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Summer Game Fest Predictions by a Magic 8-Ball 2024 Edition

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Andrea and Brittany clash over whether 2K's teased game is BioShock 4 or Borderlands 4, fueling speculation.

1. What's Good Games hosts Andrea Rene, Rihanna, and Brittany Brombacher use two magic 8-balls to predict announcements for the Summer Game Fest 2024 showcase season. 2. The three co-hosts run the show together, with Brittany historically having poor luck with magic 8-ball answers and Rihanna generally getting positive responses. 3. The episode's structure follows the showcase schedule: Summer Game Fest Live (June 7), Xbox Summer Games Showcase (June 9), Ubisoft Forward (June 10), with Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play as wildcards. 4. A PlayStation State of Play is announced the day of recording; the hosts note Sony confirmed no major first-party franchise releases in 2024, expecting partner titles and possible Spider-Man DLC. 5. Sam Lake and Remedy changed their social media banner to 'Poison Pill Entertainment' and 'Night Springs City,' leading the hosts to predict a standalone Alan Wake 2 narrative DLC at Summer Game Fest Live — the 8-ball confirms it. 6. The hosts discuss Pal World's Summer Game Fest appearance, noting its 24-hour concurrent player count dropped from a peak of 2.1 million to about 22,000 since the January spike. 7. 2K announced a reveal of 'next iteration in one of 2K's biggest and most beloved franchises,' which the hosts deduce is either Bioshock 4 (no news since Cloud Chamber was announced in 2019) or Borderlands 4 — the 8-ball says Borderlands. 8. Randy Pitchford is quoted saying the unannounced Borderlands game is 'the greatest thing we've ever done,' while Gearbox was recently acquired by 2K from Embracer Group, adding context to a potential reveal. 9. Brittany reads Dusk Golem's tweet explicitly ruling out Resident Evil 9 at summer 2024 showcases, saying RE9 is pushed to late 2025-2026 and RE1 remake rumors are 'bullshit' — the 8-ball nevertheless says yes to RE9 at Summer Game Fest. 10. The hosts discuss Dragon Age: Dread Wolf at length, with insider Jeff Grubb reporting that people at EA are 'really happy' with the game's current state, and Brittany demanding actual real-time combat gameplay rather than another cinematic trailer. 11. Andrea makes the case that EA and BioWare's pattern of using Jeff Keighley-produced shows for Dragon Age reveals over three to four years points to Summer Game Fest as the most likely venue. 12. The 8-balls give contradictory noncommittal answers on Dragon Age gameplay specifically, but confirm something Dragon Age-related is coming. 13. Andrea asks about a Lord of the Rings MMO Amazon is working on, describing the game as still in early stages; the 8-ball declines to commit. 14. For the Xbox showcase, Andrea argues the company needs to abandon strategy discussion entirely and do 'trailer trailer trailer trailer' in the style of PlayStation's best E3 showcases. 15. Gears of War 6 gets a positive 8-ball prediction, with the hosts noting J.D.'s voice actor publicly hinted at June announcements before quickly deleting or walking back the comment. 16. A rumored Gears of War 1-3 collection also receives a positive 8-ball answer; the hosts speculate it could release mid-next year to serve as a catch-up vehicle before Gears 6. 17. The rumored Xbox handheld gets a flat 'no' from both balls, and the hosts say they believe that answer — calling the handheld rumors 'phooey.' 18. The format is high-energy and comedic, with the hosts narrating 8-ball shakes aloud and reacting dramatically to each answer; the conversation moves rapidly between predictions with minimal dead air. 19. Gaming fans who follow leak culture, Resident Evil, Dragon Age, or the Xbox platform and want an entertaining pre-show hype episode will enjoy the format. 20. Listeners seeking analysis of confirmed game content rather than rumor-driven speculation will find this episode heavily dependent on unverified leaks and 8-ball comedy.

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A Magic 8-Ball turns Summer Game Fest speculation into a funny, low-stakes pregame for reveal season.

Summer Game Fest is a week out, and What's Good Games turns the usual rumor cycle into a ritual: shake the Magic 8-Ball, ask about reveal trailers, leaks, and wish-list appearances, then let the hosts argue with the answer.

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