Quick Hits: Hack And Climb and Oddball Titles

We spend most of this week's show unpacking all the announcements and trailers out of the Game Awards, including Control Resonant, Ontos, Gang of Dragon, Divinity, the Street Fighter movie, Mega Man: Dual Override, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Fate of the Old Republic, and a ton of other stuff. Plus, games we plan to dig into over the holidays, some final thoughts as we approach the end of 2025, and more!

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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:04:30) The Game Awards get A LOT of views
(00:07:54) Physical games and hardware sales
(00:10:52) Let's talk about the announcements
(00:11:07) South of Midnight  |  [PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2]  |  Q2 2026
(00:11:36) Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  TBD
(00:16:21) Star Wars: Galactic Racer  |  [Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  2026
(00:19:59) The Street Fighter movie trailer
(00:31:25) First Break
(00:31:30) Warlock  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  2027
(00:33:42) Divinity  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD
(00:35:18) Ontos  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  2026
(00:38:09) Warframe: The Old Peace  |  [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4]  |  Dec 10, 2025
(00:39:04) Soulframe (Beta) |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD
(00:40:02) Bradley the Badger  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD
(00:41:51) TankRat  |  [PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Q2 2026
(00:42:40) Screamer  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Mar 26, 2026
(00:43:17) Gang of Dragon  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD
(00:45:02) The expected announcements
(00:45:15) Mega Man: Dual Override  |  [Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  2027
(00:46:28) Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  2026
(00:46:46) Tomb Raider: Catalyst  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  2027
(00:47:45) Control Resonant  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Mac]  |  2026
(00:51:11) Total War: Warhammer 40,000  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  TBD
(00:52:50) Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve  |  [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  2026
(00:53:42) Coven of the Chicken Foot  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD
(00:54:34) 007 First Light  |  [Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Mar 27, 2026
(00:57:08) Forest 3  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD
(00:59:27) Out of Words  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  2026
(01:01:42) A few other games we'd like to mention
(01:02:17) Pragmata  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2]  |  Apr 24, 2026
(01:02:47) Audiomech: Your Music Transformed  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD
(01:03:22) Solasta II (Early Access) |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Mar 12, 2026
(01:03:28) Highguard  |  [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Jan 26, 2026
(01:08:14) Our highlights
(01:08:57) Anything missing we thought might be there?
(01:12:49) Second Break
(01:12:54) Games we want to play during the break
(01:22:24) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond  |  [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2]  |  Dec 04, 2025
(01:32:09) Silent Hill f  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Sep 25, 2025
(01:33:51) Light Up the Town  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Dec 07, 2025
(01:39:16) Emails
(01:43:31) Wrapping up and thanks
(01:46:42) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(01:48:58) Nextlander content updates
(01:50:14) Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026!
(01:50:29) See Ya!