Press YYZ

On this special episode of Press YYZ, Mitch and Nathan are joined by Kyle Stephenson and Joseph "Mr. Badbit" Moran of The Trophy Room to review the PlayStation 5 one month out from its release. We also learn why so many Japanese developers use the world "Labo" in their games, and commiserate all of our friends and family members that were born too close to the holidays.

With Cyperpunk 2077 imminent, the Press YYZ crew decided to rank the best character customization suites in all of gaming, and things got pretty contentious. So much so, that Kozi straight up left the show halfway through, and asked special guest Drugstore Pete to take his place for the rest of the episode. You won't want to miss this one!

On this special episode of Press YYZ, Kozi and Alex are joined by Patrick "TheLawMorris" and TJ "Pvtt Jebus" Beckham to review the Xbox Series X one month out from its release. We also debate what the future holds for Microsoft's ever-growing cadre of first-party studios, and express our unexpected delight for Shin'en Multimedia's The Touryst.

This week, we look toward the 2020 Game Awards, and predict which games and performers will win each category of the show. (Spoilers: we're not as unanimous as you might think!) We also discuss Kratos coming to Fortnite, Microsoft acquiring Smash.gg, and Days Gone's Creative Director leaving Sony Bend. 

With the hellscape that is 2020 almost at its end, we decided to peer into the future that is 2021, and predict what gaming experiences the new year will have in store for us. We also discuss the GIRTHY launch of the Playstation 5, Nintendo being Nintendo by closing down a Smash Bros tournament, and Phil Spencer discussing his distaste for console wars.

This week, the Press YYZ crew are joined by Taylor Lyles of The Verge for an in-depth conversation about their experiences with the Playstation 5! A healthy of amount of time is spent discussing Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon's Souls, Bugsnax, and Astro's Playroom, as well as the quality of the overall user experience that Sony's next-generation platform currently offers.

NEXT GEN IS FINALLY HERE! With those new fancy boxes arriving at our doors, it's time to look back on the 8th console generation year-by-year, break down why it played out the way it did, and how it set the stage for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. We also talk about Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (finally) being announced, Take-Two buying Codemasters, and Marvel's Avengers being a financial flop.

Next-gen is rapidly approaching - which means it's time to do a retrospective on the PS4 and Xbox One's life-cycles. But a normal retrospective wouldn't be good enough for us - so we decided to come up with a new game! We're calling it Top Tier, and we decided to use it to rank every single PS4 and Xbox One exclusive!

It's Spooky season, which means that it's time for us to talk about our spookiest gaming memories! We also delve into the metric ton of news that dropped on the day of recording, including CyberPunk 2077 being delayed again, Halo Infinite losing its creative director, and the new Nintendo Direct mini. Join us on another jam-packed episode of Press YYZ!

Earlier this year, we predicted the OpenCritic scores of 2020's biggest releases. This week, we recap the scores of all the games that have since come out, mourn all the games that have since been delayed, and add all of the games that have since been announced to the list! We also discuss Ubisoft's next-gen social solution, bad ads in NBA 2K21, and much, much more!