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Following the fairly recent news that The Last of Us is being remade (?!), the Patched team decided to look at other games and franchises and decide what was deserving of either a Remake, a Reboot, or possibly in need of retirement. Join them as they make their choices Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube cha...

E3 is back, but it looks a little different this year. Join the Patched team as they discuss the reformed E3. Is it for the better? For worse? What do we want from it? Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www.patreon.com/player2au Find out more at https://patche...

Game prices in Australia are on the up, as highlighted by recent release Returnal,. But is the jump proportionate or are Aussies being taken for a ride? The Patched crew discusses it all in a new episode. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www.patreon.com/play...

It's your monthly dose of Patched Updates for April 2021! Join Paul, Damo, and Matto as they discuss all that they've played this month including Monster Hunter Rise, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Returnal, Nier Replicant, and much, much more. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming...

Is Naughty Dog's legacy destroying PlayStation Studios from within? It's the big topic of discussion in Patched this week following news of PlayStation Studio carnage. Join Paul, Matto, and Damo as they break it all down! Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www...

As Sony begins to leave their fans (and developers) on the PS3, PSP, and PSVita behind, the conversation swirls about game preservation, ethics, and looking after your consumers. The Patched team discusses all of that in this new episode. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Pl...

It's Patched Updates time and this month it's Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter and more Monster Hunter, with Monster Hunter Rise taking the stage and a small handful of other games too. Join Matto, Damo, and Paul as they discuss all they've been playing, while also attempting to survive the great Discord outage of March 2021 Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au...

Sony has bought up the king of fighters - EVO. What does it mean for the FGC, for Nintendo, and even for Xbox? Well that's the big topic of the week on Patched so go check it out! Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www.patreon.com/player2au Find out more at ht...

The ink has finally dried on the biggest transaction that the gaming industry has ever seen. Zenimax, and most importantly Bethesda, has now joined the 1st Party team at Xbox. What does it mean for PlayStation and Nintendo fans? How about the industry more broadly? It's all on the docket for the latest entry of Patched! Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au fo...

The games themselves are excellent, but have you ever explored some of the expanded universe content found in comics, books or webseries? In the latest entry of Patched the team discuss the best examples of expanded universe content linked to our favourite past-time. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube chann...

Three streams from Nintendo and PlayStation in the space of a week. That's a lot of hype, and a lot of room for disappointment. Join the Patched crew as they discuss the recent Nintendo Direct, State of Play, and Pokemon Direct showcases, rendering their verdicts on each. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube...

It's been a short turnaround between updates, but here we are again, the last Tuesday of the month and so Matto, Damo, and Paul discuss all that they've played recently... and go off the rails as only Patched can! Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www.patreon...

We all want a sequel to the PSVita and PS3 criminally underloved gem PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale, and so Paul, Damo and Matto are taking you as close to it as we can currently possibly get - by drafting a roster for the sequel. Did they hit on your favourite characters? Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the yo...

The gaming industry is consolidating. The middle tier is being eaten up by the big dogs and Paul, Damo and Matto take a look at some of the most prominent remaining AAA but still independent studios to see which would be a good home for certain publishers. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and cons...

A week late but it's Patched Updates time and with the Christmas and New Year period behind them, Paul, Matto and Damo have a lot of games to discuss, including Monster Hunter Rise, Genshin Impact, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Horizon Zero Dawn, Wolfenstein II, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Loop Hero, Habroxia 2, Super Mario 3D World... and Matto confesses to a deep dark...

It is once again time for the most prestigious awards in the gaming industry - The Patchies! Join Paul, Matto and Damo as they discuss the best, the worst, and the most hilarious of gaming in 2020. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www.patreon.com/player2au F...

It's the first Patched for 2021, so join the team of Paul, Matto and Damo as they reflect on their gaming resolutions for 2020 and set some new ones for 2021! Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www.patreon.com/player2au Find out more at https://patched.pinecas...

It's the final episode of Patched for 2020, and it's also our final updates episode as well. Join the boys as they discuss all they've played these last 30 days including Cyberpunk 2077, Hyrule Warriors, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Control, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Genshin Impact, and a whole lot more! Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome con...

Aside from nailing the Awards themselves, the Patched boys also made some predictions about the game reveals, and mostly missed the mark. They were though very impressed by the games they saw though and in this episode of Patched they discuss the highlights of The Game Awards 2020 Game Announcements Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome conten...

The Game Awards 2020 are now only a few days away. With a tonne of categories to digest as well as the announcements themselves, there's a lot for the Patched team to discuss, so join them as they do just that. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www.patreon.co...

2020 hasn't ended well for Capcom with an enormous leak revealing a host of important documents, including, the schedule for the next four years. With that knowledge in their possession the Patched crew discuss the games that are to come from Capcom. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider b...

Another month, another bunch of game updates for you to digest. It's November 2020 and Paul, Matto and Damo have a tonne of games to discuss including Ghost of Tsushima, Mass Effect Andromeda, Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Astro's Playroom, Sackboy: A Big Adventure and... My Name is Mayo 2. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for...

Vaping Xbox Series X's, crazy launch retail stories. It's been a hell of a launch week for the PS5 and the Xbox Series X|S so join Matto, Damo, and Paul as they discuss their impressions of the week that was launch week 2020. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron,...

The PS5 launches this Thursday but in the lead-up the Patched team are reflecting upon each launch line-up for each previous console iteration in the PlayStation family. Join Paul, Damo and Matto as they discuss the best of the best from the current industry leader. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channe...

With the launch of the Xbox Series S|X now only a week away, the Patched team got together to reflect on past Xbox console launches and discuss the highs from each, while also ranking the launches from worst to best. Join them as they pull no punches. Follow the team on Twitter: Paul Damo Matto Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider...