Eight and a Half Bit

Today is the last of the major presentations of E3 and the beginning of the show for real. Can Nintendo rise to the lofty expectations of their fans? (no)

Nintendo Conference

Square Enix Conference

PC Gaming Show

Star Fox Zero, Skylanders SuperChargers, Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes, Hyrule Warriors Legends, Metroid Prime: Federation Force, Blast Ball, Fire Emblem Fates, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Yoshi’s Wooly World, Yokai Watch, Mario and Luigi Paper Jam, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, Super Mario Maker, Just Cause 3, Neir, Lara Croft Go, Kingdom Hearts: Unchained, Kingdom Hearts 3, World of Final Fantasy, Hitman, Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, PC Gaming Show, Killing Floor 2, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Killer Instinct, Gears of War Ultimate Edition, American Truck Simulator, Pillars of Eternity: The White March, Planet Coaster, DayZ, Take on Mars, Heroes of the storm, Starcrat II: Legacy of the Void, E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo

What a massive day for game news! Microsoft and Sony plus the powerhouse publishing of EA and Ubisoft brings more than just a few surprises. At least a 6 bombshell count.

Microsoft Conference

EA Conference

Ubisoft Conference

Sony Conference

Halo 5, Halo Warzone, Recore, backwards compatibility, Xbox one, Xbone, E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Fallout 4, Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Dark Souls 3, The Division, Rainbow Six Siege, ID@Xbox, Cuphead, Tacoma, Ashen, Beyond Eyes, The Long Dark, Sheltered, Elite Dangerous, DayZ, Ion, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Rare Replay, Sea of Thieves, Fable Legends, Vive, Oculus, Hololens, Minecraft, Gears of War Ultimate Edition, Gears of War 4, Mass Effect Andromeda, Need for Speed, The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire, Unravel, Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Minions Paradise, Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst, Star Wars Battlefront, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, For Honor, The Crew: Wild Run, Trials Fusion: Awesome Level Max, Anno 2205, Just Dance 2016, Just Dance Unlimited, Trackmania Turbo, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, The Last Guardian, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Hitman, Street Fighter V, No Man’s Sky, Dreams, Firewatch, Destiny: The Taken King, World of Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Ronin, EITR, Mother Russia Bleeds, Crossing Souls, Kickstarter, SHENMUE 3, Batman Arkham Knight, Morpheus, Rigs, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Disney Infinity, Uncharted 4, Sony, Microsoft, EA, PS4, Ubisoft

Bethesda kicks off this years E3 but Nintendo doesn’t let them have the only word with some surprise announcements at their Nintendo World Championship event.

Bethesda Conference

Nintendo World Championship

Battlecry, Bethesda, Blast Ball, Dishonored 2, Dishonored Definitive Edition, DooM, E3 2015, Earthbound Beginnings, Elder Scroll Online, Elder Scrolls Legends, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter, Mother, Nintendo, Ryu, Smash Bros, Snapmap, Super Mario Maker, World Championships

It's not E3 yet but it may as well be! Shadow Warrior 2, Hyrule Warriors 3DS, Transformers Devastation, Oculus Rift, Hellbalde, First Wonder the spiritual successor to Giants: Citizen Kabuto and all manner of things we are supposed to and not supposed to know. Plus we get our Splatoon on finally!

Cheapskate's Game Club: Heroes of the Storm

Next Week: The Knobbly Crook

Show Notes

Hyrule Warriors 3DS

Shadow Warrior 2

Ratchet & Clank

Human Resources Machine

Burstfire

Toy Soldiers: War Chest

The Deadly Tower of Monsters

Sonic and Angry Birds together at last!

SOMA

Street Fighter V

Hellblade

First Wonder

Lastfight

Devil’s Third

Oculus Conference

Edge of Nowhere

Chronos

EVE: Valkyrie

Game trailer

Vanquish 2 about to be announced?

Super Meat boy coming to playstation

Chris Avellone leaves Obsidian

Scalebound, Crackdown and Quantum Break skipping E3

Zombi-U comin to current gen consoles

Splatoon 64

Minecraft Splatoon

Steam Sales, Splatoon, Victor Vran, Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors 3DS, Shadow Warrior 2, Ratchet & Clank, Human Resources Machine, Toy Soldiers: War Chest, Heman, G.I. Joe, The Deadly Tower of Monsters, SOMA, Street Fighter V, Hellblade, First Wonder, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Transformers Devastation, Oculus Rift, Edge of Nowhere, Chronos, EVE: Valkyrie, Vanquish 2, Super Meat Boy, Zombi-U, Splatoon 64, Minecraft, Heroes of the Storm, E3 2015

Time for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

Next Week: Top 5 Games you would use as a The Last Starfighter style recruiting tool.

Fallout 4! Penises! X-Com 2! Dongs! Dark Souls 3! Willies! Hatred! Todgers! Lego! Wangs! Regular Humans! One eyed trouser snakes! Plus lots lots more! Special guest: Nick!

Cheapskate's Game Club: Regular Human BasketballNext Week: Heroes of the Storm

Show notes

Cobra Club

Lego games can never be good

Steam refunds

Infinite Crisis closing

Black Tusk rebranded as The Coalition

Desrua Bankrupt

DOTA 2 The International prizepool at 12 million

Lucas joins smash bros

Fallout 4

Dark Souls 3

Harvest Moon

Xcom 2

Project Treasure

Monster Hunter X

Uncharted Dudebro collection

Total War: Warhammer

Crowd Funding

Faceted Flight (Oculus Only Demo available)

Steamroll

Bard’s Tale IV

Ragalia

Diluvion

We Happy Few

Shape of the world

The Eyes of Ara

The Lost Pisces

Galaxy Heist

Aren't homonyms fun?

Next Week: Top 5 Violent Games

It's time to revisit the Ninja action of Ronin (now in early access), get confused by board game descriptions, excite ourselves with confused robots and talk about all the heists that have happened this week in gaming!

Cheapskate's Game Club: Pinball FX2Next Week: Regular Human Basketball

Show Notes

Driveclub PS+ edition actually coming?

Konami not dropping console and pc development

Splatoon heist!

Star citizen caper!

Gog not selling hatred

Twitch changes policy to avoid streaming hatred

New xbox one controller

Nintendo humble bundle

There’s a dumb rumour re Silent Hills

Watta

SOMA! SOMA! SOMA!

Resident evil 0

Crowd funding

Perception

Squad

Defragmented

Luman

Pixel starships

StarCrafts mod

Ronin, Lords of Waterdeep, Witcher 3, Driveclub, Konami, Splatoon, Star Citizen, Hatred, Twitch, Xbone, Nintendo, Humble Bundle, Silent Hills, Wild Star, Watta, SOMA, Resident Evil 0, Pinball FX2, Kickstarter, indiegogo, Perception, Squad, Defragmented, Luman, Pixel Starships, Starcrafts Mod

The Witcher 3 is out!  Other content also included...

Cheapskate's Game Club: Spooky's House of Jump ScaresNext Week: Pinball FX2

James' Game: Memory Warning

Show Notes

DooM 4 escapes a COD’ish fate

Hellraid put “on hold”

Bloodborne expansion in development

ARK: Survival Evolved out soon on Early Access

Warcraft movie

DooM

Need for Speed

Torment: Tides of Numenera

Moonrise

Arizona Sunshine

Pacman 256

Crowd Funding

RUMP! (Demo Available)

HotterKeys

Bloxels

Combat Core

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

Voxelnauts Dimension Drive

Rivalry

The Witcher 3, Steam Cards, MRA, Memory Warning, Dark Souls 2, Destiny, DooM4, Hellraid, Bloodborne, ARK: Survival Evolved, Warcraft, DooM, Need For Speed, Torment: Tides of Numenera, Moonrise, Arizona Sunshine, Pacman 256, Spooky’s house of Jump Scares, RUNMP!, HotterKeys, Bloxels, Combat Core, The Aquatic Adventures of the Last Human, Voxelnauts, Dimension Drive, Rivalry, Mad Max: Fury Road

If you're going to murder you may as well look good.

Next week: Top 5 Chilly/Chili/Chile Games