Switch 2 DELAYED Later into 2025 + Gamescom ONL was BAD

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Topics:

• GamesIndustry.biz: Devs don’t expect Switch 2 to launch this fiscal year, hoping for April or May 2025 at the earliest https://www.resetera.com/threads/chris-dring-gamesindustry-biz-podcast-developers-are-being-told-not-to-expect-the-switch-2-to-launch-this-fiscal-year.952125/#post-127125447

• Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda believes Switch 2 will launch first half of 2025, cost under $499 https://x.com/Wario64/status/1824432585381986704

• Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club demo launches August 19 (Chapter 2 on 8/22, Chapter 3 on 8/27) https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-demo-launches-august-19

• Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket launches October 30 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/pokemon-trading-card-game-pocket-launches-october-30

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches October 31, gets a $220 Rook's Coffer Edition ($150 with no game) https://gear.bioware.com/products/dragon-age-rooks-coffer

• The Plucky Squire launches September 17, coming to PS+ Extra & Premium on day one https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/the-plucky-squire-launches-september-17-coming-to-playstation-plus-game-catalog-on-day-one

• Alien: Rogue Incursion launches December 19 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/alien-rogue-incursion-launches-december-19

• Two Point Museum announced for PS5, XSX, PC https://x.com/SEGA/status/1823721605819769285

• Former Star Fox artist Takaya Imamura's new game, Omega 6, gets an English trailer https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/star-fox-artists-omega-6-gets-its-first-english-language-trailer/

• Actual trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s50Tkt9rAI

• Sega's Eternal Champions will get a movie written by Zelda writer Derek Connolly https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sega-eternal-champions-movie-skydance-1235975970/

• Activision issues cease-and-desist to the H2M mod for Modern Warfare Remastered https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/activision-issues-cease-and-desist-to-modern-warfare-remastered-mod-that-shot-it-back-up-the-steam-charts/

• Evercade announces new cartridge for Legacy of Kain Collection https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/evercade-announces-its-next-cartridge-legacy-of-kain-collection/

• https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-at-gamescom-opening-night-live-2024

Questions from Discord:

• Joe: What is your Roman Empire (something you think about a lot) of video game cultural moments? For example, I think about the 2008 E3 presentation with Ravidrums demoing Wii Music.

What we’re playing:

Mary: Final Fantasy 16 ✅

John: Dragon Quest III

Greg: Apex Legends, Guardians of the Galaxy

Brett L: Rift Apart ✅, FF15 ✅, Wolf Among Us

Brett M: BONER JAMS ‘97✅