Episode 108: Press Start: ReCord

Sequels, new releases and corporate nonsense. That's gaming, baby. THINGS MENTIONED: Polygon's reminder of the Nintendo Partner Direct stuff: https://www.polygon.com/24078620/nintendo-games-direct-february-2024-announcements-release-dates Polygon on Sony's latest layoffs: https://www.polygon.com/24086441/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-sony-layoffs-death-of-aaa And IGN on EA layoffs :/ : https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-to-lay-off-around-670-to-advance-the-way-we-work Nintendo Switch 2 delays??: https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-reportedly-delayed-to-march-2025-in-part-to-combat-scalping IGN: Rockstar calling employees back to office: https://www.ign.com/articles/rockstar-games-is-asking-employees-to-return-to-office-amid-gta-security-concerns And IGN on the ensuing backlash: https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-developers-criticise-rockstars-reckless-decision-to-force-staff-back-to-the-office YouTuber Lockstin & Gnoggin on the new Pokemon game announcement: https://youtu.be/Ts2ficIZf84 Noah's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠noah_hurts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tori's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tori_as_always⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nathaniel's on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠nathanbased⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GEIST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah and Tori take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Press_StartPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on tumblr at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠press-startpod.tumblr.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on bluesky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@press-startpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.