Spectator Mode Gaming Podcast

Send us Fan Mail **Recorded on July 20th, 2019**Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. It's been quiet since in the video game news department ever since E3 2019 ended. So we figured we'd enjoy some of this downtime and talk about our favorite game of 2019...

Send us Fan Mail For some reason, EA's EVP Matt Bilbey has a hard time understanding why the gaming community perceives them as the bad guy. Meanwhile, G2A employees have been pitching an article to various gaming websites and asking them to not say it was from G2A is a smart thing to do. Thankfully, there's some good on today's show as Keith finds out about Assassin's Creed Od...

Send us Fan Mail With Epic Games being attached to several high profile crowdfunded games (Phoenix Point, Outer Wilds, Shenmue 3), what does this mean for future crowdfunded titles? Will people shy away from them, will developers highlight what game store the keys will be from? Will Epic Games continue to interfere with games that were already backed? That's what today's episode begs to...

Send us Fan Mail YSNet finally responds and announces that Deepsilver and YSNet will offer refunds for those who backed Shenmue on Kickstarter and requested a Steam key. This is going to get messy. Thanks for listening. If you’d like to come on the show as a guest or have topics you’d like for us to discuss, contact us here (https://www.theouterhaven.net/got-a-tip-for-us/) .Subscribe to us on:Audi...

Send us Fan Mail Google's Phil Harrison recently addressed two major concerns surrounding Google's game streaming service, Stadia. He believes that ISPs will somehow find it in their hearts to increase their data caps and the quality of their offerings. While telling potential customers of Stadia that they shouldn't expect any discounts and to expect to pay full pricing for games. I...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven’s weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that’s video games. Another week and another amazing show, and we're loaded this week.  Of course, we're about those video games and we're blessed by Diego's appearance this week. Who has played a large number of games a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. Recently, EA has been making the rounds and trying to tell people that loot boxes aren't really a bad thing. Nah, instead they're perfectly fine and are surprise mechanics that gamers everywhere love....

Send us Fan Mail During E3 2019, Deep Silver and Epic Games announced that Shenmue 3 was no longer coming to Steam. Which really set a really bad tone and upset countless PC gamers who had requested a Steam key prior to this announcement. As a fellow PC gamer and a backer of the game, I felt betrayed and frustrated. These are my (Keith Mitchell's) thoughts surrounding the incident.#VideoGames...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Father's Day to all the Father's holding it down. Now, let's address Michael Pachter's recent PS5 prediction, Destiny 2 on Stadia and of course, Google's Stadia.#VideoGames #Gaming #News #Nintendo #PS4 #Switch #PC #XboxOne Sony #Microsoft #Nintendo #xboxone #playstation #nintendoswitch #pcgaming #videogamepodcast #spectatormodepodcast #specmodepodcas...

Send us Fan Mail Well, E3 2019 has come and gone. But that doesn't mean we can't talk about everything that happened over the course of several days. In fact, that's exactly what we're doing this time around. We're rating which conferences were our favorite, as well as the stinkers. Then we follow it up with that games excited us the most, closing out with our biggest surp...

Send us Fan Mail We've had a lot of interesting gaming news drop this week. Destiny 2 going free to play, cross-save and cross-play, as well as a new expansion called Shadowkeep. Google held its Stadia Connect conference, you don't want to miss our thoughts and break down of this. It's E3 time and simply have to talk about all those games that will show up at E3 2019. Many of which...

Send us Fan Mail Starting off with what we've been playing this week and coverage of this weeks gaming news. Keith talks about Dauntless finally going live, while Diego hypes up his newly acquired Oculus Rift Quest. He breaks down his experience and drops some nuggets of VR advise and answers all our questions regarding the Oculus Rift. Then we get serious as we talk about the gaming industry...

Send us Fan Mail Outside of talking about what we've been playing this week, we got some spicy stuff to talk about. We move on to retro-gaming and chat about what sort of bundles or remasters we'd like to see. Switching gears after that to wondering why everyone is getting so excited about World of Warcraft Classic, not to mention Keith going into rage mode about the scalpers buying up t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. If you're a regular here at The Outerhaven, then you know we're super passionate about the gaming industry. Which is why we love recording this show, as we get to talk about what we love, what we don&...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. So, let's see what's on this week's agenda, shall we? What games have we been playing / what are we looking forward to this month. Epic Games purchases Psyonix and the internet is pissed. Should...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. So, let's see what's on this week's agenda, shall we? Dreams from Media Molecule is out via early access and we're loving it. Is E3 possibly leaving the Los Angeles Convention Center? Or per...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. So, let's see what's on this week's agenda, shall we? Recent News: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order announced, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sells over 2 million copies, Yakuza Kiwami 2 coming to PC. Ace...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. Games we've been playing. Recap Borderlands 3 release date news 3. Ubisoft kills off the Starlink toy production. Easy mode, "git gud" mentality and it's toxic behavior. Should games have an...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. Oh, seems our resident Aussie had other things to take care of, we picked up another guest. One of the newest additions to The Outerhaven, Diego Perez (https://www.twitter.com/CircleSquareDP) is joining us on t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Spectator Podcast, the Outerhaven's weekly podcast where we talk the latest news, topics and everything else that's video games. Keith's not too thrilled with his recent experience with the United States Postal Service Our thoughts and impressions of The Division 2 Recapping the recent Mortal Kombat 11 announcements and which charac...

Send us Fan Mail This week is a bit of a change as we invited Chimera One Games onto the show. Big anime fans, lovers of video games and currently working on their upcoming product, Bulletrage. A top-down shooter that pays homage to a few games of old, while adding some chaotic 4-player co-op action, and more. We go in-depth regarding what you can expect from Bulletrage, the upcoming Kickstarter a...

Send us Fan Mail Keith's not dead after buying this RTX 2080 Ti.  Josh finally upgrades his smartphone, and we swap phone stories. Octopath Traveler is coming to iOS and Android. A sequel also planned for the Switch? Google's gaming keynote is next week. And is this controller mock up real? We're so damned happy that Devil May 5 is finally out. So happy, that we're dropping spo...

Send us Fan Mail Pokemon Sword and Shield (https://www.theouterhaven.net/2019/02/pokemon-sword-and-shield-revealed-first-look-at-gen-8/) has been announced and it's going to be the first Pokemon game ever for two of the hosts. Why are they excited about this game? Blizzard tries to keep their card game, Hearthstone, afloat by changing up things with "The Year of the Dragon (https://www.t...

Send us Fan Mail With recent ongoings with Activision Blizzard, we look at the status of the company. Both recent layoffs and what’s possibly in store. Then we switch gears and talk about everyone’s favorite rumor (that’s not a rumor?) of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass heading to the Switch and other platforms. Finally, we close it out with the talk of two Xbox consoles possibly being revealed at E3 2...