Arcade Couch

The Status of the Twitch Celebrity - Episode 48

As Twitchcon was on last week Dylan began thinking about the growing popularity of the Content Creator and Twitch Celebrity and the relationship they have with their fanbase. He discusses with Ash and Ciaran what they think of that relationship and also discusses what they think the next-gen of consoles will need to do to keep up with the streaming future.Also on the show:Jedi: Fallen Order's Latest TrailerOculus Quest New FeaturesTroy Baker Drama with GearboxSherlock Holmes Developer Frogware Speaks Out Against Focus Home InteractiveEpisode TimecodesINTRO00:08 - Hello01:00 - On The Show This Week01:25 - Housekeeping: PAX 2019 THE NEWS09:25 - Oculus Link Cable Coming 2020 16:40 - Hand-Tracking Coming To Quest23:25 - Medal of Honour: Above and Beyond Announced 29:15 - Sherlock Holmes Developer Frogware Accuses Focus Home Interactive of Bad Company Policy 38:25 - Troy Baker Drama With Gearbox Continues 48:30 - Logitech Acquires Streamlabs 52:30 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, New Trailer WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING59:50 - Untitled Goose Game Review01:08:45 - Grindstone Review MAIN TOPIC01:12:55 - Twitchcon & Pokimaine's Pizza Party 01:24:30 - Should People Use Their Real Names More?01:29:00 - The Dangers of Content Creator Fan Bases 01:39:00 - What Do The Next-Gen Consoles Need To Do To Improve Streaming?OUTRO01:47:05 - Wrap-UpHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCiaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingoReviews:Untitled Goose GameResources:GameIndustry.Biz'I Waited In Line For Two Hours To Have Pizza With Pokimane' 'Logitech Acquires Streamlabs For At Least $89m''Why Did Borderlands 3 Re-Cast Troy Baker's Role?'Kotaku 'Sherlock Holmes Developers Accuse Publisher of Delisting Their Games, Not Returning Code'VR Focus 'Hands-On With Oculus Link: Is This The End For Oculus Rift?''Oculus Quest's Hand Tracking Could Be Its New Killer Feature' Youtube'Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Official Announcement Trailer' 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Cal's Mission Trailer'Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Countdown to The Last Of Us Part II Begins - Episode 47

After over a year of radio silence, Naughty Dog headlined the latest State of Play with a fresh look at The Last of Us Part II and announced a release date for early next. Hear Ashley and Ciaran go over everything in the State of Play and question why Xbox scheduled an Inside Xbox on the same day.Also on the show:Google make their Play to compete with Apple ArcadeAustralian games set to be preservedGame companies set to do their part for the environmentHosts:Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCiaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingoResources:ABC News“Australian esports criminal investigation reveals video game industry is ripe for corruption”Explosion Network“Australian Video Games to be collected and preserved by NFSA”GamesIndustry.Biz“Google announces Play Pass subscription service”Kotaku“Video Game Companies Vow Action On Climate Change, But Critics Say They Need To Do More”“Victoria Police Investigating More Match Fixing, Organised Crime Links To Aussie Overwatch Team”“Google Play Pass Might Be Fundamentally Flawed”Youtube“State of Play | 24th September 2019””All-New Inside Xbox. ft. The Outer Worlds, Project xCloud and More”Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesINTRO00:10 - Who's This On The Couch?01:19 - On The Show This WeekTHE NEWS01:31 - Google makes a Play to compete with Apple Arcade09:38 - Overwatch Contenders league brought into e-sports corruption story18:10 - NFSA to star preserving Aussie Video Games25:03 - Gaming Companies promise action on Climate ChangeWHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING32:50 - Mario Kart Tour38:01 - Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare BetaMAIN TOPIC35:58 - Inside Xbox51:17 - State of PlayOUTRO1:13:06 - Wrap UpAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-c...Web: http://bit.ly/ArcadeCouchWebApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2PSvACRSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2OWbu5fCasts: https://pca.st/yEREStitcher: http://bit.ly/ACStitcherPlayerFM: http://bit.ly/FMArcadeCouchSupport Us: http://www.ko-fi.com/explosionArcade Couch is the Explosion Network’s premiere video games podcast featuring discussions on the latest releases, tech, industry news and more, available every Saturday at 6 AM AEST

Borderlands 3 Is Mayhem - Episode 46

Through carnage and loot, Ash and Ciaran discuss what their time has been like so far in the wasteland and beyond in Borderlands 3. Is it living up to the hype?!Also on the show:Untitled Goose Game ImpressionsApple Arcade Launch Is ImpressiveSirfetch'd Is A BossBioware Writer Opens Studio In MelbourneEpisode TimecodesINTRO00:10 - HonkTHE NEWS01:10 - Ash Ketchum Does Us Proud05:30 - Sirfetch'd Pokemon Revealed11:40 - Ring-Fit Adventure Announced21:10 - Bioware's Former Writer Opens Studio In AUS30:25 - New Arkham Game Being Teased?35:00 - E3 Revamp Plans Are InterestingWHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING48:40 - Untitled Goose Game Impressions54:45 - Apple Arcade Thoughts: The Service, What The Golf? Sayonara Wild HeartsMAIN TOPIC01:14:25 - Borderlands 3 Impressions OUTRO01:39:50 - Wrap-UpHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCiaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingoResources:Gamasuta ’Proposed E3 Revamp Could Turn Expo Into Fan, Media and Influencer Festival’ GameIndustry.Biz’Nintendo’s New Fitness Game Is Ring Fit Adventure’Kotaku ’Bioware’s Former Lead Writer Is Starting An Australian Studio’’The Internet Reacts To Sirfetch’d, Pokemon Sword’s New Farfetch’d Evolution’Nintendo Life’Pokemon Loser Ash Ketchum’s Lifelong Dream Has Come True’PlayStation Lifestyle’Is Roger Craig Smith Teasing A New Batman: Arkham Game?’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

Apple Arcade Launch Details - Episode 45

Apple Arcade has had its launch date revealed along with a bunch of different games and details, so Dylan goes over them with Ciaran and Ashley. Who's the most excited for this service? Probably the only person with an Apple device.Also on the show:Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer AnnouncedCeleste's Final DLC Is HardGears 5 ImpressionsEpisode TimecodesINTRO00:10 - Hello 00:40 - This Week On The ShowTHE NEWS00:55 - Gamestop Is Closing 180-200 Stores12:20 - Life is Strange 2 Being Removed For 2-Weeks From AUS Platforms19:20 - Sledgehammer Games Opens Studio In Melbourne 23:50 - Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer On The Way29:40 - Celeste Developer Releases 'Farewell' DLC And Re-Launches Studio 35:10 - A KFC Game Is Coming, 'I Love You Colonel Sanders'WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING41:05 - Ciaran's Gears 5 Impressions 45:55 - Are We Using The Same Voice Actors Too Much?MAIN TOPIC58:10 - Apple Arcade Reveals Launch Date 01:07:05 - List of Launch Games OUTRO01:31:20 - Wrap-Up01:32:52 - The BitHosts:Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladilAshley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobleyCiaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingoResources:AusGamers’Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Confirmed’Explosion Network’Apple Arcade Price And Launch Date For Australia Revealed’ ’Celeste Free Final Chapter Out September 9th As Studio Re-Launches’ ’Life Is Strange 2 Will Be Removed From Australian Store Fronts For Two Weeks’GamesIndustry.Biz’GameStop To Close 180-200 “Underperforming” Stores Globally This Year”’Sledgehammer Games Is Opening A Studio In Australia’Game Informer ’KFC Is Making A Game Where You Can Date Colonel Sanders - No, This Isn’t A Joke’Arcade Couch Credits:Music by: Dylan BlightArt by: Cherie HenriquesAll Episodes:https://explosionnetwork.com/arcade-couch/Support Us:http://www.ko-fi.com/explosion

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