The Pixel Podcast

Games we played:

Ethan: Chuchel, Manual Samuel, Use Your Words, No Man’s Sky: NEXT, Pocket Rumble

Rico: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven

Matt: No Man’s Sky: NEXT, Overwatch

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Discord server loses partnership over NSFW channel, sparking controversy over community guidelines

MONSTER HUNTER IS ESPORTS. USA championships going down next week

Rogue Legacy gets an update four years after release

Can games coverage be apolitical? A discussion of The Escapist relaunch and subsequent responses

Trailer Trash:

FIRST: Last weeks lost trailers

PLAYLIST

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Blood of the Dead Trailer

Marvel’s Spider-Man – SDCC 2018 Story Trailer

Sausage Sports Club – Launch Trailer

Enter the Gungeon – Advanced Gungeons and Draguns Trailer

Impulsion – Release Trailer

Sea of Thieves – Cursed Sails Teaser Trailer

Sonic Mania PLUS – Infomercial

Now our regularly scheduled trailer trash

PLAYLIST

The Banner Saga 3 – Launch Trailer

Fractured Lands – Early Access Trailer

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics – Announcement Trailer

Shin Megami Tensei Dx2 – Launch Trailer

Xbox Adaptive Controller – Accessible Packaging

Boundless – Launch Date Trailer

This is the Police 2 – “Welcome to Sharpwood” Trailer

Guacamelee! 2 – Release Date Trailer

Realm Royale – Announce Trailer

Games we played:

Ethan: Pokemon Quest, Ratchet and Clank

Rico: Absolver

Matt: Money Puzzle Exchanger

Amber: Money Puzzle Exchanger

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Let’s talk about this ArenaNet nastiness. The story…

And a deeper dive on some of the ongoing fallout of the firings.

Naughty Dog says Nathan Drake doesn’t take bullet damage…

Blizzard partners with Disney to broadcast Overwatch Playoffs/Finals

Fortnite Burger, Llamas appear in the real world ahead of Season 5 announcement

Trailer Trash:

PLAYLIST

Bomb Chicken – Launch Trailer

Monster Hunter World – Behemoth Update Trailer

Explore the World of Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee!

Deiland – Steam Announcement Trailer

WWE 2K19 – Ronda Rousey Pre-Order Trailer

Blacksea Odyssey – Gameplay Trailer

Games we played:

Ethan: Overlord

Rico: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven

Matt: Nothin’ new!

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Summer Games Done Quick sets records once again. Breaks $2 million mark.

Speaking of charity, everyone’s fave song from the Fallout trailer is now on-sale with proceeds going to charity.

French regulators declare loot boxes aren’t gambling

Fortnite player snags all-time solo kills record by bein’ a real jerk.

*Here Matt will hijack the podcast to rant about historical accuracy in games, Ricardo and Ethan will probably go to the bathroom or get a drink*

So that Sonic movie is still being made and Jim Carrey is Eggman…

Trailer Trash:

PLAYLIST

The Princess Guide – Announcement Trailer

SNK 40th Anniversary Collection – Date Announcement Trailer

Pocket Rumble – Launch Trailer

Pilot Sports- Announcement Trailer

Red Faction Guerrilla: ReMARStered – Launch Trailer

Frost – Announcement Trailer

Fire Pro Wrestling World – Kenny Omega Trailer

Games we played:

Ethan: Battletech, SEA OF THIEVES

Rico: Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, Intro to Fallout 4

Matt: The Last of Us Remastered, Mario Tennis Aces, NEW SEA OF THIEVES CONTENT

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Pokemon GO update brings trading, friends and Alolan Pokemon to the game.

Tetsuya Nomura admits FFVII Remake announced too early. Wanted to undercut possibility of leakers

The IDEAL control scheme is now available for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: NINTENDO LABO!

Speaking of which, check out this amazing “cardboard-themed” Nintendo Switch you can win in the Nintendo LABO Creators Contest.

Oh no… hackers are putting porn in Super Mario Odyssey…

Trailer Trash:

Playlist

The Walking Dead OUR WORLD

The Crew 2: The Wild Road – Launch Trailer

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit – Launch Trailer

Arcade Islands: Volume One – Preview Trailer

Rainbow Skies – Launch Trailer

Salary Man Escape – Launch Trailer

Games we played:

Ethan: Disneyland Adventures!

Rico: For Honor

Matt: Yoku’s Island Express

Amber: Butterfly Soup

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Let’s talk a little about that Death Stranding trailer (plus some of Matt/Amber’s thoughts on stuff they saw)

E3 fallout: Crackdown 3 finally got a new release date, but new questions about the game’s development persist

More E3-ish fallout: Sony responds to Fortnite controversy and it’s BAD

Steam restricts achievements on “fake games.” Said only affect a small number of users

Trailer Trash:

PLAYLIST

Figment – Release Date Trailer

Objects in Space – Steam Early Access Launch Trailer

The Lost Child – Launch Trailer

Shikhondo: Soul Eater – Gameplay Trailer

Pode – Launch Trailer

Minecraft Cross-Play Trailer

Games we played:

Ethan: Trials Fusion, E3 games!

Rico: Trials Fusion, Street Fighter V, More Fortnite

Let’s talk about some conferences…

EA: Battlefield V, Unravel 2, Sea of Solitude Anthem, sports and Star Wars

Microsoft: Halo Infinite, Gears 5, DMC 5, Sekiro, Forza Horizon 4, Dying Light 2, Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus, We Happy Few, Battletoads AND MORE DAMN THERE WAS A LOT HERE…

Bethesda: Rage 2 (feat. Andrew WK…), Wolfenstein 2: Youngblood, Fallout 76, TES Blades, Starfield, the NEXT Elder Scrolls game and a ton o’ DLC for their stuff.

Square Enix: I mean… I guess they showed that Kingdom Hearts trailer again… there was some more Tomb Raider… Captain Spirit… Dragon Quest… uh… like more FFXIV stuff?

UBISOFT: JUST DANCE, The Division 2, Skull and Bones, More For Honor (MORE Honor?!), Starlink, Trials RISING, GRANT KIRKHOPE, Transference, The Crew 2, Beyond Good and Evil 2 and Assassin’s Creed 300

Sony: The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Destiny DLC, RE2 Remake, Nioh 2, Control, More like… Kingdom Hearts stuff… NOT Rick & Morty VR game totally not, Death Stranding, Spider-Man!

Nintendo: Daemon X Machina, THAT STUFF FROM THE LEAK (Fortnite, Killer Queen Black, Overcooked 2, etc.), Pokemon Let’s Go, Super Mario Party, Smash ULTIMATE

Trailer Trash:

This year we selected two winners and narrowed down trailers that were getting hype and under 5 minutes long. (Sorry Last of Us 2, you wouldn’t have won anyway.)

Winners:

Cyberpunk 2077

Farming Simulator 19

With Matt absent, Rico and Ethan predict E3 2018!!

Games we played:

Ethan: State of Decay 2, Dauntless

Rico: Same stuff (Overwatch/Fortnite)

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Valve’s tired of making awful, incremental improvements to Steam curation so they’re just giving up…

Stay a while and speculate; is there a new Diablo game on the way?

Crackdown 3 can’t seem to crack down on a release window. It’s been delayed again…

Evolve’s servers shutting down in September

Guitar Hero Live’s “Guitar Hero TV” is shutting down as well :C

MAD E3 SPECULATION!

EA: Dead Space, Dante’s Paradise

Microsoft: Reboot of Blinx, Conquer’s Badle Royal

Bethesda: Hexen, Doom and Wolfenstein Crossover

Square Enix: Yakotaro demo in store same day, Chrono Cross on steam n shit

UBISOFT: Prince of Persia Reboot, Tom Clancy’s Ender War

Sony: Playstation 4 Super Pro, Sly Cooper Collection

Nintendo: New Star Fox, Mii Battle Royal

Trailer trash:

PLAYLIST

Mario Tennis Aces is the winner

Games we played:

Matt: State of Decay 2, I bought Okami I will totally play it at some point

Ethan: Pokemon Quest, Monster Hunter Generations

Rico: Overwatch

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Sue you Fortnite!

Microsoft laid off Xbox support staff, in favor of volunteers

It’s Almost E3 so you know what that means: Everything is leaking

Trailer trash:

PLAYLIST

Fallout 76 Teaser Trailer

Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! Trailer

World War 3 – Announcement Trailer

Mega Man 11 – Pre-Order Trailer | PS4

Team Sonic Racing – Reveal Trailer

Raft Steam Trailer

Yoku’s Island Express – Launch Trailer

Due to Ricardo’s PC situation this episode has a variety of different audio recordings, and because of that the podcast has become a pain in the ass to try to edit. For now we have the video version up on the website, and on our YouTube page. We apologize for the poor quality. Hopefully we’ll have a new recording setup next week!

Games we played:

Matt: Finished God of War, Spy Party

Ethan: Nothing new! (Spy Party)

Rico: Persona 5, Fortnite

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Goodbye Runescape classic edition

A new PS4 isn’t coming for at least 3 more years

Would you save $50 to buy a Switch without a dock?

Resident Evil 7 coming to Switch….through streaming?

Get your Yakuzas! Well, 3, 4 and 5 are announced for PS4

Best Buy Gameclub is ending RIP, Sad day for Ethan

Adult Visual Novels are being censored on Steam again

Check out these Sonic shoes from Puma!

Game Critic ‘Totalbiscuit’ dead at 33

Trailer trash:

Playlist

World War Z (PS4) Cinematic Gameplay Trailer

Sleep Tight Release Date Trailer – Nintendo Switch

Battlefield 5 Official Reveal Trailer

Dauntless – Open Beta Trailer

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Official Donkey Kong Adventure DLC Gameplay Trailer

Star Trek: Bridge Crew – The Next Generation DLC Launch Trailer

Welcome to Hanwell – Launch Trailer

Shio – Launch Trailer

I Hate Running Backwards – Launch Trailer

Games we played:

Matt: God of War

Ethan: Ni Nu Kuni II, Fortnite Thanos mode

Amber: God of War, Alto’s Adventure, Alto’s Odyssey

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Nintendo is coming into the 21st century with the internet… kind of?

Sony’s upcoming games are no longer being sold on Amazon

Developer kicked off of Steam for posting fake reviews

Check out this controller for people with disabilities

Goodbye Vita Physical Games

Play steam games on your phone!!

Not so radical news: Cliff Blezinski announces Boss Key Productions  is shutting down

Milla Jovovich gonna star in another Capcom movie, Monster Hunter?

Official charging dock is cool, but where’s my portable TV dock?

Canada Walmart screws over all video game publishers for E3 2018

Release date clean up!:

Metro Exodus delayed to 2019

STALKER 2 announced, scheduled for 2021 release

Shenmue 3 delayed another year

Skull & Bones delayed to 2019-2020

Trailer trash:

Lake Ridden – Release Trailer

Milanoir – Announcement Trailer

Destiny 2 – Expansion II: Warmind Launch Trailer

Death’s Gambit – Release Date Announcement Trailer | PS4

Runner3 Pre-Launch Trailer – Coming May 22! – Nintendo Switch

The Good Life – STROY Trailer – 2018 MAY  

RAGE 2 – Official Gameplay Trailer

GO VACATION – announcement trailer

Halo: Fireteam Raven Arcade Experience Reveal Trailer

Official Call of Duty® Black Ops 4 – Blackout Introduction