This episode mainly about highlighting the overwhelming amount of games shown during Gamescom. To be more specific, we discuss over 40 titles!

Later we get into

- PS5 Price Increase

- First teaser trailer for The Last of Us HBO TV Series

- Destiny 2 Lightfall

- New game being created by Ninja Gaiden alumni

and more!

We start the show with being amazed by the glorious release of Rollerdrome!

Later we get into

- Knights of the Old Rebublic Remake is back to looking like a real possiblity

- A big PlayStation IP is now on Game Pass

- Embracer continues to embrace, this time hitting far too close to my heart

- A free to play game is somehow the best selling video game for July

- We go over the system exclusives for the rest of the year

and more!

We start the show with Tim getting into the pros and cons of the PS Vita in 2022.

Later we get into

- The Splatoon 3 Direct

- Another gauntlet of delays

- Another FREAKING Forspoken trailer!

- Sony talking on Call of Duty exclusivity

and more!

We start the show with some more Rudy's Round Robin spins

Later we get into

- Oculus "Meta" Quest 2 is now $100 more MSRP as of the start of this month

- The Pokémon Company revealed a ton of new details surrounding the first fully open-world RPG in the Pokémon franchise, Scarlet and Violet

- Newly released Nintendo and Capcom sales figures

- Tactics Ogre: Reborn

- Xbox Cloud Gaming hourly usage increased by a gigantic 1800% as compared to last year

and more!

We start the show getting into the change in "Nerd Culture".

Later we get into

- Two big Bloomberg reports

- - One on Grand Theft Auto 6 staring a female protagonist and a more progressive studio culture that no longer "punches down"

- - The second being big news on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 

- Nier Automata's secret room

- Mario Kart 8's 2nd Wave incoming

- People already messing around in Halo Infinite Forge before release with very unexpected results

and more!

We start the show getting into the intensity that is this Last of Us Remake.

Later we get into

- Obsidian's Grounded getting an animated series

- Daredevil: Born Again announced alongside other Marvel news

- Discord weirdly hits Xbox before PlayStation even after previous deals with Sony

- More game delays and cancelations

- The release schedule insanity of October

and more!

At the start of the show, Tim talks about his initial impressions of the Steam Deck and why it's greatly impressing him!

- Big news to the upcoming Skate game by EA

- Nintendo starts "Nintendo Pictures"

- A new loyalty program called PlayStation Stars

- Bayonetta 3 finally gets a release date and its just right around the corner

and more!

We start the show will a good ol' fashioned Rudy's Round Robin then its off to discussing God of War Ragnarok coming this year!

Later we get into

- Sea of Stars and Forspoken Delays

- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis heading to PlayStation

- A big Bungie lead joining 343 to help with Halo

and more!

Nintendo pulls a page from Sony with FAKE3 and broadcasted a 3rd party direct so we start the show with that!

- Blizzard Acquires Spellbreak development team for help on WoW

- Star Ocean : The Divine Force new reveals

- New developments on PS+ and Games with Gold

- Lollipop Chainsaw Remake officially announced for 2023

- Mass Effect 4 gets its best development news yet!

and more!

Rudy is out on a cruise this week so I have Daniel from Current Gen Podcast here with me to go over the current gaming landscape and also to dig into the predictions of where the future of Final Fantasy VII is going.