Defining Duke, Episode 64: PlayStation Keeps Buying Studios + The Witcher 4 Announced
Added 2022-03-24 16:01:03 +0000 UTCIt's a mixed bag kind of week. From chicken wing and soda slander all the way down to the latest at CD Projekt Red, this episode covers a lot of ground if I do say so myself. A new Witcher game has been announced, PlayStation gobbles up another studio in a most organic way, and former Microsoft partner Moon Studios is in big trouble. Plus news on a Ubisoft showcase and the latest on the Xbox x Steam Deck integrations. There's plenty of discussion to go around, so get cozy and let's chat about the latest week in the world of video games.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:03:33 - Some smaller news items and follow-ups.
0:11:03 - Boneless chicken wings are chicken nuggets.
0:12:33 - HogLeg
0:15:52 - What we’ve been playing.
0:30:50 - What should Xbox do in Japan?
0:39:46 - Tier List: Soda
0:46:50 - Will we ever see Achievement overhauls?
0:56:46 - Is crunch a big deal?
1:11:13 - Sausage McMuffin - egg or no egg?
1:15:55 - PlayStation is acquiring Haven Studios.
1:29:39 - CD Projekt has announced a new title in the Witcher saga.
1:41:44 - Moon Studios is reportedly a toxic environment.
2:01:08 - New info behind the Fable reboot has become public.
2:15:16 - An Ubisoft game showcase may be on the way.
2:25:27 - Xbox Cloud Gaming is on Steam Deck.
2:30:43 - Game Pass pick of the week.
2:38:38 - Which Fallout game should dad play first?
2:43:44 - Is the narrative around Microsoft’s studio management misguided?
2:47:31 - What are our hype levels for the Halo show?
2:57:09 - What game blew away the expectations we had for it?
3:03:35 - Blizzard games… let’s talk about them.
Comments
Correction: Maya’s ability is Phase Lock, which is different from Lilith’s Phase Walk (likely what you were referencing when you said invisibility as an action skill). Apologies for being one of those people 😂
Paco_Luigi
2022-03-30 06:15:15 +0000 UTCHe does understand that a wing is called a wing…because it’s the wing of a chicken. It’s the wing…a boneless wing is usually like a chunk of breast that’s sauced like a wing. It’s factually, not a chicken wing. It’s a sauced nugget/tender…
ajt2kxx
2022-03-29 19:27:37 +0000 UTCI’m not a soda guy, I quit a decade ago. But, as a Louisiana guy, Cog put some respect on Root Beer. Mug is trash, Barq’s is better, but try Abita if you ever see it!
Kickstand
2022-03-28 23:10:59 +0000 UTCNight time cog got me ha 🕺
Bob Spiers
2022-03-28 01:56:02 +0000 UTCNo need to make excuses. McDonald’s is just fine. And they have a great allergen menu. Nothing wrong with enjoying it once in a while.
Owen
2022-03-28 01:11:11 +0000 UTCMost game developers are paid hourly. If they stay longer they get O/T.
Taylor kazemba
2022-03-27 08:44:39 +0000 UTCIt's annoying how everyone is gleefully ignoring this. How on earth is that not organic? Facts don't matter if you're just looking to talk shit.
Kaleb
2022-03-26 19:54:26 +0000 UTCMatty you couldn't be more wrong about cherry coke!
Michael Buffill
2022-03-26 00:19:41 +0000 UTCRegarding Tiny Tina’s Wonderland. A T rated game does not mean it’s not for adults. I don’t doubt the writing in Tiny Tina’s is childish like Matty describes. But while M might stand for mature audiences it doesn’t actually mean the audiences are necessarily mature. And I don’t think being rated M would have improved bad writing just because they could talk about sex and use curse words. Not a well thought out comment imo.
Raymond Stuart
2022-03-25 23:18:02 +0000 UTCYo Matty! If you ever see it, Mountain Dew LiveWire is orange flavored and it's amazing!
james glenn roten
2022-03-25 15:07:17 +0000 UTCSony funded the creation of Haven. I feel like that’s about as organic as it gets. I agree the organic gets thrown around too loosely. Bungie was not organic. But Haven definitely is.
Bogey Zero
2022-03-25 13:16:03 +0000 UTCMy dude Matty disgracing the good name of the DROID X 😂 That thing was sleek as hell even if it chugged like an old lawnmower. Much love 💚
Chris Nelson
2022-03-25 12:28:51 +0000 UTCBruh PlayStation has been putting out great games and Xbox once again caught with nothing to release
Big titty drinker
2022-03-25 10:10:21 +0000 UTCI felt my question about pc games was really on topic, am I allowed to post it each week?
Captain Bon Clay
2022-03-25 10:07:27 +0000 UTCTbf 343, Coalition, Playground, Turn 10, Undead Labs would all class as organic. Arguably they get to take credit for Bungie as well. Throw in Epic games there as well.
Flaunty
2022-03-25 08:26:55 +0000 UTCI love you cog but your wrong bro. The reason people say Sony built there studios organically is because thier top studios like naughty dog , gurilla , Sony Santa Monica were no where near the pedigree they are now when Sony purchased them. It was Sonys good management and talent cultivation that built those studios into what they are. It’s a skill Xbox hasnt proven they have consistently, that’s what I believe people are pointing out when they say Sony can grow studios organically while Microsoft can’t.
Big titty drinker
2022-03-25 06:15:43 +0000 UTCMountain Dew... VOLTAGE BRO
Charlie Davenport
2022-03-25 02:09:36 +0000 UTCHey Cog not a fan of those trophy’s or achievements that take hundreds of hours to do . If it takes all those hours to get a platinum like 10,000 kills not picking up that game .
Garry
2022-03-24 18:40:43 +0000 UTCMatty, if you dig orange soda, you gotta try European Fanta. I haven’t drank soda in almost 10 years, but I injected that shit directly for two weeks when I was in Spain for two weeks for work. It’s so fucking refreshing and way lower in sugar, doesn’t have that nasty syrupy texture. It’s the winner.
Drew Sleezer
2022-03-24 18:40:13 +0000 UTCI’m sorry Matty that segment glowing over PlayStation was just not rooted in any fact. Besides buying Bungie which will be multiplat what has Sony done? Released a game that was immediately overshadowed 6 days later by a top 10 game ever…….Still no game sale numbers for Horizon Released the lowest rated user score game ever……that literally did not work for 30 hours with some of the most egregious MTX ever for a $76 game. Had a State of Play critiqued by almost all with the best thing that was showed is a Day 1 gamepass game Lost NPD to Xbox in February despite SIFU Horizon and GT7 while Xbox literally had nothing and early March numbers are showing a similar result. But yep buying a brand new studio that no one heard of with NO games is gonna be huge your right PlayStation is KILLING 2022 you guys did warn us
Shane Geis
2022-03-24 17:32:40 +0000 UTCI will never forget the great HogLeg scandal of 2022, nor will I forget that no apology has been forthcoming so far from what I've heard of the episode. Much like in any Telltale game, Mike Po will remember that.
Mike Po
2022-03-24 16:26:40 +0000 UTC
