Happy New Year! Liz and Justin kick off the New Year by discussing what each of their 3 most anticipated games are.

Justin, Justin, and Liz reconnect live this week as we discuss the announcements at TGA and discuss our somewhat predictable Games of the Year.

We react to the first look at the Zelda movie cast and dive into NCSoft’s newly announced Horizon: Steel Frontiers. Also we talk Ark Raiders risk and reward, and which Game Awards nominee pulled itself out of the race.

The crew unpacks Steam’s new controller, PC, and wireless VR headset, plus thoughts on how it all stacks up against what’s already out there. We also react to GTA 6’s delay, talk through our growing game backlogs, and make some bold calls ahead of this year’s Game Awards.

This week Justin returns to the podcast as the gang discusses their first impressions of Ball Pit, Battlefield vs. Arc Raiders, and we go deep on the ethics of streaming game spoilers, and Nintendo's patent predicament.

Liz Returns for a not so spooky Halloween episode of the Crit-Rate Podcast.

This week Justin returns to the podcast as the gang discusses their first impressions of Ball Pit, Battlefield vs. Arc Raiders, and we go deep on the ethics of streaming game spoilers, and Nintendo's patent predicament.

This week Liz returns to the podcast, and we discuss the new Halo Campaign Evolved, Remedy's "Return to profitability", and Nintendo patents.

This week Alex and Justin are back in the seat talking Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, the passing of Itagaki-san, and more.

Capcom’s latest move to monetize tournament streams left fans, and developers, stunned. Meanwhile, Nintendo stealth-drops a weird Pikmin animation, and Sandfall surprise drops a free update... and continues to delight gamers everywhere.