Pokémon games are coming out faster than ever, Amazon's cloud gaming service has officially launched, and Epic faces the music. 00:00:00 - Opening 00:01:00 - Corrections 00:03:14 - Pokémon Scarlet and Violet 00:18:10 - Warren Spector's New Game 00:29:12 - Amazon Luna Launch 00:45:25 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:49:45 - Epic Buys Bandcamp 01:02:08 - Resident Evil New-Gen Upgrades 01:07:07 - Also This Week 01:15:29 - Game: Would You Rather? 01:24:36 - L&R: Friends in Ukraine 01:26:30 - L&...
Mar 06, 2022•1 hr 45 min
Street Fighter 6 has a bad logo, Guardians of the Galaxy needs a better marketing plan, and PS VR2 is looking nice! 00:00:00 - Opening 00:01:21 - Corrections 00:03:04 - Street Fighter 6 and Soul Hackers 2 Reveals 00:18:51 - PS VR2 Design Unveiled 00:30:55 - Dragon Age Production Update 00:41:27 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:46:58 - Guardians of the Galaxy Undershoots Sales Expectations 00:59:37 - FF XIV's 10-Year Plan 01:15:23 - Also This Week 01:19:34 - Game: That's Not a Port! 01:28:20 - L&...
Feb 27, 2022•2 hr 3 min
Nintendo's announced the death of 3DS and Wii U stores, Capcom put up a mysterious countdown, and Lost Ark has made all the right moves to have an absolutely explosive launch. Note: We're aware of some missing bits and bobs here and there. Apologies as we had to edit this week without Brandon. 00:00:00 - Opening 00:01:03 - Corrections 00:03:49 - Who Gamed It? 00:06:33 - Nintendo Ending Purchases on 3DS and Wii U 00:47:50 - Capcom Countdown and Street Fighter 01:14:28 - Soul Hackers Countdown 01:...
Feb 20, 2022•2 hr 22 min
Nintendo directs our attention back to the Switch after Sony and Xbox spent big bucks on big news. Also, Sony highlights a batch of indies and our first look at Wolf Among Us 2, Google finally wises up and steps away from Stadia, and Capcom finally pays the RE4 merchant his due. 00:00:55 - Corrections 00:03:01 - Who-Gamed-It? 00:04:43 - Nintendo Direct Announcements 00:19:56 - Nintendo Direct Ports 00:25:08 - Nintendo Direct Updates 00:35:45 - Wolf Among Us 2 first look 00:44:12 - Google ditchin...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 39 min
Sony strikes back by acquiring Bungie and getting to work on 10+ live service games. Also, Yacht Club still kicks it with Kickstarter, Gran Turismo still looks gorgeous, Nintendo still makes boatloads of money, and the Dark Pictures Anthology still dares to dream. 00:00:56 - Corrections 00:02:36 - Who-Gamed-It? 00:05:04 - Sony buys Bungie 00:23:07 - Mina the Hollower 00:33:17 - Dark Pictures trademarks 00:43:03 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:45:42 - Gran Turismo 7 State of Play 00:56:03 - Nintend...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 49 min
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Jan 31, 2022•18 min
This week is mostly about new stuff. Blizzard’s trying the survival genre, Crysis is ready for a sequel, Respawn is working on 2 more Star Wars games than we knew, Nagoshi launched his new studio, and Meta has something scary in VR called Horizon. 00:00:56 - Corrections 00:03:05 - Who-Gamed-It? 00:04:22 - Blizzard’s Survival Game 00:15:40 - A New Crysis 00:25:43 - Respawn’s 3 Star Wars Games 00:36:38 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:41:03 - Nagoshi Studio 00:47:46 - Meta’s Horizon Worlds 01:00:59 -...
Jan 30, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Phil Spencer owns this podcast after dropping the biggest gaming news of the year, and it’s still the first month of 2022. After we discuss 6 different factors of Activision/Blizzard's big payday, the panel laments Star Wars causing crunch and that’s it. It’s mostly Xbox this week. 00:00:57 - Corrections 00:04:50 - Who-Gamed-It? 00:06:38 - Microsoft bought Activision/Blizzard 00:16:55 - Microsoft owns Activision/Blizzard 00:30:13 - Good Old Bobby 00:33:58 - Activision/Blizzard Lawsuits 00:42:03 ...
Jan 23, 2022•2 hr 4 min
In a shocking nearly $70 BILLION dollar ack-wha, Microsoft is in the process of buying Activision-Blizzard! Brandon, Brad, Blood, and Isla are here to discuss the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 19, 2022•26 min
This week was filled with uncertainty. Is Mario Kart 9 happening soon? Will Babylon’s fall and a new leader hurt Platinum Games? Can FF XIV’s director make people nicer? Should LEGO ever trust Blizzard again? Am I playing the right Wordle? Where’s my PS5 and Xbox Series X?! 00:00:00 - Opening 00:01:19 - Corrections 00:06:53 - Who-Gamed-It? 00:10:58 - Mario Kart 9 rumors 00:25:17 - Platinum Games in 2022 00:32:47 - FFXIV and toxicity 00:41:11 - LEGO and Blizzard 00:44:58 - A Word From Our Sponsor...
Jan 16, 2022•1 hr 28 min
It’s episode 300! Raise a glass! Our wonderful patrons give us lots of memories and conversation starters to mark the milestone. All while feeling the intensity of Q1’s release schedule, the cheap-high-tech possibilities of PSVR2, and the long and lonely road of Days Gone. 00:01:05 - Corrections 00:03:07 - Madden Facts 00:05:49 - Q1 2022 Preview January 00:21:25 - Q1 2022 Preview February 00:50:38 - Q1 2022 Preview March 01:07:00 - A Word From Our Sponsors 01:10:55 - PlayStation VR2 01:26:29 - D...
Jan 09, 2022•2 hr 4 min
This week we honor and educate ourselves on the legacy of the great John Madden, then wonder what’s going on with Ubisoft’s attrition rate and G.R.R.M.'s blog. Also, Nintendo and Valve list some of their highest-performing games, and the CEO of Roblox has some hilariously sneaky taxes. 00:01:26 - Corrections 00:03:18 - John Madden’s legacy 00:16:02 - Ubisoft’s “Great Exodus” 00:29:20 - G.R.R.M.’s Elden Ring blog post 00:39:21 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:43:26 - Switch’s top indie games of 2021...
Jan 02, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Tis the season to share a little love and respect. We celebrate the NPDs, award our Starring Roles, and take an episode’s worth of community questions. 00:01:34 - The Starring Role Awards 00:11:24 - November 2021 NPDs 00:20:54 - L&R - Personal convention traditions 00:24:28 - L&R - Taking game appreciation further 00:28:37 - L&R - Let’s celebrate the LOTR trilogy 00:34:17 - L&R - Excellent minor details 00:36:20 - L&R - Regrettable gaming purchases 00:39:06 - L&R - What a...
Dec 26, 2021•1 hr 17 min
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Dec 19, 2021•1 hr 21 min
In a special late-night extended episode with special guest Kyle Bosman, we get loopy talking about the ups and downs of The Game Awards. Also, it’s never too late for GTA Online story DLC, PlayStation’s going to try and copy Game Pass, and Raven Software gets the Activision axe. 00:02:10 - Corrections 00:04:00 - Starring Role 00:11:09 - Alan Wake II 00:16:36 - Star Wars Eclipse 00:23:35 - Hellblade II 00:25:46 - Wonder Woman 00:31:24 - Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 00:37:00 - The Death...
Dec 12, 2021•2 hr 29 min
FFXIV Endwalker, a new Marvel MMO, and a re-connected Battlefield 2042 universe take online gaming to the forefront of this week’s headlines. Also, we say congrats to Cyberpunk 2077 after a sale and thousands of positive user reviews, and farewell to the original Titanfall. 00:01:00 - Corrections 00:04:02 - Starring Role 00:08:09 - Battlefield’s big changes 00:24:36 - Marvel MMO 00:34:38 - FFXIV Endwalker launch 00:49:05 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:53:44 - Cyberpunk’s redemption 01:06:48 - Tit...
Dec 05, 2021•2 hr 5 min
In an early episode before our Thanksgiving break, we gobble up the biggest turkeys and their biggest mistakes from 2021. Also, Kojima gives an LA studio another shot, Sony prefers selling retail PS5 games and not making plates, Forza 5 gets first place on Game Pass, and woe are the ads for the Amico. 00:01:10 - Corrections 00:03:38 - Starring Role 00:06:47 - Biggest Turkeys of 2021 00:24:51 - Kojima’s new L.A. studio 00:33:31 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:38:32 - Sony’s PlayStation patents 00:4...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 21 min
The Game Awards nominations have landed and it’s our job to have opinions about them. Also, Rockstar Games and rock star CEO Bobby Kotick are under fire after some questionable business decisions, Xbox celebrates its 20th with online Halo, and we measure our hype for the surprise Dragon Ball: The Breakers and the often-leaked MultiVersus. 00:00:41 - Corrections 00:02:25 - Starring Role 00:05:27 - Game Awards Nominations 00:19:44 - Dragon Ball: The Breakers 00:26:23 - MultiVersus 00:38:12 - Halo ...
Nov 21, 2021•2 hr 1 min
A lot of projects pulled for big wins this week. SteamWorld is going third-person, League of Legends starts another colorful media blitz, Spider-man tries to save the Avengers, and the Tomorrow Children march on to their own beat. 00:01:05 - Corrections 00:02:56 - Starring Role 00:05:19 - SteamWorld Headhunter 00:14:44 - League of Legends updates 00:31:23 - Spider-man and Avengers 00:38:13 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:43:30 - Genshin Impact merch rules 00:57:19 - Tomorrow Children is back 01:04...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 51 min
It’s been a week of weak announcements. Hangar 13 stops developing Volt, Microsoft and SEGA team up in the cloud, Skydance is making a Marvel game, FF Tactics might be getting remastered, and Facebook is mostly now Meta. 00:00:48 - Corrections 00:01:45 - Starring Role 00:05:51 - Hangar 13’s Volt 00:15:18 - Microsoft and SEGA 00:25:46 - Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster 00:36:08 - Skydance and Marvel 00:42:26 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:45:12 - Facebook is now Meta 00:55:08 - Activision/Blizzard u...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 43 min
Sony sneaks in a State of Play before the end of the year, and Niantic believes Nintendo’s Pikmin can get people walking. Also, Halo Infinite finally details its single-player campaign, Grasshopper joins Netease, and Blizzard is rethinking Blizzcon among many other things. 00:00:46 - Corrections 00:04:02 - Starring Role 00:06:54 - State of Play October 00:32:03 - Pikmin Bloom 00:40:22 - Halo Infinite Campaign Overview 00:55:29 - A Word From Our Sponsors 01:01:29 - Grasshopper joins NetEase 01:05...
Oct 30, 2021•1 hr 45 min
The Uncharted movie trailer blows up the big screen and rumor has it a new Splinter Cell is in the works. We weigh our anticipation and revisit DC Fandome, that double-sided Animal Crossing Direct, and the best selling games of September. 00:00:56 - Corrections 00:02:22 - Starring Role 00:05:24 - Uncharted movie trailer 00:14:26 - New Splinter Cell? 00:24:24 - DC Fandome 00:34:03 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:40:11 - Switch Online Expansion Pack 00:52:22 - Animal Crossing updates 00:56:38 - Sept...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 36 min
Activision finally takes a proactive stand against cheating in Call of Duty Warzone while the EEOC and DFEH fight over who gets to litigate them. Also FIFA asks EA for more money, Google counter-sues Epic, and even more gaming properties come to the big screen. 00:01:08 - Corrections 00:04:23 - Starring Role 00:08:19 - Call of Duty’s Ricochet 00:32:34 - EA and FIFA parting ways? 00:44:59 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:47:59 - System Shock and other series 00:58:34 - Google counter-sues Epic 01:04...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 49 min
The biggest gaming season of the year is upon us, so we pick our favorites from the fall lineup. Also, the Resident Evil movie reveals its CG budget, Sora finally shows up, Ghost Recon ignores its fans yet again, and big-tech has big headaches when Twitch gets hacked and Facebook goes down. 00:01:08 - Corrections 00:03:13 - Starring Role 00:07:51 - Q4 Preview October 00:35:33 - Q4 Preview November 00:55:01 - Q4 Preview December 01:02:37 - A Word From Our Sponsors 01:06:18 - Resident Evil movie t...
Oct 10, 2021•2 hr 10 min
Sony and Netflix go shopping for new studios that make us wonder what projects they have in mind. The Tokyo Game Show brings in exciting news from Capcom and Xbox, while Microsoft opens up to third-party storefronts, and the Activision/Blizzard case is over all of a sudden? 00:01:17 - Corrections 00:04:53 - Starring Role 00:07:56 - Sony buys Bluepoint Games 00:17:33 - Netflix buys Night School 00:26:17 - Xbox TGS ‘21 Showcase 00:32:51 - Tokyo Game Show 2021 highlights 00:38:05 - A Word From Our ...
Oct 03, 2021•1 hr 20 min
This week is about playing demos and surprise remasters on the Switch while we keep laughing at or crying about the Super Mario movie cast. Also, THQ brings a batch of old franchises new life, Quantic Dream might be making a Star Wars game, and Titanfall 3 is not not happening 00:01:07 - Corrections 00:03:03 - Starring Role 00:06:23 - Super Mario Movie Cast 00:22:27 - Nintendo Direct Announcements 00:44:08 - Nintendo Direct Updates 00:59:27 - A Word From Our Sponsors 01:03:59 - THQ Nordic Showca...
Sep 26, 2021•1 hr 48 min
This week we go over the fine print. August NPDs hold some surprising winners, Nintendo’s financials provoke rumors of a Switch price cut, and the saga of Epic and Apple comes to a complex and often hilarious conclusion. 00:01:05 - Corrections 00:03:36 - Starring Role 00:06:23 - August NPDs 00:19:53 - Switch price cut? 00:29:24 - Kojima and real-time games 00:38:12 - A Word From Our Sponsors 00:41:57 - Epic v Apple ruling 00:56:27 - Also This Week 00:59:29 - Game: NICE 01:03:13 - L&R - Super...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 24 min
PlayStation finally shows up with a showcase and it’s worth the wait. Wolverine and Spider-man overshadow their fellow Guardians, KOTOR is remade, and Kratos is revealed running on the PS5. With fan favorite Alan Wake coming back into the light, and No Man’s Sky earning a “mostly positive” rank on Steam, it’s a week for big franchise wins. 00:01:06 - Corrections 00:03:14 - Starring Role 00:08:04 - God of War: Ragnarok 00:19:51 - Marvel’s Wolverine 00:30:25 - Marvel’s Spider-man 2 00:41:10 - Guar...
Sep 12, 2021•2 hr 5 min
We examine the PlayStation 5 from multiple angles - its new subtly advanced model, recently announced 2021 Showcase, and cloudy PS4 upgrade path for Horizon Forbidden West. Also, Dead Space looks early which is cool, and is Nagoshi leaving Sega? 00:01:20 - Corrections 00:03:43 - Starring Role 00:06:27 - Dead Space early look 00:22:55 - The New PlayStation 5 00:31:14 - Horizon Forbidden West on PS4 00:44:27 - A Word From Our Sponsor 00:47:16 - PlayStation Showcase Predictions 00:56:07 - Is Toshih...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 36 min
Gamescom is live and the announcements are many. Opening Night Live drops some new IPs and revives old franchises while Halo Infinite and Xbox showcase a little less than anticipated. 00:01:19 - Corrections 00:03:45 - Starring Role 00:06:46 - Gamescom Opening Night Live 00:12:10 - Saints Row 00:17:05 - Marvel Midnight Suns 00:21:45 - DokeV 00:24:31 - Gamescom ONL reveals 00:31:12 - Gamescom ONL announcements 00:43:07 - Gamescom ONL updates 01:05:41 - A Word From Our Sponsors 01:08:55 - Halo Infi...
Aug 29, 2021•2 hr 11 min
