The Nextlander Podcast 224: Thirty-Year-Old Video Games

This week we dig into hot, brand-new video games like Metal Gear Solid and Nier: Automata, plus Lumines Arise's multiplayer, the ending chapters of Dispatch, Sektori, whatever's going on with Ubisoft, the loss of "Burger" Becky Heineman, Megabonk's stand-up Game Awards move, a "will it come out in 2026" quiz, and more!

CHAPTERS

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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:23) Some pure personal project nonsense
(00:05:57) That TV project is almost done!
(00:12:22) Extra Life 2025!
(00:18:25) Dispatch | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5] | Oct 22, 2025
(00:32:58) First Break
(00:33:03) Lumines Arise | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, SteamVR] | Nov 11, 2025
(00:50:50) Sektori | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Nov 18, 2025
(00:57:19) Plenty of games too play!
(00:58:21) Hollow Knight: Silksong | [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One] | Sep 04, 2025
(00:59:26) Morsels | [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Nov 18, 2025
(01:02:00) Metal Gear Solid | [PlayStation] | Oct 20, 1998
(01:15:21) Silent Hill f | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Sep 25, 2025
(01:18:36) Second Break
(01:18:46) What is happening at Ubisoft?
(01:28:24) Rebecca Heineman has passed away
(01:35:08) Yoko Taro is still trying to make games!
(01:38:48) Megabonk and The Game Awards
(01:48:17) Will Concord be playable again?
(01:57:30) Emails
(02:28:35) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:34:11) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts