We start the week a bit late so we can catch up on the latest announcements from PlayStation on the first State of Play for 2024. But before we get to all the news, Ryan has been enjoying Lil' Guardsman on Steam Deck, while Jocelyn has been trying to make friends with everyone in Coral Island. Back to the news, Xbox reveals some 2024 plans in the latest Developer Direct, then lays off 1,900 staff from Activision Blizzard King and Xbox.

TGI 590 – Guarding the Sprawl

The Gamers’ Inn is a weekly podcast focused on all things video games! Each week Jocelyn and Ryan discuss what they’re playing, go over industry related news, and cover topics that have peaked their interest.

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We kick off the show with Jocelyn's reaction to Liam Hemsworth as The Witcher in Season 4. Then after an internet outage and a day later, Ryan shares his adventures in Final Fantasy XVI, while Jocelyn enters the wild world of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. Over in the news, Nintendo makes an acquisition from Embracer, MultiVersus relaunches with more Warner Bros characters, Capcom may have more Resident Evil Remakes in the works, and welcome to Ryan Don't Buy It Part 2 with expensive The Legend of Zelda LEGO.

TGI 604 – The Sad Blacksmith

We return with a little more Fallout 4 (last time for a bit, we promise) and a lot more Dead by Daylight (going to be a fun year). After going over the 8th Anniversary stream for Dead by Daylight, we move into other video game news from the past week. We start with the thing Ryan likely shouldn't buy which is the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, then move over to Tomb Raider returning for a TV show on Amazon, Square Enix will re-focus on multi-platform releases, and we have a new Assassin's Creed arriving in November.

TGI 603 – Don’t Buy It Ryan

We kick off the show with the question on everyone's mind, should you purchase Hades II in Early Access? We also continue to have Fallout on the brain with Ryan still playing Fallout 4 and we then go into spoilers for the Fallout TV Show. If you're not caught up, you may want to come back to this discussion later. Moving into the news, Microsoft once again closes studios and lays off staff, PlayStation gets into and out of hot water with Helldivers 2 on PC, and Nintendo acknowledges the Switch successor in a Tweet.

TGI 602 – Distracted by the Wasteland

We kick off the show with 60 seconds of Jocelyn approved Knuckles talk. Then we quickly divert to Fallout 4 on PC, inspired by Ryan's viewing of the Amazon Prime TV show. Jocelyn on the other hand checked out recent Early Access launch of Manor Lords on PC Game Pass and Sea of Thieves Season 12! Moving into the news Blizzard has announced there will be no BlizzCon this year, while Xbox confirms Activision and Blizzard will be present for their June showcase, we pick out a few things from the ID@Xbox presentation, and we go over a few more Switch 2 rumours.

TGI 601 – Early Access Manor Building

We kick off the show with the news that Fallout has been renewed at Amazon. Then Ryan shares his thoughts on the Backbone One USB-C Gen 2 controller, which he has been using with Apple Arcade, Remote Play apps, and the new Delta emulator. As for specific games, Ryan checks out a new rougelite in Early Access called Shadow of the Depth. Moving into the news, PlayStation looks set to have a PS5 Pro this Fall with Enhanced games, PC gamers have a new overlay to look forward to with trophies, and Embracer splits into three “and Friends” companies.

TGI 590 – Guarding the Sprawl

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