In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the biggest news stories of the week, including:

Halo TV show will show Master Chief's face https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-tv-show-will-reveal-master-chief-face

The Last of Us TV show not likely to air in 2022 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hbo-says-the-last-of-us-show-wont-air-in-2022/

Paramount confirm Sonic The Hedgehog 3 movie and Knuckles TV series for Paramount+ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-third-sonic-and-a-live-action-series-are-confirmed-by-paramount/

Nintendo announce the plans to shut down both the 3DS and Wii U stores in March 2023 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-is-officially-ceasing-3ds-and-wii-u-eshop-purchases/

Mysterious countdown on Capcom's website due to expire on Monday, insiders state counting down to Street Fighter 6 reveal https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/capcom-will-announce-street-fighter-6-on-monday-its-claimed/

Super Mario RPG director states desire to make sequel as his final game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/super-mario-rpgs-director-says-he-wants-a-sequel-to-be-his-final-game/

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the most recent Nintendo Direct from 9th February 2022.

We go through the list of all games that were shown off, all the announcements of release date, gameplay demos, and our general thoughts of the reveals.

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WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT!

In this episode of the podcast, a roundtable discussion, moderator Pete Beckett, joined by panellists Kiley Wilde, Brent @apophis1989 and Gadget from @ModernEscapism discuss the recent acquisition of Bungie by Sony’s gaming arm Playstation.

How do we feel about the purchase, which was made for $3.6 Billion, and what do we think will happen in terms of support for other developers under the Playstation Studios banner? Will they become first-party eventually?

We hope you enjoy the episode.

Please follow Brent on Twitter @Apophis1989, as well as Twitch www.twitch.tv/apophis89, and you can follow his writing on Rapid Reviews UK and Mental Health Gaming.

Please follow Gadget on Twitter @gadget8bit, as well as the Modern Escapism podcast on all good podcast players as well as Do Dragons Dream of Scorched Sheep, where you can find all the links on www.modernescapism.co.uk

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In this episode of the podcast, regular co-hosts Kiley and Pete talk about some of the biggest news stories from the previous week, including:

After 50 years, SEGA arcades are set to be closed down, signalling the end of the arcade scene https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/after-50-years-sega-arcades-are-officially-set-to-disappear-from-japan/

Atari is celebrating its 50th anniversary by announcing that its combining NFTs and loot boxes https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/atari-is-celebrating-its-50th-anniversary-by-combining-nfts-with-lootboxes/

Guerrilla Games shows off first gameplay trailer for Horizon Forbidden West on PS4 Pro https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-first-horizon-forbidden-west-ps4-gameplay-footage-has-been-released/

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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In this special roundtable episode of the podcast, Question master and host Kiley Wilde is joined by a series of panelists, including usual co-host Pete Beckett, a regular contributor to the show Ciaran Mcginn, Editor in Chief of Lock On Andrew Dickinson, as well as host and founder of Modern Escapism Oodles O’Dimm to discuss the recent news of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for the fee of $68.7 billion.

In the episode, we discuss what this means for the games industry, the employees at Activision Blizzard, what potential IPs could go exclusive to Xbox platforms, as well as a discussion regarding the future of current CEO Bobby Kotick.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

Please follow Ciaran on Twitter @theemcginn and follow his blog https://www.pauseplayreview.com/

Please follow Andrew Dickinson on Twitter @oddment84 as well as gaming magazine publication @lostincult.

Please also follow Oodles on Twitter@OodlesODimm, as well as his podcast @ModernEscapism which can be found on most good podcast players. The links to all their social channels can be found at www.modernescapism.co.uk.

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In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete, joined once again by regular contributor Ciaran Mcginn, we discuss the current news stories that took our eye this week, including:

STALKER 2 delay

PS4 reportedly back in production

Xbox One stops production

Pokemon Legends Arceus gets massive gameplay reveal

E3 2022 supposedly cancelled

Dying Light 2’s 500 hour game

We hope you enjoy the episode.

Sources used for the episode:

https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1481279837469872129?t=ujM2e3I3lRjpKdl2nA-D0Q&s=19 - STALKER 2

https://hypebeast.com/2022/1/sony-deny-increasing-ps4-production-playstation-5-shortage-report-info - PS4/PS5 story

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22881211/microsoft-discontinues-xbox-one-consoles-2020 - Xbox One Production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk_bhkDh958&ab_channel=NintendoUK - Pokemon Legends Arceus

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dying-light-2-studio-clarifies-500-hours-length-claim-following-backlash/amp/ - Dying Light 2

https://venturebeat.com/2022/01/06/e3-shifts-to-online-only-event-because-of-omicron-concerns/ - E3 2022 story

Please follow Ciaran on Twitter @theemcginn and follow his blog https://www.pauseplayreview.com/

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In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete discuss the first half of the year in terms of releases, between January and the end of June, and talk a bit more in-depth about a handful of games that we are both excited about.

Source used for the episode https://www.gameinformer.com/2022

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In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete are joined by regular contributors Ciaran Mcginn, Deadbeat Punk and Brent to discuss the nomination and whittle down a winner for the illustrious Rapid Reviews Radio Game of the Year for 2021.

Amongst the nominations are:

Forza Horizon 5

Mario Party Superstars

It Takes Two

Powerwash Simulator

Subnautica: Below Zero

Halo: Infinite

The Medium

Chivalry 2

Valheim

Before Your Eyes

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Resident Evil Village

Metroid Dread

Psychonauts 2

Monster Hunter Rise

Death’s Door (community choice)

We hope you enjoy the episode.

Please be sure to check out our contributors on their various different blogs, writings and podcasts:

Brent: @apophis1989 on Twitter, Apophis89 on Twitch, as well as writes for RRUK and Mental Health Gaming

DeadbeatPunk: Follow WTFDYW podcast on all good podcast players or by going to www.wtfdyw.co.uk, as well as @WTFDYW on Twitter

Ciaran: Please follow on Twitter @theemcginn as well as his blog www.pauseplayreview.com

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In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete are joined by regular contributor Nana Marfo to discuss The Geoff Keighley show, also known as The Game Awards, which happened on 9th December 2021.

We discuss the winners of each of the categories, talk about the scale of the announcements at the show and discuss our overall thoughts of it.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

Please follow Nana on his Twitter and Instagram @nana__marfo, as well as his blog http://nmarfoblogs.wordpress.com/

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In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete talk about some of the more relevant and discussion worthy news stories of the week, including:

Hazelight Studio's It Takes Two is hit by a copyright claim by Take Two Interactive https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-03-josef-fares-it-takes-two-hit-by-take-two-trademark-claim?s=09

Geoff Keighley speaks to the Hollywood Reporter about TGA this year, fails to condemn the mistreatment of employees at Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft or Riot https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/geoff-keighley-the-game-awards-december-event-1235052473/

Playstation are planning a new service that aims to take on Game Pass https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/playstation-plans-new-service-to-take-on-xbox-game-pass

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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