The EarlyGame Podcast

The boys are back in town! In the first episode of 2024, Jon and Faris catch up on what they played over the Christmas and New Year break, before diving deep into the most exciting releases coming in January.

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Time Codes:

00:00 Intro/Happy New Year!

02:20 Faris is still loving his Steam Deck

05:00 Dave the Diver

08:00 Jon’s strategy bonanza

09:00 Anno 1800

13:10 Star Wars Outlaws release window leaked

18:40 Looking forward to the January 2023 releases

19:00 Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

22:30 Enshrouded

25:00 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

33:30 The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered

28:40 Tekken 8

38:00 Outro

Music Credits:

AGST - Eclipse

Majk Jutbo – Glass

In the last episode of The EarlyGame Podcast for 2023, Jon and Faris present us their favorite games of the year! What is in their top 5? Will Baldur's Gate or Zelda win? How will Faris cheat his way to a larger list? Listen and find out!

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Time Codes:

00:00 Welcome to the EarlyGame GOTY 2023

02:20 RIP James McCaffrey

05:10 Faris’ honourable mentions

09:00 Jon’s honourable mention

12:25 Faris’ GOTY #5

16:30 Jon’s GOTY #5

19:40 Faris’ GOTY #4

22:00 Jon’s GOTY #4

24:10 Faris’ GOTY #3

29:50 Jon’s GOTY #3

34:05 Faris’ GOTY #2

41:15 Jon’s GOTY #2

45:10 Faris’ GOTY #1

52:10 Jon’s GOTY #1

58:20 Outro, Goodbyes & See Ya Laters

Music Credits:

Main Theme from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi & Tsukasa Usui

Down By The River from Baldur’s Gate 3 – Borislav Slavov & Mariya Anastasova

The Game Awards 2023 are now behind us so it’s of course time to look at the awards, announcements and showings and discuss it thoroughly. Listen in to hear us talk about how wrong our predictions were, why the show itself is an embarrassment to the industry and what announcements we were most excited for.

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Music Credits:

AGST - Eclipse

Majk Jutbo – Glass

It’s finally here: the first trailer for GTA 6. In this episode, we talk about it in extensive detail, going through our first impressions, our favorite bits, what we didn’t like about it and how it left us in terms of what to expect from GTA 6. In the second part of the show, Faris gives us a review on the Steam Deck OLED. Spoiler: it’s pretty good!

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Time Codes:

00:00 Intro

03:30 GTA 6 trailer analysis

40:40 Steam Deck OLED review

53:00 What to look forward to

Music Credits:

AGST - Eclipse

Majk Jutbo – Glass

The Game Awards 2023 are coming up, so we took the opportunity to predict what games will win! We went through (almost) all categories and discussed our picks. Is Spider-Man 2 Game of the Year? Will Baldur’s Gate 3 win everything? Have people forgotten about Zelda? Listen and find out what we expect!

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Music Credits:

AGST - Eclipse

Majk Jutbo – Glass

The LoL World Championship 2023 just finished and just like last year, we once again want to talk about it in depth. And obviously we had to get our resident LoL expert Sabrina back into the studio for it! Sabrina walks us through the LoL Worlds 2023 and tells us about the most exciting moments, the biggest disappointments and how amazing Faker is.

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Music Credits:

AGST - Eclipse

Majk Jutbo – Glass

Note: Unfortunately, we had issues with our recording, so the audio is not perfect in this episode. We tried hard to save as much as we could, but be aware that some parts are still rough. Still a very enjoyable episode!

This week, we got a show filled to the brim with exciting announcements: a GTA 6 trailer! A new Steam Deck! A Zelda movie! So much going on! And Jon is also giving his final thoughts on Modern Warfare 3, now that the full game is out. Wow.

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Jon’s review of Modern Warfare 3

Time Codes:

00:00 Intro

01:30 We correctly predicted the Game Awards

05:00 Modern Warfare 3

29:00 GTA 6 trailer announced

35:40 Live-Action Zelda movie announced

41:30 Steam Deck OLED announced

50:30 What to look forward to

Music Credits:

AGST - Eclipse

Majk Jutbo – Glass

With the full game now being out, we have Jon's review of the Modern Warfare 3 campaign in this week's episode. Listen to hear him talk about the many issues of this particular CoD campaign and why it feels unfinished and not like a full campaign. In similarly un-fun news, Jon and Faris discuss Bungie firing a large part of its staff and talk about how horrible 2023 was for the industry. To cap this joyous episode off, the boys discuss the news of Microsoft entering a cooperation with an AI company. Enjoy!

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Time Codes:

00:00 Intro

04:20 Modern Warfare 3 Campaign

26:40 Bungie lays off over 100 employees

41:45 Microsoft signs deal with AI company Inworld

50:35 Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox release date leaked

54:30 What to look forward to

Jon's Modern Warfare 3 Review: https://earlygame.com/call-of-duty/modern-warfare-3-review

Music Credits:

AGST - Eclipse

Majk Jutbo – Glass

After much hype and anticipation, Alan Wake 2 is finally here! Both Faris and Jon played it and discuss the game in great detail in this episode. Was Faris' 13-year wait worth it? Did Jon get into the game as a newbie to the series? Listen and find out!

We also have: A brief look at The Finals, our nominees for the 2023 Game of the Year award and a quick look into the things we're excited for in the future!

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Time Codes:

00:00 Intro

02:30 The Finals

09:30 Alan Wake 2

38:45 Our GOTY nominees

58:30 What to look forward to

Music Credits:

AGST - Eclipse

Majk Jutbo – Glass

The October madness has reached its peak point, with Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Faris has played both games and will tell you all about how amazing both of these games are. He also played Ghostrunner 2, another great game that is struggling for some attention, though. We also have one news item in this week’s show, with leaks detailing an upcoming Far Cry multiplayer game. Enjoy!

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Time Codes:

00:00 Intro

03:30 Ghostrunner 2

07:15 Super Mario Bros. Wonder

24:30 Spider-Man 2

51:40 Far Cry Multiplayer game will be an extraction shooter

1:02:20 What to look forward to