The Crossplay Cooperative

Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative!In this episode we talk about quite a lot actually. Asha Sharma's new role in the US government, Mexico gets ready to sue Sony, Neill Blomkamp's new AI film, throw in a bit of Marvel chat and a whole lot more. We also get stuck into what we've been playing and have a quick chat about our new Let's Play YouTube series.
Cheers for listening!
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TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - Cold open00:02:07 - Intro00:03:40 - Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is getting 00:15:08 - Former PlayStation Boss, Shawn Layden ain’t foolin’. Pick a lane  .00:20:45 - Bethesda Update.00:32:00 - Microsoft, please don’t ruin Minecraft!! 00:45:30 - Mexican lawmakers fights back against Sony’s decision to stop releasing physical games.00:55:27 - Chinese courts rule that games libraries + microtransations should be able to be passed on.01:02:51 - Cyberpunk reaches 40 million copies sold.01:06:25 - DC have announced a new fighting game which is free-to-play... mobile exclusive.01:12:00 - Doomsday trailer isn’t holding back. But will it be good? (MCU chat)01:21:00 - Palworld ain’t doing AI, cos players don’t want it according to studio communications head.01:24:00 - AI usage lines in the sand01:39:11 - District 9 director drops new full AI short film. 01:54:40 - Three years of stats for AI usage on steam. Yikes!02:03:28 - Stardew Valley MTG secret lair.
NOW PLAYING02:09:40 - About Fishing (Real weird fishing adventure)02:21:20 - Moldrise (Yucky timeloop horror game)02:26:00 - Palworld “Pokemon but like, better in every conceivable way.”02:36:00 - Rose and Locket (Kiwi made stylistic twin stick side-scrolling shooter)02:46:47 - Triple Threat from Nate: Returnal, Armored Core, Demon Souls. 03:04:35 - Borderlands 4 (Looter shooter)03:14:30 - Dust Front (Old school RTS)03:19:30 - Invokyr (Jumanji, the video game, but not)
FANTASY CRITIC03:26:30 - 

Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative!We're sans Nate this week, but we plow on for this particularly grim episode! We talk about the death of physical media for PlayStation, huge layoff news and the culling of several Microsoft studio, my disappointment at GTA 6's performance on consoles and a whole lot more.
 
On the bright side, there are some killer games coming soon.SOCIALS
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TIMESTAMPS
 
00:00:00 - Cold open
00:01:15 - Intro
 
NEWS
00:03:10 - PlayStation ends physical media production in Jan 2028.
00:16:58 - PlayStation 6 very ikely to be released in 2028 at the earliest.
00:22:00 - Sony not willing to make significant loses on PS6. Will be expensive!
00:26:40 - Microsoft layoff 1600, 1600 more to come. 4 studios dropped.
00:32:50 - Obsidian gets really hurt by layoffs.
00:35:40 - Id has basically been gutted. (Editor’s note: Big rant coming next ep!)
00:42:50 - The cuts effect more than just those laid off directly, IO reports.
00:44:00 - Is the AAA space imploding?
00:57:01 - NC announces first game recommending 64gb RAM
01:00:08 - RAM manufacturers being sued for price fixing.
01:05:41 - GTA 6 @ 60fps? Unlikely according to Digital Foundry
01:12:58 -  Subnautica legal drama settled as reinstated CEO/AI enthusiast resigns volunteerily
01:15:02 - Metroid Ravenous temporarily listed. New game incoming?
01:19:20 - New game: Mouthwashing will be a triumph in friendsweating (Sorry Nate!)
 
NOW PLAYING
01:26:10 - Corsair Cove (Pirate themed city builder)
01:32:05 - Terratech Legion (Roguelike, vehicle builder)
01:36:40 - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Anime visual novel/RTS mecha strategy game)
01:43:00 - Screenbound (2D/3D Platformer puzzler)
01:50:03 - Dragon’s Crown (Sidescrolling action RPG)
01:53:03 - Windrunners (2D Dogfighting shooter)
01:57:36 - Moldwasher (2D Cozy cleaning puzzler)
02:04:30 - Moldrise (Yucky 1st person survival roguelike)
02:09:32 - Rose and Locket (Stylistic Kiwi 2D shooter platformer)
02:12:20 - Returnal (Roguelike 3rd person shooter)
02:15:29 - Zerospace (RTS/RPG)
02:20:15 - Cozy Game Restoration (Cozy puzzler)
02:22:40 - Restory (Cozy puzzler)
02:29:45 - Order of the Sinking Star (Sokoban puzzle game)
02:36:00 - Empire in Decay (Roguelike deckbuilder, but chess)
02:40:00 - Tom Lander (Totally bizzare brainbending droneflight game)
02:43:20 - Blood Dungeon (Loose af platforming autoshooter)
02:44:43 - Boy and Deer (Platform puzzle game)
02:49:48 - Toem 2 (Chill puzzle game)
02:54:48 - Object Impermanence (1st person puzzler)
 
02:58:30 - Final thoughts on the current game industry.

Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative!
We've hit episode 10, so of course it's our longest episode yet!Huge shout out to everyone who's downloaded, given us feedback and listened to us bang on. We massively appreciate it :)
In this episode we have our first listener topic and chat about the role of narrative in video games. We also have a big dive into the concerning issues within Microsoft and mourn the loss of a couple of games industry figures. 
 
So stick around and listen! Also, hit us up with your opening question or topic! We'd love to have that as an opener for the episode.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Cold open
00:06:00 - Intro
00:07:50 - Listener Topic! Thanks Maaaate!
 
NEWS
00:30:25 - “YouTube Monetizes Xbox better than we do”
00:37:13 - Xbox Studios brace for closures
00:40:10 - Ninja Theory closure planned before Senua announcement.
00:42:31 - Xbox to fastrack major franchise titles.
00:49:22 - Key Xbox staff leave.
00:52:15 - Halo won’t need PSPlus account for couch coop.
00:56:26 - Epic tries to save the news for this week. Fails.
01:05:44 - RIP Bobby Prince. Doom composer. Legend.
01:11:05 - RIP Claude Guillemot. Co-founder of Ubisoft.
01:14:32 - Getting down with the Steam Machine!
01:24:08 - Rocks  tar devs finally form their union.
 
NOW PLAYING
Full Party!
01:30:15 - Everything is a roguelike deckbuilder with a side of mushrooms and 
01:32:00 - Empulse
01:36:34 - Over The Hill
01:43:35 - The Mound - Call of Cthulu
02:02:42 - Deep Dish Dungeon
02:09:32 - Serious Sam Scatterverse
02:15:21 - BOMBANANA
 
Len
02:22:00 - Call of Duty Black Ops 7.
02:26:40 - Alan Wake 2
02:29:39 - Echoes of Mystralia
02:31:12 - Trash Day *
02:32:31 - Goosiest (YouTuber)
02:34:20 - Lennybarn (YouTuber)
02:38:21 - Samara Weaving
 
Dave
02:39:59 - Bio Eden *
02:43:45 - Rivage
02:51:28 - The Lift
 
Nate
03:02:25 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
03:14:48 - Valor Mortis
03:22:55 - About Fishing
03:30:51 - Iron Nest
03:43:11 - End!

Welcome to The Crossplay CooperativeJoin us every second Friday (NZ) to keep up to date with our favourite bits of recent gaming news and thoughts.In this episode we attempt to go over all of the showcases over the past weekend and discuss announcements from Sony, Xbox, Nintendo and dozens of other publishers + dev. It's... a lot! We also talk about Friend-slop, AI controversy with one of these announcements, violence in games and a lot more.Massive shout out if you've joined us along the way. We hope you enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Cold open
00:04:49 - Intro
 
SONY STATE OF PLAY (Highlights)
00:06:42 - Wolverine
00:14:50 - Rayman Legends Retold
00:17:22 - Bancho The Chef
00:18:08 - Kemuri
00:20:14 - The Lost Wild (Not to be confused with Dino Crisis Remake)
00:24:08 - Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered
00:26:57 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword
00:31:08 - Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
00:36:40 - Control Resonance
00:46:02 - Obligatory Marathon mention!
00:47:20 - Until Dawn 2
00:50:25 - God of War: Laufey
 
SUMMER GAME FEST
00:56:29 - Resident Evil Veronica
00:57:39 - Mighty Cup Head Adventures
00:59:58 - Gen Atlas
01:03:30 - Blood Message
01:06:50 - HAEX? HAYEX? HEEEXX??
01:10:54 - Mortal Shell II
01:20:02 - TMNT - Ronin
01:22:40 - Gundam Rogue Orbit
01:26:37 - Crossfire
01:30:25 - Guild Wars 3
01:35:41 - Amsterdam 1666
01:50:47 - Hot Wheels - Infinite Rush
01:53:47 - Stellar Blade Bloodrain
01:58:35 - Street Fighter 6 (Tifa announced as a character)
01:58:17 - Final Fantasy VII Revelation
 
XBOX SHOWCASE
02:06:58 - Fable
02:07:48 - Halo Campaign Evolved
02:10:00 - State of Decay 3
02:11:55 - Metro 2039
02:14:44 - Bad Magpie
02:15:15 - Senua. a.k.a Sensua :D
02:17:08 - Asha Sharma Fanclub Chat
02:18:47 - Valor Mortis
02:21:05 - Persona 6
02:22:53 - Spyro: A Realm Beyond
02:24:38 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4
02:29:10 - Gears of War: E-Day
 
PC GAMING SHOW
02:32:07 - Serious Sam - Shatterverse
02:33:33 - There Are No Ghosts At The Grand
02:34:29 - Another Door
02:35:55 - Cassette Beast 2002
02:36:50 - 2 Fights 2 Tight Space
02:37:00 - Stronghold 4
02:39:08 - Wardog
02:43:12 - Rivage
02:46:44 - Total War: Warhammer 40k
02:48:40 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers
02:53:05 - Into The Wind
 
NINTENDO DIRECT
02:53:48 - Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
02:54:15 - Lies of P: Complete Edition
02:55:01 - Final Fantasy Resonance
02:55:59 - The Duskbloods
02:56:52 - Kingdom Hearts 4
02:57:37 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake
 
DAY OF THE DEVS
03:00:02 - Screenbound
03:01:01 - Into The Unwell
03:03:32 - Dreadmoor
03:05:57 - Lazy River
03:07:50 - Slap Out Of It
 
WHOLESOME DIRECT
03:09:59 - TOEM 2
03:12:05 - Hidden Folks 2
FUTURE GAMES SHOW
03:14:22 - Exodus END!
 

Welcome to The Crossplay CooperativeJoin us every second Friday (NZ) to keep up to date with our favourite bits of recent gaming news and thoughts.In this episode we talk about wizards (some good, some bad), a whole lot of Warhammer, Sony mis-steps, the end of Destiny 2 and whole lot more.
As always, this may just save your life. But probably not.
 
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Cold open
00:06:48 - Intro
00:08:24 - What games we reckon should be a movie
 
NEWS
00:20:21 - Zak Cregger’s Resident Evil trailer
00:26:18 - IO Interactive’s 007 First Light getting great reviews
00:32:28 - Dave has engines! Unreal 6 engine revealed via sweet grass tech in Rocket League.
00:42:27 - Warhammer 40k Chaosgate Deathwatch announced.
00:54:37 - The Gamer dropping scummy pay-per-session contracts.
01:00:23 - Two new unannounced Xbox controllers announced
01:07:16 -  Playstation podcaster, Colin Moriarty’s PSN account hacked. Security fiasco exposed.
01:20:50 - Subnautica 2 devs don’t want you to kill the fishies.
01:31:14 - Destiny 2 development comes to a close.
01:40:20 - Sony no longer porting first party games to PC.
01:47:30 - Warhorse Studios announce an RPG set in Middle Earth.
01:54:14 - Correction! Black Flag will NOT have modern day sequences.
01:57:26 - Wizards of the Coast union busting. Ew!
02:12:55 - Showcases incoming! We give our Control: Resonance predictions.
 
NOW PLAYING
02:19:00 - Mortal Kombat 1 (PS5)
02:24:00 - The Crew: Motorfest (PS5)
02:26:46 - Dead Island 2 (PS5)
02:30:07 - Warhammer: Chaosgate Daemonhunters (PS5)
02:30:55 - Subnautica: Below Zero (PS5)
02:32:50 - Alan Wake I+II (PS5)
 
- Len promises to play Alan Wake 1 by next episode
- Dave promises to play some OG Marathon
 
02:35:09 - Boltgun II Demo (PC)
02:41:09 - Warhammer Survivors (PC)
02:44:55 - Rune Dice a.k.a Dave crack (PC)
02:51:20 - Dungeon Baller (PC)
02:58:08 - Slay the Spire 2 (PC)
02:59:10 - Clair Obscure (PS5) Nate’s in a race to the finish line!
03:11:00 - Marathon (PC)
02:12:15 - Silksong (PC)
02:19:13 - Nate Teases a genre of game for next episode (PC)
 
FANTASY CRITIC
02:21:40 - Updates
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List of Showcases via Polygon
Event
Date
Time (EDT)
Time (NZT)
Sony State of Play
Tuesday, June 2
5 p.m.
9am (Wed)
Summer Game Fest
Friday, June 5
5 p.m.
9am (Sat)
Day of the Devs
Friday, June 5
7 p.m.
11am (Sat)
Wholesome Direct
Saturday, June 6
12 p.m.
4am (Sun)
Story-Rich Showcase
Saturday, June 6
1 p.m.
5am (Sun)
Future Games Show
Saturday, June 6
3 p.m.
7am (Sun)
Xbox Games Showcase
Sunday, June 7
1 p.m.
5am (Mon)
PC Gaming Show
Sunday, June 7
3 p.m.
7am (Mon)

Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative!In this episode we talk about leaky things, game perfume, GTA VI's crazy minimum expectations, gamers having sooks, among other riveting chat!
We also get into what we've been jamming over the last two weeks, including my quick review of Mixtape, and get a bit vulny as we reminisce about games that punched us right in the feels!
Massively important. xoxo
 
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Cold open
00:00:50 - Intro
 
NEWS
00:03:16 - Everything (including Dave) is leaking!
00:11:11 - Kingdom Come’s scent collab!?
00:18:37 - Gamespot CEO wants to buy Ebay. Laughed out of the room.
00:26:52 - RGG Studio’s Stranger Than Heaven looks promising.
00:35:40 - Nate’s more excited about Stranger Than Heaven than GTA VI…
00:35:46 - …And then we proceed to spend the next 12 minutes talking about GTA VI!
00:47:00 - Sony’s AI plans
00:56:55 - Asha Sharma removes  Co-Pilot. Installs other ex-AI execs? Bring back bing!
01:02:00 - Helldivers 2 community having a sook. As per.
01:11:50 - Bungie continues to cause Sony issues.
01:23:46 - Unity reports revenue increase after 2023 brain explosion. Still reporting huge losses.
01:26:00 - Godot killing it though!
01:34:11 - Subnautica 2 dives into early access.
01:40:08 - Sidenote: Dave the Diver rules.
01:42:40 - Directive 8020 getting decent reviews.
01:46:46 - What are Truck Kun tho?
01:50:40 - NZ Games Festival
 
NOW PLAYING
01:57:51 - Starfield (PS5)
02:03:01 - Mixtape Review (PS5) - Len
 
02:21:44 - Sidequest! Games moments/experiences that gave us the feels.
 
02:31:11 - Brigador Killers (PC)
02:37:14 - DAICE (PC)
02:45:11 - Clair Obscur: 33 Expedition Update! (PS5)
02:53:11 - Iron Lung (PC)
 
03:03:06 - Wheelmates Demo (PC)
03:07:56 - Project: Doors (PC)
03:16:11   - Outro

Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative!In this episode we talk about power animals, hype af game to film adaptations, some awesome xbox indies, Len's controversial take that Starfield is better than Fallout, Pragmata's dumpster fire of a subreddit, the new steam controller and so much more (sorry for the runtime, Dan!)
As always, this is pretty vital stuff. - Thanks for listening!
LinksNZ Drink Driving Ad 1 - Dave
NZ Drink Driving Ad 2 - DavidTimestamps
00:00:00 - Cold open
00:04:07 - Intro
News
00:05:11 - ID@Xbox Showcase
00:13:44 - Super Mario Galaxy Movie Chat
00:17:10 - Street Fighter Movie Trailer is mental
00:21:40 - What are Xbox? Microsoft considers its identity
00:35:21 - Resident Evil Requiem hit 7m copies sold
00:36:49 - Blood of Dawnwalker coming in hot
00:44:09 - Sony’s bollocks DRM tech rolled out
00:49:30 - Denuvo has been fully cracked (Crack up)
00:52:40 - The new steam controller!
01:06:53 - Peter Molyneux’s under baked burger maker
01:12:58 - Cut Dark Souls 2 content discovered in the code
01:18:24 - Assassin’s Creed Hex in trouble?
01:24:42 - Black Flag remake looking mint tho
01:29:30 - Elden Ring film director a bit of a gaming legend
01:38:30 - Pragmata subreddit closed. Internet is trash.
01:42:15 - Shuhei Yoshida fires shots
01:48:00 - Troy Baker looking at making a game
01:52:07 - Stop killing games continues to fight the good fight
02:04:35 - Aliens Isolation 2 teased
Now Playing
02:06:23 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PS5)
02:09:35 - Crimson Desert (PS5)
02:11:26 - Starfield (PS5)
02:14:49 - Space Marine 2 (PS5)
02:19:28 - Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era (PC)
02:22:26 - Warhammer 40k - Rogue Trader (PC)
02:23:12 - Half-Sword demo (PC)
02:25:28 - Everything is Crab demo (PC)
02:28:28 - Dead is Disco demo (PC)
02:34:20 - Switch Stories! (NDS)
02:36:42 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC)
02:41:38 - Nate’s next game: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
02:43:50 - Gudnak! (Boardgame)
FANTASY CRITIC
02:51:05 - 

In part 2 of our episode from last week I talk about my initial experiences with the epic that is Crimson Desert, Dave regales us on his ongoing Slay the Spire 2 addiction, special guest Gareth talks relaxing with Silksong like an absolute psycho and Nate relives our shared trauma with As Dusk Falls.
 
Note: A few days before I published this Podcast, Black Ops 7 started working as intended on the PS5 Pro. Which is a problem for various reasons.
Thanks for listening!NOW PLAYING
00:00:00 - Risk of Rain 2 (PS5)
00:02:21 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PS5)
00:04:48 - Crimson Desert (PS5)
00:29:17 - Slay the Spire 2 (PC)
00:43:51 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PC)
00:50:36 - Vampire Crawlers - Demo (PC)
00:51:55 - Lootbound (PC)
00:58:04 - Silksong (PC)
01:12:27 - Side topic: The Journey of playing an all consuming game!
01:19:39 - As Dusk Falls (PS5)
 
FANTASY CRITIC
01:33:03

Another week, another live sesh with the fellas and our first special guest!In this episode we talk about Marathon (again!), the cost of making a AAA game in hours, crypto gaming devs, Nintendo pokémon patent attempts, special glue, micro machines and much more!Disclaimer: Sorry for the huskiness. Was a bit of a night prior... Also, this is part 1 of 2. Second half with our recent gaming experiences, drops later this weekend. Thanks for listening!
Timestamps
00:00:00 - Cold open
00:02:07 - Intro
 
NEWS
00:05:36 - Marathon
00:21:10 - The cost of doing AAA business
00:37:02 - Gunzilla drama
00:51:32 - Kingdom Come 2: Deliverance translator replaced by AI
01:03:31 - South Korea steps in amid soaring PC component prices
01:09:58 - Photos of Elden Ring film set leaked
01:16:07 - Handheld pricing itself out of the market?
01:26:40 - Mindseye CEO has a rant
01:33:31 - Nintendo patent trolling blocked
01:39:17 - Sony patents skill based damage. COD devs deny they do it 
01:49:10 - No Man’s Sky’s not-pokemon expansion released
01:54:00 - Former Forza horizon co-creator on why he left and what he's up to
01:55:58 - Micro machines rules.

Finally we are united and recording in the same room!In this episode we talk about Sony's PS5 price increases, Nintendo rumours, more Nvidia AI chat, some awkward Street Fighter 6 storylines, post-game completion depression and a whole lot more! Like a lot, a lot.We also dive into what we've been playing over the last two weeks, including a look at Slay The Spire II, Len's final thoughts after getting the platinum for Unicorn Overlord and Nate talks about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! As always, we also have a quick update on our Fantasy Critic standings as bit of a temp check on what's coming out later this year.Disclaimer: Moderately important stuff - Also it's quite long. Sorry!
 
00:00:00 - Cold open
00:03:05 - Intro
 
NEWS
00:04:02 - PS5 price increases.
00:12:22 - Nintendo rumors (Starfox, Zelda, No Mario)
00:17:57 - Krafton (not the jam company)
00:27:52 - PUBG’s Blindspot shut down.
00:31:50 - More Nvidia DLSS5 chat.
00:39:57 - Star Wars Zero Company is coming!
00:46:47 - Slay The Spire II is killing it!
00:57:51 - AAA vs Indie games.
01:05:43 - Epic layoff 1000+ employees.
01:13:07 - Nintendo Switch 2 production slows.
01:21:01 - Marathon player stats.
01:34:03 - Capcom apologizes for bizarre incest storyline.
01:36:20 - Exodus gameplay trailer.
01:42:17 - Post-game completion depression is real.
02:00:29 - Elden Ring skateboard announcement
02:03:45 - Frontside disasters?!
 
NOW PLAYING
02:05:01 - Unicorn Overlord (PS5) + Crimson Desert Chat
02:18:10 - Goblin America (PC)
02:22:00 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5)
02:27:45 - 4:Loop Beta (PC/PS5)
02:34:41 - Netrunner (TCG)
02:38:10 - Steam (Android)
02:42:50 - Bog Gaming (Android)
 
FANTASY CRITIC LEAGUE
02:43:59 - Rankings
 
LINKS
CRIMSON DESERT RKO: https://youtube.com/shorts/wW1dVmfCcOM?si=JzFxt2rb_QNKbuDM
 
CRIMSON DESERT CATS: https://youtube.com/shorts/Ay05_6hYSpQ?si=lKiYqhs1N3A1tdf5