Animal Well, Starfield update, Switch 2, Microsoft studios closure

Starside Chat - A Podcast About Video Games

On this week’s episode, we talk about the new indie puzzle-platformer Animal Well. But before that we have to talk about the latest update for Starfield, the latest on the successor to the Nintendo Switch, and the closure of four Microsoft studios.

[News of the Week]

• Starfield May update

• Switch successor to be announced this fiscal year (by March 2025) Nintendo to hold June direct to announce what's coming later this year but won't feature the switch successor

• Rumored Switch 2 spec

• Microsoft closes four studios, including Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda

• The Gaming Historian shuts down patreon and returns to “part-time” status

• Amazon Prime subscribers can claim a free PC copy of Fallout 3

• Sunset Devils

[Games out this week]

• Animal Well

• Little Kitty Big City

• Hades 2 early access

• Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns (DLC)

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Wes Anderson’s Montblanc commercial

• Animal Well

• Clarkson’s Farm

• Ponyo