About this episode
Jeff Grubb and Rachel Kaser discuss the April 2026 game market and PlayStation's upcoming State of Play event.
Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to check out the April 2026 game market, PlayStation's upcoming State of Play, a cancelled Dungeons & Dragons game, and more for your Wednesday! 0:00 - Intro 4:40 - Nintendo Direct in June 9:14 - April 2026 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights Thread from Circana: 20:10 - PlayStation announces June 2 State of Play, with Wolverine leading 29:18 - Break 29:30 - Dungeons & Dragons game from Star Wars Jedi director has been cancelled by Hasbro 34:45 - Embracer says it will ‘more actively’ explore Deus Ex, TimeSplitters, and Saints Row partnerships 40:30 - Warhorse confirms both a The Lord of the Rings RPG and more Kingdom Come are in development 45:10 - Forza Horizon 6 becomes Xbox’s biggest Steam launch 47:09 - Amazon Reveals Pokémon Winds & Waves Price? 49:29 - CI Games Ends Lords of the Fallen 2 PC Publishing Deal With Epic Games 52:09 - Xbox Game Pass titles for the rest of May have been revealed 51:20 - Quantic Dreams Kills Its MOBA 54:55 - Poll
People in this episode
Host: Jeff Grubb
Guest: Rachel Kaser
Topics covered
- video game market
- PlayStation
- Dungeons & Dragons
- game cancellations
- Xbox Game Pass
- Nintendo Direct
Keywords
- State of Play
- PlayStation
- Dungeons & Dragons
- video game market
- Xbox Game Pass
- Nintendo Direct
- game cancellations
- Forza Horizon 6
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PlayStation, Hasbro, Embracer, Warhorse, Amazon, CI Games, Epic Games, Quantic Dreams
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