Video Game Logic Podcast Episode 300: We Have Themes

This week Shrink & Rage catch up with the mailbag with some community content.

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Show Highlights & Timestamps

• Games We Played 7:10

• Resident Evil 4 remake has added microtransactions to upgrade weapons quicker 44:50

• Community Corner

  • Dark and Darker has been removed from Steam following a cease and desist demand 1:02:00

  • E3 is Dead… for Good? 1:08:46

  • Ark 2 is delayed, so they're turning off Survival Evolved's official servers and charging $50 for a remaster 1:15:55

  • Monster Energy targets indie game in latest trademark lawsuit 1:20:19

 

Games We Played

Rage:

Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels

Forza Horizon 5 Rally Adventure

 

Shrink:

Ace Combat 7 Multiplayer

Nova Squadron Demo

News

• RE4 Microtransactions

VGC: Resident Evil 4 remake has added microtransactions to upgrade weapons quicker

 

Community Corner

• Dark and Darker's Murky Case

Eurogamer: Dark and Darker has been removed from Steam following a cease and desist demand

Eurogamer: Dark and Darker legal dispute gets more and more confusing after a GoFundMe campaign is deleted

Eurogamer: Dark and Darker developer uses ChatGPT AI tool in bid to prove it hasn't infringed copyright

 

• E3 Dead?

PCGamesN: E3 is cancelled this year, and it might not ever come back

 

• Ark 2 Delay/ Ark 1 Servers Shutdown

Rock Paper Shotgun: Ark 2 is delayed, so they're turning off Survival Evolved's official servers and charging $50 for a remaster

Gamespot: Ark: Survival Evolved Reviews Trending Negative On Steam After Paid Upgrade Announcement

 

• Litigious Monster Energy?

Eurogamer: Monster Energy targets indie game in latest trademark lawsuit

Games Industry Biz: Ubisoft renamed Immortals: Fenyx Rising after trademark dispute

Nintendo Soup: Random: Monster Energy Targets Pokemon Company, Capcom, And Others Over “Monster” Trademark