CORE 397: Touching in Space

12/22/23 • 184 min

Steam Year in Review highlights gaming experiences, shared by Scott, Jon, and Beau. And we played The Finals, Lethal Company, and House Flipper 2 together. Scott played Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader and An Arcade full of Cats. Jon delves into Bang on Balls, Death Must Die, WWE 2K23, and Fortnite. Beau conquers WoW SoD BFD, VR adventures, BG3, and Diablo 4 winter event. Dear Martha: Steam Reviews! Other News: Bobby Kotick's departure, Insomniac's leaks, Steam's profile game hiding, and Sony's 50m PS5 sales success. Oh and the WoW 2024 roadmap is out and it's kinda great. Your calls and more!

SHARED PLAY:

The Finals

Lethal Company

House Flipper 2

SCOTT GAMES:

Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader

An Arcade Full of Cats

JON GAMES:

Bang on Balls

Death Must Die

WWE 2K23

Fortnite

BEAU GAMES:

WoW SoD BFD

VR: Asgard's Wrath 2

VR: Arizone Sunshine 2

VR: Lego Brick Tales

BG3 Multiplayer Continued

D4 Winter Event

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SHARED PLAY:

The Finals

Lethal Company

House Flipper 2

SCOTT GAMES:

Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader

An Arcade Full of Cats

JON GAMES:

Bang on Balls

Death Must Die

WWE 2K23

Fortnite

BEAU GAMES:

WoW SoD BFD

VR: Asgard's Wrath 2

VR: Arizone Sunshine 2

VR: Lego Brick Tales

BG3 Multiplayer Continued

D4 Winter Event

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CORE 396: Study for Finals

Old gaming pleasures when your sick! Plus we do a Disco Elysium contest today! The big Day Before mess. The aftermath drama of the Game Awards. Twitch getting into and then out of the boobies game. E3 is dead...for real this time. Dyson Sphere just got a HUGE patch. And here are the games we played this week!

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CORE 398: 2023 And Me

Well what do we have here? Our year-end MASSIVE round up of the best games of the year, including a load of categories you won't find anywhere else. Check the RSS feed or Patreon for a FULL text list of the games we covered. Can you guess our number one? Listen and find out!

Group Category #1 - Most Anticipated Games of 2024:

Scott:

Space Marine II

Shapez 2

Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League

Jon:

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Dragon's Dogma II (Honorable Mention: Hades 2)

Beau:

Like A Dragon 2: Infinite Wealth

Hades 2?

FF7 Rebirth

Group Category #2 - Biggest Surprises of 2023:

Scott:

Robocop

Death Must Die

The Finals

Lethal Company

Rogue Trader

Jon:

Remnant 2

RoboCop: Rogue City

Bang on Balls

Death Must Die

House Flipper 2

Beau:

WoW SoD

Dead Space Remake was actually really good

AR is better than you think (Quest 3 is awesome)

M$ actually bought ABK

WoW SoD

Group Category #3 - Best Non-2023 Games of 2023:

Scott:

Mark of The Ninja

GW2

WoW: Dragonflight

Jon:

World of Warcraft - Retail, Classic, & Hardcore

Octopath Traveler

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Beau:

Yakuza: Like A Dragon

Darktide

Stacklands

The CORE Crew's Top 5 Games of the Year:

Scott:

BG3

Phantom Liberty (yes it counts)

Starfield

Sea of Stars

Diablo IV

Jon:

Baldur's Gate 3

CyberPunk 2077 w/ Phantom Liberty

Final Fantasy XVI

Resident Evil 4 Remake

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Beau:

Baldur's Gate 3

Dead Space Remake

Like A Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name

Wartales

Diablo 4

CORE's 2023 GAME OF THE YEAR:

Baldur's Gate 3

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