The Game Informer Show

Welcome to a new episode of The Game Informer Show! On today's show, we're finally weighing in with a final verdict on the Nintendo Switch's new fighting game Arms with Brian Shea. Then we court fans of racing games with Matthew Kato sharing his glowing thoughts on Dirt 4. After a quick swap, we have Javy Gwaltney to talk about what it's like to finally play Epic's Fortnite, Kyle Hilliard to talk about the colossal tease of a Pokémon RPG coming to the Nintendo Switch, and Ben Reeves to share his thoughts on the recently released Monument Valley 2. After some great community emails, Kyle Hilliard, Ben Reeves, and new video editor Leo Vader break down everything about 2007's Portal alongside the Game Informer community. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 351 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 1:30 - Arms 13:40 - Dirt 4 21:12 - Fortnite early impressions 33:06 - Pokémon's disappointing direct 39:25 - Monument Valley 2 44:00 - Community emails 56:10 - Game Informer's E3 coverage plans 1:22:45 - Portal 1 GI Game Club

Welcome to a new episode of The Game Informer Show podcast! On this week's show, Jeff Marchiafava and Jeff Cork weigh in on the fun (and technical issues) to be found in Friday the 13th: The Game. Then we have Suriel Vazquez and Brian Shea join us to compare Tekken 7 to other entires in the recent wave of fighting games. We also have Kimberley Wallace and Andrew Reiner on the show to talk about the complete third season of The Walking Dead. Dan Tack also sheds new light on the Morrowind addition to The Elder Scrolls Online and Gwent. After some great community emails, we're joined by Richard Rouse III to talk about his new game Church in the Darkness and courting controversy with his work on games like Rainbow 6: Patriots. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 350 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 3:10 - Friday the 13th 18:09 - Tekken 7 29:45 - Star Trek: Bridge Crew VR early impressions 36:20 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier's finale 44:45 - The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind 47:40 - Gwent 50:50 - Community emails 51:20 - GI Game Club announcement 1:32:35 - Richard Rouse III/Church In The Darkness Interview

Thanks for checking out The Game Informer Show! We have a great episode for y'all today. First up, we're joined by Destiny 2 guru Matt Miller as well as Wade Wojcik and editor-in-chief Andy McNamara to talk about their time playing Destiny 2 – and we break down the biggest changes coming from Bungie. Then Javy Gwaltney joins us to talk about his recent time playing Middle-earth: Shadow of War and any concerns he might have about Shadow of Mordor's sequel. We also have Kyle Hilliard and Elise Favis swinging by to talk about their reviews for Rime and Perception. After some great community emails, we interview Brendan Greene about creating and managing the phenomenon of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.  You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 349 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 3:57 - Destiny 2 47:00 - Middle-earth: Shadow of War 1:02:55 - Rime 1:06:10 - Perception 1:11:00 - Community emails 1:43:50 - Brendan Greene (PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds) Interview

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show podcast! This week, we have DC expert and fighting game fan Andrew Reiner and fighting game expert and DC fan Suriel Vazquez on to talk about what Injustice 2 gets right. After that, Kyle Hilliard talks about his recent voyage to play Nintendo games like Arms for the Switch and Ever Oasis on the New 2DS XL. We also talk about Farpoint on PlayStation VR, and Reiner explains why The Surge is an interesting take on a "sci-fi Dark Souls" formula. After some great community emails, we're joined by Frank Cifaldi to talk about the Video Game History Foundation and fighting the good fight to preserve gaming's history. We also discuss what he's doing in Game Informer's office... You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 348 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 1:40 - Injustice 2 24:15 - Arms 32:00 - New 2DS XL/Ever Oasis/Hey Pikmin/Miitopia Impressions 35:15 - The Surge 40:40 - Farpoint on PlayStation VR 44:40 - Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 47:50 - Community emails 1:09:45 - Video Game History Foundation's Frank Cfaldi On Game Preservation 1:51:25 - Archiving Game Informer's Gaming Collection

Welcome to The Game Informer Show! This week, we're finally weighing in with the final verdict on Prey from Arkane Studios, but in addition to Javy Gwaltney, Dan Tack, and Matt Bertz, we're honored to be joined by Fullbright's Steve Gaynor to talk about how the game compares to BioShock and his work on the upcoming game Tacoma. We also explain why Strafe might not be the throwback shooter experience you were hoping for, how the RTS Dawn of War III dips a toe in the MOBA market, and what the hell Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is all about. After some great community emails, we're joined by actor Patricia Summersett to talk about her experience playing Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We then say goodbye to our wonderful batch of interns by talking to Manon Hume, Zak Wojnar, and Jordan Leendertsen about what they learned along the way and then forcing them to compete in a heated match of Xbox 360-focused game trivia. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 347 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 2:12 - Prey (with special guest Steve Gaynor from Fullbright) 34:45 - Strafe 42:00 - NBA Playgrounds 45:12 - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III 50:04 - Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 54:27 - Community emails 1:30:45 - Actor Patricia Summersett interview on voicing Princess Zelda 1:47:00 - Saying goodbye to Game Informer's interns 1:59:00 - Xbox 360 Back of the Box trivia with our interns

We have a great, big, and funky episode of The Game Informer Show for you today. The June cover story for our magazine focuses on "The Top 100 RPGs Of All Time". But, since we're an office of passionate RPG-lovers, we all have our own opinions and favorites as well. So join Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, Joe Juba, Javy Gwaltney, and Dan Tack as we break down our personal five favorite RPGs. After some great community emails with Ben Reeves, we're joined by Ninja Theory's co-founder and creative director Tameem Antoniades to answer questions from the community about DmC, Heavenly Sword, and their upcoming Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. Enjoy the show! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 346 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 3:50 - Bloodborne 9:30 - Fallout 2 12:10 - Persona 5 15:05 - Final Fantasy X 21:20 - Mass Effect 1 27:10 - Final Fantasy IV 32:20 - Chrono Trigger 39:35 - Dark Souls 1 42:20 - Secret of Mana 45:30 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 48:45 - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Paper Mario 54:10 - Final Fantasy VI 1:01:20 - System Shock 2 1:04:20 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 1:11:20 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1:18:45 - Pokémon: Gold and Silver 1:22:57 - Mass Effect 2 1:25:55 - Persona 3 1:32:10 - Final Fantasy VII 1:35:10 - Community emails 2:09:40 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice's creative director Tameem Antoniades interview

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show podcast. We have a radical split in this week's show: the dark side and the light. First up, we have the upbeat Jeff Marchiafava, Brian Shea, and Suriel Vazquez to optimistically talk about their time playing Puyo Puyo Tetris and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch, Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite, and many more colorful games. Then the sun sets and Elise Favis, Joe Juba, and Dan Tack crawl out from the darkness to talk about Little Nightmares, the ever-present death within What Remains of Edith Finch, the scares of Outlast 2, and Call of Duty's gritty return to World War II. It's a good time! After some great community emails, we finish off our epic discussion on all of Mass Effect Andromeda with the final installment of our GI Game Club. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 345 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 1:30 - Puyo Puyo Tetris 8:50 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 15:00 - Cities: Skylines on Xbox One 16:30 - Rock Band VR 19:15 - Deformers 24:15 - Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite 30:10 - Outlast 2 36:30 - Call of Duty: WWII 48:40 - Little Nightmares 52:10 - What Remains of Edith Finch 1:02:55 - Heroes of the Storm 2.0 1:05:15 - Community emails 1:33:15 - Mass Effect Andromeda Game Club Finale  2:30:10 - Kyle Hilliard's Dumb Review Minute  

Welcome back to another episode of The Game Informer Show podcast, thanks for stopping by! On this week's show, Javy Gwaltney and I debate the quality of Telltale's Marvel debut with Guardians of the Galaxy. Then RPG-expert Kimberley Wallace joins us to share early impressions of the indie RPG Cosmic Star Heroine. This week also has a bizarre glut of remasters for classic games like Full Throttle, Jeff Cork's precious Wonder Boy, The Disney Afternoon Collection, and Voodoo Vince. We're also joined by Matthew Kato to talk about our hopes and fears for Star Wars Battlefront II (check out Reiner's great preview) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. After some great community emails, we're joined by game developer Alex Hutchinson. Hutchinson was Spore's lead designer and the creative director for Assassin's Creed III and Far Cry 4 before recently leaving Ubisoft to open Typhoon Studios. We spoke about what it's like to tackle huge projects in the game industry, his thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and much more. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 344 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 3:30 - Guardians of the Galaxy from Telltale 14:00 - Cosmic Star Heroine 19:20 - Kimmy 23:30 - Full Throttle Remastered 30:38 - Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap 39:10 - The Disney Afternoon Collection 42:35 - Voodoo Vince Remastered 45:15 - Star Wars Battlefront II 52:25 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi speculation 1:08:30 - Community emails 1:47:00 - Alex Hutchinson interview 

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! Today's episode is full of fun information and close-range nostalgia. We start out talking about some recent game releases and announcements like Mr. Shifty, The Sexy Brutale, Mario Sports Superstars, the new Nintendo Direct, and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. Afterwards, Jeff Cork, Brian Shea, Kyle Hilliard, Ben Reeves, and I pay our full respects to the Wii U by traveling back to its beginning at E3 2011 and explaining why we're endlessly fascinated by so many finer details of Nintendo's retired console. After some great community emails, we dive into the uplifting middle chapter of our GI Game Club for Mass Effect: Andromeda with Joe Juba, Ben Reeves, Javy Gwaltney, and Elise Favis. We hope you enjoy the show! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 343 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 1:20 - Mr. Shifty 1:27 - The Sexy Brutale 1:47 - Mario Sports Superstars 2:43 - Breaking down the new Nintendo Direct (Splatoon 2, Arms, New Amiibos) 6:10 - Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition and Duke Nukem 9:50 - The Wii U-logy 12:45 - The E3 2011 Wii U Reveal 21:40 - 25 things that still fascinate us about the Wii U 1:09:40 - Community emails 1:27:00 - Mass Effect: Andromeda GI Game Club Part 2 

London's calling or something on this week's spiritual successor-focused Game Informer Show. First up, we talk about our trip to Ninja Theory in Cambridge, England for an exclusive look at Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice that we cover in the latest issue of the magazine. After some discussion about comparisons to Heavenly Sword, we shift over to Brian Shea's thoughts on Playtonic's Yooka-Laylee and how it both succeeds and fails as a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie. We also talk about Blaster Master Zero and Drawn to Death before some great community emails. The back half of this week's show is an interview with Yooka-Laylee's creative lead Gavin Price on the game's development and the interesting future for Playtonic's games. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 342 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 4:15 - Our impressions of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 19:45 - Yooka-Laylee 26:00 - Our reaction to the "Yooka-Laylee Rap" 28:05 - Blaster Master Zero 31:00 - Early impressions of Drawn to Death 39:00 - Community emails 1:29:50 - Playtonic's Gavin Price on Yooka-Laylee's development 

We have a lot to get through on this episode of Game Informer's podcast. First up, reviewer Joe Juba and superfan Dan Tack tell us why Persona 5 is one of the best JRPGs in years. Then Kyle Hilliard shares his impressions of playing more Splatoon 2 on the Nintendo Switch before Javy Gwaltney, Elise Favis, and Ben Reeves pop in to talk about the modernized throwback to adventure games with Thimbleweed Park. Then we take a full dive into Dan Tack's brain, with him sharing impressions of Dark Souls III's final piece of DLC and the intense PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Steam. After some great community emails, we kick off our thorough GI Game Club discussion on the divisive Mass Effect: Andromeda.  You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 341 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... :50 - Persona 5 20:00 - Splatoon 2's Beta 24:50 - Thimbleweed Park 31:00 - Dark Souls III: The Ringed City DLC 34:00 - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 42:20 - StarCraft Remastered 43:55 - Community emails 1:06:45 - Mass Effect: Andromeda Game Club Part 1

Above: The first real exposure for competitive gaming from LIFE magazine in 1982. Welcome to a special, bonus episode of The Game Informer Show podcast. We're hoping that you remember the fantastic documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters from 2007, because on this podcast we're joined by Donkey Kong/Pac-Man high-score chasers and record holders Billy Mitchell, Brian Kuh, and Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day. We talk about the earliest days of competitive gaming from the 1980s, the legacy of Pac-Man, and the greatest arcades to visit across the United States. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to it on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! To hear from King of Kong co-star, Steve Wiebe, head here for an episode of Replay where he joined us for a few rounds of Donkey Konga. (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website.

Welcome to a new episode of our humble podcast! This week, we finally share our full opinions on the end result of BioWare's Mass Effect: Andromeda and remember that next week we're kicking off our community playthrough and discussion of the game with the GI Game Club. After that, Ben Reeves shares some early thoughts on the Shovel Knight prequel, Spectre of Torment, and we also recommend some good cases for your Nintendo Switch. Things take a turn for the astral after that, as Javy Gwaltney joins the podcast for a lively discussion about the new game called Everything on PS4. Then, we talk about Pokémon developer Game Freak, their new game Giga Wrecker, and their recent job opening for what appears to be a Pokémon game on console. After some great community emails, we're joined by vice president of Adult Swim Games Jeff Olsen and lead producer Chris Johnston to talk about the history of Adult Swim publishing games and what the industry looks like from their perspective. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 340 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 3:25 - Mass Effect: Andromeda 41:21 - Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment  47:00 - The best Nintendo Switch cases 50:50 - Everything 1:03:40 - Game Freak's Giga Wrecker 1:06:08 - The long-awaited Pokémon RPG on consoles 1:09:20 - Community emails  1:38:10 - Adult Swim Games Interview 2:12:45 - Dumb crap 

It's a big week for The Game Informer Show, as we try to wrap our minds around some massive new games. First up, Matt Bertz talks about playing a ton of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands alongside Andrew Reiner and Jeff Marchiafava. Then we're joined by Suriel Vazquez to talk about playing Mass Effect Andromeda with Andrew Reiner and how the game's first couple of hours are stacking up in anticipation of our upcoming GI Game Club. After that, Dan Tack talks about his Bostonian adventures and the highlights of PAX before weighing in on how the card game The Elder Scrolls Legends turned out. After some great community emails, we get a new perspective on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild thanks to a talented group of developers. We're joined by BioShock's Ken Levine from Ghost Story Games, The Walking Dead and Firewatch's Jake Rodkin (also from Idle Thumbs and Important If True), ArenaNet's Aaron Linde, and Galak-Z's Jake Kazdal from 17-Bit to share their insight into Nintendo's monumental feat with the latest Zelda game. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 339 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 3:20 - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands 18:45 - Mass Effect Andromeda impressions 34:40 - Quake Champions 39:40 - PAX's best indie games (Kingsway) 45:55 - The Elder Scrolls Legends 49:35 - Community emails 1:27:55 - Breath of the Wild developer roundtable 

Welcome back to another episode of The Game Informer Show! On this week's podcast, Kimberley Wallace Elise Favis share new impressions of visiting Naughty Dog and checking out Uncharted: The Lost Legacy for our new cover story. Then we're joined by Javy Gwaltney to break down Middle-earth: Shadow of War and the rest of GDC 2017 experience. After that, Brian Shea explains the Nintendo Switch's Super Bomberman R and Joe Juba tells us why Nier: Automata is worth a look. After some great community emails, we have a six-person roundtable to discuss the first few hours of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We swap stories of our unique experiences in the beginning of the game and see how each of us fared with the various puzzles. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 338 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week! (Please visit the site to view this media) Our thanks to the talented Super Marcato Bros. for The Game Informer Show's intro song. You can hear more of their original tunes and awesome video game music podcast at their website. To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below... 1:40 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy 12:50 - GDC 2017 34:18 - Super Bomberman R 40:40 - Nier: Automata 53:33 - Community emails 1:36:11 - Zelda: Breath of the Wild roundtable