Sony dropped a surprise State of Play announcement event on us this week, and we take some time to recap everything discussed. We also spend some time on Xbox, and recent comments by Phil Spencer that appears to be shifting away from live service games. Is the bubble finally bursting on this trend in gaming? Or do some companies feel they need to stick with this at all costs? We discuss this and much more in gaming news on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!
Programming Note: No new show until March 9th due to vacation.Orange Lounge Radio
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Sony dropped a surprise State of Play announcement event on us this week, and we take some time to recap everything discussed. We also spend some time on Xbox, and recent comments by Phil Spencer that appears to be shifting away from live service games. Is the bubble finally bursting on this trend in gaming? Or do some companies feel they need to stick with this at all costs? We discuss this and much more in gaming news on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!
Programming Note: No new show until March 9th due to vacation.The PlayStation Network unexpectedly went down over the weekend in what ended up being the longest outage since the major multi-week shutdown in the PS3 era. This left a lot of gamers wondering why the network went down for so long, while others wondered what entitlements they might get due to the downtime. While all the answers aren't available yet, we speculate what may have occurred and when or if we will get more facts about the downtime. All this and much more gaming news make up another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!Tonight's show starts with a live listener question on how our current political climate might effect video games. We make predictions best we can on how big releases this year might shift depending on what this political climate holds. Sadly, the gaming industry climate is far too full of layoffs, as major layoffs hit Bioware studios, seemingly leaving the next Mass Effect title as a make or break game for the studio. We discuss all this, more in gaming news, and yes food too on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!Xbox hosted a Developer Direct this week, which showed off a surprise new title in the Ninja Gaiden series, as well as stealth dropping a classic game from the series onto XBOX Game Pass. It's not often we see announcements in January, so this gives us some fun things to talk about. We also discuss the current gaming landscape and how things have shifted away from the console wars of the 90s. At the end of the day, it's all about money. On our show, it's all about the latest gaming news with this and much more on another episode of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!Finally after months of rumors, mockups, and much internet speculation, the Nintendo Switch 2 is finally officially unveiled. While it is a short two minute sneak peek, it's enough to confirm most of the rumors we have heard thusfar. What are our early impressions of what we've seen? And how about that quick peek at a new Mario Kart game? There is still much more to unveil in April, but that doesn't stop the Nintendo chatter from continuing. All this and MUCH more gaming news make up another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!It appears Microsoft may be set to make some big moves in Gaming in 2025, with Halo: The Master Chief Collection rumored to release on the PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch successor. Rumors about a new handheld are intensifying as well. Is it possible that Microsoft could soon partner up with Nintendo on a Game Pass app? Rumors and speculation abounds while news comes out of CES, the Consumer Electronics Show this week. All this and more round out another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!With the beginning of 2025, the 23rd year we have been broadcasting in, we start off with our traditional visiting of our predictions from last year. At least one came true! And maybe a half point here and there on some others. We also lock in our predictions for 2025. What could gaming have in store for us this year? Find out with us on another episode of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!More games are outrageously delisted by Warner Brothers this week, as gaming preservationists everywhere get more frustrated by these sudden delistings of old games. What can we do as gamers to get these habits to change? We discuss ideas and much more news. It might have been a holiday week, but that doesn't stop the video game discussion happening on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!After two weeks off, Orange Lounge Radio returns tonight to tackle the video game news of the holiday season, including the latest rumors and gossip on the Switch 2. It appears that could be the official name, what do we think of that name and the direction this system is rumored to be headed? When do we think this system will finally not be such a rumor anymore? We talk about all this and much more on another week of the longest running podcast about video games, Orange Lounge Radio!A new patent by Nintendo indicates that a control system coming to the Switch successor console could involve using smartphones as a controller. We've seen other games and even concepts of hardware use a similar idea, what makes Nintendo's idea unique? We talk about this and much more from a surprisingly busy holiday week on another week of the longest running podcast about video games, Orange Lounge Radio!