Sony's Leaving PC, RE Requiem Records, AI Critics, and more!

About this episode

The episode discusses the controversy surrounding AI-written reviews, Sony's decision to reduce PC game ports, and highlights new game collaborations and shutdowns.

This week on Epic Arcade, your video game besties, Kelvin and Afiq breaks down the controversy surrounding Metacritics AI-written review, its record-breaking launch weekend, and Sony's surprising decision to scale back PC ports. They also dive into Highguard's sudden shutdown, the Overwatch x Nier and Apex x Gundam collabs, and spotlight two games you need on your radar. Screamer and Crimson Desert. Episode Highlights AI Review Scandal: VideoGamer's fake RE Requiem review and Metacritic's response RE Requiem breaks records: 334K concurrent players, doubling RE4 Remake Sony pulls back from PC: $1.5B earned but still not enough? Highguard shuts down: 2M players, gone in under 2 months Collabs: Overwatch x Nier Automata and Apex Legends x Gundam Game Spotlights: Screamer and Crimson Desert Epic Arcade is a proud member of the Renegade Radio Network. For more proudly Malaysian-made podcasts, visit www.renegadeplus.com. The Epic Arcade Podcast is hosted by your video game besties, Kelvin Tay, Afiq Kamarudin, and Nick Dorian. Follow us on: Instagram: https://.instagram.com/epicarcadepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@epicarcadepod

People in this episode

Hosts: Kelvin Tay, Nick Dorian, Afiq Kamarudin

Topics covered

• AI reviews
• video game launches
• PC gaming
• game collaborations
• game shutdowns

Keywords

• Metacritic
• RE Requiem
• Highguard
• Overwatch
• Apex Legends
• Screamer
• Crimson Desert

Mentioned in this episode

Products: RE Requiem, Kelvin, Afiq, Highguard, Overwatch, Apex, Screamer, Crimson Desert, RE4 Remake, Nier Automata

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