We played a load of Zero Company! Jon even beat it! Was it good? Oh, it was VERY good. Plus, GTA6 is at maximum hype levels, State of Play happened today at Sony, Zero Company's company is having a bad week for no good reason and more. Scott played some Blood Dungeon and Shadown Dungeon. (Different games.) Jon played the early bits of Blood of The Dawnwalker. Beau played Palworld and gave us an update on his game dev learning journey. The first games we ever beat, and what games might never get played before we die. All that and more!
Let's do this! We talk about the games of September. Gamescom Opening Night recap. Star Wars Zero Company day is here. Scott played and LOVED Shape of Dreams. Also, Spinny Dungeon, and Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! (That's a real title.) Jon finished How Many Dudes, and is playing Journey with his kiddo! Beau played nothing but played around with game dev all week! An email in defense of Star Citizen, and lots more!
Beau and Scott played a lot of TCG Card Shop Simulator. Scott played Xeno Tilt, Demon's Tilt, Cult of Pin, and Pokemon Pinball. Notice a pattern? Jon is playing Pokemon Go again. Also more How Many Dudes other odds and ends. We talk about that Star Citizen livestream nightmare, the Horizon Hunters Gathering mess, and Fortnite going hard on outside game characteres. Also Blizzcon is stacked with celebs this year. More on muting bad voices in your games, and lots more!
It's that time of the week! CORE is on. And we wanna talk about stuff like Restory, How Many Dudes, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Cult of Pin, Black Jacket, Marvel Tokon, Agent 64, Death Howl, DragonSword Awakening, TCG Shop Simulator, Helldivers 2, among other games. Plus Lord of the Rings comes back from the 2011 death hole! Blizzard is the best performing studio XBOX has right now. We could use more Sean Murrays, Donnie Yen in Phantom Blade 0, Amazon is OUT of MMO's, VR Showcase happened and Beau has the scoop, your feedback and lots more!
Turns out, Spider-Man movies also inspire spending money on games. We get into it. Also, Scott played Granblue, messed with a Taco, played AC Valhalla and more. Jon played some Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls, The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time, How Many Dudes, and more Midnight Suns. Beau played a TON of DragonSword Akwakenings. Your emails and more!
A quick note about Frogpants Replay at the top, and then off we go! Scott played a lot more AC games, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. And more fun with Sunshine and Moonlight with retro games. Jon still playing Marvel Midnight Suns, with some twists. Shader mods on Rebirth, and his son beat Astrobot on his own! Beau played DragonSword: Awakening, Tears of Metal, and more Nightreign. He also gave us a VR update on G-Rebels, Metal Hellsinger VR, Overload, and Arken Age. News about whats coming to FF14 is pretty interesting today as well. Your emails and more!
Power washing gets a lot more fun when you put Star Wars stuff in it. Also, Scott played a lot of Black Flag Resynced, Farcry 4 (wait for it), Granblue Fantasy Relink, and a couple indies. Jon got all back into Marvel Midnight Suns, and Beau played DOOM The Dark Ages Revelations, and more Nightreign. He also really likes Chinese art books it seems. Microsoft is bringing a slate of classic Xbox titles to PC. The Witcher 3 expansion gets real at Gamescom. WoW and D&D are doing a proper crossover it seems. How best to play Final Fantasy 7 and LOADS more!
We start with the games we played this week! The Aventures of Elliott still gracing Scott and Jon's screens. Scott is ALL in on Black Flag Resynced. He also configured Moonlight on his network and has praises for it. Palworld 1.0 for Scott and Jon as well. Jon played Denshattack, and Beau still mainlaining Nightriegn like a pro player. Then some talk about Glen Schofield pulling out of games, MS destroying someone's personal data, Sega having big plans for GamesCom, and then a RUSH of emails and phone calls from you guys to top us up this week!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/AYRwJBmNLB4
MORE CORE: Rock Band, and beyond: Where will we play these games?
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A reminder about a few new posts on the feeds, and then off to the exciting world of how Xbox seems to be shitting the ENTIRE bed. Plus Games Done Quick, and the summer sale stuff. Scott tested the hell out of the state of GeForce Now, and did it with a load of games, including Just Cause 3, Diablo IV, Black Flag Resynced, Disco Elysium, and Ghostwire Tokyo to name a few. Jon played AstroBot and The Adventures of Elliot. Beau still buried in Nightreign and Slay The Spire 2!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7tMpJgcajfw
MORE CORE: Making the indie game, "Gyro", with solo-dev Shane Maddox.
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📅 Wed, 08 Jul 2026⏱ 40m🔴 acast
We get into what it takes to build your own game, and actually launch it to the public. And go wishlist/get the game on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4822290/Gyro/
We have Jon Show mugs in the store! Because why not? Also, what about cloud gaming in all these discussions around hardware prices? Plus, Sony says goodbye to physical media, and at the same time closes a couple stores, and took a bunch of movies away from people. Not great. XBOX will likely follow suit. CyberPunk Edge Runners S2 gets a new trailer. The full roster for Fighting Souls is upon us! We played Stellar Blade, Moonlighter 2, Titanium Court, Sea of Stars, FF7 Remake, 33 Immortals, Supermarket Sim, The Adventures of Elliot, Meccha Chameleon, Astro Bot, EverQuest Legends, Nightreign, and Star Trek Infection VR. Your emails and more!
Welp, the Steam Machine is here, and it's expensive as we figured it might be with the RAM wars and all. Let's break it all down, and highly discourage Canadians from getting one. :) We also talk about the big games of July, Xbox increasing prices, GTA VI costing too much, Gamestop STOPPING something good, Capcom still trolling with the Engine name, Switch 2 getting pricier too, the Summer Sale on Steam, and all the games we played this week: Resident Evil 9, Thank You For Your Application, FF7 Remake, Pragmata, Meccha Chameleon, Stellar Blade, Astro Bot, Nightreign, Overwatch, Heroes of The Storm and more. Also, Jon shares the right order to play the resident evil franchise in.
Guys, there were a lot of video games announced lately, and we take it upon ourselves to talk about the ones that make us the most excited! Plus, all the games we played and more!
Games we played this week:
Magic the Gathering, the Commander Decks from Final Fantasy
With Scott, Jon, Beau, Randy, Brian, Bobby, and the one and only LIAM O'BRIEN! Enjoy the archive from our live episode! Video coming soon to the Youtube Channel as well.
Scott Beau and Jon get together and watch SGF live with commentary! The video version is up on the youtube channel as well: youtube.com/scottjohnson Expect more in future as we break down what’s coming ands what has us the most excited.
CORE Coverage of the Sony State of Play for 6-2-2026
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📅 Wed, 03 Jun 2026⏱ 1h 29m🔴 acast
CORE Coverage of the Sony State of Play for 6-2-2026
On this week's CORE, we talk about the Witcher III getting a new expansion next year. Also, the games of June, Dragon Quest XII, the announcement of Unreal 6, Steam Deck getting a $300 price increase, Fable getting pushed again, the upcoming Sony State of Play and our coverage of it. We played Lego Batman: Legacy of The Dark Knight, 007 First Light, Duck Game, Deep Rock Galactic Rogue, Tidy Up The Arcane Libary, Steam Controllers, both Mario Movies, Stellar Blade, Elden Ring, and Pragmata! Also your emails to boot. Big fun show, so enjoy!
Seems like everyone is really into the new Lego Batman game. Also, Sony confirms, no PC ports for their big single player games anymore. We have more thoughts. Warhorse is making a Lord of The Rings RPG. Virtua Fighter 6 leak has us excited. Bungie says Destiny 2 is over. Big Warhammer dump at Skulls Showcase this year. Quantic Dream MOBA actually happened. GTA6 is STILL happening this year...we think. Sunderfolk is free right now...sort of. We played more RE9, some Forza Horizon 6, Rune Dice, Librarian, Crimson Desert, Mixtape, Pokopia, Mano things in Fortnite, Stellar Blade, Surviving Mars: Relaunched, and more! Plus an email or two!
Today on CORE, turns out those Overwatch coming to Fortnite rumors were true! We talk it about. GDC changes their name. Forza H6 and Subnautica are having a very good week it seems. Capcom is doing really well, and also dominating the digital and PC space for a company like that. Maybe FF7 rebirth is for the olds? Zelda movie has a NEW date. Check out the cool stuff in the CORE store! Scott reviews the new Steam Controller, Forbidden Solitaire, and also gets more Crimson Desert and Dungeon Crawler 1.0 in. Jon might be hooked on Diablo IV now, but had some time with Dead as Discor and Fortnite too. Beau finshed Witcher 3 Blood and Wine, Witcher 2, Stellar Blade, and a touch of Pragmata. . We also get to your calls and loads more on today's episode of The CORE Podcast!
Let's get into another CORE episode today! Some quick Nerdtacular talk, and then straight into Star Fox getting a a new game, this time a remake of the N64 game! Looks neat and the price sounds like it might be right. Also, big talk about how hard it was to get a Steam Controller on launch day. Tips on avoiding family trips. Are steam machines incoming too? MK II the movie seems like it might be better than ok! We all played a lot of Diablo IV. Fans think Scott looks like Lorath. Dunno about that. Scott also played Mining Merchant, and a few other odds and ends. Beau played Witcher III, and threw people around with a giant hand in Masters of Albion! And lots more!
This week on CORE, the hosts are feeling the heat with only 42 days left until Nerdtacular 2026! Scott, Beau, and Jon dive deep into a massive week of gaming news, starting with the official launch of the Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred expansion. We break down the new classes and whether the Horadric Cube lives up to the name. How stoked are we for the Black Flag remake? Very. We also look ahead at a packed May release schedule, featuring heavy hitters like 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, and the Switch 2's Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Plus, we discuss the technical wizardry of Vampire Crawlers, the mysterious ""30-day check-in"" from Sony, and the strange allure of Shapez 2’s new Manufacture Mode. From Resident Evil movie teasers to the ergonomics of the new Steam Controller, it’s a full show.
We talk a bit about all this Windrose news in our feeds. But then to the deep stuff, like a visual grid of the kinds of gamers we are. Baldurs Gate 3 is getting modded with a remake of the original GB game, done by fans. Microsoft is rethinking gamepass, and saying its too expensive. Maybe they go with ads, bundles, and more? We kinda hate this. Rockstar got hacked and it was kinda lame what came out in the leak. Star Trek game PULLED from stores, and the larger story of running out of time on license deals.
Scott and Jon played more Crimson Desert and Resident Evil 9. Scott also played Kulo Niku: Bowl Up! And some WoW raiding. Beau hit more Kiwami 3, Hades 2 Dream Dives, and Absolum. He also had some time in Replaced and Slay the Spire 2. Plus your milk bag emails and more!
No Man's Sky adds Pokémon-style Xeno Arena minigame. Split Fiction studio hits 50M games sold. Graveyard Keeper is free on Steam. Brief OW announcements note. Swear word appreciation, Warhammer 40K musical announcement, StarCraft tabletop minis preorder, Barrett/Animal Crossing crossover bit, scissoring education, game you bounced off question, memorable NPCs question, EverQuest Legends hype, Transformers Matrix of Leadership replica preorder, Marble Madness remix song search. GAMES! RE Requiem week 2 with Scott and Jon. Crimson Desert (Jon hooked, Scott sucked in). Scott on Raccoin (coin pusher meets Balatro). WoW and DQ Builders 2. Jon played Eternal Life of Goldman demo. Beau on Yakuza Kiwami 3.
Nerdtacular 26 tickets, bags, and CORE swag. Sony raising PS5 prices. Stormgate losing multiplayer after server partner pivots to AI. Super Mario Galaxy Movie reviews are bad. Classic Resident Evil games on Steam, go GOG instead. Scott and Jon played Resident Evil Requiem together (Tuesdays 1pm). Scott in WoW and Dragon Quest Builders 2. Jon hooked on Crimson Desert. Beau wrapped Pirate Yakuza, more multiplayer Slay the Spire 2.
Nintendo's surprising decision to make physical Switch 2 games more expensive than digital versions. EverQuest is relaunching in a format designed for time-strapped adults and old farts like us, Capcom is patching out some “accidentally” written incest from Street Fighter 6, Clair Obscur's devs confirm there's no canon ending, new gameplay footage dropped for both Exodus and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. And loads more on top of that!
Crimson Desert launched today, reviews are mixed as expected, amazing open world, minimal story, no traditional leveling, open-world jank. John is at Disneyland! DLSS 5 announced by Nvidia, AI-yassifies characters without permission from devs like Capcom. Listener indie game Garden and a Goat announced, wishlistable on Steam. WoW Midnight discussion, level boosts are hard without knowing your class…but maybe no more? Pinball FX Williams Collection recommended, Pinball Map app finds nearby machines. Evoker alt class tried and abandoned. And loads more!
Nerdtacular 2026 tickets holding at early bird pricing, plus a swag bag-only option now available at frogpants.com.
News:
- NetEase pulls funding for Gang of Dragon — future of the game unknown
- Valve still targeting 2026 for Steam Machines despite RAM shortages; rumored to be a factor in Sony/Xbox strategy shifts
- EA lays off Battlefield staff post record-breaking launch
- Jeff Kaplan on his Blizzard exit — plus his one Overwatch regret: making it too team-focused when players want to shine individually
- Fortnite raising V-Buck prices
- Timberborn hits 1.0
- Xbox pushing "everything is an Xbox" / Project Helix, leaning into Windows 11
- Valve reports 6,000+ games made over $100k on Steam last year
Shared Play: Slay the Spire 2 — all three played it, early GOTY contender
Scott: WoW: Midnight (great time, nearly max level, campaign a little cheesy), Thysiastery (turn-based dungeon crawler, very positive on Steam).
Also: The Instance now posting Fridays at frogpants.com/instance.
Jon: Finished and 100%'d Resident Evil Requiem
Beau: Slay the Spire 2, more Star Trek Voyageur, dipped into new Diablo IV season (may have bought the Doom skin)
Feedback: Listener thinks he catches Scott being simultaneously terrified by AI and delighted by one-button AI rotations in WoW. And he is wrong about it.
Looks like Sony is officially getting out of the port business and going all Nintendo on us again. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake is indeed happening. Highguard is officially leaving in just a few days. MetaCritic got weird with AI over the last few days. The games we played, a lake correction, Zillow and WoW, and some Diablo 2 stuff!
March 2026 is shaping up to be a massive month for gaming, with big hitters like Crimson Desert, Marathon, Pokémon Pokopia, Slay the Spire 2, Solasta 2, Death Stranding 2 on PC, and the Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection all loaded up. Also, Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are out at Xbox, while Sony raises a few eyebrows by signaling a potential end to PC ports. Our eyebrows are defiinately raised. Marvel's Wolverine finally has a September release date, and Valve finds itself in legal hot water as New York's Attorney General sues over alleged illegal gambling promotion to kids among other things. Also, Overwatch is going mobile with Overwatch Rush. Weird.
That ashes of creation thing is just getting messier and messier by the day. Also, Unity wants you to type your next casual video game. We will explain.
As we prep for the State of Play today, we talk about the games we played this week, and hit the news about all the Warlocks coming to all the Diablos. Highguard and 2XKO getting big layoffs, and the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3 TV show!
Overwatch might be making a big play with some re-branding, a slew of new heroes, and loads more. Will it put things back on top for the team shooter to beat? We talk about that, plus the Ashes of Creation mess, Steam hardware talk from Valve, and what might be the end of all things Outer Worlds.
So, now that Highguard is out, what the hell is it? We have takes. Also, the games of Feb, new Mario trailers, Dispatch censorship worries, Hasbro up to no good, Bobby with a Mini Instance chat about the Midnight pre-patch and upcoming launch in WoW, all the games we played and more!
Let’s talk about the Xbox showcase today, as well as the dust up over CDProjekt Red and VR mods. Plus RE getting yet another remake, Highguard getting a freebie, Marathon maybe doing ok afterall, and Nintendo getting you guy another weird toy.
GAMES PLAYED:
SCOTT
Star Wars Dark Forces Remaster
Fire Emblem: Engage
Terra Pit
JONI
Final Fantasy VII Remake
BEAU
Elden Ring
Shinobi
Guild Wars Reforged
Pirate Yakuza
Heroes of the Storm
Peak
CORE Special: Warren Davis & The Creation of Q*Bert
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📅 Fri, 16 Jan 2026⏱ 55m🔴 acast
Scott sits down with Warren Davis for a deep look at the creation of one of the great arcade games of all time, Q*Bert, as well as his direct impact on everything from the Joust seires to Mortal Kombat to Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Check out his book: ‘Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games’! Some amazing insight in this episode with Warren, and we hope enjoy it!
Where the heck is Highguard? Also, Kratos has been cast, RE:R got showcased today, Tomb Raider series gives us a look at Sophie Turner in the role, Ubisoft doing more Ubisoft things, we have an end date for New World, the end of Anthem this week, and more. We played Cozy Caravan, Marble's Marbles, Find my Buddy, OddCore, Trails in The Sky 1st Chap, FF VII remake, Yakuza Kiwami 2, FFI and IV, and a little Yakuza Pirates. Plus your emails and more!
January Releases: Let's mostly focus on Animal Crossing and FFVII Remake for Switch 2, plus Code Vein 2 and Highguard. (yeah, we kinda forgot about Highguard too.)
StarCraft Shooter coming to Blizzcon? It might be Blizzard’s third attempt at a SC shooter, reportedly an open-world project led by Dan Hay (Far Cry fame).
Other stuff: Awesome Games Done Quick, a Starfield Star Wars conversion, and FF Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles hitting 1 million players.
We discuss games we played this week, including PlippUp, Fallout 4/New Vegas, Trails in the Sky, The Séance of Blake Manor, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Voidigo and beating Powerwash Simulator 2.
It's time for our anual personal and group awards for the games of the last year, and a few that are not. :) Join Scott Beau and Jon as they look back and forward and somehow up and down as well. Oh and this is the first time this gets called The osCORES. Big thx to Taz for the post art! Jump in! Full award notes: https://www.frogpants.com/corepicks2025
Diablo IV: Both Scott and Beau are back in for Season 11. Scott’s "Hot Take" is that the game is officially "very good now”, and he does not care who knows it. (Paladin to 46); Beau claims it’s the best season of "Diablo 3" yet. (lol)
Scott: Revisiting Overload (on sale), playing Escape Room Simulator 2, and starting Banquet for Fools.
Jon: Reached the new area in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and is impressed by the visuals.
Beau: Mostly Jump Space outside of D4 play.
And a CRAP ton of your emails and texts for our last episode of 2025!
Get your ‘500+ Episodes’ mugs at Frogpants.shop now before its too late!. We recapped The Game Awards: Jon loved Resident Evil Requiem, Scott is into Total War Warhammer 40k, and Beau liked Gang of Dragon. We mostly bounced off Highguard.
News: Steam Winter Sale is live. Fallout Season 2 has started. We discussed Netflix buying WB (details at core.show). Supervive is shutting down after 7 months.
Played: Scott is on Path of Exile 2 and Mutant Football League 2. Jon is trying demos like Pragmata and back in FFXIV. Beau is on Witcher 3 and other sick-friendly games this week.
Ozzfudd notes Scott can finish Far Cry 4 and 5 in minutes via secret endings. Just another Nick suggests Super Fantasy Kingdom. Email us at SHOW@CORE.SHOW!
Welcome to episode 500! Finishing Dispatch, loving Split Fiction, playing Demeo DND, and the Hordes of Hel! Plus Shinobi is underrated, Divinity still has a lot of stuff on the ground, Witcher 3, and a LOT of prep for tonight’s Game Awards. (coming in a separate post.)
1. We'll do our best not to offer major spoilers on narrative elements
2. We'll give ample warning to pause, skip ahead, or come back later
3. We'll front-load discussions with spoiler-free content
- Scott will play BGM over spoiler sections for podcast listeners
- Jon is doing YouTube chapters ASAP once the episode posts
NOTE: This has never been a spoiler-free show, but we're making extra effort for those asking. You have personal responsibility to avoid spoilers if they matter to you.
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🎮 MAIN TOPIC
THE FEW GAMES OF DECEMBER 2025
Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Octopath Traveler 0, Metroid Prime 4, Yakuza 0 Director's Cut, Terminator 2D: No Fate, & More.
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📰 NEWS ROUNDUP
🐴 Indie Game "Horses" Keeps Getting Banned
Banned from Steam, Epic, and now Humble. Still available on Itch.io and GOG.
🎬 Justin Lin to Direct Helldivers Movie
The Fast & Furious director takes on the video game adaptation.
🐺 SO MUCH WITCHER
- Witcher 4 NOT coming in 2026
- Witcher 5 and 6 also in the works
- Witcher Remastered on the way
🔞 WickedWhims Has 300K Daily Logins
Sims' biggest sex mod sees massive daily usage
🧛 Paradox Takes Blame for Bloodlines 2
Publisher says responsibility for poor sales lies fully with them, not developers
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🎮 WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING
SCOTT
⚠️ Possible Spoilers: Did I finish Dispatch? Have to wait and see!
Split Fiction - Incredible co-op game. Most FUN game this year!
PowerWash Simulator 2 - Still the best CHORE CORE of 2025.
JON
CyberPunk 2077 - Done everything in base game, Phantom Liberty awaits
Marvel Cosmic Invasion - Started and finished
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance - Sleeper hit! (Scott confirms)
Scott dropped a Patreon vs Core.show support comparison video—check it at Core.show for the breakdown. Also posted an article about RAM prices going absolutely bonkers right now. The advice? Wait it out. Don't be the person overpaying because you can't control yourself.
News Roundup:
WoW: Midnight Gets Real
Jon brought the news: World of Warcraft's next expansion drops March 2nd, 2026. Mark your calendars, prepare your excuses for missing work.
Half-Life 3 Copium Intensifies
People—including "insiders"—still think HL3 is getting announced this year. Spoiler: It's not. It never is. Stop doing this to yourselves.
CD Projekt Reality Check
No Witcher 4 or Cyberpunk 2 at the Game Awards. Shocking absolutely no one.
Cyberpunk 2077 hit 35 million copies sold, outpacing The Witcher 3's trajectory
Cyberpunk 2 is still years away. Hang in there, chooms.
Main Topic: Game Awards Nominees. Megabonk dev withdraws "Best Debut Indie" nomination (made previous games). Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 breaks record with 12 nominations. Notable snubs: ARC Raiders, Dispatch, Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
Other News
Xbox Partners Showcase (Tides of Annihilation, Vampire Crawlers, Total Chaos)
Epic/Unity partnership for Fortnite integration
Krafton AI controversy re: Subnautica 2 bonuses
Dispatch skill requirements discussion
First live-action Zelda movie set photos
Our Week in Gaming
Shared: Dispatch progress (Beau completed, Jon restarted, Scott finished Episode 1)
Beau: Claire Obscur Act 3, Slay the Spire boardgame, No Man's Sky Normandy unlock, Vampire Survivors VR
Valve has three new hardware options for you, and we talk about them in detail today. Plus all the news and stuff you can stand, as well as a visit from Bobby for a nice little WoW update!
All the details on CORE.show, and what you can get from it! WoW is not coming to consoles, says game lead at Blizz. Fortnite has all the cartoon dads now. Rockstar doing some devious firings. Your Steam Deck can now download while asleep! Warhammer Survivors is HAPPENING! Blizzcon tickets go up tomorrow. Playstation Portal finally does cloud. The return of Nexeopardy! All the games of the week and loads more.
Nintendo wants you to feel like those happy pandemic times again with a big update to Animal Crossing on Switch 2. Also, all the games of November, the Amazon Games layoffs and the apparent shutter of New World. Civ 7 trying to fix things. Claire and Cloud together at last. All the games we played plus all the usual stuff Enjoy!
How does anyone make a definitive list of the best games? It’s impossible, but we talk about the latest attempt anyway. Plus, Remedy losing their CEO after Firebreak did so poorly, and Vampire Survivors adds DLC to DLC. We also field a load of your questions this week, along with the usual dork-athon, and the games we played to boot!
Early reviews for the Xbox handheld are out, and it is a mixed bag to say the least. Understanding Fearless Drafts. Glen Powell wants in on E33 movies. EA employees not happy about the sell out. Quantic Dream is making a….free to play MOBA? Yep. Also, all the games we played and loads more!
Straight into Hades II gameplay talk! Covering the “rat boss,” progress paths, end-game challenges, and tarot upgrades, all leading up to some admittedly broad comparisons to ARPGs and roguelites. Design depth, storytelling, and character reactions, Greg Street’s studio troubles, praise for Megabonk. Not to mention the mess that the gamepass changes continue to be. Sackbird Studios has our hopes. Make your own VR headset at home and WAY MORE STUFF!
SHARED PLAY THIS WEEK
Hades 2
Megabonk
SCOTT
It Has My Face
Soulstone Survivors
Deep Rock Survivors
JON
Final Fantasy Tactics Remastered Ultra HD Power Extra Edition
Scott & Jon’s Horror Video Game Fun Time kicks off Friday with Silent Hill f, running each Friday this month. Main topic covers October’s big releases like Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, Little Nightmares 3, Pokémon Legends Z-A, Ninja Gaiden 4, The Outer Worlds 2, Mina the Hollower and more. Other news: Microsoft hikes Game Pass, EA goes private, Fortnite pulls Peacemaker, Capcom coy on RE9. Dear Martha Gameshow returns with “Find the Flaw.” This week in play: Hades 2, CloverPit, Shipbreaker, Kaiju Cleanup, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Megabonk, Sonic Racing Crossworlds.
Happy ten years to CORE! Plus, Beau reminds us about a Kojima credit card coming soon. Highlights from TGS like Kojima’s new horror game OD and Capcom announcements including C. Viper in SF6, Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, Pragmata, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. PlayStation’s State of Play brought a bag of goodies: Saros, Zero Parades for Dead Spies, Flight Simulator 2024, a Deus Ex remaster, Mega Man in Sonic Racing, Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete, Code Vein 2, Let it Die: Inferno, Chronoscript, new Pulse speakers, and Wolverine. (Which looked REALLY good.) Plus all the usual fun times at CORE.
SHARED PLAY THIS WEEK
Scott and Jon both spent time in Megabonk, which is far better than its looks suggest.
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds was played by Scott and Jon.
Hades II saw time from all of us, with Beau having already played in Early Access and a bit more today.
Borderlands 4 continued, mainly Beau.
More No Man’s Sky, though not much new to report, Beau included.
SCOTT
Plenty of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.
Three hours of Metal Gear Solid Delta — very Kojima.
Tried the demo for Slots & Daggers, which will be a day-one buy.
JON
Fortnite remains a regular, especially the Blitz mode.
BEAU
Skate in Early Access.
More Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Some Heroes of the Storm, though waiting on the new patch.
Nintendo Direct dropped big news: Metroid Prime 4, more Fire Emblem, a quirky “Ditto Crossing,” and even Virtual Boy stuff, plus Hades 2’s 1.0 launch date is September 25. Meanwhile, Randy Pitchford remains the industry’s baffling clown in an ill-fitting suit, Sega is back with some old-school “Ninten-Don’t” ads, and speculation heats up around Cyberpunk 2 possibly including multiplayer (though Scott was sure that was already confirmed). And of course, LOTS MORE!
Frogs, flies, and state borders! Keanu Reeves expressed willingness to bring back Johnny Silverhand in future Cyberpunk projects, fueling speculation about DLC or cameos. PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, hosts, and more. Exhibition 33’s concert tour selling out instantly, Halo Infinite getting Invasion mode, and Steam reviews for Silksong differing by language, with Chinese players criticizing localization. And LOTS more!
Scott sits down with Tanner Goodman, who just got back from the EU, and his time at Gamescom in Germany. They talk about everything he saw! Including the standout demos like Crimson Desert (beautiful but overloaded with systems), Silent Hill f (creepy immersive theater), Honor of Kings: World (surprise hit with fun elemental combat and raids), and Valor Mortis (first-person Soulslike with grotesque Napoleonic bosses). Also, reasons why Chronos on Switch 2 disappointed due to poor performance and clunky design. Beyond games, Xbox showed its new handheld, cosplay was everywhere, swag was abundant, and even Netflix, Disney+, and Chiquita Bananas had booths. Give it a listen and huge thanks to Tanner for his time!
Gamescom brought big World of Warcraft reveals: the new housing system with public, charter, and guild neighborhoods (50 homes each, customizable biomes, permissions, and community events), plus new solo content like Prey hunts and ongoing Delves. Blizzard is also integrating add-on features directly into the UI (boss timers, nameplates, DPS meters), raising questions for Deadly Boss Mods and others. Bobby is here to help us make sense of it all. Also we have a LOT to say about the No Man’s Sky’s Voyager update—building Corvettes, exploring derelict ships, taming bizarre pets, farming nanites, managing settlements, and enjoying the endless systems, bugs and all. Plus all the games we played ands way more.
Let’s talk the BIG September 2025 releases: Hollow Knight: Silksong (Sept 4), Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots (Sept 5), Borderlands 4 (Sept 12), Silent Hill F (Sept 25), Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles, Lego Party, Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, plus DLCs for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac. News about Expedition 33’s success and its Clair Obscur franchise plans, and Two Point Museum adding retro arcades, among a load more!
Let’s star with Steam’s new language-based review system, which pushed Palworld to an “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating in English, for example. We looked at the debut of the World of Warcraft launch cinematic in October 2004, before the game’s release. A detailed rundown of Gamescom’s Future Games Show including major stuff like Resident Evil Requiem, Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, and loads others, along with release dates for some. Including Silksong. We also broke down mechanics for Kill the Brick Man and The Rogue Prince of Persia, and compared the critical and fan reception of Final Fantasy XII within the series and over time. Among a lot of other stuff!
Microsoft may shift Xbox toward a modular, PC-like system called Magnus, we have some debate over complexity versus convenience. Rod Ferguson has exited Blizzard, raising questions about Diablo IV’s future, while Blizzard’s cinematic team voted to unionize. Crimson Desert sees a delay, and rumors suggest Paladin could return in a Diablo expansion, too late or not. Mind blown around The Secret of the Weepstone, WASD controls coming to League of Legends, and a Vampire Survivors board game. And lots more.
Let’s talk about older consoles and approaching games in unconventional ways, and address while we are here, developments in the gaming business this week. MK: Legacy Kollection looking very cool. Battlefield 6 also seems like things are poppin. GOG says come get these free nudie games. Kirby fans finally know what they are getting soon. Lucy from CyberPunk is coming to…Guilty Gear Strive? Guntouchables is FREE right now. And how many Power Ranges in Fortnite is enough? An Instance WoW segment with Bobby! And lots more!
We talked about upcoming games for August, including Metal Gear Solid Delta, House of the Dead 2 remake, and Gears of War: E-Day. We discussed the return of Nerdtacular in June 2026 in Salt Lake City and encouraged listeners to fill out the interest survey. We covered game delistings tied to payment processors, especially around sensitive themes, and had a broader discussion on censorship, parenting, and internet policy shifts. We debated the 1980s cultural resurgence, Roblox’s value, and Microsoft’s growing dominance via studio acquisitions and Game Pass. And a LOT more to boot!
Critical Role enters game dev, Outer Worlds 2 drops back to $70, and Splitgate 2 unlaunches. RIP Julian LeFay, and yes, that Hellraiser trailer is terrifying. Beau praises the SC2 World Cup. In “Dear Martha,” we “misremember” the PS2. Shared play this week: Donkey Kong Bananza. Scott tries Captain of Industry, Jon nears the end of FFX, and Beau dives into Pizza Tower, Slay the Spire, and more. Plus: Xbox handheld talk and some corrections.
We covered Krafton's ongoing legal dispute with ousted Subnautica 2 founders, including a leaked memo and bonus extensions. The leaked Xbox Rog Ally price and portable gaming appeal. Steam's updated terms of service for adult games, shifting responsibility to developers and payment processors, were also reviewed. Our segment "Dear Martha" and Donkey Kong get together!. And loads more!
We discussed controller comfort and aging, the delay in finishing Ghost of Tsushima, and how handhelds like the Steam Deck affect game choices. We covered the Subnautica 2 delay and controversy involving Krafton possibly avoiding a $250M payout. We speculate on corporate motives, Unknown Worlds founders’ ousting, and Krafton’s Starcraft gig. We also hit on Romero Games losing a Microsoft contract, Final Fantasy IX remake rumors, and a new Resident Evil mobile game announcement. Emails, texts and loads more! Also, Scott tied with Beau this week in Dear Martha!
We have another bad case of layoffs, but this time, we hit the specific projects impacted by them. Some gnarly ones. Plus, Warcraft Rumble gets hit hard too. On the upside, we talk about the games un-effected, and the teams that are doing to stay intact. Leon S. Kennedy predictions. Stop Killing Games in the EU. Marvel Rivals is trolling fans. Dear Martha! Our week in games, and some great texts and voice mails this week!
We discuss our sleep schedules, gaming habits, and Xbox’s evolving hardware strategy. We share frustrations with Microsoft and Windows, and talk about competition between major gaming companies. We cover upcoming July games like Mecha Break, Micropunk, Donkey Kong Bonanza, Robocop: Unfinished Business, Wildgate, and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. We react to Death Stranding 2’s high early praise, debate Game Pass expansion, reminisce about retro toys like 2-XL and Hulkamania workout sets, and play a Final Fantasy Dear Martha. And some thoughts about Predator things for various reasons. :)
GAMES PLAYED
Scott:
The Messenger
Super Mario Odyssey (more moon collecting)
Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Jon:
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Date Everything!
Beau:
Elden Ring: Nightreign
Magic: The Gathering – Final Fantasy (limited draft)
Let’s start with a funny story about a kid and a video game character. Then a bit about Foamstars, the changing nature of music discovery via memes and platforms like TikTok, Hideo Kojima’s comments on Death Stranding 2 being “too good” and altered to be less mainstream, Microsoft’s strategic moves with Xbox to create a unified gaming platform that includes Game Pass, Steam, and other services, and speculation on the future of PlayStation and PC gaming. It ends with a mention of Kingdom Come: Deliverance releasing a cutscene movie and anticipation for Hades 2. Plus all the games we played, and your feedback!
Let’s talk about the Xbox ASUS Ally X handheld—its specs, price speculation, and use of Hall Effect sticks. They critique Nintendo's controller decisions and Steam Deck comparisons. And presenting a new way of highlighting standout games from Summer Game Fest, instead of full recaps. Titles we discuss include Clockwork Revolution, 007: From Light, ILL, Kepler, Stray of Heaven, Marvel T.R.C., Super Meat Boy 3D, Felt That Boxing, Grounded 2, Outer Worlds 2, Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster, and Resident Evil 9. They give reactions and expectations based on trailers and known studio pedigree. And all the stuff we played this week to boot! BIG ONE THIS WEEK!
It’s Nintendo Switch 2 launch day! And one of us got one. Impressions about the new hardware, the snappy performance of the eShop, and the sucky bits of game upgrade pricing—some titles requiring up to $20 for performance boosts. "Nintendo Welcome Tour" requiring accessories for full completion is nuts, and we talk on past console campouts. Canadian royalty, bathroom disasters at Blizzard HQ, and the janitor-themed maintenance of "Heroes of the Storm." June 2025 game releases like Mario Kart World, Death Stranding 2, System Shock 2 Remaster, and others, including impressions from Sony’s State of Play. Lots more, plus your texts!
We have “secret penises." Trust us, it will make sense. We’re giving away a copy of Doom: The Dark Ages, we speculate on Cyberpunk 2—its name, setting (possibly Chicago), and potential DLC—then dive into the animation studio behind the upcoming Cyberpunk anime followup. K-Pop Demon Hunters, Marathon possibly being delayed, and the over-saturation of extraction shooters…again. Love that Battlefront II is having a moment, we lament EA canceling the Black Panther game, and talk about the new face of WoW Classic and retail raid mechanics. And a WHOLE lot more.
Bungie’s admission of using stolen artwork in Marathon, casting big doubt on the game's future. We talk about the extraction shooter genre and compare Marathon to games like Tarkov and Concord to mixed results. Randy Pitchford is back with a out-of-touch $80 pricing comment on X for Borderlands 4, and we review Borderlands and its spinoffs just for funs. All the new Warhammer game announcements and ridicule poorly made Baldur's Gate 3 miniatures. Plus all the games we played and your feedback and more!
GAMES PLAYED
SHARED
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
SCOTT
Monster Train 2
Deliver at All Costs
Drop Duchy
(Some usuals with nothing new to add: ESO, Spell Rogue, Tsushima, etc.)
JON
Skin Deep
New Game Plus mode for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
BEAU
Watch_Dogs
sc2 co-op commanders, heroes, and valheim etc. etc.
We discuss the upcoming Super Mario Brothers movie sequel, "Super Mario World," and potential future titles for any sequels. Nintendo's updated EULA, allowing them to render devices unusable for cheating or using ROMs, causes some debate. We question the implications of "bricking" and the risk of false positives. And if Nintendo is even thinking about that. We talk about expensive boats, like the pirate ship in Elder Scrolls Online, and some additional talk about digital ownership and fake scarcity. “The Legend of Zelda” themed Dear Martha. Let’s talk about “Doom: The Dark Ages,” comparing it to the last two. And LOADS more!
GAMES PLAYED
SHARED
DOOM: The Dark Ages
SCOTT
The Elder Scrolls Online
Ghost of Tsushima
Skin Deep
Spell Rogue is 1.0
JON
100% clear of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
BEAU
Kingdom Come: Deliverence 2 Save system taking some getting used to.
Microsoft's cross-platform success, upcoming remasters like Gears of War and Echo the Dolphin, and speculation around a Xbox-branded handheld got real this week. We debate about console competition, exclusivity, and digital storefront strategies, particularly Epic Games’ new developer incentives. They really wanna get the deals. Underwater level phobias. The new GTA trailer, and loads more!
We discussed upcoming games like DOOM: The Dark Ages and Borderlands 4, along with delays for Grand Theft Auto 6 (now May 2026). Claire Obscure: Expedition 33 was praised for its stunning art, engaging combat, and emotional storytelling, though some criticized its timing mechanics. Sunderfolk, a couch co-op tactical RPG using phones as controllers, was highlighted for its seamless multiplayer and creative gameplay. We also touched on Ghost of Tsushima's satisfying ending and Overwatch 3's mobile MOBA announcement, which sparked mixed reactions. Lastly, we shared listener feedback and teased a potential Shadowdark campaign.
The usual fun CORE time, including a shadow drop of a remastered Oblivion that impresses with modern graphics and UI while preserving some nostalgic jank. Excitement and skepticism around Nintendo Switch 2 preorders and supply issues. Also Sunderfolk, a co-op RPG using mobile phones as controllers, and a new Star Wars tactical RPG in the style of XCOM. All the games we played. And catching factual flaws in game history.
GAMES PLAYED
SHARED
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Tempest Rising
SCOTT
Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion III
More Ghost of Tsushima
Minishoot Adventures
JON
ShadowDark
CyberPunk 2077
Blue Prince
Ghost of Tsushima
BEAU
Age of Wonders 4
SKALD Against the Black Priory
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Magic: the Gathering
Valheim
Heroes of the Storm
StarCraft II
CORE SPECIAL: Crashlands 2 and Seth Coster interview
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📅 Sun, 20 Apr 2025⏱ 43m🔴 acast
Seth Coster, co-founder of Butterscotch Shenanigans, discusses Crashlands 2 with host Scott Johnson. They reflect on the smoother launch compared to the original, design philosophy that removes common survival game frustrations, and the importance of story, humor, and progression. Seth shares insights on development challenges, lessons from past games like Levelhead, community feedback, and upcoming patches. They also touch on player expectations, studio transparency, and the significance of their long-running podcast.
We discussed Bungie’s reveal of the new extraction shooter Marathon, with mixed reactions—Scott liked the visuals, but none were excited by the genre really. We praised Baldur’s Gate 3’s final patch, talking new subclasses and full crossplay. Oblivion is rumored to be getting a remaster, as soon as next week, and sparking hope for a future Morrowind remake. We criticized PS5 price hikes and gushed over collector’s editions like the Doom “Will it Run” box, that none of us will own.
We are a little worried that Nintendo might not respect their base as much as they hope they do. We hash it out. Also, new CORE YT coming! Canada and US get delayed Switch 2 pre-orders. Marathon will NOT need a PSN account on Xbox or PC. Triple-i Initiaitve seems VERY cool. Dear Martha! Ghosts of Tsushima, Pac-Man Championship, South of Midnight, Schedule 1 and The Forever Winter all get some playtime. Plus your feedback!
The crew discusses the new Nintendo Switch 2, highlighting specs, price concerns, and games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. We are playing Ghost of Tsushima and talk about it’s excellence compared to other games that aim to do similar things. Jon awaits a new PC, while Beau keeps the Final Fantasy VII and Valheim fires burning. Listener messages and more this week!
Heroes of the Storm on Game Pass? No way! We hit upcoming games like Croc remake and The Last of Us Part II PC, and Dream Haven’s Wild Gates. Assassin’s Creed Shadows impresses with stealth but suffers Ubisoft bloat, while Ghost of Tsushima wins on combat/story. Indie gems like Spilled and A Game About Digging a Hole got beat by us. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is back on the menu, and Valheim multiplayer is happening again for Beau. New controller recs (8BitDo, EasySMX) finish us out.
Let's talk about a Dole Whip. Not really. Assassin’s Creed Shadows gets positive reviews despite pre-release backlash. Marvel scrapped plans for a shared gaming universe. Hasbro ponders Baldur’s Gate’s future without Larian. Wizards of the Coast cancels Project Sigil, a failed virtual tabletop. Steam surpasses consoles, but new games struggle. 8BitDo controllers challenge Xbox and PlayStation. And lots more including your calls and texts!
Let’s talk about BlizzCon 2026, Star Fox successor Wild Blue, Death Stranding 2’s Solid Snake nod, and Xbox handheld rumors. MS says it’s time to explore AI in gaming, more time with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and recent plays: Planet of Lana, Two Point Museum, and WoW: Undermine. A listener asks about arcade cabinets! Some chatter about Canadian geese!
Lets discuss video game tariffs, the decline of physical media, and GameStop’s potential Bitcoin investment. We highlight Sega’s success in 2024, the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 remaster, and play a "Guess the Game" segment featuring Dragon Age: Origins. Scott reviews ZEPHON and Two Point Museum, and a listener claims Age of Wonders 4 is better than Civ VII. And loads more.
That game got delayed AGAIN, and we are starting to wonder if we will ever play a new Fable game ever again. Also the big games of March 2025, Warner Bros shuts down a load of dev teams, and no one likes it, and that means no Wonder Woman. Assassin's Creed Shadows had a leaky thing happen. Tony Hawk 3+4 are happening! Dear Martha Game Show! All the games we played, your feedback and calls, and loads more on this episode of CORE!
Marvel Rivals is very successful! So why the layoffs? Let's talk about it. Plus, MS has a new AI that will make games for you. Epic sold a decent number of games in 2024. Will Magic finally get Jon? There will be a Monster Train 2 and we are excited. Dear Martha! All the games we played! Your feedback and more!
Does it take three weeks to dig a hole? In indie video games it does. Let's talk about the radical overhaul coming to Overwatch 2. Plus, Avowed is out TODAY! Playstation's latest State of Play breakdown. Speaking of which, PSN was down while the Super Bowl raged on. Valve banned mobile-style ads in Steam. (good!) Dear Martha! The games we played, and LOTS more!
Wayne June (Darkest Dungeon) passes away. FFVII Rebirth sells well on Steam. WoW details player houses, jabs FFXIV. Xbox supports Switch 2. EA struggles; Bioware restructures, layoffs hit Mass Effect team. FFVII Rebirth, McPixel 3, Eternal Strands, Turbo Overkill, Civ VII, No Man's Sky, V Rising, Overwatch and lots more in what we played!
We look ahead to the big games of February like Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Avowed, Monster Hunter Wilds, and more. We tackle your hard hitting questions on a slow news week. Plus more of what we've been playing with games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, UFO 50, No Man's Sky had another update, V Rising, Learning Factory, and more. We also have Dear Martha letters, dragon beef, strange asides, and somehow even more in store on CORE!
Microsoft held an Xbox stream, and showed off upcoming titles Ninja Gaiden 4, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and DOOM: The Dark Ages. Oh, and dropped Ninja Gaiden 2 BLACK out of nowhere. Plus other news like EA cutting expectations WAY back, Endless Legend II got announced. Gamepass getting Heroes next month? A'nd a load of other stuff. Including Dear Martha, and your feedback. Tuck in! It's a big helping th is week.
GAMES PLAYED
SHARED
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
SCOTT
Ninja Gaiden 2 BLACK
Thank Goodness You're Here
Wall World
Lonely Mountain: Snowriders
Started Aliens: Dark Descent
JON
The First Berserker: Khazan - Demo
The Roottrees
Cat Quest
Resident Evil
More Dynasty Warriors: Origins
BEAU
V Rising 1.0
Witchfire
Age of Darkness
CORE Special: CORE XBOX Co-Stream Event Coverage 1-23-2025
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📅 Thu, 23 Jan 2025⏱ 1h 3m🔴 acast
Scott and Beau are here for the Microsoft Xbox stream, showcasing 4 BIG upcoming titles for Gamepass, PC, and beyond. Enjoy!
Did we get a Switch 2 announcement? Maybe. Plus Suicide Squad is donzo. PGA Tour 2025 lets you play as Shooter McGavin. Someone made it so you can play DOOM from INSIDE a PDF file. We got a game finally coming from Bonfire. Dear Martha! The games we played and a load of your texts and emails. Also, who is Worm Person Jim?
GAMES PLAYED
SHARED
Dungeon Crawler
SCOTT
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
LEGO 2K Drive
WoW
Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones
JON
Dynasty Warriors: Origins
The Roottrees are Dead
Final Fantasy VII Remake
George A. Romero's Resident Evil
BEAU
Heroes of the Storm
BG3
WoW
Marvel Rivals
The Jason Schreier Interview: Games, Blizzard, and The Industry
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📅 Fri, 10 Jan 2025⏱ 43m🔴 acast
If you pay attention to the games industry, then you know our guest’s work quite well. Jason was very nice to sit down with Scott for a one-on-one discussion ranging from his career in games journalism, to what made Blizzard what they were and what they would become. And lots more. Give it a listen!
New year, who dis? Let's look at the games of January. Plus why there is no Doom and Halo combo in Secret Level. What Nvidia announced at CES this week. Steam OS coming to WAY more stuff than you thought. Ubisoft delays AC Shadows AGAIN. Say goodbye to that new Transformers game. More Yakuza pirate talk? Deart Martha on HARD MODE! Your emails texts and more!
It’s our big end of 2024 BLOWOUT! All the best games we played, and our picks for loads of category winners, including best game of the year! Tune in! It’s a beast!
Here’s the full list of all our categories and winners! http://frogpants.com/corepicks
The end of 2024 approaches, and with it our desire to look back! Well, a little anway. Think of this week as prep for our Best of Year episode coming in January! Anyway, lots of stuff troday including our Reply on Steam stuff, what games people played the most on various platforms, Steam in particular, Dead Space 4 was dead on arrival, Skibidi Toilet has entered the mainest of streams, Rocksmith back from the dead, and all the games we played! Plus your feedback, etc.
GAMES PLAYED
SCOTT
Windblown
Blasphemous 2
The Last Door
More Metaphor, Worms WMD, Rotwood, Tape to Tape, Mutant Football League 2, and retro games.
We start with some 2x speed issues with how people listen to podcasts, and then dive right into this week's STUFF! Game Award afterthoughts, new Secret Level episodes dropped, Diablo 1 and 2 devs getting back into the ARPG world again, Gwent coming back in Witcher 4, Dear Martha, our week in games played, a call with a great game recc, and loads more!
The Secret Level stuff hit, and we are pretty excited about it. Game Awards are today! CyberPunk dropped another surprize patch! Blizzard kicks Warcraft off GoG. Dear Martha, the games we played, and your texts! (send more to 801-471-0462)
GAMES PLAYED
SHARED
Path of Exile 2
Marvel Rivals
SCOTT
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Mechwarrior 5: Clans
Psychonaughts 2
Super Mario World
JON
Indiana Jones & the really very quite large Circle
Switch 2 leaks give us a bit more than we knew about, and opens some additional questions as well. BG3 going out with a bang! XDefiant is now Ex-XDefiant. Playstation hits 30! Dear Martha! Games we played, and your feedback in a great big happy CORE episode!
You have questions, and we have answers, as well as a busy Thanksgiving schedule. So we did an episode early this week and spent the whole time answer your gaming questions and more! Enjoy!
The game award noms came out and we have lots to say about those. HL2 got a 20 year aniversary doc you should watch. FF14 coming to mobile. Game Pass gets you streaming more than GamePass games. From is maybe getting bought by Sony. Games we played, Dear Martha, and MORE!
Warcraft had a lot of stuff to say for their 30th anniversary, including a new battle-chest of Warcraft RTS's to buy, and a load of classic and retail wow updates. Did someone say Player Housing? Yes, Blizzard did. Also, OLED Stream Deck gets a white model, Stellar Blade coming to PC next year, Baldur's Gate 3 is all over the Vatican, we know how much Nintendo is suing Palworld for, MK1 gets Ghostface, about a month too late, but he's rad, and MORE! All that we played, plus Dear Martha and the usual weirdness, all on today's CORE show!
We have codes to win! Also, Switch 2 confirmed to let you play older games still. Warcraft 2 remastered is apparently happening on Steam. Funny note to add to the Ubisoft NFT game story. Bioware is not doing DA:VG DLC, instead moving right to Mass Effect. PS5 Pro reviews seem a little flat. Yakuza loses its creator. Virtua Fighter is coming back! The games we played, your feedback and more!
Sony kills two studios this week. Ubisoft launched that NFT game. Path of Exile 2 gets pushed a few weeks. Games preservation got road blocked. Red Dead 1 is out now. Atari VCS is cheap for a minute. Redfall's downfall might be different than you think. All the halloween sales are happening. Dear Martha! Dragon Age thoughts, though VERY early. Games we played, and your texts and emails!
Netflix kills their 2 year old AAA gaming studio. For reasons. Vampire Survivors goes back to it's inspiration. Do we have the best list of the 25 scariest horror games? Blizzard really want's your ninety bucks. Metal Slug: Tactics gets a tactical release date. Squadron 42 might finally happen. Spider-Man 2 coming to PC with some strings attached. This week's platform deals! Dear Martha! Games we played this week, and loads more!
GAMES WE PLAYED
SHARED
Lynked: Banner of the Spark
SCOTT
New World Aeturneum
Citadelum
Roundguard
JON
Metaphor: ReFantazio
No Man's Sky
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Next set of UFO 50 games:
- Campanella - Arcade - flying saucer action
- Golfaria - Adventure - Golf meets Adventure game
- The Big Bell Race - Sport - Campanella racing
- Warp Tank - Adventure/Puzzle - Teleporting blaster master
There was a pretty big Pokemon leak, and it's kinda weird. Plus, XDefiant may or may not be closed down soon. Bandai Namco lays off a load of workers in a strange way. The next Bond games will be about a much younger James, says IO Interactive. God of War for TV just got dumped and started over from nothing. FTC making it easier to unsub. Cyberpunk gets a rad expensive statue for you to buy. Dear Martha! The games we played, and emails and calls today on CORE!
Halo going full Unreal 5, and Master Chief looking a little thicc! Red Dead 1 finally comes to PC 14 years on. Play Nice: We are reading it, and we will have thoughts. Paradox does not like their rep. Nintendo wants you to wake up and snooze. We predicted something in a horror game. Sunderfolk is coming from Dreamhaven. Our gameplay this week, Dear Martha, your comments and more! Like the meaning of Meatus.
What games are we getting in October? Plus, Nintendo killing more emulation and Youtube creators, Starfield's DLC might not be all that great, FF14 making more dungeons solo-friendly, Like a Dragon: Yakuza gets it's TV trailer on Prime, Diablo 4 expansion hits monday, Dear Martha, our week in games, a phone call and a MASHUP!
GamePass support kinda blows! Plus what the hell is happening at Ubi with the delay of AC Shadows, and the weird pullout of all the fall events? Well, we get into it. Plus, the next Yakuza game is a pirate game. Sony State of Play happened. The Play Nice book released an excerpt. Meta announces a new mid-tier headset. Space Marine II patch fixes some things. All the stuff we played, Martha, and your msgs and more!
Time for CORE, and that means, time for Switch 2 leaks, PS6 CPU's, Nintendo rattling legal sabers at Palworld, Square not happy with anything ever, and Sony going all throwback this week! Plus all the games we played, Dear Martha, your calls and texts and more!
We have a contest for Space Marine II wannabes! Also, Sony wants to give you a PS5 Pro, but for a hefty price. Worth it? Let's talk about it. Plus games we played, Dear Martha, The Crew 2 being a dollar, more games division cuts at Microsoft, Satisfactory finally out of early access, Steam Families is in full launch, railgun damage is being quadrupled in Helldivers 2, a couple calls, and MORE!
So, let's talk about Concord. Wild how quickly things went bad. What does it say about the saturation of team based shooters, and how hard it is for even Sony to wedge one in? Lots to say here. Plus all the games we played this week, Dear Martha, the games of September, Minecraft trailer hitting, No Man's Sky getting fishing, Balatro coming to mobile, BG3 gets some extra stuff, and how about a Cyberpunk board game? Your feedback and more!
Let's get some chatter going about Early Access in 2024, and what that means. It's not just indies on Steam we're talking about. BIG major releases this month made us ask some questions about the idea, and what we would like to see moving forward. Plus our time in WoW, Star Wars Outlaws, Peglin, and more. Dear Martha, Diablo news, CD Projekt Red and some updates, and more!
Gamescom 2024 and all the stuff we heard, including a few things no one saw coming. Starfield cars, Civ voice overs, Borderlands 4, PoE early access news, and way more. Plus all the games we played this week and lots more!
We have important things to say about our guilds, why Scott was in Irvine this week, and why playing Shapez 2 this week is in your best interest. But that's not all. WoW prep for an expansion and soon. Having the Dark Urge to play BG3 again. Why Fortnite and Disney are best friends. How Dragon Age IV is shaping up for it's just announced Oct 31st release date. Steam OS coming to more than just Steam Decks and soon. Hi-Fi Rush gets new life with PUBG publisher. Martha, emails, calls and more!
Get your Blue Shell game mats while they last on Frogpants.shop! Also, let's talk about kissing bears in BG3. GameInformer going belly. Borderlands getting some baaaaad reviews. Fortnite made a goof. Yakuza is getting a TV show? That's what we hear. All the emails, texts, tangents and more!
Something cool coming this month from The Frogpants Network! Bungie did layoffs, no one is happy cept a CEO we think. A look at the games of August. Logitech wants you to pay a sub for a mouse. Jonathan Blow says sales for Braid Remaster BLOW. Dragon Age 4 gets a release date soon, but nothing before October 2024. Civ7 getting a big showing at Gamescom coming up!
GAMES PLAYED
SCOTT
World of Warcraft and War Within pre-patch content
Our guild went cross realm today! Also, Bethesda and Blizzard got unions! Diablo and Whoopi are pals again. Humble Games goes dark. Fallout London is OUT! Did John get his Cybertruck in Fortnite? Dragon Age 4 will work for the Steam Deck and wont require an EA launcher. We like that news a lot. Emails, Dear Martha, games we played and more!
Welcome to the CORE podcast, where we have thoughts on all things gaming, including new Comscore data showing gamers might be caring about ads in games differently than you think. Plus, the Deadpool bum controllers, Diablo and the new Spiritborn class, the new NMS update, and Concord getting some nice pre-release love from players. Plus a souls-like phone call, and more!
So the inevitable happened. MS is raising the price of GamePass across the board, and introducing a lower tier that kinda sucks. We have all kinds of thoughts on it, and one us even dumped it. Also, are transformers skins enough to get Jon back into Overwatch 2? Probably not. Ayaneo retro console looks pretty cool (it's more a mini PC but still seems great for emu). Nintendo takes public stance to not use generative AI. CCP will making Eve Online open-source in order to ensure the MMO can live on forever. Darktide overhauling weapon progression, adding mastery xp and making it more progression focused rather than RNG. All that and your feedback.
It's the summer of all summers! So what the heck are we doing inside? Well, making a podcast about Final Fantasy expansions, Elden Ring DLC, and how to kill loads of other robots using your robot. Plus Watch Dogs finally getting that rumored movie treatment. Xbox servers being back from the dead. Dear Martha! Buying things too early even for early access and preorder bonus reasons. And more!
Elden Ring fans are having a pretty good week, if not a hard week. :) Oh, and that means we are all playing Elden Ring again, including Scott. (With mixed results.) FF14 is about to have a big week themselves. Let's talk about it. Steam getting a recording mode. How many of your games are just setting on the shelf? Why people are playing that stupid Banana game. LoL gets all Vampirey and Survivory. WoW SoD phase 4 hitting soon. Xbox Cloud Gaming coming to Amazon TV's. Capcom is remaking Dead Rising and we are stoked. Dear Martha, calls, texts and more!
Nintendo is making a Zelda game where you play as Zelda?? Awesome. But shouldn't they call it The Legend of Link? Also, the rest of the Nintendo Direct. Oh and welcome to Elden Ring DLC week. You all know what you have to do. Plus Dear Martha, Nvida overtaking Microsoft in the World's Most Valuable Company wars, and Sony ending their rewards program. Your texts and more too!
A massive look at the massive list of games talked about at Summer Games Fest, Xbox Showcase, PC Gaming, and Ubisoft Forward. We break down our most anticipated, and how this "non-E3" time of year stacks up to the years of yore. Plus all the usual stuff. Come for the games, stay for the Lake Runs!
GAMES PLAYED
SCOTT
Minishoot Adventure
SKALD: Against the Black Priory
The new SP model from Ambernic, thx to Brian Dunaway!
Join Scott Jon and Beau as they see what this year's Games Fest has to offer. Full commentary here. If you prefer the video version, we will link to that as well below!
Sony had a big State of Play, and we dissect it game by game. Plus, Black Ops 6 going day and date on GamePass. Playstation explaining the difference between their single player and multiplayer games on PC release schedule. We look at why Steam libraries will die with their owners. Riot has a price package that is a real riot. Dear Martha, and a text about being a late gamer on purpose. Plus loads more!
There's a new study saying we are less interested in deep strategy games. Let's dig through that a bit and see what makes sense. Also, we played a load of games. (see below for more.) MS trying to buy valve rumors is horse poop. Arrowhead saw a big change this week, all in service to players according to the CEO. Fortnite is getting all kinds of Fallout stuff, and possible Mad Max stuff, maybe even today. Your emails and texts and lost more on today's CORE podcast!
We have some cool giveaways today, so get ready for that! Also, Dear Martha tackles gaming controversy. Plus Square is going full multi-platform, Tomb Raider is coming to TV, Assassin's Creed Shadows officially coming this year. Capcom is working on a remake of RE1 again. Sony did the thing we all thought they did with Helldivers 2. Frustrated devs on Steam, and your texts and emails and more!
GAMES PLAYED
SCOTT
Instruments of Destruction
Genopanic
Animal Well
(More F4, Diablo IV, Rotwood, Farm Together 2, and Cyberpunk)
These layoffs and closures at Microsoft, affecting studios like Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. The silence from Phil Spencer raises questions about the future of AAA gaming and highlights the negative impacts of industry consolidation, a topic that Ybarra has also commented on, albeit controversially. Helldivers 2 drama ends, kind of, and new inductees into the Video Game Hall of Fame. The upcoming Rogue-Like DLC for Wildermyth and the discontinuation of sharing Nintendo Switch screenshots to Twitter. Your texts too!
Las Vegas happened and there were rad arcade games there. Also DnD sessions with newcomers. Jon airs his thoughts on the potential demise of console gaming despite minimal research. New PSN requirements for Helldivers 2 and Todd Howard's comments on speeding up the release of major Bethesda titles. Listener emails and texts and more!
Where did that beard go? Also, people should use Delta. The one on your phones. :) Should Bethesda get a pass for bugs 8 years on? Dear Martha is back! Blizzcon is NOT happening this year. Xbox is making a branded Quest VR unit. Yoshi P is done with dark fantasy. Samus almost made it into Fortnite. Calls, emails and more!
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So it turns out Fallout on TV is rad, and we have lots of thoughts, with ZERO spoilers. As a result, some of us delved back into Fallout 4 and 76 with a weird twist. Also, confirmed leaks about PS5 Pro specs and PlayStation's new PC trophy feature this week. Todd Howard says "no dates" on Fallout 5. Hades 2 had a big test. Golden Axe gets animated at Comedy Central. Heist 2 is here to make us happy. Your texts too! And some calls on the other side.
Lots to discuss and none of it has to do with girls faces. Time to highlight BAFTA Awards Winners, the Fallout TV show's critical acclaim, and Microsoft/Blizzard's new deal with Netease, despite previous breakdowns. We hit on the absence of Dead Space 2 Remake and the reasons why, the pricey Ubisoft SW game, and Microsoft/Xbox's progress on their next console. Seems like that thing is full steam ahead. Listener emails and texts, including recommendations for Blood Bowl 3 and excitement over Slay the Spire 2's announcement. And more! (Dear Martha too!)
What to do with a Sonic balloon. The dominance of older games in recent research is a little eyeopening, raising questions on innovation and project impacts. "Dear Martha" delves into gamer drama, while BAFTA polls honor Lara Croft. Notable points about System Shock remake update and some other side news. Plus, emails and texts!
WHAT WE PLAYED:
SCOTT GAMES
Darksiders
Darksiders II
Songs of Conquest
AFK Journey
JON GAMES
More No Man's Sky, Baldur's Gate 3, WWE 2K24, and Helldivers 2
The whole world seems to be playing Dragon's Dogma 2, but not us. Wonder what's up with that! Also, we've a discussion about Phil Spencer's concerns regarding the gaming industry growth and Xbox's strategy shift. Interesting stuff. Other news includes Stardew Valley's revived success, Take 2 acquiring Gearbox, and Relic becoming independent again. Emails clarifying male anatomy terms and a text suggesting a new co-op game, "Plate Up!", and a giveaway of a Mobius Gaming Laptop from DogHouse Systems!
Ubisoft unveiled an AI-driven virtual assistant, offering visual and audio features. And it kinda sucks. Scott explored "Lightyear Frontier" and "Enslaved: Odyssey to the West," while Jon enjoyed "Civilization VI" and "Baldur's Gate 3." Beau made progress in "Like A Dragon" and tried "Timberborn" and "Plunderstorm." Blizzard's WoW Battle Royale mode, BG3 news, and Stardew Valley's record-breaking update. Also, Margot Robbie plans a Sims movie, while Nvidia predicts AI-generated games within a decade. Emails and texts and more!
SHARED PLAY
Ravenswatch
SCOTT PLAYED
Lightyear Frontier (Gamepass, Steam)
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Steam)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Steam...insanely on sale)
(more BORE Blasters...so hooked...and other stuff from last couple weeks)
On this episode of CORE: The woes of moving house. Scott got a Playstation Portal and is excited about several games including Unicorn Overlord and Granblue Fantasy Relink as a result. Jon has been busy moving but has also been playing WWE 2K24 and building FROG Wreslting 2.0. Beau has been playing WoW, FF7 Remake/Rebirth, and Spider-Man 2. We get breaking news about a PS5 Pro rumor. In the news, the controversy surrounding the recent release of STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection, the surprising success of Sea of Thieves pre-orders on PS5, and the announcement of Summer Games Fest. They also discuss the passing of Dragonball Z creator Akira Toriyama. The episode ends with a listener-submitted dad joke and some calls and stuff!
The Microsoft Partner Game Stream revealed several new games including Unknown 9: The Awakening, a magical adventure set in India, and Alters: All By Myselves, a creepy survival game. Existing franchises like Final Fantasy 14 and Stalker are getting new content or remasters. The stream also showed footage from upcoming games like Frostpunk 2 and a Persona 3 remake. The crew discusses what they've been playing this week, including Scott's retro trip on GBA and where that led him into Anime game town. Beau's adventures in FF7 Rebirth and Helldivers 2, as well as wow. Other news includes the addition of mechs to Helldivers, a new Fallout trailer, and Ghosts of Tsushima coming to PC. Plus your calls!
It's DUNE II week, and we are excited! Sony and EA are the latest to impose some fairly hefty layoffs and we spend some time talking about the games that got hit along with the people. Plus what some smaller studios are planning to do. Theres more to talk about with Helldivers II and what might be next. Plus, Jon has an answer to the Balatro controversy. The games we played, plus Epic hackers, GameScent and Inkbound nearly cooked! Emails and texts and more!
SHARED PLAY
Helldivers II
SCOTT PLAYED
Tales of Arise
Regency Solitaire II
More No Man's Sky, Balatro, and AC: Black Flag
JON PLAYED
Balatro
Dark Forces Remaster
Quickies: Pacific Drive, No Man's Sky, & Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Debate on Sonic vs. Mario for kids' toys. A LOAD of games we played (see below). CORE Crush - Co-Op Edition this week! Other news covers the surprise launch of Dead Island 2 on Game Pass, Elden Ring DLC details, the release of the first Borderlands trailer, and Enshrouded reaching 2 million in sales. Texts, voice mails and more!
Microsoft is expanding its gaming reach by releasing four Xbox titles on other platforms, including Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded. Furthermore, Diablo 4 will join Game Pass on March 28, marking the beginning of Activision Blizzard games on the service. Microsoft emphasized the need to evolve for long-term success, reassuring the commitment to Xbox hardware. We talk about it. The show's break features a Valentine's Day-themed game, "CORE Crush." Other news includes Sony following Microsoft in cross-platform game releases and Diablo's $30 portal pack. Nvidia briefly became the world's third-largest company, and the FCC bans AI voice generation in robocalls. The episode concludes with listener correspondence discussing Palworld's automation element. And more!
To start, elite controller takes more damage than a toe when dropped on a hard floor. Darktide and the Tribes III demo were great for all of us. Scott played Unreal Tournament 99 and Hellcard. Jon played Rotwood, Star Trucker, and Lightyear Frontier. Beau explores Stormgate's open beta demo, prompting a return to Starcraft 2 co-op commanders amidst the World of Warcraft Shadowlands Phase 2 launch. Rumors of Microsoft Xbox going 3rd Party, a unique Baldur's Gate 3 completion by Proxy Gate Tactician, Disney investing $1.5 billion into Epic for a "persistent universe," and Tencent reportedly developing an Elden Ring mobile game akin to Genshin Impact. Core-Spondence promising an intriguing voice mail on the history of dead presidents in office.
In the latest Sony State of Play, notable announcements include a Metal Gear-like game from Kojima called PHYSINT, a bizarre trailer for Death Stranding 2 featuring puppets and guitar battles, and the stealth launch of Silent Hill: The Short Message, described as a short experimental free-to-play game introducing newcomers to the Silent Hill universe. A remake of Until Dawn for PS5 using Unreal Engine 5 was revealed, and Team Ninja's Rise of The Ronin received a more in-depth look. Other highlights include Metro Awakening VR for PSVR2 and Ken Levine's new game JUDAS, which carries a Bioshock vibe. News about The Suicide Squad, World of Warcraft Classic's GDKP ban in Phase 2 of SoD, the cancellation of Deus Ex by Embracer Group, and the upcoming Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor on February 14th. And your feedback!
Massive layoffs hit the industry, affecting Riot Games and ABK post-Microsoft merger. Notable departures include Mike Ybarra and Adham, with Blizzard canceling a survival game and outsourcing customer service. Concerns arise about Blizzcon's future. The Palworld vs. Pokemon debate unfolds, with accusations of imitation and AI stuff. Scott explores Forbidden West and Timberborn, Jon finishes Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and Beau engages in TTRPG "Order & Defiance" and ENSHROUDED. Calls and emails and texts too!
GTA 6 is now the second-most viewed game trailer on Youtube. Meanwhile, the Microsoft Developer_Direct '24 event unveiled exciting updates, including Obsidian Entertainment's Avowed coming in the fall, Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade II arriving on May 21st, Square-Enix's Visions of Mana (first new game in 15 years) in the Summer, Oxide's ARA History Untold with mechs and crafting in Fall 2024, and MachineGames' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle set for 2024. Other notable mentions include Diablo IV season 3 details and concerns about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Voice mails and texts too!
How games positively impact work and life patterns, especially Shapez. We played Deep Rock Galactic, with Scott immersed in Horizon Zero Dawn and ChillQuarium. Jon explores Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Final Fantasy X, and Sea of Stars, while Beau tries out MythForce and delves into VR with Dungeons of Eternity. "Dear Martha: This Day in Gaming History" and highlights news like Brian Cox narrating Tekken's story and updates on Final Fantasy XIV's Dawntrail Expansion. The new PS5 controller version and Season 2 casting for The Last of Us. Insights from a listener about Steam's private games functionality and a gameplay leak for Wolverine, along with a science question! And loads more!
Square-Enix's plan to implement "aggressive use of AI" in 2024. We have thoughts. Square-Enix's lack of details in their announcements is a problem. Games we played this week were: Shapez, Horizon Zero Dawn, Slay the Princess, Red Dead Redemption II, WoW and Shadows of Doubt in VR. The "Dear Martha Reddit Review" segment explores a breakup over a favorite game insult. Other news includes a 13-year-old beating Tetris, Mickey Mouse going public domain for a horror game, Jack Black voicing Minecraft Steve, Guardians of the Galaxy free on Epic Games, a Heroes of the Storm remake mod, and a City of Heroes private server receiving an official license. Shoutout to a creator, Michael Betts, for his game "Tower Song"!! Emails and calls too!
Well what do we have here? Our year-end MASSIVE round up of the best games of the year, including a load of categories you won't find anywhere else. Check the RSS feed or Patreon for a FULL text list of the games we covered. Can you guess our number one? Listen and find out!
Group Category #1 - Most Anticipated Games of 2024:
Steam Year in Review highlights gaming experiences, shared by Scott, Jon, and Beau. And we played The Finals, Lethal Company, and House Flipper 2 together. Scott played Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader and An Arcade full of Cats. Jon delves into Bang on Balls, Death Must Die, WWE 2K23, and Fortnite. Beau conquers WoW SoD BFD, VR adventures, BG3, and Diablo 4 winter event. Dear Martha: Steam Reviews! Other News: Bobby Kotick's departure, Insomniac's leaks, Steam's profile game hiding, and Sony's 50m PS5 sales success. Oh and the WoW 2024 roadmap is out and it's kinda great. Your calls and more!
Old gaming pleasures when your sick! Plus we do a Disco Elysium contest today! The big Day Before mess. The aftermath drama of the Game Awards. Twitch getting into and then out of the boobies game. E3 is dead...for real this time. Dyson Sphere just got a HUGE patch. And here are the games we played this week!
Our ongoing World of Warcraft adventures, Guild Wars 2, Wildermyth, and StarCraft 2 campaigns. Upcoming game news, such as a massive Baldur's Gate 3 patch and Remnant 2 on Game Pass. Netflix gaming acquiring the GTA Trilogy and briefly touch on Fallout coming to Prime. Listener email praising Warcraft Rumble's early gameplay but expressing frustration with the difficulty spike at level 50, raising concerns about the impact of microtransactions.
Welcome to CORE, where we could do the Konami Code in our sleep. Scott Johnson, Beau Schwartz, and Jon Jagger here. Playing a clip about microtransactions from an ex-Blizz guy sets the tone. The main topic is yet to be revealed, but our week in gaming features an abundance of World of Warcraft, with Scott hitting new levels and Jon exploring new features. Scott enjoys Lil Gator Game and Wildfrost on Steam, while Jon dives into Super Mario RPG on Switch and Death Must Die. Beau covers Assassin's Creed Nexus VR, The Expanse, Sun Wukong in Ravenswatch, and Starcraft 2. The break teases news like Valve's Half-Life retrospective and Walking Dead Destinies hitting Xbox bestsellers. Space Marine 2 is delayed, and Eminem is coming to Fortnite. Core-respondence includes an email confirming Beau's insight and a text about scary games, mentioning Martian Gothic.
The Steam Deck 2.0 is a hot topic today. The main discussion revolves around Game Awards nominations like Alan Wake 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Spiderman 2, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Wonder, and Tears of The Kingdom. Our gaming week features WoW discussions, including a creative solution for Jon's night-time gaming issue. Scott delves into Diablo IV and Backpack Hero on Steam, while Jon shares WWE 2K23 highlights and a Nintendo Switch mystery game. Beau recaps a hardcore WoW Saturday and achievements in Diablo 4 and Like a Dragon Gaiden. Also there's news on Greg and Scott's Word on the Street debut, Baldur's Gate 3's physical edition, Dungeon Keeper 1's KeeperFX mod release after 15 years, Darktide's update, and Samwise Didier's retirement. A call about Inkbound's removal of micro-transactions and more!
Greg Street doing something exciting! We spill some beans. How were our BlizzCon predictions? We find out. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight and Classic, Diablo IV, and Robocop. Scott high lights the indie game Ooblets. Jon shares experiences with Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, Powerwash Simulator, and previews Free-Per View 3 in FROG Wrestling. Beau talks about hardcore WoW, "For the King 2," and other games. "Dear Martha: Steam Reviews" segment, featuring a steamy review for Milfy City - Final Edition. Other news includes GTA VI's announcement, Nintendo's live-action Zelda movie, Valve's privacy update, and SteamDeck's OLED release. Texts and a call!
BlizzCon 2023 predictions, including topics like WoW, Overwatch, Diablo IV, and potential new releases. This week's games, like Phasmophobia and RoboCop: Rogue City. Greg Street's new studio, Bungie layoffs and delays, Microsoft's ban on third-party controllers, and more. Emails and more!
The episode opens with a teaser about "ghostbeef" and the unveiling of Lilith statue names. The controversy surrounding "Cities: Skylines 2," as it's receiving mixed reviews due to its work-in-progress nature. The hosts discuss the merits of early reviews versus player feedback. In the "Our Week in Gaming" segment, titles like "Return of the Obra Dinn," "Marvel's Spider-Man 2," and "Diablo 4 S2 Season of Blood." The episode also mentions other news topics, such as the release of "Alan Wake 2," the status of "Squardon 42," and updates in "Heroes of the Storm." Additionally, there's news about "Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest London," a Marvel-Hasbro partnership for MTG cards, Twitch's rule changes, and more. Voice mails and more!
So which do we nab this week? "Super Mario Wonder" or "Spider-man 2"? We delve into the Microsoft ABK merger news. They highlight key points, including Kot-Dick's departure, Phil's plans for old IPs, and the delay of ABK games on GamePass. The hosts also share their recent gaming experiences, covering titles like CyberPunk 2077, Forgive Me Father 2, and Diablo IV. The episode includes a "Dear Martha Gameshow" segment and a listener's email about a new genre of multitasking games. Additionally, there's a heated discussion about Tim Hortons coffee. For reasons.
Game developers will be required to use two-factor authentication to update games on Steam starting October 24, 2023. This is to prevent malicious updates.
Other news: John Riccitiello resigned as CEO of Unity Software. Diablo IV's second season is well-received. Sony unveiled a smaller, redesigned PS5 with a price hike. Meta Quest 3 launches on October 13, 2023.
This week on Shared Play: Cyberpunk 2077, RAGE 2, and Darktide. Voicemails: More about Star Citizen and the way people talk in CP2077.
This week on CORE, we discuss a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 project by Anonymous Content, share their gaming experiences with Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, AC Mirage, and various other titles. They touch on Diablo IV coming to Steam, Naughty Dog layoffs, and Animal Crossing's Lego adaptation. A listener email raises questions about the $600 million development cost of Star Citizen, emphasizing the need to focus on real issues rather than the money spent. And MORE!
Cyberpunk 2077 has made a remarkable turnaround since its disastrous launch in 2020. The game has been patched and updated extensively, and it is now playing well on all platforms. As a result, the game has seen a huge surge in concurrent players, and it is now receiving 9's and 10's reviews from critics and gamers alike.
The Core Crew discusses the game's turnaround and why it's worth playing now. They also discuss other news from the gaming industry, such as the departure of Sony chief Jim Ryan, the return of Chris Metzen to Blizzard, and the wave of layoffs around the industry.
Xbox/Microsoft accidentally leaking a lot of information, including new console and controller designs, a courted Nintendo acquisition, and underestimating the value of Baldur's Gate 3. We played: Starfield, DOOM 2016, Persona 5 Royal, Mortal Kombat 1, Frog Wrestling, Cyberpunk 2077, Portal 2 VR Mod, and Farthest Frontier. Dear Martha! Switch version of Mortal Kombat 1 looking really rough, Netherrealm promising fixes, the good Baldur's Gate 3 memey song by Tom Cardy, Final Fantasy XIV getting official TTRPG books, Dead Space Co-Creator Glen Schofield leaving the new studio he helped form to make Callisto Protocol, Bluey the video game launching November 17, and Sea of Thieves adding private servers. Emails and more!
Turns out teens remain hooked on Fortnite, Minecraft, and sometimes Warzone. Unity's clash with game devs, featuring a statement from RedHook, the Darkest Dungeon creators. Unity hasn't backed down yet, sparking worries about costs for Sony and Microsoft. John Riccatello's problematic history (EA) is discussed. Devs are scrambling to switch to Unreal or Gadot engines. Also, check out Scott's top five core games on the "MORE CORE" video series. In "Week in Gaming," Starfield shines, and Fae Farm and WWE 2K23 are mentioned. They later explore Steam reviews and cover news like Sony's State of Play, Nintendo Direct focusing on Switch 2, Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty trailer, Apple's push for native gaming on new iPhones, Dune Spice Wars' 1.0 launch, and Xbox's GamePass CORE. We end with emails and texts, including a fan's "Oct-Beau-ber Fest" suggestion for Beau's full-time gig and someone confessing they've never played Half-Life 2.
Last week's preshow for a little bonus content. No reason cept we think it was particularly funny last week, and thought you might enjoy the distraction. Have fun!
The possibility of annual expansions in Diablo IV, drawing comparisons with other games that adopt this approach. Scott's fascination with Starfield, Jon and Beau's completion of Baldur's Gate 3, and their individual game choices like Xenotilt, WWE 2K23, No Man's Sky, Marvel Snap, and more. "Dear Martha," where they guess which Bethesda game various reviews are from. Additionally, they touch on news, such as Final Fantasy XVI's DLCs, Bethesda's plans for Red Fall, Crossplay in Baldur's Gate 3, YouTube's testing of playable games, and rumors about NintendoVR. Emails from listeners, including one praising the PS Portal and another commending Jon's passionate take on Starfield, suggesting he could be a great marketer for Bethesda.
Jon and Scott watch movies as promised and have reviews. In the main topic, the discussion revolves around the significant price increase in PlayStation Plus subscriptions, causing discontent among users. The current and upcoming prices are detailed. A comparison to Xbox Game Pass price hikes is made, with some countries exempt from the PlayStation Plus increase. In the "Our Week in Gaming" section, Jon shares his progress in Baldur's Gate 3, as does Beau, while Scott talks about Sea of Stars and starting Starfield. More news about the state of Bioware's Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, Volition's closure, and Half-Life 2 getting ray tracing, and more. Question about Scott finishing Red Dead Redemption 2 and thoughts on RDR1's release for PS4 and Switch, with a desire for an official PC release. Lastly, there's a mention of a Grim Dawn DLC call, which we did not see coming.
Spoiler-free Ashoka impressions. The PlayStation Portal, with details on its price, exclusive PS5 compatibility, battery life, and screen quality. We played Baldur's Gate 3, but not only that. "Dear Martha"! Gamescom highlights, Epic Games Store's offer, and Charles Martinet's Mario departure. Your calls and more!
While walking the dog, someone found an old game manual in a bush. The controversy surrounding Overwatch 2 and whether harsh reviews are a fair way to address its issues. We discuss the games they've been playing, including Baldur's Gate 3, Ship Graveyard Simulator 2, BroForce Forever update, and Quake II Remake. We touch on other gaming news and upcoming releases. Listener feedback goes places today.
Video game portrayal in TV/film affecting enjoyment, followed by personal gaming updates, mainly "Baldur's Gate 3." We have TONS to say, so tuck in for lots of BG3 talk. Scott also talks "I Am Future," "Viewfinder," and "The Expanse." Jon discusses "FROG Wrestling Free-Per View 2," "WWE 2K23," "Transformers," and "Ori." Red Dead Redemption's high price, Papers, Please anniversary "demake," mixed "Atlas Fallen" reviews, Quake 2 Remaster release, discounted PS5 controllers, Stardew Valley cookbook, and refurbished Steam Decks. Yakuza Like a Dragon's controller choice for Beau is queried. And more!
PC fan noise during gaming. Why? Discussing the 10 best selling games ever. Our Week in Gaming features our time with Baldur's Gate 3, and Scott's play of The Expanse and more. Jon talks about FROG Wrestling in WWE 2K23 and completing Remnant II. Beau completed Yakuza: Like A Dragon. "Dear Martha: The Game Show!" where they match Steam reviews to games. Other News includes Hades, Post Malone's One Ring card ownership, and Fantasian on Steam. Emails suggest Scott's nickname and choosing between PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass. And a lot more!
The popularity of Ambernic at a lake. News about Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest, including a new expansion called Dawntrail, collaborations, and a Fall Guys crossover. ExileCon reveals details about Path of Exile 2, its content, microtransactions, and gameplay improvements. We've been playing games, such as ESO, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Plus, The "Dear Martha: The Game Show!". Other topics like Assassin's Creed Mirage, Nintendo Switch 2, and Hasbro's lost games. Texts and emails and voice mails and more!
In episode CORE 375, the main topic discusses a game dev's comment about not raising the bar on CRPGs with Baldur's Gate 3, sparking gamer outrage. The hosts share their gaming experiences, including Star Trek Online, Trails of Mana, and Yakuza: Like A Dragon. The show covers news about Overwatch 2, Bluey's potential video game, and the MS/ABK merger. The episode ends with fan correspondence and a listener's dream about the show.
The latest updates on Microsoft's acquisition of ABK, with the judge approving the deal's progress in the United States. The FTC has appealed the ruling, and negotiations continue with the UK. If the July 18th deadline is missed, a significant fee will be owed to ABK, but an extension is likely as both parties want the deal to happen.
Scott's current relationship with FF16 and his games of choice. Jon shares a video and a message to play, while Beau talks about playing as a rogue in Diablo 4 and experimenting with TaleSpire and Dungeon Alchemist.
Player ruining thousands of hours of work in WoW, the endangered status of classic video games, the upcoming open beta of Palia MMO, and HBO's The Last Of Us receiving 24 Emmy nominations. There's also mention of a potentially interesting wrestling game called WrestleQuest.
An email from a listener asks Beau about his opinion on Diablo 4, considering the time commitment required, and a text message wonders if the next Nintendo Switch will be a folding portable console, making it more appealing based on its smaller form factor. AND MORE!
This week Scott is OUT but that doesn't stop the CORE TRAIN as Beau and Jon talk about the Diablo 4 Season 1 announcement and Beau's Lilith statue confirmation. Jon goes deep on Final Fantasy 16, Frog Wrestling and produces an epic length Dear Martha that is not to miss. MK1 characters revealed! Nintendo has a new console called NX 2? BattleBit Remastered has sold 2 million units! Red Dead Redemption Remaster? The One Ring is Found in Ontario! Last of Us but Not the Last of Us! All that, other random conversations, your emails and texts, and SO MUCH MORE in an the usual XXXXL sized CORE.
In this episode of CORE 372, the main topic is the early release of Baldur's Gate 3 on August 3 for PC, with a delay for the PS5 version to September 6. The developers aim to achieve 60 frames-per-second on PS5 and prioritize quality over rushing the release. The hosts discuss their recent gaming experiences, including Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo 4, and various Steam Next Fest demos. They also mention mods for games like Deep Rock Galactic and Crysis in VR. The episode features a game show segment called "Dear Martha," where they guess which game a review is about. They touch upon news about Microsoft CEO's stance on exclusives, Bobby Kotick's view on Gamepass, World of Warcraft Classic adding Hardcore Realms, the Steam Summer Sale, and BlizzCon 2023 ticket prices. Additionally, they receive an email addressing a discussion on Final Fantasy 6 and 7's merits. The episode concludes with news about a patron creating a hacked ROM of Super Techmo Bowl for NES, where patrons' names will be included in the game.
Elderly couple discusses getting Starfield on gamepass. Main topic: Nintendo Direct announcements include Super Mario RPG remake and new Mario game Wonder. Patron question: Which game/franchise needs a new developer? Our Week in Gaming: Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo IV, FF7 Remake. Scott: FF7 Remake. Jon: WWE 2K23 and Steam Next-Festgames. Break: Dear Martha - Steam Magazine Review. Other news: Vamp Survivors co-op, Twitch content labels, xQc's streaming deal, Eve Online's Excel integration. Core-spondence: Diablo 4 discussion and Xbox's play anywhere feature clarification.
In the latest episode of CORE 370, the hosts discuss the results of a poll on favorite JRPGs. They then delve into the Xbox Showcase, focusing on games like Starfield, Fable, Avowed, the sequel to Like a Dragon, Hellblade II, and Forza. They highlight that Starfield was shown in detail but will only run at 30fps on Xbox, and there is a high price for early access. In the "Week in Gaming" segment, Diablo IV, Super Mega Baseball 4, Dragon Quest 11, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Cassette Beasts, and various JRPGs from the '90s are mentioned. Individual hosts also mention playing Garlic on the Ambernic, checking in with WWE 2K23's FROG Wrestling, and discussing Final Fantasy XVI. The episode includes a segment called "Dear Martha: The Game Show!" where the hosts guess which games certain reviews are about. Other news topics include paying for PvE in Overwatch 2, potential microtransactions in World of Warcraft, the first look at Armored Core 6, a UI update on Steam, and reports of esports declining.
A LOT of talk about what showed up at Summer Game Fest! Plus, all the weeks gaming, which was a lot of Diablo and a few surprises. Your emails and marthas and more!
Yeah, there's a LOT of Diablo talk on the show today, but not entirely, so hop in and see what the week in gaming did to the three of us and all of you at the same time. Or something that makes more sense.
We sum up the BIG Sony presser today, as well as talk a bit about the Project Q they announced. Plus how violent is TOO violent when it comes to MK. Plus a LOAD of games we played this week. Other news of note and your feedback!
CORE Daily is out, talking Dead by Daylight spinning out some more scary game goods soon, plus Nic Cage for some reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m2uiVbdfdQ #DeadbyDaylight
Steam Decks get looks in Vegas. Overwatch 2 gets some rotten news. Blizzcon lovers get some good news. Best video game food. All the games we played this week. Dear Martha. MK 1 is on the way. Lord of the Rings gets two MMO's. Your texts and messages too!
Sounds like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is pretty damned great. Remakes vs new stuff debate! Jedi Survivor still impresses. All the games we played this week. Dear Martha! Tenacious D's new song about video games, called Video Games. Ed Boon being a little cagey. Diablo 4 server slam this weekend. Elden Ring sold a NYC worth of copies. The ROG Ally is out soon, and preorders are up! Emails texts and more!
Conversation about why there are SOO many bad PC ports lately of massive AAA games. Games we never finished but want to still. A load of new games this week. Dear Martha. Phil Spencer stuff. Blizzard and AI patents. FF16 getting banned in Saudi Arabia, and lots of email and voice mail stuff!
Dungeon Murder is live at DungeonMurder.com! Also, Tron is harder now. The UK has blocked the MS/Activision Blizzard deal. Controllers and KB+Mice get in a fight. We know have a CORE and Frogpants fake wrestling team. Dear Martha! Twisted Metal show, Vampire Survivors gets a TV show, and Transformers has Unicron! Plus your calls, texts, emails, and MORE!
Are idle games bad? Diablo IV got a big bump of new info and a new Beta weekend coming up! What game moments still with us forever. Lots of games discussed for the week. Unreccord looks unreal. Blasphemous 2 looks great! Sony aqquired Firewalk Studios. Gollum dev explains the pay for Elvish. How much is too much with Nintendo law suits. Your emails texts and more!
Did you know what the PS controller buttons mean? We do. Also, streaming your gaming in 2023, drug sims, Everspace 2, Wartales, Scarlet Tower, Hellslave, RE4, Sonic's murder, Diablo 2 R, Vertigo 2, Jedi Fallen Redhead, Tetris movie, Dear Martha, Redfall, PS+, Justice League delays, and WAY MORE!
Do you love Mario? People do, but critics, not so much. Sony is working on a new handheld, but maybe not the one you think. Unreal or Quake: The war is won! Lots of games played this week. Dark and Darker gets booted. FF Pixel remasters are a weird thing, but they are here. No Man's Sky gets more updates. Dear Martha and loads more!
E3 is ending, and we are here to talk about it. Some breaking news in there as well. Great questiona bout 10 to 15 man content in gaming. Resident Evil 4 Remake got a lot of talk today. Plus all the games we played. Dear Martha, Tears of the Kingdom details, Last of Us getting rammed in Steam reviews. Square doing NFT stuff again. PSVR2 is selling really bad. Polaris IS Witcher 4. Skyrim Chat! And lots of great stuff.
A LOT of Diablo IV talk today, and what we think about the beta thus far. From story, to tone, to gameplay and way more. Also, games we played this week, along with more news about Counter-Strike 2, RE4R, Tax Heaven 3000, Sony's 2022 score, and LOTS more!
Ghostcrawler left RIOT. Yellow paint and tape in RE games, is it ok still? All the games we played, Dear Martha, Diablo IV beta tomorrow, Classic getting hardcore, Last of Us was GOOOD! Jay Wilson has plans! Emails and more!
Starfield got delayed again, but this time it should stick. We get into the whys and whats and what we want out of that game come Sept. Also, comfort games and which ones we return to over and over. ALL the games we played, plus a Dear Martha. Plus Suicide Squad delays, RE4 remake weirdness, Epic getting more indie friendly, PSVR2 reviews, Diablo IV and chicken, and LOTS more!
Befriending your angry Destiny friends. MS and the ABK stuff has a big update. What games were we good at first? Dear Martha! A LOAD of games this week. Bunch of Square news. Dead by Daylight movie coming. Jack Black got a little blue at the Mario presser. Your emails, texts, and calls and more!
Ybarra brought more bad news to Blizzard folk. Chrono Cross Remaster is getting a patch and Jon is stoked. Civ 7 is happening officially. Sony State of Play was kinda what we thought it would be. MK 12 is coming this year. Dice winners! Suicide Squad will need an always-on network connection in single player mode. Hogwarts Legacy sold a TON of copies. New Castlevania and Metal Gear happening at E3 from Konami. Dear Martha! Your voicemails, texts and more! Plus EVERYTHING we played this week.
Overwatch made a dating sim? Weird. Also, PSVR2 and what the reviews are saying. All the games we played this week, plus Dear Martha, the Nier guy is making something weird, Venom joining the Suns, Forbidden West coming to Plus, Lord of the Rings is making 5 games, Tetris the movie, Red Dead gets museum treatment, Cocaine Bear gets a game and LOTS more!
We break down the big Nintendo Direct, and what it means. Some big predictions for 2023. All the games we played this week, including a pre-alpha of Super Lake Runner. :) Dear Martha, calls and emails and more!
On tap this week, lots of talk about how to do a remake right, in the form of Dead Space. Plus, is FF7 remake boring? Why programming for an old MMO is hard. More GoDot dev time. Redfall issues are here about online all the time stuff. Jedi gets delayed. Titan Fall side game no longer happening. Apex is OFF mobile now. Sony MS and Nintendo are all skipping whatever E3 is now. Emails voice mails and texts too!
Lots of new games announced this week. New Steamworld stuff, and MS dumped a whole list up updates, including a day-and-date game, that turned out to be rad! Plus all the games we played, your calls and texts and loads more! Oh, and get the Lake Run sticker on sale now at Frogpants.com/core!
We get into the mess surrounding Blizzard and Netease in China. Genre's we were sure we would never like. A bunch of games this week too, plus Dear Martha, your calls and emails and more!
Big show tonight, starting with more on the way Steam awards work. Ubisoft seems to be broken and someone should reboot them. MMO's and what we should expect out of Riot's. Dear Martha! Last of Us TV reviews are great so far! Project Leonardo from Sony is also very cool. New Mechwarrior game coming. Yoshi-P adds some confusion to the Final Fantasy 16 world. Emails, texts, and voice mails and more!
We have a lot to say about the Wizards of the Coast leaks this week, including 5 games they're cancelling. Also, what does a 120hz display actually do for you. A load of games played and tons more! Oh and we gave away a $4,000 gaming computer to a lucky winner!
Metzen is back! In a way, anyway. Also, why do F2P strats garner such different reactions. More Marvel Midnight Suns, Witcher 3 patches, Dragonflight, Dear Martha, more news emails and more!
CORE Bonus Discussion 12-12-2022: A.I. and Art and Games
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📅 Tue, 13 Dec 2022⏱ 39m🔴 acast
CORE Bonus Discussion 12-12-2022: A.I. and Art and Games
SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen: I really think you’ll all enjoy this interview. A lot has happened since we last had this opportunity, and we talk about it all. And yes, even the Blizzard stuff you have questions about. Enjoy!
Big show, let's start with that terrible McCrispy gaming chair. We try and figure out what a AAA John Wick game might look like. Nintendo's next hardware move. We played Marvel Snap, OW2, Among Us VR, Soulstone Survivors, Against The Storm, REV: Rose DLC, Signalis, Fortnite, Iron Man VR, more Sinners and Saints, Runner, Desktop Dungeons, and more! Emails and texts and Dear Martha too!
PSVR2 has a price and a release date, and we have thoughts. Sony also lost people but gained revenue. Capitalizing on your awesome characters and worlds. We played Overwatch 2, Marvel Snap, Red Dead 2, Despots Game, Void Scappers, Huntdown, Zomboid, 7 Days to Die, SIGNALIS, Curse of the Dead Gods, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Saints and Sinners VR. Plus texts, emails, and MORE!
CDPR is making a Witcher 1 remake. You can play Doom WADS in a browser now. Marvel Snap should be called Marvel Scratch. Diablo and Jay Wilson, a retrospective. Founders of Rocksteady are OUT! Phil Spencer is no fan of the current metaverse. Xbox prices might rise after the holiday. More on the Disco controversy. Dear Martha! We played Overwatch 2, Marvel Snap, Red Dead 2, Despot's Game, Brotato, Fornite, FFX, Necrosmith, Rare Replay Collection, and Prodeus! Emails texts and more!
Suddenly, there was a LOT of Silent Hill stuff. We go through it all. Sims 4 goes free to play, but we have some theories about stuff. Sony freaks out the Bloodborne community. That Bayonetta voice over mess. Dear Martha back with another retro mag review! Scot and Beau played a lot of OW2. Beau and Jon really liked the Darktide test. We all played Marvel Snap! Scott also played The Mortuary Assistant, Nier Automata, and Vampire Survivors 1.0. Jon played Fortnite! And Beau played the tutorial for Crusader Kings 3. Your texts, emails and more!
Big night of content! Meta Quest Pro thoughts, a new Valve VR set, Nvidia un-launching products, new Steam app, EA and their new app, Simpson's Waterworld game is real, Switch Games on Steam Deck according to Valve, and a Dear Martha! Plus, Scott and Beau played Overwatch 2, No Man's Sky, SCORN, while Jon moved on to FF10 and Fortnight! Oh and now we have ALL beaten CP2077. Emails and more!
Lots on tap today, so get to listening! The Mario Movie trailer hits. CDPR announces three more Witcher games and a CP2077 sequel. Dead Space trailer hit. Disco Elysium is a weird thing. Intel ARC cards are pretty good for the money! Overwatch 2 launched with some trouble. Dear Martha Review! Scott BEAT CyberPunk, played Baba is You, Asteroids Recharged, and Slime Rancher 2. Jon played CP, beat FF9, and got a Steam Deck! Beau played Dyson Sphere Program and Dead Effect 2 VR. Emails and more!
More trademark stuff. Google killed Stadia today. AMD and Intel have some stuff to show. Overwatch 2 is doing some stuff for toxic players. DND had a big day. Skull and Bones got pushed again. Last of Us on HBO lookin tight. Dear Martha! Scott played Shovel Knight Dig, Grounded, and Prodeus, oh and Novadrift. Jon got a Steam Deck, played CP2077, and more. Beau played Blade & Sorcery and Original Sin 2. A brand new mashup and more! (fixed)
Big week, big leaks! GTA 6, and Diablo IV get some leakage. Cyberpunk becomes a top seller again with some help. NVIDA announces all the new GPU stuff, plus more. Logitech gets into the portable business…sort of. Ted Lasso coming to FIFA. PSVR2 will NOT work with PSVR games. Spider-Man Miles Morales coming to Steam way sooner than you thought. Gloomhaven is free right now on Epic. Dear Martha! Scott played Cyberpunk 2077, Metal Hellsinger, The Darkside Detective, and Electrician Sim. Jon played CyberPunk also…eventually, and Return to Monkey Island! Beau played HL2 VR, Omega Strikers, and Divinity 2! Emails and more!
CORE Special: Gaming Chairs with Nicholas De Leon
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📅 Fri, 23 Sep 2022⏱ 42m🔴 acast
Hi all! A little something extra for you today. A bonus episode with Nicholas De Leon at Consumer Reports, talking about all the gaming chair hype, and the ones they tested, and which one you might want to invest in.
On the menu today, breakdowns of everything we saw and heard from this week's Direct, PS State of Play, and beyond! And how TWO GoldenEye re-releases are going to work. Plus games we played! Scott played CyberPunk 2077 and You Suck at Parking. Jon played all the FF games, plus Metal Hell Singer, and Beau spent all his time in Grim Dawn. Loads of emails, dear marthas and more!
More AI talk and what games will do with the tech. CyberPunk gets a single expansion. Steam Deck goes far in EMU world. James Gunn just about did Hitman. New AC games hitting this weekend. Twitch changes. Drama at Sony and MS over CoD. New controllers! Tencent bought a ton of Ubi stock. Scott played Kingdom's of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Cursed to Golf, Gunfire Reborn, Jetpack Joyride 2, GW2, Cyberpunk 2077, The Ascent, and Into the Breach. Jon played GW2, Opus Magnum, and Disney Dreamlight Valley. Beau played The Ascent, Grim Dawn, and got a new display!
Scott is on vacation! That that did not stop Beau and Jon from talking about a load of new stuff! ABK buyout happenings, Halo Infinite infiniate addon delays. GamePass family sharing. LG and Corsairs hot new bendables. UbiSoft confirms next AC game is called Mirage. The Cyberpunk show is good? Games they played and WAY more! On this episode of CORE!
Time to sum up GamesCom! Plus, there's a new PS5 elite type controller coming. We talk about the big Phil Spencer interview. Dear Martha! Scott played Hard West 2, Guild Wars 2, and Farthest Frontier. Jon played FFIX and FFIV. Beau played Skyrim VR ALL week long. Your emails and more!
We take a look at all the DND stuff that came down today, plus the rather large update we got regarding Diablo IV. Dear Martha. Scott BEAT a game! He played all the Netflix games, plus played and beat AC Origins. Jon played Cult of the Lamb, beat FFVIII, and a little cooking sim. Oh and Spiderman. Beau played a LOT of Skyrim VR with mods. Emails and more!
The tongue twister animated CORE special. MS and Sony goin at it. Diablo 4 stuff leaked. Inflation means games are the cheapest ever. Not enough people are playing those Netflix games. Live action Pac-Man! Forespoken got CHEESY. And a CRAP ton of games this week!
Sony has things to say about Call of Duty. Tencent wants more Ubi. Blizzard and Netease are not at ease with each other. Steam says stop showing off. Multiversus is a weird thing. Automata door again. Snap pulls back. Dear Martha 20 year letters from EGM. Scott played Symphony of War, Red Faction, Bear and Breakfast, Haiku, and more Outriders. John cracked open another FF, Mega Man X, and beat As Dusk Falls. Beau nears the end of Alyx. Emails and mashups and more!
Mow lawns for free on Epic. Neir is having a moment, and no one knows what's real or fake. Cloud with a dress can be yours. Knights of The Old Republic Remake is in weird trouble. Meta Quest 2 is going $100 more in a few days, and we have thoughts on that. Square Enix has issues. VRChat is in termoil. Diablo Immortal is making BANK! Dear Martha! A TON of games this week, and way more!
This show is too big to try and sum up properly, but suffice it to say, we talked about a LOT of stuff today regarding Romero's new FPS, Ubisoft cancelling a load of stuff, Marvel Snap controversies, Square not knowing their own games, SoulFrame, and loads more. Including a HUGE round of Scott's Steam Deck experience so far, and TONS more after that. Just listen and get it all!
Playstation wants you to win space points! Skate 4 will be free to play, and pay to look good. Dragonflight went Alpha today. Power Wash Sim is out of early access and on Game Pass now. Bayonetta 3 gets less naked. Nintendo goes hard on making movies. Skyrim gets a MP mod. Unity CEO stirs the poop. Dear Martha goes hard on Zelda. Scott is playing , Crash 4, and Dinkum. Jon playing Gordian Quest, and some usual games. Beau played Omega Pilot, and spent a bunch of time in VR Chat. Emails and more!
Heroes goes into full maintenance mode, and we have some thoughts. Do you want the Amico? Companies going to gamescom in Germany. Weird happenings in FF14. Mike Ybarra talks about making a million a day with Diablo Immortal. From sends something TO a fan. Robocop: Rogue City is coming and Scott is losing his mind about it. EA made a really dumb tweet. Dear Martha! Scott played Gordian Quest, Drill Dozer, FF7 Remake, and Pokemon Pinball. Jon played FF7, FF7, and FF14. Beau finished Gordian Quest and spent a LOT of time in VR Chat! And MORE!
Steam Deck specs changed. Did Valve notice? Ron Gilbert says, "sorry, you all suck, just wait for the game". PS+ getting some good stuff in July. Blizzard bought the Spellbreak people. Nintendo did a mini direct, and it was all about those 3rd parties. Beau has some interesting stuff happening in gaming in Canada this week. Scott played Iconoclasts, Bloodstained, Forza, Tsushima, and Super Ember Kaboom. Jon played BOTH kinds of FF7's, Grim Dawn and FF Tactics. Beau played Gordian Quest. Oh and we all are still playing V Rising. Emails and more!
Amazon and their game giveaways for Prime Day. New data on how gamers feel about certain brands. Epic gives us a tool to play nice with Steam players. Insults online put you in jail in Japan. Working in VR sucks. You can finally get a 3080 at a decent price. Scott played Grim Dawn, D2R, D3, Fall Guys, Raft, and V Rising. Jon played Shredders Revenge, FFVII Remake, and Vampire Survivors. Beau played FFVII Remake, D3 Necro, and is learning C# for fun! Plus your emails and a great mashup!
We try our hardest to sum up last week's game announcements tonight. There may have been no official E3, but it sure felt like E3 anyway. :) Microsoft, Square, Blizzard, PC Gamer Show, etc etc etc. Too much to type here, so here you go! ENJOY!
We cover all the Gamesfest stuff from today, including highlights of the biggest games and announcements. Another big convo about Diablo Immortal one week later. Devolver stuff as well. Gamepro letters with Martha! Scott played V Rising, Shipbreaker, and Card Shark. Jon played V Rising and moved to a new apartment. Beau played V Rising and Catalyst Black. Oh yeah, emails too!
We talk a lot about Diablo Immortal. What did we think? It's complicated. Sony held a State of Play today, and we are here to break that all down! Lots of Warhammer 40k stuff this week too. Dragon Age 4 has a title now. Star Wars games got some big updates this week too. Sonic is going full Breath of The Wild. Dear Martha too! Scott played Card Shark, Shipbreaker, and Diablo Immortal. Jon played Fortnite, Diablo Immortal, and V Rising. Beau played V Rising, Diablo Immortal, Catalyst Black and For the King. HUGE show tonight!
For the King 2 announced! We're pretty excited about that news. Plus, the Twisted Metal TV show and how things are going with it. Daybreak WAS making a Marvel MMO but canned it. Death Stranding 2 was announced...sorta. Beyond Good and Evil 2 is STILL being worked on, they promise. 61% of the 222 BILLION dollars in the games business was made by mobile titles. Sheesh. TikTok is getting into games now too. Raven went Union despite Activision not wanting them to be, and MS says they will support it post purchase! Dear Martha Gamepro letter. Scott played Shipbreaker, Rogue Legacy 2, House Flipper, and Circuit Superstars. Jon played all his usuals. Beau played SC2 and Catalyst Black! Your emails and more!
Marvel Snap got announced! PS+ games are now known for the launch. Old World is on Steam finally. New Steamworld games are good by us! King's diversity tool is terrible. Scott played Escape Sim, Bakery Sim, and House Flipper Pet DLC, as well has Teardown, Rogue Legacy 2, and RoundGuard. Jon played the start of Chaosgate, got further in FF7 with mods, and a lot of Slay the Spire. Beau played a CRAP ton of Heroes of The Storm! We also had some great emails tonight.
BIG show today, featuring a LOT of your emails! Yep, we did the email show we've been promising! Plus some stuff on Epic and editing Fortnite, Starfield and Redfall delays, cloud gaming without the console, mouth haptics, project Cambria, Outriders news, and a LOT of gameplay talk. Tuck in. Today is a BEAST!
Blizzards new mobile game. Square-Enix and their recent moves. Fortnite back on apple stuff via MS. Stone Cold loves Breath of The Wild. Dear Martha Retro Magazine Letters. Scott played The Gunk, Rogue Legacy 2, Bakery Simulator, Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate, Bugsnax, and Chernobilite. Jon played The Stanley Parable: Ultra Delux, Hand of Gilgamech, the Ace Attorney Trilogy, Road 96, and Kentucky Route Zero. Beau played a LOT of stuff on his Meta Quest 2, including mods for pc games and Battle Sister. A great new Mashup and more!
Diablo Immortal will be on PC. We have some thoughts on that. Also, Sonic got really weird this week and has fans in a tizzy. Warcraft Mobile title being announced next week. Sonic 2 is the highest grossing film in the US for a video game movie ever. Overwatch 2 mp beta happened. We have thoughts on that. A load of Gamepro Dear Marthas today. Scott played and beat Steamworld Dig 2, and started another run of Quest. Jon played Return of the Obra Dinn, and Vampire Survivors. Beau also played that as well as Dune: Spice Wars! Your emails, a mashup and more!
We start things off with a look at what Blizzard showed off for their new WoW expansion. Plus, D&D Direct, and how delayed Baldur's Gate 3 is. Plus what DND games are hot right now. Some old gamepro dear Martha reviews. Scott played Stacklands, and Panzer Corps 2. Jon played No Man's Sky and some other regulars. Beau played a lot of Solasta. Your emails and loads more!
D&D Beyond bought by Hasbro! No Man's Sky gets even bigger today. Xcom 2 free on Epic this week. Solasta adds free coop and a bunch of other stuff for fans! Shipbreaker coming to Gamepass in May. Dear Martha Reviews NOT be be missed today. Scott played Psychonauts 2, The Show 22, Steamworld Dig 2, and Car Detailing Simulator. Jon played FF14 6.1, Vampire Survivors, and Chrono Cross Remaster. Beau FINISHED Elden Ring! Emails and more!
Remedy is remaking Max Payne 1 And 2 Following New Agreement With Rockstar. Ron Gilbert is making a brand new Monkey Island. Dune Spice Wars is coming this month! The next Tomb Raider will be in Unreal 5. Epic and Lego want kids to be part of the metaverse. Dear Martha review of 7 Days to Die. Scott played Weird West, Spider-Man Remastered, Monster Sanctuary, Escape the Fold, and Demeo for PC. Jon played Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, finished FF6 and started Chrono Cross, Steamworld Dig 2, and Prey. Beau played Elden Ring! Your emails and much more!
Playstation has finally told us how PS+ is changing in June. Speaking of June, E3 is officially not happening, virtual or physical. Might be done for good. We have thoughts. Diablo Immortal is up for pre-order finally. Also a June release. More games as art! Dear Martha! Scott playCed Tsushima, UnMetal, Kirby, and The Huntdown. Jon played Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, FF6, and Weird West. Beau played Valheim and Elden Ring. Emails and more!
We sum up a load of GDC stuff for ya, so you don't have to. Including all the awards they gave out. Also, Sony likely to unveil their new sub next week. GTA+ is a thing. New Witcher game under development. Fortnite removes building. Sonic controllers are hairy. Stranger of Paradise is effed. Dear Martha! Scott played Tsushima, Kirby, and Castlevania. Jon finished Elden Ring, played Tunic, and Steamworld Dig. Beau played Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Elden Ring. Emails and more.
Square-Enix continues to be clueless about how streaming works. Yo FromSoftware, please don't launch heartbreaking ambush patches at 1130pm. EA not doing an "e3-adjacent" even (EA Play) instead just gonna do stuff whenever. Halo TV show seems like it might be...good? "Games heralded as great art" on wikipedia (Part 2). Dear Martha Review for Orc Massage. SCOTT played Tunic, Tetris Effect, & Axiom Verge. JON played Elden Ring & Tunic. BEAU played Elden Ring and is now closing the book on Lost Ark! And lots more including your emails!
Beau got a HOT new PC and built it from the ground up, and we're here to share the process, especially in a time where getting a good GPU is harder than ever. Also, Advance Wars reboot got delayed. We talk about the deeper reasons why. Super Nintendo World is coming to Hollywood next year! Square puts a LOT of stuff on Youtube this week. We have a BIG conversation about games heralded as great art. Plus Scott played Elden Ring, Forbidden West, Axiom Verge, and more. Jon played Elden Ring a LOT, and some more progress in his run of FFVI. Beau played DOOM Eternal again on his new rig, and still loves it. Still found time to give Tarnished Grail another look. Mashups, Steam Reviews, emails and more!
Epic buys BandCamp and it's hard to figure out why. Bungie says "hard no" to Destiny on Steam Deck. Gabe Newell is playing FF14, and hand delivering Steam Decks with a tiny mask on. Pokemon goes full Scarlet and Violet this fall. HUGE discussion of all things Elden Ring. Dear Martha Steam Review. Scott's Games: Fire Emblem on GBA, Forbidden West on PS5, the Kirby & The Forgotten City demo on Switch, Bombslinger on everything, and Elden Ring. Jon's Games: Elden Ring. Beau's Games: Elden Ring. :) Emails and more!
Bye bye Bethesda launcher. We barely knew ye. SquareEnix says they needed more millions sold. Elden Ring seems to be reviewing incredibly well. Street Fighter 6 has a logo and pants problem. Walton Goggins joins the Fallout cast on Prime Video. Scott played Forbidden West, Mario Golf, Streets of Rage 4, and a bunch of fighting games. Jon playing FFVI on stream this week, along with 14, and Elden Ring. Beau is still into Lost Ark, but only just. Emails about switch stores and more!
Cyberpunk might be the best it's going to get this week. Forbidden West is getting the buzz you expect. Baldurs Gate 3 is a 2023 game like it or not. More No Man's Sky updates! No rude words in Wordle. Lost Ark hits some Steam records. Legacy of The Sith seems neat! Dear Martha! Scott played Mutant Football League, Super Metroid, Link to the Past, and Advance Wars 1 and 2, and a LOT of Wargroove. Beau and Jon played Lost Ark. :)
We break down all the Nintendo Direct news this week, and celebrate Kirby just like you should be doing. MS clarifies some Call of Duty things. A dear Martha steam review! And then a TON of talk about the games Scott played in VR this week, but MOSTLY a long hard look at all things Lost Ark.
Sony is buying Bungie, and we have ideas on why they paid so much for it. That and Wordle going to the NYT, GamePass not charging you when you are not using it, Lost Ark getting out finally next week, Dear Martha reviews, and more! Scott played ESO, VR Maze Gobbler, and Dying Light 2. Beau played Valheim and Wild Rift. Jon played Deathloop, Guardians, and finished FFV. Emails and more!
Respawn going hard on Star Wars, Blizz announcing an un-announcement, The Rock doing new game movies, buying lock lifted for FF14, Ubisoft gets out of the Battle Royale business, Epic will keep giving you free games this year, and Windows goes all Android soon. Dear Martha Steam Review! Scott played more Tsushima, as well as Minish Cap on the GBA and Donkey Kong Country on the SNES. Jon is all about Guardians and FFV. Beau's journey continues in Valheim and Wild Rift, while building a new PC with some help. Emails and more!
Microsoft news. Big news. Huge news. And we go deep into all of it and what's up! XCOM people starting a new studio. Steam Reviews. Tsushima, Infamous Second Son, Papers Please, Wordle, Final Fantasy V, Halo Infinite, Valheim, Wild Rift. Your emails and way more!
Fallout TV series on the way, and we have thoughts. Police fired over Snorlax catching. Playstation ending PS Now cards, and we think that means something big coming. Wordle and why it's so big. Xbox1 is done being made. Shipbreaker has a 1.0 in sight. Dear Martha Reviews! Games we played: Ghost of Tsushima, Loop Hero, Final Fantasy, Death's Door, Valheim, Wild Rift, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, Super Bomberman R, and more! Oh and why you might wanna keep waiting for Baldur's Gate 3!
PSVR2 and what you might need to know about it. Ubisoft Connect coming to Gamepass in some form. China is killing their own video game companies. E3 will be all digital this year. Gamers now have a way to massage that pesky hand. Dear Martha steam review. The games we played this week and MORE!
Nature finds a way...to tea bag your fallen enemy. Welcome to CORE! We get into all sorts of news this evening, including a couple big Halo takes you might wanna hear, and how God of War might have done Kratos better than MS did Master Chief. Plus Tavern Master, Wartales, Shipbreaker updates, End Walker, MK11, and more! And next week, our best games of 2021!
Gamepass had quite the week. More takes from the game awards. FFXIV stops selling itself. FF7 is out on Epic right now. Do we need video games in our cars? Ubisoft first to be dumb. Dear Martha Steam Reviews! Scott is hooked on SWTOR again, plus Halo, The Gunk, that Aliens coop game, and The Matrix UE5 thing. Jon ONLY played FF this week. And beat it. :) Beau played Age of Darkness, WarTales, Scarlet Nexus, MK11, and also that Matrix thing. Emails and more.
CORE: Game Awards 2021 Special Commentary Edition
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📅 Fri, 10 Dec 2021⏱ 3h 20m🔴 acast
Spend some time with the boys as they live-watch the awards, and all the announcements. Lots to unpack in here!
Is there a Matrix game coming soon? Mass Effect TV show and WOW did we have a discussion about this possibility. GOG is losing money, but CD project has plans. Marvel MMO on the way from DCUO dev. Dear Martha Amazon Reviews. Games we played include Final Fantasy 14, Legends of Runeterra, Halo Infinite MP, Darkest Dungeon II, Wild Rift, and more! Emails too!
Big show tonight, so tuck in! Everyone wants Kotick out, and we have thoughts on that actually happening. Every big game delay from this year. 100 turns is a lot for the Humankind demo. Game Awards noms! Star Citizen hits 400m. Is it a game yet? Dear Martha Amazon Games Review. Games played this week: Halo, Forza, Ruined King, Final Fantasy, Runeterra, and Wild Rift! Oh, and we figure out what Tantric means.
We fawn over the new Netflix series, Arcane. Endwalker gets a 2-week delay. Steam Deck also in delay town. MS Xbox PC app now treats folders and drives normally. Metal Gear gets pushed out of stores. Twitch App now on Switch, making it the Switch Twitch App. TWO Dear Martha reviews today! Scott talks about Forza H5, Animal Crossing 2.0, ESO, and more! Jon is still all in on FF14, plus Nier Automata, and a little Lost Ark. Beau goes ALL in on Lost Ark and has lots to say about it. And more!
Blizzard had another bad week! Midnight Suns gets delayed. Same with Diablo IV and Overwatch 2. Animal Crossing hits the road early with 2.0. Esports are still not making any money. Crossovers are getting weird. Old people need to game too. Dear Martha Amazon Review. Unpacking, Rogue Legacy 2, Age of Empires IV, Super Mario RPG, FFXIV, Back 4 Blood, Urea, and Lost Ark! Your emails and more!
Lots to talk about this week, including Kotick taking a pay cut for the team. Twitch being built back into the dashboard. Playstation's State of Play and PC plans. The bad N64 ports to the Switch. Wu-Tang doing an RPG. Beau's hot take on pee in your coke. Scott played Guardians of The Galaxy, Enlisted, Chivalry II, Quacamelee 2, ESO and Rogue Legacy 2. Jon played Inscryption, Chrono Trigger, and Age of Empires IV. Beau played more HS: Mercs! Dear Martha Steam Review! Your emails and more!
God of War coming to PC. Cyberpunk and The Witcher still coming to your PS5 and Series X|S. Steam says no to NFT's. That Xbox fridge sold out. No Man's Sky goes full worm. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. Scott played Inscryption, EverSpace 2 and reset his WHOLE farm! Jon is almost done with Metroid Dread. Beau played a lot of HS Mercenaries. Some board game talk too, plus your emails!
Maybe you should hear what Yoshi-P has to say. FFXIV detailed a load of what is coming next. G4 is coming back. Avengers is going back to getting your cash. Riot gets out of the chat business. Dear Martha Steam Review! Scott played Everspace 2, Back 4 Blood, Saints Row IV, and RogueBook. Jon and Beau played pretty much ALL of Metroid: Dread. Plus Pictopix, Chrono Trigger, and more FFXIV. Your emails and all!
D4 gets a new director. PS3 and Vita are not gonna have ways to pay for stuff soon. Dread is reviewing well on Switch, out tomorrow. The big Twitch Hack and what it means. Scott played a LOT of GamePass games this week, including: Scarlet Nexus, State of Decay 2: JE, A Plague Tale, and Phoenix Point. Beau played NOTHING but is jonesing for Dread really bad. Jon is out with family stuff tonight! Emails and more!
New World is out, and if you wait long enough, you can get in and play. We have all kinds of thoughts about the game thus far. Potion Craft crafts an early success. Blizzard finally explains the fruit replacement thing. Game Pass is somewhere in the 30 million user mark, and that means a LOT of money. Chaterbate wants you to play games on there. Dear Martha, Aragami II, Castlevania Advance Collection, and playing DOS2 on the hardest setting. And your emails too!
We break down the details of the Nintendo Direct this week! Especially this wacky Mario movie casting news. Dear Martha Reviews, Sable, Argami II, Gas Station Sim, D2:R, finishing tthe Disco, and emails and more!
nVIDIA done put a leak out there and it's pretty tasty in terms of game potential. Fingersleeves are a thing you can now get. IKEA is making gamer furnature. Scott played Solasta, Wrath of The Rightious, and Warioware. Jon beat more Final Fantasy and played Deathloop! Beau 100 percented Hades and is one more to do that in Banished. Dear Martha, your emails and more!
New Twisted Metal coming? Sign us up! Titanfall 2 has some issues. Pokemon cookies? How about all that stuff that dropped on the Playstation event? Dear Martha steam review. Spiritfarer, all the Final Fantasies, Hades, Disco Elysium, and SPLITGATE! Oh and your emails too!
China wants to keep kids from playing video games all the time. Midnight Suns is looking VERY good to us. Transformers comes to tabletop and Youtube! Dear Martha review of What The Golf. Scott played Mech Arena, Surgeon Sim 2, Mowing Lawns, and No Man's Sky. Jon is all about the final fantasies, and some MYST too! Beau can't stop playing Hades again! And more!
All the big GamesCom stuff! Especially the new SR, and Marvel Xcom-like, or not so like. Halo Infinite date and the multiplayer plan. Working on car stuff in Simulator 2021. More Humankind and Old World. Jon finished a final fantasy for the first time! Google went after Epic hardcore. Wahammer good game time! Deep Rock is Deep Back! MYST, Hades, FFIV, Pokemon Unite, and MORE!
The CORE Boys are back! We start with Quake getting better all these decades later, and Skyrim coming yet to MORE platforms for its 10 year anniversary. A triple Dear Martha Steam Review bonanza. GW2, Humankind, Amazon Luna, Pokemon Unite, Jupiter Hell, Disco E., Katamari Rerolled, emails and more!
We get some info on the OLED discussion. Then some new D2 cinematics. Blizzard let the D4 lead and lead designer go. Frostpunk 2 is coming. Grand Theft Audio Trilogy remastered is really a thing. Get GameMaker for free. Mobile players generate 1.7 billion dollars a week. Dear Martha Steam Reviews! Deep Rock Galactic is still amazing. Lawn Mowing needs a better throttle. Banners of Ruin is rad. Ultimate ADOM is very cool. FF Pixel Perfect Remaster is all it could be and more. Pokemon Unite knows where they can get to your wallet the fastest. Your emails and more!
JAB steps down, so does Meschuk, and the lawsuits keep coming. Halo Infinite had a good test weekend. New World gets another delay. Playdates sell out and sell out fast. Pokemon Go reverted, and pissed people off really bad. Dear Martha Steam Reviews! Scott got a BackBone and loved it, and played The Ascent, Lawn Mower Sim, and some weird MMO's. Jon played a lot of FF, and a little Townscraper. Beau got a switch and is completely hooked on Pokemon Unite! Emails and more!
Sony sold 10 million PS5's, and MS did really well too, all this despite supply chain issues. Why and what, we discuss on the show. Blizzard employes did a walkout yesterday. Xbox Game Pass showing people using PS4 controllers on Xcloud. :) RE Villiage sells 4.5m copies! Zoom adds a weird gaming service. EB Games is now GameStop in Canada. We give away that Series S today! Dear Martha Reviews. Scott played Swords of Legends Online, Skyward Sword and ESO. Jon played FF1, FF14, and Pokemon Unite. Beau played Disco Elysium, and Like a Dragon. We did emails and talked about music in games, and when it goes horribly wrong. Music Beef? Maybe. Tune in and find out!
We talk about this horrible Blizzard lawsuit. And then some positive stuff. Like New World is pretty good, EA is making Dead Space again, and Battlefield wants you to be creative again. Plus the fact that Pokemon Unite is badass. And a LOT of trying to get each other to play Disco Elysium. And more!
Valve announced their long rumored handheld steam machine, called Steam Deck, and we have a LOT to say about it. Xbox controller might see a refresh sooner than you thought. Netflix is gonna start providing you with video games, whatever that means. Dear Martha. Scott played Ironcast, Griftlands, and Shipbreaker. Jon played FF14, and some Old World. Beau played a Bard in FF14, plus some time in Sea of Thieves. Your emails and more!
We get into some news regarding the new Switch model, Assassin's Creed Infinity, WoW based Pandemic board games, Tencent seeing you on camera at all times, Doom Eternal getting a new replacement mode, Magic Legends going bye-bye, and more! Dear Martha Steam reviews. We played Prodeus, Wildermyth, Metro Exodus, Mario Golf, Old World, Griftlands, Gladius, Endless Space 2, Lego Builder's Journey, FFXIV, Sea of Thieves, and more! Also your emails!
Windows 11 and all the stuff that might effect your pc gaming life. Nvidia gets weird with AI and painting. Steam sale starts today! Fat Black Chocobos and how to gets em. Dear Martha goes to Russia today. Scott goes HARD into Chore Core this week. Chivilary II. Griftlands. Invisible Inc. Tainted Grail. FF14. Wildermyth. House Flipper. Dorfromantik. Your emails and more! Also, what's up with Incest Pig?
We sum up things in E3 so you don't have to, and we tell you what we think stuck and what didn't. Plus, Dear Martha Steam reviews, Yakuza Like a Dragon, Travelers Rest, and Invisible Inc. Plus Jon plays House Flipper. And Beau went wild in the deck builders but has regrets about Mass Effect. And lots more!
CORE SPECIAL: The PC Gaming Show E3 2021 with the CORE crew
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📅 Mon, 14 Jun 2021⏱ 1h 30m🔴 acast
CORE SPECIAL: The PC Gaming Show E3 2021 with the CORE crew
CORE SPECIAL: SquareEnix at E3 2021 with the CORE crew
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📅 Sun, 13 Jun 2021⏱ 50m🔴 acast
CORE SPECIAL: SquareEnix at E3 2021 with the CORE crew
CORE SPECIAL: Microsoft-Bethesda Showcase 2021 with Scott and Jon
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📅 Sun, 13 Jun 2021⏱ 1h 8m🔴 acast
CORE SPECIAL: Microsoft-Bethesda Showcase 2021 with Scott and Jon
CORE SPECIAL: Ubi-Soft Forward 2021 with Scott and Beau
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📅 Sun, 13 Jun 2021⏱ 56m🔴 acast
CORE SPECIAL: Ubi-Soft Forward 2021 with Scott and Beau
CORE SPECIAL: Summer Fest 2021 Commentary with Scott & Jon
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📅 Thu, 10 Jun 2021⏱ 1h 52m🔴 acast
CORE SPECIAL: Summer Fest 2021 Commentary with Scott & Jon
Battlefield 2042 announced today, and we have thoughts about it, and how it will never be Planetside 1. Last of Us stand alone multiplayer game still coming. Overwatch goes full cross-play. Ratchet and Clank might have hit a new all time high. TWO Dear Martha Steam reviews. Cyberpunk, Tainted Grail, RE8, FF14, and the final missions! All that and your emails too!
We have the E3 details and we feel like talking about those details, including the big leak from 2k today. Also lots of games played this week so suit up and get ready for a big ol' CORE episode!
No Blizzcon in 2021. Dead by Daylight gets a load of RE people in it. MS confirms Starfield will get a big showing this June. Uncharted 4 coming to PC. No Man's Sky gives you the Normandy. Sonic looks really stupid in the Olympics. 3D Hentai Checkers gets the Dear Martha treatment. We have a LOT of Mass Effect remastered talk today. PowerWash Sim, Days Gone, RE:V, Bugsnax, and lots lots more!
More ex-Blizzard folks in a new company, Lightfordged Games. Target gets out of the Pokemon fight. Mass Effect in effect this weekend. Dark Alliance coming to Gamepass day one. Jon played RE8 3 times so far. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. Back to Shipbreaker. ESO. FF14. Yakuza 0, and loads more.
RE8 hits tomorrow and the word on the street is good! Nintendo wants kids to learn how to make games on Switch! Mass Effect LE lets you make custom console case art. Really. Blizz loses players but gains profits. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. Shipbreaker got its big patch finally! Apex gets 3v3 arena matches. ESO is still great. So is FF14, Mega Man X, and Dragon Quest Builders 2. Beau digging on Children of Morta, SW Battlefront 2, Andromeda, Inquisition, Torchlight 3 and more. Emails too!
MS goes for the 88-12 split, just like Epic. Acivision's Bobby Kotick got forced to take a pay cut. He also looks like a certain celeb. Xbox no longer charging you for free to play games. Capcom goes long with the demo for 8. The new Mortal Kombat movie is great trash. Dear Martha gets in on the Dragon Beef this week. ESO, PGA Tour 2K21, Obsidian Prince, NieR Replicant, FF14, Torchlight III on Series S, emails and more!
Jeff Kaplan leaving blizz, and what we make of that. Windows is overhauling the Windows Store for game stuff. PS Plus Video Pass leaked but no one really knows what it is. EA is upping frame rates on a load of older EA games for next gen consoles. Dear Martha Steam Review. ESO vs FF14 beef continues. MLB The Show on Xbox. American Fugitive on Switch. TaleSpire is interesting. Emails and more!
Tim Sweeny got that Sweeny Money. Jaffe says Sony is building a Gamepass like service right now. RE showcase was a thing and we break it all down. Last of Us remake? Alexa will start working with Gamepass. Blizz added a couple more games to the arcade collection. Things Naughty Dog is NOT making. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. The games we are playing and more!
Deathloop delayed, Advent Children getting the 4k HDR treatment, EA play is weird on PC. Path of Exile 2 is coming and looks like one! Dear Martha game reviews. FFXIV and Scott and John in that game. FUSER. Two Point Hospital. Heroes and Hearthstone and your emails and more! Why do people meme Shrek anyway?
CyberPunk hits 1.2 and we have all kinds of thoughts about that. Among Us is going full art-redo and we are here for it. No Man's Sky adds a big multiplayer element. Sony's MLB The Show is coming day one on Xbox with Gamepass. We guess that means hell froze over or something. Beau goes off on Bitcoin. What we are playing this week, and your emails and more!
The BAFTA's happened. Hades and Last of Us Part II did really well. Niantic wants you playing with Pikmin outside. MS might be buying Discord for 10b. Steam has some standards we guess. Switch 2 could boost some serious Mario with DLSS from NVIDIA. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. Scott beat Outer Worlds, is playing Mankind Divided again, Littlewood on Switch, and tried that Magic ARPG. (Hint: It's kinda bad right now). John all back into FF 14, while Beau is in HOTS again. Get the new Frogpants newsletter at FROGPANTS.CLUB! And more!
Frogpants Plays: Special Interview with Chris Metzen
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📅 Tue, 23 Mar 2021⏱ 1h 5m🔴 acast
Scott and Chris have a sit-down and chat up up about his new big project, plus lots of great insights into development of this kind of project vs something like a major game release at Blizzard. Here’s a bit more about the project.
Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent is a 5E campaign setting by Chris Metzen and Warchief Gaming. The first release in this universe, Worldbook: Lawbrand, is based on the roleplaying campaign that Chris ran with his childhood friends in the eighties and nineties, before heading to Blizzard to work on worlds such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and more.
Enjoy Scott Johnson chatting with Chris Metzen about his awesome new project!
Swuare-Enix did their showcase, and there were a few things of note. Playstation buys EVO, and we think that is a little odd. EA Play now on Gamepass PC. Diamond Cards come to Hearthstone. Scott actualy played a little Lust From Beyond, and it kinda was not what we thought it was. Also the long hunt for that Pharaoh Feeling. Jon is back into Neir, and loves it. More Loop Hero, and Beau just did some old fashioned Hots this week! And your emails!
This is the week all that Bethesda stuff comes slamming into your Gamepass sub. Right now in fact! Hang on to those 20 year old Diablo II saves. Also, Artifact is done. Are you? We go hard into Loop Hero, and why it's our game of the now. Horizon is rad on PC. Emails and more!
Jon had a baby! But Scott and Beau are here to keep things running tonight with talk about Diablo IV, OW2 getting cooler by the second, MTG getting some Warhammer 40k love, and Bioware and the dropping of Anthem. Scott is losing it over Loop Hero, with some Griftlands, and Valheim thrown in. Beau is playing all the Blizz games, plus some Dicey Dungeons, Dyson Sphere, and Valheim! And lots more!
Mortal Kombat trailer is rad. Nintendo Direct had stuff to talk about. They had me at Mario Golf. No Man's Sky gets pets. Kingdom Hearts comes to PC. Blizzconline discussion. More factory building games on tap this week. Legend of Keepers is Scott's new jam. Ori looks INSANE on big TVs with lots of features. Hearthstone holds Beau hostage again. Emails and more!
CORE 254: The Mandalorian and the Lady of Bear Island
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📅 Fri, 12 Feb 2021⏱ 2h 10m🔴 acast
That cancelled Xbox 360 GoldenEye game leaked! Blizzconline happens next week. We have thoughts. Disco Elyisium is getting a BIG update or owners of the game. Someone hacked CDPR hardcore. Mario 3D Land hits this week. Shipbreaker, WoW, Legend of the Keepers, Alba, Fallen Order, Genshin Impact, and lots more!
Beau is here tonight to talk with Scott about their joint love of the new addiction known as Dyson Sphere Program on PC. But there's more! Mass Effect Legendary Edition coming and soon! Stadia cut out its internal game dev teams. How about the return of College Football to video games? More Shipbreaker, more Demon Hunters, and more Yakuza: Like a Dragon. And MORE!
The rise and fall of the Live Gold price. Gamepass hits a milestone. Sony should make an RPG from NaughtyDog. The quick and dirty on all this Gamestop stuff. Resident Evil 8 shows off a load of stuff. Tall lady!! Hitman III, Shipbreaker, Pokemon Go, Spiritfarer, and your emails!
Ubisoft is making a Star Wars game for Lucasarts! So is Bethesda, 'cept for Raiders of The Lost Ark! CDPR says sorry, and has some plans. Fallen Order and Battlefront 2 get next gen updates for free. Scott is still hooked on Shipbreaker and Xcom 2, while John is giving Teardown a run! Your emails and lots more!
Come with us on a trip to try and find the perfect mech game! Also, did you know MS almost bought Nintendo once? Ubisoft might be rolling into Gamepass and we are all for it! That KFC console is not going on sale. Mechwarrior 5, Phantom Brigade, Battletech, P-Go, Warcraft, Fynyx Rising, and so much more this week!
That's right, time for our end of year games roundup and talk of our favorite games of the year! There are quite a few surprises in here this year so tune in and see how it jives with your 2020 favorites!
CORE 248: We Invite you to do what you'd have done anyway
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📅 Fri, 18 Dec 2020⏱ 2h 21m🔴 acast
We need to talk about Cyberpunk a week into things. And so we do. Like we REALLY do. Too much to list here. Also new Mass Effect coming, Diablo Immortal exists still, and Riot announces an MMO. What we played and lots more so tune in!
A deep dive into CyberPunk so far, and the kinds of stuff swirling around it. Game Awards is happening right now. WoW talk about Torghast, Haven and why Jon should play it, GeForce Now to the rescue. And loads more!
We have some talk about Mando and Kratos coming to Fortnite, Cyberpunk is only a week away, Mass Effect and Dragon Age lose their leads. WoW time, more viking time, and for some reason back to Outer Worlds, and LOTS more.
We go a little deeper into our Series X experience a couple weeks in. Hitman devs take aim at Bond next. Marvel Avengers is not doing well. Hogger is coming to Heroes. Valhalla is rad and we all love it so far. Shadowlands is good, and more wow. Gears 5 is INSANE on X/S. Beau had to make a girlfriend in Baldur's Gate 3, and so much more!
The Series X is out and the PS5 right on its tail! We talk about our experiences so far. Mass Effect is getting a remastered trilogy. And a whole new game down the road. We're playing AC Valhalla, Days Gone, Watch Dogs Legion, the WoW pre-expac event, Baldur's Gate 3, and lots more!
Preloading EA games on gamepass for the 10th. Oculus Quest 2 sells super well. Spider-verse style animation coming to Miles Morales! Witcher 3 has no load times on Series X. Next week means new consoles! Watch Dogs Legion is good! Dirt 5 is also good! Teardown is amazing. Squadrons is happening with all of us and your emails to boot!
Cyberpunk got punked again. Metzen announces a new project with tabletop as the focus! Legion reviews seem solid! No Man's Sky goes next gen for free! Anthem is still saying things about the game that they maybe have been working on. Ghostrunner is rad. WoW is comfort food. Hades is is offramped. And lots of other talk you might enjoy!
What happens when more and more in political power use gaming and streaming as a tool to reach voters? We discuss how this works and how it might work in the future. Also, Warcraft is really good right now for Scott and Jon. The Solitaire Conspiracy still suits us. Hades still owns our souls. Emails about EA and star wars and way more!
Wow Prepatch has us interested again. Modern Warfare lets you shrink it a little. Spider-Man gets a cat. Monster Hunter gets a movie. Animal Crossing is a Among Us game it turns out. Scott plays Final Fantasy 14. Hades still a threat. A mashup and more!
What is Luna and do you want it? Or are there already too many gaming streaming services. Steve enters Smash and some are not happy about it. Sony does a hardware breakdown of the PS5. Nvidia cards are WAY back ordered now. Baldur's Gate 3 is in EA. Scott played and really liked Neir Automata. Shocking we know. Hades, Forgone and The Solitaire Conspiracy get a look too. Hades especially. Squadrons is...ok we think. Great emails and more!
What even is crunch in gaming and what can be done about it? Also early Series X impressions are in, and they are good! Among Us dumps sequel and goes back to the first game. A bunch Metal Gears make their way to GoG. Peter Parker looks different on PS5. Scott talks about his effort to scratch the right open world itch he has right now. Shadow of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Just Cause 4 on deck. Jon rightly loves Hades, but not Super Mario All-Stars 3D. Spelunky 2 is pretty great though. Beau finished Banner Saga 2 and is ready for 3! Our /paid on Steam and more!
HUGE week of discussion. Let's start with Mike Morheim announcing today that Dreamhaven is his new games company, with sub studios, Secret Door and Moonshot. All of what that means and could mean. Plus, preordering PS5's and Xboxs is harder than you thought. Also GTX3080's for that matter. A big discussion about the Xbox plan, and how their HUGE acquisition of Zenimax/Bethesda could impact things. 7.5 BILLION dollars is a lot of dollars. No Man's Sky goes further than we thought. Shadow of War. Art of Rally. Avengers goes on hold. Disgaea PC. The Banner Saga. And your emails and more!
Sony took the virtual stage today, and we have price and dates for PS5. Also a look at Final Fantasy 16, Mile Morales, The Plus Collection, and Ragnorok, a God of War sequel. Mad Max, Wasteland 3, Luigi's Mansion, streaming some cooking and guitar playing, and The Beau Zone Layer!
Microsoft finally confirms and gives a date to the Xbox Series X and S, and we think this is all a pretty insane deal. We talk about all of it, including what we think Sony will need to do to answer what we got this week from MS. EA adds to the pile as well. The Witcher is getting a free next gen update for all owners. Nintendo wants you to do lots of temporary things for his 35th birthday. Mad Max, Star Renegades, Control, Marvel's Avengers, Crusader Kings 3, Divinity 2, Dead Cells, and LOTS more. Oh and why your eyes might be your display problem.
Nvidia cards and what they might do to your wallet this year. Ubisoft renames Gods and Monsters to something dumber. Sony is thinking about more PC games. Witcher goes full Pokemon. What it means to fall off the games management wagon, and how to get back on. Spiritfarer is amazing and you should be playing it. Wasteland 3. New Super Lucky's Tale. Fall Guys. Crusader Kings 3. And why you should ask for Dante when getting gigabit internet.
We give our take on the Apple / Fortnite / Google thing. DC had a big week with two big game announcements. What even is Lord of the RIngs: Gollum? Fall Guys keeps breaking records. Jon wants back into FFXIV. Rogue Legacy 2, Sleeping Dogs is done, Mad Max visit, The Witcher 3 is done for Jon. Grounded is pretty grounded. Dead Cells for Beau. And LOTS MORE!
Halo Infinite infinitely delayed. Cyberpunk shows off LifePaths. Doom Eternal gets some DLC. Last of Us 2 gets a HUGE update. Sleeping Dogs, Hellbound, Littlewood, Witcher, HZD, Paper Mario and why Beau loves Youtube premium. :)
Spider-Man comes to PS5 only for Avengers, PS4 controllers only work with PS4 games. Diablo Immortal gameplay shown. Fall Guys seems rad. Zelda Monsters in your book! On our playlists, Yakuza 0, Earthlock, Blazing Beaks, Paper Mario, Odyssey, Diablo 3 and more!
We look a little closer at the Xbox event last week. Why some say Halo Infinite needs help the graphics department. Grounded gives you some sweet spider options. Nintendo and the gigaleak, and what we learned from it. Carrion, Shipbreaker, Celleste, Krumit's Tale, Sea of Thieves, why we are all going to play Yakuza 0, and more!
Ubisoft is in trouble, Yakuza goes full RPG, No Man's Sky gets scary, Final Fantasy 7R gets ready for the next one, Ghosts and Paper fight it out in the charts, all the 40k games, Breakpoint is better, Shipbreaker is amazing, Superhot is super hotter, and Divinity 2 is still pumpin!
More coverage of what came out of Ubisoft last week. Deeper cuts into Farcry, Hackertown, and Skull and Bones. Halo 3, Titanfall 2, Acient Enemy chilling us out, Neon Abyss missing the mark barely, and so much more today. A must listen episode.
CORE 227: Why Would You Do Either of These Things
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📅 Thu, 09 Jul 2020⏱ 1h 32m🔴 acast
Microsoft says next gen upgrades need to be free - removes DLC loophole, but "remasters" will presumably still be a thing. 23rd for their big stream. The Sims is getting a reality TV show. Ninja is back...and he's on Youtube this time. Warcraft had their Shadowlands talk... it was pretty meh, but Beta starts next week. Art book is back! Still on track for Fall release. Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Curse of the Old Gods (PC early access). Streaming Titanfall 2 and LOVING IT. Swimmin in Animal Crossing NH. Roundguard. Streets of Rogue.
Are you ready to pay $70 for new games? Crucible goes back to the drawing board. Last of Us 2 gets no DLC, but maybe multiplayer. Is the Series S Xbox coming in a couple weeks? Worms gets into the battle royale business. Games we are playing and more!
Cyberpunk 2077 had new things to show today. Star Wars Squadrons. Skate. Avengers. Steam summer sales. Mixer going away. Why Desperadoes III is amazing. Why Jon LOVES The Last of Us II, and a lot more!
Beau is out, but Jon and Scott are in this week talking all things PS5, Pokemon Snap coming back, Star Wars Squadrons, Last of Us 2 and more! Also Scott's huge 4x experiment, thoughts on Old World, Griftlands and Desperadoes III! Jon played the Outer Worlds again too! And lots more! Oh and we argued about 90's cartoons.
EA is back on steam! Do we care? Do you? We talk about it. Destiny fans are not happy. Warcraft pushes an announcement. PS5 stuff pushed but we get it tomorrow. Civ VI keeps racking up victims. Deep Rock still has us by the tail. Animal Crossing is a great place to leave tips. Battletech is so rad. Command and Conquer conquer again! Burnout Paradise won't run for me. And LOTS more!
We get into some news, like Blizzcon being canceled, Doom Eternal doing the right thing (maybe), Avengers, and why that thing is still a problem game. Minecraft Dungeons and Crucible are not terrible, but they are not great. More Rock Dwarves for us all! Fury Unleashed still rockin Scott's world. How gaming conventions might work in the future! Your emails and loads more!
Mafia Trilogy sounds like it might be worth a look! GTAV goes free! Nintendo gives Paper Mario fans what they want! Artifact 2 is really happening we guess. Ghost of Tsushima looks amazing. We played a LOT of Deep Rock Galactic this week and we LOVE THIS GAME! Animal Crossing is going strong for Scott AND Jon now. Your emails and more!
We break down all this Unreal 5 news, and see what we think. EA has a load of games coming this year including what seems to be a Mass Effect trillogy remaster. RD2 petting horse thing is nuts. Animal Crossing crosses Jon, Scott gets some real anime bullshit in Ace Combat 7, and Beau finds his groove again in The Witcher 3. Your emails and more!
CORE 219: He's handsome but he smells like vegetables
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📅 Fri, 08 May 2020⏱ 2h 11m🔴 acast
We break down all the stuff Microsoft showed today for the Series X games, and some commentary on how this is all gonna go for them come year-end. We like that Robocop is coming to MK11. Valhalla trailer blew our minds. Why is Mass Effect not a tactics game yet? LevelHead is amazing. Animal Crossing is the right thing still. FFVII is amazing according to Jon. Finding the best unwind game. And LOTS more!
Last of Us 2 has a bad leak, and a new release date. New AC has vikings in it, and we are pretty stoked about it. Epic says you need 2FA to use the store now. Elite Dangerous adds fleets. Morhaime has things to say about Blizzard. Iratus, Gears Tactics, XCOM, FFVII Remake and lots more!
Jon is now all in on FF7 and there is nothing stopping him. Scott went on a sales binge on the Switch. Diablo-likes can never taste like the real thing. Spoilers make things better for some of us. RTX in Minecraft is really mindblowing. Mario Maker 2 got a HUGE update. Animal Crossing is getting a huge update RIGHT THIS MINUTE! GeForce Now loses more games. Your emails and more!
Why games should always let you pull the trigger. Uncharted collection goes free. Stadia is still weird. PS5 controller is kinda funny. Remapping controllers on Switch is kinda cool. XCOM has a new game out, and no one knew it was coming. Gears Tactics seems like it might scratch the same itch. Animal Crossing still engrossing for Scott. Ancient Enemy is a serious treat. Fallout 76 is better. RE3 is scary. Mechs in No Man's Sky. Civ VI and LOTS more! Oh and Beau cried a lot in Final Fantasy 7.
April Fools day is dumb, but googly eyes on your shooter heroes is kinda rad. Gearbox is in another mess, and we don't hold very well with this particular turn. DOOM Eternal has been whipped, and Jon and Beau have advice. RE3 is coming this week, and Scott and Jon are ready to stream the screamfest. Animal Crossing still owning Scott's time. Ghost Recon Breakpoint got a lot better this week. Your emails and more!
Doom and Animal Crossing New Horizons are huge releases and we played a TON of those two games! Plus loads of other stuff this week so tune in and enjoy in this weird time! Now with a 400lb Baconator Butthole Expresso Butter!
E3 is cancelled. We talk about what that means! HZD is coming to PC for real now. Lego Mario is rad. DOOM launch trailers are better than others. Last of Us coming to HBO. Castlevania on Netflix continues to be a damn joy. Reggie Fils-Aime appointed to executive board at GameStop. No Man's Sky - it's becoming a problem. And SO much more!
We break down all the Baldurs Gate 3 stuff. GDC is cancelled. Will E3 get hit? Halo is back on PC. Final Fantasy 7 demo thoughts. Want a gamer bed? We kinda do. NMS is getting better and better and better. Does Scott think he will ever get the city builder he wants? Your emails and more!
Wolcen has issues but we are split on it. Mass Effect 2 is fun to talk about it turns out. Animal Crossing is in Scott's dreams. No Man's Sky just gets better and better. Should Eli Roth, or ANYONE else do a Borderlands movie? Sonic was....good? And loads more.
Sony is giving us more bread crumbs. Phil Spencer knows who the enemy is. Blizz sort of answers concerns regarding WC3 issues. Nvidia goes full launch with GForce Now. Rockstar loses a founder. Breakpoint get's a fresh start. Scott played LOTS of card games. Jon like playing BB8. Beau did NOTHING but Warcraft III. And your emails!
We talk a lot about Warcraft 3 Reforged and the rough launch. Also what makes you help a friend move. KotOR is getting a remake of it's own soon! Atari wants to make a hotel chain. Torchlight is going the full III instead of Frontiers. Youtube and Blizz strike an exclusive deal. All the cool stuff we are playing and loads more.
Cyberpunk delayed, but we are ok with it. GTA6 and Spider-Man 2 leaks happened. Doom Eternal looking REALLY good so far. LittleWood is right up Scott's alley. Jon reviews WoW 8.3 a bit. Beau still has his head in Black Desert Online, and bought an outfit for his lady. NEXEOPARDY is back baby!
Sony is out! MS is still in! The Avengers gets delayed! What's up with The High Republic? Alienware gets into the Switch space. Doom knows how to do Doom things. Nemesis has a flame thrower? No thanks. What we played this week and more!
We get all caught up after the holidays, and find out why Beau is so taken by Black Desert Online. Or why Scott is playing nothing but shooters all of the sudden. Or why Jon died in a chair. Lots of good stuff today!
Our followup our dating sim homework is here, and you don't wanna miss it. The next Xbox is called The Xbox. We also know what it looks like. Video Game Awards happened. More shadow tactics, ESO, Builders II, Star Wars Battlefront revisited, Diablo 3 and a LOT more!
RE3 is coming and we have thoughts on that. People cheat, and Blizz ain't having it. What Darksiders Genesis needs. Why Dragon Quest Builders 2 actually works for Scott. Why Jon can't live with his RPG faces. And so much more.
We are ALL over the place tonight, but at the core of CORE, we get into the long hunt for the perfect action RPG. Also, RE3 is getting a remake treatment it seems. Diablo 4 is dropping Ancient Legendaries from the whiteboard. A new segment tonight too! Oh, and why Xcom2 is soooooo good still. We will all play Gloomhaven when it's ready. And a great call from a deep voice tonight.
CORE 201: I like the farmin', you like the charmin'.
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📅 Thu, 28 Nov 2019⏱ 1h 59m🔴 acast
We go deep into why Diablo keeps dragging us back in. Holiday sales are happening! Nomansky gets a big new update. Games that we meant to play this year but did not. Games we might grind out in the holiday time. And lots of stuff here and here so get in and listen!
Half-Life Alyx is a thing and we go DEEP on the implications. Anthem might not be done just yet. Path of Exile goes full sequel but not really. Stadia is out and is mixed but interesting. Video Game Awards are kinda...dumb. Fallen Order sounds like it's great with some cracks. And so much more. Listen in and enjoy!
How sub-game services are changing how we see video games. Sonic looks better now! Red Dead 2 on PC! A little more ESO talk. Burnout Paradise. Diablo 3, and way more!
Beau and Scott here this week getting all the Blizz news figured out from Blizzcon, and in particular, D4. EA back in bed with Steam. Services that you feel bad for having. China went full Shwartz. Getting bannded for cheating. Scott gushes over ESO, and Beau is back in D3 hardcore. And lots more!
Blizzcon predictions! Deathwing in Heroes! Fallout 76 has serious fallout from their latest announcement. Last of Us 2 is delayed. Command and Conquer all over again soon! Shroud is outta here. Mike Ybarra joins Blizzard. Planetside 3 is a thing. All the games we are spending time in and more!
We look at all the Riot announcements this week, and that weird Fortnite thing that went down. Deathwing seems to be in the wings. How many dos games can you play in your browser? ESO, Story of Seasons, Disco Elysium and MORE!
Blizzard is in a hot pot. Red Dead 2 is coming to PC. PS5 got confirmed. Doom Eternal is gonna have to wait. Why does Scott like Breakpoint when everyone else hates it. Batman is still spinin! ESO is also rad! Untitled Goose Game has Jon's Goose. Opus Magnum is also rad for a couple of us. Black Desert Online is terrible with great combat, and MORE!
Why so many Switches? Link in two forms is good. Batman is still pretty awesome. Gears 5 and WoW have kept Jon very busy. Beau played 2016 DOOM again! And lots more!
Why we have not bought BL3 yet. Mr X is coming for Scott in a new game from Capcom. Is Anthem the new FFIV? Space Rocks are coming! A card game we should play. WoW is still in our hearts. Gears is still fun. And so much more!
Apple announced its gaming subscription thing. iPhones/iPads will soon sync with Xbox and PS4 controllers. And a deep dive into all the games we are playing, Gears 5 being a big one!
This week we go deep into the games that are still coming this year we give a crap about. Why Beau is not into a ladder / suitcase / peeing simulator. More WoW Classic discission. Jon is holding someone hostage on the planet he's on for No Man's Sky. And lots more.
We go deep on MMO culture, and why WoW Classic seems to be doing so well this week. Lots to say about it. More NMS stuff too, and some thoughts on Battle Passes again.
Phil Spencer talks big talka bout Cloud gaming and we talk about it too. Solo mode and lootboxes are in the news! Diablo 4 hints galore. Rebel Galaxy, No Man's Sky updates, and so much more!
Kids and eSports...should that be a thing? We argue all sides of that question as Fortnite money washes over a 16 year old winner. We talk about Qhira, and all the games we are playing this week.
Frank Pearce leaves Blizzard. What that might mean. Our expectations for The Witcher show. Nintendo said they will fix all your drifting issues. Sigma has no shoes on and we noticed. What we are playing, your emails and more!
We take a long look at the state of Early Access. New Switch again, this time for the TV and longer battery life. Skylines is good at being a calculator. Gloomhaven might be out a little early. Rocksmith is still putting out content! Your emails calls and more!
Warframe has a lot planned. Nintendo outs the the Switch Lite. Why Sean Murray likes things quiet. Heroes gets a 10% boost in speed. Amazon is trying to get into the Lord of the Rings MMO market. Star Craft 2 has a secret robot out there kicking your butt. How to adult with your games and more!
Mario Maker 2 is cool. We talk about gaming making culture and maybe why it's having a comeback. Artifcat was not promoted enough says Richard Garfield. No more boobs and blood in Hearthstone. Don't drink gamer water. And lots more!
CORE 182: Checking in on the Underlords of addiction
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📅 Thu, 27 Jun 2019⏱ 1h 29m🔴 acast
A week with Underlords and we might have a problem. Mario Maker 2 is at your door. PUBG going full story in a new game. Nintendo Sony and MS all going after tariffs. Why are we not playing more Rocket League and more!
We talk about why it's hard to out-Diablo Diablo, and what we want from the perfect clone of the best ARPG series of all time. Baldurs Gate 3 and how it will use 5e rules in it's universe. Discord questions! Why Scott loves HUNT so much. Why Jon faught all the Minotaurs. And why Beau feels so strongly about Cyberpunk. All that and more!
Watch Dogs Legion is coming and we talk about it a whole bunch. Apple letting PS4 and Xbox controllers in. Magic is getting the animated Netflix treatment. Call of Duty goes back to Modern Warfare basics. The future of MOBA's, and how they are currently peaked.
CORE 178: Skrohawk, or Gamer Disorder according to WHO?
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📅 Thu, 30 May 2019⏱ 2h 2m🔴 acast
What is gaming disorder, according to the World Health Organization? We talk about it. Also Death Stranding has a release date and a weird new trailer. PlayDate seems interesting but a little pricey. Google is shutting down the Youtube Gaming app. Apex has a bit of a hit in the last two months. Why Jon and Scott love AC:O, and what Elswyr has to offer right now. Beau is back hardcore into Path of Exile. Your emails and more!
What is Dota Underlords? Red Dead PC looks more and more probable. Fortnite goes full Wick. Ubisoft delays Skull and Bones. Switch sold more than PS4 in Japan. And MORE!
What we think of Rage 2, and we go deep. The full list of E3 games is out and ready to look at. Steam Link on iOS happened and it works nice! Some spoiler-free GoT thoughts ahead of the finale. And your calls!
Apex Legends is coming to phones, and so is everything else, and is that ok? We also look at more drama around Gearbox. Loot boxes could become illegal in the US. And way more
Epic Games has a challenge for Steam and it's kinda weird. We talk all about it. In and out of love with Mortal Kombat 11. Despite Gearbox saying differently, there are in fact microtransactions in Borderlands 3. What is this Sonic nightmare we are in? And loads more!
MK 11 has some weird stuff going on, and we talk all about it. Plus, Anduin joins the frey. Will these guys get the cheaper Switch? Overwatch adds a workshop. And loads more!
The 3rd and final part of this most recent Chris Metzen interview series. Perhaps the most emotional and intense of the three, but with some very happy endings. Not to mention some great behind the scenes in StarCraft and Diablo III. Thank you everyone, and especially Chris, for making this series happen. More soon!
Part two in our multi-part interview series with Chris Metzen, video game legend, now retired. One part followup to our previous interviews and many parts look at the now and future of Chris, games, life and more.
Why hard games work better for others than some. How about a REAL battle royale? Borderlands 3 does NOT have Troy Baker. Vikings are coming to Assasins Creed. What we are playing and more!
Part one in our multi-part interview series with Chris Metzen, video game legend, now retired. One part followup to our previous interviews and many parts look at the now and future of Chris, games, life and more.
So much to talk about on the show today. Bioware has some fallout to deal with, and they responded...poorly. Borderlands 3 goes Epic timed exclusive and we have a LOT to say on that subject. Joker looks cool. What we are into and more!
Why Scott is mat at Bethesda today. He'll explain. Borderlands 3 is happening and we go deep on the announcements today. Borderlands 1 is also getting a big remaster. Wolfenstein Youngblood also looking tight. Is blizzard hiring out for all classic stuff from now on? What we are playing and more!
We try and wrap our wee heads around Google Stadia, and what MS might do in response come E3. Apex gets its Battle Pass, and it's...kinda lame. Octane seems cool though. Epic says they are not in the porn business. Heroes dumps paid loot boxes. Wildlands, Warframe, Pandemic Legacy, and more!
This wee we discuss Cloud Gaming and what MS and Google have planned for your gaming dollor. Halo coming to PC on Steam and Windows! How much does it cost to have a Ninja play your game? Gift bags are coming to Divinity for some reason. The Division 2, Wildlands, WoW, and Darkest Dungeon, and MORE!
What is old is new again, and we talk about older games getting more play later in their lives. We cover the Heroes AMA today! Apex Legends hits 50 million players. Vermintide 2 get's a rad expansion and LOTS more. Things like, why Jon can't be inside the human body ever. Or how Scott learned there are hookers in The Witcher.
All this Apex talk reminds us that Overwatch has a few things to say! Baptiste joins that game. DUNE has new games coming. MK 11 decides that Johnny Cage is a good idea again. Rotton Tomatoes does the right thing. Our week in gaming! Emails and more!
Anthem is the big talk tonight, along with lots of thoughts about Bioware's latest. Also, with all this Apex Legends business, many of us are finding out what's happening on Origin. Darkest Dungeon II is coming and that sounds great. Netflix murders to more Marvel shows and more! On CORE tonight!
We get into why we think Apex Legends came out of nowhere and shook up the whole scene in a week or less. Activision Blizzard laid off 800 people, and we don't think they needed to. We get into it a bit in this episode. And lots more tonight.
Big patch day with tons of little things thrown in. Plus lots of new grassroots tournaments happening this week. And an odd chat about our big video game mistakes in life. And more!
Kaeo Milker, the people's game director (we should just call him that even if it isn't his official title), message about the future of Heroes. Winter Event Begins. XP Changes are live - impressions now that they are in the game! New Quick Match ruleset for matchmaking - a review!
What does Winter's Veil bring this year? Also, what are the pros saying about the PTR right now, and is their concern warranted? Reworks and stuff coming next week. So much more. Strap in and enjoy being strapped in!
People get salty when Orphea does that Q build. Twich drops are raining down! Boosts are a thing and we are not sure how we feel about them just yet. Healers get no more interuptions! Emails and more!
We are doing something cool at Blizzcon! Mal'Ganis continues his ugly business. We have lots of show predictions. Nexeopardy is back for a special pre-Blizzcon edition!
Why did halloween end? How is Mal'Ganis after full release? Is he a main tank? Not really. Dabiri is out at Heroes. Twitch overlays get cooler. Diablo is a buzzkill. And more!
What is the "creed" of Heroes? Mal'ganis is here and he is awesome, and a little unexpected. PTR patch notes are known. Balance patch too. HoTs got watched a lot on twitch it turns out. Getting out of robot hell, and MORE!
What about mobile? Why not? Raven Lord gives you a choice this week. You can pay gold for announcers now. Kerrigan and Brightwing reworks are live. VT goodies are known. Our 7 deadly sins series continues.
Why numbers are not that important in the end. Big update about the fall of king's crest, new skins, and big reworks underway. Including an overhaul of Garden of Terror. Get ready for flex groups in Team League again! Balance patch and more!
Heroes makes you wanna tank in other games. How team league could be, by Beau. Blizzcon comes into focus for heroes and the rest. Independent leagues and more!
When you are at the select screen what's your plan? Mephisto is out and pretty fun! We talk about spell power and why it might be broken. What happened to the TV puncher guy? Heroes swag hints at a new role system in the game. The 4th deadly sin from the series and more!
When WoW casts it's shadow over the rest of Blizzard. Mephisto is fun, and weird. Hanamura is pretty ok now! Tyrande is now out of the weird queue. Will we get another hero before Blizzcon? More deadly sins of Heroes and more!
D.Va has a new cinematic and we have thoughts about it. Mephisto is coming, and so is a reworked Hanamura. What's happening with Tyrande? And so much more!
Warcraft is back in the limelight and as a result, we have some new ideas for Heroes characters already. Western Clash wrapup and why Beau hates loser brackets. The 7 Deadly Sins of Heroes. Your emails and more!
CORE 140: The Unfortunate Timing of Sally Whitemane
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📅 Fri, 10 Aug 2018⏱ 1h 27m🔴 acast
All this BFA stuff could mean some things for Heroes! Whitemane is in the game. Twitch boxes are here again. A LOAD of Q&A coverage. All about Chen and more!
Gazlowe is trolling Scott in WoW. Let's learn all about Whitemane. Big changes for Chromie and Stukov coming. Heroes gets it's GI Joe on this week with a new skin event! What comes first, kit or character? And more!
We have a new tease and we are pretty sure it's Scarlet Monastery related! Big patch and we break it down. Why Malf may never be the same again. When you are playing your Heroes character like your WoW character, and more!
Yank Ray Ray Around A Little Bit! What if we got a new hero before Overwatch did? The art panel recap! Patch means reworks and skins! TempoStorm breaks down the mid-season brawl by the numbers. Your emails and more!
Welcome to the Warchrome Wastes. Did they make these skins for Scott? He feels like it. How about a 5 man mount? Raynor and Azmo get a big rework. PTR holds lots of changes for next week. All those ranked changes are on the way as well. Beau sees a hammer he wants really bad and more!
Cool jerseys man! Big patch today, but lots of little changes. More comics for the Nexus! What does $100 Canadian get you these days in the store? Some big talk about Horde v Alliance, and a revelation about Beau's past in the theater!
All our thoughts on Yrel and her entry into the Nexus. Spoiler: She's pretty rad. What's with no animated homescreen, blizz? Get your Twitch on so you can get free loot! Blizzard is going harder on bad behavior. 50% XP gains are yours for a while. Jaina has weird shoes. Mid-season brawl is happening. Your emails and more!
Could heroes ever see play on other platforms? We break down ALL the Echos of Alterac event info, including our newest hero, Yrel! Patch notes were significant this week. What brawls might we see come from the charity play? Your emails and more!
Blizzard agrees that things needed to change with boxes, so they did. The tricky world of Quick Match. Hero to Zero. How you mac players doing anyway? 3 years of Heroes and three years of CORE! Your emails and more!
Choose a side and win stuff. Could they expand on this plan? Bundlemania! And by that we mean, maybe $80 is a bit much. Reworks hit the live server. Some of these skins are weird. The Heroes Charity Brawl is happening June 2nd! Hanamura taken off custom, and we wonder what that means. Wanna ride a shark? We do. Your emails and more!
Cain gets you back into it! We look at this Nexusmania thing in depth. Season 3 stuff. Diablo and Lunara are getting changes. Loads of balance changes hit this week. There was a Reddit AMA and they told us new stuff. What's up with Zeeb's spiders? Also, being a tank in Heroes can be tricky! Among many other weird things tonight!
Stay awhile, AND LISTEN TO CAIN BREAK IT DOWN! A gateway to The Dark Nexus has opened! Announcing The 2018 Heroes Charity Brawl on June 2nd! We give our thoughts and impressions on Deckard Cain while welcoming the Raven Lord and the first chapter of Nexus Lore to the game! All that, short old ladies, your emails, and more on CORE!
How to unwind in Heroes! PTR day and we have a lot to look at. Deckard is playable now. We look harder at that AMA Blizz did. Stutter Step with the pros. Your emails and more!
What heroes do you play the wrong way? We have examples. Also, Blizzard dropped a BIG breakdown of where they are with lots of stuff. Also a big patch really changed things for a few heroes. No Cain on PTR yet. And much more!
The Lorenado is coming! What did we learn about Nexus lore this week at PAX? Tyrael lives in Neo-Stormwind for one thing. :) Deckard Cain is real and he is comin! We go deep on this kit. Fenix is broken but in a good way. DirectX9 is getting dumped after 16 years. Brawls get fun this week. Is Heroes more work than Overwatch to play?
Hey! Your Fenix is showing! Brawlin with the Blues is fun! Lots to say about Fenix! Varian gets his. New PVE brawl coming friday! PAX is gonna be big says many! Nothing is sacred! And so much more!
Sad sad Arthas, but we have a fix. Fenix seems really really great. Balance patch day and we have the details. What's up on the PTR? Varian getting a MAJOR change. And way more!
One map to rule them all? How happy is Blizzard with the HGC stuff this year. Pax will be the place for a big announcement. Survey stuff is interesting. Target rank numbers look tight! A focused look at Li Li and why she's pretty great! Your emails and more!
Voice packs could be sooooo cool. Voice chat in the wild and what we think. Would the game do well with a season pass? Who's the next starcraft hero? HGC Clash ends with a bang. A breakdown of the Skeleton King! Your emails and more!
This week on CORE! We get arrested by some sweet new police skins for Worgen Freeman and friends! Reworks are everywhere this week and this time Sonya and Medivh get a little Balance Team TLC! and we're getting Ana BUFFS!! And that, a sweet new Q&A video with Captain Adab and Eric Cooper, your e-mails, and more! on this hole-style episode of CORE!
CORE 118: I like to Gazhigh and I love to Gazlowe
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📅 Thu, 22 Feb 2018⏱ 1h 24m🔴 acast
So how are solo players feeling at this stage? Mobas are hard on solo players, but does Heroes do it better than the rest? A deep look at Stukov and how you might want to play him in your comps. Voice is in the game and loads most stuff!
Happy Valentines Bidet! Light news week but loads of great stuff this episode, and a DEEP look at everyone's favorite sack of meat, Stitches! (And why you should play him more.)
Scott shares some surprising revelations! Maiev is here and chewing up the scenery! Some more post-PTR Changes! Do Overwatch characters Basic Abilities have to match their FPS counter-parts so religiously? The Lunar Festival has begun! Heroes Mario Kart! All that, containment fields, knives, your e-mails, and more, on this crescent-shaped edition of CORE!
What gets you excited about a new hero in the game? We go deep into this deep question...deeply. Maiev hits the PTR and we look at her kit and her role! Other MOBA's are in danger. Your emails and more!
This week on CORE: What's behind the shower curtain? What's on everyone's mind when it comes to Arthas? What's up with the new patch today? And why isn't Heroes of the Dorm 2018 on Facebook? HGC is back! There Will Be Dungeons! All that, your emails, shower curtains, and more! and this veild episode of CORE!
So the mecha stuff that blizzard did this week blew our minds! We talk a lot about it. Blaze has grown on Beau. Deeper look at Tyrael changes. HGC is right around the corner! Emails and more! Oh and you gotta hear the top of the show this week.
Blaze is here and he's great! We also talk gem bundles and how much Scott loves Blaze. Plus we dive into major patch changes on some of our favorite characters, like Blaze. All that, Blaze, your e-mails, and Blaze."
How more stuff on the ground I can light on fire? Let's take a hard look at Blaze and why he's rad. In-dev video has some tastey stuff! Malf is getting big changes. Games are shorter than ever. HGC loses a couple teams. Trial Grounds is great! Your emails and more!
This week: is Quick Match getting weird? We do a post-mortem on the latest major patch: what worked and what didn't work and why? The new Ranked seasons started a little rough and we catch you up on what you might have missed. Balance patch dropped today and we cover the highlights! Part 2 of Escape from Nexeopardy! All that, your emails, and more, on this inappropriately ranked episode of CORE.
MERRY WINTER'S VEIL! Hanzo arrives in the Nexus to ring in the holiday and everyone's hands are that much cleaner! The 2018 Gameplay Update is LIVE and we give it one last review before diving in! We take a look at Performance-Based Matchmaking and celebrate the return of Nexeopardy! Or, shall we say, our Escape from Nexeopardy! Splood, Dungeon Runs, Simple Geometry, your emails, and more, on this handsome episode of CORE!
It's the calm before the patch here on CORE, but that doesn't stop us from setting our brawls to Heroic! We're also a week in from the great support nerfs of 2017, so what's the verdict? It's your last call before the season ends so let's dive in. #Splood
Damn, that brawl was good! Supportcalypse 2017 is upon us and WE NEED HEALING! Hanzo on PTR, Balance Patch notes, Reddit questions and answers, Politically Auto-Correct, SPLOOOOD!, your amazing e-mails, and more, on this blanket nerfed episode of CORE!
This week we begin speculating what kind of lore might be coming to our favorite game and what that could mean for its future, after which we do a deep dive on the major 2018 Gameplay Updates that have landed in the PTR! We also talk Black Friday sales, look at the Winter Veil skins that the community has uncovered, and pitch another ball at the "Loot Boxes as Gambling" debate running hot in the gaming zeitgeist. All that, your e-mails, Splood, and more, on this unrevealed, invisible, and stealthed episode of CORE!
This week we welcome Alexstrasza to the Nexus, check our temperatures on 2.0, take a look at Travis McGeathy's comments about performance-based MMR, and take a look at the eSports Rosterpocalypse. All that, Craw Scrimshank, your e-mails, and more, on this dragon-y fire-y green heal-y episode of CORE!
BlizzCon has come and gone! Settle in as we share our experiences about Heroes, the Con, Gatorade, Sylvanas statues, and recap all the crazy news and announcements that came out of the show -- but not before addressing Gemgate 2017!
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