A Celebration of Star Wars | The PowerSwitch

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is officially revealed, name changes are finally available on PSN, the packaging may be leaked for the All-Digital Edition of Xbox One S, and a tweet about game difficulty shaming gets the meme treatment

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The 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!

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The PowerSwitch – The Hellblade Permadeath Perils with Matt Zawodniak – Episode 35

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 – 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!

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The 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!

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The PowerSwitch – So Long, NES Classic – Episode 22

Nintendo Switch sales are off to a record start, production ceases on the NES Classic Edition, a new Nintendo Direct highlights ARMS and Splatoon 2, the ongoing adjustments to how Nintendo presents its information, how to fix the lopsided polls in Fire Emblem Heroes, Microsoft trying digital refunds on Xbox One, Star Wars Battlefront II shows its first trailer, Dragon Quest XI confirms an extra-special release edition for Japan, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy gets a release date, and Bayonetta finally arrives on PC

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