Easy Achievers Gaming Podcast

Emmett Watkins Jr. joins me after a long time and we reconvene after a major PlayStation Showcase that seemed to have missed majorly with the vast majority of people. We discuss, analyze, and critique the showcase while also going over every single title that was shown at the show. Lets talk the big games that were there but also theorize why MANY studios remained silent.

TimeStamps

00:07:04- First thoughts on PlayStation Showcase

00:15:40- Fairgames

00:19:19- Helldivers 2

00:22:46- Immortals of Aveum

00:23:35- Ghostrunner 2

00:24:50- Phantom Blade 0

00:28:30- Sword of the Sea

00:30:49- Talos Principle 2

00:32:36- Neva

00:34:14- Cat Quest Pirates of the Purribean

00:39:00- Foamstars

00:40:30- Plucky Squire

00:42:30- Teardown

00:46:25- Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater/MGS Master Collection

00:55:47- Towers of Agasha

00:58:52- Final Fantasy 16

01:03:02- Alan Wake 2

01:07:57- Assassins Creed Mirage

01:12:34- Revenant Hill

01:15:26- Granblue Fantasy

01:20:12- Street Fighter 6

01:23:10- Ultros

01:24:50- Tower of Fantasy

01:27:16- Dragon’s Dogma 2

01:29:22- FNAF Help Wanted 2

01:29:38- Resident Evil 4 VR

01:30:34- Arizona Sunshine 2

01:32:04- Crossfire Sierra Squad

01:34:10- Synapse

01:36:20- Beat Saber

01:37:16- Marathon

01:43:25- Destiny 2 Final Shape

01:48:05- Concord

01:50:25- Gran Turismo

01:51:00- Project Nomad and Project Q

02:00:20- Spiderman 2

02:10:40- Closing Thoughts

02:16:40- What have you been playing?

Make sure to check out Emmett's content on @VGUTVofficial @SpoonfulVids and welcome to the thing on whatever podcast service you use.

Mortal Leak: Mortal Kombat 1 coming soon? Easy Achievers Podcast Ep.157 by Alex and Elijah

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer appeared on the Xcast, Kinda Funny's Xbox podcast, originally to answer so questions presumably around his job, game pass, and the future of Xbox. However, the timing and fate dictated that the huge failure that is Redfall came out 24 hours prior and forced a completely different conversation to occur. We have much to parce through as Phil becomes candid with a lot of what he sees Xbox current state, how Redfall happened, and how the market share for Xbox may always be on the losing side. This interview was actually incredible riveting so it is a must watch especaillty since the brunt of the episode is dedicated to peeling away at that interview. Thank you as always for joining me this week. Let me know what you think in the comments below and until next time, Go Achieve.

Timestamps:

00:01:32- Not so Rapid Fire/Respawn apology

00:11:55- What have you been playing?

00:14:53- Rumor Roundup/Microsoft new game leak?

00:17:30- Xbox's Phil Spencer gives candid interview

00:39:24- Date Updates

00:42:33- Whats Queued up?

Hello and welcome back this week is a pretty stacked week, especially in terms of some of the more hardcore components of the industry. Something that immediately I want to point you to is my conversation about more layoffs in the gaming media. Then we have the CMA’s decision on blocking the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. There is plenty to get through there so that is the main story of the show. Not many rumors this week but I did talk about Aaron Greenberg having to comment on the success of Tango Gamework’s recent release of Hi-FI Rush. Check out the timestamps below to choose your adventure and until next time, go achieve.

NOTE* While I was discussing the HiFi Rush success around 20:56 the developer I could not remember was David Jaffe.

TimeStamps

00:01:42- Not So Rapid Fire/Quidditch Champions announced

00:02:56- Sony has an ambitious selling plan for this fiscal year

00:05:44- Frank O’ Conner leaves 343

00:08:50- Star Wars Jedi Survivor is broken

00:12:16- What have you been playing?

00:18:56- Rumor Roundup/Aaron Greenberg comments on HiFi Rush’s success

00:29:08- CMA blocks the Activision Blizzard deal

00:36:02- Sony acquires Firewalk studios

00:37:19- European gaming data for last quarter

00:38:40- Waypoint from VICE is closing

00:43:56- Date Updates

00:46:20- What’s Queued up?

Well, Redfall has seen quite the news but not in a good way as they have announced there will be no 60fps option at launch leaving many that were anticipating the title incredibly saddened and underwhelmed at the first Bethesda game to launch under Xbox's umbrella of studios. So let us discuss this decision why it may have happened and why it could lead to more studios making this exact decision. Of course, we have more to talk about as rumors are falling around a new PlayStation handheld device that will be exclusively for remote play. Some old talent returning to Bioware in a smaller form. MANY date updates to go through as RockSteady's upcoming game has been delayed. As always thank you for returning and new listeners/viewers of the channel this is all for you as making this show is the highlight of my week every week so thank you for the support. See you next week!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:00- Not So Rapid Fire

00:08:20- Old Talent coming back to Dragon Age

00:12:10- What have you been playing?

00:15:15- Rumor Roundup/New PS Handheld coming?

00:28:16- Redfall launches with NO 60 FPS mode/Why that happened and why do many not care?

00:44:15- Bungie makes a statement about a major leak

00:48:35- Date Update/Rocksteady delays Suicide Squad

00:58:50- Whats Queued up?

E3 means so much too many. Some positively, some negatively but everyone has thought about gaming's former megacenter of gaming news and tech insight. As of writing this, it seems E3 may be silently thinning out of relevancy but how did we get here? How did E3 even become the gaming mecca that we all knew it was? What triggered its downfall? Did it try to change? All of this and more is discussed in this experiment that I am tentatively calling A Not So Brief History of series. Did you enjoy this stab at something new? Let me know in the comments and make sure to give me some critiques on what you would like to change as this is one of the newest things I have tried in a long time. Thank you for spending your time with me expect my regular programming to go live on time as usual and make sure to have a great day.

A new installment in the PS5 console space maybe coming soon according to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson. Once I read this rumor nothing surprised at first glance as we heard about this previously on the Sacred Symbols Podcast and was reported here. But Tom goes on to mention specifics like an expected window of late 2024 which gave me pause but once thought about it aligns fairly well with last console cycle behavior. That discussion takes up the brunt of the episode but we have other exciting projects to discuss like the Last Ronin getting a video game adaption. Konami maybe getting back into Castlevania series. We also discuss the voice actor for Venom in SpiderMan 2 saying the release window for the game which seems to be a major slipup and much more. As always thank you for your support whether its a like, comment, or a sub.

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The most recent contest mode for the newly released Root of Nightmares raid in Destiny 2 caused quite a stir in the Destiny community, to say the least so I wanted to give the perspective of someone who has always enjoyed Destiny but has never been able to give the "Day One" contest mode a try. This most recent attempt seems to have been a perfect storm for my newly formed team to get our first contest mode completion. Now, why was this the case? Well, let's discuss the various encounters, the mechanics (or lack thereof), the difficulty, and much more.

Thanks to a friend I met through Destiny iDoentNo for the footage of our raid clear.

As of posting, Lance Reddick, the voice of Zavala and seasoned actor has passed away. As someone who always smiled when I heard the voice or saw him pop up in a show/movie, I am devasted to hear that he has passed. I wish his family the best and I hope to see you wherever we end up in the end. Until next time Guardian.

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Is Xbox going to have another silent year or is Starfield enough? Easy Achievers Podcast Ep.152 by Alex and Elijah

Well, here we are, after the maelstrom of constant negativity around the very nature of the existence of this game we can finally talk about the most essential thing in our medium, the content of the art being made. So I sat down with my former co-host Alex and we dissected and discussed the many elements Avalanche put into this game. We talk about every aspect you would think of characters, combat, traversal, story, writing, and much more. Thank you for joining us for this spoilercast as your support means everything to me. Let me know your thoughts in the comments as I answer every comment whenever posted.

TimeStamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:40 - History with Harry Potter Franchise

00:04:35 - Hogwarts Legacy Beginning/Character Creation

00:17:53 - Favorite Thing about the game

00:24:00 - The combat/Favorite Spell

00:27:30 - Creatures/FInishers

00:33:33 - Characters/ Main Quest Line

00:44:20 - Each House gets a special Quest

00:49:35 - Main Characters

01:00:00 - Classes

01:16:00 - Favorite Main Mission

01:23:30 - The Room of Requirement

01:28:45 - Things we didn’t like

01:41:10 - Settling Down