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This week, we’re talking about the latest Nintendo Switch 2 leaks and rumors about the next console generations for Xbox and PlayStation. We also dive into new releases The Plucky Squire and UFO 50.

[News of the Week]

• PlayStation unveils 30th anniversary
• Nintendo sues Palworld developer
• Next Like a Dragon game announced and it's a pirate themed game
• Another Cyberpunk 2077 anime coming to netflix
• NEXT GEN RUMOR ROUND UP
• Switch 2 leak?
• Xbox next gen lineup includes a handheld
• PS6 has two SOCs in development

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• The Plucky Squire
• UFO 50

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This week we react to the reveal of the PS5 Pro, and we talk more about Astro Bot and Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2. Aaron also tells us about The Jackbox Naughty Pack, and we chat briefly about some of the latest gaming news!

[News of the Week]

• PS5 Pro revealed
• Astro Bot getting a free DLC
• Microsoft laying off another 650 employees from it's gaming division
• Everyone at Annapurna resigns
• Rumor suggests a mid-October reveal for the Switch 2
• A new Tony Hawk game on the way?
• Satisfactory 1.0 launches
• Stardew Valley recreated in Lego

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Dr. Katz
• The Jackbox Naughty Pack
• Astro Bot
• Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2

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On this week’s podcast, we dive into Sony’s new hit platformer Astro Bot, the new indie metroidvania Crypt Custodian, and Aaron’s continuing adventures in Cyberpunk 2077. There’s also a bit of Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 talk and some of the latest gaming-related news that caught our attention.

[News of the Week]

• Balatro getting a mobile release - Sept 26
• Concord shut down
• Minecraft Movie Trailer
• No man's sky Aquarius - adds fishing, new expedition
• PS5 Pro design revealed? - (Close up shot)

[Games out this week]

• Astro Bot
• Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Astro Bot
• Crypt Custodian
• Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2
• Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty
• The Fall

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This week, we go through the stuff that caught our attention during Nintendo’s latest direct. Aaron restarted Cyberpunk 2077 and Zach is still progressing in Steam World Heist 2 and Black Myth Wukong. So we talk about it all and some of the latest gaming news.

[News of the Week]

• Lost In Random: The Eternal Die announced
• Epic Mickey Rebrushed gets a demo
• New Zelda trailer (Sword)
• Cyberpunk 2 sequel Project Orion entering development soon, dev team to double across next year
• Remedy plans control-a-verse tv and movies

[Games out this week]

• Crypt Custodian
• Star Wars Outlaws

[Features]

• Nintendo Indie World + Partner Direct
• Balatro collabs
• Sea of Stars DLC
• Morsels
• Pizza Tower

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Steam World Heist 2
• Black Myth Wukong
• Mission Impossible Fallout
• Cyber movies
• Cyberpunk 2077

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On this week’s episode, we talk about the stuff that interested us at Gamescom 2024. But first, we have a bunch of news to discuss since we didn’t get to do a podcast last week. Also, Black Myth Wukong is out and is selling well and getting good reviews. So we talk briefly about that too!

[News of the Week]

• Borderlands movie flops and gets very bad reviews
• Back from the dead: PUBG publisher acquires Tango Gameworks and the Hi-Fi Rush IP
• The Plucky Squire gets a release date of September 17
• Dragon Age The Veilguard gets a release date - Oct. 31
• Dredge DLC - The Iron Rig releases
• Update for Vampire Survivors
• Nintendo Museum
• Black Myth: Wukong breaks single-player Steam record on day one with 2 million concurrent users

• Sells 10 million copies across all platforms within the first week of release

• Concord flops

[Features]

• Gamescom
• Indiana Jones coming to PlayStation 5
• Mafia The Old Country
• Civ 7 stuff
• Borderlands 4
• inZOI
• New Avowed Game Play
• The Stone of Madness
• Infinity Nikki
• Reanimal

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Steam world heist 2
• Black Myth Wukong
• Monster Hunter

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This week we talk about recent releases: “Thank Goodness You’re Here” and “SteamWorld Heist 2.” We also talk about the latest gameplay reveal trailer for the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and speculate on what’s to come for No Man’s Sky.

[News of the Week]

• Follow up on Bungie conversation
• Follow up on game Informer stuff
• A GI staffer logged in and tweeted a real goodbye from the staff and Game Stop nuked the Game Informer Twitter account

• MinnMax releases GI office tour from March 2024

• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom gameplay showcase - Traversing Hyrule

• Details emerge about Wolfeye’s new RPG
• New Doom Dark Ages details revealed at Quake-Con
• No Man’s Sky speculation

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Thank Goodness You’re Here
• SteamWorld Heist 2
• Apex Legends Season 22
• The IT Crowd

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It’s been a rough week in the games industry and for games media. We have to talk about Game Informer being shut down. We also have to talk about Bungie laying off more than 200 employees and all the details that have come out about the company’s mismanagement and financial struggles. After that, we have a few smaller news items, and we talk briefly about some games we’ve been playing and some things we’ve been watching lately.

[News of the Week]

• Game Informer closes, all employees laid off
• Bungie Lays Off Over 200 Employees, Announces Plans For Deeper Integration With Sony
• PlayStation announces limited edition Astro Bot Dual Sense controller
• Crypt Custodian gets a release date - August 27
• New Apex Legends season launching August 6th
• Helldivers 2’s biggest update yet coming August 6
• Gothic Remake Announced
• The Eternal Life of Goldman

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• No Man’s Sky
• IT Crowd
• Taskmaster New Zealand

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This week is light on news items, but we’ve been playing games, so we have things to talk about anyway. Zach has been obsessed with No Man’s Sky after the Worlds Part 1 update and the release of the 14th Expedition - The Liquidators. And Aaron has been playing a 2022 game that many had as a Game of The Year Contender - The Case of the Golden Idol.

[News of the Week]

• Like a Dragon: Yakuza trailer
• Fallout London Mod is released

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• The Case of the Golden Idol
• No Man’s Sky
• The First Descendant

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This week we follow up on Concord with some additional impressions from the open beta. We get into an impromptu discussion about Empire of Silence, the first book in the Sun Eater series. And we talk about No Man’s Sky’s Worlds Update Part 1.

[News of the Week]

• No Man’s Sky’s Worlds Update Part 1
• Pirates of the Caribbean X Fortnite crossover - The Cursed Sails
• Paramount cancels Halo series
• Splitgate 2 announced
• Factorio space age arrives in October
• Overwatch 2 new hero

[What We’re Playing/Watching/Reading]

• Concord
• No Man’s Sky
• Jaws
• Empire of Silence

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This week, we talk about the beta for PlayStation’s new exclusive 5v5 PVP shooter Concord. Then we give a rundown of the games we’re looking forward to in the second half of the year.

[News of the Week]

• Palword signs with Sony to expand IP
• Starfy trilogy releases on Nintendo Online
• Apex Legends controversy

[Games out this week]

• Concord beta

[Features]

• Second half of the year?

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Luigi’s Mansion 2
• Empire of Silence
• Concord

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This week, we return to talk about some of the latest gaming news, including some recent previews for Sony’s new hero shooter Concord. We also talk about how we’ve both been reading the first book in the Sun Eater series, “Empire of Silence,” and we talk about how bad “Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire” is.

[News of the Week]

• Concord previews
• New Crazy Taxi Game
• Watch Dogs movie starts filming
• Switch 2 might be easier to buy
• SGDQ 2024 - runs to check out
• Morrowind
• Animal Well
• System Shock Remake
• Enter the Gungeon

• Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB by Peanut Butter the Dog

• Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Edition arrives

[What We’re Playing/Watching/Reading]

• Empire of Silence
• The Boy and the Heron
• Luigi’s Mansion 2
• Dragon’s Dogma 2
• Animal Crossing New Horizons
• Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

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Published on 6/24/24

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That’s a wrap on the summer game showcase season, so we do a brief post-mortem on it. We talk about the Dragon Age: The Veilguard gameplay reveal showcase and the Nintendo Direct, as well as a couple of game previews. Then we get into what we’ve been playing and watching lately, including Steam World Heist and Dragon’s Dogma 2!

[News of the Week]

• PlayStation Portal getting sign in support for public Wi-Fi
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Official Gameplay Reveal
• Nintendo direct
• Pipsqueak! Kickstarter Trailer
• Minecraft 1.21
• Plucky Squire previews
• The Alters demo

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• After Party Season 2
• Steam World Heist
• Dragon’s Dogma 2

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On this week’s episode of Starside Chat, we talk about the weekend of games showcases during Fake E3 2024! Including Summer Games Fest, Devolver Digital and the Xbox plus Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Showcase!

[News of the Week]

• Like A Dragon getting a live action adaptation on Amazon Prime

[Features - FAKE E3]

• Everything Shown at Summer Game Fest
• Everything from Devolver Digital Showcase
• Everything Shown at the Xbox Showcase

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Godzilla Minus One
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Humanity
• Rusty’s Retirement

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On this week’s episode of Starside Chat, Zach and Aaron talk through Sony’s May PlayStation State of Play, including the upcoming PvP game Concord and the upcoming action-platformer Astro Bot. After that, we talk about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth because Zach has finally finished it!

[News of the Week]

• Sony developing PlayStation Mobile platform
• Call of duty Black ops 6 showcase to follow Xbox games showcase on June 9
• The next doom game has leaked ahead of the microsoft press conference
• No Man’s Sky new Adrift mode
• Sony State of Play
• Pre-Fake E3 (Summer Games Fest) predictions?

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7 Rebirth
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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On this week’s podcast we talk more about Animal Well now that we’ve had a chance to play more of it. Zach also gives his review of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. But before that, there’s a bunch of new gaming related news to talk about.

[News of the Week]

• Fortnite/Fallout collaboration
• Microsoft to launch this year’s Call of Duty on Game Pass
• Rockstar targeting Fall 2025 release window for GTA 6
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows reveal
• Mortal Kombat 2 coming to theaters October 24, 2025
• Majora’s Mask Recompiled
• New Information about DnD 5.5
• Deadlock

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Animal Well
• Asteroid City

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On this week’s episode, we talk about the new indie puzzle-platformer Animal Well. But before that we have to talk about the latest update for Starfield, the latest on the successor to the Nintendo Switch, and the closure of four Microsoft studios.

[News of the Week]

• Starfield May update
• Switch successor to be announced this fiscal year (by March 2025) Nintendo to hold June direct to announce what's coming later this year but won't feature the switch successor
• Rumored Switch 2 spec
• Microsoft closes four studios, including Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda
• The Gaming Historian shuts down patreon and returns to “part-time” status
• Amazon Prime subscribers can claim a free PC copy of Fallout 3
• Sunset Devils

[Games out this week]

• Animal Well
• Little Kitty Big City
• Hades 2 early access
• Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns (DLC)

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Wes Anderson’s Montblanc commercial
• Animal Well
• Clarkson’s Farm
• Ponyo

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This week we focus mainly on games, with discussion of two games we’ve been playing, including the recently released Rusty's Retirement. We also both brought five games each to recommend as great games to play while listening to podcasts - like this one!

[News of the Week]

• More Fallout TV show discussion?
• No BlizzCon this year

[Games out this week]

• Rusty’s Retirement (full release)
• Another Crab’s Treasure
• Sand Land

[Features]

• Rusty's Retirement (FULL RELEASE)
• Five podcast game recommendations

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Dune 2
• Monkey Man
• Toem
• Rusty’s Retirement
• Shogun

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On this week’s episode, we do our spoiler talk about Amazon’s Fallout TV show. But before that, we go through everything shown during Nintendo’s latest Indie World Showcase!

[News of the Week]

• Nintendo Indie World Showcase (4/17/24)
• Digested
• Hades 2 Technical Test
• Keanu Reeves is Shadow the Hedgehog

[Games out this week]

• Harold Halibut
• No Rest for the Wicked

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Fallout TV Show
• Shogun
• Solo Leveling
• Shangri-La Frontier

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Fallout TV Show early impressions, indies games showcase

On this week’s episode of Starside Chat, we talk about the first two episodes of Amazon’s Fallout TV show. But before that, we go through what games stood out to us in the Triple-i Initiative games showcase.

[News of the Week]

• Live action film adaptation of Dredge announced
• Star Wars Outlaws release date revealed
• Destiny: The Final Shape Dev Walkthrough
• Triple-i initiative Showcase
• Fallout 4 getting next gen upgrade

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Fallout
• Shogun

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We’re back after a several weeks long break! And this week we’re getting caught up on what we’ve been playing, watching and reading. We also talk about a little bit of gaming news from the past week.

[News of the Week]

• Windblown gameplay trailer
• Silksong rated by ESRB
• Thoughts on Marvel Rivals reveal
• Jump Ship
• Mod shoutout - Minecraft Distant Horizons

[Games out this week]

• Pepper Grinder
• Princess Peach Showtime
• Rise of the Ronin
• Dragon’s Dogma 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7 Rebirth
• Shogun
• 3 Body Problem
• Road House
• Beekeeper

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This week we talk about Aaron’s early impressions with Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and Zach’s early impressions of Deep Rock Galactic Survivor. We also talk briefly about the Jack Ryan movies and the 90’s Hercules TV show.

[News of the Week]

• Akira Toriyama has passed away
• Bioware reportedly confident Dragon Age Dreadwolf will release this year
• Mass Effect board game expected to come out later this year
• Mechs coming soon to Helldivers 2
• PlayStation secures FF7 Remake trilogy as a console exclusive
• New Fallout TV show trailer drop
• Apex Legends News
• Mario Day announcement from Nintendo
• A Watchdogs movie is maybe happening

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
• Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan movies
• The 90’s Hercules TV show

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Zach has seen Dune Part 2 and finished Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and started FF7 Rebirth. We keep the chatter about these things vague so as to not spoil anything, but we’ll circle back to them again soon. We also talk about layoffs impacting Sony and EA and the previews that came out about Moon Studio’s upcoming RPG No Rest for the Wicked.

[News of the Week]

• Sony rumored to release PS5 Pro this fall ahead of GTA6 launch
• Sony to layoff 900 people across multiple studios
• EA laying off670 employees and canceling Respawn’s Star Wars FPS
• No Rest for the Wicked previews
• Pokemon Presents Legends Z-A
• Stardew 1.6 has a release date!
• Next Fest: Mullet MadJack
• Next Fest: Nimrods

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Heroic Trio - Criterion Release
• Supernatural
• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Dune 2

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On this week’s episode, we talk about a bunch of new game trailers (and the trailer for the Borderlands movie), but we also talk about what stood out to us in the latest Nintendo Direct. We also briefly cover a bunch of new game releases (including the review roundup for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth). We also talk about what we’ve been playing lately, which includes the hit new rogue-like deck builder Balatro and more Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth.

[News of the Week]

• Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead adds AFK timer to prevent people staying logged in overnight so they can avoid queue times
• Harold Halibut gameplay overview (demo is available)
• No Rest For the Wicked looks great
• Kingmakers looks insane
• Xbox multiplatform reveals
• Nintendo Direct
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC
• Borderlands movie trailer
• Review roundup - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Stardew Valley update

[New Game Releases]

• Balatro
• Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior
• Last Epoch
• Penny’s Breakaway
• Nightingale
• Pacific Drive

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Balatro
• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Déjà vu

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This week we talk about the future of Xbox podcast and a few other news items, but then it’s all about the games. There are a ton of games out now and we briefly talk about some of the more recent releases and then get back into the games we’re actually playing.

[News of the Week]

• Future of Xbox event
• Game developers explain layoffs hitting riot, epic and more
• Sony won't have any major existing franchise titles to release before March 31, 2025
• Switch 2 Delayed to 2025
• Respawn rumored to be working on a first person Mandalorian game

[Games out this week]

• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
• Foamstars
• Ultros
• Skull and Bones
• Mario Vs. Donkey Kong
• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Rusty’s Retirement demo
• Helldivers 2
• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Godzilla
• Apex

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On this week’s episode, we talk about the leaks and rumors suggesting Xbox may make more of their games cross-platform and what that may mean for the Xbox brand. We also talk about the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth State of Play and Sony’s new exclusive co-operative shooter Helldivers 2! Plus, we talk even more about Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth.

[News of the Week]

• Microsoft reportedly planning to bring Starfield and other Xbox exclusives to PlayStation
• FF7 Rebirth State of Play
• Disney + Epic Games
• Overwatch + Cowboy Bebop
• GTA VI coming after post-April 2025?

[Games out this week]

• Helldivers 2
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Demo

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Apex
• Helldivers 2
• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Taskmaster

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This week we give more thoughts on Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and go through PlayStation’s latest State of Play in which they showed off Death Stranding 2, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin and Dragon’s Dogma 2. But before that, we pitch Nintendo on a Pokemon plus Animal Crossing crossover game to compete with Palworld.

[News of the Week]

• Crypt Custodian gets a free demo on Steam
• Pepper Grinder Demo on Steam
• Super Nintendo World coming to Universal in Orlando, Florida
• Palworld has more than 19 million players since launch
• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth surprised 1 million copies sold in the first week, fastest selling game in the franchise

[Features]

• PlayStation State of Play

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Apex News
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Amazon
• Red Dwarf audiobooks

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It’s only January, and it’s already been a wild year. It’s been another week, and that means another million more people playing Palworld, so we talk more about that game. But Zach has finished Prince of Persia The Lost Crown and started Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, so we talk about those games as well!

[News of the Week]

• Palworld continues its success, Nintendo releases statement
• Palworld Pokemon Mod shutdown
• Enshrouded?
• New report says Switch 2 has an 8 inch screen
• Donkey Kong Minecart ride at Universal Studios Japan to go off the rails
• Grime reddit response
• Microsoft layoffs
• Monkey Man trailer

[Games out this week]

• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Tekken 8

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Palworld
• Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Apex

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It’s a packed show this week! We cover a lot of ground between the Xbox Developer Direct, our most anticipated games of 2024 and recent game releases Prince of Persia The Lost Crown and Palworld.

[News of the Week]

• Grime definitive edition coming to PC, console, including switch (for the first time)
• Ubisoft says people need to get comfortable not owning their games
• Gameshark hints at Switch 2 release date
• Xbox Developer Showcase
• AGDQ 2024 Highlights

[Games out this week]

• Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
• Palworld

[Features]

• Most anticipated games of 2024
• Predictions for 2024

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Hollow Knight completed!
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Palworld
• FF7 take over in Apex

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On this week's episode, Zach talks about his latest progress in Hollow Knight, then we dig in to our top 5 games of 2023!

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Happy New Year! This week we go over our year in reviews given out by Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and Steam. We’ve also both been playing metroidvanias over the holidays. Aaron gives his impressions of the new metroidvania Cookie Cutter and Zach has finally decided the time has come to see what he has been missing with Hollow Knight.

[News of the Week]

• E3 officially dead
• Insomniac Games Hacked By Ransomware Group, Resulting In 1 TB Of Leaked Game Info And More - Game Informer
• Insomniac released a statement
• The last of us online cancelled
• Cruel

[Features]

• Going through our Nintendo, Sony, Xbox, Steam year-end wrap

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Hollow Knight
• Apex
• Shangri-La Frontier
• Titan Fall 2
• Cookie Cutter

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This week we talk about the new trailer for GTA 6, and we recap the 2023 Game Awards!

[News of the Week]

• GTA 6 trailer

• IGNs 99 details analysis

• Story mode coming to Vampire Survivors in Adventures update

• Aonuma more or less confirms the next Zelda will be something new and not another sequel in the Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom series

[Features]

• The Game Awards (Everything Announced)

Aaron's Parting Wisdom

Wikipedia Tone

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This week we talk about how our Thanksgiving breaks went and get into the previews for Amazon’s Fallout TV show. We also talk about our experience with Apex Legends’ cross progression and upcoming events in Fortnite. Then we talk about what we’ve played and watched since we last talked!

[News of the Week]

• Vanity Fair’s preview of the Fallout TV show - Trailer
• Apex Cross Progression
• Rockstar announce GTA 6 trailer coming December 5
• Fortnite Big Bang
• Rusty’s Retirement
• Wild Bastards

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Vampire Survivors
• Apex Legends
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• My Lucky Stars
• Suzume

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[News of the Week]

• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth is very long
• PlayStation Portal
• Former Bioware writer starts new studio
• Last of Us again
• New FF7 Rebirth information
• Half Life 25th Anniversary Stuff

[Games out this week]

• Super Mario RPG
• Persona 5 Tactica

[Features]

• The Game Awards Nominees

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Apex
• Spiderverse
• Super Mario RPG

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On this week’s episode, we talk about the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Nintendo’s announcement of an upcoming Live Action Zelda movie, GTA 6, a new Steam Deck, and Bioware’s tease of the next Mass Effect game! We also get into what we’ve been playing, like Apex Legends and Mario Wonder.

[News of the Week]

• Variety article about the downfall of the MCU
• Live action Zelda movie announced
• Geoff Keighley announced the game awards nominations will be released on Monday
• GTA 6 to be announced, trailer coming in December
• Valve to release OLED Steam Deck with more storage, Steam Deck 2 in the works but still 2-3 years away
• Beyond Sunset launches on Steam
• Mass Effect thing - (Possibly pretty far out)

[Games out this week]

• Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
• Robocop: Rogue City

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Apex Legends
• Attack on Titan
• Bond Movies
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder

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On this week’s episode, I’m out of town, so my audio doesn’t sound as good, but we powered through. We talked about some of the Blizzcon announcements, the Bungie layoffs, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 controversies, and our newfound love of Apex Legends.

[News of the Week]

• Blizzcon recap
• Bungie Layoffs (marathon delayed)
• Everyone’s liking that The Final’s Beta
• Modern Warfare 3 (controversies)
• Starfield Mod lets you build space stations
• Perfect Dark PC port released (unofficial)

[Apex News]

• Season 19 Ignite First Impressions
• Post Malone Event next week (Three Strikes Mode)
• Lifeline Reborn
• Cave Legend

[Games out this week]

• Jusant
• Warioware Move It
• Star Ocean the Second Story R
• Ebenezer and the Invisible World
• Robocop: Rogue City

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Apex Legends
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Rhys Darby in Japan

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On this spooky, Halloween 2023 edition of Starside Chat we go over some of the latest gaming news that interested us and briefly talk more about Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Apex Legends. Then we get into our special feature for this week, 5 recommendations for Halloween appropriate games and 5 movies for the non-horror fan.

[News of the Week]

• First in-engine look at Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
• The Finals - Open Beta Trailer
• Disney Dreamlight Valley to leave early access for official launch on Dec. 5, no longer a free to play game
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will have Animal Crossing Island
• Metroidvania MARS 2120 to leave early access for official launch on PC, console on March 28
• Insomniac Reveals their Wolverine game is set in the same universe as Spiderman
• Nintendo patents two screen device that can be split in two
• Apex Legends Season 19 reveal (TimProVision)

[Games out this week]

• Dave the Diver (Switch release)
• Alan wake 2

[Features]

• 5 Halloween Games, and 5 Halloween Movies for Non-Horror fans

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Apex Legends
• Iron Chef (Classic)

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This week we talk about the big Microsoft purchase of Activision/Blizzard, the future of physical game sales, and using Discord on Xbox. We also talk about our early impressions of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and we talk about whether we like Apex Legends or Warzone more now that we’ve dipped our toes back in.

[News of the Week]

• Microsoft officially completes purchase of Activision/Blizzard
• Best Buy to phase out physical movie sales, physical video game sales not impacted
• Ubisoft on the future of physical games
• Pete Hines announces he'll retire
• A dog at AGDQ
• Nintendo Accounts will help with the transition to “Switch 2”
• Another Far Cry leak (NK)
• Halo Battle Royale (Fan Made)

[Games out this week]

• Wizard with a Gun
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Spiderman 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Apex Legends
• Warzone
• Old spooky season movies
• Takeshi’s Castle (2023)
• Mario Wonder

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Without a lot of big gaming news to talk about this week, we focus instead on some of the games we’ve been playing and the movies we’ve been watching lately. We also briefly talk about why a lot of the October releases this year aren’t exciting us. And the movies discussion gets us sidetracked marveling and questioning 90s era technology.

[News of the Week]

• The Last Faith gets November release date
• Diablo 4 coming to Steam Oct. 17 alongside the launch of season 2 (will have crossplay and cross progression)
• Realms Deep 2023
• Titanfall 2 is back

[Games out this week]

• Assassin’s Creed Mirage
• Forza Motorsport
• Detective Pikachu

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Sea of Stars
• Star Ocean the second story R
• Movies with Aaron

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On this week’s episode of Starside Chat, we talk about the big Xbox leaks and the new indie puzzle game Cocoon! We also talk more about Starfield and update our Top 10 Games of the Year Builder (still a work in progress).

[News of the Week]

• Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan to retire in March 2024
• Epic Lays off more than 800 employees
• Next Elder Scrolls game expected no sooner than 2026, will not come to PS5
• Next Gen Nintendo console to be close to PS4/Xbox One performance-wise
• A bunch of Xbox leaks
• Private Division announces upcoming cost game set in the Lord of Rings universe, coming out next year
• The Division 3 casually announced
• Bethesda quietly drops early access period for a Fallout Shelter-like mobile game set in the Elder Scrolls universe
• Far Cry Leaks
• The Last Exterminator
• Doom Shotgun coming to Warzone

[Games out this week]

• Party Animals
• Mortal Kombat I
• Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty DLC
• Cocoon

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder]

1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. FF16
3. Dredge
4. Cocoon
5. Pikmin 4
6. Fire Emblem Engage
7. Dead Space Remake
8. Wild Hearts
9. Trine 5
10. Viewfinder

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Starfield
• Trine 5
• F-Zero 99
• Cocoon
• Joe Pera Talks to You
• What We Do in the Shadows

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This week we go over the September Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play and all the exciting upcoming games shown. Then we dive more into our journeys in Starfield!

[News of the Week]

• Sony adds remote play app to Chromecast with Google TV
• Fallout TV show teaser leaks
• Bethesda announces updates coming to Starfield and plans for future updates
• Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios lays off 45 percent of its workforce
• Cyberpunk stuff

[Games out this week]

• Eternights
• The Lies of P

[Features]

• Nintendo Direct
• Sony State of Play

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Starfield

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This week we have both played Starfield and we talk about our early adventures, along with some tips and tricks. But before that we have a bit of news to talk about!

[News of the Week]

• FF16 to get two paid DLCs and a PC port
• Stray to get animated film adaptation
• Switch 2 rumors
• Nintendo confirms there will be no TotK DLC

[Games out this week]

• Mario + Rabbids Rayman DLC
• Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
• FF7 Ever Crisis (mobile)
• Fae Farm
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Starfield

[Features]

• Starfield

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Starfield
• Avatar the Way of Water
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Trine 5

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Aaron finally upgraded to an Xbox Series X! We talk about that and the massive amount of interesting news that dropped over the last week or two. But we finally have played some Starfield and we talk about initial impressions and review reactions.

[News of the Week]

• Aaron bought an Xbox
• Starfield early access requires either purchase of a digital copy of the game or a game pass subscription
• Starfield will be the first Bethesda game to feature a new game + mode and it'll be there at launch
• Amazon’s Fallout TV show is set in LA and it’s coming in 2024
• Playstation details new earbuds, wireless headset and Project Q device
• Xbox gives Baldurs Gate 3 the ok to release without split screen support on the series s clearing the way for the Xbox release of the game
• Phil Spencer basically says Xbox won't get a mid life cycle hardware upgrade
• Hyper Light Breaker delayed to 2024
• Grime 2 announced for PC, Switch release of first game is coming, a 3rd DLC is also in the works
• Long Gone Days coming to PS5
• Like A Dragon Gaiden previews
• HOLSTIN
• Some fans concerned about Dragon Age Dreadwolf, Mass Effect 4 and the future of Bioware after 50 devs laid off
• Mario Wonder Direct
• Volition closes

[Games out this week]

• Sea of Stars

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Like a Dragon Ishin
• Immortals of Aveum
• Starfield

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On this week’s episode we discuss the latest Starfield details ahead of launch, and we say goodbye to the store on the Xbox 360. We also discuss Evil West, Fallout New Vegas and Venture Bros!

[News of the Week]

• Starfield preload begins
• New Starfield details
• Xbox 360 store to close

[Games out this week]

• Immortals of Aveum
• Armored Core fires of Rubicon
• Blasphemous 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Evil West
• Fallout New Vegas
• Venture Bros.

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On this week’s episode, we talk about the bizarre move to port Red Dead Redemption to PS4 and Switch. We also go over some other little gaming-related news items, but then we start talking about all the games. We talk about what just came out and what we’ve been playing.

[News of the Week]

• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Nov. 10

• Red Dead Redemption coming to Switch and PS4

• Star Wars Jedi Survivor being ported to PS4/Xbox One

• Pokemon Presents

• A new plush looks like something else

• Bungie announced Keith David will take over the role of Zavala in D2

• Crowsorn Demo and new trailer

• PS5 Slim leak

• Starfield Gear & Jacket

• PT

[Games out this week/Review Roundup]

• Palia
• Atlas Fallen
• Vampire survivors launches on Switch

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder - a work in progress, nothing is quite in order yet]

1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. FF16
3. Fire Emblem Engage
4. Dead Space Remake
5. Wild Hearts
6. Metroid Prime: Remastered
7. Viewfinder
8. Like A Dragon Ishin
9. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
10. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF16
• Pikmin 4
• Evil West
• How To
• Zelda

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This week, we talk about how Nintendo is targeting the second half of 2024 for its next generation console release. Then we discuss the reception for Baldur’s Gate 3. Then Zach has completed Dredge, played more Pikmin 4 and started Final Fantasy 16’s new game plus mode!

[News of the Week]

• Nintendo targeting second half of 2024 for next gen console release
• Sakurai talks about the future of Smash
• Pokemon Direct announced for 8/8 (35 minutes)
• FF16 protagonist comes in second in poll for favorite FF protagonists
• Ubisoft reveals Rayman DLC coming to Mario + Rabbids
• Sony reports PS5 sales up 75% after price cut in Europe, A sale also came to America
• STRAND
• Devolver Delayed Showcase

[Games out this week]

• Baldur’s Gate 3

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder a work in progress, nothing is quite in final order yet]

1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. FF16
3. Fire Emblem Engage
4. Dredge
5. Pikmin 4
6. Dead Space Remake
7. Wild Hearts
8. Metroid Prime: Remastered
9. Viewfinder
10. Like A Dragon Ishin

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Pikmin 4
• Dredge
• SJ - KN8, SD

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This week, Zach has finished Final Fantasy 16, so we talk about that. Both Zach and Aaron have seen Oppenheimer, so we review that. But first! We have to talk about the PlayStation Project Q leaks, and go over the recent video game releases!

[News of the Week]

• PlayStation Project Q Leaks
• Armored Core previews
• Nicki Minaj in Warzone
• FF 14 coming to Xbox Next Spring

[Games out this week]

• Remnant 2
• Disney’s Illusion Island
• The Expanse: A Telltale Series
• Pikmin 4

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder - a work in progress, nothing quite in order yet]

1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. FF16
3. Fire Emblem Engage
4. Dead Space Remake
5. Wild Hearts
6. Metroid Prime: Remastered
7. Viewfinder
8. Like A Dragon Ishin
9. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
10. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF16
• Oppenheimer
• Twisted Metal

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This week, we run down our picks for games that would make good movie or TV show adaptations. But first! We do a brief spoiler discussion on “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning,” and talk about the rough state of modern Disney. Then we give our thoughts and impressions on the new puzzle game “Viewfinder,” and reflect on the year so far in video game releases!

[News of the Week]

• Xbox Game Pass Core to replace Xbox Live Gold
• Diablo 4 players are not happy with the latest patch
• WoW players trick AI
• Radiant is the blood of the baboon heart releases

[Features]

• Games that would make good movies
• Midyear report card

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder (a work in progress, nothing is in order officially yet)]

1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. Fire Emblem Engage
3. Dead Space Remake
4. Wild Hearts
5. Metroid Prime: Remastered
6. Viewfinder
7. Like A Dragon Ishin
8. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
9. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Mission Impossible
• The Expanse
• Viewfinder
• Final Fantasy 16

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We're back after a few weeks off! This week we're talking about the games we've been playing, mainly Final Fantasy 16 and the metroidvania Afterimage. But Zach gives some impressions on the Pikmin 4 demo and some general thoughts on the latest Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope DLC.

We also give some very general, spoiler-free thoughts on Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning.

[News of the Week]

• Federal Judge denies FTC’s request for preliminary injunction to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard
• Xbox and playstation sign agreement to keep Call of Duty on playstation
• Larry Hyrb is leaving Xbox
• Annapurna Interactive Showcase
• ClockTower

[Games out this week]

• Dave the Diver
• Exoprimal

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder (a work in progress, nothing is quite in order yet)]

1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. Final Fantasy 16
3. Fire Emblem Engage
4. Dead Space Remake
5. Afterimage
6. Wild Hearts
7. Metroid Prime: Remastered
8. Like A Dragon Ishin
9. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
10. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Final Fantasy 16
• Afterimage
• Pikmin 4 demo
• Mario + Rabbids DLC
• Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning
• Other Two
• Barry
• 1883

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NOTE: We recorded this episode BEFORE Nintendo announced its latest direct, so not only do we not have any thoughts about that, we may or may not say we're sad they didn't announce a direct... oops!

This week one of us has finished Tears of the Kingdom, and tried out demos for Final Fantasy 16 and Lies of P, so we cover that. But first we talk about the Ubisoft and Capcom summer showcases and give our top 5 games of Summer Games Fest!

[News of the Week]

• Nicolas Cage in Death Stranding 2?

• Ubisoft

• Capcom

• Pragmata Delayed

• Cocoon

[Features]

• Our favorite moments/games from SGF

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Zelda
• Final Fantasy 16 demo
• Lies of P demo

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On this bonus episode of Starside Chat, we recap the Xbox Showcase from Summer Games Fest 2023, including the extensive gameplay showcase for Starfield!

It's all Xbox and Starfield in this part two of our Summer Games Fest coverage. Check out our previous episode recapping Summer Games Fest 2023!

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On this week’s episode of Starside Chat, we recap Summer Games Fest and talk even more about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom!

[News of the Week]

• Summer Games Fest Kick Off Show
• Crypt Custodian

[Features]

• More Zelda Talk!

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Zelda
• CoH3
• NewsRadio
• John Wick 4
• Fast X

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This week, we talk more about our continuing adventures in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! We’ve both beaten the first two dungeons, obtained the Master Sword and a bunch of other things. But first, we have to talk about that somewhat disappointing PlayStation Showcase.

[News of the Week]

• PlayStation Showcase 2023

[Games out this week]

• Planet of Lana
• Lord of the Rings Gollum

[Features]

• More Tears of the Kingdom talk

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Super Mario Bros. Movie

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It's a very exciting episode of Starside Chat because we finally get to talk about our early adventures in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom!

[News of the Week]

• European Commission approves Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard acquisition
• Blizzard cancelled long awaited PVE mode for overwatch 2
• Playstation showcase May 24
• Amazon working on a Lord of the Rings MMO, developed by the team that made New World
• The Expanse: A Telltale Series Ep1 launches July 27, new episodes every two weeks
• Starfield’s ESRB rating leaks
• Silksong needs more time, not coming first half of the year
• Phil Spencer apologizes for Redfall
• No new Nintendo console until April 2024 at the earliest
• Dragon Age: Dreadwolf won’t release before April 2024
• Mouse - looks like an old-timey cartoon turned into a first-person shooter
• Arc Raiders is now an Extraction Shooter
• Mortal Kombat 1 announced

[Games out this week]

• Ys 9 Monstrom Nox (PS5)
• Honkai Star Rail
• Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
• Humanity

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder - A work in progress, nothing is in final order yet]

1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. Fire Emblem Engage
3. Dead Space Remake
4. Wild Hearts
5. Metroid Prime: Remastered
6. Like A Dragon Ishin
7. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
8. Hi-Fi Rush

[Features]

• Tears of the Kingdom!!!

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We return after a week off to talk about the latest gaming news! Aaron also tells us about his trip to New York City, where he got to visit the Nintendo Store. We also talk about the latest Zelda Tears of the Kingdom previews. We talk about the rocky release of Star Wars Jedi Survivor, and give some early impressions of the indie, metroidvania The Last Case of Benedict Fox.

[News of the Week]

• Niantic and Capcom partner on Monster Hunter Now for iOS and Android
• UK blocking Microsoft acquisition of Activision, Microsoft to appeal
• Nintendo hiring for next gen console
• Armored Core 6 releasing in August
• Animated TV show adaptation of Vampire Survivors in the works
• Hollow Knight Vocalized has been released
• Notes
• Aaron’s visit to the Nintendo Store in NYC
• Zelda Hands-On Previews

[Games out this week]

• Star Wars Jedi Survivor
• The last case of Benedict Fox
• After image
• Advanced wars
• Shadows of Doubt (early access)

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder - A work in progress, nothing is in order yet!]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Wild Hearts
4. Metroid Prime: Remastered
5. Like A Dragon Ishin
6. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
7. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Pathaan
• Battlefield 2042

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We return after a couple of weeks off to talk mainly about all the Tears of the Kingdom footage from the gameplay direct and the final trailer. But we also have to talk about some missteps by Microsoft recently with the announcements about Redfall and Ghostwire Tokyo.

Also, there have been a bunch of game previews to discuss from xDefiant, to Disney Speedstorm, to Immortals of Aveum.

We also talk briefly about the Super Mario Bros. Movie!

[News of the Week]

• Asteroid City trailer
• Zelda 10 minutes of gameplay + Final Trailer
• E3 2023 canceled
• Sony reportedly developing handheld for PS5 remote play
• Nintendo live event announced
• Redfall won’t run at 60 fps on console at launch (will be added in an update later)
• Ghostwire Tokyo adds Denuvo (DRM, anti-cheat software) to game on PC more than a year after release.
• Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League delayed to next year
• xDefiant actually exists
• Early previews of Disney Speedstorm
• There is a Vampire Survivors-like movie tie-in game for the Nicolas Cage vampire film Renfield
• Immortals of Aveum previews came out this week

[Games out this week]

• Minecraft Legends
• Wall World

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder (a work in progress, nothing is in order yet!!)]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Wild Hearts
4. Metroid Prime: Remastered
5. Like A Dragon Ishin
6. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
7. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Legend of Keepers
• Tetris 99
• Battlefield 2042
• Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Versus

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On this week’s episode, there’s a lot of news to dive into, including the latest on the Microsoft purchase of Activision/Blizzard, the latest preview coverage of Redfall, and GDC-related things. Also, we talk about the Diablo 4 open beta and how we’re getting back into Loop Hero!

[News of the Week]

• UK regulator now says Microsoft Activision merger won’t significantly lessen competition in console gaming
• Persona 5: The Phantom X is a mobile spinoff coming to iOS and Android
• Crash Team Rumble gets June release date, beta coming next month
• More Fire Emblem Engage DLC
• Counter Strike 2 coming this summer
• Redfall latest hands-on preview
• TMNT: The Last Ronin - a God of War-like game in the works
• Dune screenwriter to work on Gears of War film for Netflix
• GDC - State of Unreal
• Aaron’s Roblox experience

[Games out this week]

• Diablo 4 Open Beta
• Resident Evil 4 Remake
• Tchia
• Have a Nice Death

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder - A work in progress, nothing is in order yet!!!]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Wild Hearts
4. Metroid Prime: Remastered
5. Like A Dragon Ishin
6. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
7. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Loop Hero
• Fringe

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This week we talk about some of the latest gaming news before diving into our initial thoughts on the Exoprimal open beta. Then we give our top 5 picks for games we'd take to keep us entertained if we were stranded on a desert island.

[News of the Week]

• RIP Lance Reddick
• Hyper Light Breakers trailer, releasing this fall
• Ghostwire Tokyo coming to Xbox consoles next month, adds DLC
• Atlas Fallen preview
• House of the Gundead Arcade Cabinet
• Steam Sales Revealed!
• Super Meat Boy Spin-Off announced

[Games out this week]

• Exoprimal Open Beta
• Diablo 4 Closed Beta
• Vernal Edge

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder (a work in progress, nothing is in order yet!!!)]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Wild Hearts
4. Metroid Prime: Remastered
5. Like A Dragon Ishin
6. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
7. Hi-Fi Rush

[Features]

• Our picks for 5 great desert island games

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Last of Us finale
• So Close

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On this week’s episode, we talk about the Starfield delay, the Mario Bros. Movie final trailer and what we’ve been playing lately, including Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania and Like A Dragon: Ishin!

[News of the Week]

• Starfield direct set for June 11 - release date delayed to September
• PS5 firmware update
• PS6 may be planned for 2027
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League delayed
• Final Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer
• Capcom Spotlight Showcase
• Wild Hearts adds new monster to hunt
• Cities Skylines 2 Announced
• PS5 Discord integration
• Fortnite goes Cyberpunk

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder (a work in progress, nothing is in order yet)]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Wild Hearts
4. Metroid Prime: Remastered
5. Like A Dragon Ishin
6. Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
7. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• PsychOdyssey
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - Tower of Doom DLC
• Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
• Like A Dragon Ishin
• Attack on Titan

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On this week’s episode, we finally get around to talking about Metroid Prime Remastered, along with more talk about Wild Hearts. We also talk about the Final Fantasy 16 previews, and the latest setback for Beyond Good and Evil 2.

[News of the Week]

• Elden Ring DLC, “Shadow of the Erdtree” in development
• Final Fantasy 16 previews
• The Outer Worlds Spacer Choice Edition is an enhanced version
• Beyond Good and Evil 2 sees even more setbacks
• First Mario and Rabbits DLC pack drops
• Metroid fusion coming to Nintendo online
• Dead Space mod goes First Person
• Deep Rock Galactic creating a Vampire Survivors-like

[Games out this week]

• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
• Destiny 2 Lightfall - Breaks playercount records, but community is very torn on it

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder (a work in progress, nothing is final!)]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Wild Hearts
4. Metroid Prime: Remastered
5. Hi-Fi Rush

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Wild Hearts
• Metroid Prime: Remastered
• Sea of Stars Demo

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Last week, we totally forgot to even mention that it was our 100th episode, so we acknowledge that we’ve done more than 100 of these this week! Then there’s some news, a ton of new game releases, and a PlayStation State of Play to talk about!

[News of the Week]

• We forgot to mention last week was episode 100
• Nintendo offers free trial of Katamari Damacy reroll for Nintendo online subscribers
• Nintendo confirms it is skipping E3 this year
• No Man's Sky update
• Microsoft signs binding 10-year legal agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players, if Activision/Blizzard deal goes through
• Starfield showcase imminent
• EA Dice building another team to help make the next single player battlefield game
• Sons of the Forest
• Hollow Knight is 6 years old (2/24)! Mossbag video , Hallownest Map
• Pizza Tower

[Games out this week]

• Atomic Heart
• Like a Dragon: Ishin
• Metroid Prime Remastered (physical release)
• Kirby Return to Dream Land Deluxe
• Clive N Wrench
• Octopath Traveler 2
• Destiny 2 Lightfall (Feb. 28)
• Scars Above (Feb. 28)

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder] - (A work in progress, nothing is in order yet)

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Wild Hearts
4. Hi-Fi Rush
5. Metroid Prime: Remastered

[Features]

• PlayStation State of Play

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Wild Hearts
• PsychOdyssey
• Metroid Prime: Remastered

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This week’s episode covers so many games (and a little bit of news)! Zach has finished Fire Emblem Engage, Dead Space Remake, the Sea of Stars Demo, and started Wild Hearts. Meanwhile, Aaron has started Metroid Prime: Remastered!

This week also has a special topic, as we dig into our top 5 games we think need a sequel!

[News of the Week]

• Sony may be making PS5 Bluetooth earbuds
• Dead Island 2 to release a week earlier than expected
• Microsoft confirms game pass cannibalizes game sales
• Redfall’s physical release will include a download code instead of a disc
• Hyper Light Breakers shifts to procedural, open world rogue-like
• Minecraft AI
• PSVR 2 reviews are out

[Games out this week]

• Blanc
• Wanted Dead
• Tales of Symphonia Remastered
• Wild Hearts

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Wild Hearts
4. Hi-Fi Rush
5. Metroid Prime: Remastered

[Features]

• Our top 5 games in need of a sequel/ series in need of a comeback

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Sea of Stars Demo
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Dead Space Remake
• Wild Hearts
• Metroid Prime: Remastered
• Farscape
• Yes, Madam

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On this week’s episode, we go over the big announcements and shadow drops from the February 2023 Nintendo Direct. We also talk about the Dragon Age: Dreadwolf leaks and give impressions on the Dead Space Remake.

[News of the Week]

• The Last Case of Benedict Fox gets April 27 release date
• Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Leaks
• Nintendo Switch Surpasses PS4 and Game Boy to Become 3rd Best Selling Console of All Time
• Fast X trailer

[Games out this week]

• Hogwarts Legacy

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Dead Space Remake
3. Hi-Fi Rush

[Features]

• Nintendo Direct recap

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Dead Space Remake
• The Last of Us TV show
• Farscape
• Clarkson’s Farm

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On this week’s episode, we talk about the bad news for E3 2023, and a handful of live service games that are ending service this year. There’s also a crazy new artificial intelligence-driven Seinfeld parody channel on Twitch we have to talk about. And there’s more news and rumors out there about Starfield, Silksong and the upcoming Super Mario movie!

[News of the Week]

• Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo opt out of E3 2023
• Horizon multiplayer leak
• Starfield is reportedly playable from start to finish
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Delayed to April
• PlayStation Plus Collection discontinued
• Games ending service: Knockout City, Apex Legend mobile and Battlefield mobile, Rumbleverse, CrossfireX
• AI Seinfeld on Twitch - Nothing, Forever
• Silksong news?
• New mario movie commercial with DK

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder]

1. Fire Emblem Engage
2. Hi-Fi Rush
3. Dead Space Remake
4. Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
5. Item
6. Item
7. Item
8. Item
9. Item
10. Item

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Hi-Fi Rush
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Isekei animes

Aaron's Parting Wisdom - Paizo Humble Bundle

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On this week’s episode there are a lot of games out we have to talk about. But first, have a good amount of news to talk about. And of course, we have to talk about the Xbox developer direct!

[News of the Week]

• Crystal Dynamics to end support for Marvels Avengers in Sept. after one final update in March
• Next Steam World game is Steam World Build (demo is on Steam)
• Obsidian CEO says he wants to make another fallout before he retires
• Naughty dog may move on from uncharted and the last of us
• Mac Walters BioWare writer on Mass Effect, lead writer on ME2, and ME3 is leaving BioWare after 19 years
• Xbox blog post
• WotC lose
• Amazon is making a Tomb Raider Show

[Games out this week]

• Forspoken
• Hitman World of Assassination
• Dead Space Remake
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Goldeneye 007

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder]

• Fire Emblem Engage
• Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
• Dead Space Remake
• Hi-Fi Rush

[Features]

• Xbox developer showcase
  • Minecraft Legends - April 18
  • Forza Motorsport - coming in 2023
  • Hi-Fi Rush - available now
  • ESO Necrom expansion - coming in June
  • Redfall - May 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Fire Emblem Engage
• Pathfinder 2E
• Poker Face

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The first big game release of 2023 is Fire Emblem Engage, so we talk over some initial impressions. But firsts, we have to dig into the news of layoffs at Microsoft that has hit its gaming divisions.

[News of the Week]

• RIP Stadia officially
  • Enable Bluetooth on Stadia controller
• New Tron movie in the works
• Microsoft lays off 10,000 people, including people in its gaming divisions such as Xbox and Bethesda
• Xbox developer direct
• Starfield Release Date to be announced very soon according to Bethesda
• Games Workshop Story

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder]

• Fire Emblem Engage
• Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider?

[Features]

• Last of Us Episode 1

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Horizon Forbidden West
• Trigun Stampede
• Pathfinder 2E

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This week, we get excited about Xbox and Bethesda’s upcoming games showcases and talk through Ubisoft’s tough times.

[News of the Week]

• Xbox/Bethesda developer direct - a games showcase on Jan. 25
• Google to make Stadia controllers work as normal Bluetooth controllers
• Ubisoft cancels three unannounced games, delays Skull and Bones for a 5th time
• Dungeons and Dragons OGL Stuff
• Upcoming game: Ravenbound

[Games out this week]

• One Piece Odyssey
• Lone Ruin
• Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

[Game of the Year Watch/Top 10 Builder]

• Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider?

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Horizon Forbidden West
• Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes
• Overwatch 2
• AGDQ - BotW, Gungrave, Haiku the Robot
• New York Ninja

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On this week's episode of Starside Chat we discuss some of the latest games industry news before counting down our most anticipated games of 2023!

[News of the Week]

• Bethesda reaffirms Starfield will launch in the first half of 2023
• PlayStation 5 Passes 30 Million Units Sold, Shortage Essentially Over
• https://ign.com/articles/playstation-5-passes-30-million-units-sold-shortage-essentially-over
• Silksong News
• Leonardo
• Baba
• Vive XR Elite
• Lenovo Yoga Book 9i
• AGDQ2023

[Features]

• Our top 10 most anticipated games of 2023

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Sackboy a big adventure
• Fortnite
• Drawful 2
• Paul T. Goldman

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In keeping with our tradition on this show, the first episode of the year is our top ten episode! So we go over our picks for the top ten games we played in 2022!

[News of the Week]

• Digital Foundry confirms Nintendo had planned on releasing a Switch pro, but it has since been canceled

[Features]

• Our Top 10 games of the year!

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Death's Gambit Afterlife
• Glass Onion
• Spy X Family
• Chainsaw Man Manga

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On this week’s episode, we finally get around to our God of War Ragnarok ending spoilers discussion, and we decide which of the big three (Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft) won 2022 in a brief year in review discussion.

[News of the Week]

• God of War Ragnarok review bombing
• God of War TV series coming to Amazon
• Death standing movie in the works

[Games out this week]

• Grime console release + Colors of Rot DLC

[Features]

• God of War Ragnarok ending

[Year in Review]

Sony PlayStation 5/4

Notable Exclusives

• Horizon Forbidden West
• Gran Turismo 7
• Stray
• God of War Ragnarok
• Ghostwire: Tokyo
• Sifu (timed exclusive for Sony, did come out later on Switch, not Xbox)

Nintendo Switch

Notable Exclusives

• Pokemon Legends Arceus
• Pokemon Scarlet/Violet
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Mario Strikers Battle League
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Splatoon 3
• Bayonetta 3

Microsoft Xbox Series X/S

Notable Exclusives

• Somerville
• Pentiment
• Immortality
• Grounded
• As Dusk Falls
• Tunic (timed exclusive for Xbox, did come out for everything else later)

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Dead Cells
• Pentiment
• Islets
• Grime

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On this week's episode we recap the winners and the reveals at the Game Awards 2022! 

[News of the Week]

• Free DLC coming to Elden Ring
• CD Projekt Red kills Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mode
• Grime DLC and console drop happening on Dec. 15
• FTC blocks Microsoft's purchase of Activision
• Xbox to increase game prices to $70
• PS5 supply issues resolved

[Games out this week]

• Super Kiwi 64
• Chained Echoes
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
• Dragon Quest Treasures
• Wavetale
• Little Gator Game

[Features]

• The Game Awards

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Warhammer 40k Darktide
• Islets
• Fortnite

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On this week’s episode we talk about the new trailer for The Super Mario Bros. movie, some of the latest game releases and everything we have been playing and watching lately!

[News of the Week]

• God of War Ragnarok becomes Sony's fastest selling first party game ever
• Nintendo issues refunds for Pokemon Scarlet/Violet
• Second trailer for Mario movie
• The Witcher 1 remake will be open-world
• Overwatch 2 Season 2 begins Dec. 6, themed for Greek mythology
• Amnesia: The Bunker

[Games out this week]

• Marvel’s Midnight Suns
• The Callisto Protocol
• Warhammer 40K: Darktide

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Somerville
• Pentiment
• Haak
• Ghost Song
• Willow (TV)

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On this week’s podcast, we go through the Game Awards nominations and predict the winners. Then we dive into our thoughts on God of War Ragnarok so far. We haven’t finished the game yet, but we do give some minor spoilers for up to about halfway through the game.

[News of the Week]

• Horizon MMO in the works from the makers of Guild Wars
• New character in Dome Keeper
• Yuji Naka arrested for inside trading

[Games out this week]

• Somerville
• Pentiment
• Pokemon Violet and Scarlet

[Features]

• Game Awards nominations/predictions

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• God of War Ragnarok
• Bullet Train

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On this week’s episode, we go over some of the latest news before talking about our early impressions of God of War Ragnarok! We also talk briefly about Sonic Frontiers (neither of us have played it) and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (one of us has finished it!) and A Plague Tale Requiem (one of us has started it!).

[News of the Week]

• Game Awards set for December 8
• Sony announces PlayStation VR 2 price and release date
• Somerville, Ghost Song, Pentiment, Return to Monkey Island coming to Game Pass in Nov.
• Microsoft misses Xbox Game Pass subscriber target for second year in a row
• Sony loses 2 million subscribers since PlayStation online service revamp
• Mario and Rabbids season pass info
• Hideo Kojima game leaks
• Control 2
• Project: The Preceiver
• AGDQ Schedule Released

[Games out this week]

• Sonic Frontiers
• Ghost Song
• God of War Ragnarok

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• God of War Ragnarok
• Chainsaw Man / Mob Psycho 100 III
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Ghostbusters The Video Game Remastered
• Marvel Snap
• Overwatch 2
• Plague Tale Requiem

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Welcome to a very spooky, Halloween edition of Starside Chat! On this week’s episode, we talk about some of the Halloween-themed movies and games we’re into. Then we talk about some of the latest news. But the highlight this week is more impressions on Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and all the big news coming happening lately for fans of the Fallout franchise.

[News of the Week]

• The latest on the Bayonetta 3, Helena Taylor story
• Microsoft says consoles and services could see rate hike
• Fallout 4 getting a next-gen update on PS5, XBSX, PC
• A first look image of Amazon’s upcoming Fallout TV series
• Bethesda releases short video about the TV series
• Uncharted is Sony’s weakest PC launch so far (even behind Days Gone if you can believe it)
• Free Grime DLC called "Colors of Rot" and it'll be bundled in with the console versions of the game when they launch
• Somerville - releasing 11/15/22
• DnD movie toys

[Games out this week]

• Bayonetta 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Overwatch 2 Halloween Event

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• The Weird and Wonderful Fans STILL Playing Fallout 76
• Shibuya Halloween videos are crazy to see
  • Instagram account - Sibuya Meltdown

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On this week's episode, tons of new games are out, several were announced, and there are previews of upcoming games to be excited about. We talk go over some of the latest gaming news and get into early impressions of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. Zach gives final thoughts after finishing Ghostwire Tokyo. And we discuss the very mixed reviews of Gotham Knights.

[News of the Week]

• Bayonetta 3 voice actress roller coaster ride of a story
• MDA
• PlayStation 5 Dual Sense Edge controller
• Ys X was initially supposed to release this year
• Overwatch Halloween terror event
• Developers asking Microsoft to drop Series S requirement
• Silent Hill stuff
• Resident Evil Showcase
• God of War early impressions are very positive
• Gotham Knights reviews are not as positive

[Games out this week]

• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Persona 5 Royal
• A Plague Tale Requiem
• Gotham Knights

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• I finished Ghostwire Tokyo
• Luigi’s Mansion
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Cyberpunk

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On this week's episode we've really just been playing more Dome Keeper (and Zach talks more about Ghostwire Tokyo), so we cover some of the latest gaming news, including some recent releases. Then Aaron gives some recommendations for some new anime shows to watch this fall!

[News of the Week]

• Switch Sports update
• Update to Dome Keeper adds new modifier
• No Man's Sky switch launch coincides with Waypoint update
• Some new game
• Mine-Con Mob vote
• Meta Quest Pro
• Google Stadia’s exclusives abandoned
• Apple AR/VR Device details
• FFVII: First Soldier BR Shutting down
• Overwatch 2?

[Games out this week]

• Cultic: Chapter 1
• Scorn
• Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed
• Dragonball the breakers

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Fall anime season
• Ghostwire Tokyo

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On this week's episode we have to talk about the Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer Nintendo released. But first we get into the news about CD Projekt Red announcing new games in the Witcher and Cyberpunk franchises. We have also both been playing Dome Keeper, so we talk more about that game. And Zach has started playing the hidden gem Ghostwire Tokyo, and Aaron has found a new favorite menu item at Panda Express!

[News of the Week]

• Mario Movie Trailer
• CD Projekt Red announces new Cyberpunk, Witcher games
• The Outer Worlds Spacer Choice Edition for PS5/Xbox One X leaks
• TotK Statue
• Elle Fanning to star in next Kojima game (Tweet)
• Steam Deck Dock now available

[Games out this week]

• Overwatch 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Dome Keeper
• Spy X Family
• Ghostwire Tokyo

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On this week's episode we have to talk about the Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer Nintendo released. But first we get into the news about CD Projekt Red announcing new games in the Witcher and Cyberpunk franchises. We have also both been playing Dome Keeper, so we talk more about that game. And Zach has started playing the hidden gem Ghostwire Tokyo, and Aaron has found a new favorite menu item at Panda Express!

[News of the Week]

• Mario Movie Trailer
• CD Projekt Red announces new Cyberpunk, Witcher games
• The Outer Worlds Spacer Choice Edition for PS5/Xbox One X leaks
• TotK Statue
• Elle Fanning to star in next Kojima game (Tweet)
• Steam Deck Dock now available

[Games out this week]

• Overwatch 2

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Dome Keeper
• Spy X Family
• Ghostwire Tokyo

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It's officially fall! That means fall games season is upon us. So, this week we talk about some of the latest game releases and look ahead to what's coming in October. But first, we have to talk about Google's decision to shut down Stadia and even more GTA 6 leaks!

[News of the Week]

• Stadia to shut down, Google to refund hardware and software purchases
• GTA 6 leak
• Overwatch announces new character, season pass info

[Games out recently]

• Return to Monkey Island
• Shovel Knight Dig
• Death Loop (launches on Xbox)
• The Outbound Ghost
• Hardspace: Shipbreaker
• Trombone Champ

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Nintendo Online stuff
• Ender Lilies
• Dome Keeper
• Taskmaster

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We're back after a couple of weeks off, so this week's episode is jam packed! We briefly cover some news and the latest game releases, then we get into the Ubisoft Forward, Nintendo Direct and the PlayStation State of Play! Oh, and while we were away, we've been busy playing games that we're excited to talk about as well!

[News of the Week]

• Rayman joining the cast of Mario +Rabbids Sparks of Hope in DLC chapter
• EA partners with Koei Tecmo and Dynasty Warriors studio Omega Force for a new Monster Hunter-like hunting game set in fantasy-feudal Japan.
• CD Projeckt Red says it's “Totally, fully committed” to further development of the Cyberpunk IP
  • Phantom Liberty - the first and only planned DLC
• Babylon’s Fall developer announces it will terminate the game’s service in February 2023
• Sega announces 3 new Yakuza games
  • Ditches "Yakuza" name, will move forward as "Like a Dragon"

[Games out this week]

• Splatoon 3
• Disney Dreamlight Valley
• Steelrising
• The Last of Us Part 1 (Remake)

[Features]

• Ubisoft Forward
• Nintendo Direct
• PlayStation State of Play

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Grime
• Tinykin
• Shadow Warrior 3
• Steelrising
• Foundry

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On this week's episode, we talk pizza, the latest gaming news and get way too distracted talking about whether we should talk about Destiny 2 again. Then we finally get into the 2022 Gamescom Opening Night Live!

[News of the Week]

• New Steam mobile app coming
• Free ebook share’s Valve’s long term outlook for the Steam Deck
• Saints Row’s bad reviews
• Sakurai created a YouTube channel
• Netflix announces director, writer of upcoming Bioshock movie

Is it time to talk about Destiny again?

GAMESCOM

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• No Man’s Sky
• Westworld

Check out our latest videos!

• Introducing a new player to No Man's Sky in 2022!

• Introducing a new player to Minecraft in 2022!

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On this week's episode, we reminisce about the good ol days of Destiny 1 and lament that we never quite got as into Destiny 2. Then we talk about some of the latest gaming news and releases before looking ahead to the Fall video game release schedule.

We have also been playing a lot of No Man's Sky and Minecraft, so we talk about our adventures in those games as well!

[News of the Week]

• Embracer Group Acquires The Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, Seven Game Studios, And More
• Inflexion Games releases Dev-Diary for upcoming debut game “Nightingale”
• Destiny 2 Fortnite Crossover
• Dead Island 2 leak?
• High on Life Delayed
• Black Myth: Wukong new 8 Minute Trailer
• One DnD

[Games out this week]

• Rollerdrome
• Kirby’s Dream Buffet
• Cursed to Golf
• RPG Time the Legend of Wright
• Thymesia
• Saints Row (Aug. 23)

[Features]

• Gamescom show is Tuesday
• Fall video game releases

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Minecraft
• No Man’s Sky
• SpellJammer

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In this week's episode we talk about some interesting gaming-related news before talking about the hot new releases. Then we finally get around to giving our full thoughts on Stray. Zach is also recently obsessed with No Man's Sky, so he tries to pitch Aaron on why he should be playing it. Then Aaron teases Zach with a mystery movie he watched recently (spoilers it's Chungking Express), and they give their thoughts on it.

[News of the Week]

• Microsoft accused Sony of blocking games from coming to Game Pass
• PS Plus’ August offerings include several Yakuza games
• Metal Slug Tactics to release in 2023
• Forspoken Dialogue
• DBZ in Fortnite
• Squirrel with Gun - https://twitter.com/QuiteDan/status/1548443692268105728
• Stadia adds play from search

[Games out this week]

• Cult of the Lamb
• Tower of Fantasy

[Features]

• Stray

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• No Man's Sky
• Into the Breach
• Chungking Express

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We kick off this week's episode talking about games we wish we had finished, and reminiscing about games that have stuck with us. Then we get into some of the recent games industry news. Aaron gives a brief overview of his thoughts on Stray. Then talk about Into the Breach and No Man's Sky in the section on what we've been playing lately!

[News of the Week]

• Bloomberg reports the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic remake is delayed indefinitely.
• Lord of the Rings Gollum delayed “by a few months”
• Nintendo won’t be unveiling any new hardware this fiscal year
• Cyberpunk Anime
• Pokemon Presents Live Stream
• DeaDrop

[Features]

• Stray (Aaron’s Review)

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• What We Do in the Shadows
• No Man's Sky
• Into the Breach

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This week it's all news and discussion of the latest trailers and gameplay reveals!

[News of the Week]

• E3 officially coming back in 2023 according to ESA
• God of War Ragnarok gets release date of 11/9
• Forespoken delayed until January
• Bayonetta 3 gets October 28 release date
• Sega Genesis Mini 2 (exclusive to Amazon) goes up for preorder, with October 27 launch
• Nintendo buys Dynamo Pictures
• Skull and Bones reveal stream - Gameplay overview trailer
• RoboCop: Rogue City gameplay reveal trailer
• Stray Backpack

PlayStation releases a slew of new trailers

• Sea of Stars coming in 2023
• Inscryption announcement trailer
• Schim
• The Lord of the Rings: Gollum gameplay reveal trailer
• Steelrising gameplay trailer

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• The Orville
• The Rehearsal

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We recorded this episode before the long holiday weekend, but it's a fun one! We go over Nintendo's latest Direct in which they showed off a good lineup of games coming to the Switch!

[News of the Week]

• Xbox outsells PS5 in Japan for the first time
• SGDQ Highlights
• Sea of Stars - Delayed to 2023
• DoomRPG - Ported to Windows

[Games out this week]

• Cuphead DLC

[Features]

• Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase
  • Monster hunter rise sun break
  • Nier Automata: the end of yorha edition
  • Lorelei and the laser eyes
  • Super Bomberman R2
  • MegaMan Battle network
  • Pac-Man world Re-Pac
  • Blanc (February 2023)
  • Return to Monkey Island (2022)
  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope gameplay presentation (Oct. 20)
  • Little Noah Psion of paradise
  • Railgrade (coming this fall)
  • RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (Aug. 18)
  • Sonic Frontiers (this holiday)
  • Disney Dreamlight Valley (September 6 in early access)
  • Live Alive
  • Doraemon story of seasons: friends of the great kingdom
  • Minecraft legends
  • Dragon quest treasures (December 9)
    • Fire emblem three Hopes
    • No man's sky (Oct. 7)
    • A plague tale cloud version (Oct. 18)
    • Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions (July 28)
  • Portal companion collection (available now)
  • Harvestella (November 4)
  • Persona 5 Royal (October 21), persona 4 golden, persona 3 portable

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Stranger Things

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This week we talk about SGDQ, the latest game releases and how to get your hands on classic Hong Kong films that are hard to find in the west!

[News of the Week]

• From Software’s next project is in the final stages
• Chris Pratt describes his take on Mario as “Unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario world before.”
• Into the Breach Advanced Edition coming July 19
• Diluvian Ultra Trailer
• SGDQ Launches today!

[Games out this week]

• Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
• Shadow Run
• Fall Guys (F2P, on Switch)
• Sonic Origins
• Neon White

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• ESO: High Isle
• Twin Peaks
• Genshin Impact

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This week we talk about some of the smaller games we thought were interesting from "Fake E3."

[News of the Week]

• Mossbag Silksong Analysis vid
• More Starfield thoughts

[Games out this week]

• 20 Minutes Till Dawn ~ Early Access

[Fake E3 Recap]

• Time on frog island
• Passpartout 2
• Snacko
• Entropy centre
• The last faith
• Beyond sunset
• Snufkin
• Gloomwood
• Agent 64: Spies Never Die
• System Shock
• FF7: Rebirth

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• TMNT Shredder’s Revenge
• ESO: High Isle

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In this episode we recap everything shown at the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase!

We get hyped for Silksong and Starfield, two of our most anticipated games!

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In this episode we talk about day one of Summer Games Fest!

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On this week's episode we talk about the pre-Summer Games Fest announcements, including going over everything in the Sony State of Play, and we give our predictions of what we think we'll see announced once Summer Games Fest kicks off!

[News of the Week]

• Super Nintendo World to open in the US in early 2023
• Sonic Frontiers trailer and 7 minutes of gameplay
• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet gets a new trailer that unveils the two legendaries
• Dragon Age Dreadwolf is the name of the next game, announced in a blog post
• PlayStation State of Play

[Games out this week]

• Diablo Immortal

[Features]

• Summer Games Fest predictions

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On this week's episode, we talk about the latest gaming news and get excited for Summer Games Fest!

[News of the Week]

• NPD group reveals the most played games from Q1 2022
• Sony announces upcoming TV shows
• Sony to bring more games to PC
• Summer Games Fest latest
• Preview of the upcoming Gollum game makes it sound not great
  • Releasing on September 1, switch version planned for later
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• PSVR2 Showcase on June 2nd
• Fake E3 press conference schedule
• Willow

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Switch Sports
• Tunic
• Death’s Door
• Stranger Things

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In this episode we finally have our hands on a Steam Deck, so we give our initial impressions on it. But before that we go over some interesting news items. We also delve into a number of games we've been playing!

[News of the Week]

• Microsoft making a Chromecast-like streaming stick for games
• Gotham Knights canceled PS4, Xbox One versions, releases gameplay demo video
• Shepard back in Mass Effect 4?
• Dead Space remake gets January 27, 2023 release date
• PlayStation unveils more games that will be available on Its new subscription service
• Multiversus Previews
• Norman Reedus says they just started working on Death Stranding 2
• Zenless Zone Zero

[Features]

• **Steam Deck first impressions!**

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Trek to Yomi
• ME1
• Tunic
• Citizen Sleeper
• Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers
• Haiku, the robot (completed)
• Baba is You
• Spy x Family

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On this week's episode we finally talk about Vampire Survivors, plus Aaron has played Haiku the Robot, so he gives his initial impressions of that game. But first, there's a bunch of interesting video game news items to talk about!

[News of the Week]

• Sifu gets roadmap, adding difficulty settings, to coincide with physical release in May
• Xbox and Bethesda showcase set for June 12
• Souls-like action RPG Thymesia gets August 9 release date, steam demo
• Starfield latest:
  • Allegedly former Bethesda employee talks about Starfield
• Summer Games Fest officially announced for June 9
• Embracer Group purchases three Square Enix studios and several franchises
• Silksong news (kind of)
• Golf thing

[Games out this week]

• Rogue Lords
• Switch Sports
• Trek to Yomi
• Loot River

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Vampire Survivors
• Star Renegades
• Haiku, the robot
• Old Enough (Netflix)

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This week we talk about the latest gaming-related headlines, plus recent releases MythForce and Shattered: Tale of the Forgotten King. But before that, I (Zach) have finished Elden Ring and started Tunic, so we talk about both of those games!

[News of the Week]

• Sony invests $1 billion in Epic Games
• Sony/Microsoft to add ads to free to play games
• CD Project Red says there’s still working on Cyberpunk 2077 and expansions are still on the way
• Kingdom Hearts 4 revealed
• Next Mass Effect enters development
• Paper Cut Mansion looks to combine paper Mario with Luigi's mansion
• Haiku, the robot releases next week on steam
• Halo Infinite is receiving a semi-Battle Royale type mode
• Overwatch 2 Beta is happening this week

[RUMORS]

• PlayStation buying FromSoftware
• PlayStation accidentally suggests its buying Kojima Productions. Kojima Productions seems to indicate it’s true, then says it isn’t true…
• Nintendo adding Gameboy, Gameboy Color and GBA games to Nintendo Online

[Games out this week]

• Shattered: Tale of the Forgotten King
• Myth Force

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Moon Knight
• The Batman
• Tunic

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This week we talk about Sony's new subscription service tiers. But before that we talk about some of the more interesting video game-related news over the last couple of weeks, including Nintendo delaying the sequel to Breath of the Wild, the announcement of a new Monkey Island game and a new game in the Hyper Light Drifter universe.

[News of the Week]

• PlayStation buys Jade Raymond’s new studio Haven Studios
• CD Projekt Red confirms new Witcher game in the works, will use Unreal Engine 5
• Breath of the wild 2 delayed to 2023
• Hyper Light Breakers + Netflix show
• E3 canceled, coming back in 2023 supposedly
• Microsoft to announce game pass family plan
• A Short Hike receive unofficial online multiplayer mod
• Nobody saves the world coming to PS4/5 April 14
• FromSoftware wants to work with Brandon Sanderson, who says he has a souls/borne pitch
• New Monkey Island game in the works

[Features]

• Sony announces new subscription service tiers

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Elden Ring
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Severance
• Disco Elysium

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This week we discuss initial impressions for Tunic, a new Zelda/Souls-like game, and the information revealed during the Hogwarts Legacy State of Play, and we talk about the Starfield information given during Bethesda's latest video. And as usual, we get sidetracked talking more about Elden Ring, which we continue to not be able to get enough of.

[News of the Week]

• Bioware hires YouTuber to work on next Mass Effect
• Super Nintendo World to open at Universal Studios Hollywood next year
• Into the Starfield Episode 2: Made for Wanderers
• Elden Ring patch notes
• From software may expand Elden Ring beyond games
• Hogwarts Legacy State of Play

[Games out this week]

• Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
• Tunic
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC courses

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Tunic
• Elden Ring

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We may never be done talking about Elden Ring. We're definitely turning a corner on our first real experience with a souls/borne game. But before we get back to talking about it, we go over some recent news and talk about Sony's most recent State of Play!

[News of the Week]

• F-Zero X coming to switch online
• Amazon working on a God of War live action series by creators of The Expanse show
• Forespoken delayed to October
• Nintendo delays advanced wars remake indefinitely
• Stadia news:
  • Games coming to the platform: City Skylines, Overcooked: All You Can Eat, and Golf with your Friends
  • Stadia expected to be at the Google For Games Developer Summit on March 15
• Steam Deck runs Windows Now
• Overwatch 2 beta

[Games out this week]

• Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok DLC
• Have A Nice Death (early access)
• Paradise Killer comes to PS4/5 and Xbox consoles (March 16)
• Tunic (March 16)
• Stranger of paradise: final fantasy origin (March 18)

[Features]

• PlayStation State of Play

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Getsufumaden Undying Moon
• Elden Ring
• Unraid

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On this week's episode we dive deeper into Elden Ring! But first we discuss the latest news.

[News of the Week]

• Pokémon Scarlet And Pokémon Violet Revealed Alongside First Look At Starters, Releasing Late 2022
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus Daybreak Update Announced, Available Later Today
• Young Souls (former Stadia exclusive) releasing on PC and console this month
• Young Souls, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Far Changing Tides coming to Game Pass this month
• Call of Duty taking a year off for the first time in 17 years
• Amazon Luna now available for Prime subscribers
• Ghostwire Tokyo gets free visual novel prequel
• Epic games buys Bandcamp
• Crowsworn Trailer
• Brutal Hell Royale

[Games out this week]

• Shadow Warrior 3
• Dawn of Monsters

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Elden Ring
• Drive my Car
• Our Flag Means Death
• Kirby Demo
• Stargate SG-1

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This is a big episode, because both the Steam Deck and Elden Ring are now out in the wild. Well, sort of in the case of the Steam Deck. The reviews and unboxing videos are out there. And Zach has put in more time with Horizon Forbidden West, and Aaron has finished Hollow Knight and started Elden Ring. We talk about it all on this week's episode of Starside Chat!

NOTE: As of this recording, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet had not yet been announced. We'll talk about it on the next episode!

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On this week's episode of Starside Chat, we briefly touch on our interest level in the new Uncharted movie (now that it's out) and talk about how much we love the classic Sci-Fi TV show Farscape. But then we get into the latest gaming news before diving into the big new patch 1.5 for Cyberpunk 2077 and the latest trailers Nintendo showed off in its latest Direct.

As of this recording, Zach has only briefly started Horizon Forbidden West, so he gives some brief, initial impressions. We'll talk more about it on the next podcast!

[News of the Week]

• Bandai Namco to Spend $130 Million on a Metaverse Project
• Netflix making a Bioshock movie
• Nintendo to shut down WiiU and 3DS eShops
• Walton Goggins to star in Amazon's Fallout show

[New Games out]

• Next Gen Versions of Cyberpunk 2077
• Sifu
• Horizon Forbidden West

[Features]

• Nintendo Direct
  • Fire Emblem Warriors 2
  • Advanced Wars (April release date)
  • No Man’s Sky coming to switch this summer
  • Mario Strikers Battle League
  • Splatoon 3 (Summer 2022)
  • Front Mission 1 remake
  • Disney Speedstorm (coming this summer)
  • The Force Unleashed coming to Switch
  • Assassin’s Creed the Ezio trilogy
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance
  • Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers edition
  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land (March 25)
  • MLB The Show 22
  • Klonoa
  • Portal: Companion Collection
  • Live A Live (July 2022)
  • Nintendo Switch Sports (April 29)
  • Triangle Strategy
  • Metroid Dread update (basically a hard mode and an easy mode)
  • Earthbound and earthbound beginnings on Nintendo online later today
  • Remastered tracks coming to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (48 courses as paid DLC, or free with Nintendo online)
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (September 2022)

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Hellblade
• A Plague Tale
• Hollow Knight (continued)

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We're back with a long list of very intriguing video games industry news items to talk about this week, along with a few games we've been playing!

[News of the Week]

Sony news:

• Sony buys Bungie
  • PlayStation to launch more than 10 live service games by 2026
• Sony cuts PS5 sales forecast by millions of units due to ongoing supply shortages

Nintendo earnings call:

• Nintendo says Switch in “middle of its lifecycle” after sales surpass the Wii
• Nintendo says it won’t compete with Microsoft and Sony in the acquisition arms race
• Breath of the wild sequel, still on track for 2022

Steam Deck orders open Feb. 25

Stadia news:

• Stadia says another 100+ games coming to the platform in 2022
• Google reportedly more focused on licensing streaming tech to companies than the consumer side of Stadia

EA announces 3 new Star Wars games:

• Respawn Entertainment developing next Jedi: Fallen Order game
• Respawn also working on a Star Wars first-person shooter
• Bit Reactor (XCOM developer) working on a Star Wars game to be produced by Respawn

New game announcements/trailers:

• Yacht Club Games unveils next game - Mina the Hollower
• Ghost Wire Tokyo new gameplay trailer
• GTA VI is in development
• Apex Legends new game mode: Control

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Hollow Knight
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• Pokemon Legends Arceus
• Death’s Gambit Afterlife

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We were excited to talk about our top 5 most anticipated games of 2022 this week, but then Microsoft dropped a bombshell piece of news we couldn't ignore. So, we talk about Microsoft buying Activision/Blizzard, and then we go through our most anticipated games of the year. But first we talk about what we've been playing and that includes the game everyone is talking about - "Nobody Saves the World."

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
• Bloodstained Ritual of the Night
• Nobody Saves the World

[News of the Week]

• Microsoft buys Activision/Blizzard for nearly $68.7 Billion

[Features]

• Our Top 5 Most Anticipated Games of 2022

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We're back for our first episode of 2022! This week we have a little bit of news to get to, and then we're counting down our top 10 games of 2021!

[News of the Week]

• Sounds like E3 is dead
• New Mario Kart, new twist
• Stadia Makers Program confirmed to be “still active,” with the company working on new ways to offer developers “unique value” from the program.
  • New Kirby and the Forgotten Land gameplay trailer: https://youtu.be/RiPcRCWzcGo - 3/25/22
• New Pokemon Legends Arceus footage
• Play Captain Toad Treasure Tracker free for a limited time with Switch Online
• Starfield Watch

[Features]

• Top 10 Games of the Year!

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Cyberpunk
• Wordle
• Super Metroid
• Ori
• Beyond a Steel Sky

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This week we're recapping the Game Awards and going over all the big reveals. 

We did get sidetracked at one point talking about a bizarre Bloodborne-style game featuring Pinocchio, called "Lies of P." Watch the trailer along with us.

[News of the Week]

• Tunic gets March 16 release date
• Destiny 2’s The Dawning holiday event is now live
• Animal Royale is now on Stadia, season 2 begins
• Inscryption adds a free roguelike expansion

[Games out this week]

• The Gunk

[Features]

• The Game Awards Winners

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Tales of Arise
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Halo Infinite Campaign
• Cyberpunk 2077

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On this week's Episode of Starside Chat, we talk about Sony's rumored game service to rival Microsoft's Game Pass. We discuss a few other little news items and then we talk about our early impressions of Solar Ash (the new game from the developer of Hyper Light Drifter).

Then we talk about what we expect to see revealed at the Game Awards!

[News of the Week]

• PlayStation Plans New Service to Take On Xbox Game Pass
• Microsoft rumored to be working on handheld console
• Qualcomm plans new gaming handheld
• 343 working to add Fiesta, Swat and Free-for-all playlists to Halo Infinite multiplayer before end of year
• Pixel Watch 2022
• Starfield Theory

[Games out this week]

• Solar Ash

[Features]

• Predicting reveals at the Game Awards

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Expanse Season 5
• Minecraft: Caves and Cliffs Part 2

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On this week's episode of Starside Chat, we talk about our early experiences with the Halo Infinite multiplayer. Zach gives his early impressions with Battlefield 2042, and a brief review of the new Stadia, timed-exclusive Wavetale. And we run down the list of nominations for this year's Game Awards, with our predictions for which games will win!

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Lots of news this week, including the Elden Ring gameplay trailer. Plus we talk more Metroid Dread and other games we've been playing! [News of the Week]

Uncharted Trailer Haunted Chocolatier GTA trilogy coming in November Death's Door coming to Switch and PlayStation November 23 Elden Ring Gameplay preview Metaverse - John Carmac - Oculus PlayStation State of Play

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

Metroid Dread Lost in Random Cruis’n Blast Tales of Arise Dune Free Guy

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We're back! The Fall games season is upon us and there's so many games to talk about! So we're keeping the news section short and spending the majority of the episode talking about the games we've been playing! We've both put in some time on Metroid Dread and Eastward, and Zach talks about his early experiences playing New World (political intrigue is afoot).

[News of the Week]

• Animal Crossing 2.0 + DLC + Nintendo Online Pricing

[Stadia Pro games for October]

• Control Ultimate Edition
• Mafia 3: Definitive Edition
• Hello Engineer - Early Access
• DreamWorks Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure
• Cake Bash

[PlayStation Plus games for October]

• Hell Let Loose
• PGA Tour 2k21
• Mortal Kombat X

[Xbox Games with Gold for October]

• Aaero (Xbox One)
• Hover (Xbox One)
• Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (360 game playable via backwards compatibility)
• Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

[Features]

• Metroid Dread
• New World

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Eastward
• Battlefield 2042 Beta
• Halo Infinite Multiplayer Beta
• Destiny 2: Festival of the Lost (Halloween Event)
• Rogue Lords

Aaron's Parting Wisdom

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In this episode, we talk about the recent Nintendo Direct and Sony PlayStation Showcase!

We also talk about some of the hot new releases in Deathloop and Eastward!

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Starside Chat Episode 051

Aaron is out this week, so Zach tries his hand at a solo podcast.

In this episode, Zach gives a brief review of Psychonauts 2, and talks about the metroidvania-style game, Grime!

Then, he runs down the fairly lengthy list of games coming out in September! There's a lot to be excited about this month! Plus, he looks ahead to games coming the rest of this year!

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Gamesom 2021 happened this last week, and a lot of games announced official release dates. So we talked about those games. Plus, a crazy looking new game called DokeV got announced, and Bethesda released a few videos covering locations you'll be able to explore in their upcoming spacefaring RPG, Starfield!

Oh, and we have been busy playing games, making videos about them, and watching a few TV shows. We cover it all in episode 050 of Starside Chat!

[News of the Week]

• Destiny 2 DLC The Witch Queen coming Feb. 22
• Microsoft’s Xbox showcase:
  • xCloud to bring next gen games to last gen hardware with Game Pass Ultimate
• Call of Duty Vanguard
• Halo Infinite release date announced - December 8
• Riders Republic - Open beta on PC and console
• Sifu release date announced Feb. 22, 2022
• Horizon Forbidden West release date - Feb. 18, 2022
• New Saints Row coming in February as well
• DokeV
• Starfield Information

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Psychonauts 2
• Dreamscaper
• Splitgate
• Young Souls
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Jungle Cruise (Movie)
• Wellington Paranormal (comedy TV show)

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[News of the Week]

• Stadia now works on new Chromecast with Google TV and other Android TV set-top boxes
• Google holds Stadia keynote about how it plans to attract games and publishers to the platform

• Microsoft’s xCloud streaming service now available on iOS and PC for Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers

  • Stadia vs Xbox Cloud Gaming
  • Netflix to add game streaming to service
  • Sony buys Housemarque
  • Ghost wire Tokyo delayed from October 2021 release to early 2022
  • Casey Hudson, formerly of Bioware, creates new studio, announces new IP.
  • EA Play shows Battlfield 2042 Portal

  • Nintendo Switch OLED model (costs $350)

  • No Bluetooth support

  • No 4k or HDR support from the dock
  • No fast charging or extended battery life

  • Valve announces Steam Deck handheld, starting at $400

  • Basically a small PC

  • They talked about cloud saves, allowing you to start on PC and pick up where you left off on the Steam Deck
  • Suspend mode coming too
  • Battery life = 2-8 hours
  • Dock coming, will be sold separately (can use any other dock)

  • Tom Clancy's xDefiant coming soon

  • Free to play first person multiplayer shooter that combines all of Tom Clancy's big franchises

  • Will have cross play and is out for literally everything including streaming service like Stadia and Luna
  • Seems like an Overwatch competitor

[Features]

• Mid-year top games

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Zach’s Mystery
• Chivalry 2
• Overboard
• Griftlands
• Ys 9
• Fast 9

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Starside Chat Episode 048

In this week's episode, we recap the big news from the shows at E3/Summer Games Fest 2021!

This one's a long episode because there's lots to cover.

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Starside Chat Episode 047

On this week's episode we talk what we've been playing (including Biomutant, Scarlet Nexus Demo, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order), and then we deep dive the schedule for E3 and the Summer Games Fest to speculate on what we might see and what we hope to see.

It's a long episode this week because there's lots to cover!

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Starside Chat - Episode 046

We're back again! And it's very exciting because one of us now has a PS5. So we get to talk about the new console, give some early impressions, and talk games... lots of game. Also, we give some brief, belated thoughts on the Mortal Kombat movie.

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Starside Chat Episode 045

[News of the Week]

• Niantic partners with Nintendo on a new AR game in the Pikmin franchise
• Xbox adds 20 Bethesda games to Game Pass
  • Xbox confirms it will have a summer event and Bethesda is “heavily involved.”
• Starfield may come out in 2021
• The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos
• CD Projekt Red announces Patch 1.2 to address major issues
• Fallout 76 unveils update plans through rest of 2021
• Ghost of tsushima getting a movie adaptation by director of John Wick
• The Day Mario Dies

[Features/What We're Playing and Watching]

• Loop Hero
• Geoguesser
• Persona 5 Strikers

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Starside Chat Episode 044

Wouldn't you know it? As soon as we recorded this episode an announcement dropped that Watchdogs Legion was delaying its cooperative mode indefinitely. So we didn't reference that news while discussing the upcoming cooperative mode.

[News of the Week]

• Watch dogs Legion cooperative mode unveiled (now delayed indefinitely)
• Vampire the Masquerade delayed
• Nintendo Switch turns 4
• Nintendo Switch Pro

[Features]

• Playstation State of Play - FF7 Remake DLC
• Pokémon Direct

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Outriders Demo
• Ghosts n' Goblins Resurrected
• Pixel Junk Raiders
• Loop Heroes

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Starside Chat Episode 043 We recorded this episode over the weekend but release got delayed a bit, so when we reference Outrider's demo releasing "next week," we mean this week. Otherwise, we discuss some of the recent news in gaming and entertainment. We give some thoughts on the announcements during last week's Nintendo Direct. And finally we get into what we've been playing. [News of the Week] Mortal Kombat 2021 trailer Little Nightmares 2 is the last game in the series, but namco could continue it. Outriders developer releases demo details ahead of next week’s launch Microsoft to hold event about Bethesda next month Destiny expanding to other media? Valheim   [Features] Nintendo Direct 2-17-21The list of announcements

[What We’re Playing/Watching] Little Nightmares 2 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Olija Persona 5 Strikers Stardew Valley 1.5 Wanda Vision

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This week we're finally listing our top 10 games of 2020. We're also looking ahead and briefly talking about what games we're anticipating in 2021. We don't discuss any gaming-related news this week because there are too many games to talk about!   Give us a rating, and let us know what your top games of 2020 are!

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We're finally back! 2020 has been a year huh?  Cyberpunk 2077 is out and there's plenty of good and bad to say about it, so this week we're diving in with initial impressions! After that we get into some of the other things we've been playing this year including Watchdogs Legion, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Hades. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! Don't ask why the episode number jumped from 39 to 41, it's not important...

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It's been a while huh? But we're finally back, this time to discuss the latest gaming news and get caught up on what we've been watching and playing lately (which is a lot)!    [News of the Week] Microsoft inside Xbox stream Mass effect remastered? Unreal engine 5 running on PS5 Paper Mario - The Origami King Ghost of Tsushima   [What We’re Playing/Watching] West World 3 Upload Red Dwarf Scrap Mechanic Final Fantasy 7 Remake GTA5 is free on Epic Game Store???

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We're behind (I'm also releasing this episode later than intended), but on this week's episode of Starside Chat, we discuss the 2019 Game Awards and what we've been playing and watching lately! We're hoping to do a top 5 games of 2019 episode in the near future so stay tuned, and give us your top 5 in the comments! [News of the Week] Bioware plans a complete overhaul for Anthem Stadia is out, but it’s getting bad reviews Half Life: Alyx (March 2020)    [Features]   The Game Awards 2019 Nominations - this isn't the complete list, just the ones we found most interesting. Game of the year:   Control Death Stranding Resident Evil 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - WINNER Super Smash Bros. Ultimate The Outer Worlds   Action Game   Apex Legends Astral Chain Call of Duty Modern Warfare Devil May Cry 5 - WINNER Gears 5 Metro Exodus   Action/Adventure Game   Borderlands 3 Control Death Stranding Resident Evil 2 The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - WINNER   Family Game   Luigi’s Mansion 3 - WINNER Ring Fit Adventure Super Mario Maker 2 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Yoshi’s Crafted World   Fighting Game   Dead or Alive 6 Jump Force Mortal Kombat 11 Samurai Showdown Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - WINNER Fresh Indie Game (Recognizing a new independent studio that released its first game in 2019)Za/Um - Disco Elysium - WINNER Nomada Studio - Gris Deadtoast Entertainment - My Friend Pedro Mobius Digital - The Outer Wilds Mega Crit - Slay the Spire House House - Untitled Goose Game   Game Direction   Control Death Stranding - WINNER Resident Evil 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice The Outer Wilds   Independent Game   Baba is You Disco Elysium - WINNER Katana Zero The Outer Wilds Untitled Goose Game   Multiplayer Game   Apex Legends - WINNER Borderlands 3 Call of Duty Modern Warfare Tetris 99 Tom Clancy’s The Division 2   Narrative   A Plague Tale: Innocence Control Death Stranding Disco Elysium - WINNER The Outer Worlds   Ongoing Game   Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite - WINNER Rainbow Six Siege   Performance   Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb in The Outer Worlds Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden in Control Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz in Gears 5 Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff in Death Stranding - WINNER Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling in Control Norman Reedus as Sam in Death Stranding   Role Playing Game   Disco Elysium - WINNER Final Fantasy XIV Kingdom Hearts 3 Monster Hunter World: Iceborne The Outer Worlds   Score and Music   Cadence of Hyrule Death Stranding - WINNER Devil May Cry 5 Kingdom Hearts 3 Sayonara Wild Hearts   Art Direction   Control - WINNER Death Stranding Gris Sayonara Wild Hearts Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening   Audio Design   Call of Duty Modern Warfare - WINNER Control Death Stranding Gears 5 Resident Evil 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Community Support (outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness)Apex Legends Destiny 2 - WINNER Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Rainbow Six Siege   eSports Game of the Year   Counter Strike Global Offensive Dota 2 Fortnite League of Legends - WINNER Overwatch   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Death Stranding Pokemon Sword and ShieldDespite controversy, has broken a Nintendo launch weekend sales record with 6 million units sold worldwide. Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Minecraft Earth

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We've been away for too long, but we're back! And in this episode of Starside Chat, we discuss a couple of the BlizzCon 2019 announcements. We also talk about the mixed reception Death Stranding seems to be getting, and the leaked Pokemon Sword and Shield Pokedex. Then we talk about what we'd like to see Bungie change for Destiny 3. We go over the latest games we've been playing: Link's Awakening, The Outer Worlds, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Ring Fit Adventure.   [News] BLIZZCON 2019 (01:20) Game informer’s gameplay video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdhoV9pG5t0&feature=youtu.be Diablo 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DFgQ81vzGg&feature=youtu.be Overwatch 2: https://starsidecafe.com/2019/11/01/overwatch-2-officially-announced-at-blizzcon-2019/ DEATH STRANDING getting mixed reviews (also coming out on PC next year) - (10:22) POKEMON SWORD AND SHIELD Pokedex leaked (18:44): https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/4/20947933/pokemon-sword-shield-full-pokedex-cut-pokemon-nintendo-switch-game-freak

[It’s Time to Talk About Destiny Again] (23:50) Shadowkeep What we want Bungie to do with Destiny 3   [What We've Been Playing] Link’s Awakening (42:40) - https://youtu.be/z1TGoeMhfkU The Outer Worlds (44:44) - https://youtu.be/fISJpfFhh2k Luigi’s Mansion 3 (49:56) Impressions video - https://youtu.be/5k6Q1ehzxuE ScareScraper Guide - https://youtu.be/wp0lkn5VGHg

Ring Fit Adventure (52:06)   [Games Coming Out in November] (57:20)     Death Stranding Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Pokemon Sword and Shield

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Today we're recapping the most interesting bits of info from Gamescom 2019!   Nintendo Indie World Showcase Eastward Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition Hotline Miami Collection Superhot Risk of Rain 2 Torchlight 2 Dungeon Defenders Earthnight Freedom Finger Skater XL Skellboy The Touryst Youropa

Inside Xbox New controllers coming this fall New Gears 5 themed Xbox One X coming Gears 5 Horde Mode Metro Exodus Two Colonels Destiny 2 Shadowkeep   Google Stadia Connect Cyberpunk 2077 Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Kine Darksiders Genesis Orcs Must Die 3 - Exclusive to Stadia Windjammers 2 Destroy All Humans Mortal Kombat 11 Superhot Farming Simulator 19 Samurai Shodown Grid Doom Eternal Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle ESO - Elsweyr Borderlands 3 Watchdogs Legion   RTX: MINECRAFT

Gamescom Opening Night Live Gears 5 story cinematic trailer Comanche DCL the game Need for Speed Heat Kerbal Space Program 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) 2020 Little Nightmares 2 (2020 - PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch) Predator Hunting Grounds (PS4 - 2020) Monster Hunter World Iceborne The Cycle Life is Strange 2 Humankind (2020) Borderlands 3 Everspace 2 (2021 - PS4, Xbox One, PC) The Witcher 3 on Switch FIFA 20 Disintegration (PS4, PC, Xbox One - 2020) Darksiders Genesis (PC, PS4, Xbox One) Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Season of the Undying (Oct. 1) Remothered Broken Porcelain Magic the Gathering Arena Erica Port Royale 4 Iron Harvest Call of Duty Modern Warfare Death Stranding

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We haven’t recorded a Starside Chat in awhile because we stopped to focus on E3, then took a bit of a break. But today we’re doing our belated E3 2019 wrap show complete with our top 5 games at E3! We also name the Game of the Show, we name the winner of E3 2019, we talk about the worst things at E3, and we give our early dark horse candidates for game of the year! It’s a packed show, so settle in cause Starside Chat is back!   Top 5 Games at E3 (01:10)   Honorable Mentions (37:00)   Game of Show (42:04)   Who Won E3 2019? (44:42)   Worst of E3 2019 (51:05)   Early Game of the Year Candidates (54:05)   Watch our E3 2019 video recaps! - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaGgQdjLxC9Ft0TtrpPbf7sSeiq9fh-vn

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We sat down to discuss the top 5 things we're most looking forward to finding more out about at E3 2019.   Are you as excited about E3 as we are? Let us know what you're looking forward to seeing in the comments, or send us an email at starsidecafe@gmail.com   Follow our YouTube channel, and follow us on Twitter @starsidecafe for more on E3 2019!

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We're back with another week of news and we discuss what we've been playing and watching - in particular we give a brief review of the Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie and explain why the last season of Game of Thrones is such a failure. Zach also explains why he's enjoying Shakedown Hawaii and Aaron has finally started playing Uncharted 4! [News of the Week] Free PS Plus Play Pack for Apex Legends (03:35) Microsoft and Sony are teaming up for the future of gaming (08:55) Red Dead 2 Online Exits Beta with a huge update (15:10) Skull and Bones delayed again (no earlier than April 2020) - and will NOT be at E3 (19:20) Games confirmed for E3 2019: (21:41)  Cyberpunk 2077 Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Halo Infinite Stadia?

Ubisoft reveals The Division 2 did not meet sales expectations (30:55)  Price drops on Anthem, Division 2 and Days Gone

Kung Fury 2 (34:10) Play Date (36:49) Oculus Quest released on Tuesday! (40:01) Minecraft Earth (40:55)   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Detective Pikachu (47:30) Barry (51:54) Westworld Season 3 Trailer (52:37) What We Do in the Shadows Season 1 (55:39) Game of Thrones Season 8 - It’s over - Finale set a viewership record (59:13) Change.org petition to remake season 8

Shakedown Hawaii (01:07:24) Uncharted 4 (01:09:47)   Let us know if you agree or disagree with us about anything we discussed either in the comments below, or @starsidecafe on Twitter, or send us an email at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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We're a little bit late on this, but this week we're discussing Avengers Endgame!  We discuss what we liked, what we didn't like, and our thoughts on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.   Let us know what you thought of Avengers Endgame and what are your predictions for the future of the MCU?

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We may be anxiously anticipating Avengers: End Game, but we're making time to discuss the latest video game, TV and movie news!   [News of the Week] New details about the PS5 Discless Xbox one S coming in May Low-Cost Nintendo Switch might arrive in June But no higher end model Mario Kart Tour Closed Beta Test coming to Android May 22nd - June 4th (official launch “summer 2019” - same release window as Dr. Mario World)Sign up here - https://mariokarttour.com/en-US Surprise Direct! Smash Update Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Scramble Fallen Order Reveal Trailer Rise of Skywalker Reveal Trailer Live action Minecraft movie coming out in 2022 - Aaron’s Minecraft Declaration! Master Chief Anthem Update:now possible to choose new contracts directly from the mission selection screen ability to access the Forge during missions. new stronghold called Sunken Cell More bug fixes, balance changes, and new masterwork components Bioware also pushed back items on the roadmap, including the first cataclysm, in order to focus on bug fixes and quality of life improvements.   [This Week’s New Releases] SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech (Switch) – April 25 BoxBoy + BoxGirl (Switch) – April 26 Days Gone (PS4) – April 26 Super Meat Boy Forever (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, iOS, Android) – April 26   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Game of Thrones? What we do in the Shadows Barry Season 2 Cobra Kai Season 2 Katana Zero

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This week was light on gaming news, so we discussed a slew of new movie and TV show trailers! We also briefly discuss the rumors for the next Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs 3!   [News of the Week] Hot new trailersThe Dead Don’t Die Too Old to Die Young Joker My Spy Stuber Weathering With You Cowboy Bebop casting news Next Assassin’s Creed with be about Vikings Watch Dogs 3 to be set in London Star Wars Celebration starts Thursday (Ep IX Trailer? and Fallen Order Live Stream) Secret Nintendo Direct on Thursday as well?   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Baba is You Satisfactory Enter the Gungeon: A Farewell to Arms Barry Season 2   Follow us on Twitter: @starsidecafe Send us an email at starsidecafe@gmail.com with questions, comments or discussion topics and we may read them on the next episode!

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This week we're going over all the news including Sony's first State of Play stream. We're also discussing Bethesda's new mobile game "Elder Scrolls Blades."   [News of the Week] TOP STORY: Hyper Light Drifter Animated Series in the Works Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines is getting a sequel 15 years later Apple announces Arcade 2 new switch models to be announced this year PlayStation State of Play announcements (lots of VR! No Man’s Sky VR!!)Iron Man VR Concrete Genie Five Nights at Freddy’s VR PlayStation VR support coming along with a new update No Man’s Sky Beyond Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled ReadySet Heroes (The Gambit of Dungeon Crawlers?) New Divinity game announced, Divinity Fallen Heroes From Software working with George RR Martin on a new game CD Projekt Red teasing that this year's E3 will be the most important yet for them Twitch Squads Boarderlands 3 Reveal Trailer Amazon Prime = Switch Online New games outSekiro Shadows Die Twice The Division 2 Battlefield V Firestorm   Elder Scrolls Blades (53:16) [What We’re Playing/Watching] What We Do in the Shadows S01E01 Baba is You Kollok 1991

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We've been gone for two weeks and we missed a ton in that time, so we're trying to cover as much as possible this week! In particular, we need to discuss Google's Stadia cloud gaming platform! Also, there's some other news, like Destiny 2's latest update and the latest Pokémon announcement, we need to discuss. But more importantly, Aaron has finally binge watched The Expanse so we start discussing how much we love the show! [News of the Week] Stadia! (00:58)Kotaku Interview: https://kotaku.com/google-stadia-boss-answers-and-dodges-our-questions-1833422137 Digital Foundry Video: https://youtu.be/VG06H7IQ9Aw Nintendo announced Labo VR Kit (28:34) Castle Crashers remastered on PS4 and Switch (30:51) Solar Ash Kingdom Announced! (32:37) Apex Legends Battle Pass and new legend released (35:00) Halo Master Chief Collection is coming to PC! (38:47)   [It’s time to talk about Destiny again] (46:30) Season of the Drifter begins New Mode - Gambit Prime Xur will finally be selling Forsaken Exotics   New Pokémon Game Coming to Switch: (51:03)   Pokemon Sword and ShieldLink to full direct - https://youtu.be/oOPVBm0sA7Q   [What We’re Playing/Watching] (01:01:36) Baba Is You Satisfactory The Expanse (01:08:44)   Leave us a comment or send us an email and we may discuss it on next week's podcast! Email us at starsidecafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @starsidecafe

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We took a week off, but we're back to talk about the early negativity surrounding Anthem now that the game has officially launched. Before that, we talk about some of the bigger pieces of news happening this week - including some speculation about the cloud gaming wars that are soon to come!

cloudwars - You heard it here first!

[News of the Week] Nintendo's President Reggie Fils-aime retires (04:50) Pokémon Nintendo Direct (08:52) Xbox stuff on Nintendo Switch discussion (14:54) Google to hold mystery video game related event at GDC on March 19 (23:55) New Overwatch Hero - Baptiste (Support) (31:40) Division 2 Open Beta is this weekend (35:53) Mysterious Bethesda Placeholder Appears on Amazon (37:00)   [Features] Anthem release window discussion (40:20)   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Apex Legends (01:05:09) Aaron’s Hulu recs (01:06:53)   Follow us on Twitter: @starsidecafe Or send us an email at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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This week we're recapping the Nintendo's surprise Direct, and we're talking about the crazy number of games coming out! We're also recapping our experience with The Division 2 Beta and talking about how much fun we're having with Apex Legends!   [News of the Week] Activision/Blizzard layoff hundreds of employeesThe fallout of the layoffs Nintendo Direct: (07:17)Mario Maker 2 Fire Emblem Three Houses Toad Treasure Tracker Co-op update plus DLC Unravel 2, assassins creed 3, hellblade Tetris 99 Astral Chain Zelda: Link’s Awakening Remake Anthem live action trailer directed by director Neill Blomkamp Games out this week: (29:12)Tetris 99 (Switch) out now Trials Rising (Feb. 12) Crackdown 3 (Feb. 15) Metro Exodus (Feb. 15) Far Cry: New Dawn (Feb. 15) Jump Force (Feb. 15) Anthem - early access (Feb. 15) Hollow Knight Sequel Announced   [Features] The Division 2 Private Beta (45:24)Open beta coming March 1-4 Full game release on March 15   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Apex Legends - Console vs PC (54:22) Zygote

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This week we're talking about Respawn's new hero/battle royale game Apex Legends. We're also doing a brief follow up to last week's Anthem discussion, and we're reacting to the new info that came out during the open demo. We also discuss The Division 2 and whether or not we're actually interested in playing it. [News of the Week] Apex Legends surprise release! (04:03)Respawn says Titanfall not in the works The Division 2 Beta this weekend! (32:34) Piranha Plant in Smash Bros Ultimate (45:00) Sony files patent that indicates that PS5 could have backwards compatibility! (49:30) DBZ RPG (53:36)   [Features] Anthem Demo (57:44)Server connectivity and loading bug fixed. New bugs appear. End game content embargo lifts. Surprise reveal Sunday afternoon.   [What We’re Playing/Watching] (1:08:40) Pikuniku Gris Spot

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This week is all about Bioware's upcoming looter-shooter, Anthem! Last weekend was the VIP Demo, and it was very eventful! So we're deep-diving on what it was like to play, and whether or not it was good. We also do a bit of a Q/A to explain everything we know about Anthem up to this point. Since we reference video of Anthem gameplay quite often in this episode (for the purpose of illustrating specific points), we have made a video version of this podcast available on our YouTube channel! Did you play the Demo? Are you planning on playing the free, open demo this weekend? We want to hear from you!  Tweet at us @starsidecafe on Twitter, send us an email at starsidecafe@gmail.com or leave us a comment on YouTube! If you enjoyed this episode subscribe and give us a rating on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Here's a bonus episode for this week! The 1995 film "Hackers" is Aaron's favorite movie, but Zach has just seen it for the first time. So we're reviewing it to determine whether or not it holds up. Is Aaron just blinded by nostalgia?   Let us know if you have fond memories of 90's and if you love the movie Hackers (or hate it)!   Follow us on Twitter @starsidecafe Email us your questions or comments at starsidecafe@gmail.com And visit our website at starsidecafe.com

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I hope you haven't taken off your 2019 new years party glasses, cause though we're a little late to the party, we're celebrating the first Starside Chat of 2019 this week!  The biggest news lately is Bungie parting ways with Activision (they get to keep Destiny), so we speculate what that could mean for the future of the franchise. And once we get through some other news we discuss the games we're most looking forward to this year!    [News of the Week] Bungie parts with Activision (01:02) https://starsidecafe.com/2019/01/11/bungie-and-activision-split-bungie-keeps-destiny/ 

Person 5R teased for March (14:19) Catherine Classic out now on PC, and more Atlus games could follow

Mortal Kombat cartoon casting (16:12) The Last Night encounters massive delays (20:37) Division 2 only on the epic Store (23:12)   [Features] Most anticipated games of 2019 (27:30)   [What We’re Playing/Watching] (51:08) Counterpart Spaced - https://starsidecafe.com/2019/01/07/british-sitcoms-to-stream/   Black Books Blackadder

Aaron's Parting Wisdom - The Final Cheese   Also this: Instapot Chicken Burrito Bowl Recipe - https://damndelicious.net/2018/02/26/instant-pot-20-minute-chicken-burrito-bowls/   Follow us on Twitter: @starsidecafe Send us feedback, questions and discussion topics at: starsidecafe@gmail.com Visit our website at starsidecafe.com Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

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This week we're going over our top 5 games of the year! We also discuss our favorite movies and TV shows of the year, our most disappointing games, the games we missed and what we're looking forward to next year!   The games we missed - (01:20)   The disappointments - (02:15)   Top 5 Games of 2018: Number 5 - (03:32) Number 4 - (06:58) Number 3 - (11:27) Number 2 - (14:07) Number 1 - (18:24)   Favorite remasters - (25:04)   Honorable Mentions that didn't make our top 5 - (25:43)   Favorite Movies of 2018 - (26:29)   Favorite TV Show of 2018 - (30:43)   Comparing our top 5 games this year to last year's top 5 games - (34:40)   Anticipating what's to come in 2019 - (37:18)   Games we discussed that we did videos about: Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Project Stream) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btJpIwORfD0 Destiny 2 Forsaken: - Prelaunch Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vswicp5hqU - Gambit mode impressions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNktN0IEzvo Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMokHQAF_RY Tetris Effect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxwJ7ZBB5po Enter the Gungeon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=truCFHD-PU0&t=1s Red Faction Guerilla ReMarstered Edition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5b8LarpjQ Monster Hunter World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8KgE5Y3qs&t=39s Into the Breach - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2fiqUhPHFw&t=1s God of War - Let's Play Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaGgQdjLxC9E7kBE_qSnpSZc2jmkZPJu7     Follow us on Twitter @starsidecafe Send us discussion topics and responses to anything we discussed at: starsidecafe@gmail.com

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This week we're mainly talking about Smash Ultimate and Red Dead Redemption 2, but we go over some of the latest news (including trainer battles in Pokémon Go) and, of course, we get sidetracked along the way.  Also, stay tuned for our year in review podcast episode next week!   [News of the Week] PVP has come to Pokemon Go! (01:55)https://pokemongohub.net/post/pvp/pokemon-go-trainer-battles-everything-you-need-to-know-about-pvp-in-pokemon-go/ Free copy of Assassin's Creed Odyssey if you participate in the Project Stream beta (9:20)https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/12/16/get-a-free-copy-of-assassins-creed-odyssey-for-pc-via-googles-project-stream/ New Epic Launcher (11:10)https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/4/18124203/epic-games-fortnite-valve-steam-game-store-distribution-unreal-engine Dusk is out now! (15:30)https://www.pcgamer.com/dusk-review/ We both want a GoldenEye N64 Remaster on Switch! (17:32) Alfonso Ribeiro and Backpack kid suing Fortnight (19:20)https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/18149869/fortnite-dance-emote-lawsuit-milly-rock-floss-carlton   [Features] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Discussion + speculation about upcoming characters (28:58)Our Impressions/Review Video: https://youtu.be/UMokHQAF_RY Red Dead Redemption 2 Discussion (49:31)   [What We’re Watching] (56:04)   Sick Note Venom Christmas Chronicles

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On this week's show we discuss the latest news in video games and TV. We also get sidetracked discussing streaming services.   [News of the Week] - (02:40) Darksiders 3 is out (it’s getting mixed reviews) -  Red Dead Redemption 2 Online Beta beginning this week “Red Dead Online transforms the vast and deeply detailed landscapes, cities, towns and habitats of Red Dead Redemption 2 into a new, living online world ready to be shared by multiple players. Create and customize your character, tailor your abilities to suit your play style and head out into a new frontier full of things to experience.”

Destiny 2 - Season 5 - Season of the Forge begins Nov. 27 Destiny 2 Black Armory info New rumors about the PS5 Enter the Gungeon news Anthem Closed Alpha Beginning Next Week Netflix Cowboy Behttps://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114183/sony-electronic-cartridge-game-patent-playstation-vita-successorbop Live Action Show Crunchyroll / Adult Swim announce Blade Runner Anime   [What We’re Playing/Watching] - (47:20) Pokemon Let’s Go The Meg The Ballad of Buster Scruggs A Quiet Place Origin   [Out Next Week] Just Cause 4 (PC/Xbox/PS4) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)

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On this week's episode we're talking about Tetris Effect and how great it is! But first we're discussing Sony's departure from E3 2019, the controversy over Bethesda's game engine, the Detective Pikachu trailer and a few other odds and ends. Send us your comments or questions at starsidecafe@gmail.com or @starsidecafe on Twitter! [News of the Week] Sony will not be at E3 in 2019!! (03:25) https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/playstation-skips-e3-1203029833/ Fallout 76’s Servers went live early, perhaps accidentally. (13:52) Starfield and ES:VI will use the Fallout 76 Engine? (14:30) https://kotaku.com/the-controversy-over-bethesdas-game-engine-is-misguided-1830435351

Detective Pikachu Trailer (23:46) Battlefield 5 review Roundup  - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/battlefield-5-review-roundup/1100-6463248/ (35:54) Microsoft unveils ProjectXCloud  - https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/microsoft-unveils-project-xcloud-1202971940/ (39:15) New PlayStation controller - https://youtu.be/i4IoRWSAuS0 (41:04)   [Features] Tetris Effect (43:34) Launch Trailer - https://youtu.be/PFVL6t8IHE8 Effects of Tetris Study - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090901082851.htm

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This week we're mainly discussing some recent news and going over some of the Blizzcon 2018 announcements! Also, Zach got it wrong. Overwatch's new character Ashe's repeater rifle does fire faster while hip firing - a la Widow Maker's sniper rifle (I linked a video of some gameplay in the show notes).   A YouTube app may soon be on Nintendo Switch (01:45) Apparently Brie Larson wants to play Samus Aran in a movie, and people want it to happen. (06:48) Blizzcon 2018 (Friday, Nov 2) - (09:31)Destiny 2 is free on PC until Nov. 18 Warcraft 3 getting a remaster called "Warcraft 3: Reforged" (releasing next year) New Diablo game, but it’s a mobile game and people hate it! (13:40) Thoughts on phone games in general.

Overwatch - (28:16)New McCree animated short - https://youtu.be/PKYVvPNhRR0 New Hero - Ashe, leader of the Dreadlock Gang - (Gameplay - https://youtu.be/xU30NhWti7A)Her weapon is a repeater rifle that you can ADS with She can use it to shoot the ground to jump higher Her E ability is tossing a dyna mite bundle that will either explode after a certain amount of time or she can shoot it to detonate it. Her Ultimate ability is calling in a robot named B.O.B. who knocks enemies back and has crazy wrist mounted guns. New Hearthstone expansion called Rastakhan Rumble World of Warcraft Classic will take the game back to patch 1.12 before the first expansion. Niantic refreshing Ingress Pokemon Go Adventure Sync (36:30) + Ingress Event + Double Stardust Event (will carry over into this weekend’s Cyndaquil community day) New Zelda in the works (42:30) Game Awards + End of year talk (45:28)

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On this post Halloween episode of Starside Chat, we're not even discussing the story at all, but we are telling our Red Dead Redemption 2 war stories! But before that we discuss the Fallout 76 Beta and the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate info unveiled during this week's Nintendo Direct! But even before that we talk about the creepy thing that happened that caused us to delay this week's episode. [News of the Week] Playstation Classic Games List Revealed (03:09) Legend of Zelda TV Series (06:57) Fallout 76 Beta Thoughts (12:19)PC Launcher woes Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Nintendo Direct (22:30)Incinaroar Weird Spirits thing World of Light Piranha Plant Goku in the Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Day Parade (29:41)   [Features] Red Dead Redemption 2 Spoiler Free Impressions After the Fist Week (32:59)   Follow us on Twitter: @starsidecafe Send your comments, feedback, questions or anything else at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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[News of the Week] Google’s Project Stream (00:50) - Assassin’s Creed Odyssey playable for free in Chrome Browser - our video about it: https://youtu.be/btJpIwORfD0 Fallout 76 Beta dates announced (03:35) Xbox One on October 23 and on October 30 for PlayStation 4 and PC. “It gonna be buggy” -Bethesda

Red Dead Redemption 2 download size is 99 GB but you can start downloading it now! (09:15) Destiny 3 rumors!? (13:32) Ion Maiden heading to PS4, XBOX, and Switch (21:43) Halloween Events ongoing (22:55): Also Gen 4 legendary Pokemon Giratina will be the legendary raid boss until Nov. 20 Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost Overwatch - Dr. Junkenstein’s Revenge Pokemon Go’s Halloween event has added some new Gen 4 ghost and dark type Pokemon and new special research tasks. Also you’ll earn double candy for every catch.

[Features] Zach's impressions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (shout out to Dan, who worked on it) (25:54) Red Dead Redemption 2 Hopes and Speculations (33:10) Details about Rockstar’s work culture (42:05) Red Dead Online launching next month

[What We’re Watching/Recommendations] Mandy (44:34) - https://youtu.be/rI054ow6KJk Zach's Review: https://starsideflicks.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/mandy-2018/

First Man (46:09) - https://youtu.be/PSoRx87OO6k Slime (49:45) - https://youtu.be/MuC51j3P8T0 Clue (55:51) - https://youtu.be/cDDdeHtrxfA    Contact us at starsidecafe@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @starsidecafe

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We've been playing Destiny 2's Forsaken DLC for a week now so SPOILERS, we're getting into our thoughts on the story and giving a verdict on whether or not it's worth getting. But before that, we've got some news to discuss:   [News of the Week] Anthem info - Our World, My Story (00:50) Captain Marvel set photos and Entertainment Weekly cover photo (06:03) Google Pixel 3 XL/Pixel Ultra conspiracy theories (12:11) Black Ops 4 Blackout (Battle Royale) Beta (22:55) Battlefield 5 Beta (31:48)   [Features] Destiny 2 Forsaken (37:04) [What We’re Playing/Watching] (1:02:10) Destiny 2 Forsaken The Messenger   [Recommendations] (1:03:23) American Vandal BoJack Horseman Season 5

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On this week's show we're gushing over the Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay reveal, but before that we dig into the Destiny 2 Forsaken launch trailer and the 2.0.0 update.   [News of the Week] Xbox game pass + console subscription Nintendo Summer Indies StreamHyper Light Drifter: Special Edition (Sept. 6th) Into the Breach (Available today) Towerfall (Sept. 27th) First gameplay of Spelunky 2   [Let’s Talk About Destiny Again] (18:30) Forsaken Launch Trailer and 2.0.0 update Destiny 2 free on PS4 in September! Post Forsaken Plans   [Features] (30:26) Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Demo is released!Ganic Ripper Doc - Humanity Cost, Subdermal Grip Trajectory mod Mantis arms City Tech Driving Maelstrom Gang Design Hacking????   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Overwatch - Summer Event   Follow us on Twitter: @starsidecafe Send us an email at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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On this week's episode of Starside Chat we're discussing the latest from Gamescom 2018 and a conversation about the 2016 Anime film "Your Name" turns into a broader discussion about the merits of Anime. [News of the Week]      GAMESCOM 2018 Nvidia Unveils RTX 2070 and 2080 (02:47) - Star Wars Devil May Cry 5 March 8, 2018 (10:12) Saints Row: The Third is coming to switch (14:29) Overwatch (19:25) Stormdivers - Battle Royale from the devs of Nex Machina (22:46) World War 3 (25:48) Battlefield 5 preorders are weaker than expected (31:34) PUBG Training Mode (37:07) Diablo 3 on Switch (39:04) THQ Steam Sale (Darksiders 1 & 2 for $5.00) (45:50)   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Your Name (2016) (49:37)   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/starsidecafe Send feedback or questions to starsidecafe@gmail.com

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It's been a busy summer but we're finally back with another episode of Starside Chat! On this week's show we discuss the latest trailers for Super Smash Bros., Red Dead Redemption 2 and Doom, Eternal! We decide to wait to discuss Destiny 2's Solstice of Heroes event until we spend more time with it. And Zach gives some brief impressions on his brief time spent with the Black Ops 4 beta! Also, it's the summer of Pokemon Go apparently, so we discuss what it's like getting back into the game for the first time in over a year.   [News of the Week] New Pokemon movie, The Power of Us (01:30) New Valve game (03:50) Nintendo Direct: Super Smash Bros! (06:36) Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer (14:51) Doom Eternal Gameplay (31:08)   [Features] Zach’s impressions of the Black Ops Beta (57:28)   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Animals - Season 3 (1:04:27) Pokemon Go (1:08:37)

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[News of the Week] Rumor: Next Xbox to have local and cloud variants Next DnD Source book to be a crossover with Magic: The Gathering   [Let’s Talk About Destiny Again] Whisper of the Worm   [Features] Trailers From Comic-ConAquaman Shazam Godzilla: King of Monsters Titans (TV) Glass Deadly Class   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Enter the Gungeon: Advanced Gungeons and Dragons Cells

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On this week's episode we talk some news including the No Man's Sky Update, the Uncharted fan film starring Nathan Fillion and our renewed interest in Pokemon Go. We even get into Aaron's recent marathon of the Mission Impossible franchise in anticipation of Mission Impossible: Fallout!  We also get sidetracked by our failed attempts to get back into Destiny 2, but one of us gives the new mobile AR game Jurassic World Alive a chance and explains the differences between it and Pokemon Go.   [News of the Week] Enter the Gungeon: Advanced Gungeons and Dragons out this week Far Cry 5 Mars DLC released today Sonic Mania Plus Overwatch’s new hero Wrecking Ball will be live next week (July 24) Asura to be changed and rereleased Uncharted fan film released No Man’s Sky Next   Multiplayer Team up a small team of friends and explore the universe together, or be joined by random travellers. You can help friends to stay alive, or prey on others to survive. Tiny shelters or complex colonies that you build as a team are shared for all players. Fight as a pirate or a wingman in epic space battles with friends and enemies. Race exocraft across weird alien terrains, creating race tracks and trails to share online. Character customisation allows you to personalise your appearance. Visual OverhaulThe game is fully playable in third or first person, both on-foot and in ship. Planetary rings and improved space visuals make space more beautiful than ever. Dramatically improved planetary terrain generation, ground textures, water and clouds bring the environment to life. Significantly more detail added to ships, NPCs and buildings. No Man's Sky Next Unlimited Base BuildingBases can now be built anywhere on any planet. Dramatically increased base building complexity and size limits. Hundreds of new base parts. Own multiple bases. Command FreightersAssemble and upgrade a fleet of frigates and command them from the bridge of your freighter. Send your fleet out to into the universe, or deploy them to help you as you explore a specific system. Improved freighter base building allows a truly custom capital ship. Invite your friends aboard and take on challenging multiplayer missions from the Galactic Commision Station on your bridge.   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Mario+Rabbids Pokemon Go Jurassic World Alive

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After a brief hiatus we're back to discuss the latest gaming news and what we've been playing and watching lately!   [News of the Week] Google making a gaming device to compete with Sony and Microsoft? New Overwatch Hero Free games of the monthPSN Xbox live New games coming out in July Wellington Paranormal Nintendo looking to release 20-30 indie games on Switch per week New Joker   [What We’re Playing/Watching] The Last of Us The Expanse Sicario 2

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[News of the Week] Playstation Hits Switch is getting Limbo and Inside on June 28th   The games discussed at E3 that you can play right now  

Call of duty black ops 3 is free on PS4 The Crew 2 open beta is free to download now and runs the 21st to the 24th Fallout shelter free on PS4 and switch Quake Champions is free on steam (until the 25th) If you have an Amazon echo, you can ask Alexa to play Skyrim because apparently that wasn't a joke New free demo for Octopath traveler

Unravel 2 Fortnite on switch Hollow knight on switch Splatoon 2: Octopath expansion Warframe - The Sacrifice DLC   E3 adjacent deals: Mario Tennis Aces releases on June 22 Nier Automata will be on Xbox June 26 Life Is Strange: The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit Will be available for free on pretty much all platforms on June 26 Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Donkey Kong Adventure DLC will also be out on June 26

[Features] Who won E3? Game of the shows battle royale! Top 5 E3 things for each of us   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Last of Us Skyrim Fallout Shelter

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This week's show is mainly devoted to going over the Destiny 2 Forsaken DLC reveal stream, but we have some fun toward the end counting down our top 5 games we're most looking forward to seeing more of at E3 2018! DESTINY 2: Forsaken Reveal Set in the Tangled Shore, which is part of the Reef Story seems to center on a prison break from Prison of Elders New enemy type: Scorn 8 Baren Hunts (Magnificent 7 of Bad Guys) Changing how weapon slots workRoll with three shotguns??? New Supers Fire Knives Hunter (Gunslinger rework) Void Double Swords Hunter Arc Staff Hunter can reflect attacks now? Kamehameha Warlock Void teleport Warlock (Self Destruct?) Sledgehammer Titan Striker Titan Bubble Titan? New Weapon type: Bows3 types: short, medium, and long range New Gamemode: GambitA combo of PvP and PvE 4v4 but fighting enemies and depositing stuff in a bank Can send over a player to the other side Raid: The Dreaming CityHomeland of the Awoken Thorn will return (Maybe), also probably Ace of Spades Titles seem to be a thing Updated Roadmap Annual PassMore of a focus of activities and new gear Little to no narrative Random Rolls are back Collections and Triumphs tabs A return of Grimoire in some way? September 4th release date $40 for Forsaken, $30 for Annual pass, $80 for a deluxe edition   [Feature] Top 5 things for each of us at E3 (46:30)

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[News of the Week] Bethesda teasing a fallout related announcement with a “please wait” livestream Fractured Lands - Basically a Mad Max Battle Royale Xbox Live Games with Gold for JuneAssassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia Smite Gold Bundle Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (backwards compatible Xbox 360 title) Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Xbox 260) New special edition very blue PS4 and PS4 ProGame Sales:God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, MLB the Show 18, Shadow of the Colossus remastered, Gran Turismo Sport, and the PSVR shooter Farpoint Hot off the presses Pokemon News!November 16th Pokeball Controller Multiplayer Play with one joycon Pokemon Go Integration   [Pre-E3 Talk] EA Anthem Battlefield V Sports Nonsense Microsoft Halo? Gears? New Splinter Cell Sea of Thieves DLC Bethesda Fallout Something? Rage New IPs? New Doom? Square Enix FF7 remake?? Kingdom Hearts 3 Shadow of the Tomb Raider Ubisoft Division 2 Beyond Good & Evil 2 Skull and Bones Secret Assassin’s Creed Sequel? PC Gaming Show Cyberpunk 2077 Sony Death Stranding Ghosts of Tsushima The Last of Us Part II Spider-Man A surprise? Nintendo Smash Mario DLC? Other Destiny Fall Update? Call of Duty Blackout Gameplay Borderland 3? Just Cause 4 Bloodborne 2   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Solo: A Star Wars Story Arrested Development Season 5 Monument Valley 2 Florence

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[News of the Week] The Expanse is saved... almost (2:04) Boss Key Productions is no more (8:15) The PS4 is officially entering the end of its lifecycle (11:29) Scuf makes their first officially licensed PS4 controller  (15:19) Free Mario Tennis Aces demo coming to Switch eShop Thurs. May 24 (17:36) Game Delays (19:39)Skull and Bones (2019-2020) Metro Exodus (Q1 2019) Take-Two’s “highly anticipated” sequel (likely Borderlands 3) (2019-2020) Shenmue 3 (2019) Ubisoft will reveal a 2018 Tentpole Title at e3 (Not Skull and Bones, The Crew 2, or The Division 2) (25:31) State of Decay 2 released to mixed reviews (28:28) Fortnite coming to Android this summer (32:34)   [Featured Topic] More Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Reveal Reactions (34:16)Opinions on Battle Royale (49:34) Upcoming Battlefield Reveal Event (44:38)   [What We’re Playing/Watching] Overwatch - New Anniversary Event Begins May 22 with a free weekend beginning may 25 (57:01)

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Join us for another packed week of gaming news discussion. We also dive into Destiny 2's Warmind DLC, and discuss the shows we've been watching lately![News of the Week]Our Thoughts on the Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer (1:25)Beyond Good & Evil 2 Early Gameplay (3:48)E3 Leaked Games (6:28)Rage 2 Live-Action Trailer Thoughts (11:01)PUBG's New Map (Sanhok) Impressions (15:15)Overwatch Anniversary Event Begins on May 22 (17:56)Stardew Valley Co-op (20:20) [Features]Destiny 2: Warmind Discussion (23:34)[What We’re Playing/Watching]Arrested Development: Fateful Consequences (44:55)HBO Season Finales (47:23) - Silicon Valley and BarryCobra Kai (50:17)Taika Waititi's "What We Do in the Shadows" TV Series Gets Greenlit (54:06)Brooklyn Nine-Nine Gets Canceled, Then Saved (56:54)The Expanse Gets Canceled, But The Creators Hope to Find It a New Home (58:10)[Plugs]Check out Neon Shores New Album, Analog Frontier) available on Bandcamp and Google Play (1:01:39): https://neonshores.bandcamp.com/album/analog-frontierIf you enjoyed the show give it a like, leave us a comment, and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe Send us feedback, questions, or discussion topics at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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We discuss the latest Wes Anderson film, “Isle of Dogs!”If you enjoyed the show give it a like, leave us a comment, and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe Send us feedback, questions, or discussion topics at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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In the first episode of Starside Flicks, we give our thoughts on the Steven Spielberg movie “Ready Player One.”If you enjoyed the show give it a like, leave us a comment, and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe Send us feedback, questions, or discussion topics at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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Google I/O 2018 happened, so we're recording a special edition of the podcast to recap the keynote, and give our thoughts on the announcements you care about!Topics:Google DuplexSmart DisplaysAndroid P Features - new swipe navigationThe DashboardSlices and Suggested ActionsGoogle NewsGoogle Maps Updates - AR Navigation - Shared Lists - For You TabGoogle LensWaymoIf you enjoyed the show give it a like, leave us a comment, and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe Send us feedback, questions, or discussion topics at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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This week we tried to quickly get through the news quickly in order to spend more time giving our final thoughts on “Far Cry 5” and doing our spoiler discussion on “Avengers Infinity War!”Seriously there's spoilers galore during our Avengers discussion, so don't listen if you haven't seen the movie yet!News of the week (00:54)    - May's free PS Plus games and Xbox Live's Games with Gold!    - Nintendo's E3 Plans    - Nintendo's new RPG coming this summer on Android and iOS    - Twitch will broadcast some NFL games this seasonFar Cry 5 (11:35)Avengers Infinity War (35:30)If you enjoyed the show give it a like, leave us a comment, and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe Send us feedback, questions, or discussion topics at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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News of the Week: Ubisoft at E3 (Date/Speculation) (1:04)The Division movie gets a director (11:28)New Doom Movie (15:45)Fast and Furious Netflix Cartoon (19:55)Venom movie (26:46)Campo Santo bought by Valve (30:30)PUBG getting map selection (33:15)What We’re Playing:Far Cry 5 ending (35:00)God of War (37:55)Who should play Kratos in the inevitable God of War movie? (45:20)If you enjoyed the show give it a like, leave us a comment, and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe Send us feedback, questions, or discussion topics at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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News of the Week:PS5 On The Way? (1:30) - https://kotaku.com/sources-the-playst...Destiny 2 roadmap (14:43) - https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/11/172... Doom 2: Hell on Earth teased for E3 2018? (25:42) - https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/d... Elder Scrolls 6 Discussion (28:25)God of War tending extremely positive on review sites (36:04 - http://www.metacritic.com/game/playst... Minecraft adds dolphins! (38:14) - https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/m... Sega announced the Mega Drive Mini (42:46) - https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/14/17... New Nintendo Patents (46:50) - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/0... Overwatch’s Spring Event (52:55) - https://kotaku.com/overwatchs-new-pve... Our Overwatch Videos: Retribution Mission - https://youtu.be/-XQeMgUDe7UUprising Mission - https://youtu.be/RnsJY2M5FTE Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe Send us feedback, questions, or discussion topics at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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On this week's podcast we're discussing the gaming news of the week, Zach's experience with the indie game “Long Gone Days.” We spend more time discussing Augmented Reality, and we cover the new anime shows we're watching!Show Notes:New Pubg Game ModesRadical HeightsSGDQ LineupAn Old AnimeLeap Motion (Not Magic Leap) - https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/09/l...Zach’s vision of console quality mobile games in the near future[What We’re Playing/Watching]Tequila SunriseLong Gone DaysPersona 5 the animationNew Anime Season (Pubg-style Anime)Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe Send us feedback, questions, or discussion topics at starsidecafe@gmail.com

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On this week's Episode of Starside Chat we spend most of our time discussing Jeff Goldblum, Augmented Reality and the likelihood of games latching onto the Battle Royale craze.Show Notes:PS Plus Free Games for April (00:43)  Xbox Live Free Games for April (02:50)Assassin’s Creed series (06:06)Shout out to our friend Mike who redesigned our logo and banner (9:28)Call of Duty series (10:53)Far Cry 5 Arcade (15:35)Battle Royale as a game mode (17:23)Aaron’s E3 Prediction (18:18)Back to Far Cry 5 Arcade (21:34)Jeff Goldblum (23:32)PUBG mobile players are using mouse and keyboard (34:53)Phone games and AR (38:27) - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/0...Special Thanks to our friends Mike for the new Logo and to Ryan for our new intro music!Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe

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Show Notes:[News of the Week]- Sea of Thieves is out, but is it the new No Man's Sky?- PUBG Mobile arrives for the UShttp://kotaku.com/pubg-mobile-players...GameSpot: All The New Nintendo Switch Games Revealed During Today's Spring Showcase - http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwpYm...http://www.siliconera.com/2018/03/25/...https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/...[New Games Out This Week] Assassin's Creed Rogue RemasteredSea of ThievesA Way OutFar cry 5Long Gone Days - https://youtu.be/ZhbHY4va6BE Our Gaming History[What We’re Playing]Zach Finished Far Cry Blood DragonPUBG mobileIon MaidenFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe

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Welcome to the first episode of Starside Chat, a new podcast to accompany our YouTube channel! Show Notes: [What We’re Playing] Bayonetta 2 (2:28) Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (4:14) Nier: Automata (5:53) Titanfall 2 (8:25) C all of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (10:03) [News of the Week] Zach gets a new keyboard and headset (17:03) Drake plays Fortnite (20:45) Ghost of a Tale leaves early access (25:46) GDC 2018 speculation (Santa Cruz) (28:25) [Discussion] Destiny 2 vs Monster Hunter vs Sea of Thieves? (31:03) Tomb Raider movie rips off Indiana Jones and Last Crusade (41:41) Movie releases this week: Isle of Dogs, Pacific Rim (45:12) The Outsider movie discussion (47:27) [Videos on the Channel This Week] Red Faction: Guerrilla Sea of Thieves Blood Dragon Monster Hunter World   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarsideCafe

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