Episode 238 - It's Time For The News

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: Pete - Street Fighter 6Kiley - Doom the dark ages, deadly prem, a game about digging a holeWe then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:Playtonic confirms layoffs https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playtonic-confirms-layoffs-the-landscape-is-shifting-and-with-it-so-must-we/Game confirms some switch 2 pre orders have been cancelled https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/uk-retailer-game-says-some-switch-2-pre-orders-have-been-cancelled/ Game now re-opening pre-orders https://mynintendonews.com/2025/05/30/game-uk-re-opening-nintendo-switch-2-pre-orders-for-cancelations/ EA cancels Black Panther game and closes studio https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-has-cancelled-its-black-panther-game-and-closed-its-studio-cliffhanger-games/ game apparently supposed to play as T’Challa’s son going against the skrulls https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/now-cancelled-black-panther-game-would-reportedly-have-had-tchallas-son-taking-on-the-skrull/ Summer Games Fest confirms list of partners https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/summer-game-fest-2025-partners-confirmed-including-the-return-of-nintendo/ The Mindseye weirdness https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-future-of-gta-producers-everywhere-is-in-doubt-as-mindseye-adopts-its-creation-suite/ https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/mindseye-co-ceo-claims-theres-a-concerted-effort-to-trash-the-game-ahead-of-its-release-i-do-know-that-there-are-bot-farms-posting-negative-comments-and-dislikes/ We hope you enjoy the show.Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces.You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or BlueskyPlease follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and TiktokArtwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfoMusic by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube