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Star Wars: The Old Republic, Volition Shuts Down After 30 Years; Final Fantasy XVI DLC Plan | NRC 74

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Volition got all the blame for Saints Row and has been shut down by Embracer Group.

1. Neo-Reality Collective NRC 74 centers on Star Wars: The Old Republic, Volition’s shutdown after 30 years, and Final Fantasy XVI’s DLC plans. 2. Eric Brown hosts the episode as the voice behind Neo Reality Collective, and he repeatedly frames the news through his own reactions to games, films, and publishing moves. 3. The episode functions as a fast-moving pop-culture news rundown that links Star Wars, Disney, game studios, and comics through one creator’s opinions. 4. Eric starts with Star Wars: The Old Republic being folded back into the Star Wars timeline through an update to starwars.com. 5. He says the Old Republic era includes the Republic’s founding, the Jedi Order’s emergence, and a schism that leads to the Sith. 6. He also says the Knights of the Old Republic remake moved from Aspyr to Saber Interactive and was put on hold indefinitely. 7. The host claims a rumor says Disney rejected an RPG structure with choices and multiple endings for the remake. 8. He then points to Lies of P, saying its director described three endings tied to a lying system that tracks player choices. 9. Rockstar comes up next because Grand Theft Auto 5 turned 10 years old and Rockstar’s vice president of writing reportedly left on August 28. 10. Eric connects that departure to uncertainty around Grand Theft Auto 6 and notes Rockstar had only publicly marked GTA 5’s anniversary. 11. Disney’s streaming strategy gets attention when Deadline reports Spiderwick Chronicles will not move forward at Disney Plus. 12. He adds that a UK live-action Captain Nemo series was also finished before Disney changed direction. 13. Eric contrasts Disney’s decision to shop completed shows elsewhere with Warner Bros. Discovery and David Zaslav’s Batgirl write-off and other locked projects. 14. The comic-book segment highlights Neverlanders winning the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year award. 15. He says Neverlanders is a Peter Pan sequel about a missing Pan, civil war, runaway children, Tinkerbell’s fairy army, and a pirate villain. 16. The gaming discussion also covers Bethesda’s Starfield, where lead designer Paul Young explained why the team returned to a silent protagonist. 17. Eric says The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria created an entire secret dwarven language for players to hear in-game. 18. He sounds sardonic and emotionally unfiltered, with long digressions, interruptions, and frequent side comments about business decisions and fandom reactions. 19. Listeners interested in game industry news, Disney streaming shifts, and Star Wars continuity would likely enjoy this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a tightly edited, spoiler-free, topic-focused show may skip it.

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