On this week’s episode, we talk about some of the latest games industry news that caught our eye, and we dive into the games we’re playing lately - which includes Aaron’s progress in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

[News of the Week]

• Neil Druckmann says don’t bet on there being more “Last of Us”

• Monster Hunter Wilds tops 8 million in 3 days

• Kaizen: A Factory Story

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Doom Deluxe Edition

• Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition - Switch release

• Titanfall Developer Cancels Unannounced Multiplayer FPS Project

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7: Rebirth

• Chivalry 2

• Marvel Rivals

• Monster Hunter Wilds

Starside Chat Episode 176 - Monster Hunter Wilds, Top 5 Podcast Games

This week, in the absence of a lot of gaming-related news to talk about, we each give our top picks for games you can play while listening to podcasts. Then Zach gives early impressions on Monster Hunter Wilds!

[News of the Week]

• A new Katamari on the way?

• New Terminator 2 Game

• WB closes Monolith

[Games out this week]

• Monster Hunter Wilds

[Features]

• Top 5 Podcast games

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Apex Legends

• Monster Hunter Wilds

• Marvel Rivals

• Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

• Timecop

Starside Chat Episode 175

On this week’s episode, we talk about Amazon taking full control of the Bond franchise. We also talk about potential game of the year candidates for 2025, and all the stuff we have been playing lately.

[News of the Week]

• PS5 Fans Are Pondering the Point of Days Gone Remastered After Graphics Comparison Emerges

• Netease fires Marvel Rivals game director and staff (Seattle-based)

• Amazon takes full control of the Bond franchise and people are worried

• Hades 2 - Warsong Update available now

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Balatro

  FF7:Rebirth

• Marvel Rivals

• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

On this week’s podcast, we speculate on possible settings for the next Luigi’s Mansion game. We also go over the highlights of the latest PlayStation State of Play, and talk about what we have been playing and watching lately!

[News of the Week]

• PlayStation Network outage

• Patent confirms joycon mouse feature

• Where should the next Luigi's Mansion take place?

• Battlefield 6 revealed with early testing program

• EA CEO says there will an Apex Legends 2.0 update after Battlefield 6

• Retro Sim Cities 1 / 2

• 5 new levels coming to Astro Bot

[Features]

• PlayStation State of Play

• • Hell is Us releasing on September 4th (Deus Ex connection)

  • Saros - New game from Hoursemarque

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7: Rebirth

• Buckaroo Banzai

• X-Com 2

• Marvel Rivals

Episode 173

On this week’s episode we talk about the latest update for No Man’s Sky, layoffs at Bioware following the flop of Dragon Age The Veilguard, and the deep dive on Doom: The Dark Ages.

[News of the Week]

• No Man's Sky Worlds Part 2

• Bioware layoffs

• • Legendary Drops’ video on EA falling apart

• Xbox Developer Direct

• • Doom: The Dark Ages deep dive

[Games out this week]

• Games coming out in February

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Severance / Silo

• Marvel Rivals

• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

• Podcasts: Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, The Rest is History

• HBO’s Rome show

On this week’s episode, we talk about Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal trailer and a handful of other interesting news items. Then we wrap it up with what we have been playing and watching!

[News of the Week]

SteamOS expands beyond the steam deck

Xbox teases new OS

Next Xbox may arrive in 2026

Rumored Oblivion remake could come as early as June

Sony cancels live service games

[Features]

Switch 2 Announcement

New Mario Kart footage

Switch 2 leaks point to controllers that work like computer mice

Games reportedly coming to Switch 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

Theaters

FF7: Rebirth

Marvel Rivals

Mario Galaxy

Starside Chat Episode 171 (Jan. 6, 2025)

Happy New Year! It’s the first episode of Starside Chat in 2025! And this week, we’re going over some of our most anticipated games of 2025. We also delve into what we’d like to see in the Switch 2 launch lineup.

[News of the Week]

• AGDQ Starts today!

• • Astrobot - Sunday 5:30pm (Any%)

  • Fallout New Vegas - Wednesday 7:00pm (All Romaces)

  • Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Thursday 1:00pm (All Dungeons)

  • FF7: Rebirth - Friday 4:30pm (Any%) (6 hours estimate)

  • Deus Ex - Saturday 4:15am - (Any%)

[Features]

• Most Anticipated Games of 2025

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Astrobot

• Animal Crossing New Horizons

This week, we return to try out a new way to determine the show’s Game of the Year. We’re trying out a bracket style this year, and we had fun with it. Let us know your top 10 games of the year! Do you agree with our picks?

[News of the Week]

• Future of Xbox?

• Christopher Nolan’s next movie will be an adaptation of The Odyssey

• Switch 2 Rumor Roundup

• • The Switch 2 could be revealed on January 8th

[Features]

• Starside Chat’s Game of the Year 2024 Bracket

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• PS5 / Astrobot

• The Long Kiss Goodnight

• Falling into Oblivion (book)