Plug N Play Podcast - Video Game News and Reviews

Join the new and improved Plug N Play Podcast as Henry dives deep into the news this week with the resurrection of Game Informer, Ubisoft finally admitting defeat with their new subsidiary announcement and a review of absolutely everything that was shown in this week's Nintendo Direct!

Impressions this week include the new hotness, Split Fiction, and a long-time coming comparison of Cyberpunk 2077. Henry played the game at release and has now played the game in 2.0 as well as the expansion. Has the game gone on a redemption arc or is it still just as unplayable as ever? Tune in to find out!

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

18:01 - Game Informer has been resurrected

28:15 - Ubisoft creates new subsidiary containing Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six

39:49 - Nintendo Direct

Impressions:

1:34:39 - Split Fiction

1:49:12 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

News may be slow, but that don't stop the video games from coming on this episode of the Pug N Play Podcast! News this week touches on how people won't ever be satisfied with the cancelled Twisted Metal game and Niantic selling off Pokemon GO to the creators of Monopoly GO in an interesting business move that Henry dives deep into the weeds of!

Impressions abound this week with the retro inspired duo of platformers: Pizza Tower and Corn Kidz 64. And the main draw this week is the long pent up conversation around Master Detective Archive: RAIN CODE from the creator of the hit visual novel series Danganronpa! Tune in to hear Henry's thoughts and the thought of the creator himself!

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

7:10 - Cancelled Twisted Metal game was battle royale with third person, outside car combat

21:00 - Niantic sells Pokemon GO for $3.5 billion

Impressions:

48:34 - Pizza Tower

1:00:50 - Corn Kidz 64

1:10:00 - Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE

On another layoff heavy episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, join Henry as he goes through all the closures Warner Brothers Games has made this week, in particular Monolith and the Wonder Woman game. How will Marvel Rivals survive losing a director and their entire team? The answer may surprise you. Also some discussion on Ubisoft, Dragon Age: The Veilguard coming up short and live service takeovers!

Impressions this week hone in on The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Can the titular princess carry a game all on her own? Tune in to find out!

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:47 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard is on PS+ shortly after launch

8:52 - 40% of all playtime was on just 10 live service games last month

17:13 - Ubisoft will continue to focus on live service and open world games "year after year"

24:29 - Marvel Rivals layoffs

36:03 - Warner Brothers Gaming shuts down three studios and cancels Wonder Woman game

Impressions:

1:13:23 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

On this jam packed episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, join Henry as he goes through the massive State of Play, the PSN outage, Multiversus shutting down and delisting, and much more!

Impressions this week are all about the story, since we have three narrative driven games to talk about with Mouthwashing, Thank Goodness You're Here, and 1000xResist! One of which will cement it's place as Narrative of the Year for 2024! Will Henry's voice finally give out on this journey of a podcast? Listen to find out!

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:58 - PSN goes down for 20 hours

13:09 - ESA launches iicon (the new E3)

20:27 - Multiversus will shut down and be delisted

44:44 - Sony's February State of Play

Impressions:

2:04:29 - Mouthwashing

2:14:10 - Thank Goodness You're Here

2:22:43 - 1000xResist

Welcome to the first regular episode of the Plug N Play Podcast of 2025! Join Henry in catching up with all the big news of the year so far including the Switch 2 reveal, the Microsoft Developer Direct, Playstation's canceled live service games and much more!

And the impressions gets spicy with the long awaited Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Was Bioware able to deliver after so long or did it's reliance on it's political themes hurt it in the end? Tun in to find out!

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:40 - Switch 2 reveal

15:40 - Microsoft's Developer Direct

41:54 - Ubisoft continues to flounder

55:59 - Sony's canceled live service games

1:06:55 - Sony leadership changes

1:12:51 - GTA VI could cost $100

1:14:33 - Physical game sales have halved since 2021

1:17:19 - Dragon Age and FC 25 miss expectations for EA

Impressions:

1:34:15 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The Plug N Play Podcast welcomes you to the new year with the exciting and highly anticipated Fantasy Critic League results! Find out the winners and losers as we go through a detailed examination of all the moves made throughout the year and crown a winner!

Impressions are also back with Indiana Jones: The Great Circle! Find out if this highly reviewed title is worthy of the praise and if Xbox finally got a win this year.

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

17:11 - Fantasy Critic Overview (Winners and Losers)

27:47 - Cam's List

47:00 - Alexis' List

1:14:38 - Henry's List

Impressions:

1:42:33 - Indiana Jones: The Great Circle

Happy holidays to you and yours from the Plug N Play Podcast! On this Christmasy episode of the podcast, Henry gives thanks for all the presents that The Game Awards provided! Join him as he unwraps all the awards and announcements as you light your menorah or sing another carol by the fire.

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:21 - Secret Level show impressions

14:25 - Sony acquires more stake in Kadokawa

19:00 - Game Award winners

1:02:44 - Game Award announcements

Impressions:

None :(

The holiday season begins for the Plug N Play Podcast in earnest with many video gamey things to discuss and ponder upon. This week's main focus is on the ongoing collapse of one of the biggest publishers in games: Ubisoft. Will big daddy Tencent finally get them in their clutches? Also play along in trying to predict the winners of all the categories in the upcoming Game Awards! Can you out predict this lone podcaster?

Impressions this week focus on Killer Frequency and the newest installment of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's single player campaign. Will this one blow your socks off or keep your socks firmly in place?

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:37 - Shuhei Yoshida leaving PlayStation after 31 years

5:58 - Ubisoft continues to flounder; Tecent potential takeover, layoffs and studio closures, xDefinant shutting down, Beyond Good and Evil 2 woes

25:52 - Game Award winner predictions

Impressions:

1:06:58- Killer Frequency

1:13:43- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 single player campaign

Henry returns from his trip to Japan on this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast. With the news piling up, he discusses Concord's studio offically being shut down, the future of Xbox, Wolverine's Creative Director moving over to Perfect Dark, The Game Award's GOTY nominees and more!

Impressions also abound with discussions on Death Note, Dead Island 2, Road 96, Alan Wake 2: The Lakehouse DLC and Princess Peach: Showtime! But the real question is: were any of these games worth his time!?

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

21:35 - Ubisoft shuts down Prince of Persia: Lost Crown studio

27:27 - Mulitversus blamed for Warner Brother's gaming division underperforming

35:33 - Borderlands movie boosted gaming sales

39:43 - Phil Spencer interview on future of Xbox

54:59 - Sony trying to buy Kodokawa (FromSoftware owners)

59:55 - Wolverine Creative Director leaves for Xbox's Perfect Dark

1:06:20- Concord's studio officially shut down

1:15:46- The Game Award's GOTY nominees revealed

Impressions:

1:36:12- Death Note

1:50:21- Dead Island 2

1:58:38- Road 96

2:10:41- Alan Wake 2; The Lakehouse DLC

2:17:51- Princess Peach: Showtime

On this overly spooky episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry revives the spookiest news of the evening including Pokemon leaks at GameFreak, layoffs at Bandai Namco, the death of LittleBigPlanet and Netflix's AAA studio, and the Xbox Partner Showcase.

And even spookier impressions of this month's spookiest horror games. Featuring Dead Space Remake and The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me. Listener beware, you're in for a scary good podcast!

Feel free to send us a question at [email protected] for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Spooky Intro

5:00 - LittleBigPlanet 3 delisted

11:15 - Xbox Partner Showcase

49:05 - Bandai Namco layoffs and game cancellations

57:11 - Pokemon GameFreak leaks

1:01:51- Netflix shuts down their AAA studio

Impressions:

1:09:02- Dead Space Remake

1:35:31- The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me