This week Matt's talking about games such as Octopath Traveler 2, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and (of course) Baldur's Gate 3, but this week's also bursting at the seams with news, ranging from world premieres to Shadow the Hedgehog's feet. Let's get to it.
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Podcast art by Natascha Murray
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The various Critical Diversions theme songs were composed by Mic Fox. Check out Mic's entire plate of projects over at
Fort Famly & The Greenhouse on Mars
Our break music this episode is "A Sensational City (Night)" composed by Yasunori Nishiki for Octopath Traveler 2.
The Mario RPG Three Musketeers original design sketches referenced in the show can be found here:
Super Mario RPG dev shows off early Three Musketeers concept sketches - My Nintendo News
