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</p><p><br></p><p>News:</p><p><br></p><p>- NetEase pulls funding for Gang of Dragon — future of the game unknown</p><p><br></p><p>- Valve still targeting 2026 for Steam Machines despite RAM shortages; rumored to be a factor in Sony/Xbox strategy shifts</p><p><br></p><p>- EA lays off Battlefield staff post record-breaking launch</p><p><br></p><p>- Jeff Kaplan on his Blizzard exit — plus his one Overwatch regret: making it too team-focused when players want to shine individually</p><p><br></p><p>- Fortnite raising V-Buck prices</p><p><br></p><p>- Timberborn hits 1.0</p><p><br></p><p>- Xbox pushing \"everything is an Xbox\" / Project Helix, leaning into Windows 11</p><p><br></p><p>- Valve reports 6,000+ games made over $100k on Steam last year</p><p><br></p><p>
Shared Play: Slay the Spire 2 — all three played it, early GOTY contender</p><p><br></p><p>Scott: WoW: Midnight (great time, nearly max level, campaign a little cheesy), Thysiastery (turn-based dungeon crawler, very positive on Steam).&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Also: The Instance now posting Fridays at frogpants.com/instance.</p><p><br></p><p>Jon: Finished and 100%'d Resident Evil Requiem</p><p><br></p><p>Beau: Slay the Spire 2, more Star Trek Voyageur, dipped into new Diablo IV season (may have bought the Doom skin)</p><p><br></p><p>Feedback: Listener thinks he catches Scott being simultaneously terrified by AI and delighted by one-button AI rotations in WoW. And he is wrong about it.</p>","author_name":"Scott Johnson"}