Videogamer Podcast

Star Wars Battlefront 2 continues to make up the majority of the news as EA (or Disney) made the call to remove microtransaction temporarily, Alice returns to give her thoughts on how Star Wars actually plays, and The Witcher 3 developer isn’t a fan of bull. ► 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

Guacamelee! 2 was announced during PlayStation's Paris Games Week pre-show show, and recently we had the chance to chat to developer Drinkbox Studios' co-founder Graham Smith about microtransactions, scale, and when Guacamelee! 2 is coming out. ► 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

Dan Webb and Rich Walker of Resero Network join Colm this week to discuss the quality of Star Wars Battlefront II’s action, but also the shambles that has been the lead-up to launch. On top of that, Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment has been bought by EA, and Rich praises the Call of Duty: WW2 campaign. ► 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

The Xbox One X is here and Alice and Dan have played an awful lot of it on their shiny 4K setups, Blizzard dropped a few notable announcements at BlizzCon, and Call of Duty: WWII has its boots planted firmly on the ground. ► 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

The busiest release day in recent memory has come and gone, and wonderfully delivered three games of very good to exceptional quality. Colm’s had two very different recent video game experiences in Super Mario Odyssey and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, while Alice and Rich have been enjoying quite a different Assassin’s Creed. ► 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

Dead Space and Star Wars developer Visceral Games gets shuttered by EA after the publisher pivots; Alice has played a bit of the new Star Wars game that is coming out in Battlefield 2; and has continued her angsty, teenage journey in Life is Strange: Before the Storm. ► 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

South Park: The Fractured but Whole is a sequel with better combat than story, The Evil Within 2's best parts are the bits that are like the original, and loot boxes have gone to the government. ► 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

Rich Walker of Resero joins us this week to compare notes with Alice on both Middle-earth: Shadow of War and the recent Assassin’s Creed Origins preview event they both played, Chris has been perfecting his swing in Golf Story, and Fortnite is doing rather well. ► 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

Colm might’ve been broken by Cuphead but has come out the other end happy, Rich Walker of Resero Network’s been enjoying NBA 2K18 and Forza 7, and we wonder what the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer told us if anything. ► 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

The VideoGamer Podcast is back! Colm is delighted with the improvements EA has made with FIFA 18, Alice thinks she'd be happy if Dishonored ended with Death of the Outsider, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer Bluehole isn't too pleased with Epic and Fortnite's new Battle Royale mode. ► 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

Destiny 2 is out and both Alice and Chris agree that it's a big improvement on the original, PES 2018 is far better on the pitch but may need to tweak other things for next year, and Campo Santo has filed a DMCA takedown on a PewDiePie video after his use of a racial slur in a Battlegrounds livestream. ► 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

The sequel that confused most upon its announcement is here, and Alice thinks Knack is okay; Colm continues his discovery of Yakuza with the recent release of Yakuza Kiwami; and American McGee wants to make another Alice, it appears. ► 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

The crossover that we never knew we wanted, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, is here and surprisingly good; Colm has dipped his toe into the Yakuza lake with Yakuza 0 and he's not looking back; and Playerunknown's Battlegrounds' popularity knows no bounds. ► 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

It’s been a pretty tepid Gamescom, but Microsoft still made time to announce a brand new Xbox One X Scorpio; Alice has played Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and thinks there’s life in the series yet; and the masses are still being reminded that Shenmue 3 exists and is very much a thing. ► 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

Sonic Mania has been a long time coming, but fans of the Hedgehog can be happy once again; Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is one of this year’s best, tackling an issue that doesn’t come up much in video games; and Agents of Mayhem is neither its own thing, nor a Saints Row sequel. ► 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

Fullbright’s space-based follow-up to Gone Home, Tacoma, is out and both Colm and Alice have played it; Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’s approach to death has split the crowd; and Pyre is like Powerball from Gladiators. ► 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

Chris Hallam joins Alice and Colm to chat about how Splatoon 2 is a delightful new game for your Switch despite its flaws, the Pokémon Go Fest was an absolute bust, and The Wolf Among Us isn't...oh no, it is coming back. ► 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

Kingdom Hearts 3 will be out in 2018, Two Worlds II DLC is out seven years after the game's launch, and Alice has been playing some Shadow of Mordor in preparation for Shadow of War. ► 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

Alice decided to give Netflix's new Castlevania TV show a go, Colm played a bit of the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy to revisit childhood, and Rami Ishmail's mother dipped her toes into the video game pool with Final Fantasy XV. ► 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

Alice is back from her holiday to join Colm and XBA/PST’s Rich Walker to chat all about how Get Even’s best bits don’t involve the shooting, Perception has some interesting ideas, and Crash Bandicoot is how you remember it. ► 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