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With effectively zero warning, Microsoft pulled the plug on Mixer this week, stating that "It became clear that the time needed to grow our own live streaming community to scale was out of measure with the vision and experiences we want to deliver to gamers now." Existing Mixer Partners are being redirected to Facebook Gaming (a destination that a lot of folks aren't pleased with.)  Other Video Ga...

Just to be on the record, Cliff called this at least a month ago. The bad news is there isn't going to be a PAX West or PAX Australia this year. The good news is that they are replacing it with a nine-day virtual show!

Sony made its first big PS5 announcement today with a 70-minute show that debuted over 25 games that we'll be seeing on the newest PlayStation when it launches later this year.

Video games preservationists have uncovered a rare, unpublished NES game in a treasure trove of 40 floppy discs donated from the collection of developer Chris Oberth. After weeks of digitizing and un-encrypting, an unreleased version of Days of Thunder was recovered. What We're PlayingColby: The Hunter, Minecraft DungeonsCliff: Mass Effect Andromeda, Minecraft DungeonsDylan: PitchstormOther Video...

June is a bit of a slow month, with one major, major exception that comes out on the 19th. Yes, you heard it here first, Burnout Paradise Remastered for the Switch comes out on June 19th.

Fallout 76 players trying to participate in the Fasnacht Parade just can't seem to get enough intestines to fill up the butcher’s icebox. I know, it sounds like we made this up, but I swear it's a real problem.

Both Fallout 76 and Anthem released a little bit of news this week, which made us wonder, at what point should a game just stop trying to save itself? The answer (as it usually is) probably comes down to money.

This week we saw the announcement of three new remakes coming out this year, including Mafia 1-3, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 and 2 and Diablo 2.

Geoff Keighley (creator of The Game Awards) is bringing you four months of summer this year in the form of Summer Game Fest, an virtual event billed as an "industry-wide celebration of video games". It will feature in-game events, playable content, demos of select titles and playable games on Steam and Xbox!

If you wanted to play a ton of remastered amazing video games on your Switch, May is going to be a great month for you!

The Last of Us 2 was leaked to YouTube (allegedly by a pissed off Naughty Dog employee.) The result? The Last of Us 2 is now coming out in June and the internet is mad. Again. What You're PlayingColby: SWORD ART ONLINE HOLLOW REALIZATIONCliff: Final Fantasy 15, Kingdom Hearts 3Dylan: Animal CrossingNewsThere is Actually News About Good StadiaPhil Spencer Is Excited About Some Xbox Series X Tech Th...

The final update to Super Mario Maker 2 comes out today and you finally can create Super Mario World style maps with an overworld that connects your different levels. Also, the frog suit is now available. Other Video Game NewsApparently Gamestop is Still Trying to Be Essential The Doom Eternal Soundtrack Has Some Mixing Problems and Mick Gordan Isn’t Happy About It The Best Party of Star Wars: Epi...

Cooking Mama's problems started out when Twitter accused it of mining cryptocurrency while people played the game. This ended up not being true, but the game was in the news again this week when the games license holder accused the game's publisher of releasing it on the Switch without their permission. In other video game news: Surprise, New XCOM! Chex Quest is Coming! Chex Quest is Coming! I Can...

The PlayStation 5 controller is out and it looks like a clone trooper and sounds like it was named after some form of adult toy! But it does have haptic feedback, adaptive triggers and a built in microphone for some reason. More video game news:The Last of Us 2 Has Been Delayed IndefinitelyBunches of Xbox Series X Info Straight from Phil Spencer Sea of Thieves is Coming to Steam, Surprise! Get a F...

It's Mario's 35 Anniversary and Nintendo has "plans to re-release most of Super Mario's 35-year back catalog this year." That means we are getting a new Paper Mario and Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy should be hitting the switch. In other video game news: Finally, Some Good Coronavirus News Ghost Recon Break Point Now Has a Friends Pass Artifact is Back! Gloomhaven Seq...

April is what we'll call a bit of a lean month, with a few remakes and indies coming out, but not much in the way of AAA games. Totally Reliable Delivery Service (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – April 1 - $15Pode (PC) - April 3 - $25Resident Evil 3 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) – April 3 - $60 ($50 on sale)Fallout 76 Wastelanders (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) - April 7 - FreeFinal Fantasy VII Remake...

After last week's announcement that the PS5 had only been tested with "about" 100 PS4 games, Sony came out this week and announced that they had actually tested it with far more games than that and that it would be compatible with at least some of them. How many? Who knows to be honest. In other game news: HP, Valve and Microsoft Are Building the VR Headset of the Future Playstation Is Slowing Gam...

Playstation had the most incredibly boring presentation ever conceived of today, hosted by a guy that looked like Dana Carvey that talked like a cross between Ben Stein and Mr. Rogers. We learned a lot about SSD, backwards compatibility and how the number of flops in a PS5 compares to the number of flops in an Xbox Series X. Ultimately? They are both really fast computers. In other video game news...

We spend a lot of time talking about Coronavirus this episode, but let's be frank, it's kind of a big deal and is having a pretty big impact on video games. First Sony cancelled their PAX appearance, followed by GDC being cancelled and now E3 is also not happening. Where are gamers going to get their Gamer Christmas fix? In other video game news:Reggie Fils-Aimé is Going to Try and Save Gamestop N...

Riot is diversifying into games besides LoL with a new 5v5, free-to-play shooter called Valorant. The name is terrible, it has 25 round matches and is kinda generic looking, but it's 100% possible that it can compete with CS:GO, it's intended competition. Other Gaming News The Coronavirus Continues to Wreak Havoc in Gaming Dead or Alive 6 Might Have the Worst Money Making Mechanic Ever FF7 Now Has...

Video game releases are picking up with some really great games coming out in March. February might have been the last slow month we see this year. FebruaryLumote (PC) - February 20 - $20Bloodroots (PlayStation 4, Switch, PC) – February 28 - $20MarchThe Division 2: Warlords of New York expansion [PC, PS4, Xbox One] – March 3 - $30Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Switch) – March 6 - $60Ori...

Phil Spencer released some new information about the Xbox Series X and it sounds like it's going to have some serious horsepower (can you convert teraflops to horsepower?)Other Video Game NewsThe New PlayStation Controller Might Drink Your Sweat Visit Every Airport in the World In MS Flight Sim Ghost Recon Breakpoint Misses Update Deadline and Folks Are Mad Red Dead Hackers Are Getting Random Play...

Sony is ditching PAX East a week before the convention starts citing safety concerns for their employees related to the Coronavirus. Other video game news:Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct Thursday, Feb 20th at 6 am PSTOverwatch and Diablo Cartoons in the WorksThe Sonic Movie is doing… well!?Amazon’s New MMORPG: New WorldGTA 4 Heading Back to Steam, without MultiplayerQuestionsVinny: What reimaginin...

Anthem and The Division 2 have a roadmap that both games hope will help them get back on track with their respective player bases, but it remains to be seen if either of them can actually pull it off. Other game news:Stardew Valley Dev Has Two New Games in the WorksSony May Have Actually Convinced Me to Buy a PS5 Destiny 2 Might Have Lost All of Your Stuff What We're PlayingColby: American Fugitiv...