462: Time Is More Precious

Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io, Microsoft starts rolling out Xbox age verification in the UK (and reversed plans to charge $80 for The Outer Worlds 2) Switch 2 has become the fastest selling video game hardware device in US history, Sony’s new Power Saver mode will ‘scale back performance’ of supported PlayStation 5 titles, and Wolfenstein is the next game series to get an adaptation for TV.

Also: burned food, save files, biscuits, billionaires, and more.

Games discussed: Death Stranding 2, Wheel World, Donkey Kong Bananza.

 

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