A show about gaming news and appreaciating gaming culture, the show is presented live on 98.8 Northwest FM (https://www.northwestfm.org/)every Saturday at 10 am AEST and the podcast is uploaded within a few days. Intro and outro music is by Phillip "Hephestos" Schlosser https://youtube.com/Hephestos…
Time stamps: - Call to action 00:00:37- Overwatch archives event and new hero Echo 00:02:44- Animal Crossing: New Horizons 00:27:10- Nindies Direct 00:41:20- PS5 specs revealed and backwards compatibility 00:55:48- World of Warcraft: Winds of Wisdom Event 01:13:56- Ori and the Will of the Wisps 01:16:55
Time stamps:- The Sonic movie 00:01:10- Delays due to Coronavirus 00:27:30- Next-gen console specs 00:36:30- Developers remove games from Nvidia Geforce Now 00:50:53
Time Stamps:- Animal Crossing Direct 00:00:50- Sonic Movie 00:35:20- Disney want developers to use their IP 00:38:20- The Yakuza game series 00:47:07- Final Fantasy News 00:54:48
Time Stamps:- Warcraft 3 re-fraudulent 00:00:50- Dan Houser is leaving Rockstar Games 00:07:37- Corona Virus delaying production 00:18:15- The Witcher television series 00:22:35- Fire emblem heroes getting a subscription service 00:29:30- Crash bandicoot mobile game 00:41:03- Konami getting back into Silent Hill 00:45:37- EA games return to steam at doube the price 00:48:25
Time Stamps:- Google Stadia angering fans 00:00:55- Pokemon Home pricing details 00:06:45- Nintendo's anti-consumer policy 00:15:00- No switch pro plans 00:31:00- Animal Crossing New Horizons Switch 00:38:55- Changes to Overwatch updates 00:44:30- Warcraft 3 Reforged 00:50:30
Time Stamps:00:03:25 Super Smash Bros Direct00:13:47 Fire Emblem DLC00:17:00 Australian bushfires and Donating00:22:10 Next gen console discussion00:38:35 Big game delays00:44:00 Overwatch Lunar New Year00:51:50 WoW 8.300:56:00 Google Stadia announcements
Time Stamps:00:01:15 Pokemon Direct00:03:30 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue DX00:09:40 Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC00:45:47 CES00:47:48 New Batman game00:51:55 Final Fantasy news00:54:40 New Assasin's Creed game
Time Stamps:- General news and stories 00:00:00- Ori and the Will of the Wisps 00:18:38- Gods and Monsters 00:19:54- Final Fantasy VII Remake 00:21:35- Watch Dogs Legion 00:23:07- Animal Crossing New Horizons 00:27:16- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 00:31:30- Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated 00:32:35- System Shock 00:33:40- Hindsight 20/20 00:34:50- Rainbow Six Quarantine/Talking shit on Tom Clancy 00:37:36- Trials of Mana 00:39:37- The Last of Us Part II 00:42:25- Empire of Sin 00:44:52- Tactical Galactical 00:45:47- Cyberpunk 2077 00:46:30- Marvel’s Avengers 00:50:12- Carrion 00:51:06- Dying Light 2 00:51:50- Minecraft Dungeons 00:52:40- Wasteland 3 00:53:00- Phantasy Star Online 2 00:55:15- Outriders and CoD Black Ops 5 00:56:00- Monstrum 2 00:57:10- Halo Infinite 00:59:02- Destroy All Humans! Remake 01:00:34- Psychonauts 2 01:01:06- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 01:01:23- The Riftbreaker 01:02:28- Persona 5 Royal 01:03:45- Ghost of Tsushima 01:04:32- Dragon Age 4 01:04:27- Beyond Good & Evil 2 01:07:25- Elden Ring 01:08:44- Microsoft Flight Simulator 01:09:13- Oddworld: Soulstorm 01:12:07- Super Meat Boy Forever 01:13:10- Radical Rabbit Stew 01:14:06- Stranger Things 01:14:54- Haven 01:15:14- No More Heroes 3 01:15:32- Tales of Arise 01:16:51- Lords of the Fallen 2 01:17:11- Spiritfarer 01:17:27- Way to the Woods 01:18:26- Skull and Bones 01:18:58- CrossfireX 01:20:06- Nathan's future VR venture 01:20:35- Breath of the Wild 2 01:27:00- New Super Mario 01:33:12- Pokemon moving forward 01:38:12- Assasins Creed 01:42:50- WoW Shadowlands 01:46:13
Time Stamps:- Recapping the Video Game Awards 00:02:23Our best games of:- 2010 00:39:46- 2011 00:45:00- 2012 00:50:32- 2013 00:56:55- 2014 01:04:00- 2015 01:11:51- 2016 01:17:57- 2017 01:27:29- 2018 01:34:02- 2019 01:41:27- Our games of the decade 01:53:10- Lookin forward 02:05:34
Time Stamps:- New NES and SNES titles on Nintendo's online service 00:00:50- The pre-Game Awards discussion 00:19:20
Time Stamps:- Google Stadia failing to live up to its expectations 00:00:50- Nathan's steamlink adventures 00:12:52- The Touryst review 00:17:10- Half-Life: Alyx 00:24:30- Ringfit Adventure 00:34:30- Baldur's Gate on Switch 00:47:40
Time Stamps:- Pokemon Sword and Shield: 00:01:28- Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order 00:34:53- Death Stranding 00:45:20
Time Stamps:- Sonic Movie Edits 00:01:03- Google Stadia 00:12:02- Pokemon Sword and Shield first impressions 00:26:02- Bioware overhauling anthem 00:50:50
Time Stamps:- EA doing remasters 00:00:40- Blizzcon recap 00:08:15- Red Dead Redemption 2 PC launch problems 00:31:25- Ubisoft in trouble 00:35:15- China restricting game time 00:39:10- Pokemon leaks 00:43:50
Time Stamps:- MediEvil Review 00:01:55- Death Stranding 00:06:00- WWE 2K20 dumpster fire 00:11:00- Halloween lootbox gripes 00:19:10- Blizzard Apology 00:23:58- Diablo 4 00:29:10- World of Warcraft: Shadowlands 00:38:15- Overwatch 2 00:55:30- The Witcher Netflix Series 01:14:09
Time Stamps:- Playstation 5 details 00:01:06- Riot publishing new games 00:05:25- Overwatch Halloween Event 00:08:10- World of Warcraft 8.3 Patch 00:14:45- Blizzard China & Hong Kong controversy 00:27:00
Time Stamps:- Merch booths 00:05:00- Convention centre food 00:14:35- Call of Cthulhu 00:20:00- Nintendo Booth 00:29:30- Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Iair 00:36:10- Indie games 00:41:10- AAA developer games 01:06:20
Time Stamps:- Red Dead 2 coming to PC 00:01:54- Sony caving to cross play 00:06:25- PS Now price cut 00:10:40- New Overwatch skins 00:14:00- Neo Cab review 00:16:30- Pre Pax Banter 00:24:20
Time Stamps:- Playstation State of Play 00:00:37- MediEvil Demo 00:29:15- WoW 8.2.5 Update 00:42:30- MarioKart Mobile 00:51:13
Time stamps:- Intro 00:00:00- Tokyo Game Show 00:01:25- Anthem Finally Dead? 00:08:58- Overwatch Lego Event 00:13:35- Changes to Future E3 00:21:08- Links Awakening Review: 00:25:10- Control Review 00:36:05- Sinking City Review 00:42:10
Time stamps:- Nintendo Switch Ring Fit 00:00:37- Gamestop Closures 00:12:35- Apple Arcade 00:34:40- New Releases 00:45:03- Death Stranding Gameplay 00:49:40
This week we discuss the tragic mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio and the controversial practice by certain politicians to blame video games as a root cause despite ample evidence proving this as false. We then delve once again into lootbox talk and planned industry changes to display the odds of winning certain items from loot boxes in the future. We also talk about an upcoming Chinese made game for the PS4, Genshin Impact, which has been accused of ripping off The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and finish off by covering the most recent news from Pokemon Sword and Shield.
This week we discuss governments washing their hands of loot boxes, EA cries poor with game pricing being set too low, new innovations in catch up mechanics with Activision investigating methods to let players reach the games end goals without investing as much time in the game, Callum's first impressions with Dragon Quest Builders 2 on the Nintendo Switch, there's controversy regarding the new Super Smash Ultimate character on Nintendo Switch. We also discuss the apparent character leak (that was proved to be wrong) in Overwatch.
This week we discuss Nintendo's struggles with Joycon Drift and console technical problems, Rockstars latest GTA Online update and the gambling controversy, The introduction of the Role Queue and the new hero Sigma to the Overwatch PTR, and our first impressions of Fire Emblem: Three Houses
This week we discuss the Nintendo Switch's new model that includes a longer lasting battery, our first impressions of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 on the Nintendo Switch, we discuss The Witcher adaptations fir trailer on Netflix, and the latest Overwatch event- the Summer Games!
This week we discuss the unveiling of the Nintendo Switch Lite, we eulogise the Nintendo 3DS, Pokemon Sword/Shields continued struggle to entice the fanbase with it's new trailer and the quality difference between official and unofficial Pokemon games. We also discuss Doctor Marios new pill popping adventure, we discuss unethical video game digital retailers, and we talk blizzard upates to Overwatch and World of Warcraft.
This week we discuss how loot boxes are exactly (not) like Kinder Surprise Chocolate Eggs, the ethics of "Surprise Mechanics" and how they're "Very fun, and Ethical". We also discuss Valves take on how to handle Loot Box item trading and involving the community in item Markets. We look at Gamefreaks inability to include all of the Pokemon into Sword/Shield and the disappointing graphics. Blizzard talks regret about class pruning and class design and their approach going foward. We also give our first impressions review of Super Mario Maker 2!
We look at our favourites from E3 2019 and look at some of the details after the conference has settled.We look at Ori and the Will and the Whisps, Jake and Alam are cautiously optimistic about Bleeding Edge. Bethesda toils away at fixing Fallout 76, we talk the weird Gears of War 5 trailer. We also discuss Battletoads, The new DBZ RPG.Nathan will not play the new Blair Witch game, we talk about Borderlands 3 and the free Borderlands 2 updates and DLC, Nintendo's getting the Witcher 3 (Also known as the 'Switcher'),Alam will create Mr Bean for Cyberpunk 2077, we discuss Deathloop's new teaser trailer, Ghostwire: the new horror-action mystery title, we discuss the pitfalls of permanent character death in Watch Dog: Legion, and Final Fantasy 8 is getting remade/remastered for modern consoles.We discuss Final Fantasy 7 remake's release schedule, we have a laugh at Doug Bowsers introduction to fans at the Nintendo conference. Jake and Nathan continue to try and convince Alam to play Animal Crossing.We also continue to discuss the Pokemon Pokedex controversy, we discuss the future of Smash Ultimate and talk about the first teases of a Breath of the Wild sequel.
Join us as we break down all the juicy news and gossip from E3 2019- This week we look at:EA's Conference with Star Wars: The Fallen Order, Upcoming updates to APEX Legends, and we take a more detailed look at the new Sims 4 expansion: Island Living.Microsoft's Conference with their new next-gen console reveal of the Xbox Scarlett, The first glimpses of the latest Halo game in development, Keanu Reeves surprises us by coming out for the Cyberpunk 2077 portion of the conference. Jake gets excited for Ori and the Will of the Whisps, Bleeding Edge, and the Outer worlds.Bethesdas Conference with their unveiling of the new technology to improve cloud based streaming called Orion, Arkane Studio's Deathloop, Fallout 76 updates including bringing human NPC's into the game.Ubisoft's Conference - brought to you by Tom Clancy - with Watchdogs Legion, A breadth of Tom Clancy Games, Roller Champions, Gods and Monsters, and the Ubisoft Games Pass.Square Enix's Conference with their mission to release all of their classic and legacy titles on digital platforms, Squares take on the Marvel franchise, Final Fantasy 7's long awaited Remake.Nintendo's amazing Conference with Dragon Quest Hero for Smash, Dragon Quest XI on the Switch, Luigi's Mansion 3, Animal Crossing New Horizons.
This week we discuss Googles not-sugar-replacement cloud based gaming platform, the "Google Stadia" and the pros and cons of cloud gaming. We look at the latest in Pokemon Sword/Shield videos and news. Callum alerts us to classic and classic inspired modern RPGs being ported to the Nintendo Switch. We speculate about Sony's absence from E3, Yooka Laylee's surprising sequel, Destroy All Humans being remade for modern consoles, Bleeding Edge being "leaked", EA continuing to disappoint at E3 with a line up leak including Star Wars, Battlefield, FIFA, Madden, and top it off with the cutting edge Sims franchise with their next expansion "Island Living". We also discuss all of the games we'd like to see at this years E3 and discuss other unverified rumours and leaks.
This week we start with the breakdown of the recently released trailer for Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding and try to make sense of all the weird and unsettling things that we keep getting in this games preview. We also discuss fresh news from Super Mario Maker 2, namely the lack of online co op with friends and Nintendo's strange explanation for it and talk little about Activision's soft Reboot of COD Modern Warfare. I gush about Cyberpunk 2077 which still doesn't have a release date and we finish off with discussions about the EA Play time table during this years E3.
Callum joins us in the studio today to discuss his experience in the World of Warcraft Classic beta ahead of the games official launch in August. We also tear into Nintendo's next mobile game: Mario Kart Tour and its range of microtransactions and discuss recent industry news of a partnership brewing between Sony and Microsoft.
We start this weeks show off with a review of the recently released Pokemon movie: Detective Pikachu followed by a continuation of the drama from Gearbox Software (the company behind Borderlands) and their CEO Randy Pitchford. We also talk about the upcoming Super Mario Maker 2 including features revealed in the recent Nintendo direct.
We breakdown the recent Playstation State of Play event and all of the games announced in the event, particularly the long awaited Final Fantasy 7 remake, MediEvil Remake and the new expansion to Monster Hunter World: Iceborn. We also discuss gameplay and information about the upcoming action RPG Code Vein along with more news on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. Finally we end things off with my review of Seikiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Jake and Nathan discuss recent reports about the decline in players of Battle Royal games such as Fortnite and Apex Legends, they also talk about keeping online games fresh and in particular the new Workshop addition to the Overwatch PTR. There is also some fresh news from Borderlands 3 and a good deal of fan backlash against the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer.
We talk about our opinions on the recently released BoxBoy and BoxGirl on the Nintendo Switch along with discussion of the mixed reviews received by the big Sony Title: Days Gone. Jake also takes us through the many updates on Nintendo including plenty about the Persona franchise.
On this episode of Sunrise Arcade we talk about everything we know so far about the PS5 including hardware specs and backwards compatability, we also spend some time discussing mini retro consoles and their use of third party emulation software along with general game updates.
This week Jake and Nathan discuss the ongoing battle between the Epic Games store and Steam especially with the announcement of Borderlands 3 being exclusive to Epic Games. They also discuss the upcoming Archives event in Overwatch along with the massive updates coming to World of Warcraft in the 8.2 patch.
Jake and Nathan discuss the all new information from the announcement of Borderlands 3 along with Nintendo leaks thanks to Best Buy and finish off with more discussion on Anthem.
In this weeks episode we discuss the recent Playstation State of Play (aka Direct), rumours of Nintendo brining out a "Switch Pro" of sorts in the near future and a review of the incredibly difficult indy game: Baba Is You.
This week Jake, Nathan and Callum discuss the recent nintendo direct and all the games that they are excited for along with the newly announced Google console: STADIA and more.
Note the first few minutes of the episode are missing. In this weeks episode we discuss rumours about big companies (namely Google) trying to enter the games space, problems on Steam with regards to negative review bombing and fresh updates to Overwatch brining a new character Baptiste and the Paris map.
In this weeks episode we discuss the place of adult games on steam and where we should draw the line as well as the long awaited announcement for the next generation of Pokemon with Sword and Shield.
This week we discuss the massive success of the new battle royal game by EA: Apex legends along with Nintendo's offerring of battle royal tetris. We also discuss the recent announcement by ArenaNet (the company behind Guild Wards 2) to lay off a large number of staff members and similar things happening around the industry. Jake also reviews Jump Force along with the Resident Evil 2 Remake.
This week we discuss announcement by Activision Blizzard to layoff over 800 members of their staff despite posting their highest grossing revenue this year. We also discuss news from the recent Nintendo Direct, particularly the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Super Mario Maker 2 and a bunch of another announcements.
This week we discuss the upcoming launch of Metro Exodus and backlash surrounding the move to make it an Epic Games Store exclusive along with the continuous problems with EA games. We also talk a little about some updates to the PS VR space and possible backwards compatitbility from the next Sony console.
This week we discuss the return of Soulja Boy into the world of gaming with his second attempt at making his "own" game console and news on the restarting of the development of Metroid Prime 4.
This week we discuss the new lawsuit against Rockstar games, upcoming Nintendo Switch titles and games coming in 2019 that we are really loking forward to.