Sunrise Arcade

This week we discuss the unveiling of the Nintendo Switch Lite, we eulogise the Nintendo 3DS, Pokemon Sword/Shields continued struggle to entice the fanbase with it's new trailer and the quality difference between official and unofficial Pokemon games. We also discuss Doctor Marios new pill popping adventure, we discuss unethical video game digital retailers, and we talk blizzard upates to Overwatch and World of Warcraft.

This week we discuss how loot boxes are exactly (not) like Kinder Surprise Chocolate Eggs, the ethics of "Surprise Mechanics" and how they're "Very fun, and Ethical". We also discuss Valves take on how to handle Loot Box item trading and involving the community in item Markets. We look at Gamefreaks inability to include all of the Pokemon into Sword/Shield and the disappointing graphics. Blizzard talks regret about class pruning and class design and their approach going foward. We also give our first impressions review of Super Mario Maker 2!

We look at our favourites from E3 2019 and look at some of the details after the conference has settled.

We look at Ori and the Will and the Whisps, Jake and Alam are cautiously optimistic about Bleeding Edge. Bethesda toils away at fixing Fallout 76, we talk the weird Gears of War 5 trailer. We also discuss Battletoads, The new DBZ RPG.

Nathan will not play the new Blair Witch game, we talk about Borderlands 3 and the free Borderlands 2 updates and DLC, Nintendo's getting the Witcher 3 (Also known as the 'Switcher'),

Alam will create Mr Bean for Cyberpunk 2077, we discuss Deathloop's new teaser trailer, Ghostwire: the new horror-action mystery title, we discuss the pitfalls of permanent character death in Watch Dog: Legion, and Final Fantasy 8 is getting remade/remastered for modern consoles.

We discuss Final Fantasy 7 remake's release schedule, we have a laugh at Doug Bowsers introduction to fans at the Nintendo conference. Jake and Nathan continue to try and convince Alam to play Animal Crossing.

We also continue to discuss the Pokemon Pokedex controversy, we discuss the future of Smash Ultimate and talk about the first teases of a Breath of the Wild sequel.

Join us as we break down all the juicy news and gossip from E3 2019- This week we look at:

EA's Conference with Star Wars: The Fallen Order, Upcoming updates to APEX Legends, and we take a more detailed look at the new Sims 4 expansion: Island Living.

Microsoft's Conference with their new next-gen console reveal of the Xbox Scarlett, The first glimpses of the latest Halo game in development, Keanu Reeves surprises us by coming out for the Cyberpunk 2077 portion of the conference. Jake gets excited for Ori and the Will of the Whisps, Bleeding Edge, and the Outer worlds.

Bethesdas Conference with their unveiling of the new technology to improve cloud based streaming called Orion, Arkane Studio's Deathloop, Fallout 76 updates including bringing human NPC's into the game.

Ubisoft's Conference - brought to you by Tom Clancy - with Watchdogs Legion, A breadth of Tom Clancy Games, Roller Champions, Gods and Monsters, and the Ubisoft Games Pass.

Square Enix's Conference with their mission to release all of their classic and legacy titles on digital platforms, Squares take on the Marvel franchise, Final Fantasy 7's long awaited Remake.

Nintendo's amazing Conference with Dragon Quest Hero for Smash, Dragon Quest XI on the Switch, Luigi's Mansion 3, Animal Crossing New Horizons.

This week we discuss Googles not-sugar-replacement cloud based gaming platform, the "Google Stadia" and the pros and cons of cloud gaming. We look at the latest in Pokemon Sword/Shield videos and news. Callum alerts us to classic and classic inspired modern RPGs being ported to the Nintendo Switch. We speculate about Sony's absence from E3, Yooka Laylee's surprising sequel, Destroy All Humans being remade for modern consoles, Bleeding Edge being "leaked", EA continuing to disappoint at E3 with a line up leak including Star Wars, Battlefield, FIFA, Madden, and top it off with the cutting edge Sims franchise with their next expansion "Island Living". We also discuss all of the games we'd like to see at this years E3 and discuss other unverified rumours and leaks.

This week we start with the breakdown of the recently released trailer for Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding and try to make sense of all the weird and unsettling things that we keep getting in this games preview. We also discuss fresh news from Super Mario Maker 2, namely the lack of online co op with friends and Nintendo's strange explanation for it and talk little about Activision's soft Reboot of COD Modern Warfare. I gush about Cyberpunk 2077 which still doesn't have a release date and we finish off with discussions about the EA Play time table during this years E3.

Callum joins us in the studio today to discuss his experience in the World of Warcraft Classic beta ahead of the games official launch in August. We also tear into Nintendo's next mobile game: Mario Kart Tour and its range of microtransactions and discuss recent industry news of a partnership brewing between Sony and Microsoft.

We start this weeks show off with a review of the recently released Pokemon movie: Detective Pikachu followed by a continuation of the drama from Gearbox Software (the company behind Borderlands) and their CEO Randy Pitchford. We also talk about the upcoming Super Mario Maker 2 including features revealed in the recent Nintendo direct.

We breakdown the recent Playstation State of Play event and all of the games announced in the event, particularly the long awaited Final Fantasy 7 remake, MediEvil Remake and the new expansion to Monster Hunter World: Iceborn. We also discuss gameplay and information about the upcoming action RPG Code Vein along with more news on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. Finally we end things off with my review of Seikiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Jake and Nathan discuss recent reports about the decline in players of Battle Royal games such as Fortnite and Apex Legends, they also talk about keeping online games fresh and in particular the new Workshop addition to the Overwatch PTR. There is also some fresh news from Borderlands 3 and a good deal of fan backlash against the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer.