Matt Zawodniak joins the show to discuss the question of permadeath’s existence in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice raises concerns about creativity in games, Middle-earth: Shadow of War adds microtransactions, No Man’s Sky publishes a massive update one year after launch, and more!
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The 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 – Grading the EA E3 2017 Press Conference
EA takes the stage at E3 2017, our immediate post-show grades, Star Wars Battlefront II dominates the press conference with mixed reactions to an extended gameplay demo, Need for Speed Payback is like a Michael Bay-directed Fast and Furious movie, and more!
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – Comparing Live Game Presentations – Episode 26
A Nintendo Direct about ARMS and a show highlighting the first gameplay footage from Destiny 2 provide examples of live game presentations in today’s industry, why Destiny 2 doesn’t need to be on Nintendo Switch, ARMS’ flexible control schemes, and more!
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – One Month Until E3 2017 – Episode 25
The podcast’s E3 2017 Yes/No contest kicks off as we are one month away from gaming’s big show, memories of past E3s, making the most of watching E3 from home, Nintendo’s upcoming Spotlight strategy, how The Pokémon Company handles where to publish the series’ next installment, and more!
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 readingThe PowerSwitch – Before the Nintendo Switch Event – Episode 2
Where gaming enthusiasts stand before the upcoming Nintendo Switch event, potential changes in primarily handheld or console-based Nintendo franchises, why Switch being underpowered does not matter, a Virtual Console renaissance and using past save files, the Switch’s launch and first-year game lineup, and Peter’s top five games of 2016
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – Video Game Predictions for 2017 – Episode 1
11 video game predictions for 2017, Sonic Mania’s potential impact of fan influence in games, whether or not Persona 5 could ship early, changes to Marvel vs Capcom Infinite’s gameplay systems, and the divisiveness of the fighting game community in 2017
Continue readingThe PowerSwitch – PILOT: Game of the Year 2016
Game of the Year 2016 award categories that are rarely covered, TheDobaga’s Top 10 favorite games of 2016, the games that were the most notable from an outside perspective, and singing the praises of DOOM (2016)
Continue readingWhat to Expect from The Game Awards 2016
Slowly but surely, Geoff Keighley’s honorable attempt to make a respectable, Oscars-like, North American mainstream video game award show has built to its most valiant attempt yet. Between The Game Awards 2016 and PlayStation Experience 2016, we are about to embark on a weekend of annual gaming news that is only surpassed by E3, which we are six months removed from. That said, before The Game Awards 2016 begins tonight at 9 PM ET, here is what we can already expect to happen, based on game news reporting around the internet.
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