Name: Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #416 - The 2025 9th Annual Game Superlatives Show, Part 1 by E2KG Network
Duration: 1 h 30 min 31 s
Description: Airing 2night is our 2-part 2025 Gaming Superlatives discussion; 14 categories & discussing each of the 4 co-hosts selections. I'm told that the co-hosts collectively selected 32 unique titles across the categories. 😲

This week's segment include The Business Side (A discussion of industry moves: acquisitions, layoffs, subscription service strategies, market trends, unionization efforts, or stock performance) and Hardware Checkpoint (A technology-focused slot: new GPUs, consoles, VR headsets, accessories, or platform updates (Steam Deck patches, PS5 Pro rumors, etc.)

Segment 1: The Business Side
The Xbox Caisson Keeps Rolling
1. Report: Xbox increases price of developer kits by 33 percent - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/xbox-increases-price-of-developer-kits-by-33-percent

2. Many are asking “WTF is going on at XBox?”
a. Game Pass Price Increases
b. Reward Program Changes
c. DLC discount removal
d. Retail Stock Concerns
e. Rumors of no new console
f. Increased negative brand perception
g. Future Focus on cloud and diluting the importance of hardware
h. And now Halo day-and-date on PS5

3. PS5 sales continue to look really good in spite of price increase. Also surpasses PS3 lifetime sales.
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/playstation/ps5-sales-are-looking-good-despite-recent-price-hikes-officially-overtaking-the-ps3-in-lifetime-sales-in-the-us

Segment 2: Hardware Checkpoint
1. ext-gen Xbox & PS6 Rumors
Next-Gen Xbox Console Will Be a “Very Premium, Very High-End, Curated Experience,” Says Xbox CEO - https://wccftech.com/next-gen-xbox-console-will-be-very-premium-very-high-end-curated-experience-says-ceo/

LevelSelect w/GamersDojo: Episode #002 - The Xbox Business Update, Windows & Gaming & NextGen HW

Segment 1: Main GX Stories
1. MLB The Show 25 (XBsX and NS2)
2. Pokemon Legends Z-A (NS2)


Segment 2: Main News Headlines
1. Ball X Pit Is Rolling, With 400,000 Copies Sold In First Week - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ball-x-pit-is-rolling-with-400000-copies-sold-in-first-week/1100-6535686/
2. Halo: Campaign Evolved doesn't feature PvP multiplayer — here's why the developers chose to focus on co-op - https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/halo-campaign-evolved-no-multiplayer
3. Poor old PlayStation 3 - the PS5 has just overtaken its lifetime sales in the US - https://www.eurogamer.net/poor-old-playstation-3-the-ps5-has-just-overtaken-its-lifetime-sales-in-the-us
4. Ubisoft Polishes Assassin's Creed Shadows With New Parkour And Story Updates - https://www.dualshockers.com/ubisoft-assassins-creed-shadows-parkour-story-updates/


Segment 3: Regular Rundown & Round Robin - GXXP Cleanup
1. Fallout 4 (Steam Deck OLED/PC)
2. Marvel Rivals - Zombie mode (PC)
3. No Man's Sky (NS2)
4. Resident Evil 4 (Mac mini M4 / MacBook Pro M5)

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #409 - MLB The Show 25, Halo: Campaign Evolved, AC Shadows Updates

Segment 1: Main GX Stories
1. The Outer Worlds 2 (Xbox Series X) - https://youtu.be/EqsrMKUv4yY?t=1800
2. Dispatch (PC)
3. Ghost of Yotei (PS5 Pro) - https://youtu.be/Q-YBgF5Rlxc

Segment 2: Main News Headlines
1.a. Amazon to shed 14,000 jobs "to be organized more leanly" despite acknowledging it "is performing well" - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/amazon-to-shed-14000-jobs-to-be-organized-more-leanly-despite-acknowledging-it-is-performing-well
b. Amazon Games is making major layoffs as it shifts focus away from MMOs to its Luna cloud gaming platform: 'We have made the difficult decision to halt a significant amount of our first-party AAA game development' - https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/amazon-games-is-making-major-layoffs-as-it-shifts-focus-away-from-mmos-to-its-luna-cloud-gaming-platform-we-have-made-the-difficult-decision-to-halt-a-significant-amount-of-our-first-party-aaa-game-development/
c. As Amazon's game business crumbles, the public is surprised to discover that it was trying to compete with Steam all this time - https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/as-amazons-game-business-crumbles-the-public-is-surprised-to-discover-that-it-was-trying-to-compete-with-steam-all-this-time/
d. Ethan Evans’ Post from March 2025 - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanevansvp_as-vp-of-prime-gaming-at-amazon-we-failed-activity-7295834479036702720-cDmX 
2. First Intel Panther Lake CPU benchmarks leak - https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/joao-silva/first-intel-panther-lake-cpu-benchmarks-leak/
3. Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Pirate Who Boasted 'You Might Run a Corporation, But I Run The Streets' - https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-wins-lawsuit-against-pirate-who-boasted-you-might-run-a-corporation-but-i-run-the-streets
4. Xbox Next: Microsoft plans Windows PC for the living room, console era faces strategic realignment - https://www.igorslab.de/en/xbox-next-microsoft-plans-windows-pc-for-the-living-room-consoles-aera-ahead-of-strategic-realignment/
5. Quarter One earnings calls for Xbox & EA
Xbox Q1 hardware sales down 29% while third-party content experiences "better-than-expected performance" - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-q1-hardware-sales-down-29-while-third-party-content-experiences-better-than-expected-performance
EA reports decreases in sales and revenue during Q2 - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-reports-decreases-in-sales-and-revenue-during-q2


Segment 3: Regular Rundown & Round Robin - GXXP Cleanup
1. Battlefield 6: REDSEC (Xbox)
2. Project Wingman (PC) - https://youtu.be/2M0N3BEZnGo?t=542
3. NBA 2k26 (PS5)

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #410 - Ghost of Yotei, The Outer Worlds 2, Intel Panther Lake

Segment 1: Main GX Stories
GLQ - Arena Breakout: Infinite (PC) - https://youtu.be/t3sGgsymBvk
DBq - Death by Scrolling (PC) https://youtu.be/8GrQcM349mg?si=2wYgUDwwt0rCEv62 


Segment 2: Main News Headlines
1. Halo Infinite is entering maintenance mode: 'With multiple Halo titles in development, we'll need our whole team's combined focus’ - https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/halo-infinite-is-entering-maintenance-mode-with-multiple-halo-titles-in-development-well-need-our-whole-teams-combined-focus/
2a. The Nintendo Switch 2 is breaking sales records, selling 5.54 million units in latest quarter (Nintendo sales report: record launch sales of Switch 2 & original Switch becoming 2nd largest console of all time) - https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-industry/the-nintendo-switch-2-is-breaking-sales-records-selling-5-54-million-units-in-latest-quarter 
2b. Nintendo upgrades hardware forecast after Switch 2 tops 10 million sales - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/nintendo-upgrades-hardware-forecast-after-switch-2-tops-10-million-sales 
3a. Square Enix announces mass layoffs as "restructuring" plan pulls development from "overseas" - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/square-enix-announces-mass-layoffs-as-restructuring-plan-pulls-development-from-overseas 
3b. Square Enix confirms 'fundamental restructuring' of overseas business will result in layoffs - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/square-enix-confirms-fundamental-restructuring-of-overseas-business-will-result-in-layoffs 
4. PlayStation Store: October 2025’s top downloads - https://blog.playstation.com/2025/11/05/playstation-store-october-2025s-top-downloads/


Segment 3: Regular Rundown & Round Robin - GXXP Cleanup
1. DOOM: The Dark Ages (Steam Deck OLED) - https://youtu.be/opsxNON3J5U
2. Fortnite & Sonic Rumble (Xbox/Mobile)
3. Shrine’s Legacy (Steam Deck OLED)
4. Star Wars: Squadrons (PC) - https://youtu.be/xACQ9Zyhhbk

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #411 - Arena Breakpoint: Infinite, Halo Infinite on O&M, Switch 2 Sales

Segment 1: Main GX Stories
1. Arc Raiders (PC) - https://youtu.be/wGEcpZHfmMc?t=1874
2. Battlefield 6 - Redsec (PC/XSX) - https://youtu.be/4VGMXjp0Dx4
3. Dispatch (PC)
4. F1 25 (PS5 Pro) - https://youtu.be/UXHQ3HbL_dQ?t=780


Segment 2: Main News Headlines
1. Arc Raiders' new map will be unlocked through a community event that starts today, and everyone has to donate - https://www.vg247.com/arc-raiders-stella-montis-new-map-community-unlock-event-donations-new-patch
2. Capcom readies Pragmata as original IP is rated in South Korea - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/capcom-readies-pragmata-as-original-ip-is-rated-in-south-korea/
3. Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake desktop refresh detailed in new leak — Core Ultra 290K Plus, 270K Plus, & 250K Plus will ship with improved clocks and more E-cores, along with DDR5-7200 support - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-upcoming-arrow-lake-desktop-refresh-detailed-in-new-leak-core-ultra-290k-plus-270k-plus-and-250k-plus-will-ship-with-improved-clocks-and-more-e-cores-along-with-ddr5-7200-support
4. New Steam hardware announced - https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware


Segment 3: Regular Rundown & Round Robin - GXXP Cleanup
1. Atari 50: Namco DLC (XB)
2. The Knightling (PC)
3. MLB The Show 25 (XB Series X)
4. Pokemon Z-A (NS2)

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #412 - Arc Raiders, BF6 REDSEC, F1 25, Pragmata, Arrow Lake, Steam HW

Segment 1: Main GX Stories
1. Call of Duty: Black OPS 7 (PC)
2. Deadpool VR (Quest)
3. Where Winds Meet (PC)


Segment 2: Main News Headlines
1. New Steam hardware announced - https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware
1a. If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/if-valve-creates-an-entry-point-for-living-room-pcs-the-console-beating-steam-machines-will-follow-argues-baldurs-gate-3s-publishing-director
1b. Steam Machine ‘will be priced like a PC, not like a console’ - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/steam-machine-will-be-priced-like-a-pc-not-like-a-console/ 
2. The Game Awards Nominations
2a. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Game Awards nominations show ‘indie’ is still a meaningless term - https://www.polygon.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-sandfall-indie-the-game-awards-nominations/
2b. The Indie Game Awards Show - https://www.indiegameawards.gg/
3. EA Won't Be Releasing An F1 26 Title, Aiming For 2027 Instead - https://www.dualshockers.com/ea-wont-be-releasing-an-f1-26-title-aiming-for-2027-instead/

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #413 - Misconceptions, Misassessments, & the Steam Machine + TGA Noms

Segment 1: Main GX Stories
1. Split Fiction (PS5)
2. Where Winds Meet (PC)

Segment 2: Main News Headlines
1. Cyberpunk 2077 Is Keeping CD Projekt Red Funded As It Breaks A Witcher 3 Record - https://kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2-sales-witcher-4-cdpr-2000647747
2. Destiny director admits Edge of Fate expansion missed the mark - https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/destiny-director-admits-edge-of-fate-expansion-missed-the-mark/
3. Intel plans extensive bLLC models for Nova Lake-S - https://www.igorslab.de/en/intel-plans-extensive-bllc-models-for-nova-lake-s/

Segment 3: Regular Rundown & Round Robin - GXXP Cleanup
1. Castle Crumble (NS2)
2. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PS5 Pro + PlayStation Portal) - https://youtu.be/C6tJ7JzhK_4
3. Morsels (NS2)
4. No Man’s Sky (PC + Nintendo Switch 2) - https://youtu.be/N0BkWtL3NNo
5. Pokemon Legends Z-A (NS2)
6. Trackmania (PC) - https://youtu.be/0DlgfQjmLsk

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #414 - Intel Nova Lake-S, Destiny Misses Fate, CyberPunk 2077 No Witch

Segment 1: Main GX Stories
1. Marvel Cosmic Invasion (XB) - https://youtu.be/1E6u3R64OxI 
2. Metroid Prime 4 (NSW)


Segment 2: Main News Headlines
1. Industry layoffs
a. Eidos Montreal - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-embracer-owned-eidos-montr-al-lays-off-staff
b. Former Burnout dev Alex Ward’s Three Fields Entertainment - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/wreckreation-developer-puts-entire-studio-on-redundancy-notice 
2. MLB The Show Mobile: Release Date, Trailer, and How to Download - https://athlonsports.com/sports-video-games/mlb-the-show-mobile-release-date-trailer-download
3. PS5 Dominates UK on Black Friday, Sells More Than 60% of All Consoles - https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/12/ps5-dominates-uk-on-black-friday-sells-more-than-60percent-of-all-consoles
4. Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA after buyout - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/saudi-arabia-will-own-93-4-percent-of-ea-after-buyout
5. Yes, Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Games - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/yes-netflix-is-acquiring-warner-bros-games 


Segment 3: Regular Rundown & Round Robin - GXXP Cleanup
1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (XBox Series X)
2. Destiny 2: Renegades (PC)
3. Madden NFL 26 (XB Series X)
4. Red Dead Redemption next gen patch (NSW/PS5)
5. Trackmania (PC)

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #415 - Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Metroid Prime 4, Industry Layoffs

Airing 2night is our 2-part 2025 Gaming Superlatives discussion; 14 categories & discussing each of the 4 co-hosts selections. I'm told that the co-hosts collectively selected 32 unique titles across the categories. 😲

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #416 - The 2025 9th Annual Game Superlatives Show, Part 1

Enough 2 Keep Going: Episode #417 - The 2025 9th Annual Game Superlatives Show, Part II

The E2KG Network is a collection of gamers, streamers, and podcasters, who have banded together in the hopes that we are stronger together. The network is starting off with three shows: Enough 2 Keep Going, our long-format weekly podcast that features a deep discussion on various topics in gaming, as well as our past week's gaming playlist. Then there's E2KGn30, where we run down the week's biggest (or at least the most personally interesting to us) stories in gaming news, the industry, and the biz, and try to get you in and out in 30 minutes (+ / - ten minutes). Finally there is the Dark Hypotheses, our weekly show discussing the SciFi Network show, Dark Matter. We hope to have more shows soon. So if you stream or post captures of your gameplay, if you want to talk games and get in on either the long show or the news show, or if you're interested in tech or TV/Movies, hit me up on Twitter, because we would love to have you. See how to apply here: http://bit.ly/2r5OiKk

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