Description

On this week’s episode of Starside Chat, we talk about the big Xbox leaks and the new indie puzzle game Cocoon! We also talk more about Starfield and update our Top 10 Games of the Year Builder (still a work in progress).

[News of the Week]

• Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan to retire in March 2024

• Epic Lays off more than 800 employees

• Next Elder Scrolls game expected no sooner than 2026, will not come to PS5

• Next Gen Nintendo console to be close to PS4/Xbox One performance-wise

• A bunch of Xbox leaks

• Private Division announces upcoming cost game set in the Lord of Rings universe, coming out next year

• The Division 3 casually announced

• Bethesda quietly drops early access period for a Fallout Shelter-like mobile game set in the Elder Scrolls universe

• Far Cry Leaks 

• The Last Exterminator

• Doom Shotgun coming to Warzone

[Games out this week]

• Party Animals

• Mortal Kombat I

• Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty DLC

• Cocoon

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder]

1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

2. FF16

3. Dredge

4. Cocoon

5. Pikmin 4

6. Fire Emblem Engage

7. Dead Space Remake

8. Wild Hearts

9. Trine 5

10. Viewfinder

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Starfield

• Trine 5

• F-Zero 99

• Cocoon

• Joe Pera Talks to You

• What We Do in the Shadows