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There comes a time in every person's life when they must contend with the question: which golf game is for me? For Rob, well he and his dad spent some time this past week hitting the links in PGA 2k25. Patrick and Chia were both won over by a totally Normal Golf Game, (which they will make Rob play next week when the crew gathers at Highground). Unfortunately, there's only so much golfing that can distract from Xbox closing multiple studios, Epic putting AI in Unreal Engine 6, and Don't Nod teetering on the edge of shutting down for good. As bleak as the AAA space is, at least Steam Next Fest has given Patrick and Chia games to look forward to in the indie zone, including Penguin Colony, the next game from the folks who made Umurangi Generation, and even more golf in the form of Sting and Swing, a stylish looking metroid-vania golfing game.
Reminder: Last year, the pro-Palestinian human rights movement BDS that’s pressuring Israel by promoting boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against the country added Xbox to its boycott list. Learn more here: https://www.bdsmovement.net/news/boycott-microsofts-xbox
Links: Normal Golf Game Screenshot, Studios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for Closures, Xbox's reverse-2018, Vampire Survivors Fortnite Crossover Might Not Happen Due To GenAI
Discussed:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:09:00 - PGA 2K25
00:30:49 - Normal Golf Game
00:42:23 - IRL stream next week
00:53:11 - 4th and Goal
00:59:33 - Compulsion, Ninja Theory, and Double Fine closed by Xbox
01:17:18 - Dont Nod will run out of money in November
01:30:57 - Unreal Engine 6 will include AI
01:44:33 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword
02:09:53 - Steam Next Fest
02:14:13 - Sting and Swing
02:16:18 - Pact Warden
02:17:48 - Hellraiser: Revival
02:30:03 - Slap Out of It
02:30:38 - Mr Records
02:33:43 - Rob's new mouse
02:43:50 - Question Bucket
03:07:32 - Outro and announcements