HPCritical

We missed our Halloween episode but the HPCritical Podcast Crew is back for a week of jam packed gaming news to make up for lost time. We’ve got an hours worth of content covering everything from gaming, entertainment and everything else in between. From the Eternals movie being pulled in certain areas due to LGBTQ+ representation, to the 15 minutes of Elden Ring footage, Take Two/2K cancelling a...

Gamepass misses its sales mark, the Uncharted Movie gets its first official trailer release, Cyberpunk 2077 gets another delay, Blizzard fires 22 employees and Bungie begins charging for end-game raid content in Destiny 2. Sound like a good chunk of gaming news? What about a new PlayStation patent that would allow viewers to pay to kick players from streams? Well, there’s that and more as the HPCr...

Brandon Kellie and Jerel return with Nintendo Switch OLED impressions and weekly news. Hear everything that’s happened in the past week in gaming news and entertainment, from the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy, Marvel’s Avengers issues, Clark Kent’s son being bisexual, Fortnite possibly making a movie, and just so much more. Gabe is missing this week but the crew carries on giving you the latest news mi...

The HPCritical Podcast crew discusses the addition of Sora as the final DLC character to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. They also discuss the Twitch leak, the payout and its possible ramifications, the upcoming Animal Crossing update, Amazon’s New World MMO, HBO’s new Game of Thrones title, the death of Dragon Quest composer Koichi Sugiyama, and even more pressing news. Join the crew and come have a...

The latest Nintendo Direct has come and gone, and the HPCritical Podcast crew dissects the event and everything that happened in it. Brandon, Gabe, and Jerel discuss each announcement and their thoughts on it, followed by impressions of the presentation as a whole. From Kirby to Bayonetta, Splatoon 3 , and everything else in-between, here’s everything that happened and exactly how we feel about it...

It’s back to business as usual. The HPCritical Podcast crew convenes once again to discuss the latest in gaming news. It’s been a bit of a slow week, but the crew dives into everything from the Apple vs Epic lawsuit outcome, Insomniac games making their superhero titles PS5 exclusives, everyone tired of seeing GTAV, and the weirdness that is Xbox exclusive studios games exclusively on the PlayStat...

We took a week off but now the HPCritical Podcast Crew is back with returning guest Sterling (Jump Cut Play, Twinfinite) to catch up on gaming news from last week, discuss the latest in gaming this week, and dive into the PlayStation Presentation. If you’ve missed our hot takes on the latest in gaming, we’re back to give you the rundown. Check out the latest podcast episode.  If you’d like to...

We promised some fun last week, and on this week’s episode of the HPCritical Podcast, we deliver. First up, we discuss a few of the more pressing issues in gaming recently including Blizzard changing the name of McCree in Overwatch after their lawsuit issues, and Fortnite holding a Martin Luther King Jr. immersive experience with TIME to help educate players on civil rights. We also mention Pokémo...

Gaming News and Entertainment intertwine in this week’s episode of the HPCritical podcast. The podcast crew has returned to discuss everything that’s been happening and the subjects get pretty deep this week. We of course discuss Pokémon presentation, giving details on everything announced, but we also get into conversations surrounding Fortnite taking the Among Us formula, Stranger Things being r...

We’ve got another really packed week here at the HPCritical Podcast headquarters. For this week’s episode we dive back into gaming news, but take some time to contemplate some other topics and share what we’ve been playing lately. Look forward to conversations on Twitch apologizing once again for how its marginalized community is being handled while addressing hate raids, Alex Hutchinson defends h...

The HPCritical Podcast crew returns for part 2 of episode 76. Part One was a deep dive into the Activision Blizzard situation, and part two continues where they left off, taking a look at the other gaming and entertainment news from the last week. This of course includes Scarlett Johnson suing Disney, the Tokyo Olympics playing video game music (and Nintendo not being there), Pax West announcing r...

The HPCritical podcast crew returns with the latest in gaming news, and with so many developing stories surrounding Activision Blizzard we take a look at everything that’s happened since the revelation of the lawsuit up until the time of the podcast recording. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for unequal pay, sexual harassment...

Greysun ( Gamerant ) greets the HPCritical podcast crew for this week’s gaming news discussion as Kellie takes the week off. The crew is back with the latest in gaming news, and this time they focus on condemning the “frat boy” culture surrounding Activision Blizzard . The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for unequal pay, sexual h...

Gabe, Jerel, and Kellie reconvene this week to tackle the latest in gaming news. Though Brandon is missing, his spirit lives on as we discuss the most prevalent posts in gaming and entertainment for the past week. Look forward to conversations on Invincibility mode in gaming, Netflix adding a gaming section, the brand new Steam Deck portable console, Persona’s 25th anniversary, Stadia’s plan to gi...

This week the HPCritical Podcast Crew takes a look at laws preventing children from playing games late at night, to the controversy of a live-service Assassin’s Creed and how Ubisoft leadership handled the “Me Too” movement. We also touch on Asmongold coming to Final Fantasy XIV, Nintendo looking to make Switch Online more appealing, PlayStation studios and accessibility, and an NYPD branded Game...

This week the Podcast crew joins together to discuss the latest in gaming and there’s a lot of money involved in the latest gaming news. Brandon, Kellie, and Jerel discuss the $10 million gift card fraud scheme, Sony (and other companies) charging $25,000 for store visibility, PlayStation, and Xbox studio acquisitions and what it means, Nintendo’s commitment to diversity and so much more. We also...

The HPCritical crew has returned to discuss the latest in gaming news. This week we are joined by our wonderful friend and producer Austin Maestre. Austin brings his expertise and opinion having worked at a number of studios including Mojang, Suckerpunch, Irrational Games and more to help us better understand our weekly gaming news topics. From Pokemon Sword & Shield leakers being fined $150K,...

The show is now over. From the Summer Games Fest to the last presentation, E3 2021  has come and gone. Of course, the HPCritical crew is here to discuss the aftermath of E3, from some of our favorite announcements to some that left us surprised or wanting more. The entire podcast crew is back, so Brandon, Kellie, Gabe, and Jerel discuss every day of E3, shout out their favorite announcements,...

E3 2021 is finally upon us. This bonus episode is all about our predictions for E3. Greysun (GameRant) and Sterling (Twinfinite) join us as Kellie and Gabe get the week off. We take a quick look at the Summer Games Fest and talk about our favorite announcements, then follow up with a look at every day of E3 and each press conference. We give a number of predictions for what we’d like to see and wh...

Please be advised, Episode 69 of the podcast is just for fun, not meant to be taken seriously, and is not indicative of the direction of the podcast. It is an explicit adults-only episode in which we discuss sexual content found within video games. If you don’t like this episode, don’t worry, we will return to our regularly scheduled weekly gaming news next week. Feel free to skip this episode if...

We took a week off last week but the HPCritical podcast crew is back with another episode where we give you all the latest in gaming news. Since we’ve got so much to catch up on, strap in for the biggest stories of last week, the best stories from this week, and the hilarious opinions of the HPCritical crew. From the upcoming Pride celebrations from companies to what feels like the beginning of E3...

Joined by Hannah Hoolihan (whose work you can find at IGN and Shuffle The Pod ) the HPCritical Podcast Crew returns for another week of gaming news for you. We cover quite a few topics as gaming news this week was completely packed. We tackle the controversy of Elf Cosmetics joining Twitch and its lack of diversity , a five-year-old beating Bloodborne , Epic vs Apple ,  Pokemon Cards, sexist...

SO MUCH happened this week on the HPCritical Podcast that we couldn’t discuss it alone. The first week of May was packed with a ton of gaming news and exclusives from the ongoing lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple , the shake-ups in esports, more on Cyberpunk and Google Stadia , Sony charging for cross-play, Xbox hardware not turning and profit, and all the diverse topics that popped up througho...

Twitch possibly messes up (again), Super Mario Party tries to make up to fans by finally releasing a proper online feature, and we discuss whether people should be allowed to roleplay different ethnic and racial backgrounds in videogames in a stereotypical way? All that and so much more is on the table for the week as the HPCrtiical crew gets together once again to talk all things gaming news. Wit...

There’s so much news to cover this week but the HPCritical podcast crew has got the scoop for you. Gamestop CEO nets a great retirement package, PS Plus has rumors of adding Sony videos, Jim Ryan promises more exclusives on PS5, a Knights of the Old Republic remake may be in the works, and more. We also discuss Metacritic scores, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Square Enix at E3, Jeff Kaplan leaving Blizzard,...