Easy Allies Podcast #134 - 10/17/18
Game development crunch time is in the headlines again, so now seems like a fine time to pour out all of our feelings on the subject. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Game development crunch time is in the headlines again, so now seems like a fine time to pour out all of our feelings on the subject. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this week's episode, the panel convinces Kyle of the non-obvious values of streamable video game services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Blurry cellphone footage of an early trailer for a huge Harry Potter game has us giddy like Dobby on Buckbeak eating some Bertie Bott's over the Whomping Willow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Before we say goodbye to Telltale, we delve into the accomplished studio's entire catalog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nintendo makes two small announcements for two big games, and the best-sellers list of August contains a couple of interesting anomalies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sega and SNK headline Tokyo Game Show with two beautiful and surprisingly big budget game announcements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Before the fall season of gaming really takes off, we prepare ourselves with a Release Rundown of the super chunky next four months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Streets of Rage 4 and an Onimusha remaster headline another wonderful week of our shared existence inside of Michael Huber's dream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The panel is filled with Gamescom cheer as we unwrap a bunch of new game announcements and news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The art of the game reveal was on full display last week, as Smash Bros Ultimate, Red Dead Redemption II, and Doom Eternal each amazed audiences in their own unique styles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Evo isn't just the biggest fighting games tournament of the year, it has also become the best event to dump exciting fighting game announcements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nintendo and PlayStation continue to report great numbers to their investors, but it's up to us to determine how great these numbers are (approximately, of course). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rumors of a second Xbox Scarlett dedicated to streaming are too reasonable to not believe, and we gotta cover Comic Con. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The panel predicts the future world of twelve months from today, and it's actually mostly optimistic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Darksiders III announces its release date and we're still confused if this game is a big deal or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fortnite continues to be surprisingly newsworthy on top of increasingly popular, and the Desire Index faces more top ten shakeups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This month's NPD report brings us an unexpected victor, and we still have to fit Devil May Cry 5, Red Dead Redemption II and Sekiro into the EZA Desire Index. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We've only begun covering the games that showed up at E3, and of course there is no better way to have a discussion than to arbitrarily rank titles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kyle heroically does his best to encapsulate E3 2018 in a race against time and the panel's diminishing mental faculties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fallout 76 and Assassin's Creed Odyssey drop their names before E3, and we look forward to the PlayStation and Nintendo press events with unmitigated anticipation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This year's big Pokémon game is a little--how do you say--simple. Also, we continue our E3 Press Conference preview with Bethesda, Square Enix and Ubisoft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The E3 preview officially begins with hopes and expectations for the EA and Microsoft press conferences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rage 2 surfaces by unpopular demand, Retro appears to be making a Star Fox adventure racing game, and maybe a woman will work at a gas station in Just Cause 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thanos visits Fortnite, Nintendo's online service is just as bleh as you would expect, and Square Enix is back to E3 presentations this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Shadow of the Tomb Raider had its big reveal and we're not exactly clamoring for Croft Editions, and Nintendo is getting a new President soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Housemarque announces something that might be similar to a Battle Royale game, Valve buys Campo Santo, and the March NPDs are all good news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rumors have bubbled up that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has axed its campaign in favor of a battle royale mode, and we're split on whether that's good or bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Boss Key Productions quickly rebounds from LawBreakers with a new battle royale game, and Spyro's remastered trilogy inspires an exhaustive look at his entire gameography. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From God of War to The Crew 2, the next three months have a great mix of huge releases and games you kinda forgot about. Also, Shadow of War makes a Good Guy move a little too late. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
E3 2018 is already promising some interesting changes, the Final Fantasy XV team is working on a new IP, and the Xbox Game Pass makes a little more sense after the launch of Sea of Thieves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices