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The Throwdown #54

Featured Topics:

• Metal Gear Solid V’s “Quiet” controversy
• Sony’s Japanese Press Conference
• Is PS Vita TV a useless peripheral?

Gaming News:

• Nolan Bushnell says Nintendo “could be on the path to irrelevance”
• A wait between Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy XV
• What does Grand Theft Auto V‘s multiplayer have in store for us?
• Xbox One’s ‘secret sauce’ debunked by MS
• Uplay coming to PS4 and Xbox One
• Mighty No. 9 updates

Pop Culture News:

• Harley Quinn contest controversy

Listener Question:

• Do you go back and play games that you got the Platinum trophy for?

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LOGICWINS4554d ago

Been waiting for this post-TGS episode. Curious about all your thoughts on the multiple PS Vita versions.

brew4554d ago

The Throwdown > The Warzone

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A Late Look Minis – Diablo, Balatro and Kingdom Hearts III

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "This is a collection of short Late Looks picking up on some of the games I meant to write a full article for but was too busy to do at the time. This time the games in question are the original Diablo, Balatro, and Kingdom Hearts III - a perfectly natural combination of games that you definitely expected to see grouped together. Not quite review and not quite rant, it’s more a casual assessment of what I – the gamer of the future – consider to be each game’s strengths and weaknesses in retrospect."

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codeagevn1d 20h ago

I've lost complete interest

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Take-Two Pauses ‘Borderlands 4’ Switch 2 Release; CEO Addresses User-Created Charlie Kirk Mission

Take-Two Interactive revealed it is pausing development on its Nintendo Switch 2 edition of "Borderlands 4" in its latest quarterly earnings.

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PlayStation Store’s top downloads of 2025

O'Dell Harmon Jr. writes: "Before we say goodbye to 2025, let’s take a look back and see what were the most downloaded games of the year. It was a great time for sports, shooters, and some new PlayStation VR2 games. Sports favorites topped the charts in US/Canada and EU, with NBA 2K26 and EA Sports FC26, respectively.

Juggernaut GTA V found a home in the top three for both regions, with new 2025 release Battlefield 6 claiming second place in the US. Fortnite took top place for free-to-play games, and Beat Saber continues its PS VR2 success."

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maximusprime_47d ago

FH5 4th in Europe compared to North America 14th. Not surprising.

LucasRuinedChildhood47d ago

I think it shows how shortsighted it was for Sony to let go of Evolution and not get them to make some sort of competitor (open world Driveclub?) 10 years ago.

bionicstar47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

its a hard bet to make. hindsight is always 20/20.

Christopher47d ago

After Driveclub's reception, hard to say it would have done well enough to compete. It's easy to dream of such a thing, but to make it happen? It's taken how long for CoD to be dethroned? And it was dethroned by Hogwart's Legacy and has gained it right back just the next year.

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1Victor47d ago

It’s funny to watch the only games EU and USA agree on was Minecraft and back ops 7 both regions on 6 and 7 spot respectively other than that FIFA rules EU

gold_drake47d ago

yeh, football is really popular here in europe ha

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DivineHand12547d ago

I would like to see a list that has both free to play and paid games together, but at least we have this.

To this day GTA5 is a top downloaded game and it makes me wonder if the industry is really ready for GTA6. I imagine almost nothing else will sell during that game's release window.