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Boss Rush Podcast - A Podcast about Video Games
Boss Rush Media
Gears of War E-DAY, $700 Consoles, & Epic Games' AI-First Development
OCT 15, 2026120 MIN
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Are $700 consoles, AI-generated games, and vanishing digital libraries making gaming a far more expensive and fragile hobby?
On this episode of the Boss Rush Podcast, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Andre Wilson discuss Epic Games’ reported "AI-first" directive for an upcoming Disney shooter and what it means for human creativity in game development.
The crew then breaks down Circana's dire warnings about soaring hardware costs and plummeting console sales, comparing Valve's iconic Steam Deck against its top handheld rivals, and tackling the moral and legal battlegrounds surrounding video game preservation.
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