Arcade Couch

Let’s discuss all the upcoming movie and tv series based on video games. Splinter Cell & Beyond Good & Evil are coming to Netflix - but what else?

Also on the show:

Ooblets First Impressions

Halo Infinite Multiplayer Is Free To Play

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Resources:

IGN

’Halo Infinite Multiplayer Is Free to Play, 343 Confirms’

’Microsoft Flight Simulator Is Coming To Steam, VR Support Coming Later This Year’

Kotaku

’Beyond Good & Evil Is Being Made Into a Netflix Movie’

Press Start

’All The Marvel’s Avengers Beta Information That You Need To Know’

’Hawkeye Is The First Free Post-Launch Marvel’s Avengers Character’

VG24/7

’Splinter Cell Anime Series From John Wick Writer Coming To Netflix’

Arcade Couch Credits:

Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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Microsoft stepped up to the next-gen plate properly last week with their Xbox Showcase. The event was headlined with a major game, Halo Infinite and then wrapped up with the reveal of Fable. But what’d we think of the show and the games themselves?

Also on the show:

Mini-Direct Announcements From Nintendo

Carrion Is Awesome

Gabe Newell Is Stuck In New Zealand

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

MAIN TOPIC

01:05 - Xbox Showcase Thoughts

12:50 - All The Games In The Showcase

REVIEWS/PREVIEWS

01:11:25 - Carrion Review

THE NEWS

01:14:15 - Gabe Newell Is Stuck In New Zealand

01:17:40 - Logic Is A Full-Time Streamer Now

01:24:50 - Nintendo Direct Mini - Why?

OUTRO

01:34:00 - Goodbye

Resources:

Eurogamer

’Forza Horizon 4, Ori and the Will of the Wisps Getting Xbox Series X Optimisations This Year’

Kotaku

’Everything Announced During Today’s Nintendo Direct Mini’

’Everything Microsoft Showed During Todays Xbox Showcase’

’Gabe Newell Has Been In New Zealand For Months Because of COVID-19’

VG24/7

’Logic Quits Rap For Multi-Million Dollar Twitch Deal’

Arcade Couch Credits:

Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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Sony’s last big exclusive for the PS4 is out and although we’re not done playing it, we can express our initial impressions with Ghost of Tsushima.

Also on the show:

Gamer Girl - why that game is a bad idea

Metacritic changes user reviews

Reviews/Previews Mentioned:

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

We Should Talk

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

00:35 - This Week On The Show

00:45 - Gamer Girl Story

REVIEW/PREVIEWS

09:40 - SpongeBob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated Review

17:15 - We Should Talk Review

THE NEWS

20:10 - Metacritic Changes

37:40 - Skull & Bones Changes

43:00 - Microsoft Flight Sim Comes With Premium Editions

51:45 - Phil Spencer Says Exclusives Are Bad

WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING

01:01:50 - Little Reaper

01:09:45 - Ghost of Tsushima

OUTRO

01:29:20 - Goodbye

Resources:

GamesIndustry.Biz

'Skull & Bones Reportedly Gets An Internal Reboot'

Kotaku

'Exclusives Are "Completely Counter To What Gaming Is About," Xbox's Phil Spencer Says

'Metacritic Will Now Make Users Wait 36 Hours Before Posting Reviews'

Press Start

'Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Looks Absolutely Stunning And It's Coming In August'

Arcade Couch Credits:

Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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Ubisoft held their Ubisoft Forward event on Monday and Devolver Digital held their Devolver Direct. We discuss the games and announcements from both. We also discuss the criticism of Ubisoft not saying anything about their recent abuse allegations in their show.

Review/Previews Mentioned:

Death Stranding PC Review

Desperados III Review

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

00:25 - The Intro Bit Again

02:40 - This Week On The Show

REVIEWS/PREVIEWS

02:50 - Desperados III Review

08:00 - Death Stranding PC Review

NEWS

18:35 - Devolver Direct 2020

32:05 - Ubisoft Abuse & Not Addressing It During Ubisoft Forward

40:20 - Watch Dogs Legion Short Film & “First They Came…” Poem

58:30 - Ubisoft Forward (July 2020)

OUTRO

01:26:30 - We Don’t Hate One Another, It’s Okay

01:27:40 - Goodbye

Resources:

Explosion Network

’Everything Announced During Devolver Direct 2020’

’Everything Announced During Ubisoft Forward (July, 2020)’

Arcade Couch Credits:

Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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With NBA 2K21 increasing its price on PS5 and Xbox Series X by $10 will all next-gen games follow? Should they follow? We discuss if video games are too cheap as they are; what level micro-transactions have in the discussion and more.

Also on the show:

Harry Poter & The TERF Known As Rowling

Fallout TV Show

Reviews/Previews Mentioned:

Skully Preview

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Cherie Henriques: https://twitter.com/Cheriacorno

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

00:25 - How We Intro Podcasts

02:00 - This Week On The Show

REVIEWS/PREVIEWS

02:20 - Skully Preview

THE NEWS

03:50 - Ooblets Comes To Early Access Next Week

05:20 - WTF Is With Resident Evil 8's Name?

09:15 - Fortnite Is Out Of Early Access!

13:20 - Harry Potter Game Is Real; J.K Rowling Sucks - What Do We All Do?!

28:30 - Hyper Scape Is A New Battle Royale

37:20 - Fallout TV Show Coming From Amazon

MAIN TOPIC

44:10 - NBA 2K21 Will Be $10 More Expensive

46:50 - Will $10 Make A Big Difference Is It Was All The Games?

OUTRO

01:01:30 - Goodbye

Resources:

Kotaku

’Bethesda Announces Fallout TV Show’

Report: Harry Potter Game Devs Distressed Over J.K Rowling’s Rampant Transphobia’

’Why Resident Evil Village Isn’t Called Resident Evil 8’

PC Gamer

’Long-Rumored Harry Potter RPG Will Reportedly Release In 2021’

Polygon

’Fortnite Is Out of Early Access, Save The World No Longer Going Free To Play’

Press-Start

’PS5/Xbox Series X Games Are Likely To Cose More Starting With NBA 2K21’

Youtube

’Hyper Scape: Gameplay Overview Trailer’

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Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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CD Projekt Red showed off brand new gameplay from Cyberpunk 2077 and we discuss that in full. The amazing ‘The Gig’ trailer and also everything else. We also discuss if these events are hyped up too much at the moment, or we’re doing it ourselves.

Also on the show:

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Domain Is Claimed By Warner Bros

Pokemon Unite Revealed, It’s a MOBA

New Marvel’s Avengers Details

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Reviews Mentioned:

The Last of Us Part II

Star Wars Episode 1: Racer

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:01 - Intro Message

00:50 - Hello

02:35 - Today On The Show

02:50 - Discussing The Sexual Abuse & More Rocking The Industry

REVIEWS/PREVIEWS

13:35 - The Last of Us Part II Review

14:20 - Star Wars Episode 1: Racer Review

THE NEWS

15:50 - New Marvel’s Avengers Gameplay

26:10 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League & Another Batman Game Domains Listed

40:45 - Pokemon Unite Announced

53:50 - Night City Wire: Episode 1 Reveals New Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer & More

01:01:45 - Are All These Live-Streamed Developer Deep Dives Overhyped?

OUTRO

01:16:10 - Goodbye

Resources:

Explosion Network

’Action-Packed “The Gig” Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer Is Only From The Prologue’

’Pokemon Unite Is A MOBA For Pocket Monsters’

Kotaku

’Marvel’s Avengers Assembled Today For A More In-Depth Preview’

VG24/7

’Rocksteady Is Developing A Suicide Squad Game’

Arcade Couch Credits:

Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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Let’s wrap up EA Play 2020 with the announcement of a new Skate game as well as Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay. We also discuss the Pokemon Presents presentation that included the reveal of a brand new Pokemon Snap game.

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

00:40 - This Week On The Show

THE NEWS

01:00 - Guerilla Collective Day 2 & 3 Wrap-Up

07:00 - Cyberpunk 2077 Delay

16:35 - Batman In August?

21:30 - PAX Online Replaces PAX AUS This Year

27:40 - Crash Bandicoot 4 Coming This Year

35:20 - EA Play 2020 (Star Wars: Squadrons, Skate 4) Wrap-Up

01:13:50 - Pokemon Presents (New Pokemon Snap) Wrap-Up

MAIN TOPIC

01:32:00 - Why Does Anyone Care About User Reviews?

01:44:00 - Review Talk

OUTRO

01:55:00 - Wrap-Up

Arcade Couch Credits:

Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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Damn, E3 2020 is kinda crazy huh? We have had several streams over the past couple of days including the PS5 reveal and then a handful of a couple of indie streams. Lots of games, lots of trailers - much discussion.

Reviews Mentioned:

Disintegration

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

REVIEWS/PREVIEWS

01:50 - Disintegration Review

THE NEWS

07:35 - WB Games May Be Sold Soon

14:00 - Gods & Monsters Leaks For Short Period

17:30 - Star Wars: Squadron Leaks Early

WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING

24:30 - Metro: Last Light (Dylan)

31:30 - Uncharted: Lost Legacy (Dylan)

32:30 - Ciaran's Final Fantasy 7 Remake Thoughts

38:30 - Ciaran's Wipeboard Update//Horizon: Zero Dawn

MAIN TOPIC

57:15 - Guerrilla Collective Day 1 Games & Thoughts

01:14:05 - PC Gaming Show Games & Thoughts

01:47:30 - Future Gaming Show 2020 Games & Thoughts

OUTRO

02:03:45 - Pleasure Explosion 2020

02:13:45 - Goodbye

Resources:

Explosion Network

’All The Trailers & Announcements From Guerrilla Collective Day 1

’All The Trailers & Announcements From The PC Gaming Show 2020’

’All The Trailers & Announcements From The Future Gaming Show 2020’

’Everything Announced During The PS5 Reveal Event’

GamesIndustry.Biz

’AT&T Reportedly Looking To Sell Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment’

Kotaku

’Star Wars: Squadrons Briefly Appears On The Xbox Home Page’

PC Gamer

’Ubisoft’s Gods & Monsters Was Briefly Playable On Stadia’

Arcade Couch Credits:

Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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After weeks of being the biggest game on Twitch, Valorant is finally freely available everywhere. Is Riot’s latest the next big game in esports? How does it compare to Overwatch and CS:GO? Should we be worried about Ciaran?

Also on the show:Sega is releasing new hardware...kindaSony pays big due to ACCCPrivate Division accused of poaching

Hosts:Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCiaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

00:43 - On The Show This Week

00:55 - itch.io’s Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality

THE NEWS

02:25 - Last of Us Part II is Very Accessible

10:36 - Sega Releasing A Handheld for Ants!

17:23 - Sony’s Refusal of Refunds Proves Costly

22:49 - Poaching Private Division

28:22 - Pokemon Expansion Release Date Set

WHAT WE’VE BEEN PLAYING

32:40 - Ciaran’s moved from Royal to Remake

MAIN TOPIC

36:30 - Valorant is Here

OUTRO

53:12 - Question Of The Show: Are You Playing Valorant?

54:28 - Goodbye

Resources:

Itch.io“Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality” - https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality

Kotaku“Why Sony Was Fined $3.5 Million For Refusing Refunds” - https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/06/why-sony-was-fined-3-5-million-for-refusing-refunds/

PC Gamer“After ditching the original Kerbal 2 studio, Take-Two reportedly tried to poach all of its employees” - https://www.pcgamer.com/after-ditching-the-original-kerbal-2-studio-take-two-reportedly-tried-to-poach-all-of-its-employees/

Press Start“A Sega Game Gear Micro Is On The Way And It’s Extremely Tiny” - https://press-start.com.au/news/2020/06/03/a-sega-game-gear-micro-is-on-the-way-and-its-extremely-tiny/“Pokemon Sword and Shield First Expansion Just Got A Release Date And A New Trailer” - https://press-start.com.au/news/nintendo/2020/06/03/pokemon-sword-and-shields-first-expansion-just-got-a-release-date-and-a-new-trailer/

Push Square“Hands On: The Last of Us 2 May Be The Most Accessible Action Game Ever Made” - http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/06/hands_on_the_last_of_us_2_may_be_the_most_accessible_action_game_ever_made

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Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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Arcade Couch is the Explosion Network’s premiere video games podcast featuring discussions on the latest releases, tech, industry news and more, available every Saturday at 6 AM AEST

Next-gen is kicking into high-gear as we enter June. PS5 is officially revealing itself this coming Friday, we expect an Xbox event this month also and we’re already starting to see the key things that’ll divide PS5 and the Xbox.

Also on the show:

Minecraft Dungeons Review

A Forgotten Half-Life Game

League of Legends: Wild Rift Gameplay

Hosts:

Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil

Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Cherie Henriques: https://twitter.com/Cheriacorno

Episode Timecodes

INTRO

00:10 - Hello

01:15 - This Week On The Show

REVIEWS/PREVIEWS

01:40 - Forza Street Review

04:15 - Minecraft Dungeons Review

07:10 - GORN Review

THE NEWS

08:00 - Fast & Furious: Crossroads Gets New Gameplay

13:50 - Half-Life Game From Arkane Studios?

22:05 - Amazon’s First Game Isn’t Going Well

28:45 - Pokemon GO Fest 2020 Will Take Place In Your Home

39:25 - League of Legends: Wild Rift Gameplay

WHAT WE’VE BEEN PLAYING

49:40 - Ciaran’s Finished His Persona 5 Royal Gameplay

56:40 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Check-In With Cherie/Ciaran

MAIN TOPIC

01:07:50 - Xbox v PlayStation - Let’s Talk The Next-Gen Fight

01:09:00 - PS5 Games Will Only Be PS5 Games

01:22:20 - Preliminary Check-In: Who Do We Think Will Win Based On What We Know?

01:28:50 - What Are We Most Excited About

OUTRO

01:32:40 - Question Of The Show

01:32:55 - Wrap-Up

Resources:

Explosion Network

’All 36 Characters That You Can Play In League Of Legends: Wild Rift Revealed In New Gameplay’

’Brand New Gameplay For Fast & Furious Crossroads’

’Pokemon Go Fest 2020 Will Take Place Inside Your Home’

IGN

’Footage of Canceled Half-Life: Ravenholm Shown In New Documentary’

Kotaku

’Amazon’s Crucible Is Looking Like Another Battleborn’

Press Start

’Sony’s First Party PS5 Games Won’t Be Playable On PS4’

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Music by: Dylan Blight

Art by: Cherie Henriques

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