The September game deluge is upon us, and we've got so many games to small talk about!

Patrick has been slashing in Astral Chain and beating up dudes in River City Girls, James has been off-road rallying with WRC 8 and Hope has been channelling her inner Cliffhanger in the co-op focused party climber, Heave Ho. We also dive deep into Control, which we've all been playing (and loving), and Hope tells us about the Gears Ink event where she didn't play Gears 5.

We've also got a stack news from the latest E3-tier Nintendo Direct, Gears 5 launch troubles, Ikumi Nakamura leaving Tango Gameworks, and an unexpected Yakuza 7 reveal!

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