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Game Developers Conference was this last week, allowing the makers of games to get together and network and share ideas for the future of the industry. It is no surprise that timed with this week was the announcement of an industry wide union for game developers. It has been a difficult year for those in the industry, and we talk about the potential implications of this move on the industry and what it could mean. There's this and much more news on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

Discord is in talks to go public, which means that we're nearing the time when the platform might become less usable as profits will become more necessary. Forza Horizon 5 on the PlayStation 5 will require an Xbox account linked to your PSN account to play. Classic game publisher Acclaim is returning! While everyone is talking about which games they could resurrect, the reality is only the trademark was purchased, and the new company doesn't own any of the former Acclaim catalog. There's a lot of live investigation about who owns what rights to what games, with a lot of attention to Wizards & Warriors. We still aren't positive who owns it. Then we took a call about Jeff Jarrett's involvement with Acclaim and why that is a red flag. Then we talk to Rob about Acclaim and my old Flappy Bird clone that maybe Acclaim can publish.

Off-record anti-piracy meetings take place between streaming companies and the U.S. government, Aniplex+ teams with Crunchyroll for an anime production venture, and an authorized Serial Experiments Lain game launches April 30! Also, Niantic is to sell Pokémon GO to Saudi Arabian mobile publisher, Tokyo Ghoul comes to Dead by Daylight, Pokemon Horizons to implement a time skip in the next season, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid film adds 4D screens in Japan! Meanwhile in Japan, the world's first 3D-printed train station building planned for a train line, and a foreign man was arrested for trespassing while drunk?!

Niantic Games were sold off to Scopely, a mobile phone gaming company that some would say takes microtransactions a bit too far in mobile games. Is Pokémon GO doomed? And what about the properties that WEREN'T sold, is there a reason for all of this? We jump in to talk about what not everyone on the gaming blogs is talking about with this huge gaming sale. All this and much more make up another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

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We are back after a pre-planned vacation to tackle the week in gaming news. Of course, we have some news to catch up on as well, including the sunsetting of some loyalty programs with the Nintendo Switch. Could this all be for a new loyalty program with Switch 2? Well, maybe we shouldn't set the bar too high. All this and much more gaming news from this week make up the return of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

Gareb Shamus Of Wizard Magazine claims they invented cosplay, Hololive CEO responds to newest talent exit, and Amazon Prime Video to implement AI dubbing program. Also, CODA works with China on arrest of piracy website owner, pharmacies offer licensed prescription record books for free, scalping ensues, and Mamoru Oshii still wants to make a third Ghost In The Shell movie! Meanwhile in Japan, a man arrested for asking to borrow money, due to staffing shortages, and the newest snack to be sold as a work of art at 110,000 yen?!

We start off talking about preservation of television video from the late 90's and 2000's - and why it looks a lot worse today than we remember when it first aired. PEGI has reclassified Balatro and Luck Be A Landlord down to a PEGI-12 rating from a PEGI-18, which was given because it had elements of gambling. PEGI's statement described how it was modifying its rating rules to account for "fantastical elements" in games like Balatro. EA has released the source code for many of their Command & Conquer titles, which are fun to go through and will help the modding community greatly, but won't really teach you how to make a game in 2025. Warner Bros is closing Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB Games San Diego, and cancelling their projects, including a Wonder Woman game. Monolith Productions had patented the "Nemesis" system from Shadow of Mordor, and now Warner Bros holds on to the patent until 2036, while most likely not using it in any more games - but will stop other games from incorporating the same mechanic. Then we talk about how March is gonna have a lot of great game releases.

It's Sanrio VS Kuromi! Sanrio is being sued over the moral rights of Kuromi and Sanrio speaks about the suit! The upcoming BanG Dream 少女樂團派對 gets 52 episodes mini anime, Detective Conan wins 2024 grand prize at the TVer award, and Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards! Meanwhile in Japan... All you can steal, back for a limited time, and sakura blossoms without the allergies at an indoor park open for festival time!