Podcast: Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 335: 20 χρόνια Xbox 360

Published 01/12/2025

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 335: 20 χρόνια Xbox 360

00:00 / 1:14:22

Περισσότερες σκέψεις για The Game Awards, απορία για την… απορία σχετικά με την τιμολόγηση του Steam Machine και αναπόληση της μοναδικής φοράς που το Xbox έκανε μπαμ.

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Transmedia
- FX Orders ‘Far Cry’ Anthology Series Based On Video Game Franchise From Noah Hawley & Rob Mac
- Far Cry TV series confirmed, with talent from It’s Always Sunny and Alien: Earth
Embracer Group
- Embracer Group divests Arc Games and Cryptic Studios – Gematsu
- Embracer sells off Arc Games and Cryptic Studios
FU: Απολύσεις Rockstar
- Report: Rockstar fired staff after Slack policy changes prompted discussion in external Discord
Ubisoft – Tencent
- Ubisoft’s Tencent deal goes through
Τιμή Steam Machine
- Valve: Steam Machine pricing will be “pretty competitive” with equivalent PCs
Horses
- Developer Santa Ragione claims it could close after Valve blocked game from Steam
- Santa Ragione co-founder Pietro Righi Riva on Horses, Steam, and possible closure of the studio

Vertical Slice 334: Βραβείων βράβευση

Published 24/11/2025

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 334: Βραβείων βράβευση

00:00 / 1:30:22

Αποτελέσματα από Golden Joystick Awards, υποψηφιότητας για The Game Awards, κάμποσο follow-up και μια έρευνα για την προτίμηση σε single player.

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Death Stranding
- An official Death Stranding 2 exoskeleton is being released in collaboration with Kojima Productions | VGC
Fortnite + Unity
- Fortnite is getting Unity games
Golden Joystick Awards
- Golden Joystick Awards 2025
The Game Awards
Asus Xbox ROG Ally X
- Sales of Asus’ Xbox ROG Ally X “exceed expectations”
COD: BO7 Campaign
- Call of Duty Black Ops 7 can’t be paused during single-player and requires an online connection at all times | VGC
Μισθοί SEGA
- Sega increases Japanese base salaries by 10%, stating its human resources are “essential to achieving our mission”
Single player
- More players in the UK, US and Japan still prefer single-player games to multiplayer, survey finds | VGC

Vertical Slice 333: Όλα στον ατμό

Published 17/11/2025

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 333: Όλα στον ατμό

00:00 / 1:43:51

Πάει πίσω το GTA VI, η Sony είχε State Of Play, αλλά τι σημασία έχει όταν ανακοινώνονται μονομιάς Steam Machine, Steam Frame και Steam Controller;

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Vertical Slice 332: Greek Tragedy

Published 09/11/2025

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 332: Greek Tragedy

00:00 / 1:36:40

Πιο προσοδοφόρα τα remake από τα remaster, η Nintendo πάει τρένο, ενώ η NetEase κλείνει ό,τι δυτικό studio βρίσκει πρόχειρο. Και σε περίπτωση που δεν το ξέρατε, η Amazon φανταζόταν για 15 χρόνια ότι κοντράρεται με Steam.

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Xbox Game Pass: New Games Added All The Time
- I cannot work out what this terrible new Xbox Game Pass advert is trying to say, but I know Microsoft has once again missed the point
Amazon και Steam
- https://bsky.app/profile/letitmelo.bsky.social/post/3m4bxweqs3k2u
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Ghost of Yōtei
True Ending
- True Ending 165: NBA 2K26 | Review
Greek Game Dev
- Creating Dark Quest 4: The Making of a Modern Dark Fantasy Adventure
Cloud streaming στο PS Portal
- Cloud Streaming officially arrives on PlayStation Portal today, with new support for digital PS5 Games in your library
NetEase
- T-Minus Zero
  - Former NetEase studio T-Minus Zero Entertainment rescued by “small group of veteran directors and founders”
- Fantastic Pixel Castle
  - Another NetEase Games studio is shutting down
- Bad Brain Game Studios
  - NetEase Games closes Bad Brain Game Studios
Olympic Esports Games
- Olympic Esports Games no longer taking place in Saudi Arabia
Halo Team America
- US government says it’ll keep making video game memes, as Halo co-creator says ICE ad makes him ‘sick’ | VGC
Remakes/Remasters
- Consumers spend twice as much on video game remakes than remasters, according to research | VGC
Steam ως μονοπώλιο
- 72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study
Αποτελέσματα
- SEGA
  - Sega reveals Persona 5 series tops 13 million sales as it reports a 16.8% dip in income
- Nintendo
Greek Tragedy
- “Greek Tragedy is out now on PC & consoles!”

Vertical Slice 331: Xbox WebTV

Published 02/11/2025

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 331: Xbox WebTV

00:00 / 1:46:26

Ο Kojima έχασε το Matrix, η Microsoft δεν ξέρει ούτε την ιστορία της και, για μια ακόμη φορά, όποτε εξυπηρετεί, όλα είναι σχετικά.

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Vertical Slice 330: Έκπληκτοι οι Κινέζοι

Published 25/10/2025

Vertical Slice

Vertical Slice 330: Έκπληκτοι οι Κινέζοι

00:00 / 2:05:22

Η Quantic Dream παθαίνει κάποιου είδους εγκεφαλικό, το Xbox διαλέγει φανταστικό περιθώριο κέρδους και γενικά βλέπουμε κάποια πράγματα να λειτουργούν σαν να κάνει κουμάντο ο Derek Zoolander.

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