TechRaptor Gaming Podcast

We get into all the announcements from Sony’s State of Play, the gameplay reveal of Sonic Frontiers (Team Sonic knocked it out of the park again), and the new Pokemon Scarlet/Violet trailer. We also played some Dwerve and the Madden NFL 2023 beta. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:35 – June 2 PlayStation State of Play 00:33:13 – Sonic Frontiers Gameplay Reveal 00:43:24 – Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Reveal 00:...

This week, Raven Software successfully voted to form a union under Activision Blizzard, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was officially announced, and we talk about Digital Foundry’s analysis of the emulators used in the PS Plus Classics subscription coming soon. We also talk about Yakuza Kiwami 2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong and Bloodhunt, and Stretch finished Eiyuden Chronicles: Rising. 00:00:00...

Some of the PS+ Library was revealed, including some of the classic games from all the various PlayStation consoles. We can finally share more of our thoughts on the soon to be released My Time at Sandrock, and we talk about the Halo TV show finale and where the show might go. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:07 – PS+ Library Updates 00:27:00 – My Time at Sandrock 00:45:38 – Halo TV Show Finale Impressions...

Wata Games, one of the biggest companies that grade the condition of games, has had a class action lawsuit filed against them with all kinds of claims, Atlus recently put out a survey in the West for the first time on the future of their games, and Gotham Knights announced they are no longer releasing a PS4 or Xbox One version of the game. We also get into Rogue Legacy 2, Eiyuden Chronicle: R...

Square Enix is selling its Montreal studios and Crystal Dynamics to the Embracer Group, and rumor has it, Sony might be looking to acquire Square Enix next. In other news, the New York City Employees' Retirement System has sued Activision Blizzard, alleging that Bobby Kotick mishandled the negotiations surrounding the Microsoft acquisition. We also get into some final thoughts on Horizon Forbidden...

Just two months ahead of the PlayStation Plus revamp, Sony pulled support for PlayStation Plus and Now codes without communicating anything until after the fact. Also, Game Freak has implemented an optional four-day work week for its employees at the cost of a 20% pay cut. In the second half, we get into our thoughts on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt and the new release of The Stanley Parable...

This week, Robert and guest host Dan report from the field in Boston, Massachusetts, to bring you the latest on PAX East. We also speculate on Hideo Kojima’s recent fascination with clocks and whether it’s all an elaborate hoax. Does it have anything to do with Abandoned? Probably not, but tune in to find out more. 00:00 – Intro 01:06 – Kojima Loves Clocks 07:45 – Marvel's Avengers Losing Road Map...

D&D Beyond is now officially owned by Hasbro, ads may be coming to free to play Xbox games sometime this year, and we talk about the future greatest game of all time Kingdom Hearts 4. We also talk about the interesting deckbuilding city builder Stacklands, and Stretch regales us with what may or may not be the true plot of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:31 – Hasbro Buys D&D B...

Games are movies now with The Quarry announcing its new mode, and Loop Odyssey is now Stuck in Time after being DMCA’d by Loop Hero. We also get into what may be one of the sleeper hits of the year with NORCO and the whacky Knightfall: A Daring Journey. Then we dig into what it is exactly that makes Elden Ring so great. 00:00:00 – Intro  00:01:12 – The Quarry’s Movie Mode  00:13:40 – Loo...

While E3 takes another year off, Sony makes a big move by announcing upcoming updates to its flagship subscription service, PlayStation Plus.  Will it match up to Xbox Game Pass? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, Rutledge pulls a sword out of the stone, and Robert gets his hands on Valve’s latest hardware, the Steam Deck. 00:00 – Intro 01:15 – E3 2022 Is Canceled 12:22 – PlayStation Plus New Ti...

Gran Turismo 7 has updated its roadmap to make progression slightly better, and the money hungry folk at Take Two have introduced a subscription service to GTA Online. We also get into Ghostwire: Tokyo and our Halo TV Show impressions. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:55 – Gran Turismo 7 Road Map Update 00:13:08 – Rockstar Introduces GTA+ 00:23:07 – Ghostwire: Tokyo Impressions 00:34:43 – Halo TV Show Episo...

We finally got a look at Hogwarts Legacy, and Gran Turismo 7 has made progression harder, incentivizing you to buy microtransactions. We also talk Tunic, which is an early contender for Game of the Year for some of us. 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Hogwarts Legacy Reveal 17:27 - Gran Turismo 7 Microtransactions 29:27 - A Discussion With the World's Leading Tunic Expert Follow Us & Subscribe: https://l...

Kojima is now officially a genius according to the Japanese government, and we get into all the announcements from the State of Play. We also played the Stranger of Paradise demo and the Kirby and the Forgotten Land demo. 00:00:00 - Intro 01:20 - Japanese government awards Hideo Kojima 11:22 - Sony's State of Play 25:52 - Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin 48:28 - Kirby & the Forgotten...

People don’t want to work at Quantic Dream, delaying Star Wars Eclipse, and the Square Enix Sales disappointment Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has made its way onto gamepass. We also get into Elex 2, Shadow Warrior 3, some more about the strand game Elden Ring, and Horizon Forbidden West. https://techraptor.net/topic/russia-ukraine-war 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:44 - Quantic Dream Has Trouble Findi...

We talk about somehow Square Enix sees Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy as a disappointment saleswise, the wonderful Street Fighter 6 logo and Wide Ryu,  and we get into the pretty good game with okay reviews Elden Ring. We also talk some more about Horizon Forbidden West. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:43 - Square Enix Disappointed with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Sales 00:12:23 - Street Fighte...

We definitively prove that Dynasty Warriors 4 is better than Elex, then we get into the news. Cyberpunk 2077’s next-gen patch is here, the 3DS and Wii U eShops are shutting down leading to discussions on game preservation, which makes the announcement of Dolphin Emulator coming to the Steam Deck all the more timely. After, we get into our Uncharted movie impressions and Horizon Forbidden West. 00:...

We talk about Nintendo’s latest direct, which featured a lot of solid games and the nightmare fuel that is Carby.  Then we get into the near record breaking game everyone is playing, Lost Ark. And we of course have to get into that difficulty debate with Sifu (not really we just talk about how good it is). 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:34 - Nintendo Direct 00:43:10 - Lost Ark 00:56:00 - Sifu Follow...

Sony makes some big plays by announcing its acquisition of Bungie, the former developers of Xbox-exclusive Halo. Meanwhile, Cloud Imperium Games has decided to scale back its Star Citizen road map projections, angering fans who have supported the game with their time (and money). There's also some talk of tower defense games, including the recently launched Rogue Tower, as well as the now-released...

Mr. The Rock Johnson will be in a video game movie, 3 new Star Wars games are on the way, and the Yakuza creator has founded his own studio. We of course then get into our Pokemon Legends: Arceus impressions. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:05 - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Video Game Movie 00:12:53 - Respawn Making Three Star Wars Games 00:22:18 - Toshihiro Nagoshi Founds Nagoshi Studios 00:29:00 - Pokemon...

In what is likely the biggest news in at least the last few years, Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard, which brings up a whole lot of questions. What is Xbox’s future? What about Game Pass? Who steps up to be their competitor? We’ve also got our Dying Light 2 impressions, and we had the chance to play some of the upcoming Total War: Warhammer III. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:40 - Microsoft Buys Ac...

Hey don’t by NFTs and Troy Baker getting into them is dumb, Take-Two spent $13 billion on mobile developer Zynga, people still play PUBG and a lot more are now that it’s free to play, and Australia’s rating board is making weird decisions about using the word “piss.” We also talk about Tales of Arise, the Dark Souls of battle royales Hunt: Showdown, Ace Attorney, Outer Wilds, and surprisingly The...

Sony finally unveiled the PSVR 2, the Halo servers for Xbox 360 that we totally knew were still up and running are finally shutting down, and hey, people are being really awful to the Battlefield 2042 developers over the state of the game. We also talk about games we’ve been playing like Trails in the Sky, Tales of Arise, Witcher 3, The Anacrusis, Wildermyth, and the game taking social media by st...

A lot of weird things happened in 2021, and Stretch, with loads of prep time, had the great idea to quiz the rest of us on just how much we paid attention to gaming news. Play along and find out just how well-informed we all are. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:00 - Round 1 00:31:05 - Round 2 00:43:00 - Round 3 00:56:28 - Final Round Follow Us & Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/techraptor

Over the last week we published the winners in the various 2021 TechRaptor Awards. We celebrate the great games of the last year and give our 100% factual takes you can’t argue with. https://techraptor.net/topic/2021-techraptor-awards https://techraptor.net/gaming/opinions/guardians-of-galaxy-sad-dad-trope https://techraptor.net/gaming/opinions/ethan-winters-resident-evil-village https://techrapto...

We learn that more of the industry continues to suck with Bungie’s workplace allegations, STALKER 2 announced and quickly unannounced NFTs coming to the game, and Mega Man is coming to Netflix. We also talk about the recently released The Gunk, The Witcher Season 2 on Netflix, and the latest and greatest on Xbox Game Pass. https://techraptor.net/blog/2021-techraptor-awards-nominees-and-readers-cho...