The Big Topics: Sony, Xbox and Nintendo E3 2018 predictions. Further Discussion: EA, Bethesda, Square Enix, Capcom and more. *We appreciate we’re posting this ‘predictions’ podcast during E3. This podcast originally appeared on gamesradar.com but we experienced problems with our FTP server so we’re making it live on this blog and iTunes now. Thanks…

The Big Topic: Not buying an NES Classic Further Discussion: What Remains of Edith Finch, Tumbleseed, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 What we’re into: Games you should play to bring joy into your life Well, this is it – we’ve come to the end of the road. Thank you for joining us on our wild and stupid ride, thank you for your emails, tweets, and feedback, and t…

The Big Topic: The Xbox Scorpio’s official specs unveiling Further Discussion: Horizon: Zero Dawn’s wonderful open world What we’re into: Makoto Shinkai’s latest animated masterpiece, Your Name. (yes, the period is part of the title) Microsoft officially released the technical specs for its upcoming console update, Xbox Scorpio, which is great – bu…

The Big Topic: Destiny 2’s big reveal What we’re into: Snake Pass, Elder Scrolls Legends, and TypeShift are all wonderful Destiny 2 is coming (surprising basically no-one) and will arrive on PS4, Xbox One, and PC this September. And you know what? We’re into it. We gather round to share our thoughts on the reveal trailer’s colorful, humorous tone a…

The Big Topic: Persona 5’s long development yielded proper results. Further discussion: Living through your Switch bricking and other dead console experiences. Persona 5. It is here. A full four years after its original proposed release date, two months after the GamesRadar crew finally started playing it, and just in time for the game’s release co…

The Big Topic: Mass Effect: Andro-meh-da Further discussion: The many games of PAX East Pardon the minor, uh, home invasion (and subsequent digression about The Big Lebowski), and permit us some discussion about Mass Effect “My Face Is Tired” Andromeda and our own perceptions about the game based on the weekend’s EA Access preview and our own revie…

The Big Topic: A week with the Nintendo Switch Further discussion: Breath of the Wild’s interlocking systems and expansive world What we’re into: GDC is a ton of fun, you guys Half of the team is hanging out at PAX East this weekend, so David took over hosting duties and ran the podcast right off a cliff. While they careened into the air Thelma and…

The Big Topic: The Switch is here! We chat about the games we’ve been playing on it Further discussion: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is majestic What we’re into: Nier: Automata is weird and great The Nintendo Switch is officially in the wild and we spent the past weekend putting it through its paces. Spoilers: we like it a lot! We run th…

The Big Topic: What the hell are you doing, Nintendo? What we’re into: Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, Slayaway Camp, and Night in the Woods No, we didn’t skip a number. I don’t know what you’re talking about. In episode 70, we get together to chat about some games that are near and dear to our hearts this week: Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ru…

The Big Topic: Spoiling Resident Evil 7, Final Fantasy 15, and The Last Guardian Further Discussion: E3 is officially open to the public What we’re into: Horizon: Zero Dawn’s big, beautiful open world To the victor go the spoils. Er, spoilers. This joke made more sense in my head. ANYWAY. 2017’s video game onslaught continues apace, as David dives …

The Big Topic: Fire Emblem Heroes is pretty good, actually Further Discussion: Backwards compatibility and the games you should play before they disappear What we’re into: Dissecting Zelda’s totally unnecessary timeline Let us hypnotize you with another week of fabulous video game discussion. Fire Emblem Heroes is Nintendo’s latest mobile title, an…

The Big Topic: You oughta Nioh Further Discussion: Hands on with Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Breath of the Wild and more. What we’re into: Gorogoa and What Became of Edith Finch amaze at PAX South. Impossible things are happening every week in 2017. Last week it was a legitimately great new Resident Evil game, and this week it’s the retur…

The Big Topic: Reeling from the resurrection of good Resident Evil. Further Discussion: Did you know that Dragon Quest 8 is an amazing game? Also: here’s what’s up at PAX South. What we’re into: Seriously. Dragon Quest 8 and Resident Evil 7 are good. The impossible has happened: Capcom has made a big budget game that feels like a bold piece of the …

The Big Topic: Yakuza 0’s brazen weirdness Further Discussion: Our relationship to the Resident Evil series What we’re into: Quick hits for January games We are not a Wild Wild West podcast, despite how this episode starts out. We are a video game podcast. And there are lots of those to talk about. Anthony and David try to explain what makes Yakuza…

The Big Topic: Our thoughts on the Nintendo Switch’s price, tech, and launch lineup. After a surprisingly strong teaser back in October, all eyes have been on Nintendo and it’s upcoming console/handheld hybrid Switch. Nintendo revealed the price ($299!), the release date (March 3!) and the launch games (Zelda and… a cow milking thing?), and our fee…

The Big Topic: Super Mario Run and the state of mobile games Further Discussion: The games that inspired us What we’re into: 2016 still has more games! This is the last RadioRadar+ for 2016, and we’re so, so sorry for the Paul McCartney references right out of the gate. But if you stick with today’s podcast past that nonsense, you’ll find some deli…

The Big Topic: Discussing the state of Star Wars before Rogue One. Further Discussion: Debating the merits of The Last of Us Part 2. What we’re into: Picking through the best of PSX. If it seems weird to you guys that there’s already a brand new Star Wars movie, know this: you’re not alone! This week on the podcast we search our feelings for what w…

The Big Topic: The Game Awards let us look at Death Stranding, Mass Effect Andromeda, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Further Discussion: Finally playing The Last Guardian What we’re into: Fighting about Prince of Persia 2008 It’s not the best awards show of all time, but at least it’s something! The Game Awards came and went, and while…

The Big Topic: Final Fantasy 15 is here, and it’s great Further Discussion: No Man’s Sky’s latest patch What we’re into: Endings that stick the landing Ten years and a change in directors, platforms, and title later, and Final Fantasy 15 is finally out and ready for the world. It’s kind of a mess, but it’s a beautiful mess, and we explain why it’s …

The Big Topic: Dishonored 2’s devilish level design Further Discussion: Watch Dogs 2 is… fine? What we’re into: Nier: Automata is looking hot Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We show our thanks to some nice-looking sequels by talking about them for about ninety minutes. We open with another (slightly spoilery) dive into Dishonored 2 and its incredible…

The Big Topic: Puzzle games to help refocus your mind Further Discussion: Dishonored 2’s prescient and entertaining stealth What we’re into: Infinite Warfare is the best Call of Duty game in years What a week, huh? We’re here to help get you back on track though, as we discuss a handful of our favorite puzzle games to help soothe shattered nerves, …

The Big Topic: Titanfall 2’s surprisingly ingenious and inventive campaign Further Discussion: The games that excite us in the last two months of 2016 What we’re into: The forgotten games of the past ten months That sound you hear? That low hum growing in explosive crescendo until finally landing with a loud thud? That’s the sound of the holiday se…

The Big Topic: World of Final Fantasy’s bizarre charms and off-putting repetition Further Discussion: Gears of War 4 and the changing gaming landscape What we’re into: Unusually scary games and movies Happy Halloween, everyone! We celebrate the spookiest of holidays with some recommendations of our favorite games and movies with unconventional scar…

The Big Topic: The reveal of Switch, Nintendo’s upcoming console/handheld hybrid Further Discussion: Final Fantasy 15 is a real video game What we’re into: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Logan reveal trailers, and Rusty Lake Hotel After months of speculation and leaks, Nintendo finally revealed its Wii U successor Switch in a wordless three-minute sizzl…

The Big Topic: Battlefield 1’s historical approach to multiplayer shooters Further Discussion: Dragon Quest Builders’ scripted creativity What we’re into: Hooking up 14 video game consoles to a single TV and Westworld’s interesting ethical quandaries Can love bloom on a battlefield? How about Monster branded energy drinks? Find out on this week’s p…

The Big Topic: Exploring the social politics of Mafia 3’s version of the American South in the 1960s Further Discussion: Diving deep into PSVR line-up What we’re into: Gears of War 4 and River City: Tokyo Rumble Hey, did you know video games are happening? Because we’re officially in it right now. We open the show (after our obligatory slow jam), w…

The Big Topic: Comparing the PS4 Pro and Xbox’s Project Scorpio, and examining the current TV hellscape Further Discussion: All things Dragon Quest What we’re into: Hate-watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We don’t normally get into the tech weeds like this, but we brought along news expert Connor Sheridan to guide us through a comparison between the P…

The Big Topic: Destiny’s new expansion, Rise of Iron Further Discussion: What World of Warcraft looks like 12 years later What we’re into: Forza Horizon 3’s… uh… horizons It’s an MMO bonanza this week, as we dig into not one, but two big online games released in this. First up is Rise of Iron, Destiny’s (ostensibly) final bit of content before it’s…

The Big Topic: For Honor’s surprisingly good alpha Further Discussion: Lucas’ preview of The Last Guardian and Sam’s review of Recore What we’re into: Tokyo Game Show! Alright, folks, now the moment you’ve been waiting for: an in-depth discussion of Drive Girls, the game from the makers of Bushido Blade where anime girls turn into cars! Wait, no. N…

The Big Topic: The PlayStation 4 Pro and Super Mario Run Further Discussion: Hands-on with Final Fantasy 15 and World of Final Fantasy What we’re into: Patchwork, Picross 3D Round 2 After the lull of Labor Day weekend, video games are back with a vengeance, baby. In a single day we got announcements for the PS4 Pro, Sony’s new console meant to cate…

The Big Topic: The games of fall 2016 that you might not know about Further Discussion: Reader mail! What we’re (not) into: The Revenant With Labor Day weekend and PAX Fever in full effect, the GamesRadar+ crew is kind of all over the place this week. We open the show discussing the very beautiful and very frustrating Oscar winner The Revenant, and…

The Big Topic: Metroid Prime: Federation Force and our thoughts on the series’ future Further Discussion: The endgame of No Man’s Sky and the distortion field of hype What we’re into: The weird, unsung games of the Super Nintendo Hey! The Super Nintendo turned 25 this month! It can rent a car! Sure, it’s got a ton of incredible classics like Chrono…

The Big Topic: The puzzles of Deus Ex Go and the politics of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Further Discussion: The explosive Titanfall 2 pre-alpha tech test What we’re into: Reigns’ darkly brilliant simplicity Adam Jensen is back in a couple new Deus Ex games this week, and the GamesRadar+ crew convenes (not unlike the Illuminati) to chat about mobile e…

The Big Topic: The legality of fan games like Project AM2R Further Discussion: The polarizing beauty of No Man’s Sky What we’re into: Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy 15 COO of Bithell Games Alexander Sliwinski joins us this week for a podcast chock full of intelligent discussion, surprising revelations, and ’90s slow-jams. We open the show discussing Pr…

The Big Topic: Suicide Squad, Batman: The Telltale Series, and the nature of fandom Further Discussion: The NX’s potential Mario and Pokemon launch window games What we’re into: The Metronomicon, The Temporal Invasion Suicide Squad came out this weekend and it’s… kind of bad. But that didn’t stop the internet at large from telling critics that thei…

The Big Topic: NX and the future of Nintendo games Further Discussion: Games you hate and can’t stop playing What we’re into: Revisiting Metal Gear Solid 5 and Star Trek Beyond The Nintendo NX has been revealed… maybe. The GamesRadar+ crew discusses the recently leaked details of Nintendo’s upcoming console, its allegedly strange console-slash-port…

Games covered this week: Headlander, Persona Q, Kirby: Planet Robobot After getting slightly derailed with a discussion about Anthony’s poor life decisions, the GamesRadar+ crew discuss the games they’re hyped for, maybe hyped for, and not hyped for in the coming months. Persona 5, yes; Watch Dogs 2, no. The team then moves on to some games they’ve…

Games covered this week: Pokemon Go, NES Classic Edition, I Am Setsuna Over the past two weeks, Nintendo’s taken the world by storm, once again proving that humanity’s thirst for tiny cartoon monsters and jumping plumbers remains insatiable. The GamesRadar+ crew deftly avoids walking into traffic to discuss the cultural phenomenon that is Pokemon G…

Games covered this week: Zero Time Dilemma, Grand Kingdom, Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Lego Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens Holy crap, we’re freakin’ back. This week, the GamesRadar+ crew returns to the mics to talk about all sorts of Japanese games, like Zero Time Dilemma, Grand Kingdom, and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE…

Games covered this week: Street Fighter 5, Layers of Fear, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 The latest episode of RadioRadar+ weighs in on Street Fighter 5 and its launch package, which some critics have found profoundly lacking in punch. We also peel back the creepy techniques used in the new PT-like horror game, Layers of Fear, and revisit Lig…

Games covered this week: Firewatch, Unravel, Quantum Break, Final Fantasy … 12? This week the podcast crew examines the impending hiatus of Assassin’s Creed, the Quantum Break backlash, the burning desire to play Firewatch and what happens when you get a bit wrapped up in the cute little Limbo-like, Unravel. Anthony also conveys what it’s like to p…

Games covered this week: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, XCOM 2, Rusty Lake Hotel, Oxenfree, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens The RadioRadar+ crew reports back on Twilight Princess HD – and whether it deserved all that love … or all that hate, depending on who you talk to. Meanwhile, Susan’s still on her cannibal trip (following Tharsis…

Games covered this week: The Division, The Witness, Marvel’s Lego Avengers, Resident Evil Zero HD, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain The RadioRadar Crew spends an episode unpacking The Division’s dense New York plague-ground, the wobbly construction of Marvel’s Lego Avengers and whether one of Resident Evil’s oddest games holds up in an HD treat…

It’s Weird Game Week on the RadioRadar+ show, with thorough looks at delightfully off-kilter games like Oxenfree (a teen-infused mystery), Undertale (you’ve probably heard about it by now) and the insidious self-hacking game, Pony Island. The crew also discusses whether self-aware games can go too far, and whether story-focused developers need to t…

This week’s episode of RadioRadar+ ponders the agelessness of video game characters. Should they live forever? Should they be allowed to retire with dignity? Should they flaunt Luis Vuitton goods? (Yes, also yes, and … absolutely.) After that, stay a while and hear about Sophia Tong’s epic history as a former MUD overlord – that’s Multi-User Dungeo…

The RadioRadar+ show is back after a holiday break, ready to ponder the price of the Oculus Rift and what it could mean for PlayStation VR. After that: let the spoilers flow through you as we talk about that thing that happened in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, get psyched for the promise of Psychonauts 2, and raise an eyebrow when the discussion in…

After a disastrous (but spoiler-free) attempt to review Star Wars: The Force Awakens – without having seen it – the RadioRadar+ crew delve into games that, like Star Wars, have made a triumphant comeback after a tarnished turn or two. The show also covers what it means for Hideo Kojima to be free, and whether his name might be enough to win over VR…

The PlayStation Experience hosted a whirlwind of big announcements (there’s a Ni no Kuni 2?) and a strong push toward VR from Sony, but it seems you can’t call something “PSX” for short without having it overshadowed by an iconic PlayStation 1 game. Yup, it’s the Final Fantasy 7 Remake episode, which – according to Square Enix – will be one of seve…

The RadioRadar crew embarks on a bloody sojourn with the old hunters this week in a return to Bloodborne and its new expansion. Meanwhile, they make a case for another difficult oddity, Spelunker World, and figure out just who (if anyone) is doing microtransactions and card packs and all that stuff the right way. It could be just the show to accomp…

Is Star Wars: Battlefront a little too lean for its own good? This week’s episode looks at how different 2015’s last big shooter really is. The RadioRadar+ crew also ventures back into Fallout 4 – a world in which bugs aren’t as destructive as you might think – and explores Lara Croft’s latest in Rise of the Tomb Raider. Plus: Is Eggman’s mustache …