On this week's episode of Go For Bronze we discuss the fall State of Play. PlayStation presents a "third party and indies" state of play only to then show Spider-Man 2, Helldivers 2, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Surely this will rattle expectations for the coming state of plays and showcases in the future. We begin to get a good look at how 2024 will start with numerous release dates unveiled for January and February with FF7R launching as a leap year exclusive and Helldivers 2 releasing early in the month. We now know that Helldivers 2 will launch at $40 for the standard edition and we discuss the likeliness that it will come to PlayStation Plus Extra on launch. Spider-Man 2 adds a potentially controversial feature to the core experience that can thankfully be toggled off if the player doesn't enjoy the new mechanic. A document leaks from Bethesda and we get an inside look at the roadmap of what titles they have in the pipeline including DLC. As this is an older document we speculate what has changed since and we get into the business side of what we think will be exclusive and what we think will come to subscription services and how. One of the best aspects of the acquisitions is all of the information we get to see that would otherwise never be available to us and it helps us understand the decisions that are being made at the top. On the unfortunate side of gaming business we learn of layoffs coming to Ascendent Studios off of the somewhat lackluster release of EA Original Immortals of Aveum which is a shame and we wish them the best moving forward. At other studios, Glen Schofield leaves Striking Distance Studios and Stig Asmussen leaves Respawn before the Star Wars Jedi trilogy can be completed. We also heavily discuss what drives excitement in announcements of new titles and try to figure out if leaks are to blame for the negativity we sometimes see following said announcements. Top 10 lists are breeding grounds for disagreement and we do just that looking over IGN's recent Top 10 PS3 games of all time while also discussing why we should care of their opinion as the gold standard when it comes to reviews, either way it is all in good fun. What do you expect to see in the next PlayStation State of Play/Showcase? Thank you so much for listening to the show!

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