About this episode

The episode discusses the announcement of Grand Theft Auto 6's pre-order date, Xbox studio closures, and new demos from Steam Next Fest including The Adventures of Elliot.

One of the big news stories of this week is that a pre-order date for Grand Theft Auto 6 has been announced - just in case you were skeptical about this game being one of the biggest launches of anything ever. Speaking of launches, Xbox has launched another new round of studio closures which obviously sucks! On a more positive note, we've checked out a bunch of fun and creative new demos as part of Steam Next Fest, and Square's new action RPG The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. This episode is brought to you by Distant Worlds, a celebration of music from Final Fantasy performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Hall from July 23 - 25. Book now at mso.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tommy Dassalo, Ben Vernel

Topics covered

• video games
• Steam Next Fest
• Grand Theft Auto 6
• Xbox studio closures
• action RPG
• The Adventures of Elliot

Keywords

• Grand Theft Auto 6
• Xbox
• Steam Next Fest
• The Adventures of Elliot
• action RPG
• video game news

Sponsors

Distant Worlds

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Xbox

Products: Grand Theft Auto 6, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales

Places: Hamer Hall

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