Videogamer Podcast

Sony and Microsoft have partnered up and that surprised some people at PlayStation, a US senator wants to ban loot boxes in America, and George R.R. Martin's confirmed he's working on game. We've played loads of games this week (past two weeks)! Rich and Josh have throttled everything in Rage 2, Colm's been cooperating with others in Team Sonic Racing, and both Colm and Josh have been enjoying the space adventures of an AI in Observation. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer horrified so much that they're changing the design of the blue lad, Borderlands 3 will have microtransactions and a new Claptrap, and Microsoft has suggested some ways you can insult each other. Rich has been killing some some remastered nazis in Sniper Elite V2, and has enjoyed playing some of that Giga Wrecker Alt. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Valve may be getting ready to announce Half-Life VR (but probably won’t), Days Gone is a bit popular, Jim Carrey is Dr. Robotnik (this was recorded before we saw the trailer) Colms been slashing people to bits in the lovely Katana Zero, whilst Josh has had a bit of time on the upcoming remaster of Sniper Elite V2. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

The PlayStation 5 is real and has shorter loading times, Xbox is SAD and Ultimate in its Game Pass, and the discount Nintendo Switch could be out in June. Mike comes on to discuss his time hammering folks in Mortal Kombat 11, whilst Rich and Josh tell stories of their time killing zombies and riding motorbikes in Days Gone. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has a release date and Colm tries to make sense of the trailer, Patrice Désilets says 1666: Amsterdam is still coming, and Ashly Burch is in Borderlands 3, but Troy Baker isn’t. Colm got the chance to play a small bit of the upcoming Control from Remedy at a recent event and he liked it. That’s good. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

We’re all about that ‘BioWare Magic’ as we look at the news coming from the Anthem developer, we’ll likely see a viking-focussed Assassin’s Creed and London-based Watch Dogs 3 before a new Splinter Cell, and Prince Harry and Danny Dyer get in here somehow. Rich has been trying to scratch his Burnout itch with Dangerous Driving, but hasn’t been too impressed. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Borderlands 3 is officially actually real and was announced during the most baffling livestream ever, George RR Martin might be writing a FromSoftware game, and DriveClub servers are shutting down. Rich has been bored to tears by Generation Zero, whilst Colm’s played a few upcoming id@Xbox games including the next game from the Oxenfree devs. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Both Google and Apple are coming strong with two new things of note: Stadia and Apple Arcade, PlayStation has it’s first Nintendo Direct called State of Play, and in what’s the biggest news of the week (obvs)... Judgment is still on for June 25. Josh and Rich have been dying twice (well… probably more than that) in FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, whilst Colm’s been revisiting the 90s in internet detective game Hypnospace Outlaw. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Google’s GDC keynote dates our speculation a bit, Borderlands 3 is likely coming, and Judgment has been pulled from sale in Japan. Colm and Rich have discovered that The Division 2 is a fundamentally well made and very samey video game that is entirely political, and Josh has been killing baddies in slow motion in Rico. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

The VideoGamer Podcast’s most anticipated 2019 game (because Yakuza), Judgment, has a release date! Electronic Arts is sitting out E3 this year. And we got a blast of new info on Control. All three of the lads have played and love Devil May Cry 5, whilst Rich has been juggling being an investigative journalist in The Occupation and a… I have no idea… in Dead or Alive 6. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

The Pokemon game is set in the UK and some people really enjoyed it, THQ Nordic had an ill-advised AMA, and the absolute the state of Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic film. Colm loves his big orange monkey in Ape Out, Rich has been revisiting childhood in ToeJam and Earl and riding bikes in Trials Rising, and Josh has been an investigative journalist in The Occupation. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Reggie Fils-Aime steps down from his Nintendo post and is replaced by Bowser, a new Vampire: The Masquerade game might be on the way, and Untitled Goose Game is delayed. Colm, Rich and Dean have been playing BioWare’s new loot-based shooter Anthem and have opinions, whilst Rich has somehow fit in some Lego Movie 2 Videogame too. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ ► Snapchat➜ VideoGamerCom VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Activision has a record year and still lays off 8% of its staff, the latest Nintendo Direct reveals Super Mario Maker 2 and a Link's Awakening remake are coming, and Scalebound is alive (maybe). AND WE REVIEW ALL THE GAMES IN THE LAST WEEK: Metro Exodus, Far Cry New Dawn, Crackdown 3, Dirt Rally 2.0 and Jump Force! ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ ► Snapchat➜ VideoGamerCom VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Apex Legends has proven quite popular in its first week and Titanfall isn’t dead, EA predicts big things for Anthem, and a Dragon’s Dogma sequel was considered but not a DMC remake. Dean and Josh and Colm have been going for victory chicken royale dinners in Apex Legends, whilst Rich and Josh recently had the chance to play with the quite different V in Devil May Cry 6. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ ► Snapchat➜ VideoGamerCom VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Respawn's new game is Apex Legends and not Titanfall 3, the PlayStation 5 may have backwards compatibility, and it's Creative Assembly -- not The Creative Assembly. Rich and Josh get excited about Rage 2, Colm can't wait to play Ape Out after having a go on the preview build, Ace Combat 7 allows us to fly and get confused about subtitles, and Josh hasn't had an amazing time with Kingdom Hearts 3. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

The Epic vs Valve feud has been turned up a notch as Metro: Exodus is now exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC after being pre-orderable on Steam, the Anthem demo got people cross, and Metroid Prime 4 has a new developer. Dean joins Josh to chat about their experiences in the much-anticipated Kingdom Hearts 3, whilst Colm and Josh found the second episode of Life is Strange 2 to be quite boring. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Reports are floating about that EA has cancelled its big open-world Star Wars game, Ubisoft has apologised for the Assassin's Creed DLC and the Anthem demo will be different to the released game because obviously. Mike, Rich and Josh chat about the much anticipated Resident Evil 2 remake, whilst Colm had a pleasant time with Pikuniku, and now can't wait for Katana Zero after playing the preview build. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

We're here -- it's episode 300! To celebrate, we did a normal podcast. Bungie and Activision have parted ways, The Division 2 isn't coming to Steam and is coming to the Epic Games Store, and there are serious allegations thrown the way of Gearbox's Randy Pitchford. Rich has been revisiting Onimusha with the new remaster, Colm's had a little go on indie title Degrees of Separation, and Mike comes on to chat about New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe. Watch the video version on YouTube to see Colm, Rich, Dean, Mike, Josh, and Dean celebrate the occasion: https://youtu.be/yN4ogCtZw-o Thanks for listening. Here's to 300 more! ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

Alien: Blackout is real, but the platform it's coming to has people a bit disappointed; Project Cars developer Slightly Mad Studios is making a console; and there's plenty going on at Marvel Games / Marvel G4ames / M4rvel G4mes, Rich has been playing the Spider-Man DLC, but the others were more interested in his new hoover; and Josh thinks Gris is beautiful and boring. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook

New Year, new podcast that focuses on things like From Software developing some games, Quantic Dream teasing something, and the Celeste developer cancelling a Metroidvania. Colm's been playing the new Netflix game that's called Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, and floating around as Kirby in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, whilst Josh has been strapping into the virtual reality. And we look forward to 2019 and what delights await us in the next 12 months. ► www.videogamer.com for all your news, reviews, videos and features on video games! Follow us on all your favourite social networks! ► Twitter➜ twitter.com/VideoGamerCom ► Facebook➜ www.facebook.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► Instagram➜ www.instagram.com/VideoGamerCom/ ► YouTube ➜ www.youtube.com/VideoGamerTV/ VideoGamer Podcast theme composed by Adam Cook