This episode aired on 2nd August 2025Agenda:**FIRST HALF**

- Payment processors trying to censor NSFW games

- GOG are doing an initiative in response to payment processors trying to censor NSFW games

**PEACHY'S INDIE SHOWCASE THING**

- Not this week

**SECOND HALF**

- Peachy has been playing Peak, Abiotic Factor v1.0, Hifi Rush, and Cyberpunk 2077

- Pulp has been playing Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

- Bryan has watched a LOT of movies:

- KPop Demon Hunters

- Jurassic Park Rebirth

- Ballerina

- Superman

- Fantastic Four First Steps

- Thunderbolts

- Demon Slayer

**SMALLER TOPICS**

- Warner Bros are making *another* super hero live service game (they have a licence to DC)

- The Outer Worlds 2 $80 price tag has been reduced to $70. Both the increase to 80 and subsequent decrease was due to "market conditions"

- Sony is suing Tencent for ripping off Horizon Zero Dawn- Gamers are using Death Stranding photo mode and Garry's mod to get through UK Age Verification

- GOG are doing an initiative in response to payment processors trying to censor NSFW gamesPatreon link:https://www.patreon.com/FullyRenderedSocials:Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/fullyrenderedhttps://twitter.com/bryanthepiratehttps://twitter.com/peachpixel8https://twitter.com/plopfictionally#podcast #gaming

This episode aired on 21st June 2025This is a special episode of the Fully Rendered Podcast where we invited special guest ShineNYC to join us in talking about what we love about Expedition 33 (and some of the things we didn't like too). This episode could have gone on for many more hours, so we didn't cover everything, but we hope you enjoy our various perspectives on what is hands down going to be Game of the Year.Patreon link:https://www.patreon.com/FullyRenderedSocials:Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/fullyrenderedhttps://twitter.com/bryanthepiratehttps://twitter.com/peachpixel8https://twitter.com/plopfictionally

This episode aired on 24th May 2025Agenda:

**FIRST HALF**

- Marathon, Art Raiders Scandal

- Numerous staff follow Antireal on twitter, including the art director and have done for years

- Bungie state it was due to an ex-employee adding the images to their repository

- During their live stream they couldn't show gameplay because they were scrubbing the game/assets for copywritten assets

- this is the FOURTH time something like this has happened, although this is perhaps the most egregious example by far- Warhammer Skulls Event

- Space Marine 1 Remaster

- Boltgun 2

- Dawn of War Remaster

- Dark Heresy

- Boltgun 2

- Boltgun: Words of Vengeance

- Mechanicus 2

- New class coming to darktide

**PEACHY'S INDIE SHOWCASE THING**

- NOT THIS WEEK

**SECOND HALF**

- Peachy has been playing Doom: The Dark Ages

- Bryan has been playing The First Berserker: Khazan

**SMALLER TOPICS**

- Elden Ring movie

- Alex Garland to direct (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Civil War, Men - also writer for 28 Days/Weeks/Years Later, Dredd and more)

- A24 to produce

- Pulp finally watches ArcanePatreon link:https://www.patreon.com/FullyRenderedSocials:Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/fullyrenderedhttps://twitter.com/bryanthepiratehttps://twitter.com/peachpixel8https://twitter.com/plopfictionally

This episode aired on 26 April 2025Agenda:**FIRST HALF**- Oblivion Remastered shadow drop - Regional pricing**PEACHY'S INDIE SHOWCASE THING**- Old timer transport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2HGvfdtOgI- Desert Race Adventure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-f_dR495VE- Astrumis: Survive together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Mmfzx88Gs- Revenge of the savage planet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOmRqeMtY4A**SECOND HALF**- Peachy has been playing Euro Truck Simulator - Pulp has been playing Armored Core 6- Bryan has been playing Last Epoch Season 2 and Marvel Rivals**SMALLER TOPICS**- Marathon reveal / closed test- Expedition 33 GOTY contender?Socials:Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/fullyrenderedhttps://twitter.com/bryanthepiratehttps://twitter.com/peachpixel8https://twitter.com/plopfictionally#podcast #gaming #clairobscurexpedition33 #oblivion #elderscrolls

**FIRST HALF**

- Switch 2 showcase

- $80 games

- Trump's tariffs have impacted pre-orders in the USA & Canada

- Much more impressive hardware than it's predecessor

- Strong line-up of third party games, including a FromSoft exclusive

**PEACHY'S INDIE SHOWCASE THING**

**SECOND HALF**

- Peachy has been playing The Bazaar (1.0)

- Pulp has been playing Death Stranding

- Bryan has been playing Path of Exile 2 (0.2.0)

**SMALLER TOPICS**

- Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt has had a rocky start

- Review bombed

- GGG have made swift efforts to turn things around

- Tekken 8 also review bombed for their latest patch

- Minecraft movie already second best movie of the year during opening weekend

This episode aired on 29th March 2025Agenda:**FIRST HALF**

- Game Informer is back!

- Bought out by Gunzilla Games

- The entire original team is back and seem to have editorial freedom

- Website is back, the magazine will eventually be back too

- Gunzilla is a nft/blockchain game developer however soooo...

**PEACHY'S INDIE SHOWCASE THING**

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnuyOmAkmtw Ambidextro

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKCmQyN9Idk Dark Quest 4

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejbLobUMo4 I hate this place

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK2MtbRgPlw Rogue Genesia

**SECOND HALF**

- Peachy has been playing Half Life 2 RTX

- Pulp has returned to Black Myth: Wukong and started Death Stranding

- Bryan has been playing Midnight Murder Club and REPO

**SMALLER TOPICS**

- Reminder: April 4th is the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

- There was one last 'Switch 1' Nintendo Direct which included a digital game sharing service

- Path of Exile 2 showcased 0.2.0

- Ubisoft forms a subsidiary for major IPs

- Peachy also gushes over Assassin's Creed: Shadows

- $1.25 billion Tencent Investment (25% stake)Patreon link:https://www.patreon.com/FullyRenderedSocials:Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/fullyrenderedhttps://twitter.com/bryanthepiratehttps://twitter.com/peachpixel8https://twitter.com/plopfictionally

This episode aired on 15th March 2025Agenda:**FIRST HALF**

- Kitchen appliances. Yes. Really.- The Bazaar

**SECOND HALF**- Silent Hill f- Pulp has been playing Split Fiction

**SMALLER TOPICS**

- Rumour: Xbox Handheld coming this year

- Last Epoch season 2 and PoE2's first league 2 days apart

- Blizzcon is coming back in 2026

- Moonstudios have gone indiependant

- No Rest for the Wicked content drop on 30th April

- Space Marine III 'announced'Patreon link:https://www.patreon.com/FullyRenderedSocials:Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/fullyrenderedhttps://twitter.com/bryanthepiratehttps://twitter.com/peachpixel8https://twitter.com/plopfictionally

This episode aired on 8th February 2025Agenda:FIRST HALF: - EA CEO Andrew Wilson thinks Dragon Age: Veilguard would have sold better if it had shared worlds and was a live service (despite the fact it started off as a live service and the devs pivoted away from that since it was obviously a bad idea)- Our opinions oh why Veilguard didn't do that well - Nintendo Switch 2 patents show/confirm more details about the hardwareSECOND HALF:- Peachy played Marvel Rivals- Pulp has been playing Cyberpunk 20277 and The Last Berserker: Khazan demo- Bryan also played the demoPatreon link:https://www.patreon.com/FullyRenderedSocials:Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/fullyrenderedhttps://twitter.com/bryanthepiratehttps://twitter.com/peachpixel8https://twitter.com/plopfictionally#podcast #gamingnews