Game Off

The Summer of Game Off continues as we dissect all the next-gen Playstation news and the latest Pokemon announcements! We tackle all the best and worst of the latest events and ray-tracified game announcements. Then stick around for the timely showcase of Moving Out and the deck-building wonderkind Monster Train. Be sure to listen close for the rare Slay the Spire reference! All this and too much more on a jam packed Game Off #33!

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The spirit of E3 is nearly upon us! This week we talk about some PS5 news regarding the requirement for all new games moving forward to be on the new platform as well. Then we chat about our expectations of the E3 season and just how weird its going to be. And finally we've got our beat-em-up / slash-em-down showcase of the week: STREETS OF RAGE 4 and MINECRAFT DUNGEONS. Game Off #32 is upon like a bad boy on a street... of rage. Check it out!

1:30 PS4 games required for PS5? | 11:45 Fireside Chat - E3 Expectations for 2020 | Showcase - 25:25 Streets of Rage 4 - 39:45 Minecraft Dungeons

Sonic Video: https://youtu.be/x6tPkdkmHPY

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Game Off #31 has us looking to the sky for some new horizons! We catch up and find out what franchises are just BEGGING to be revived. Then check out our chillest showcase ever featuring the indie space-surprise DELIVER US THE MOON and the darling of the moment ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS. Start up your jazz records and kick back for GAME OFF #31!

1:30 What we've been playing | 14:00 Fireside Chat - Which game doesn't need a sequel or reboot? | Showcase - 22:30 Deliver Us The Moon - 35:15 Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Next Gen is starting to HEAT UP with the unofficial kick-off of launch season now upon us! We go over the games (and controversy) of the recent Xbox 20/20 (3rd Party "Gameplay" event) and take a look at some of what we were excited to see. But what we're REALLY excited to see is a TACTICAL SHOWCASE featuring two seemingly out-of-nowhere major releases in the genre: XCOM: CHIMERA SQUAD and GEARS TACTICS. These games have a lot in common so stick around to find out everything you need to know to get your tactical fix this week on GAME OFF #30.

2:00 News - XBOX 2020 3rd Party Preview | 16:15 Fireside Chat | Showcase - 24:15 XCOM: Chimeria Squad 41:30

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#29 is HERE for you in the end times! We've been catching up on MORE backlog games (what else is there?!) on top of our SHOWCASE. Before that we deviate into some slightly disturbing food combinations before arriving at our most drastically different games of the year! TODAY we bring you the long await chaotic shooter DOOM ETERNAL and the physics based delivery mayhem of TOTALLY RELIABLE DELIVERY SERVICE. Enjoy these games from another mother this week on GAME OFF #29!

1:00 What We're Playin' | 10:00 Fireside Chat | Showcase: 18:45 - Totally Reliable Delivery Service | 37:00 - Doom Eternal

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Year 2 of Game Off CONTINUES! Find out what we've been playing and how we keep sane in the end times for our FIRESIDE CHAT! Then stick around for an Indie Showcase special: ORI and the WILL OF THE WISPS by Moon Studios and MURDER BY NUMBERS by Mediatonic. All the indoor fun is here on Game Off #28!

1:38 What We've Been Playing | 14:00 Fireside Chat | 20:39 Showcase - Ori and the Will of the Wisps | 42:10 Showcase - Murder by Numbers

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2020 has officially begun (for Game Off at least) as we kick things off this Spring! We've been hitting our backlogs hard, so hear what we have to say about some slightly older titles (Assassin's Creed: Odyssey / CS: GO / Stardew Valley), plus our SHOCKING Fireside Chat all before our first showcase of 2020! Prepare to exsanguinate with Ninja Theory's multiplier arena brawler BLEEDING EDGE and the unique first-person fantasy slasher ELDERBORN! All that and more indoor fun on Game Off #27!

1:30 - Whatcha Playin: Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Counter Strike Go, and Stardew Valley | 22:00 Fireside Chat - Most Shocking Game Played | Showcase: 30:00 Bleeding Edge 48:00 Elderborne

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IT'S FINALLY TIME! The Final Ultra Mega SHOWCASE OF THE YEAR: the 2019 Game Off Tournament of Champions!! We've ranked over 40 of the most essential games of 2019 and now we'll pit them against each other in our final showdown. This is it; our top 16 games are set and seeded for a true GAME OFF. Who's going to take home the title of CHAMPION out of these great games:

Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Kingdom Hearts III, Control, Outer Worlds, Devil May Cry 5, Supraland, Sekiro: Shadow's Die Twice, Link's Awakening, Disco Elysium, Ion Fury, Yoshi's Crafted World, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Shadowbringers, Children of Morta, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Life Is Strange 2!

Find out on episode 26 of GAME OFF!

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Honk Honk! What the heck is happening at the Dice Awards this year? We take a look at the list of winners this week before we move on to our Fireside Chat (where'd morality meters go?). Then we have our showcase featuring the latest and pokemonest Pokemon games (POKEMON SWORD + SHIELD) and the tactical rpg in the vein of XCOM, PHOENIX POINT. All that and more on Game Off #25!

1:00 News -  Dice Awards Recap | 14:00 Fireside Chat - Morality Meters | Showcase - 23:00 Pokemon Sword and Sheild - 45:00 Pheonix Rising | 1:14:00 Showcase Wrap Up! 

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Hot off the presses, Game Off #24 brings all the news about NINTENDO and BLIZZARD's no-good, very bad week (Warcraft 3: Reforged, Super Smash Bros., Fire Emblem). We also compare and contrast the GAME AWARDS with the OSCARS to ask the question: What can they learn from each other? Plus a showcase of two games that took the year by storm; STAR WARS: JEDI FALLEN ORDER and DISCO ELYSIUM. Is the first good Star Wars game in a decade? Just what makes the heavily lauded Disco Elysium unique? Find out on GAME OFF #24!

1:20 News - Blizzard (1:20) and Nintendo (8:30) - What are you doing? | 19:45: Fireside Chat - Can the Oscars learn anything from The Game Awards? | 30:00 Showcase of the Week - Disco Elysium (30:00) and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (45:00)

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