Starfield, Unity, and Showcases — Oh My! (with MMORPG’s Joseph Bradford)

Real Time Strategy

MMORPG managing editor Joseph Bradford joins us to discuss the week’s biggest headlines, including Starfield reviews, the Unity Runtime Fee controversy, and our favorite games from the latest Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play. Look forward to new weekly episodes of Real Time Strategy every Wednesday.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:07:41 – PAX West 2023 thoughts

00:14:17 – Nintendo Switch 2 at PAX West 2024?

00:18:10 – Starfield review codes

00:34:31 – Maintaining PR relationships

00:39:42 – The Unity Runtime Fee outrage

00:59:33 – PlayStation State of Play and Nintendo Direct highlights

01:18:36 – Outro

Stories we discussed:

Eurogamer - Starfield review - a game about exploration, without exploration

Axios - Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume

GamesIndustry.biz - Unity's self-combustion engine | This Week in Business

Polygon - Game devs say Unity's big change puts studios at risk

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