In a week filled with Gaming presentations from Annapurna, Id@Xbox and Pokemon, the news of studio closures at Warner Bros. Games dominated this week's news cycle. Join Ashley and Ciaran as they discuss it all and provide an important update for those wanting to watch The Last of Us: Season 2 in Australia.
Hosts: Ashley Hobley: https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyhobley.bsky.social Ciaran Marchant: https://bsky.app/profile/en-ringo.bsky.social
Episode Timecodes 00:00:00 - Hello 00:00:54 - Pokemon Presents recap 00:15:06 - Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2025 Recap 00:22:20 - ID@Xbox Showcase Recap 00:32:02 - Warner Bros. Games closes 3 Studios 00:42:10 - Fable Pushed to 2026 00:45:48 - The Last of Us: Season 2 is Not Coming to Binge 00:48:24 - Goodbye
Resources:
Eurogamer
- Shadow of Mordor's brilliant Nemesis system is locked away by a Warner Bros patent until 2036, despite studio shutdown | Eurogamer.net
Gameshub
- Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2025 – Every game announcement
- ID@Xbox Showcase for Feb 2025 – Every game announcement
- Fable has been pushed back to 2026
- The Last of Us: Season 2 won't stream on Binge in Australia
Polygon
- Warner Bros. closes Monolith Productions and MultiVersus studio, cancels Wonder Woman game
Press-Start
- Everything Announced At The February 2025 Pokemon Presents Stream
VG247
- Wonder Woman being canned reportedly followed Monolith planning a nemesis systemy new IP Warner Bros didn't want, then doing nemesis systemy Wonder Woman, then God of War-ish Wonder Woman
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