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