Episode 113 - Are We On The Brink Of Another Video Game Crash?

For the last several months, it seems like video game news has been little more than a layoff-of-the-week carousel. With a fairly bleak release schedule ahead, upcoming projects getting canceled left and right, and the industry as a whole barely recognizable from the pandemic booms just a few years ago, it's worth asking... are we on the brink of another video game crash? Spoiler: No, but we discuss the reasons it seems that way and what we think may be happening instead.

We'll also be talking about how the developer of the Switch emulator Yuzu will pay $2.4 million to settle with Nintendo a mere week after news of the lawsuit broke, how Rooster Teeth (the company behind the popular Halo parody Red vs. Blue) is shutting down after 21 years, and how the Alan Wake 2 composer "violated one piano with adult toys" to create the horror game's nightmarish soundtrack.

Finally, Donnie takes us all the way back to March 1996 in Retro Rewind.

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Hosts: wrytersview, donniegretro, retrogamebrews
Opening theme: "Gamers Week Theme" by Akseli Takanen
Patron theme: "Chiptune Boss" by donniegretro
Closing theme: "Gamers Week Full-Length Theme" by Akseli Takanen

Chapters

• 4:41 Reviews, Reactions, and Requests
• 6:29 Very Important Poll
• 14:39 Patron shout-outs
• 17:43 Yuzu developer will pay $2.4 million to settle with Nintendo, also shutting down 3DS emulator Citra
• 26:21 Rooster Teeth Shutting Down After Two Decades, Is Looking To Sell-Off Red Vs. Blue
• 32:22 Alan Wake 2 composer ‘violated one piano with adult toys’ to create the horror game's nightmarish soundscape
• 36:46 Top 3 New Releases
• 42:20 Main Topic: The video game crash has already begun and few companies will survive
• 1:01:26 Retro Rewind: March 1996