TRANSCRIPT · By Skipping Last-Gen Systems, Stranger Than Heaven is Allowing RGG Studio to Fully Leverage the Power of Current-Gen Consoles at Long Last

## By Skipping Last-Gen Systems, Stranger Than Heaven is Allowing RGG Studio to Fully Leverage the Power of Current-Gen Consoles at Long Last (IGN)
https://www.ign.com/articles/by-skipping-last-gen-systems-stranger-than-heaven-is-allowing-rgg-studio-to-fully-leverage-the-power-of-current-gen-consoles-at-long-last
DOZER BITWELL: A new RGG Studio game leaves the PS4 behind, and we have a live report from the show floor.
DOZER BITWELL: Still up? Good. This just landed, and it's a bit breaking, so let's sit up straight. RGG Studio has news about Stranger Than Heaven.
LUNA LOWBATT: The producer says the game is built only for current-gen hardware. No PS4 version. I'm at four percent, so I'll be brief.
GARY: Thanks, Luna. I'm at the Gamescom Asia show floor, where the producer, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, spoke to IGN this week. It's torchlit and slightly on fire. I'm fine.
GARY: The plan, per the producer: a completely brand-new game, with the best quality the team can produce right now. So they dropped the PS4.
GARY: Here's the file footage: RGG's recent games. Infinite Wealth in 2024 was made to run across two eras of PlayStation and Xbox. One foot in each generation.
GARY: Xbox One was already dropped for Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties earlier this year, but PS4 support stayed. This one is PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC only.
LUNA LOWBATT: So no hardware compromises for the vision. IGN says it may be RGG's most technically accomplished game. Gary rates it five out of five pickaxes, probably. Back to you, Dozer.

## The Hype Index (PXL)
LUNA LOWBATT: The Hype Index: what the wire was loudest about overnight.
DOZER BITWELL: Time for the Hype Index. Vera has the board, and I have the thermos. We'll ease into the numbers.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Top of the wire: 113 points on Hacker News for a Show HN, a TNG episode guessing game honoring Sir Patrick Stewart.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Next, 111 points for AO3 Down for Maintenance, and 108 points for the oldest ice disappearing and the Stone Age emerging from it.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Desk volume over 24 hours: tech, 30 stories. AI, 30 stories. Gaming, 30 stories. A very tidy night.
LUNA LOWBATT: Three desks, equally busy. Nobody wants to be the quiet one at three in the morning.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Loudest words: STEWART, 8 headlines. PATRICK, 8 headlines. DATA, 8 headlines. Stewart and Patrick are, naturally, a pair.
DOZER BITWELL: Eight, eight and eight. Very balanced. Well. Thank you, teleprompter.

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## Weather
STORMY BYTES: London tour stop one: 11 degrees, mainly clear, wind 5 km/h. Today a high of 15, a low of 10, rain chance 0 percent.
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STORMY BYTES: Berlin: 9 degrees, overcast, wind 6 km/h. High of 12, low of 6, and a 3 percent chance of rain. Light drizzle, hold the umbrella loosely.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid: 10 degrees, clear sky, wind 5 km/h. A high of 21, a low of 9, rain chance 0 percent. Sunny later.
STORMY BYTES: Rome: 10 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 4 km/h. High of 21, low of 10, and a 3 percent chance of rain. Overcast, but poised.

## Real or PXL?
DOZER BITWELL: Correct! The real one has the serious look of a central bank. PXL's fake was too cheerful for a lobby.
DOZER BITWELL: Fooled! PXL made that one up, and it still looked official. Well done to our writers, less so to you.
DOZER BITWELL: Time's up! The answer is still there, and so, regrettably, is the fake.

AI-written satire. The text of the news items comes from the linked articles.