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E3 is just around the corner, starting mere hours after our next podcast, so we're getting ready with some choice predictions. How many hats will we be forced to eat? We won't have to wait long to find out. Games of the week: Magikarp Jump, The Surge, Star Trek: Bridge Crew

 

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The reveal of Far Cry 5 has the Internet riled up, but is the level of controversy truly deserved (spoiler alert: it isn't)? Nintendo's stock sees a huge leap as Capcom takes the leap and puts Monster Hunter on the Switch. Games of the week: Polybius, GNOG, and the Arms testfire (open beta).

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Netflix is apparently bringing The Witcher to the small screen with its very own series. What video games have been turned into successful TV shows? Not many, apparently. Games of the week: Seasons After Fall and Dead Cells.

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Money, money, money in this week's Popcast as we talk about Blizzard's exorbitant entry fees for the Overwatch League, Square Enix's decision to let go of IO Interactive, and Nintendo's upcoming E3 plans. Games of the week: Prey and Little Nightmares. Enjoy!

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Nintendo's testing out a couple of different DLC options - mysterious all-or nothing packages for Breath of the Wild and exorbitant costs-more-than-the-game passes for Fire Emblem. On deck, we've got Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Flinthook, Outlast 2, and Tumbleseed. Thanks for listening!

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Nintendo's dumping the 3D feature of it's smaller handheld, bringing you the 2DS XL. We've also got localization issues and the loss of an iconic character from Tekken's roster. Games of the week: Streets of Rogue, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom. Enjoy!

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Nintendo makes the brilliant move of discontinuing the NES Classic at the height of its popularity, but is it really gone or will it come back again this year? Or perhaps the SNES classic will arrive? Our games this week are Cosmic Star Heroine, Overwatch: Uprising, and Crawl. Enjoy!

 

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We're all back after an unscheduled departure from our regular broadcasting last week. And there's plenty of the docket, from Microsoft's initial reveal of the Scorpio's specs to Nintendo's upcoming plans for the Switch. Games include Blaster Master Zero, Graceful Explosion Machine, and many more. Have a listen!

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April Fool's has come and gone, so we're here to talk about the pranks and goofs of note. We also say farewell to Mad Catz as they shut down after nearly 3 decades of business. Plenty of games on the docket this week, including Mass Effect, Rain World, and more.

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With March nearly coming to an end, the Kaiju Crew looks back on the successes of the first few months and the relatively paltry offerings coming up in the lead-up to E3. Games of the week are Mass Effect: Andromeda, TypeShift, Everything, and Hollow Knight. Enjoy!

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