Controlled Interests Gamecast

The guys cover a bunch of news this week including the September NPD numbers. Jade Raymond has left EA and the guys ponder what went wrong and what's next for her career wise. PlayStation is causing more worry than hope with their PSN name change beta invites which has the panel scratching their head. Why did PlayStation force this out? Lastly, the panel looks at the impressive sales numbers for S...

Jerrad and Jordan talk at lengths about Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey in this week's fireside groove. They also talk about how Ubisoft should add Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia into a release cycle with Assassin's Creed. In the news the guys cover Black Ops 4's crazy sales numbers, Spider-Man's upcoming DLC and New Game Plus updates, Red Dead Redemption 2's download size finally reveale...

The guys start by listening to Jerrad give his impressions on Assassin's Creed Odyssey. They discuss what it does well, what it improved from Assassin's Creed Origins, and despite being great why it doesn't feel authentic to the franchise. Dominic also gives his thoughts on Super Mario Party which landed on Nintendo Switch last week. In the news the guys discuss Skybound saving Telltale's Walking...

The guys cover the rumor floating around Resetera that Rocksteady's next game is called Batman: Arkham Universe and will be a multiplayer games-as-service experience. CD Projekt Red announced that they had recently received a demand for payment from the author of the Witcher series, A. Sapkowski. According to Sapkowski’s lawyer, he is seeking $16.1 mil. stating that the studio exceeded its right t...

The panel covers Red Dead Redemption 2 which will reportedly have a download size of 105 gb on PS4. Xbox owners should anticipate a similar size. The game will also support online for 32 players, which is slightly more than GTAV Online’s 30 player cap. RDR2 will indeed have some DLC releasing on PS4 exclusively for 30 days. They also discuss the PlayStation 4 getting a cross-platform platform...

The panel tackles Sony's announcement of the PlayStation Classic this week, with the two points of discussion revolving around the collection of games as well as questions surrounding the price, production, and delivery of a piece of hardware similar to Nintendo's recent releases. Capcom confirmed this week that their main Western studio, Capcom Vancouver, is shutting down. According to Capco...

Jerrad and Jordan start the podcast by talking about their impressions of Insomniac Games' Spider-Man on PS4. They avoid spoilers but give you their opinions on the game. In news they start by talking about the newly announced Assassin's Creed Odyssey season pass which will include a remaster of Assassin's Creed 3. Lastly, they cover the Nintendo Direct which highlighted the upcoming Nintendo Onli...

The panel is excited for Spider-Man PS4 releasing this week and discuss it's critical reception. The game’s currently sitting at an 87 on Metacritic. It’s review scores ranged from the mid-80’s all the way to the high 90’s for many outlets. At its worst it’s being touted as the best Spider-Man game ever, and at its best many outlets feel it’s a real contender for Game of the Year 2018. The big top...

The panel has a meaty and deep 48-minute demo of Cyberpunk 2077 to go over. They talk about everything they loved, as well as some things that concern them about the game as well as CD Projekt Red. It seems that the rumors were true. Xbox has announced Xbox All-Access which allows consumers to take on a 2-year contract where they can pay monthly for either an Xbox One S or X alongside Game Pa...

The panel has a ton of Gamescom 2018 news to go over as well as some rumors regarding a new initiative by Xbox regarding their consoles.  Until Dawn developer, Supermassive Games, announced at GamesCom 2018, their new horror anthology series titled ‘The Dark Pictures’. They also released a trailer for the first installment in the series titled Man of Medan set to release in 2019 on PS4/XB1/PC...

Jerrad and Dom start the podcast by going on a Dark Souls Remastered tangent shortly after talking about Graveyard Keeper and Halo 5. The news this week is pretty packed, but they open up the segment by talking about WB Montreal and their Game Director's tweets regarding where the studio has been. The guys then cover a ton of quickie news including Telltale giving a complete release schedule for T...

The guys discuss Nintendo & series Director Masahiro Sakurai holding a SSBU Direct and revealed the following: Simon & Richter Belmont from Castlevania, King K.Rool from DKC, 103 stages, 800+ music tracks, UI design, and other details. The rest of the show covers a bevy of quick news from around the industry. Child of Light 2 was teased via Ubisoft Game Direct Patrick Plourde’s tweet regar...

The guys go over what games and hardware dominated the month of June in 2018. They also talk about Playground Games new hires as well as a court case involving Quantic Dream coming to a conclusion.

This week Jerrad and Jordan fill a news-lite show talking other things in the video game space. After discussing what they've been playing, they have a discussion about what Rocksteady's next game could be and Jordan's idea is pretty interesting. They also discuss what their dream rosters would be for a Rocksteady Batman/Batfamily game as well as a Teen Titans game by Rocksteady or WB Montreal. Th...

This week Jerrad and Dom cover a hefty bit of news covering numerous games, publishers, and mediums. Jumpship Studios has begun hiring employees to ramp up production on Somerville and released a new short teaser of the game. The guys discuss if it will live up to what we have come to expect from PlayDead and their alum. Next they tackle the news that Madden 19 will see the return of Longshot, the...

The trio is back in action and talking about what they've been playing in the weeks following E3 2018. They have a discussion about their early hours in Hollow Knight and veer off into superhero film talk. In the news the guys first chat about CD Projekt Red continuing the Witcher series, but discuss if Ciri will be the lead in the next entry, confirmed to not be titled Witcher 4. In some other ne...

The guys are a man down this week, but Jerrad and Dom cover news stories spanning a couple of slow gaming news weeks post-E3. Coming off the heels of episode 100 the crew is ready to chat about all the current news. The main topic of the show centers around Google apparent setting the stage to enter the gaming industry in a major way. Rumors suggest they're planning on taking on the Big 3 console...

This week the guys discuss what it's been like doing the Controlled Interests Gamecast for the last 2 years. They talk about the early stages when Dom and Jordan were interviewed by Jerrad. At the end of the show, they close out by talking about the future of the podcast and what they expect.

The guys are a man down this week, but Jerrad and Jordan tackle the subtle drip of post-E3 video game news. The biggest news revolves around the NPD numbers for MAy 2018 wherein State of Decay 2 reigned supreme despite launching on Xbox Game Pass. This is the 2nd Xbox exclusive that launched on Xbox Game Pass and still came in at #1 on NPD the month it came out.  A number of classic PS4 title...

The guys begin by discussing their favorite things from each of the conferences. They run down awesome games from Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, as well as 3rd party conferences. After some positive vibes the guys cover what they didn't like or understand in the new annual "Hot Takes" segment. They close out the show by giving their personal rankings for the 6 major conferences and elaborate on why th...

The normal panel is joined by Alex Van Aken of OkBeast.com to discuss Microsoft's upcoming E3 2018 press conference. They talk about what we can expect, the lingering questions, and give predictions for what they think or hope might happen.

The normal panel is joined by Logan Moore to discuss Bethesda's upcoming E3 2018 Conference. They talk about what we can expect, the lingering questions, and give predictions for what they think or hope might happen.

The normal panel is joined by Max Roberts to discuss Nintendo's upcoming E3 2018 Direct. They talk about what we can expect, the lingering questions, and give predictions for what they think or hope might happen.

The normal panel is joined by Chris Nunes to discuss Electronic Art's upcoming E3 2018 press conference. They talk about what we can expect, the lingering questions, and give predictions for what they think or hope might happen.

The normal panel is joined by Caleb Cajthaml to discuss Ubisoft's upcoming E3 2018 press conference. They talk about what we can expect, the lingering questions, and give predictions for what they think or hope might happen.