No One Cares About Call of Duty

Gran Turismo Sport, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Call of Duty: World War II, WWE 2K18, and South Park: The Fractured But Whole are just some of the games we discuss on this episode. As always, games editor Rishi Alwani and friend of the podcast Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab.

WWE 2K18

• Fighting experience
• Face scanning of characters
• The challenges in development
• WWE 2K18 frame rates
• More thoughts on the game

Gran Turismo Sport

• Our review
• GT Sport vs Forza Motorsport 7
• Detailing and visual elements
• Race experiences
• Always online mode
• Final thoughts

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

• Our review
• Gameplay experience
• Story
• Should non-fans play this game?

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

• Our initial excitement
• Game’s release delayed
• Possible reasons for delay
• Upcoming releases in this franchise

Call of Duty: World War II

• More leaks
• Data mining and what to expect
• Loot boxes and micro-transactions

Loot box regulation

• UK govt’s proposal to regulate loot boxes
• Is this gambling?
• ESRB and PEGI’s stance on the issue

IGN acquires Humble Bundle

Games we’ve been playing this week

• Stardew Valley
• The Talos Principle
• Gran Turismo Sport
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole
• WWE 2K18
• Danganronpa V3
• Chaos;Child

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.