We go ga ga with Gamescom 2017 and tackle all the big stories before going deep on SNES Classic Pre-Orders, Observer, Nidhogg II, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, and more.

The games are here! Sonic Mania, Hellblade, Agents of Mayhem, Madden NFL 18, Matterfall, the No Man’s Sky update, Crackdown 3’s delay, and more!

Is Naughty Dog becoming the next Rareware? Mario’s sombrero, Fortnite, Aztez, Switch sales cooling off, LawBreakers, Destiny 2 streaming restrictions, Resident Evil: Revelations, and more!

SIFTD’s upcoming changes, Nintendo’s amiibo gates, Pyre, Metroid Prime 4 and the Switch in 2018, finding the SNES Classic, Shenmue III concerns, and more!

A meeting of the tribes as Shane polls SIFTD users on the future of the site.

SIFTD’s future, all three modes of the Destiny 2 beta, Kingdom Hearts III, Switch voice chat, video game TV shows, EVO 2017, Splatoon 2, and more!

Matt returns for discussion on Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Splatoon 2, game collecting, the state of game reviews, Castlevania on Netflix, EVO 2017, the Rift price drop, and more!

Brandon Jones joins Shane for discussion on the changing landscape of games coverage, no more 1ups for Mario, Sony's Anthem video gaffe, third-party "exclusives," Platinum Games and Nintendo, one of Pachter's big predictions coming true, Splatoon 2's full reveal, and so much more!

We send you off into July 4 weekend with two fun games of Would you Rather and High/Low. Also discussion on the SNES Classic, no Andromeda campaign DLC, Sony and cross-platform play, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, potential sales of Xbox One X, and extended Q&A!

We fall in love with Nex Machina and discuss Beyond Good & Evil 2, Dynasty Warriors 9, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and where games are headed next, Halo 6 and Xbox One X, E3 games that slipped through the cracks, Sega Forever, and much more!