Episode 281 - The Games Industry Is Burning

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the games we’ve been playing including: Pete: kingdom hearts, Mario Kart World, meccha chameleon Kiley: supermarket chaos, arkane librarian tidyup, subnautica below zero, boltgun We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including: John Carmack responds to the ID lay offs https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/john-carmack-responds-to-id-software-layoffs-admits-microsoft-stewardship-claim-aging-badly/  Bethesda makes a statement about their games slate https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesda-confirms-obsidian-fallout-game-and-that-fallout-5-is-in-preproduction/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout-3-and-new-vegas-remasters-now-in-development/  EU approves PIF acquisition of EA https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/european-union-set-to-approve-saudi-pif-acquisition-of-electronic-arts-according-to-report/  Kratos to be recast in series due to injury https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-live-action-god-of-war-show-is-recasting-kratos-after-ryan-hurst-was-injured-on-the-set/  Indie devs ps5 trailer flooded with comments about disks https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/indie-developers-ps5-game-trailer-is-flooded-with-anti-sony-comments-over-disc-backlash/  Survey claims 100% of Japanese devs using Generative AI https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/new-survey-claims-100-of-japanese-online-game-developers-use-generative-ai-tools/  UK trade organisation comments about sonys decision to remove disks https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/removing-discs-doesnt-represent-progress-uk-retail-group-condemns-playstation-decision-to-stop-making-discs/ We hope you enjoy the episode If you are interested in the Antank S3 Max Switch 2 Dock, you can purchase it on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB3D2BJ8, or from the following link https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt, use code RRUK for 10% off 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 Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley\_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana\\marfo, please check out his Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Nana\\Marfo  Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube