Orange Lounge Radio

This week, we discuss some predictions for 2024. As the beginning of the year already faces some tough layoffs for the gaming industry, do we think there are positive things that can be born from the ashes of that? Or do we think there are certian historical things doomed to repeat itself? The answers may surprise you on our predictions for the year. We get into the facts of the gaming news as well on another week of the longest running podcast about video games, Orange Lounge Radio! Also in the News: * Capcom Controversial Software Targeting Mods * CES Teases from Sony * SAG-AFTRA has some Voice Actors Voicing Concern * Yoshi-P Comments on Final Fantasy 17 All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio! LIVE on the VOG Network, Sunday nights at 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern www.vognetwork.com Mailbag: participate (at) orangeloungeradio dot com

The game Palworld launched this weekend on Steam and Xbox Game Pass, really taking the gaming world by storm. The concept of playing a game with Pokemon elements in 4K has proven very attractive to people who have been waiting a long time for their games to look this sharp. However, is there a darker side to this magic? Rumors about A.I. influence, as well as plagarism of Pokemon have started many conversations online. We look at the situation from different perspectives, and talk about how this is sure is sure to tee up an interesting year where the government might start having to get involved. All this and much more gaming discussion on the longest running podcast about video games, Orange Lounge Radio! Also in the News: * Wal-Mart to end Physical Games Too? (Rumor) * Microsoft Developer Direct Recap * Rock Band 4 to end DLC Production * Sony to make Until Dawn Movie Special Thanks to Guest Host djRanmaS from Anime Jam Session: http://twitch.tv/AnimeJamSession All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio! LIVE on the VOG Network, Sunday nights at 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern www.vognetwork.com Mailbag: participate (at) orangeloungeradio dot com

On a special early holiday edition of Orange Lounge Radio, our hosts talk about the recent hack of Insomniac games. We also talk about the reaction of the gaming media, some going out of their way to announce their opposition to talking about the leaks. Is this an appropriate stance in the age of social media? We discuss this and dive into more news from the week on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio! Note: No live show or podcast next week, 12/31. Happy Holidays and see you in 2024 on 1/7/24 Also in the News: * GTA 6 Hacker Sentenced * Bobby Kotick Leaving Two Days Early & it's Sill Not Soon Enough! * Alien Resurrection Cheat Code Unlocks the PS1 * More SEGA Revival Info All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio! LIVE on the VOG Network, Sunday nights at 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern www.vognetwork.com Twitter: @olr Mailbag: participate (at) orangeloungeradio dot com

The official news came out this week that E3 would be no more. Of course, if you've been following the show's updates since the last show happened in 2019, this isn't too much of a surprise. However now the industry can move forward in deciding what's next. What do we speculate will happen next, does a new show pop up to take it's place? Does something existing fill the gap? Is there even a gap to be filled? We discuss this all this and much more on another episode of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio! Also in the News: * Activision $54 Million Settlement * Fortnite Festival to Support Controllers * Last of Us Online Canceled * Ubisoft Game Delisted, Servers to Come Down All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio! LIVE on the VOG Network, Sunday nights at 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern www.vognetwork.com Twitter: @olr Mailbag: participate (at) orangeloungeradio dot com

We start this week with a major update that occurred not even 15 minutes after we got off the air last week on the Helldivers 2 story. Then we jump into the big news of the week out of Microsoft, and the stunning studio closures including Tango Gameworks, makers of the award nominated and winning Hi-Fi Rush. Why on earth would Microsoft close such a successful studio? We try to dig deep to figure out the reasons why, and take a closer look between the lines of some of the executive comments out of Microsoft. Also in the News: * EA Revisits In Game Ads * Nintendo Switch 2 Announcement of Announcement * Dungeons & Dragons meets Dead by Daylight * DDR World Announced All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio! LIVE on the VOG Network, Sunday nights at 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern www.vognetwork.com Mailbag: participate (at) orangeloungeradio dot com