The Gaming Trend Podcast

This week on Gaming Trend Reboot, Monolith's Shadow of Mordor gets delayed to October of this year, Square Enix takes over development for the Final Fantasy VII remake, and Walking Dead Season 3 disappoints our crew. Also, editor Travis Northup joins us to talk about his time with Destiny 2 at the gameplay reveal in LA.

This week, the crew discusses Xbox's list of games launching with Xbox Game Pass, Overwatch's year-one anniversary, and more. Later, Mike is joined by Amy Kay Purcell to talk about the recent Far Cry 5 reveals and Star Trek: Bridge Crew VR.

E3 is approaching, and the calm before the storm has given way to several reveals leading up to the event! Bungie revealed Destiny 2 gameplay over the week (and it looks a whole like Destiny), The Witcher got a TV series, and Ubisoft divulged its lineup for 2018-19 games, including Far Cry 5, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, and the next Assassin's Creed game (known to be titled AC: Origins)....

The rumor mill is a'churnin' away! In the weeks leading up to E3, leaks and unofficial reports have already begun to make the rounds on the web. This week on the GT Reboot, we chat about the leaked Assassin's Creed: Origins image, the reported hiatus of Mass Effect in the wake of Andromeda's harsh criticism, and Blizzard's allegedly high asking price for team spots in their official Overwatch leag...

This week, Hunter Wolfe joins Mike and Joe to speak briefly about his review of What Remains of Edith Finch. Also, Mike goes over his review of Dawn of War III, and we all chat about our feelings on the Call of Duty: WWII reveal trailer.

This week on the GT Reboot, Mike and Joe are joined by frequent guest Christian DeCoster and first-timer Sean Anthony to chat about Microsoft's plans for Xbox Scorpio at E3, the recently reported SNES Classic, and Battlegrounds' fervent success on Steam.

This week, Mike and Joe glance over the Xbox Scorpio's performance specs and Atlus's streaming restrictions for the excellent Persona 5. Afterward, Mike is joined by contributing writers Hunter Wolfe and Kenneth Shepard to report on their impressions of the ongoing Mass Effect: Andromeda debacle.

This week's episode of Gaming Trend Reboot features a full house, with Kenneth Shepard, Hunter Wolfe, Christian DeCoster, and Noah McGuire jumping in to discuss their feelings on Mass Effect: Andromeda, Telltale Games' shift in leadership, and of course, some more Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

This week on the GT Reboot, Gaming Trend's Travis Northup stops by to discuss his review of Mass Effect: Andromeda, while Christian DeCoster offers his initial impressions of one of the game's multiplayer modes. We also discuss Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Outlast 2, and a recent controversy concerning a tweet and a poorly timed joke.

This week on Gaming Trend Reboot, Mike and Joe are joined by Gaming Trend writers Zach Faber and Josh Devlin to discuss their feelings on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Both Nintendo Switch and Wii U. The group also discusses the recently revealed — and very soon to launch — Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Bungie's plans for Destiny and its imminent sequel, and our mixed feelings on Ubiso...

This week on the GT Reboot podcast, Editor in Chief Ron Burke is here to offer his first impressions of the Nintendo Switch and its marquee title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

2016 was a seminal year for the world of video games. Virtual reality made its commercial debut, Nintendo broke into the mobile space, and the entire world briefly embraced its inner gamer during the summer of Pokemon GO. It was also a significant year for the modern shooter (with at least nine major releases for the genre) and for games nearly ten years in the making, like The Last Guardian, Fina...

2016 was a seminal year for the world of video games. Virtual reality made its commercial debut, Nintendo broke into the mobile space, and the entire world briefly embraced its inner gamer during the summer of Pokemon GO. It was also a significant year for the modern shooter (with at least nine major releases for the genre) and for games nearly ten years in the making, like The Last Guardian, Fina...

For episode 79 of the GT Reboot, Joe gushes over Super Mario Run's surprisingly deep level design, Mike discusses his Space Hulk review in progress, and the pair talk about the recent reports concerning Crytek's financial status. We're coming close to the end of 2016, so it's also time for a little preliminary Game of the Year talk!

What a week! For episode 78 of the GT Reboot, former co-host Kenneth Shepard joins Mike and Joe to Talk about the big reveals from last weekend’s PlayStation Experience event as well as his reviews for the two ten-year games: Final Fantasy XV and The Last Guardian.

For episode 77 of the GT Reboot, Mike and Joe contemplate some unprecedented sales figures for this fall's sequels, their first impressions of Watch Dogs 2, and the imminent ruling on Gaming Trend's GOTY awards.

For episode 76 of the GT Reboot, Amy Kay Purcell join Mike and Joe to talk about her impressions of Pokemon Sun and Moon. In addition, Mike goes over his review of Mekazoo, Hunter Wolfe and Joe discuss their Dishonored 2 review (recorded separately), and we all go over some reports concerning the Nintendo Switch launch lineup.

Mike and Joe are running the Reboot alone this week. For episode 75​​ of the GT Reboot, the boys ruminate on Microsoft's plans for VR, Titanfall 2's placement in the line of the shooter releases this fall, the teaser images released by the creators of Journey, and how Battlefield 1 is absolute dynamite!

The boys are back in town! Former showrunners Kenneth Shephard and Eric Van Allen join Mike and Joe for episode 74 to share their thoughts on Bethesda's new policy on game review copies and the voice actors' strike. In addition, Kenneth talks about his World of Final Fantasy review, and Eric discusses his admiration for Dragon Quest Builders.

Mike and Joe are joined by Gaming Trend editor Josh Devlin to talk about their reactions to the Nintendo Switch reveal, the first Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, and Mike's Battlefield 1 review.

Joey talks about his shiny new PSVR, Mike divulges his Battlefield 1 impressions, and Hunter drops in to talk about his hands-on time with Dishonored 2.

Silicon Knights- Once a well-loved and accomplished development team; There was once a time where the mere mention of their name evoked anticipation and confidence that whatever they were working on wasn’t just going to be good- it would likely be GREAT. That is, until 2006, when Too Human finally demoed at E3 that year and was almost unanimously panned by critics, prompting studio head Denis Dyak...

Handheld gaming has come a long way since the old Game & Watch days. From Gameboy to the DS, Lynx to PSP, the ability to enjoy our favorite pastime in the palm of our hand has gone through many evolutions. Lately, however, those changes have gone in a different direction, one that appears to be moving away from handheld pioneers Nintendo and challenger Sony: smart phones. The growth of gaming on i...

Though it’s been around since 2008, the runaway success of Double Fine Adventure pushed crowd-funding site Kickstarter.com into the line of sight of game enthusiasts everywhere. Not only did the project exceed it’s funding goals exponentially, but the video games section of the site saw a ton of new activity from first-time backers of the point and click adventure game, with Wasteland 2, Shadowrun...

It wouldn’t be Halloween if we didn’t put a little scare in ya, right? Rest assured, the image above is not a sign that the ironically named legend in vaporware known as the Phantom Console is making a comeback, it’s just a nod to our big topic for this week: Digital Downloads. As it turns out, conceptually the Phantom was onto something, regardless of how nonexistent their hardware really was, an...