Ep 116: GTA6 Leaks, 2XKO Ending Development, Twitch's GenAI Training

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John tackled a jam-packed week of surprising news, including Riot ending 2XKO's development, Twitch's surprise auto-opt-in for GenAI training, and the ongoing and expansive Grand Theft Auto VI leaks.

00:00:00 Intro & fun drug side effects

00:08:00 Twitch's GenAI training program

00:15:15 Roblox being investigated by US Senate for over 65,000 reported incidents of child abuse

00:30:35 New Horizon live service game being rebooted by Sony

00:37:42 Compulsion games now fully independent from Xbox

00:41:02 2XKO ending development in December

00:55:47 Grand Theft Auto VI build appears to be in the hands of a leaker...could it be an inside job??? (it is reportedly not but we recorded this a day early lol)

01:15:28 Saber CEO apologizes to writer/narrative designer Stella Sacco

01:17:56 Agent 64 Spies Never Die is a competent nod to games that have not aged well

01:20:32 Esoteric Ebb might be a little too esoteric, frankly

01:24:10 We haven't played The Duskbloods, but we talked about it anyway

01:25:45 Entropy is a new RPG from the folks who made Dread Delusion and it is quite good so far

01:32:45 HIVE QUESTIONS

02:07:15 Outro

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