Arcade Couch

Telltale Games Is Back? - Episode 44

Someone has swooped in to purchase the Telltale Games name and some of its IP, and it's being mostly celebrated online. Why does the games industry, more than any other, celebrate brand names over the people working on the products?Also on the show:Heaps of Cyberpunk 2077 NewsPAX AUS 2019 Indie Showcase WinnersAncestors: The Humankind Odyssey ImpressionsEpisode TimecodesINTRO00:10 - Hello 01:24 - This Week On The ShowTHE NEWS01:45 - Untitled Goose Game Release Date06:10 - What Is Up With This NBA2K 'My Team' Trailer11:40 - Cyberpunk 2077 Cut-Scenes Will Now Be in First-Person 19:10 - No Longer Gender Options In Cyberpunk 207728:50 - 15 Mins Of New Cyberpunk 2077 34:50 - Telltale Games Is Being Brought Back 47:40 - Melbourne Opening Large Esports Venue 57:25 - PAX AUS Indie Showcase Winners 2019WHAT WE’VE BEEN PLAYING01:13:50 - Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Impressions OUTRO01:35:10 - Wrap-UpHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCiaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingoResources:Explosion Network’Honk! Untitled Goose Game Is Releasing This September’ ’PAX Australia Indie Showcase 2019’IGN’Cyberpunk 2077: Almost All Cutscenes Will Be In First-Person Perspective’’Cybperpunk 2077 Dev Explains Why There’s No Character Gender Option Anymore’Kotaku’Two People Who Didn’t Work At Telltale Games Say They’re Bringing Back Telltale Games’Press-Start’Melbourne Is Getting The Largest Games & Esports Space In The Southern Hemisphere’ Youtube’NBA 2K20: MyTEAM’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition; Return of Obra Dinn; Overwatch - Nintendo Direct (Bonus)

The September 2019 Nintendo Direct was too much to contain! So much reveals, release dates and information that Ashley and Dylan need to give it a bonus episode of Arcade Couch. Both of them go over the big stuff like Overwatch for Switch, Return of Obra Dinn, the Xenoblade Definitive Edition, new Pokemon reveals and much more.Hosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyArcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

League of Legends Addiction Stories - Episode 43

Spurred by a discussion of Ciaran (hey, Ciaran!) having an Overwatch break, Dylan discusses his League of Legends addiction and why he breaks away from anything that feels like it’s becoming an addiction.Also on the show:Overwatch Coming To Switch?Game Informer Lay OffsRemedy’s Control & Alan WakeHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCiaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingoEpisode TimecodesINTRO00:00:10 - Hello00:00:30 - Drugs Talk00:02:05 - This Week On The ShowTHE NEWS 00:02:45 - Overwatch Seems To Be Coming To The Switch00:09:30 - Game Informer and Gamestop Lay Offs00:23:20 - South Australia Gets Gaming Fund 00:31:00 - Gears 5 Is Doing The Free Tattoo's Thing00:39:30 - Mixer Announces Creator Program00:47:30 - Victorian Police Arrests Over Esports Fixing00:52:50 - Aladdin and Lion King Remasters MAIN TOPIC//WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING 58:50 - Catching Up With Ciaran: Overwatch Break & Dylan's History With Game Addiction01:16:55 - Control Review01:20:50 - Dylan's Started Alan Wake01:23:40 - Never Give Up Is Rage Inducing OUTRO01:28:10 - Wrap-UpResources:AusGamers’Overwatch on Nintendo Switch Potentially Confirmed By An Accessory’ Bleeding Cool’Mixer Announces New Creator Program With Xbox Game Pass’GameIndustry.Biz’Game Informer Lays Off “Many” Staff’ Gamasutra’Australian Police Make Arrests As Part of Investigation Into Esports Match Fixing’Kotaku’Aladdin And The Lion King Are Getting Remastered’ ’South Australia Announces $300,000 Fund For Video Games’Press-Start ’A Massive Free Gears 5 Event Is Coming To Melbourne’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Gamescom Reveals & Revelations - Episode 42

This week it's nothing but announcements and trailers as Dylan and Ash go everything shown during the Indie Direct from Nintendo, the Inside Xbox show and the big one, Opening Night Live from Gamescom hosted by Geoff Keighley.Hosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyEpisode TimecodesINTRO00:10 - Hello00:35 - This Week, It's Just Gamescom Week StuffTHE NEWS00:50 - Stadia Direct03:00 - Indie Direct38:40 - Inside Xbox46:15 - Opening Night Live Show Thoughts49:10 - Eveyrthing Announced & Shown During Opening Night Live01:17:50 - Death Stranding & Hideo Kojima's Celebrity StatusOUTRO01:31:50 - Wrap-UpResources:Kotaku’Everything Announced At Gamescom’s Opening Night Live’’Nintendo Switch Is Getting A Ton Of New Indie Games (Including Ori And The Blind Forest)’MajorNelson.com’Inside Xbox Gamescom News Recap’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Ziggy Gets Punk - Episode 41

We're getting Galarian Region versions of Pokémon with Pokémon Sword and Shield and they're, of course, cuties -- which Dylan, Ash and Cherie rank. We also have our first look at Team Yell!Also on the show:DayZ Banned In AustraliaTHQ Nordic Acquires & Announces More StuffLoot Crate Files For BankruptcyHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCherie Henriques: https://twitter.com/CheriacornoEpisode TimecodesINTRO00:10 - Hello00:42 - Merch Plug 01:25 - Video Version Plug 02:25 - This Week On The ShowTHE NEWS03:15 - Loot Crate Files For Bankruptcy 12:25 - Minecraft Cancels Update17:20 - G2A Drama Continues 26:40 - DayZ Banned In Australia40:20 - Drugs In Games Debate 50:50 - THQ Nordic Gets A Bunch More Studios MAIN TOPIC01:00:30 - Pokemon Trailer Reveals New Cuties01:13:25 - Team Yell Thoughts01:19:10 - Pokemon Event Is Cute In Yokohama OUTRO01:23:35 - Wrap-Up01:24:30 - Ad ReadResources:GameIndustry.Biz’Subautica Dev Demands G2A Pays $300,000 To Cover Lost Chargebacks’Gizmodo’Loot Crate Files For Bankruptcy And Lays Off Workers But Promises To Ship Remaining Boxes’IGN’Pokemon Fans Are Obsessed With Top Hat Weezing, Gene Simmons Zigzagoon’Kotaku’DayZ Has Been Refused Classification’’DayZ Is Getting Changed Worldwide Because of Australia’’In Photos: 2,000 Dancing Pikachus (And Their Fans) Take Over Yokohama, Japan’’Long-Promised Minecraft Graphical Overhaul Is Cancelled’ Twitter@Wario64Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Ooblets Outrage & ESA Leaks - Episode 40

Gamer’s erupted into a vicious attack on the developers of Ooblets this week when they announced their game would be going to the Epic Games Store as an exclusive. Also, the ESA leaked a bunch of journalists details, so it's been a week.Also on the show:Ninja Moves To MixerThe Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game Is A LaughPokemon Go Has Been Downloaded 1 Billion TimesEpisode Timecodes—INTRO—00:10 - Hello00:25 - Ty The Tasmanian Tiger 01:25 - This Week On The Show—THE NEWS—02:30 - You Should Watch Patriot Act on Netflix 08:30 - Pokemon Go Has Been Downloaded 1 Billion Times12:40 - Google Play Working On A Games Subscription Service19:10 - Ninja Moves To Streaming On Mixer35:20 - Ooblets Goes Epic Store Exclusive And Gamers Erupt —WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING—58:50 - The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game01:02:10 - Cris Tales Demo—MAIN TOPIC—01:09:10 - The ESA Leaks Over 2000 Journalists Information 01:27:00 - Was The Reporting On This Story Safe? 01:36:40 - Is This The End of E3?—OUTRO—01:40:15 - What An Episode It's Been01:41:15 - Wrap-Up01:42:18 - Ad Read01:42:44 - The BitHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyResources:Gamasutra’Google Is Developing A Game And App Subscription Service Called Play Pass’GameIndustry.Biz’ESA Has Previously Leaked Media’s Personal Details For E3’’Ooblets Dev Received Thousands Of “Hateful, Threatening Messages” Over Epic Exclusivity’ IGN’Ninja’s Mixer Livestream Debut Beat His Average Twitch Viewer Count’Kotaku’E3 Expo Leaks The Personal Information Of Over 2,000 Journalists’’Ninja To Stream Exclusively On Mixer, Not Twitch’Medium’Regarding What’s Been Happening’ Nintendo Life’Pokemon GO Has Been Downloaded A Mind-Boggling One Million Times’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Golden Deer Fan Club - Episode 39

We've got a few games to talk about this week, the most important of which is Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It's out, Dylan and Ash have played it and they both like it as first-time Fire Emblem players.Also on the show:Wolfenstein: Youngblood Review (Read More)GTA V Adds Online CasinoDamsel on Nintendo SwitchLego Towers Is AddictingEpisode Timecodes—INTRO—00:10 - Hello00:20 - Breaking News03:10 - On The Show This Week—THE NEWS—03:30 - Doom 1,2,3 Get Weird Bethesda Account Requirments At Launch 07:55 - GTA V Launches Online Casino Gambling 15:35 - Nintendo Switch Software & Hardware Sales Impress—WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING—32:50 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses Impressions (Dylan Says Three Heroes Soz)48:15 - Nintendo Replaces The Male Voice Actor For Three Houses52:50 - Wolfenstein: Youngblood Review55:40 - Damsel Impressions 59:10 - Lego Towers Is Good Stuff —OUTRO—01:08:30 - Wrap-Up01:09:45 - Ad ReadHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyResources:Games Radar ’Nintendo Will Replace Fire Emblem: Three Houses Voice Actor Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault’IGN’Bethesda Says It Will Make Doom Re-Release Login Requirement Optional’Nintendo Life’Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of June 2019’’Nintendo Switch Has Now Sold 36387 Million Units, Could Pass SNES Total By Christmas’PlayStation Lifestyle ’GTA Online’s Casino Blocked In Over 50 Countries Due To Gambling Laws’Rockstar Games’Grand Opening: The Diamond Casino & Resort Is Now Open’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

DA20: The Power of Games - Episode 38

IGEA have published the Digital Australia 2020 (DA20) report and its full of a bunch of interesting statistic about Australian's who play games. Dylan and Ash go over the key findings and discuss what big things stand out them.Also on the show:Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 ReviewDefiant Development Shuts DownJoy-Con Drift Be GoneEpisode Timecodes—INTRO—00:10 - Hello01:05 - This Week On The Show—THE NEWS—01:20 - Defiant Development Shuts Doors09:15 - Japan Gets The Best Switch14:30 - Joy-Con Drift Issues, Nintendo's Over It25:40 - New Xbox Update Looks Good—WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING—30:40 - Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Review—MAIN TOPIC—48:00 - Breaking Down The IGEA's Digital Australia 2020 Report—OUTRO—01:18:15 - Wrap-Up01:19:00 - Ad ReadHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyResources:IGEA’DA20: The Power of Games’Kotaku’Hand of Fate Makers Are ‘Ceasing Development’’Japan Getting A Disney-Themed Nintendo Switch’’Report: Nintendo Will Refund And Repair Joy-Cons, No Questions Asked’The Verge’Microsoft Will Drop Cortana From Xbox One As Part Of Another Dashboard Redesign’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Who Is The Nintendo Switch Lite’s Audience? - Episode 37

The Nintendo Switch Lite's announcement had the internet split. Some thought it was ridiculous, and others didn't care -- there didn't seem to be a middle. But Dylan, Cherie and Ashley discuss WHO exactly they think the target audience for the Switch Lite could be. Is it kids? 3DS owners? Switch owners? All of the above? Feel free to let us know what you think.Also on the show:Sea of Solitude ReviewChina Censored Game, DevotionRemoving Smoking From Games: Good?PUBG Story AddedEpisode Timecodes—INTRO—00:10 - Hello00:20 - Get Plan, Get Switch02:55 - On Today's Show—THE NEWS—03:10 - Detective Pikachu Becomes Highest Grossing Video Game Movie06:50 - React To This Hell Mario Level12:00 - PUBG Story Is Nonsense 16:20 - Gears 5 Story About Smoking Begs The Question, Would It Even Matter?29:25 - China Forces Publisher To Close, Censores And Forces Devotion Game Off Steam—WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING—37:50 - Sea of Solitude Review—MAIN TOPIC—45:05 - Nintendo Switch Lite Announcement Impressions52:00 - Who Is This Thing For?01:09:35 - Switch Base Model Gets Updated Version —OUTRO—01:13:20 - Wrap-Up01:14:28 - Ad Read01:14:50 - The BitHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCherie Henriques: https://twitter.com/CheriacornoResources:Explosion Network’New Nintendo Switch Model With Improved Battery Life Coming Soon’’Nintendo Switch Lite Arrives In September’ GamesIndustry.Biz’Detective Pikachu Becomes The Highest Grossing Video Game Movie’IGN’Gears 5 Won’t Have Any Smoking After Speaking With Anti-Tobacco Group’’Japan Polled Over Nintendo Switch Lite Interest’ Kotaku’PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Just Got A Completely Banana’s Backstory’Rock Paper Shotgun’China Forced One Horror Game Publisher To Close, But The Whole Region Felt It’Youtube’I Made The Word Ever 1-1 Remake In Mario Maker 2 - YTSunny’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Gigantamaxing Our Cuties - Episode 36

We're making out Pokemon so big in the next Pokemon games that we're turning whipped cream into a cake! Dylan, Ash and Cherie are here to discuss all the whipped up details from the latest Pokemon Sword & Shield trailer.Also on the show:Super Mario Maker 2 ThoughtsG2A Mess ContinuesSean Murray Comments On Games MediaCuphead Netflix SeriesDr Mario World ImpressionsEpisode Timecodes—INTRO—00:08 - Hello00:35 - How Does The Pokemon Eat?01:35 - Today On The Show—THE NEWS—01:50 - G2A Mess Gets Worse 06:55 - BTW That Bathwater Instagram Girl13:00 - Cuphead Is Getting A Netflix Show 15:00 - Cuphead, Leischer Animation & Racism 23:15 - Sean Murray Interview Brings Up Interesting Points About Games Media36:40 - The National Dex Conversation 39:45 - Sword & Shield's Latest Trailer Reveals New Pokemon & Exclusive Gym Leaders—WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING—51:35 - Super Mario Maker 2 Impressions 01:00:30 - Dr Mario World Impressions —OUTRO—01:05:20 - Wrap-UpHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCherie Henriques: https://twitter.com/CheriacornoResources:GamesIndustry.Biz ’Hello Games: Positive No Man’s Sky Stories “Dont Do As Well — And That’s A Problem”’’G2A Image Rehabilitation Effort Backfires’GameSpot’Pokemon Sword/Shield Reveal More New Gen 8 Pokemon and Gigantamaxing’Unwinnable’Cuphead And The Racist Spectre of Fleischer Animation’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion