June 03, 2022

#125 - The Best State of Play

1 hour 36 minutes

Dan and Luis talk about the recent State of Play, the gameplay reveal for Sonic Frontiers, the trailer for Pokemon Scarlett & Violet, and Sony games being made into TV shows. All this and more!

00:00 - Intro / Shenanigans

07:58 - Sony State of Play Roundup via Polygon

25:15 - God of War, Horizon and Gran Turismo TV shows via VGC

35:51 - Sony wants its PlayStation games on PC via DigitalTrends

43:30 - New Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer via Polygon

50:14 - Sonic Frontiers gets its first trailer via Polygon

57:09 - Respawn unveils Star Wars Jedi: Survivor via Gematsu

1:00:13 - EXTRA NEWS

#1 - The new PS+ is bringing trophy support to classic games via Polygon

#2 - Some classic PlayStation games are based on the PAL 50hz versions via VGC

#3 - Death Stranding actor Norman Reedus may started work on a sequel via Polygon

#4 - QA workers at Raven Software have formed a union via Kotaku

#5 - BioWare confirms Dragon Age: Dreadwolf via Eurogamer

#6 - Universal Studios Hollywood confirmed Super Nintendo World to open early 2023 via Destructoid

#7 - Game Grumps announced their next project: Homebody via Polygon

#8 - PS5 exclusive Returnal is possibly coming to PC via VGC

#9 - Xbox is releasing a new controller design to celebrate pride month via Xbox Wire

#10 - Super Bomber R servers are being shut down via Konami

#11 - The parents of a former Activision employee have asked to dismiss their case via GI.biz

#12 - Microsoft has shelved a version of a low-cost Xbox Cloud Gaming device via WindowsCentral

#13 - Diablo Immortal is skipping the Netherlands and Belgium via ArsTechnica

#14 - Marvel announced a new mobile and PC card game called Marvel Snap via TheVerge

Roundup: The studio behind Spec Ops: The Line releases its next FPS game, The Cycle: Frontier on June 22nd; The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is coming out to PlayStations, Xboxes and PC on September 1st; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 releases on October 28th; sci-fi action platformer Replaced has been delayed to 2023

1:06:47 - Off script / OG Xbox Games / The Last of Us

1:14:51 - Out This Week

1:22:24 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time

1:32:13 - Recommendations - Midnight Mass (Netflix) / The Boys (Amazon Prime)

1:34:33 - Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez

Every Friday, Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of video games.

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