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July 3, 2025 154 mins
We unfortunately have to start this week's episode with the brutal cuts at Xbox, which saw studios shuttered and projects like Everwild and Perfect Dark straight up cancelled, but also touch on Donkey Kong Bananza and the next 3D Mario game, get way deeper into Death Stranding 2, try to make sense of the increasingly fantastic casting for the new Street Fighter movie, and more.

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(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:18) Microsoft begins layoffs, cancellations, and closures
(00:39:26) SPOILERS - We'll be talking about Death Stranding 2 next, including early game story moments.
(00:40:37) First Break
(00:40:55) Assassin's Creed Shadows  |  [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Mar 20, 2025
(00:42:37) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach  |  [PlayStation 5]  |  Jun 26, 2025
(01:36:08) Next week's Ramblecast and our favorite games
(01:37:12) Second Break
(01:37:17) News
(01:37:27) Updates to the Microsoft news
(01:41:35) Donkey Kong Bananza and the Super Mario Odyssey team
(01:47:40) The original Switch will get a price increase in Canada
(01:50:21) 2K Sports might be getting back to college basketball?
(01:54:31) The Street Fighter movie gets more casting news
(02:16:41) Emails
(02:27:35) Nextlander content updates
(02:30:05) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:30:40) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:33:10) We're heading out for vacation for a week
(02:33:45) See ya!
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