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Game Off 53 is here with perhaps the BIGGEST news story of the year. One of the biggest gaming Publishers (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft) has been SOLD to mega Microsoft for a great many billions. Andy and Brent discuss the good, the bad and the monopoly of it all! Then stick around for our weekly SHOWCASE featuring the hit co-op only IT TAKES TWO and the very single-player only GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. There's a lot to be said in this narrative heavy GAME OFF #53!

The End (of the year) is nigh! Award seasons here and there plenty of chatter to work through before the Game Awards. We take a look at all the major nominees and give our analysis and predictions (plus some spicy takes). All that and a Showcase to keep you warm this winter... we've got the latest Tales of game that's been delighting audiences and a comforting, unique indie game. Ladies and gentlepeople, please enjoy TALES OF ARISE and UNPACKING on Game Off #52.

Episode 51 is here and with it more Animal Crossing News! We discuss all the ways that the ANIMAL CROSSING DIRECT crossed Andy the wrong way. Then we tackle a couple of colorful games in this weeks showcase: arcade racer HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED and blast-from-the-past ECHO GENERATION. All that and a bag of cats this week on Game Off #51!

50 Episodes you say? Hard to believe but we take a look back at the first 49 episodes to discuss our surprises from the last couple of years, as well as regrets and favorite moments. Then we actually HAVE a 50th episode by talking about some GAMES! We discuss the subversive and surprising new EDF entry EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS, then talk anime RPG goodness with SCARLET NEXUS. Here's to 50 more and then some with episode 50!

GAME OFF RETURNS! We're back from the long spring lull and we're starting off our end of summer series with some colorful games! First we FINALLY react to the Steam Deck announce. Is it the PC and console killer people think it is or just hurting itself? THEN we game off two palette cleansing games: the Surprise Super Mario Sports sequel that so few expected with MARIO GOLF: SUPER RUSH and the artful high school sports game that just SCREAMS anime storyline: DODGEBALL ACADEMIA! All this and a bag of other nonsense on GAME OFF #49! 2m // Steamdeck Feelings 19m // Dodgeball Acedemia 32m// Mario Gold Super Rush

Game Off RETURNS this week to ask the important questions! What the hell is going on with Cyperpunk? Why the hell is nothing going on with Cyperpunk? Who is going to explain to us what the hell is going on with Cyberpunk? Then we get straight to our SHOWCASE of the WEEK featuring a not-so-awaited but well-received sequel to a cult classic base-builder and a VHS-inspired, style-oozing crowdfunded platformer. Folks... feast your ears on EVIL GENIUS 2 and NARITA BOY all on GAME OFF #48. 1m Cyberpunk 2077 Post Mordem | 14m - Evil Genius 2 | 37m Narita Boy Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Rocking just as hard with Season 3 Episode 2! Got nothing but the biggest names in Poland-based horror and the long awaited sequel to everyone's favorite match-3 sex game. But before delving into those titans of their respective scenes, we've got to get personal and get real; these are our confessions. Particularly about what gaming gewgaws and tchotchkes we can't seem to part with no matter how many bankers boxes they fill up. What is it about video games that turns you into the shame of Hoarders Season 29? Then we face off with two of the most anticipated games of the year, first with Bloober Team's return to non-licensed-horror-games: The Medium. Then get really uncomfortable listening around your parent's, its hopefully the biggest and only sex game on the docket for the year: Huniepop 2 - Double Date! All this and maybe more, definitely not less, in Episode 47 of the Game Off Podcast! Check out RPGG's love letter to Yakuza: Like a Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6shYLhJ-E Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

ITS SEASON 3 BOYS AND GIRLS! We're kicking the new season off with some surprise hits from the early 2021 season. Before our showcase we talk about the internets favorite feature: Always-Online games. Why do they keep proving troublesome? When did we first learn to hate them? How does this keep happening!? Then we dive into our furious and loopy showcase of the week! Expect great things from the bundled-up Mario rider with Bowser's Fury. Then get lost in loops for many days with the super unique rogue-lite Loop Hero! All this and more in the season 3 premiere of Game Off Podcast (Ep. 46). 1:00 Outriders Sloppy Launch | Bowser's Fury | Loop Hero Check out RPGG's love letter to Yakuza: Like a Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6shYLhJ-E Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

ITS BACK! We've been ranking them all year long and it's finally time to pin them together and make them duke it out for Game Off's Tournament of Champions... Champion and de facto Game Off Podcast Game of the Year! We've also added a little twist this year: an absolute spit-take worthy Worst of the Year Tournament (title clearly in service). It's a high energy culmination of a year's worth of episodes all in one place. Join in as we wrap up 2020 or kick-off your Game Off adventure in our extra special Game Off #45 - the Tournament(s) Edition. Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Game Off 44 RETURNS for an episode just chock-full of head-scratching and desk-pounding. We discuss the BORDERLANDS movie casting and the general state of Video Game Film adaptations. THEN - despite our better judgment - we just keep on playing Ubisoft games; we dig into the not-so-quiet ASSASSINS CREED VALHALLA and the mouthful IMMORTALS FENYX RISING. Are we pleasantly surprised or have they gone even further off the rails? When can we expect Ubi-Eats? Check out GAME OFF #44 for all the ubi-off you can possibly handle! Fireside Chat: 0:30: Borderlands Casting, David Lynch's Zelda adaptation | 19:35: Immortals Fenyx Rising | 40:55 Assassins Creed Valhalla Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Back by popular-ish demand, we've got a new episode chock-full of far eastern imports! We kick things off with our hopes and dreams for 2021, then discuss the rebranding and implications of the new "Lucafilms Games" (spoiler: this didn't age well). Then we've got our Japan-est showcase yet: the wild over-the-top 7th entry in the Yakuza franchise - Yakuza: Like a Dragon! And the anime-adaptation soccer classic - Captain Tsubasa: Rise of the New Champions! All this and other ramblings in Game Off #43! 1:00 Games were excited for in maybe 2021? | 7:45 Fireside Chat: Thoughts on Lucasfilms Games | 21:15: Yakuza: Like a Dragon | 44:30 Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Ghosts and Hell?? Not quite as spooky as you think! GAME OFF #42 is here with a return to our FIRESIDE CHATS: this time we talk all about our favorite mods (do custom games count?)! The we jump into our SHOWCASE OF THE WEEK first featuring the super stylish and non-CDPR cyberpunk game GHOSTRUNNER. Finally we jump into the seeming perpetual early access game HADES which has been making waves in the GOTY nominations across the internet. Is it as good as they say? Is it as good as BASTION? All the answers to your burning hellfire questions this week on GAME OFF PODCAST! 1:30 Fireside Chat - Favorite Mod? | 13:00 Ghostrunner | 27:00 Hades Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Gaming has leveled up and next gen consoles are here! We've got our hands first on a Series X Xbox this week and we'll go over the first impressions of the console and the new generation. Then in our (partially) next gen showcase we're talking about the supped up Watch Dogs: Legion and how it feels to play as everyone and no one at the same time! Then one of the biggest cash crops of the year drops with Genshin Impact and we take a look at how it feels to play big-budget free-to-play-to-maybe-win games! All this and more (Keno anyone?) on Game Off #41! 1:00 XBOX Series X Impressions | 16:45 Genshin Impact | 37:00 Watch Dogs Legion Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Game Off EPIC edition features 2 large scale games the likes of which many of us have never seen! Before the showcase we discuss the announce (and announced removal) of the original Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light! Then stick around for the epic showcase featuring the middle-age everything-sim CRUSADER KINGS III and the highly anticipated FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE! We've got our fancy hats and big swords out for this one so check out GAME OFF #40! News: 0:45 Fire Emblem NES - Great Deal? Showcase: Crusader Kings III - 14:45 and Final Fantasy VII Remake - 39:45 Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

New consoles so close you can taste them! Game Off #39 tackles all the latest next-gen news, focusing heavily on the HUGE Playstation 5 event and pricing reveals across all the new consoles. We talk launch line-up, hardware and more! Then our stylish indie showcase this week features the pixel-shadowed space rogue-like STAR RENEGADES and the blast-from-the-past arcade racer HOTSHOT RACING. Be sure to grab some cocoa for the first autumn 2020 episode of GAME OFF! 0:45m PlayStation Reveal | Star Renegades 28:30m | Hotshot Racing 45:15m Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast Download Slotzee: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdbrothers.slotzee&hl=en_US

It's the beginning of the fall games season, so we've decided to check out some indie gems this week on Game Off #38! We dive into all the news from the MARIO 35th Anniversary Direct from Nintendo and take a microscopic look at the good and the bad from the show. Then we've got our showcase featuring the shadow drop release coverages of the charming DRAKE HOLLOW followed by one of the biggest surprises of the year: FALL GUYS. Stick with us for the rants and raves this week on Game Off! 0:45 Mario's 35th anniversary direct | 23:00 Fallguys Showcase | 40:00 Drake Hollow Showcase Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast Download Slotzee: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdbrothers.slotzee&hl=en_US

Game Off flies high this week on episode 37! We dive right into the ongoing debate about paying for NEXT GEN UPGRADES and the alarmingly seedy business surrounding it. Then in our Fireside Chat we alienate viewers by discussing GAME GENRES WE JUST DON'T GET. Then for our gorey main course, expect a showcase full of carnage with CARRION and the sky high surprise hit MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR. Find out what we have to say about this and so much more on this weeks GAME OFF! 1:30 News - Money hungry publishers | 11:15 Fireside Chat - Games we don't get | Showcase: 22:50 - CARRION 38:50 Microsoft Flight Simulator Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast Download Slotzee: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdbrothers.slotzee&hl=en_US

It's time for Game Off #36! Andy and Brent take some time during their Fireside Chat this week to discuss the place of Physical Media in the Digital era, and all the superficial things that go with it! And once the ranting ends we've got our SHOWCASE OF THE WEEK featuring the long underappreciated but cult classic PAPER MARIO franchise's latest entry: THE ORIGAMI KING. And on the otherside of the showcase is the genre-bending stylish indie tactical roguelike OTHERCIDE. Be sure to tune in for this rollercoaster as we rant and rave in the latest episode of GAME OFF! 1:00 Fireside Chat - Physical Media overrated? | Showcase - 16:45 Paper Mario: The Origami King 35:30 Othercide Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast Download Slotzee (not in any way connected to Solitalker, aside from he created it): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdbrothers.slotzee&hl=en_US

The stakes are high and the temperature is rising! We discuss the hits and misses of the latest Xbox Games Showcase leading into the new console generation (Xbox Series X) and all the new games (Halo, Fable, Avowed)! Then stick around for the hottest showcase of the year: the stylish shooter SUPERHOT returns with SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE and the long awaited yet out-of-nowhere new DESPERADOS III. Be sure to crank that A/C and listen in on GAME OFF #35! 1:00 Xbox Games Showcase | 34:30 Desperados III Showcase | 54:00 Superhot: Mind Control Delete Showcase Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast Download Slotzee: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdbrothers.slotzee&hl=en_US

New games THIS FALL? Hard to believe, but we've got all the news on the latest announcements from Ubisoft's Forward event and Devolver's latest mini-direct. We take a hard look at all the games (Far Cry 6, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Watchdogs Legion) coming soon. Then stick around for our showcase of the week: The surprising and nostalgic DBZ Kakarot and the Early Access Indie mining gem Deep Rock Galactic! 1:00: Devlover Digital Direct and 13:00 Ubisoft Forward | 33:35 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot | 49:45 Deep Rock Galactic Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

The Summer of Game Off continues as we dissect all the next-gen Playstation news and the latest Pokemon announcements! We tackle all the best and worst of the latest events and ray-tracified game announcements. Then stick around for the timely showcase of Moving Out and the deck-building wonderkind Monster Train. Be sure to listen close for the rare Slay the Spire reference! All this and too much more on a jam packed Game Off #33! 1:00 Playstation Reveal Event and 34:40 Pokemon News | 48:45 Moving Out Showcase | 52:45 Monster Train Showcase Download Slotzee! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdbrothers.slotzee Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

The spirit of E3 is nearly upon us! This week we talk about some PS5 news regarding the requirement for all new games moving forward to be on the new platform as well. Then we chat about our expectations of the E3 season and just how weird its going to be. And finally we've got our beat-em-up / slash-em-down showcase of the week: STREETS OF RAGE 4 and MINECRAFT DUNGEONS. Game Off #32 is upon like a bad boy on a street... of rage. Check it out! 1:30 PS4 games required for PS5? | 11:45 Fireside Chat - E3 Expectations for 2020 | Showcase - 25:25 Streets of Rage 4 - 39:45 Minecraft Dungeons Sonic Video: https://youtu.be/x6tPkdkmHPY Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Game Off #31 has us looking to the sky for some new horizons! We catch up and find out what franchises are just BEGGING to be revived. Then check out our chillest showcase ever featuring the indie space-surprise DELIVER US THE MOON and the darling of the moment ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS. Start up your jazz records and kick back for GAME OFF #31! 1:30 What we've been playing | 14:00 Fireside Chat - Which game doesn't need a sequel or reboot? | Showcase - 22:30 Deliver Us The Moon - 35:15 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Next Gen is starting to HEAT UP with the unofficial kick-off of launch season now upon us! We go over the games (and controversy) of the recent Xbox 20/20 (3rd Party "Gameplay" event) and take a look at some of what we were excited to see. But what we're REALLY excited to see is a TACTICAL SHOWCASE featuring two seemingly out-of-nowhere major releases in the genre: XCOM: CHIMERA SQUAD and GEARS TACTICS. These games have a lot in common so stick around to find out everything you need to know to get your tactical fix this week on GAME OFF #30. 2:00 News - XBOX 2020 3rd Party Preview | 16:15 Fireside Chat | Showcase - 24:15 XCOM: Chimeria Squad 41:30 Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

#29 is HERE for you in the end times! We've been catching up on MORE backlog games (what else is there?!) on top of our SHOWCASE. Before that we deviate into some slightly disturbing food combinations before arriving at our most drastically different games of the year! TODAY we bring you the long await chaotic shooter DOOM ETERNAL and the physics based delivery mayhem of TOTALLY RELIABLE DELIVERY SERVICE. Enjoy these games from another mother this week on GAME OFF #29! 1:00 What We're Playin' | 10:00 Fireside Chat | Showcase: 18:45 - Totally Reliable Delivery Service | 37:00 - Doom Eternal Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Year 2 of Game Off CONTINUES! Find out what we've been playing and how we keep sane in the end times for our FIRESIDE CHAT! Then stick around for an Indie Showcase special: ORI and the WILL OF THE WISPS by Moon Studios and MURDER BY NUMBERS by Mediatonic. All the indoor fun is here on Game Off #28! 1:38 What We've Been Playing | 14:00 Fireside Chat | 20:39 Showcase - Ori and the Will of the Wisps | 42:10 Showcase - Murder by Numbers Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

2020 has officially begun (for Game Off at least) as we kick things off this Spring! We've been hitting our backlogs hard, so hear what we have to say about some slightly older titles (Assassin's Creed: Odyssey / CS: GO / Stardew Valley), plus our SHOCKING Fireside Chat all before our first showcase of 2020! Prepare to exsanguinate with Ninja Theory's multiplier arena brawler BLEEDING EDGE and the unique first-person fantasy slasher ELDERBORN! All that and more indoor fun on Game Off #27! 1:30 - Whatcha Playin: Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Counter Strike Go, and Stardew Valley | 22:00 Fireside Chat - Most Shocking Game Played | Showcase: 30:00 Bleeding Edge 48:00 Elderborne Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

IT'S FINALLY TIME! The Final Ultra Mega SHOWCASE OF THE YEAR: the 2019 Game Off Tournament of Champions!! We've ranked over 40 of the most essential games of 2019 and now we'll pit them against each other in our final showdown. This is it; our top 16 games are set and seeded for a true GAME OFF. Who's going to take home the title of CHAMPION out of these great games: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Kingdom Hearts III, Control, Outer Worlds, Devil May Cry 5, Supraland, Sekiro: Shadow's Die Twice, Link's Awakening, Disco Elysium, Ion Fury, Yoshi's Crafted World, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Shadowbringers, Children of Morta, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Life Is Strange 2! Find out on episode 26 of GAME OFF! Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Honk Honk! What the heck is happening at the Dice Awards this year? We take a look at the list of winners this week before we move on to our Fireside Chat (where'd morality meters go?). Then we have our showcase featuring the latest and pokemonest Pokemon games (POKEMON SWORD + SHIELD) and the tactical rpg in the vein of XCOM, PHOENIX POINT. All that and more on Game Off #25! 1:00 News - Dice Awards Recap | 14:00 Fireside Chat - Morality Meters | Showcase - 23:00 Pokemon Sword and Sheild - 45:00 Pheonix Rising | 1:14:00 Showcase Wrap Up! Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Hot off the presses, Game Off #24 brings all the news about NINTENDO and BLIZZARD's no-good, very bad week (Warcraft 3: Reforged, Super Smash Bros., Fire Emblem). We also compare and contrast the GAME AWARDS with the OSCARS to ask the question: What can they learn from each other? Plus a showcase of two games that took the year by storm; STAR WARS: JEDI FALLEN ORDER and DISCO ELYSIUM. Is the first good Star Wars game in a decade? Just what makes the heavily lauded Disco Elysium unique? Find out on GAME OFF #24! 1:20 News - Blizzard (1:20) and Nintendo (8:30) - What are you doing? | 19:45: Fireside Chat - Can the Oscars learn anything from The Game Awards? | 30:00 Showcase of the Week - Disco Elysium (30:00) and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (45:00) Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Game Off #23 waits for no one as we near the end of our 2019 gaming showcases! We've got our fireside chat (Weirdest 2019 memories) followed up by an eagerly awaited showcase of mysterrrrrrrrrrrrious games: DEATH STRANDING and CHILDREN OF MORTA. Death Stranding may be one of the most divisive games of 2019, but just how nonsensical is it? And Children of Morta surprised many this year; but does it have what it takes to be one of the best of 2019? We may have more questions than answers this week, but it's a hell of a ride on Game Off #23! 1:00 Fireside Chat | 9:30 Death Stranding | 41:30 Children of Morta | 53:00 News - Game Delays Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Episode 22 is here and so is the new year but we're still talking about 2019! We've got a followup to all our prescient GAME AWARDS predictions! We've got some kind of nonsense in our fireside chat! And we've got a smart, sleek, and stylish showcase with the narrative-fueled LIFE IS STRANGE 2 and the banger-fueled SAYONARA WILD HEARTS. 0:30 Game Awards Reactions | 30:15 A Fireside Chat | Showcase - 42:25: Sayonara Wild Hears 57:30 Life is Strange 2 Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Game Off #21 has arrived with a Japan extravaganza! We've got all the News from Sony's STATE OF PLAY and coverage of Nintendo's "NINDIES" event! Tons of game announcements will be followed up by our fireside chat, and stick around for our most kawaii showcase yet: the latest game in the Yakuza universe - JUDGMENT - and the highly (and perpetually) anticipated sequel SHENMUE III. Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast 0:30 News - Sony Game Announcements and the Nindies | 27:00 Fireside Chat - Rootin Tootin Cowboy Pidgeons and our favorite Christmas movies | 38:00 Showcase of the Week: Judgement (38:00) and Shenmue III (1:02:00)

TWENTY episodes in and no sign of slowing down. We tear into the news of a NEW HALF LIFE GAME and what that means for CAMPO SANTO GAMES. We rant and rave per usual in our FIRESIDE CHAT, before coming to our showcase of the week: The charming LUIGI'S MANSION 3 and the neon-drenched NEED FOR SPEED: HEAT. Kick back and soak in GAME OFF #20.

With the end of the year coming at breakneck speed, so too comes Award Season! Game Off #19 bring a full episode of REACTIONS & PREDICTIONS to the list of nominees for the 2019 GAME AWARDS. Join us for an hour of breakdowns, spicy takes and unwarranted rants this week on Game Off!

Cold weather's coming, get warm with Game Off #18. Shake off that chilly Google Stadia reception and warm up by the fireside with chats about Thanksgiving and breakfast cereal. Then bundle up tight because space is probably cold and we're traveling to The Outer Worlds for our joint showcase this week. 1:00 News - Google Stadia - Are we hyped? | 22:30 Fireside Chat - Thanksgiving vs. Christmas and Andy's Cereal Collection | 28:45 Showcase Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Take your mind off the impending holidays! We've got hot takes on the definitely perfectly normal Blizzcon to warm your bones. A creepy-crawly creamy fireside chat to sip on. And a showcase of two games focused on the surprising theme of "games we played this week". All this and no more on Game Off #17! 0:45 News - Blizzcon and the Newsgasm that it was | 22:00 Fireside Chat - Spiders and Cream?? | 31:45 Showcase Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Just in time for Halloween, we've got the horror that is the Fallout 1st subscription for Fallout 76 in addition to a spooky trove of game delays. Join us for our first (and maybe last?) peripheral-only episode of Game Off (featuring super scary real thunder). 0:30 News - Fallout 76 want's your money (0:30), Delayapoloza (12:45) | 25:30 A Fireside Chat | 36:45 Showcase of the Week Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Game Off #15 is here just in time for Halloween! What does that mean?? We've got a violent showcase featuring the tactical adaption of the famous John Wick franchise (John Wick Hex) and the Dark Souls-esque amputation simulator "The Surge 2". We'll bring you some news beforehand on some new game announcements and our debate about re-releasing patches to the very popular re-release of World of Warcraft Classic. Tune in your ear-holes and crack your fingers because its time for a Game Off! 0:45 News - Postal 4 & Payday 3! World of Warcraft Classic's 1st patch (for the second time)! | 25:00 Fireside Chat - TV & Magician's | 36:15 Showcase Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Are you ready for Aliens, Poetry and more anger of Micro-transactions? You'd better be, because that's what GAME OFF #14 is all about. We cover news about the Micro-Transactions in both MARIO KART WORLD TOUR for Mobile and CALL OF DUTY MODERN WARFARE (where did spec ops go??). Then stick around and listen in as we try and make sense of the 4D, Brain-Bending world of CONTROL and LINK'S AWAKENING place in the Legend of Zelda Timeline for our showcase of the week! 1:00 News | 19:00 A Fireside Chat | 33:00 Showcase of the Week Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

This week on GAME OFF: Rockstar Games of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption fame has a new game launcher for their PC games and some people may or may not be excited! And then showcase goes full-on Co-Op to the MAX on this weeks episode with latest games in two very popular franchises: Borderlands 3 and Gears (of War) 5. Chug a couple of Clearly Canadian's and join us for GAME OFF #13 (the not so spooky episode). 1:00 News: Rockstar's new Game Launcher | 9:15 A Fireside Chat | 20:30 Showcase of the Week Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Things get bendy this week on Game Off #12. We tackle the latest controversy: Gender Options in CYBERPUNK 2077. And did someone say NEW FORMAT? We test it out discussing the surprise hit during our showcase of the week: REMNANT: FROM THE ASHES by Gunfire Games. 1:00 News - Tell Tale's Back! & Cyberpunk - No More Genders? | 16:00 A Fireside Chat | 27:30 Showcase of the Week | 56:00 A Note on the New Format Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Game Off #11 has ** Game Dev Drama Alert ** spicy takes on the ongoing drama from Ion Fury developers and 3d Realms. We also dive into the the boons and pains of Xbox games showing up on other platforms. Also prepare yourselves for the showcase of the week: the nostalgia shooter dream 'Ion Fury' and the latest (and possibly greatest?) entry in the Fire Emblem franchise, 'Fire Emblem: Three Houses'! Time Stamps 0:37 News - Gears of War and Exclusivity | 7:30 A Note on the Developers of Ion Fury | 8:30 A Fireside Chat | 23:30 Showcase Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Who would've thought we'd reach double digits?? Game Off #10 features the BETHESD-OFF SHOWCASE ("Bethesda Off" har har), but before that we bring up some questions and speculation about THQ NORDIC'S business operations, a special under-prepared FIRESIDE CHAT. Get ready for Rage 2 & Wolfenstein: Youngblood on this weeks Game Off! 1:00 News - THQ Nordic: What the hell are they up to? | 13:00 Fireside Chat | 26:00 Showcase Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

In what critics are calling "the most off the rails episode yet", we bring you Game Off #9! In lieu of news, we give our spicy takes on CUTSCENES in games and ask the question: is HALF-LIFE 2 actually a good game? Finally we have a unique showcase featuring the expansion pack to a wildly popular MMO - Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - and Andy's favorite bug stomping romp and Game of All Years: Earth Defense Force 5. 1:00 - Spicy Take on Cut Scenes | 17:00 - A Fireside Chat | 28:00 Showcase of the Week Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

An interesting week in news brings us the announcement of the SWITCH LITE, which Andy & Brent attempt to wrap their heads around. We also have our new weekly Fireside Chat, and of course our showcase of the week! Be prepared to die twice and clean up the carpets with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Game Off #8! 1:00 - News - Switch Lite | 19:00 - A Fireside Chat | 34:30 Showcase of the Week Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

Still weary from all the E3 hype, Brent and Andy do their best not to be startled by the news of all those Surprise Mechanics popping up in EA's games, and still take some time to help you get to know them better. And as always, the week's showcase: Void Bastards and Supraland. Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast

E3 has come and gone, delivering a plethora of information for us to dig into for this week's special news-filled edition. Brent and Andy dive into all the surprises from each conference (Microsoft, Bethesda, Ubisoft, Nintendo, Square Enix and more!) and fulfilled prophecies from the predictions episode for the full duration of the show. Expect plenty of hot takes and debate on Game Off #6! Time Codes 2m - New Segment - Get to know us a bit better 14:30 Xbox / Microsoft 28:30 Bethesda 36:00 Devolver Digital 37:00 PC Gaming Show 40:00 Ubisoft 50:00 Square Enix 57:00 Nintendo 1:08:00 E3 recap and impressions

This week we're changing things up a bit! We're devoting a full episode to discussing gaming's biggest holiday: the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). This special edition includes our predictions, commentary and wild speculation on the industry's favorite week. We take a look at what each publisher (Bethesda, Square Enix, etc) and manufacturer (Microsoft, Nintendo, etc) is bringing to the table as well as what huge surprises are in store for us coming up at E3 2019! Microsoft : 0:02m Bethesda : 0:22m Devolver Digital : 0:34m Ubisoft : 0:42m Square Enix : 1:05m Nintendo : 1:14m Wrap Up: Capcom, THQ Nordic, Rocksteady, EA Play : 1:27

We're back and better than ever! This week we cover Google's Stadia announcement and entrance into the traditional gaming market, Microsoft doubling down on the PC gaming market (excluding the Epic Games Store), and of course our showcase of the week: Tom Clancy's The Division 2 & Crackdown 3!

This week we cover the new PLAYSTATION spec teasers, an update to our ranking system and finally: DEVIL MAY CRY 5 & YOSHI'S CRAFTED WORLD! Be sure to follow and heart us on all the socials: Facebook.com/GameOffPodcast | Twitter.com/GameOffPodcast | YouTube.com/GameOffPodcast