The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Rainbow Six: Extraction, Vampire Survivors, and Pistol Whip.

• Dennis: Rainbow Six: Extraction. Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order.

• David: Rainbow Six: Extraction. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.

• Ben: Vampire Survivors. Ring Fit Adventure. The Sleeping Gods.

• Kole: In Death: Unchained. Pistol Whip.

• Give a game the Blood Dragon treatment!

• Tom Holland gets pummeled a lot as Nathan Drake.

• Palworld is Pokemon with guns.

• Respawn is making three Star Wars games, which is a lot.

• Unpacking and Wordle knockoffs are a real problem.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Tormented Souls, the Microsoft Activision acquisition, the Title of the Year 2021 winners, and much more.

• David: Vampire Survivors. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.

• Kole: Tormented Souls.

• Dennis: Steam Link. Slay the Spire. Vermintide 2.

• Ben: Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Gartic Phone. GeoGuessr. Pizzuno.

• What’s the one game you’ve spent the most time on?

• Microsoft offers to buy Activision.

• The 2021 Title of the Year Awards.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Far Cry 6, Axiom Verge 2, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

• Kole: Faith: Chapter 1. Axiom Verge 2.

• Ben: Gloomhaven. Storybook Brawl. Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

• David: Far Cry 6. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.

• Dennis: Trackmania Mods. Vermintide 2.

• What’s your biggest piece of unfinished gaming business?

• Elden Ring stuff is leaking, so look out.

• Konami is selling Castlevania NFTs.

• Streamer beats Celeste… with a steering wheel.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Mortal Shell, Metroid: Dread, and more!

• Dennis: atGames Digital Pinball Table. Mortal Shell. Minecraft Dungeons. Vermintide 2.

• David: Warframe. Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

• Ben: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

• Kole: Metroid: Dread. Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

• What game news headlines do you expect to see in 2022?

• Modders turn Sephiroth into Ronald McDonald.

• Resident Evil 2 and 3 get unofficial VR support on PC.

• New PSVR2 details announced.

• The 2022 release calendar is stacked.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about Halo Infinite, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, and we ask you which games most and least respect your time.

• Ben: Gloomhaven. Halo: Infinite.

• Dennis: Slay the Spire. Pocket Tanks.

• Kole: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

• Which games most, and least, respect your time?

• Nightingale is a new co-op survival game from ex-Bioware people.

• Quantic Dream is developing a Star Wars game.

• Alan Wake 2 announced.

• A light GOTY discussion.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Shin Megami Tensei V, Endzone: A World Apart, and Spiritfarer.

• Jala: Shin Megami Tensei V. A.I.: The Somnium Files.

• Kole: Endzone: A World Apart.

• Dennis: Pocket Tanks. Trackmania.

• Ben: Storybook Brawl. Gloomhaven. Spiritfarer.

• What’s your favorite treatment of randomness in games?

• Gamers want historical accuracy.

• Nick Offerman cast as Bill in the Last of Us HBO series.

• Weird situation with Uncharted PS5 upgrades and Uncharted movie tickets.

• The Magic the Gathering / Dungeons and Dragons crossover module is out.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Galaxy Truckers, and Spiritfarer.

• Dennis: Galaxy Truckers. League of Legends: Wild Rift. Apex Legends.

• David: Apex Legends. Warframe. Barotrauma.

• Ben: Gloomhaven. Spiritfarer.

• Kole: Mirror Layers. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

• What’s your favorite unusual control scheme?

• Scientists give pigs permission to play video games.

• Mortal Shell added to PS+, and you should download and play it.

• Halo Infinite’s battle pass gets a little more generous.

• More Grand Theft Auto remaster awfulness.

• Twitch streamer Ludwig moves to YouTube.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Mirror Layers, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Gaia Project.

• David: Warframe.

• Dennis: Halo Infinite Multiplayer. Apex Legends. League of Legends: Wild Rift.

• Ben: Storybook Brawl. Gloomhaven. Gaia Project.

• Kole: Mirror Layers.

• Which games nailed, or whiffed, the switch to a different business model?

• Bobby Kotick knew about rampant sexual abuse at Activision.

• 70 new games added to Xbox backward compatibility, including Otogi series.

• The Grand Theft Auto re-releases are just terrible.

• Riot partners with several smaller studios to release games set in the League of Legends world.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Gloomhaven, House of Ashes, and we ask you which game protagonist would be the worst friend.

• Ben: Storybook Brawl. Gloomhaven.

• Jala: Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

• Dennis: Apex Legends.

• Kole: House of Ashes.

• Which video game protagonist would be the worst friend in real life?

• Some maniacs made a 9ft tall Atari joystick.

• Mirror Layers has a collaborative wiki built in.

• Back 4 Blood is getting a better solo campaign.

• Younger Unpacking players don’t recognize the Gamecube.

Kole, David, and Dennis talk about Unpacking, House of Ashes, and Spacelords.

• David: Warframe. Spacelords.

• Kole: Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Unpacking.

• Dennis: League of Legends. Spacelords.

• What game feature just plain doesn’t work for you?

• Innovations in Ocarina of Time speed running come from the demo on Smash Bros. Brawl.

• The Bloodborne PSX de-make gets a late January release date.

• Twitch streamers can co-stream the new League of Legends Netflix show.