212: Cheaters Never Win

Listen to this episode from The Nextlander Podcast on Spotify. This week: New video games! Sword of the Sea, Is This Seat Taken?, and yes, the annual Madden check-in. In the news, PS5 price increases in the US, Halo on a PlayStation (sort of), a Gamescom wrap-up including Road Kings, WH40K: Dawn of War IV, and uh, Bubsy 4D, and lastly... maybe Hollow Knight Silksong is getting a release date. Or maybe it's just out now? CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:03:03) I need to be more Coonce-like in my approach to stress (00:05:18) 2 weeks? 2 weeks... Construction updates (00:08:09) Mafia: The Old Country  |  [PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S]  |  Aug 08, 2025 (00:15:46) Sword of the Sea  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5]  |  Aug 19, 2025 (00:28:19) First Break (00:28:24) Madden NFL 26  |  [Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Aug 14, 2025 (00:38:45) Is This Seat Taken?  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch]  |  Aug 2025 (00:44:34) The other games in our lives (00:49:13) Second Break (00:49:18) Sometimes spam gets tricky folks... (00:51:01) Gamescom 2025 (00:55:43) Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown (00:57:42) Bubsy 4D  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5]  |  TBD (00:59:42) Road Kings  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  2026 (01:02:04) Routine  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Q4 2025 (01:03:51) Cronos: The New Dawn  |  [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2]  |  Sep 05, 2025 (01:04:53) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  TBD (01:10:18) John Carpenter's Toxic Commando  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  2026 (01:10:49) Hollow Knight: Silksong  |  [Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux]  |  2025 (01:12:16) LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight  |  [PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  2026 (01:12:28) La Divina Commedia (01:12:45) Silent Hill f  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Sep 25, 2025 (01:12:56) Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Oct 21, 2025 (01:13:30) Resident Evil: Requiem  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Feb 27, 2026 (01:14:03) Death by Scrolling (01:14:26) Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S]  |  2026 (01:14:56) Fallout Season 2 (01:15:38) Denshattack!  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5]  |  Q2 2026 (01:18:27) Silksong has/had a big announcement! (01:22:34) Rod Fegusson joins the BioShock 4 team (01:27:14) Halo and Helldivers join forces (01:29:56) PlayStation consoles in the U.S. are getting a price increase (01:33:32) Emails (01:45:41) Wrapping up and thanks (01:46:03) A late bit of Gamescom "news" (01:48:18) Summer of Star Trek is ending soon! (01:51:00) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (01:52:48) See ya!