The best games halfway through 2018, Game of the Year contenders left this year, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s role in year-end award shows, a greater partnership with Minecraft Nintendo 2DS XL, and more – THIS WEEK on The PowerSwitch – Gaming’s Call-In Talk Radio Show!
Continue readingTag: horizon zero dawn
My Hypothetical 2017 Video Game Award Show
If I directed a 2017 video game award show, like what i used to do, here are what my award categories, nominees, and winners would be!
Continue readingTop 10 | Horizon Zero Dawn OST | Tempo Control
A curated music playlist of the top ten definitive tracks from the Horizon Zero Dawn OST
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – The State of the Xbox One – Episode 36
The state of the Xbox One following Gamescom 2017, SNES Classic preorders go live overnight, Polygon’s piece on crunch spurs industry discussion, Gamestop explores a used games subscription program, Xbox Live Gold games for September 2017, and more!
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – The Best Games Halfway Through 2017 – Episode 31
The potential candidates for Game of the Year through the first half of 2017, challengers for those spots in the second half of the year, SNES Classic announced, SGDQ 2017 raises $1.76 million for charity, Splatoon 2 Direct, and more!
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – E3 2017 Final Thoughts with DQP – Episode 29
DQP is our guest as the winner of the E3 2017 Yes/No contest, a summation of our thoughts regarding each E3 2017 press conference, the games shown at the expo that we are most excited about, DQP’s top five favorite games of all time, and more!
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – Grading the Sony E3 2017 Press Conference
Sony takes the stage at E3 2017, our immediate late-night post-show grades, Marvel’s Spider-Man amazes in its first gameplay demo, Sony’s rapid-fire presentation style underwhelms in several areas, and more!
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – Dissecting the Xbox Scorpio Specs – Episode 20
Microsoft partners with Eurogamer and Digital Foundry for an unprecedented reveal of the Xbox Scorpio specs, early thoughts on Persona 5, Atlus’ limitations on streaming games because of spoilers, comparing Xbox and PlayStations upcoming exclusive games, the changing dynamics of the mid-cycle console upgrade trend, the games that are needed to sustain Nintendo Switch’s momentum, and Peter’s personal history with the Persona franchise
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – The Battle of Horizon vs. Zelda – Episode 12
Horizon Zero Dawn vs. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in a battle for the attention of players who wish to avoid genre burnout, Sony’s exclusive advantage at the start of a historic 2017, a Switch-like patent appears from Sony, the Nintendo Switch user interface leaks from a stolen system, managing digital game file sizes, playing games in the same franchise vs. in the same genre, Johto adventures with Pokémon GO, and Peter has been playing Gears of War 4 – on location from San Antonio, Texas
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – 30 Gaming Questions for Likes – Episode 8
The list of 30 gaming questions that is being traded on social media in exchange for likes, fake news raiding game journalism with rumors of Fallout New Vegas 2, Bioware’s new IP confirmed for Q1 2018, Nintendo delays the Animal Crossing mobile game, and the video game industry takes a stand against the Trump immigration ban – on location from Las Vegas, Nevada
Continue reading