Videogame Roundtable

The guys talk about Resident Evil 3 (and by extension Evolve), but most of the episode delves into the Gaming Flashback, Red Dead Redemption and its sequel Red Dead Redemption 2, focusing on where the original succeeded and where the sequel failed. The news items this week include:

Valorant closed beta rushes to 1.6M viewers on Twitch

Rumor: Resident Evil 8 is first-person, takes "serious departures", and will be out next year

E3 2020 won't hold an "online experience" after all

Let us know what you think!

This week's Gaming Podcast is full of Animal Crossing, which Scott can't get enough of. You'd think TJ would be all over Resident Evil 3, but he reveals a plot twist, and talks about another game. Meanwhile. the Gaming Flashback is the titillatingly titled Deathspank. This week's news items include:

Resident Evil 3 Remake brings back unbreakable knives

Cities: Skylines' fishing-themed Sunset Harbor expansion is out next week

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting review bombed

Let us know what fish you've caught in Animal Crossing.

The Videogame Roundtable has been around since 2009 and it's hit its 400th episode, separate from TD Gaming Podcast! Former co-host Dan Quick offers his congrats, and the guys discuss electronic music. This week's news includes:

E3 2020 cancelled

Resident Evil 3 remake demo lets you visit Raccoon City early this week

Xbox Live struggled to cope with demand last night

Be sure to listen to the outtakes after the end of the podcast!

Jonah goes off on a virulent rant about NBA 2K20 and the decline of the series as a whole, while offering milder criticism of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. There's no Gaming Flashbacks, but plenty of news. The news items include:

Another leak points to new Tony Hawk game arriving later this year

Horizon Zero Dawn is coming to PC this summer

2K returns to making NFL video games, but not a Madden competitor

Let us know what you think.

This week's episode features more news about the next generation of consoles, while the Gaming Flashback takes a look at the unfairly overlooked arcade racer Blur. The news includes:

Bloodstained's roguelike mode has been cancelled

Xbox Series X and PS5 to come with Pro variants

Obsidian's survival game of tiny children, Grounded, has a Steam page

Let us know what you think.

This week's episode talks about Sony having issues, and that's not even taking into account their pulling out of a convention due to the coronavirus scare. This week's Gaming Flashback looks at the classic dark puzzle platformer Limbo. As for the news:

Sony breaks PS5 pricing tradition for Xbox Series X launch

Next in No Man's Sky: an organic spaceship you can grow from an egg

Xbox Game Pass for PC will get Yakuza 0, Two Point Hospital, and more soon (from PC Gamer)

This week's Question of the Week: "What is your favorite videogame commercial or trailer?"

This week, the gang discuss the provocative article by Forbes about Microsoft ignoring Sony in favor of combating Google and Amazon in the cloud space -- and how Sony is renting Microsoft's servers. No Gaming Flashback this week, though. The news includes:

Microsoft: Amazon and Google are ‘the main competitors going forward’

Stardew Valley creator is working on two new games

Capcom removes Denuvo DRM from Devil May Cry 5

Question of the Week: "What's your favorite videogame trailer or advertisement?"

Welcome to the future, as Jonah, Scott and TJ ring in the new year, as this week's Gaming Flashback reminds Jonah of what his favorite game of the decade was. (Spoiler: Mass Effect 2.) In fact, the game is so good Jonah and TJ talk about it for an hour before discussing the week's generally weak news. This week's topics include:

Report: New Switch model launching in 2020

The Ni No Kuni movie is coming to Netflix

Silent Hill Art Director Masahiro Ito announces a new video game

Vice City: Remastered for Grand Theft Auto 5 mod released

Was 2010 the best year for games in the 2010's? Let us know.

The last podcast of 2019 is also the last podcast of the 2010's, as Jonah, TJ and Scott discuss the past year of videogames, while mentioning some of the news from last week, like the announcement of The Wolf Among Us 2 and the Xbox Series X. The last podcast is also the longest ever, clocking in at over 2 and 3/4 hours.

The Question of the Week: "What was your favorite videogame of the past decade?"

This week probably has the most shocking and industry moving news of the week, as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo start to play nice -- and their players get to play together. This week's news includes:

MLB The Show going multi-platform “as early as 2021”

Minecraft Bedrock Edition on PS4

Resident Evil 3 Remake announced, out in April

2K launches new studio focused on the next BioShock

Let us know what you think.