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Emmett Watkins Jr. joins me after a long time and we reconvene after a major PlayStation Showcase that seemed to have missed majorly with the vast majority of people. We discuss, analyze, and critique the showcase while also going over every single title that was shown at the show. Lets talk the big games that were there but also theorize why MANY studios remained silent. TimeStamps 00:07:04- First thoughts on PlayStation Showcase 00:15:40- Fairgames 00:19:19- Helldivers 2 00:22:46- Immortals of Aveum 00:23:35- Ghostrunner 2 00:24:50- Phantom Blade 0 00:28:30- Sword of the Sea 00:30:49- Talos Principle 2 00:32:36- Neva 00:34:14- Cat Quest Pirates of the Purribean 00:39:00- Foamstars 00:40:30- Plucky Squire 00:42:30- Teardown 00:46:25- Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater/MGS Master Collection 00:55:47- Towers of Agasha 00:58:52- Final Fantasy 16 01:03:02- Alan Wake 2 01:07:57- Assassins Creed Mirage 01:12:34- Revenant Hill 01:15:26- Granblue Fantasy 01:20:12- Street Fighter 6 01:23:10- Ultros 01:24:50- Tower of Fantasy 01:27:16- Dragon’s Dogma 2 01:29:22- FNAF Help Wanted 2 01:29:38- Resident Evil 4 VR 01:30:34- Arizona Sunshine 2 01:32:04- Crossfire Sierra Squad 01:34:10- Synapse 01:36:20- Beat Saber 01:37:16- Marathon 01:43:25- Destiny 2 Final Shape 01:48:05- Concord 01:50:25- Gran Turismo 01:51:00- Project Nomad and Project Q 02:00:20- Spiderman 2 02:10:40- Closing Thoughts 02:16:40- What have you been playing? Make sure to check out Emmett's content on @VGUTVofficial @SpoonfulVids and welcome to the thing on whatever podcast service you use.

Mortal Leak: Mortal Kombat 1 coming soon? Easy Achievers Podcast Ep.157 by Alex and Elijah

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer appeared on the Xcast, Kinda Funny's Xbox podcast, originally to answer so questions presumably around his job, game pass, and the future of Xbox. However, the timing and fate dictated that the huge failure that is Redfall came out 24 hours prior and forced a completely different conversation to occur. We have much to parce through as Phil becomes candid with a lot of what he sees Xbox current state, how Redfall happened, and how the market share for Xbox may always be on the losing side. This interview was actually incredible riveting so it is a must watch especaillty since the brunt of the episode is dedicated to peeling away at that interview. Thank you as always for joining me this week. Let me know what you think in the comments below and until next time, Go Achieve. Timestamps: 00:01:32- Not so Rapid Fire/Respawn apology 00:11:55- What have you been playing? 00:14:53- Rumor Roundup/Microsoft new game leak? 00:17:30- Xbox's Phil Spencer gives candid interview 00:39:24- Date Updates 00:42:33- Whats Queued up?

Hello and welcome back this week is a pretty stacked week, especially in terms of some of the more hardcore components of the industry. Something that immediately I want to point you to is my conversation about more layoffs in the gaming media. Then we have the CMA’s decision on blocking the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. There is plenty to get through there so that is the main story of the show. Not many rumors this week but I did talk about Aaron Greenberg having to comment on the success of Tango Gamework’s recent release of Hi-FI Rush. Check out the timestamps below to choose your adventure and until next time, go achieve. NOTE* While I was discussing the HiFi Rush success around 20:56 the developer I could not remember was David Jaffe. TimeStamps 00:01:42- Not So Rapid Fire/Quidditch Champions announced 00:02:56- Sony has an ambitious selling plan for this fiscal year 00:05:44- Frank O’ Conner leaves 343 00:08:50- Star Wars Jedi Survivor is broken 00:12:16- What have you been playing? 00:18:56- Rumor Roundup/Aaron Greenberg comments on HiFi Rush’s success 00:29:08- CMA blocks the Activision Blizzard deal 00:36:02- Sony acquires Firewalk studios 00:37:19- European gaming data for last quarter 00:38:40- Waypoint from VICE is closing 00:43:56- Date Updates 00:46:20- What’s Queued up?

Well, Redfall has seen quite the news but not in a good way as they have announced there will be no 60fps option at launch leaving many that were anticipating the title incredibly saddened and underwhelmed at the first Bethesda game to launch under Xbox's umbrella of studios. So let us discuss this decision why it may have happened and why it could lead to more studios making this exact decision. Of course, we have more to talk about as rumors are falling around a new PlayStation handheld device that will be exclusively for remote play. Some old talent returning to Bioware in a smaller form. MANY date updates to go through as RockSteady's upcoming game has been delayed. As always thank you for returning and new listeners/viewers of the channel this is all for you as making this show is the highlight of my week every week so thank you for the support. See you next week! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:00- Not So Rapid Fire 00:08:20- Old Talent coming back to Dragon Age 00:12:10- What have you been playing? 00:15:15- Rumor Roundup/New PS Handheld coming? 00:28:16- Redfall launches with NO 60 FPS mode/Why that happened and why do many not care? 00:44:15- Bungie makes a statement about a major leak 00:48:35- Date Update/Rocksteady delays Suicide Squad 00:58:50- Whats Queued up?

E3 means so much too many. Some positively, some negatively but everyone has thought about gaming's former megacenter of gaming news and tech insight. As of writing this, it seems E3 may be silently thinning out of relevancy but how did we get here? How did E3 even become the gaming mecca that we all knew it was? What triggered its downfall? Did it try to change? All of this and more is discussed in this experiment that I am tentatively calling A Not So Brief History of series. Did you enjoy this stab at something new? Let me know in the comments and make sure to give me some critiques on what you would like to change as this is one of the newest things I have tried in a long time. Thank you for spending your time with me expect my regular programming to go live on time as usual and make sure to have a great day.

A new installment in the PS5 console space maybe coming soon according to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson. Once I read this rumor nothing surprised at first glance as we heard about this previously on the Sacred Symbols Podcast and was reported here. But Tom goes on to mention specifics like an expected window of late 2024 which gave me pause but once thought about it aligns fairly well with last console cycle behavior. That discussion takes up the brunt of the episode but we have other exciting projects to discuss like the Last Ronin getting a video game adaption. Konami maybe getting back into Castlevania series. We also discuss the voice actor for Venom in SpiderMan 2 saying the release window for the game which seems to be a major slipup and much more. As always thank you for your support whether its a like, comment, or a sub. Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/EasyAchievers Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on twitter.

The most recent contest mode for the newly released Root of Nightmares raid in Destiny 2 caused quite a stir in the Destiny community, to say the least so I wanted to give the perspective of someone who has always enjoyed Destiny but has never been able to give the "Day One" contest mode a try. This most recent attempt seems to have been a perfect storm for my newly formed team to get our first contest mode completion. Now, why was this the case? Well, let's discuss the various encounters, the mechanics (or lack thereof), the difficulty, and much more. Thanks to a friend I met through Destiny iDoentNo for the footage of our raid clear. As of posting, Lance Reddick, the voice of Zavala and seasoned actor has passed away. As someone who always smiled when I heard the voice or saw him pop up in a show/movie, I am devasted to hear that he has passed. I wish his family the best and I hope to see you wherever we end up in the end. Until next time Guardian. Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/EasyAchievers Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on Twitter.

Is Xbox going to have another silent year or is Starfield enough? Easy Achievers Podcast Ep.152 by Alex and Elijah

Well, here we are, after the maelstrom of constant negativity around the very nature of the existence of this game we can finally talk about the most essential thing in our medium, the content of the art being made. So I sat down with my former co-host Alex and we dissected and discussed the many elements Avalanche put into this game. We talk about every aspect you would think of characters, combat, traversal, story, writing, and much more. Thank you for joining us for this spoilercast as your support means everything to me. Let me know your thoughts in the comments as I answer every comment whenever posted. TimeStamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:40 - History with Harry Potter Franchise 00:04:35 - Hogwarts Legacy Beginning/Character Creation 00:17:53 - Favorite Thing about the game 00:24:00 - The combat/Favorite Spell 00:27:30 - Creatures/FInishers 00:33:33 - Characters/ Main Quest Line 00:44:20 - Each House gets a special Quest 00:49:35 - Main Characters 01:00:00 - Classes 01:16:00 - Favorite Main Mission 01:23:30 - The Room of Requirement 01:28:45 - Things we didn’t like 01:41:10 - Settling Down

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A solo episode finds you all this week and we have a lighter news week to go over as we discuss Elden Ring selling over 20 million units. An update about the Call of Duty game that will continue Modern Warfare 2's story. The new podcast launched on VGC had some important news to share pertaining to Konami being at E3 in a major way. A WB earnings call showed that a mainline Mortal Kombat game could be coming very soon. I break down the PlayStation State of Play that happened and Blum house, the incredible movie publisher, is opening a gaming division to seemingly test the waters. DICE seems to be opening a single-player team to ensure they can actually make single-player campaigns in their games. Hogwarts sells incredibly in its first two weeks and some Atomic Heart drama. Thank you to everyone listening or watching and supporting however you chose too. My previous video has done incredibly well and I wanted to welcome everyone! TimeStamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:59- Not So Rapid Fire/Elden Ring sells over 20 million units 00:06:35- What have you been playing? 00:08:20- Rumor Roundup/ COD 2023 00:10:04- VGC says there will be an MGS 3 remake and a new Castlevania game 00:12:45- WB Earnings call states there will be a Mortal Kombat game this year 00:14:50- PlayStation State of Play Breakdown 00:29:00- Blumhouse will open a publishing arm for games 00:30:20- DICE set to co-develop the next Battlefield game with Ridgeline games 00:32:04- Hogwarts sells over 12 million units in its first two weeks 00:36:10- Ukraine wants Atomic Heart pulled from storefronts 00:38:50- Date Updates 42:15- Whats Queued up? Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/EasyAchievers Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on Twitter.

Hogwarts Legacy is a game we can finally move on from as both the attempts to bully others into not playing it and the actual boycott itself seem to fail overwhelmingly. I for one am happy we can stop talking about this particular subject and move on to things that are far more important in our industry. Of course, this is not to diminish anyone's thoughts or feelings on this matter it's just we have much greater problems in our industry that need addressing. Now on that note, the composer of Atomic Heart donated his fee to the red cross so we discuss if Atomic Heart may be the next game to receive the ire of the games industry. The PSVR2 review embargo is up and it seems to not be particularly exciting to many. New rumors of new headsets for PS5 coming our way. Game Pass is shockingly not selling more games when games are being added to game pass. That particular story was surprising to hear so many people surprised by that. And much more of course as I say every week thank you to everyone that supports the channel this has been a great month for growth and sustainability. Let me know if you have any thoughts about the show or any feedback in the comments or tweet me. Thank you everyone for your support wherever you do it and see you next week. TimeStamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:52- Not So Rapid Fire/Hogwarts Legacy had a huge launch, lets talk about the controversy one final time 00:26:34- PSVR2 embrago is up 00:29:12- Telltale founding round ended 00:29:42- Witcher 3 accidentally added an unintended mod 00:32:50- Activision Blizzard needs people back in the office 00:38:23- What have you been playing? 00:54:45- Rumor Roundup/Dragon Age leak 01:03:15- New Wireless Headset is coming to the PS5 01:06:44- Game Pass kills game sales. 01:25:30- Sony may acquire a new studio. 01:29:51- Atomic Hearts composer donates his fee to the Red Cross 01:43:20- Metroid Prime remaster does not show the original credits of the game 01:57:45- Saudi PIF raises stake in Nintendo 02:01:28- Date Update 02:15:28- What’s Queued up? Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/EasyAchievers Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on Twitter.

I had a great time talking with Daniel Prindle aka DanisDTM from Podcast PXN. We talk about a multitude of things but what was most interesting is the seemingly endless failings and closing of multiple Games as a Service titles and unannounced projects at multiple studios. Is PSVR 2 going to sell as much as Sony thinks? Jeff Grubb from Giant Bomb is out here dropping multiple rumors and rumblings he has heard and we piece through them. Multiple layoffs were discovered at the Coalition and a lot more this week. Thank you for checking out the video and supporting me however you can whether it be financially or with your time, I thank you. See you next week! TimeStamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:17- Not So Rapid Fire 00:05:20- EA layoffs and cancels multiple projects, Apex Mobile, and closures 00:18:40- Rumor Roundup/Wolverine details from Jeff Grubb 00:19:50 - Is a Nintendo Direct coming? Via Jeff Grubb 00:22:08- Coalition experiences layoffs and cancels two projects 00:28:28- What have you been playing? 00:33:10- Start of the show/ 343 industries changing engines and focusing multiplayer 00:42:20- Did Sony cut the estimated sell-though of PSVR2? 00:48:25- PlayStation sells a record number of PS5s in Q3 00:53:13- Date Updates 01:04:18- What is Queued up? Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/EasyAchievers Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on twitter.

Achievers! Welcome, I hope this episode finds you well I apologize for the delay but I had some personal emergencies I needed to take care of. Now on to the episode, I had a pretty stacked news week to talk about which is welcomed as it has been slow since New Year. We have Forspoken and Dead Space Remake to discuss as reviews are in. Dualsense Edge is going out to people and we have some troubling details on the battery. We have a serious topic as Justin Roiland has resigned as CEO of Squanch Games. A failed unionization attempt, Washington Post gaming layoffs, and we breakdown the Developer Direct from Xbox. If you thought that would be the only serious topic you would be wrong as you have the hotly debated topic of Jk Rowling and Hogwarts Legacy. More departures at BioWare and some Xbox financials! So much this week and as every week I thank you for supporting the episode however you do whether it is liking commenting subscribing or financially. TimeStamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:11- Not So Rapid Fire 00:03:50- Justin Roiland resigns as CEO of Squanch Games 00:10:07- Washington Post closes Launcher and layoffs 20 people 00:16:55- What have you been playing? 00:19:25- Developer Direct Breakdown 00:30:25- Xbox Q2 financials/Lets talk Game Pass 00:37:10- Lets talk about Hogwarts Legacy 00:53:30- Neil Druckman talks The Last of Us Part III and Factions 00:58:00- Mac Walters leaves BioWare 01:01:51- Date Updates 01:03:29- What’s Queued up?

Achievers! Welcome, I hope this episode finds you well I apologize for the delay but I had some personal emergencies I needed to take care of. Now on to the episode, I had a pretty stacked news week to talk about which is welcomed as it has been slow since New Year. We have Forspoken and Dead Space Remake to discuss as reviews are in. Dualsense Edge is going out to people and we have some troubling details on the battery. We have a serious topic as Justin Roiland has resigned as CEO of Squanch Games. A failed unionization attempt, Washington Post gaming layoffs, and we breakdown the Developer Direct from Xbox. If you thought that would be the only serious topic you would be wrong as you have the hotly debated topic of Jk Rowling and Hogwarts Legacy. More departures at BioWare and some Xbox financials! So much this week and as every week I thank you for supporting the episode however you do whether it is liking commenting subscribing or financially. Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B7KjGDmEhxJZPtlbQOikQ Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on twitter.

Hey Achievers, VGU fans, fans of Game Corner, or maybe someone who loves all three, anyways welcome to an incredible unique collaboration between myself, Emmett Watkins Jr aka Ejsponge61, and Brandon aka flusteredtomcat or Game Corner on YouTube. Today, we have gathered to give out our individual Top 10 games of 2022. Prepare for a thorough discussion around some of the best games that came out in the last year independent of the platform release. All timestamps are of course listed but we go over our Favorite game we played during the infamous drought we had in the middle part of the year, what game came out this year that you did not get to, our biggest disappointments from last year, and leading into our top 10, of course, is our honorable mentions. Check out each guest at: Emmett Watkins Jr. @VGUTVofficial @SpoonfulVids Welcome to the Thing on podcast services Brandon Gilligan @myGameCorner TimeStamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:44- Favorite game you beat that didn’t come out this year 00:17:30- What game did you not get to this year? 00:32:44- Biggest Disappointments this year 00:54:43- Honorable Mentions 01:07:37- Start of each Top 10 list 01:50:48- Spoilers for Horizon Forbidden West end 02:09:38- Light spoilers for Bayonetta 3 start 02:13:43- Spoilers for Bayonetta 3 end 02:24:48- light spoilers for immortality start 02:26:58- light spoilers for immortality end 03:41:16- light spoilers for GoW Ragnarok start 03:42:13- light spoilers for GoW Ragnarok end 04:23:33- Final Thoughts on 2022 in Gaming Support us financially and enjoy several perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B7KjGDmEhxJZPtlbQOikQ Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on Twitter.

Hey Achievers! I wanted to start off by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. I hope this video finds everyone well. I wanted to do a full test of my new setup for the podcast, and I also wanted to use this as an excuse to talk about a game I see an incredibly small amount of dialogue on. Midnight Suns! Is this something you have had your eye on? I am about 30 hours into the game and loving it so far. What are your thoughts? Also to note, I have played even more of the game since making this video and I will definitely be talking more about this soon! Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B7KjGDmEhxJZPtlbQOikQ Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on twitter.

I have a solo episode for you to enjoy. I love this as they are much more intimate than a regular show. It does feel like we are having a discussion so please leave a comment if you have the time. We talk about some more drama around the Activision Blizzard deal as Microsoft tries to demonstrate they are willing to work with others to bring Call of Duty to other platforms. I cover lightly on the second Hogwarts Legacy gameplay showcase and some PC issues with the Witcher 3 upgrade. Some light rumors around Naughty Dog making a third Last of Us game. Also Hideo Kojima may finally be able to make a movie as Death Stranding is going to be made into a movie or an additional story will be told in the Death Stranding story that is unclear. Alos Amazon has been busy ordering a God of War tv series and agreeing to publish a game with Crystal Dynamics which will be the Tomb Raider game that was announced in April. Much more in the show let me know your thoughts on anything I have covered and remember no matter the way you support the video thank you for everything! TimeStamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:40- Not so rapid fire 00:03:28- What have you been playing? 00:09:25- Rumor Roundup/Naughty Dog working on Last of Us Part 3 00:11:23- Death Stranding being made into a film 00:13:58- Apple to open their platform to 3rd parties 00:17:15- Microsoft tries to give Call of Duty to PS Plus 00:21:45- God of War tv series ordered 00:23:05- Game Awards Breakdown 00:44:04- Spiderman 2 coming Fall 2023 00:45:55- Amazon to publish the new Tomb Raider game 00:48:12- Date Updates 00:49:38- What is Queued up? Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B7KjGDmEhxJZPtlbQOikQ Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on twitter.

Emmett joins us for another great episode filled with discussion. Of course, the big news item is some scuttlebutt going around about From Software possibly underpaying and forcing crunch. Now not much in the way of hard evidence comes with these claims but we should cover it nonetheless and give our thoughts. Expect a full "What have you been playing?" segment as I have been incredibly busy diving into a large swath of games and Emmett like always has played his fair share as well. Thank you so much for listening to the show and supporting it however you do. TimeStamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:09- Not So Rapid Fire 00:07:20- What is Emmett playing the rest of the year? 00:17:49- What have you been playing? 00:44:50- Rumor Roundup/Tekken 8 coming to the Game Awards 00:51:35- Monster Hunter Rise coming to Game Pass 00:52:58- FromSoftware faces crunch allegations 01:07:30- Xbox says no next gen systems until 2028 01:11:11- Todd Howard interview on Lex Fredman 01:12:30- Nintendo smashes Smash World Tour 01:21:55- Date Update Support us financially and enjoy a number of perks like messaging us questions and early access to our show at: https://www.patreon.com/easyachievers Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B7KjGDmEhxJZPtlbQOikQ Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19Yw1jiRxtIlaIP0AJpS2P Scream at me on my social @EVM9000 on twitter.