radio Future on the Xbox back in the day. Team Reptile's next game looks like the next step in the JSRF and Bombrush Hyperfunk style and boy I could not be more stoked. I loved JSRF back in the day and completely missed the boat on Bombrush so I'm very much looking forward to the release of Hyperfunk.Quick Fire NewsUbisoft can't winPokemon is making a 'nade'Thermal Grizzly is selling a watercooler for your 5090Stop Killing Games WILL be on the floor of the EU CommisionFallout New Vegas gets a 4k texture pack (PC Only)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sells 4.4 million copiesInsomniac's Wolverine could release next yearDiablo 4 continues to improve? hopefully?Skate released and while reviews aren't great player counts areLet us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning CoinDroppers!We're back to normal following the chaos of PAX and better than ever! Today Zach is joining us for our first full length episode. Chris, Zach, and I will all act as hosts and work on kind of a rotating roster. But we go over all this in the opening, Let's get to the content.No Man's Sky Voyagers UpdateHello Games continues to push more and more content to this game in the best way. All of it free all the time always. A decade later and No Man Sky still continues to get better. The new update adds Zero G gameplay, buildable ships, and being able to crew those custom built ships with your friends in a multiplayer setting. Cannot wait to see what Hello Games adds next because I'm sure they STILL aren't done with this game.A New Left4Dead from Mike BoothThe Lead designer behind Left4Dead 1 and 2 has moved to a new studio called Bad Robot Games which is comprised of members from Cloverfield, Lost, and Westworld. An interesting shift in media but I'm very interested in seeing how their expertise in film fits into games. You can sign up for alpha testing Mike Booth's new project on their website here. Please tell them that CoinDrop Podcast referred you in the requisite block.Single Player TarkovZach share's some interesting information for all our fellow parent gamers out there who are fans of the sweaty shooter Escape from Tarkov. There's a Single Player mod that still requires you to own a copy of Tarkov but loads you into an offline version that is completely modable and most importantly PAUSABLE so you can play and walk away without getting murdered by some hacker.Quick Fire NewsAcclaim is back and showed off some games. Most of them were just a different version of a game we already know.Digital Extremes had a Soulframe Devstream talked about the latest Prelude updates for the on going closed Pre-Alpha. You can sign up for access here.Acclaim is doing a giveaway for Katanaut. Find more information on their socialsDeep Rock Galactic Survivor is going into 1.0Morgenstern is launching Early Access on PC on the 18thBalatro 1.1 update pushed back to 2026Let us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning CoinDroppers!I'm happy to announce that I met my goal and managed to crank this bad boy out! It was a LOT of work and a lot of long nights grinding away at the computer to edit. Just a warning, the audio quality is NOT the best. We did what we could in post but we were trying to capture the voices of three people on one very directional microphone. I hope it's at least passable. I'll be investing in a secondary mic for PAX next year that will hopefully capture more clear audio in this situation in the future. That being said it does clear up a lot on the Patreon side because that was recorded almost 24 hours later.Below are the topics in order of discussion as well as links to Steam pages as always. I hope you enjoy the show I worked very hard to get this done.Main TopicsFallen Tear: The AscensionStarseekerAether & IronWar of the Western DeepBe My HordeRollerGirlSpellFarersTerrible LizardsCall of ElyndraG'AIM'EQuick FireEscape from TarkovGod Save BirminghamWill: Follow the lightEKTO BootsFrameworkSan SoundDavid BrevikLet us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning Coindroppers!As you might have guessed by the title of this episode this is not the full episode but a short announcement that, well, we need more time. We have a ton of content top get through and edit for you not to mention interviews which will all get their own upload as well as a mega upload with all of them rolled into 1 video. Bare with us as we try to navigate the pile of work ahead of us. We promise it'll be worth the wait!Let us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning CoinDroppers!Today unfortunately we have another solo episode. Mike had to pick up some extra work that ran long so you're stuck with just me again. Let's get into the content!Jurassic Park SurviveFunny enough, I briefly talked about how I hoped Ferocious would hold me over till Jurassic Park Survive dropped, well Saber put out a development update this week because this particular project wont be at Gamescom. They announced the depth the team is going to to make sure the game is exactly what we hope for and told us that everyone on the team has a deep seeded passion for Jurassic Park. Personally I think the project looks amazing so far and I'm chomping at the bit to get my hands on it. Moon Beast Productions New Untitled ARPGThis one is so new the team hasn't even released any real footage. Some big name Youtubers in the ARPG world broke this one and the footage I found was from Rhykker a ARPG fan I've followed for years. Moon Beast is comprised of some key members from the Diablo and Diablo 2 team and their new ARPG has me interested but skeptical. They're moving very far from established trends in ARPGs and I'm interested in seeing how that ends up playing out. This footage is very VERY early in development so take everything with a grain of salt and expect changes.The LightkeeperA new horror game from developer DarkPhobia Games that looks oddly exactly like what I was talking about last week with The Lighthouse. In fact this game seems to take direct inspiration either from the film or the true story of the men who disappeared. Either way it's an interesting looking narrative that caught my attention.Not So Quick Fire NewsDiablo IV patch notes seem to hold a file that hints at the paladin coming soonUbisoft claims they haven't forgotten Assassin's Creed is supposed to be a story about Assassin's and TemplarDragon Age Veilguard was doomed before it was even imagined.VR Modder gets nod of approvement on upcoming Ready or Not mod.Let us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning CoinDroppers!Today I'm on my own, Mike needed the weekend off so I handled the podcast and the editing on this episode so if it's not great that's my fault. Hope you enjoy the content regardless. Just a reminder there will be no episode in two weeks because I'll be out of the country. With that said let's jump into this content!FerociousFirst off is a really fun looking survival FPS Shooter that seems to be either made by one person or a very small team. Apparently this was on the Future Games show and I managed to miss it. The game looks like a fun blend of Far Cry like gun play mixed with Dinosaurs. I'm sold. There's a free demo on their steam page if you want to check it out for yourself.Norse Oath of BloodOur second Indie title is a new game from a developer based in Norway. Norse Oath of Blood is a turn based RPG title that looks to play a lot like Baldur's Gate but is historically based. Play as the son of a murdered Jarl and take vengeance against your slain father in this narrative story rich RPG. I'm sold.Will: Follow the LightA realistic, single-player, first person journey across the harsh Northern Sea. Will: Follow the light appears to be a gripping narrative about a lighthouse keeper who finds out his son has vanished and sets sail to find him. Realistic sailing systems, no HUD or quest markers, and a gloomy grounded atmosphere make this a game that quickly got me interested.Quick Fire NewsBolt Graphic's Zeus GPU claims it's 2.5x faster that the RTX 5090 and uses 80% less powerSteam Deck Update 3.6 will be bigNanite foliage is truly amazing, runs 200 trillion polygons at 16k res at 30fpsNintendo tells a charity speedrunning event that they're not authorized to use their games... after 9 years of using their games.Stalker 2 DLC coming with a ton of new content, no current release dateDarksiders 4 will have split screen and online co-opBioware tried to get EA to sign off on a Dragon Age Legendary Edition similar to Mass EffectLet us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning Coindroppers,Just a quick announcement at the top. No episode on the 26th as I'll be out of town and out of the country! The following week will be our PAX coverage so here's hoping that's a good episode. Tides of TomorrowTides of Tomorrow is a new game announced at the THQ showcase earlier in the month. It seems to be a single player game that connects to the net and changes its stories based on the choices your friends made when they played. Interesting.FatekeeperAnother new game announce at the THQ showcase. This one seems heavily inspired by Dark Messiah and I'm here for it! That said, it does raise some concerns because it's another small indie team of roughly 10 people making a game inspired by the best FPS RPG ever. Sounds like Alkahest which has been silent for a very long time now. That said THQ has thrown money behind this game so I'm a little more optimistic about this game.Where Winds MeetA new game from a China based dev team that seems to be a single player / co-optional / mmo that's going to be free to play and boasts over 150 hrs of content. We'll check it out when it drops, what do we have to lose? It's free.Quick Fire NewsDarksiders 4 Announced at THQ ShowcaseAMD CPUs made in the US will cost between 5 and 20% more expensive because diversifying supply chain?Nintendo Direct 2 days ago but we didn't watch it.GOG Dreamlist finds that 26,000 of 52,000 votes to save Digimon World were made by fake accounts.Battlefield 6 is launching an open beta and the release wont be $80MS confirms it made stupid amounts ($27B) of money in the wake of 9000 employee layoffs.Focus Interactive learns what we already know, mass appeal doesn't workNCSoft announced and showed of AION2Let us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!

Good Morning CoinDroppers!Today we've got a pretty large show! I'm happy to say we have a ton of news today so lets jump into it!First off as mentioned at the top, Squid's Divine Creations is a new acquaintance I met who actually paints art. Maybe that's not as rare these days as I think it is but most people I tend to meet these days do digital art and it feels like actual painting artists these days are pretty rare so check out Squid's work here.Hellraiser: RevivalThe first ever Hellraiser game is coming (eventually) and we're happy to hear that thought the team making the game, Boss Team Games, is the same team that made the disappointing new Evil Dead game it will NOT be a 4v1 asymmetric multiplayer game. Hellraiser: Revival is a single player narrative FPS survival horror game and thank the BDSM pleasure gods for that!Fable DelayedComing off the coat tails of the reboot of Perfect Dark being canceled and that team shut down, Craig Duncan, Head of Xbox Games Studio's announced that Fable is being pushed to 2026. However, a Xbox Insider on the Xbox Era podcast stated that he has two sources claiming it wont release till 2027. Both of these announcements raises concerns on whether or not this game will suffer the same fate of Perfect Dark.The Blood of DawnwalkerWe got a bit of an update on how time works in Blood of Dawnwalker and after rewatching the 20ish minute gameplay I'm a bit more hopeful and interested in this game. I'm trying to curb my expectations because even though ex Witcher devs are working on this game doesn't mean they have Witcher 3 levels of budget. The Blood of Dawnwalker takes place over 30 days and nights but the game doesn't end after that time. If you don't save your family by the end of those 30 days and nights your family will suffer "consequences" whatever that ends up meaning. Time in this game isn't just a ticking clock though, but this could add some interesting pressure to what otherwise is just another open world game.QUICK FIRE NEWSBattlefield 6 Open Beta LeakedNew Action RPG coming from producer behind Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 4, Dragons Dogma, and Resident Evil 4Resident Evil 2: DeadShotNo Rest for the Wicked not coming to Xbox at launchSteam Deck 2 and Home Console rumored to be in workXbox promises to keep their upcoming games at $70 for the time beingSwitch 2 is the fastest selling gaming hardware in US historyBlades of Fire, MercurySteams new game "underperformed" due to "increasingly selective consumers"Monster Hunter Wilds criticism escalates to death threats and personal attacksDying Light: The Beast is the correct size for an open world gameLego Gameboy hits all the right beatsJohn Wick Creator is brining Splinter Cell to NetflixSpace Marine 2 Studio Gets Shut Down by SaberJedi Alliance, a local arcade in Spokane is named #2 best Arcade in all of the US.Ubisoft Cancels Star Wars Outlaws SequelLet us know your thoughts on the latest news Support the showCheckout our Linktree for more CoinDrop Content!