The Game Informer Show

On this week's episode, we talk about the exciting reveal of the next generation of Pokémon games on the Nintendo Switch with Pokémon Sword And Shield. Andrew Reiner also talks about his final review score for BioWare's Anthem. Then Jeff Cork and Suriel Vazquez talk about their fond feelings toward ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove and Sega's upcoming Yakuza spin-off called Judgment. After some great community emails, we interview the co-founder of Westwood Studios Louis Castle about the early days of the RTS genre with Command & Conquer, why the hell their The Lion King video game was so hard, and what life was like as an EA executive. You can watch the video above, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen on SoundCloud, stream it on Spotify, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 4:05 - Pokémon Sword and Shield 15:35 - Detective Pikachu 17:40 - The Lego Movie 2 Videogame 20:30 - Anthem 44:10 - ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove 49:50 - Trials Rising 54:20 - Judgment 1:02:30 - Community emails 1:53:30 - Louis Castle interview on Command & Conquer and The Lion King

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this episode, Andrew Reiner, Matt Miller, and Suriel Vazquez talk about the challenges of writing the review for Anthem and why Bioware's new game is off to a rocky start. Then Kyle Hilliard and Dan Tack join the show to debate whether Tetris 99 deserves to be called a battle royale. After some great community emails, we continue our bizarre trend of playing audio-only adventure games through Amazon Alexa. This time, we're playing the sexy spy thriller Codename Cygnus from Earplay. You can watch the video above, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen on SoundCloud, stream it on Spotify, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 5:19 - Anthem 47:20 - Tetris 99 54:45 - Community Emails 1:32:40 - Playing the Alexa audio game Codename Cygnus ReActivated

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On today's episode, Jeff Cork and Kyle Hilliard talk about Crackdown 3 on Xbox One and Jump Force. Then Jeff Marchiafava talks about his review for Ubisoft's Far Cry New Dawn and Matt Bertz Skypes in to discuss Metro Exodus and DICE. We also talk about Nintendo's extremely exciting Nintendo Direct all about the Nintendo Switch and share our exclusive impressions of Harmonix's new game Audica. After some great community emails, we're joined by Tequila Works' Raul Rubio, MWM Immersive's Ethan Stearns, and the Senior VP of VR for Sony Pictures Jake Zim to talk about developing Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son. You can watch the video above, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 437 on SoundCloud, stream it on Spotify, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 2:50 - Crackdown 3 13:15 - Jump Force 20:50 - Far Cry New Dawn 29:30 - Metro Exodus 40:25 - Nintendo Direct recap 41:50 - Astral Chain 43:20 - Tetris 99 45:50 - Super Mario Maker 2 48:19 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses 49:47 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening on Switch 59:34 - Harmonix's Audica exclusive impressions 1:17:15 - Community emails 1:54:58 - Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son interview

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Joe Juba, and Matt Miller share exclusive, new impressions of Obsidian's upcoming RPG The Outer Worlds. Then Javy Gwaltney, Dan Tack, and Matt Bertz join the show to break down all of the smart design choices in Respawn's surprising battle royale Apex Legends. After some great community emails where we talk about the future of Xbox, Nintendo, and PlayStation, we're joined by the series producer for Earth Defense Force Nobuyuki Okajima to talk about his history in the game industry and Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 436 on SoundCloud, stream it on Spotify, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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 - The Outer Worlds 41:45 - Apex Legends 1:08:50 - Weedcraft Inc. 1:11:25 - Sunless Skies 1:15:42 - Etrian Odyssey Nexus 1:17:15 - Community Emails 2:15:50 - Earth Defense Force Nobuyuki Okajima interview

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On today's episode, we're sharing new impressions of the endgame for BioWare's Anthem, raving over the Advance Wars-like Wargroove, talking about the state of Crackdown 3, and trying to wrap our minds around the Beta for Dreams. After some fun community emails, we're joined by Brandon Jones from Easy Allies as he judges the intense competition for our "Every Game Is Interesting Challenge". Thanks for checking out the episode everybody! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 435 on SoundCloud, stream it on Spotify, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 2:30 - Anthem 31:50 - Wargroove 39:23 - Mortal Kombat 11 47:32 - Crackdown 3 56:00 - Metroid Prime 4's delay 1:02:00 - Dreams Beta 1:20:50 - Community emails 2:22:40 - Suriel's Surreal Cereal Seriously Serial Series 2:27:35 - Every Game Is Interesting featuring Easy Allies' Brandon Jones

Welcome to the first great week for video games in 2019! On this week's episode of The Game Informer Show podcast, we talk about Kingdom Hearts III and the incredible remake of Resident Evil 2. We also cover Ace Combat 7 and the new strategy game from the designer of Civilization V called At the Gates. Before we get to some great community emails, we kick off the second round of our funky challenge Every Game Is Interesting. Then the back half of the show is a brutal round of game trivia with Back of the Box Trivia. Compete alongside us, and don't forget to send in your submission for the Every Game Is Interesting challenge to podcast@gameinformer.com. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 434 on SoundCloud, stream it on Spotify, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 6:30 - Kingdom Hearts III 28:50 - Resident Evil 2 43:00 - Ace Combat 7 50:25 - Every Game is Interesting 57:00 - At The Gates 1:04:35 - Community emails 2:01:15 - Back of the Box Trivia

Game Informer's Ben Hanson, Joe Juba, Kyle Hilliard, and Matt Bertz run down their most-anticipated games for 2019 and share new information on Metro Exodus and The Division 2 from Ubisoft. Then Suriel Vazquez joins the show to talk about the funky new No More Heroes game on the Nintendo Switch. After a mountain of great community emails, we're joined by Imran Khan to talk about some of the wildest gaming news from 2019 so far. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 433 on SoundCloud, stream it on Spotify, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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 - Vane 6:15 - The next Pokémon 9:25 - Metro Exodus 14:30 - Psychonauts 2 17:35 - The Outer Worlds 21:20 - Animal Crossing on Switch 25:40 - The Division 2 35:00 - One Piece: World Seeker 38:20 - Devil May Cry 5 41:30 - Age of Empires IV 44:50 - Doom Eternal 49:15 - Control 51:55 - Anthem 55:27 - Dreams 1:01:00 - Predicting The Last of Us Part II and Cyberpunk's release date 1:08:00 - Even more games we're excited to play in 2019 1:21:35 - Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes 1:29:45 - Community emails 1:58:25 - Answering community questions about Sekiro 2:06:20 - Back to community emails 2:40:20 - The biggest news from 2019 2:41:40 - EA cancelling another Star Wars game 2:49:55 - Bungie and Activision's split and Destiny's fuutre 2:58:00 - Unity vs. Improbable 3:05:00 - The new Ghostbusters movie 3:08:20 - Gearbox drama

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this week's episode, we're talking all about Game Informer's latest cover story on Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Then Andrew Reiner joins the podcast to talk about Game Informer's game of the year winner and other categories like top ten characters, moments, and dorks. After some great community emails, we're joined by Sumo Digital's Paul Porter and Karl Hilton to talk about the surprising studio's history, developing Crackdown 3, and what the studio's connection with Timesplitters might mean for the future. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 432 on SoundCloud, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 3:05 - Bowser's Inside Story/New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 4:40 - Exclusive details on Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 34:00 - Tokyo Disneyland 38:15 - Game Informer's Game of the Year 2018 50:55 - Community emails 1:38:30 - Sumo Digital's Paul Porter and Karl Hilton interview

Game Informer's Ben Hanson, Dan Tack, Andrew Reiner, Joe Juba, and Leo Vader break down their ten favorite games from 2018. From Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption II to Assassin's Creed Odyssey, let us know what your ten favorite games are in the comments below! After that, we celebrate every great email sent in to podcast@gameinformer.com by making them fight it out in a brutal battle to determine the email of the year! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 431 on SoundCloud, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 9:25 - Frostpunk 11:29 - The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit 13:30 - Darksiders III 15:05 - Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales 18:00 - Tetris Effect 19:50 - Just Cause 4 20:50 - Shadow of the Colossus 23:00 - Subnautica 26:35 - Artifact 28:30 - Florence 29:17 - Return of the Obra Dinn 32:35 - Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom 34:50 - Forza Horizon 4 36:25 - Deltarune 37:35 - Dragon Quest XI 40:00 - Maple Story 2 43:35 - The Missing: J.J. MacField and the Island of Memories 45:50 - Assassin's Creed Odyssey 49:55 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider 51:30 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 55:48 - Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk 57:20 - Jurassic World Evolution 59:00 - Yakuza 6: The Song of Life 1:00:54 - Dead Cells 1:02:45 - God of War 1:07:55 - Astro Bot: Rescue Mission 1:09:10 - Into the Breach 1:10:45 - Marvel's Spider-Man 1:13:45 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1:16:55 - Fortnite 1:19:30 - Valkyria Chronicles 4 1:22:00 - Hitman 2 1:23:40 - Red Dead Redemption 2 1:33:45 - Monster Hunter: World 1:36:55 - Email of the Year

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On today's episode, Kimberley Wallace, Matt Miller, and Kyle Hilliard break down three games from 2018 that they think deserve more attention. After some great community emails sent in to podcast@gameinformer.com, we're honored to be joined by legendary game designer Will Wright to talk about his career and the process of creating games like SimCity and The Sims while at Maxis. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 430 on SoundCloud, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 4:30 - Nintendo Labo's Vehicle Kit 7:50 - Minit 10:25 - Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom 14:30 - A Way Out 17:30 - Moss 19:15 - The Red Strings Club 21:44 - Where The Water Tastes Like Wine 24:20 - WarioWare Gold! 26:35 - Iconoclasts 28:35 - Far: Lone Sails 35:05 - The Missing: J.J. MacField and the Island of Memories 39:25 - Wandersong 42:35 - Skater XL 50:00 - Community emails 1:36:00 - Will Wright Interview

Happy holidays and welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this fun episode, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and I sit back and each play four of our favorite pieces of music from the year in gaming. Consider this bonus episode of the podcast our thanks to you for watching and listening to the show throughout the year, so please tell a friend about the show if you enjoy it! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen on SoundCloud, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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.

Game Informer's Ben Hanson, Dan Tack, Andrew Reiner, and Ben Reeves talk about some of the best indie games released at the end of the year. Then Matt Miller talks about several of his favorite tabletop games to play over the holiday break. We have a special treat with our emails section this week, as we're joined by a generous donor from Extra Life Mike Hennessee! For the back half of the show, we say goodbye to out wonderful interns Jill Grodt and John-Paul Gemborys by asking them dozens of burning questions from the community. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 429 on SoundCloud, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 2:35 - Below 10:00 - Ashen 16:25 - Dusk 21:00 - The future for Heroes of the Storm 26:55 - Battle Princess Madelyn 32:15 - Gris 40:30 - Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul Kar 44:00 - Betrayal Legacy 48:30 - The Mind 56:05 - Community emails with Mike Hennessee 1:56:58 - Saying goodbye to our interns Jill Grodt and John-Paul Gemborys

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this week's episode, we have Javy Gwaltney, Ben Reeves, and Leo Vader regaling us with details from their trip to Sweden to learn all about Avalanche's Rage 2 for our new cover story. Then Brian Shea and Jeff Cork join the show as we attempt to run down the highlights from The Game Awards, especially Far Cry New Dawn and Obsidian's The Outer Worlds. Dan Tack and Matt Miller are also eager to talk about Hades, the surprising new game from Supergiant Games. After some great community emails, we're joined by former Game Informer editor Meagan Marie to talk about her new book Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play. We hope you enjoy the show! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 428 on SoundCloud, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 2:45 -  Rage 2 cover story impressions 23:00 - Recap of The Game Awards 40:30 - Far Cry New Dawn 48:00 - The Outer Worlds 56:05 - Hades from Supergiant Games 1:09:20 - Community emails 1:46:45 - Meagan Marie interview on Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play

Welcome to The Game Informer Show! Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Cork share their thoughts on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch and Beat Saber for the PS4. Then Jeff Marchiafava joins the show to talk about Avalanche's Just Cause 4 and the XCOM-like Mutant Year Zero. Matt Bertz and Imran Khan also join the podcast to talk about Epic using Fortnite's popularity to help launch a competitor to Steam. After some really fun community emails, we're joined by Capybara's Kris Piotrowski to talk about what it's like on the inside of Below's development. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 427 on SoundCloud, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 6:50 -  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 19:25 - Beat Saber 21:00 - Just Cause 4 34:20 - Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden 38:40 - The Epic Game Store announcement 47:15 - Community emails 1:48:35 -  Capybara's Kris Piotrowski on developing Below

Game Informer Editor-In-Chief Andy McNamara guest hosts this episode of the GI Show! He's joined by Andrew Reiner, Matt Bertz and Javy Gwaltney to kick off the episode with an open discussion of how we're looking at the best games of the year as living games continue to thrive years after release. Then, Jeff Cork tags in to tell tales of his rivalry with Javy in Red Dead Online. Kyle Hilliard joins the battle to discuss the solid action-adventure Darksiders III, as well as the less solid Fallout 76. After some great community emails, Ben Reeves takes over for an interview with Just Cause 4 game director Francesco Antolini.  You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, listen to episode 426 on SoundCloud, or download the MP3 by clicking here. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show. 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... 2:05 - GI's End Of Year Awards Discussion 33:37 - Red Dead Online Beta 56:17 - Beat Saber 56:55 - Fallout 76 1:21:50 - Darksiders III 1:41:58 - Community Emails 2:35:49 - Just Cause 4 Interview