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Xbox, Sony and Square Enix all had a very rough week | This Week In Videogames
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No one had a good week (actually that's not true - Nintendo is crushing it).
Check out our deep dive look at how the game makers we spoke to view the current Xbox turbulence, and how it might influence their future plans to publish games on Xbox hardware. Freely available to all on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/do-game-still-to-104149801
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Homeworld 3 - Review
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Thank you Surfshark for sponsoring this video. Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code SKILLUP for an extra 3 months free at surfshark.deals/SKILLUP Like the motherships the series is based on, Homeworld 3 has left its drydock with the essentials in place but now it’s time for upgrades in the field, and to build around it that fleet of supporting ships (content) that will help car...
The Activision-ing of Xbox | This Week in Videogames (bumper edition)
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Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring the video. If you want to set up your own website (and get a discount while doing it), hit this link for more info: www.squarespace.com/skillup We naively hoped that Xbox would transform Activision, but recent decisions have made clear that it's actually happening the other way around. #ThisWeekInVideogames #Xbox #tangogameworks News collation and run-sheet ...
Austin strongly recommends: Animal Well (Review)
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Thanks Brilliant for sponsoring the video. 👉 To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/SkillUp/. You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Animal Well is not like any metroidvania you've played before, and we really can't explain why without spoiling it. You kinda just need to experience it for yourself. Review code provided by Bigmo...
How Sony (nearly) killed their golden goose: Helldivers 2 | This Week In Videogames
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Grab the all new, all white SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, and get a 12% discount while doing it when you use offer code SKILLUP at steelseries.com/gaming-headsets/arctis-nova-pro-wireless-pc-playstation?color=white We'll cover the Xbox stuff soon, but for now here's how Sony executives finally found a way to make everyone mad at Helldivers II. Check out Edmond's Endless Oceans Luminous ...
Xbox console sales are tanking, but does Microsoft even care anymore? | Friends Per Second #44
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Starfield expansion release info, Fallout 4 patch + Tarkov implodes | This Week in Videogames
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Thanks to Gigabyte AORUS for sponsoring the video and giving away a custom built, Skill Up themed PC. Click here to be in the running (ANZ only): gleam.io/8dfdM/gigabyte-aorus-skill-up-custom-pc-giveaway And to learn more about the new range of Gigabyte AORUS QD-OLED monitors, hit this link: www.aorus.com/en-au/monitors/aorus Todd teases the first Starfield expansion with one hand while breakin...
No Rest For The Wicked makes a stunning first impression (Early Access Review)
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Thank you Manscaped for sponsoring this video. Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code SKILLUP at manscaped.com. Nothing like a little spring cleaning in your pants. No Rest For The Wicked is an ambitious melding of influences and aspirations - part aRPG, part souls like, part survival game and with far more story presentation than any of those genres are used to. Despite being in early acc...
I recommend: Stellar Blade (Review)
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Thank you REDMAGIC for sponsoring this video. REDMAGIC's 6th-anniversary event only goes until May 9, and are plenty of chances to win prizes. Visit bit.ly/44agXgY for your mobile gaming upgrade. Stellar Blade takes its love of Nier Automata too far, cribbing story beats, tone, themes, settings and scenarios in a way that stifles any chance for Stellar Blade to develop its own unique identity. ...
Fallout 76 smashes records, Stellar Blade + Kingdom Come Deliverance II | This Week in Videogames
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Thank you Surfshark for sponsoring this video. Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code SKILLUP for an extra 3 months free at surfshark.deals/SKILLUP Fans of the Fallout TV show are so desperate to play Fallout that they're turning to Fallout 76! Nintendo Indie direct: ua-cam.com/video/lTjjKC9gHPM/v-deo.html Edmond's Sand Land preview: www.patreon.com/posts/akira-toriyamas-10192331...
Austin recommends: 'Tales of Kenzera: Zau' (Review)
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Thanks to SteelSeries for sponsoring the video. Get 12% of any purchase from www.steelseries.com when you use offer code SKILLUP at check out. Tales of Kenzera: Zau is the debut game from Abubakar Salim's Surgent Studios, and while it cannot keep pace with genre's greats, it's a solid, well-made and heartfelt metroidvania that will likely strike a nerve if you've ever lost someone important in ...
What makes a good videogame adaptation? | Friends Per Second Ep 43
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Head to factormeals.com/FPS50 to get 50% off your first FACTOR box plus 20% off your next! Thanks to FACTOR meals for sponsoring FPS. Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3 K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first subscription at drinkag1.com/FRIENDS. Thanks to AG1 for sponsoring FPS. We watched the Fallout show and can confirm that it's good (not X-Men 97 good, but still pret...
Star Wars Outlaws pre-order backlash + Dead Space dies (again) | This Week in Videogames
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Thanks to Nvidia for sponsoring the video. To learn more about their cutting edge range of RTX 40-series GPUs visit: www.nvidia.com/en-au/geforce/ Ubisoft's pre-order and pricing strategy got everyone saying 'I got a bad feeling about this'. Check out Austin's 'Harold Halibut' review write-up here: www.patreon.com/posts/austin-does-not-102428070 Check out Edmond's 'The Rogue Prince of Persia' h...
I recommend: Dragon's Dogma 2 (Review)
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Thank you Raycon for sponsoring this video. Go to buyraycon.com/skillup for 20% off your order, plus free shipping! Brought to you by Raycon. Dragon's Dogma 2 is good...I think. Video written and voiced by Ralph P Edited by Austin B. and Stuart K. Additional gameplay from Austin B. #Review #DragonsDogma2 #Capcom Thanks for taking the time to watch the video. If you'd like to support the channel...
Witcher 4 details, Star Wars Outlaws and Destiny 2 The Final Shape | This Week in Videogames
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Australians, try GeForce Now for free at this link: bit.ly/GeForceNOW5, or sign up to the new Ultra Membership for RTX 3080 servers supporting 4k/60FPS, ray tracing and more. Thanks to GeForce Now Powered by CloudGG for sponsoring the video. You guys see that Destiny 2 Final Shape reveal? Oh we are so back. Children of the Sun review: ua-cam.com/video/MgNq_UIClGw/v-deo.html #ThisWeekInVideogame...
Austin recommends: Children of the Sun (Review)
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Austin recommends: Children of the Sun (Review)
NakeyJakey co-hosts + exclusive CDPR interview | Friends Per Second Ep 42
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NakeyJakey co-hosts exclusive CDPR interview | Friends Per Second Ep 42
Suicide Squad Season One bombs + Marvel Rivals revealed | This Week in Videogames
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Suicide Squad Season One bombs Marvel Rivals revealed | This Week in Videogames
I *very* strongly recommend: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Review)
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I *very* strongly recommend: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Review)
Here's how Judas is trying to be more than just 'Bioshock in space' (Hands-on Overview)
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Here's how Judas is trying to be more than just 'Bioshock in space' (Hands-on Overview)
Dragon's Dogma 2 MTX woes and Overwatch 2 cancels remaining PVE | This Week in Videogames
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Dragon's Dogma 2 MTX woes and Overwatch 2 cancels remaining PVE | This Week in Videogames
EXCLUSIVE: We played 5 hours of Judas and interviewed creator Ken Levine | Friends Per Second #41
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EXCLUSIVE: We played 5 hours of Judas and interviewed creator Ken Levine | Friends Per Second #41
Austin recommends: Alone in the Dark (Review)
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Austin recommends: Alone in the Dark (Review)
PS5 Pro specs leaked, PSVR 2 stalled and the Battlefront remaster disaster | This Week In Videogames
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PS5 Pro specs leaked, PSVR 2 stalled and the Battlefront remaster disaster | This Week In Videogames
So far, I'm not loving: Rise of the Ronin (Hands-on Impressions)
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So far, I'm not loving: Rise of the Ronin (Hands-on Impressions)
Activision staff unionize, Sony-backed studio shuttered and RIP Toriyama | This Week In Videogames
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Activision staff unionize, Sony-backed studio shuttered and RIP Toriyama | This Week In Videogames
We dare to compare: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth vs Final Fantasy XVI | Friends Per Second Ep #40
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We dare to compare: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth vs Final Fantasy XVI | Friends Per Second Ep #40
EA slashes jobs, cancels Respawn's rumored Mandalorian shooter | This Week In Videogames
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EA slashes jobs, cancels Respawn's rumored Mandalorian shooter | This Week In Videogames
Austin does not recommend: Nightingale (Early Access Review)
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Austin does not recommend: Nightingale (Early Access Review)
Sony cuts 900 jobs, cancels projects, closes studio | This Week in Videogames
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Sony cuts 900 jobs, cancels projects, closes studio | This Week in Videogames

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  • @sammysokosammysoko
    @sammysokosammysoko 7 годин тому

    Crazy that the PS2 has still outsold Switch and DS. PS5 is around 60 million units sold by now, and will likely end it's lifecycle at well over 115 million units. The doom and gloom about Sony is manufactured nonsense. The numbers speak for themselves. Switch came out in 2017, releases low budget, high priced games made for children mostly, and this drives sales (kids don't care about the tech driving their games, and profit is easier to make on a 15 million dollar game than a 200 million dollar game.) The Switch success is a demographics argument, not a business argument. If Nintendo Switch was the only game in town, they would have the same numbers and those of us looking for a more mature, different experience would simply stop gaming.

  • @hahahafunniness
    @hahahafunniness 8 годин тому

    Game journalists all suck, jesus.

  • @HikingHalfdead
    @HikingHalfdead 8 годин тому

    Characters boring. Gameplay repetitive. Story boring. World goofy.

  • @MarkoHolic
    @MarkoHolic 8 годин тому

    actually i feeldisapointed by ui,,enviroment and story, do you remember how much space there was in home 1 and home 2? especially on remasters visuals was cosmical and you felt like you are that one tiny peace of life in huge space. while home 3 rarelly has views like that and feels so focused in one small part of space, dont like that and UI in this case makes it even more focused witch in my opinion is bad.

  • @Burntrocity
    @Burntrocity 8 годин тому

    Hate to ask it but judging by this commentary, when does one stop being 'indie' and become 'triple A'?

  • @FoxyCAMTV
    @FoxyCAMTV 8 годин тому

    I found this vid in 2024 so I'ma say it in 2024.....Remedy is overrated.

  • @ElOsoMarino
    @ElOsoMarino 8 годин тому

    Yeah, the guy from animal well made the engine, the graphics, the mechanics, the music, everything, even dialogue but he cut it out because it didn't fit well enough, he did everything, that guy has the secret sauce I tell you

  • @mdoule
    @mdoule 8 годин тому

    Hopefully disjoining Sony PSN and console from SIE in California will result in better enviroment. But i won't hold my breath.

  • @vallejomach6721
    @vallejomach6721 8 годин тому

    76 playing SSKtJL on Steam right now 🤣🤣🤣

  • @stevenhay7147
    @stevenhay7147 8 годин тому

    (LEAVE DOUBLE FINE ALOOONE)

  • @Murderbits
    @Murderbits 8 годин тому

    So what? A company that is net-positive can never lay people off or cut divisions? I have NEVER seen people whine more about layoffs than game devs and journalists.

  • @jiezzle2579
    @jiezzle2579 9 годин тому

    Still waiting on the BG3 reviews 9 months later

  • @Retheraq
    @Retheraq 9 годин тому

    Thus childish writing being good? Wow, average IQ truly is 100, isn't it.

  • @tylerward7068
    @tylerward7068 9 годин тому

    Jeff Grubb is an idiot. Fakest insider I’ve ever seen.

  • @BuzzaB77
    @BuzzaB77 9 годин тому

    please don't advertise on behalf of ASUS, they are currently scamming Ally owners with a repair service ransom , threatening users their units will be left bricked if they don't agree to additional repairs that the user did not request.

  • @Kv90654
    @Kv90654 9 годин тому

    Is he saying June showcase, or Dune showcase?

  • @Klaatew
    @Klaatew 9 годин тому

    This is my GOTY. Absolute bliss.

  • @purplewine7362
    @purplewine7362 9 годин тому

    28:58 you were one of them

  • @privateinformation2960
    @privateinformation2960 10 годин тому

    the only thing interesting me in these trailers are the lorna janes that ass is fitting in to.

  • @Lowlander-ci7is
    @Lowlander-ci7is 10 годин тому

    Try Nebulous, awesome game...

  • @CyanSage1763
    @CyanSage1763 10 годин тому

    Just IMAGINE having produced a product that you can sell for $50-70 worldwide digitally to anyone that has a wallet and a computer... And deciding "No, we are going to impose an account system that will force us to delist the game from tons of countries". Corporate America has too much administrative bs going around, they need to learn to be a little more flexible. This is just incredibly incompetent, but what do I know I am just a customer.

  • @BilliamTorpedo
    @BilliamTorpedo 10 годин тому

    The only way i can see advertisements in games working is if youre in like Times square or something and its just a natural part of the environment

  • @attlue
    @attlue 10 годин тому

    29:53 "...30Mb large.." 'Elite' and 'Revs' on BBC Micro 32Kb "..first time?.."

  • @rafaelmori8832
    @rafaelmori8832 10 годин тому

    To tell you the truth the fact that those countries did not have helldivers back up is perfectly explicable, this is probably a test to understand how much this territories actually affect the overall number of players and to see if they can push the psn requirements anyway. I'ts always about money.

  • @pqfire0950
    @pqfire0950 10 годин тому

    Their employees had a rougher week lol

  • @knowlyf3293
    @knowlyf3293 10 годин тому

    personally people should unlist from gamepass for a a month to prove a point but sadly xbox console player has to have it just to play online super times in always online eco system

  • @Wakeofchaos25
    @Wakeofchaos25 11 годин тому

    Comment for the Algo

  • @EnemyOfEldar
    @EnemyOfEldar 11 годин тому

    Jakes interview of Abu Bakr was amazing.

  • @DagothDaddy
    @DagothDaddy 11 годин тому

    I'd argue it's been about 15 years since a steong Bioware release. DA:I wasn't terrible but it was from the greatness of DA:O

  • @moisesdaniel3051
    @moisesdaniel3051 11 годин тому

    DEI...

  • @bigmack70
    @bigmack70 11 годин тому

    OK, I just played through this on PC and completed it and the DLC, and while I agree this game was very good, wow I don't understand your take on the writing/story/characters. This game had some of the most insufferably bad writing and character design I've ever seen in a game otherwise so good. Aloy is tolerable but all the other characters are insufferable. I hated every moment I wasn't fighting machines or exploring.

  • @reincarN8ed
    @reincarN8ed 11 годин тому

    Corpos are all the same.

  • @hustheposum
    @hustheposum 11 годин тому

    We get loadouts in gears and gambits but not for our party for actual fighting.

  • @Rileydog53
    @Rileydog53 11 годин тому

    Hope to hear your take on Moon Studio’s CEO’s comments comparing “wokeness” and cancel culture to the atrocities committed by nazi germany in WWII. I was excited about no rest for the wicked, but it seems hard to separate from such a vehement holocaust denialist.

  • @user-uq2ko4jq2v
    @user-uq2ko4jq2v 11 годин тому

    9:50 would you guys ever consider making that into a video or audio podcast? for those of us without time to read? 😷

    • @iisquared77
      @iisquared77 11 годин тому

      if you dont have time to read it how would you have time to watch the audio version of it or the conversation on it?

  • @Korra228
    @Korra228 12 годин тому

    With every "this week in video games" I'm thinking more and more that this industry is going to collapse under the weight of insatiable shareholder greed

    • @alexmac513
      @alexmac513 10 годин тому

      The AAA industry can collapse, its fine they are dumb. Still be great games out there, who's not looking forward to playing Hornet? Mentioned at the start of this video and I went 'wha!!.... aww.. '

  • @jayq8354
    @jayq8354 12 годин тому

    Fantastic: We have been working on a fully immersive experience that features exceptional zombie gameplay created on Gods day under the crescent blue m- I’m just fucking with you the game is a GMod map have a nice day. Us: … huh…?

  • @julespleeswoah859
    @julespleeswoah859 12 годин тому

    At one point Hellblade 2 was going to be the xbox version of God of War...now it's a smaller game. Lmfao through my tears Microsoft is killing gaming.

  • @Kepesk
    @Kepesk 12 годин тому

    A Marathon port that actually works?!

  • @KieranBowley
    @KieranBowley 12 годин тому

    Ultimate Swing will never take the crown from Walkabout Mini Golf! But I'll still check it out!

  • @Simsationxl
    @Simsationxl 12 годин тому

    But Apple hates paint brushes.

  • @djpookie2000
    @djpookie2000 12 годин тому

    I am happy I have no idea who Kindrick is.

  • @originalghoul3738
    @originalghoul3738 12 годин тому

    You all pushed DEI like Sweet Baby then cry when the Company shuts down studios because they arent making money, Shocking, no one wants this look at the new Assassins Creed people of all colors and sizes are mad, sad there are companies editing the Wiki to rewrite history for that game, talk about cultural appropriation which your all against but seeing in real time the wiki changes is going to finally kill this small group of lunatics, I mean the Blackrock CEO is in trouble since he was forcing this change and it back fired kinda like your best friend pushing his charity and you pretending to be shocked n offended??? I warned you all but no one listened and now its Atari 7200 era all over again then video games will make a huge pivot and become great again, if you pushed this crap with crappy stories then you lose your job, people are over it, I mean if you made great storylines and fun gameplay without forcing a political agenda, I mean look at CDPR they make a video about diversity in their games, yet everyone at the studio is white, talk about survivor guilt soon they will be shutdown because no one wants the political crap but hey Keep not catering to the people whose money you need but claim you dont want lets see how much longer your all in business, lol. Atleast Amazon is smart enough to make Fallout good, I mean Max character made no sense and the acting was off, Indy the nuke out of a refrigerator all smiles then turning into an EMO, seriously???

  • @tryout3420
    @tryout3420 12 годин тому

    I love the fact that when Shill Up talks about Xbox, he always uses the same gameplay clips from a game that was made like 10 years ago and is merely a shadow or a clone of Destiny. That alone speaks for itself about Xbox's state in the current gen

  • @darrow_andromeda915
    @darrow_andromeda915 12 годин тому

    Phil is a hack

  • @Gehshme
    @Gehshme 12 годин тому

    Wayfinder is a scam, thanks for stealing my money.

  • @Natsocenis
    @Natsocenis 12 годин тому

    If sony is mandating psn accounts for pc games, can they implement a ps plus model to charge pc players for the online experience

  • @liamout
    @liamout 12 годин тому

    another skill up vid, another mention of power wash simulator

  • @Simte
    @Simte 12 годин тому

    The camera operator is the real MVP.

  • @davidcadieu9238
    @davidcadieu9238 12 годин тому

    Hearing you mention The Expanse makes me realize how much I want a Homeworld 3 mod based on the show.