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Mar 2025
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Is the Nemesis System Dead Forever? – Un...

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About this episode

Our Xbox crew discusses the awful news of WB Games closing down Shadow of Mordor developer Monolith Productions along with two other studios. Is their patented Nemesis System dead forever? But first, we spend a happy first half of the podcast gushing over a few new games we've been playing: Split Fiction, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Monster Hunter Wilds.


00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:00 - Spilt Fiction Impressions

00:13:52 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Preview Impressions

00:33:48 - Monster Hunter Wilds Impressions

00:38:15 - Is Hazelight Studios the new Telltale?

00:43:26 - WB Games has shut down 3 Studios

00:56:55 - Is the Nemesis System Dead Forever?

01:05:50 - Fable Delayed

01:13:08 - Outro

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