Game Junk Podcast

So many games, so little time. This week on the Game Junk Podcast we give our initial impressions of Jonathan Blow's Order of the Sinking Star, Silver Pines and Echo Weaver plus we also continue to discuss Gears of War: E-Day, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, End of Abyss and more!

We do our best to keep up with the fire hose of major releases this week and give some initial thoughts on Gears of War: E-Day, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, Dune Awakening, End of Abyss and Marvel's Wolverine plus we also discuss demos for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Hellraiser: Revival and Final Fantasy Resonance.

We catch up with a few more big games from this month including Well Dweller, Control Resonant, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Draco and the Seven Scales and Woodo plus we also discuss more Wolverine and give some quick thoughts on the Resident Evil live-action movie.

We are back with a ton of stuff to discuss this week including two Nintendo Directs (with our first good look at The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake), two Sony State of Plays, Marvel's Wolverine, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Orbitals and more!

We give our full thoughts on the Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look and jump on board the hype train plus we also discuss Star Wars: Zero Company, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Isle of Reveries, Blood Dungeon, Schrodinger's Call, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Lovish and more.

We recap and react to all of the trailers and announcements from Gamescom ONL 2026 including The Witcher 3 Remastered, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Rainbow Six Tactics, Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons, Stage Tour and much more.

It's time for an annual Game Junk tradition! We break down every single game still scheduled for release in fall 2026 and pick which ones we will be junking, gaming or gaming HARD.

We are back after a week off with plenty of unfiltered opinions on a lot of new games including Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, Splatoon Raiders, Denshattack, Big Walk, the Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta and more!

We catch up on some games we have each been playing individually and give our thoughts on Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, TMNT: Empire City, Gothic 1 Remake, Lovish, Love Eternal, Super Sports Blast and Schrodinger's Cat Burglar.

We wade into the outrage over Sony ending physical game releases and dissect the official statement about Xbox layoffs and studio closures plus we also talk Rhythm Heaven Groove, Pragmata, Resident Evil: Requiem, Scritchy Scratchy, TMNT: Empire City and TMNT: Splintered Fate.

Jay Cheel joins us to discuss Star Fox on the Switch 2 plus we also dive into a few other games we've been playing including Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, 007 First Light, Echo Isle and Filmechanism.

We debate the possibility of Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and Double Fine being cut loose from Microsoft plus we also catch up on some games we've been playing including The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales demo, Pragmata, Directive 8020, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, TR-49 and Pictonico.

We recap in painstaking detail all of the major announcements from Summer Game Fest 2026 and the latest Xbox Games Showcase and Nintendo Direct including Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Gears of War E-Day, Resident Evil Veronica, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake and much more.

We react to all of the big news from Sony's State of Play for June 2026 including the reveal of God of War Laufey, Rayman Legends Retold and Until Dawn 2 plus we also discuss our initial impressions of 007 First Light and Mina the Hollower.

We are back after a short hiatus with a full group review of Mixtape plus we also discuss Subnautica 2, Forza Horizon 6 and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book as Sean recaps a few gaming-related destinations from his recent trip to Japan.

We've been gaming hard and checking out more new releases including the highly-anticipated Saros (which might be someone's new GOTY), Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, Titanium Court, Soul Quest and Gecko Gods plus Frank tries to push his Year of Capcom narrative with Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection.

We break down the Xbox Game Pass price cut and provide some unfiltered (and unhinged?) impressions of a ton of new games including Pragmata, Replaced, Vampire Crawlers, Mouse: P.I. for Hire, and Crimson Desert.

We discuss the latest price increases to hit the game industry and whether you should buy buy buy a PS5 Pro plus we also discuss Super Meat Boy 3D, Darwin's Paradox, NBA 2K26, Raccoin: Coin Pusher Roguelike, Minishoot Adventures and Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War.

We wade into the scorching hot debate surrounding Nvidia's DLSS 5 reveal and the future of A.I. in game development plus we also catch up on a bunch of games we've been playing including John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Under the Island, Ratcheteer DX, Death Howl and Frank's heartbreaking struggles with Marathon.

We discuss the recent rumours that Sony may no longer release PC ports of first-party games and speculate about the next Xbox console's chances plus we also talk Pokémon Pokopia, Scott Pilgrim EX, The Eternal Life of Goldman demo, Relooted, Under the Island, High on Life 2 and Frankie's continuing Marathon addiction.

We freak out over Resident Evil Requiem and settle in for the slow burn of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined plus we also discuss Marathon, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Reanimal, Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo and a handful of Steam Next Fest demos.

We discuss the major departures of Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond from Xbox plus the announcement that Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games and we also check out Virtual Boy, Cairn, Neva: Prologue, God of War: Sons of Sparta, Lunar Remastered Collection and demos for Darwin's Paradox, Replaced and Mina the Hollower.

We recap all of the major announcements from the latest Sony State of Play including a new Castlevania game, Kena: Bridge of Spirits sequel and Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 plus we also discuss our first few hours with God of War: Sons of Sparta and whether there is a reason it was shadow dropped.

We dig into all of the announcements from the latest Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and discuss the newly announced Horizon Hunters Gathering plus we also talk Nioh 3, Cairn, MIO: Memories in Orbit and Zexion.

We break down all of the games that were showcased during the latest Xbox Developer Direct and check out MIO: Memories in Orbit plus we also discuss Ghost of Yotei, Strange Jigsaws, And Roger, Your House and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.