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Welcome back to another episode and we have lots going on. Biggest one being Remedy will be remaking Max Payne 1 and 2 into a single title!! Epic Games had a Unreal Engine 5 showcase that showed off some pretty cool possibilities. Kingdom Hearts also had a showcase showing off all its new titles. Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced and it showed off some footage. It looks very very different and that i...

Sony Playstation finally announced the details of the new Playstation Plus subscription service. It definitely looks like a good enough plan for where they are in the market. The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 has been delayed to Spring of 2023 and some teaser footage was showcased in the announcement of it. Fortnite no build mode was made permanent and at the time of the recording Fortnite...

Lots to talk about this episode, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands released and for the most part its Borderlands 3 but in a good way. Halo TV show released it's first episode on Paramount +. Viewers wise it did well, but review wise not great. Sony acquired Haven Studio which is odd for Sony since they have not even produced a game yet. Rockstar is doing Rockstar things by putting out a membership plan for...

Congrats you book and magic nerds! We finally got gameplay footage for the upcoming single player RPG Hogwarts Legacy. Honestly, it does not look bad and has some potential. Mario Kart 8 got its first DLC track update with the the Booster Pass. You can either buy it right out or be a Nintendo Online + member and have access to the DLC. FYI, Elden Ring still good!

Surprise Surprise Rockstar Games is not giving Grand Theft Auto 5 and Online a free next gen upgrade. They did graciously give an initial discount to current owners before bumping it up to full price. For the boomer gamers out there, Chrono Trigger on Steam received an update. It includes steam deck changes and some quality of life changes. End game content was announced for Tiny Tina's Wonderland...

We dive into Elden Ring further as we have all past the 2nd boss. The game is quite amazing in how each of us can have different experience and find things that the other has not yet. Elden Ring is truly a masterclass in designing an open world. 343 Industries has finally spoken about whats to come and quite frankly it's not much. Xbox Game Pass has some new games worth checking out and some nice...

Big news week! We dive into our Elden Ring impressions, Steam Deck reservations and shipping news (We didn't make the Q1 cut), Pokemon  Violet and Scarlet was announced. We dive into some talks about pricing and offering from Sony Playstations Project Spartacus (PS Game Pass  equivalent). Speaking of Xbox Game Pass, Valve made a comment stating "yeah let's do it".

We hit 100 episodes!!! Crazy we have done this for a few years now. Thank you all for watching and listening to us ramble. We have some quick impressions of Lost Ark and we are still enjoying Valheim. EA acknowledges Battlefield 2042 failure while yet still makes blames towards others. Cyberpunk 2077 puts out its real first update, hopefully this is the right direction moving forward. Lastly, Amaz...

We dive into the changes for season 12 of Apex Legends (FYI, it's a good game). Aidan's PC is still randomly shutting off but, he does give us his impressions of Sifu. Lots to talk about over the Nintendo Direct. A bunch of remasters for those that didn't grow up with the things. 

Surprise surprise Sony made an acquisition. A rather interesting one and somewhat unexpected choice. Bungie is to be acquired by Sony for $3.6 billion and is looking to leverage their experience in live service games with a goal to launch 10 Live Service Games by March 2026. Quite ambitious and it seems Sony is hungry for more studios. We discuss initial impressions of Pokemon Arceus, Dying Light...

Howdy everyone, we live in wild times. Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard for 68.7 billion doll hairs. So much to unpack about this, lots of concerns with a sprinkle cautious excitement for the employees that have been under the thumb of Bobby Kotick. Some new games to check out, Nobody Saves the World from Drinkbox Studios the makers of Guacamelee is fantastic and worth your time. We do not...

Howdy, Quick impressions of a small indie roguelike Vampire Survivors, final impressions of FF7 Remake and The Gunk. RIP OG Halo 3 servers, 343 mentioned Halo Infinite updates, and Game Pass has some amazing games releasing this month. Playstation PSVR2 looks very promising if you are into VR. Shout out to Deep Rock Galactic for hitting 10M players. 

Thanks for making it this far with us. December has been pretty rocky with recordings and thanks for sticking it out. This is our Game of the Year episode. We do it a little different, this is not our profession and we are not made of money and time. We will try to stick to games that did come out this year but, we also include older games we finally got too.  We are also trying out new recor...

Merry Christmas to all, we have been away due to some traveling by some of us. We touch on some games each of us have been playing while away. Most importantly we dive into our thoughts on the Halo campaign and some ideas of what we would like to see beyond it.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all, We hope you enjoyed some good eats and mirth. Not much on the news front, we talked about a lot about Halo Infinite and how good it feels to play but still has frustrating elements that needs large improvements. We dive into more impressions of Battlefield 2042 and new impressions of Into the Pit and Before We Leave.

Halo Infinite Multiplayer is here with an early release. What do we like, don't like, what is coming up for it, and whats parts are a wait and see. We also gave some initial impressions of Pokemon Brilliant Pearl, Inscryption, and Dungeons of Ederra. Xbox released its final 70 backwards Compatible Games and amongst that also added FPS boost to more titles. Age of Empires 4 is working in collaborat...

A lot of releases this week and they ain't all winners. We have some initial impressions of Ziggurat 2, Super Auto Friends, COD Vanguard, and Forza Horizon 5. 3 big releases this week, one being Forza Horizon 5 (which is fantastic), Battlefield 2042 (which has mixed feelings), and Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy (which is shitting the bed). We quickly talk about Steam Deck getting delayed till Februa...

Light news week, Season 11 of Apex Legends is underway! We dive into the update and changes. Nintendo wants to do more films but will take their time making them. Congrats for Devolver Digital for going public last week and for Sony's stake in it. 

Happy Halloween! Short news week, but we do have some interesting topics. Firstly, some initial impressions of Age of Empire 4, Riftbreaker,  Ghostrunner, and Everspace 2. We check out the Halo Infinite campaign trailer and RIP Halo Xbox 360 servers. Reports/rumors of Sucker Punch developing Infamous sequel and not to mention, a possible Sly Cooper revival by unknown studio. Very exciting tim...

Howdy! We kick off the episode with by cracking some drinks and we got a couple of bad ones. We played some new games and gave out some impressions of Fenyx Immortal Rising, more Far Cry 6, The Cycle Frontier, and Kingdoms and Castles. Into The Pit,  Echo Generation, and No Gunz are new indies that are coming to Xbox Game Pass that we are interested in. Nvidia is unblocking Microsoft's browse...

Lots to talk about this week, big topics being the Battlefield 2042 Beta  and Back 4 Blood impressions. New games were played this week and we  have some of our impressions of Metroid Dread, Far Cry 6, and Dysmantle.  Best news being the slightly over priced meme to real life Xbox Series X  mini fridge.

343 Industries opened up big team battle technical flights to all this weekend. Dylan and Falkner got to spend a few hours playing it. We are here to report it feels pretty good for the most part and it has left an increased level of excitement for the multiplayer portion of the game. Falkner took a dive into New World as a solo player and for the most part has good impressions of it and will cont...

Howdy Everyone, We are back! Sorry for being out for a couple weeks life was doing life things. We have lot's to catch up on. Some of us give our impressions of Eastward, Deathloop, Aragami 2 along with a couple of other indies. Sony State of Play happened, it was a banger and probably one of the best gaming showcases so far this year. We dive a bit through the critical ones for us. New Nintendo d...

Welcome Back! We discuss New Halo 3 Armor and its mythological coolness,  Sony made a statement on how next gen upgrades will proceed. We watched  a new cool looking metroidvania F.I.S.T Forged in Shadow Torch trailer.  China is further restricting under 18 from playing video games.  Concerned Ape stated we may not see another Stardew Valley update and we  are okay with th...

Gamescom came and went and we barely noticed it. Halo Infinite got a  release date and some special edition gear such as a Series X console  and Elite controller. Humble Bundle is bringing a few indies to Game  Pass day one. xCloud is coming to console, so if you are still on the OG  Xbox One you can play next gen games this holiday. Horizon Forbidden  West got its release...