Cohh has had a lot more time to catch up on other visual mediums and we have a lot to say about the newest video game adaptation: Fallout! Keanu Reeves joining the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, Ubisoft locks up Jabba the Hutt & 7 Days to Die enters 1.0 after 12 years of development! We also praise the BAFTA game awards for being exactly what we want for industry award shows. In games we've been playing No Rest for the Wicked, Rise of the Ronin, Planet Crafter and more! 0:00 - Just Dance lore 8:30 - Watching TV 10:00 - Fallout TV series discussion 40:00 - Upcoming video game adaptations 45:00 - Keanu Reeves is playing Shadow the Hedgehog 51:10 - Jabba the Hutt locked up 56:00 - Kingdomcome Deliverance 2 1:05:30 - The BAFTAs 1:13:00 - Hades 2 Technical Test 1:14:00 - 7 Days to Die entering 1.0 1:21:00 - Cities Skylines 2 still busted 1:30:30 - Triple I Showcase 1:40:00 - World of Warcraft FOMO 1:48:00 - Tipping devs? 1:54:10 - No Rest for the Wicked 2:08:00 - Steam Reviews 2:34:00 - Rise of Ronin 2:40:00 - Planet Crafter 2:49:00 - Manor Lords 2:52:30 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the eve of the eclipse we reconvene to chat about the destruction of the games industry (not really!) with new data suggesting new games are being played by an increasing minority of players, Bandai Namco's Harada talks about modern multiplayer games, new info on The Witcher 4 & BAFTA's most iconic video game character! We review Dragon's Dogma 2, play Stellar Blade and more! 0:00 - 109.5 The DF 11:50 - The Eclipse 17:45 - 60% of games played are 6 years old or more. 44:10 - Roku Ads 55:00 - Harada on multiplayer games 1:01:00 - Baldur's Gate 3 popularity explosion 1:05:00 - The Witcher 4 1:12:10 - BAFTA announces their most iconic video game characters 1:19:30 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Review 1:32:10 - DD2 spoilers 1:46:40 - Bioshock Infinite replay 1:57:30 - Stellar Blade demo 2:08:10 - Once Human CBT3 2:24:00 - Content Warning 2:34:00 - Helldivers 2 2:39:30 - Stardew Valley 1.6 2:51:55 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get demonetized fast this episode as we wish everyone a Happy Easter and debate what Triple I means. We chat about our time with South Park: Snow Day, our reaction to Marvel Rivals, Waffle Houses in Tekken, our continuing travels in Dragon's Dogma 2, Alone in the Dark, Horizon: Forbidden West on PC and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh has returned with tales from his week at GDC! News has also returned from GDC as we learn Larian Studios is done with Baldur's Gate 3 and Dungeons & Dragons, Ubisoft shows off generative AI & more! We chat about the Apex Legends hack, Riot's MMO resurfaces, Dawntrail gets a release date and then we talk a whole bunch about Dragon's Dogma 2! 0:00 - Frosted tips 5:30 - Bidets 9:30 - TV 12:20 - Cohh went to GDC 31:40 - Larian done with Baldur's Gate 44:50 - Ubisoft AI 54:30 - Will Smith was making a zombie game? 58:50 - APEX Legends hack 1:03:30 - Riot's MMO not set in League of Legends 1:07:40 - FFXIV Dawntrail gets a release date 1:12:00 - Overwatch 2 PVE completely scaled back 1:14:40 - Steam families 1:17:40 - Watch Parties dead on Twitch 1:34:20 - VR 1:36:20 - Dragon's Dogma $2.99 2:02:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2 is amazing also 2:42:40 - Alone in the Dark 2:45:00 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh is out this week as he makes his way to GDC so joining us this week is Jesse Cox to chat about Tik Tok, a whole bunch of studios being unembraced, PS5 Pro, Summer Games Fest and a whoooooole lot of Final Fantasy! 0:00 - Sweetened iced tea 9:30 - Hotel Zeke 14:30 - Dragon's Dogma nightmare fuel 16:30 - TIK TOK TOE 20:00 - Pig butchering scams 47:00 - Battlefront Classic Collection woes 53:30 - PS5 Pro specs! 57:00 - Summer Game Fest 1:08:00 - Saber Interactive Embraces 1:20:00 - Runescape 1:30:00 - FF7 Rebirth only sell 23k physical copies in Japan 1:33:00 - Palworld 1:41:00 - Helldivers 2 secrets 1:48:00 - Final Fantasy XVI coming to PC soon 1:50:00 - final Fantasy XIV is too easy? 1:56:00 - theatrythm 2:19:00 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth 2:25:40 - Dragon's Dogma 2 2:31:00 - Project Zomboid 2:39:30 - Astroneer 2:49:00 - TELEVISION 2:59:00 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Dan this week to chat about a whole lot of bad and depressing news as the games industry and the streaming industry continue its downward trend. Luckily there are great games to play now and in the near future such as: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma 2 where we share our nightmare fuel creations from the free character maker Capcom released! 0:00 - The age of Eminem 3:40 - Zeke purrs 11:00 - WB removing all Adult Swim published games 15:30 - WB also doubling down on GaaS despite failures 25:50 - Rooster Teeth shuts down 30:50 - Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passed away 38:25 - Ghost of Tsushima coming to PC 41:40 - Yuzu and Nintendo settle - Yuzu forced to shutdown 46:45 - Twitch in 2024 1:27:00 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 2:07:45 - Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator 2:22:10 - Sons of the Forest 2:52:40 - Supermarket Simulator 2:56:10 - DF Bit: No Rest For The Wicked/Unicorn Overlord 2:58:50 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We were not prepared for the amount of good games in the month of February, but here we are! Elden Ring returns with the trailer for its upcoming expansion - Shadow of the Erdtree and surprising no one, it's a banger! Helldivers 2 still continuing to break its peak concurrent player records on Stream, we go down the list of survival games that have released in the last month and so much more! 0:00 - February 5:00 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 13:20 - Suicide Squad under performs 14:20 - Nintendo has no debt 19:50 - PSVR2 getting PC support 23:20 - Helldivers still peaking 26:00 - Big and small updates 30:40 - Bungie gets a scolding by Sony 33:00 - Names that are fun to say 37:00 - Project L is now 2XKO 42:50 - Gigantic is back? 48:30 - Palworld hits 25 million players 50:20 - Harada on Tekken 54:00 - Lots of games in February 57:20 - Skull & Bones underperformed 58:40 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth reviews 1:01:40 - Balatro 1:11:25 - Pacific Drive 1:38:30 - Nightingale 1:47:15 - Sons of the Forest 1.0 2:05:20 - Last Epoch 1.0 2:38:50 - FF7 Remake replay 2:52:00 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award season is upon us, but for the game industry and content creator industry - We chat about all the big winners at The Streamer Awards and The Dice Awards that took place over the weekend. Helldivers 2 is suffering from success as another megaton weekend stops players from entering the game. Skull & Bones also launched! 0:00 - Democracy 9:10 - The Streamer Awards 37:35 - The DICE Awards 47:50 - Horse Armor in Diablo 4 58:45 - Skull & Bones - The first AAAA game 1:13:40 - The XBOX podcast 1:19:00 - Embraced 1:23:40 - Golden Sun 1:32:24 - Deep Rock Galactic Survivor 1:42:25 - Banishers: Ghosts of Eden 1:52:00 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2:00:00 - The end of February is intense for games 2:09:55 - Halo Season 2 2:11:35 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we dive into Helldivers 2, a game that has a surprising amount of depth. Then we drop into the news where rumors of XBOX going multiplatform gains traction, Disney puts stake into Epic Games, and take a look at the best selling games of 2023 and much more! 0:00 - Beards 8:30 - Super Bowl 18:15 - Helldivers 2 47:25 - XBOX going multiplatform? 1:01:50 - Disney puts stake into Epic Games 1:08:50 - The first AAAA game by Ubisoft 1:14:20 - Behind the scenes with Deus Ex 1:15:50 - Best selling games in 2023 1:24:20 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo 1:25:10 - Dead Cells ending after 7 years 1:27:10 - Dropped Frames in the news 1:33:40 - Mobile Elden Ring? 1:36:10 - Death Stranding 2 & Kojima 1:50:18 - Steam Next Fest 2:45:35 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitch updates subscription prices, Cronuts, our thoughts on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - Is $70 too much to ask for a GaaS? More layoffs & much more! Then the Game Director for Obsidian's Avowed - Carrie Patel, joins us to answer our burning questions for their upcoming RPG! 0:00 - Tangents 5:00 - New Twitch subs 22:00 - Donuts 25:50 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League 42:55 - Too many GaaS 51:00 - Embracer lays off more 55:50 - Palworld sells 12 million copies 1:27:25 - Enshrouded 1:42:50 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 1:52:20 - Granblue Fantasy Relink 2:00:40 - Lightyear Frontier 2:02:05 - Nightingale 2:08:35 - Tekken 8 2:14:30 - CD-ROM-A-THON ends 2:18:00 - Shoutouts for Zeke 2:19:15 - Interview with Carrie Patel, Director of Avowed 2:47:35 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Palworld exploded this week topping the Steam charts and selling over 4 million in just under 2 days, but is it uncomfortably close to another creature collecting game? Lethal Company rumored to have sold over 10 million. AGDQ 2024 also happened over the week bringing in over $2.5 million to charity. Zeke's CD-ROM drama, finishing Rogue Trader, and JP finally overcomes Fatalis rounds out this episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's time to take a look at the 2024 list of games and we realize that this year might be another banger year for game releases. However, despite the games being better than ever, the industry continues to layoff massive percentages of their workforce. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've had 3 weeks to deliberate over the games we've enjoyed the most in 2023 and we have reconvened with our TOP choices! This is the most factual and truest list of games you will ever see! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Game Awards has happened and the industry is not very happy. We go over all the critiques and also some positive things we enjoyed at this year's show including all the new game announcements! Grand Theft Auto 6 released their megaton trailer this week, The Day Before (refunds) Twitch shutting down service in South Korea, Lethal Company, LEGO Fortnite. It's all here! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We go over every TGA nominations which helps us to remember how such an amazing year of video games is almost over. Then we finalize our personal categories for our upcoming GOTY show before ending on brief thoughts for Persona 5 Tactica, Like a Dragon Gaiden & The Talos Principle 2! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We invite Lore Master Jesse Cox this week to spoil Alan Wake 2 and the wider Remedyverse! After that ( you can skip to 1:36:00 ) we chat about Grand Theft Auto 6 and the culture impact that will have when it's revealed soon. The Golden Joysticks also happened bringing in huge wins for Baldur's Gate 3, A Legend of Zelda film in the works, EGS not profitable and World of Warcraft Hardcore! 0:00 - Steroids 5:00 - Alan Wake 2 spoilercast starts 5:30 - Jesse Cox's thoughts on Alan Wake 2 & Remedy 11:00 - Spoilers properly start 11:30 - Deer 16:20 - Quantum Break 21:00 - Remedyverse 52:00 - Best moments 1:29:50 - Mr. Door 1:36:00 - Spoilers over! 1:38:30 - GTA6 announced soon 1:50:50 - The Golden Joystick awards 2:01:50 - Jesse and the bear story 2:19:00 - The Dark Urge 2:23:10 - A Zelda film 2:29:00 - XBOX partners with AI company 2:36:20 - Epic Game Store still not profitable 2:38:50 - Steam Deck OLED & Steam Deck 2 2:40:00 - World of Warcraft - Post BlizzCon 2:44:20 - Cohh in WoW Hardcore 2:52:10 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another month another game dev laying off a large percentage of their workforce; this time Bungie steps up to the plate. After that we go over the rocky keynotes of BlizzCon 2023 where things seem to be a transitional phase to whatever comes next. The boys have been dabbling in simulcasting on YouTube (Not Cohh) and discuss the pros and cons. Then we get into the games! 0:00 - Horror Month 10:00 - Being sick 16:20 - Massive Bungie layoffs 27:00 - Blizzcon 2023 31:50 - World of Warcraft: The War Within 44:00 - Modern Warfare 3 horrible 54:00 - Simulcasting 1:22:20 - Alan Wake 2 1:52:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2:01:50 - RoboCop 2:11:00 - Stray Souls 2:20:50 - Skull Island: Rise of Kong 2:40:55 - For The King 2 2:47:00 - The Police Mystery 2:54:00 - FFXIV x Fall Guys 2:56:30 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zeke is out this week as the ConVID as taken him and many others this week after a brief jaunt through Vegas for TwitchCon! Taking up the mantle for the week is GassyMexican to chat about all the new info coming out of TwitchCon! Then we get into possibly another Game of the Year contender: Alan Wake 2! 0:00 - Ghost Cohh 2:20 - What happens in Vegas 5:40 - TwitchCon 41:30 - Twitch CEO 53:00 - Stories 57:00 - Stream Together 1:10:00 - Twitch Alerts 1:11:30 - Chat warnings 1:15:00 - Twitch embeds 1:21:25 - Simulcasting 1:30:20 - Pete Hinds retiring 1:32:40 - Star Citizen: Squadron 42... Looks good? 1:37:00 - Capcom thriving 1:39:30 - Skull & Bones... Delayed again? 1:41:00 - XBOX Partner Showcase 1:44:00 - Alan Wake 2 1:59:40 - City Skylines 2 2:03:50 - Paradox parts ways with Hairbrained Schemes 2:04:20 - Lords of the Fallen 2:08:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2:12:10 - Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria 2:29:20 - Endless Dungeon 2:33:30 - Cohh producing a game 2:43:30 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return after a week off to chat about the deluge of good and bad news and try to stay positive about the industry we all love. More mass layoffs, is the PS5 slim a scam and in some good news John Riccitiello leaves Unity & Bobby Kotick leaves Activision after the merger goes through with Microsoft, yay? We swoon over Lies of P, lament over Lords of the Fallen & chat about all the Steam Next Fest games we've played! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rami Ismail returns! And you know what that means - More news of devs getting decimated by an increasingly unsustainable games industry! Also Jim Ryan retiring from Playstation, Kamiya leaving Platinum Games, SAG-AFTRA targets AAA game publishers. Games talked about: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P, Cocoon & many more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.