The Game Awards Nominees Revealed and Pokemon Plagued by Glitches

The 2022 Game Awards Nominees are out and there are a few surprises. Ashley and Ciaran share their thoughts on the Game of the Year category and discuss some games that could have been nominated for this honour.

They also discuss the new Pokemon game despite not playing it, discussing the wild amount of glitches affecting the game and saying Yeah or Nah to some of the new Pokemon

Hosts:
Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley
Ciaran Marchant:https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo

Reviews/Previews:

Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime Early Access Review

Shatter Remastered Deluxe Review

Episode Timecodes
INTRO
00:00:00 - Hello
REVIEWS/PREVIEWS
00:00:45 - Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime Early Access
00:01:50 - Shatter Remastered Deluxe
THE NEWS
00:03:07 - The Game Awards Nominees are out
00:17:33 - Square Enix Devs Arrested for Inside Trading
00:20:46 - Riot and Ubisoft Researching Toxicity in Gaming
00:25:30 - The Witcher 3’s Next-Gen Update is coming in December
00:28:23 - Stolen Superman Game Taken Off Steam Eventually
00:35:25 - Overwatch 2 Skin Launched for Unplayable Character
00:39:18 - Crystal Dynamics Knows You Want More Legacy of Kain
00:42:29 - Nintendo Japan N ow Refuses Repairs to Rude Customers
MAIN TOPIC
00:45:53 - An Outsiders Look At Pokemon Scarlett and Violet
00:53:38 - Yeah, Nah: Scarlett and Violet Edition - Part 1
OUTRO
01:14:47 - Goodbye

Resources
Eurogamer
Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka reportedly arrested for insider trading
Popular free Superman Unreal Engine 5 demo 'stolen' and sold as $11 game on Steam
Nintendo Japan may now refuse console repairs if you're rude to staff
Explosion Network
All the nominees for The Game Awards 2022
Game8
Gen 9 Pokemon: All New Pokemon
Kotaku
Overwatch 2 Selling $10 Mei Skin Even Though She's Unplayable
Press Start
Control 2 Is Officially In Development With A New Publisher
Push Square
Crystal Dynamics Heard You 'Loudly and Clearly', Legacy of Kain Series Looks Set to Make a Comeback
Embracer Group Has 234 Games Planned to Launch by March 2026
VG247
Riot Games and Ubisoft team up in AI research project — using player chat logs as training data
WellPlayed
The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt's Next-Gen Update Is Coming In December

Arcade Couch Credits:
Music by: Dylan Blight
Art by: Cherie Henriques

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