Welcome to the XP Report! Keirron and Ronnie discuss outrageous RAM prices, how AI is slowly ruining everything we love. Hytale is saved and hopefully going to be better. and a bunch of new games.

Hytale is saved and going independent

https://hytale.com/news/2025/11/hytale-is-saved

Cities Skylines moving developers, Paradoxes new playbook

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cities-skylines-to-switch-developer

Clair Obscur: E33 sweeped every category it was nominated for at the Golden Joystick Awards.

RAM prices soaring to all-time highs

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=64gb+ddr5

Saudi Arabia’s EA acquisition Public Investment Fund in “financial distress”

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-saudi-arabia-fund-behind-the-wildly-leveraged-ea-buyout-is-dealing-with-financial-distress-claims-report

Far Cry is getting a TV series starring Mac from It’s Always Sunny

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/far-crys-getting-a-tv-series-starring-its-always-sunnys-rob-mac-with-each-season-designed-to-mirror-a-new-game

VTMB2 “should have been called something else” former creative director agrees

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-should-have-been-called-something-else-agrees-former-creative-director

Data shows that Steam games continue to get cheaper overall even while console games raise prices.

https://www.polygon.com/steam-game-price-median-sales-console-aaa-data-trends-cheap/

Steam has it’s FIRST EVER Black Friday sale!

https://store.steampowered.com/specials

Anno 117: Pax Romana (PC) - Nov. 13th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3274580/Anno_117_Pax_Romana/

CoD: Black Ops 7 (PS5, XBox, PC) - Nov. 14th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606480/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_7/

Escape From Tarkov 1.0 (PC) - Nov. 15th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3932890/Escape_from_Tarkov/

SpongBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC) - Nov. 18th

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2479650/SpongeBob_SquarePants_Titans_of_the_Tide/

Demonschool (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC) - Nov. 19th

Welcome to the XP Report!

Is more premium currency the answer to our problem, Blizzard seems to think so. The debate of AI doesn't seem to ever stop so lets talk about it. Join us each fortnight for more games news and opinions.

New premium currency

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/world-of-warcraft-will-get-a-new-premium-currency-alongside-midnight-for-no-obvious-good-reason-at-all

Fantasy ground goes free to play

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/fantasy-grounds-free

Nintendo loses patent claim

https://gamesfray.com/japan-patent-office-rejects-nintendo-application-relevant-to-palworld-dispute-cites-games-like-ark-as-prior-art-after-third-party-submission/

Square Enix changing direction - also layoffs

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-announces-more-layoffs-as-part-of-us-and-europe-restructuring/

Stop Killing Games

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stop-killing-games-uk-petition-has-been-debated-in-parliament-the-law-works-but-companies-may-need-to-communicate-better

New World is so Old World now

https://www.eurogamer.net/amazon-isnt-closing-mmo-new-world-right-away-but-it-wont-guarantee-the-life-of-the-game-past-2026

Jurassic World Evolution 3 - October 21st https://store.steampowered.com/app/2958130/Jurassic_World_Evolution_3/

Ninja Gaiden 4 - October 21st https://store.steampowered.com/app/2627260/NINJA_GAIDEN_4/

Painkiller - October 21st https://store.steampowered.com/app/2300120/Painkiller/

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - October 21st https://store.steampowered.com/app/532790/Vampire_The_Masquerade__Bloodlines_2/

Dispatch - October 22nd https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/Dispatch/

Double Dragon Revive - October 23rd https://store.steampowered.com/app/3012220/Double_Dragon_Revive/

Godbreakers - October 23rd https://store.steampowered.com/app/2687400/GODBREAKERS/

Moonlighter 2 (EA) - October 23rd

Welcome to XP Report, this week Keirron and Ronnie chat about the impending doom which is Xbox not understanding their users. What Keirron did at pax Aus. Why is pokemon trying so hard to lose its fan base?

Xbox raising prices for Gamepass - https://www.theverge.com/news/789424/xbox-game-pass-premium-essentials-ultimate-price-increase-changes

WotC New office in Montreal - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/hasbro-opens-new-wizards-of-the-coast-development-hub-in-montreal

Pokemon drama - https://kotaku.com/pokemon-leak-budget-canceled-masuda-black-white-remake-2000635371

Everwild art got leaked - https://www.eurogamer.net/first-screenshots-of-rares-ill-fated-everwild-emerge-thanks-to-artists-portfolio-website

Critical Role C4 has started

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1004640/FINAL_FANTASY_TACTICS__The_Ivalice_Chronicles/

Digimon Story: Time Stranger

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1984270/Digimon_Story_Time_Stranger/

Battlefield 6

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2807960/Battlefield_6/

Little Nightmares 3

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1392860/Little_Nightmares_III/

Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794880/Ys_vs_Trails_in_the_Sky_Alternative_Saga/

Pokemon Legends: Z-A (Oct. 16th)

Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Oct. 21st)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2958130/Jurassic_World_Evolution_3/

Ninja Gaiden 4 (Oct. 21st)

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/2627260/

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (Oct. 21st)

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/532790/

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (Oct. 23rd)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2350790/Moonlighter_2_The_Endless_Vault/

Once Upon a Katamari (Oct. 24th)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1880620/Once_Upon_A_KATAMARI/

The Outer Worlds 2 (Oct. 29th)