Life as a Gamer

We finally have the release window for Playstation 5! Doom Eternal gets delayed longer than expected. Blizzard is taking a stand against the biggest Hearthstone pro. The Marvel Avengers game ads a new character while Call of Duty mobile is breaking records. Apex Legends drops a new map and season 3. If you haven't played Red Dead Redemption 2 yet you no longer have an excuse, soon it drops for the PC. 

Gaming trends is in focus this week and will be next week as well. What are the defining trends right now? We take a look at the genre defining trends of open world games, battle royal, RPG elements in games and many more. Battle royal exploded a couple of years ago, why? Games are getting bigger and bigger but do every game need an open world or RPG elements?

Destiny 2 is back, at least now on Steam. The last of us 2 is also getting some cool improvements while a Call Of Duty Mobile game is out. Loot boxes have been a hot topic for a long time now, Rocket League is removing there's and is introducing blueprints. CS Go in France is also affected which leds to some interesting changes.

Cross-play is now live in PUBG, a new Walking Dead game in vr will be released, this and more in episode 24 of Midweek newsreel.

We're on Mixer! From now on you can watch the podcast live. 

As always on midweek newsreel we go over the latest news from the gaming industry. Sony had there State of Play where they gave us a release date for The last of us 2.  The new Call of Duty got a story trailer and a few new games were shown, Humanity and Arise. 

Borderlands 3 is the fastest-selling 2K game ever, do you need Google game pass? It's soon here... The game that can't catch a break is Fallout, now they have a problem with mold.

Put the pedal to the metal and join us on this racing filled episode. We take a look back at the early racing games and what made them so much fun to play. One of the games we wish we had a sequel to is F-Zero. An forgotten game series that deserves a new title.

We still play driving and racing games until this day. Forza Horizon, Dirt and Need for Speed is three of the biggest racing games now days and have really stepped up the game when it comes to modifying your car, how the car handles, open world and race tracks. 

Borderlands 3, TGS, Comic Con and more in episode 96. Borderlands 3 is out and we have started playing it. We will give you our first impression of the game and if it's worth your time. Here in Sweden we have Comic Con Stockholm each year. Does the event hold up? Is it worth visiting?

If this isn't enough, TGS is this weekend as well. Games like Death stranding, Resident Evil project resistances, Nioh 2, Gungrave GORE and Yakuza 7 were shown but where is Ghost of Tsushima?

A new Resident Evil game! Nintendo is always developing new and interesting stuff. Now it seems like a new controller is on the way. The Switch have a new update with some nice features. Is this the end times for rom sites? It seems like the big sites are taking some hits from Nintendo. TGS is happening and Final Fantasy seven have a new trailer. Death Stranding is also going to be there with a gigant demo. We will cover TGS in the next episode, stay tune fot that.

Apple is trying to get in to the gaming industry with Apple Arcade. The Octopath developers have a new game launching there. Sea of Thieves and Siege have a lot of new content available. We will soon get more news about The Last of Us 2... finally.