Epic Arcade Specials is a segment where we talk to people from the gaming industry, from
game developers, esport athletes to people just like us.

On this week of EA Specials, we invited the local comedian Keren Bala Devan to come on the show to hang out and share with us his enthusiasm for video games. Keren Bala Devan is a local standup comedian who has done gigs for Comedy Central Asia and shows for Iflix. Apart from his career as a comedian, little is known about his hobbies that align with our interests here on Epic Arcades. Hosted by Jeff Kassim, the discussion entails his unwaivered interest in games growing up to the unprecedented anticipation for the game that was presumed dead but never forgotten, Half-Life 3.

This week on TWIG, we talk about the recent Inside Xbox livestream and third party game announcements such as Bright Memory: Infinite, The Ascent, AC: Valhalla and more. We also talk about the latest EA announcement hinting at a Mass Effect trilogy remake and what to expect for the next Star Wars title under EA's belt.

This week on TWIG: we talk about the Last Of Us 2 main plots and
storyline leaked by angry Naughty Dog employees, the latest instalment in the Assassins Creed franchise, Valhalla, that brings us 100+ years before the original AC game, and Apex Legends' new teaser trailer for the latest legend, Loba, as well as the mysterious and cryptic Project 617.

On TWIG this week we're joined once again by our podcast friend and comedian, Keren Bala Devan (The Macha Men) as we discuss Animal Crossing's slashed interest rates, Bird-bot hoarding of Nintendo Switch, Travis Scott's Astronomical Fortnite event, Valve's level design mechanic, and much more!

This week on TWIG: Cooking Mama Cookstar's Bitcoin mining conspiracy, PS5's limited release, Rockstar Games shapes up its work culture, Resident Evil 4 gets its remake, 2 new Switch models for summer 2020, Animal Crossing gets banned in China, ESRB's new rating for in-game purchases containing randomised items, and Darksoul's "Hunter's Combat" mod.

Editor's Note: This episode was recorded hours before the official announcement of extension of the MCO for two more weeks.

On TWIG this week, we share our thoughts on the latest PlayStation 5 DualSense controller design and specs, CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 confirmation of release date as well as two CP2077 DLCs we should be expecting, Apex Legends' latest update introducing a permanent duo's mode as well as a teaser for Titanfall fans in Season 5, Grounded's response to Arachnophobia, and finally, we try to make sense of Sony's "in game resource surfacing platform" patent.

We end the show with a little PSA for all the gamers out there.

Strap in and enjoy the show!

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Your hosts Kelvin, Jeff and Afiq is joined in with our good friend Firdaus, bringing you all the news that happened this week in gaming! We are going into our 4th and (hopefully) finally week of our Movement Control Order.

On This Week In Gaming [TWIG], Kelvin and Jeff talked about Valve's Half Life Alyx moving out of VR, the hackers in COD:Warzone, Nintendo Direct Mini, Epic Games adding games publishing into their portfolio, Plague Inc's donation to COVID and their new game mode. Jeff did a quick review of Resident Evil 3 demo and Animal Crossing.

On this episode, we talked about a new Ghost Recon DLC featuring the legend himself, Sam Fisher. There's a LA Noire 2 soundtrack that was leaked by a Redditor who just stumbled upon the track on YouTube. PS5 and Xbox was just announced! Disclaimer: We recorded this episode in our own homes due to the COVID19 lockdown, quality in audio may vary from previous episodes.

On this episode of This Week In Gaming, hosts Kelvin, Jeff and Afiq talked about a new Mortal Kombat Animated Movie, Will this be the last of E3? A new Witcher Game being developed and a fresh new take on LEGO mini figures.