On another layoff heavy episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, join Henry as he goes through all the closures Warner Brothers Games has made this week, in particular Monolith and the Wonder Woman game. How will Marvel Rivals survive losing a director and their entire team? The answer may surprise you. Also some discussion on Ubisoft, Dragon Age: The Veilguard coming up short and live service takeovers!

Impressions this week hone in on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Can the titular princess carry a game all on her own? Tune in to find out!

Feel free to send us a question at plugnplaypodcast1@gmail.com for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:47 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard is on PS+ shortly after launch

8:52 - 40% of all playtime was on just 10 live service games last month

17:13 - Ubisoft will continue to focus on live service and open world games "year after year"

24:29 - Marvel Rivals layoffs

36:03 - Warner Brothers Gaming shuts down three studios and cancels Wonder Woman game

Impressions:

1:13:23 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

On this jam packed episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, join Henry as he goes through the massive State of Play, the PSN outage, Multiversus shutting down and delisting, and much more!

Impressions this week are all about the story, since we have three narrative driven games to talk about with Mouthwashing, Thank Goodness You're Here, and 1000xResist! One of which will cement it's place as Narrative of the Year for 2024! Will Henry's voice finally give out on this journey of a podcast? Listen to find out!

Feel free to send us a question at plugnplaypodcast1@gmail.com for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:58 - PSN goes down for 20 hours

13:09 - ESA launches iicon (the new E3)

20:27 - Multiversus will shut down and be delisted

44:44 - Sony's February State of Play

Impressions:

2:04:29 - Mouthwashing

2:14:10 - Thank Goodness You're Here

2:22:43 - 1000xResist

Welcome to the first regular episode of the Plug N Play Podcast of 2025! Join Henry in catching up with all the big news of the year so far including the Switch 2 reveal, the Microsoft Developer Direct, Playstation's canceled live service games and much more!

And the impressions gets spicy with the long awaited Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Was Bioware able to deliver after so long or did it's reliance on it's political themes hurt it in the end? Tun in to find out!

Feel free to send us a question at plugnplaypodcast1@gmail.com for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:40 - Switch 2 reveal

15:40 - Microsoft's Developer Direct

41:54 - Ubisoft continues to flounder

55:59 - Sony's canceled live service games

1:06:55 - Sony leadership changes

1:12:51 - GTA VI could cost $100

1:14:33 - Physical game sales have halved since 2021

1:17:19 - Dragon Age and FC 25 miss expectations for EA

Impressions:

1:34:15 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard