Valve Leaks, Xbox Helix, and Old Guard Gaming | OTC EP 97 w/ ThePhawx ​

In this episode of Off the Console, the hosts and guest The Phawx discuss what they’ve been playing and building, including The Blood of Dawnwalker’s directional parry combat, Gardiner’s new daily word puzzle game Uppercase, a DIY “Steam Machine killer,” Slay the Spire 2, and finishing Quantum Break.

The panel then covers major news: a 12TB Valve leak containing pre-2013 Steam data and Half-Life/Valve project remnants, debates on storage bloat and game industry short-termism, and Tokyo Game Show anticipation.

They also touch on Switch emulator Suyu adding recompilation features before going dark, AI-assisted decompilation for preservation, Xbox disc-to-digital support changes (Ubisoft opting in), Steam age verification in Australia via credit cards, Sega noting rising engagement from non-players, a new Nova Games Foundation by Geoff Keighley and Mark Cerny, and Bottles enabling Microsoft 365 on Linux.

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