The Game Informer Show

Game Informer's Ben Hanson, Kimberley Wallace, and Jeff Cork start the show by debating whether or not David Cage and Quantic Dream can pull off some of the deep and sensitive themes surrounding Detroit: Become Human on PlayStation 4. Kyle Hilliard joins the show to weigh in with his full thoughts on Nintendo Labo's cardboard adventures, Matt Bertz to talk about the brutal survival/sim Frostpunk from 11 Bit Studios, and Dan Tack stops by to talk about BattleTech and MechWarrior fun. After some great community emails, we kick off a gigantic community discussion about the first half of Sony Santa Monica's God of War. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 396 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... 2:30 - Detroit: Become Human 20:50 - Valve buys Firewatch's Campo Santo 25:05 - Special mystery guest 26:20 - Nintendo Labo 45:08 - Frostpunk 57:20 - Battletech 1:03:55 - Community emails 1:40:55 - God of War GI Game Club

Game Informer's Ben Hanson, Kimberley Wallace, and Jeff Cork start the show by debating whether or not David Cage and Quantic Dream can pull off some of the deep and sensitive themes surrounding Detroit: Become Human on PlayStation 4. Kyle Hilliard joins the show to weigh in with his full thoughts on Nintendo Labo's cardboard adventures, Matt Bertz to talk about the brutal survival/sim Frostpunk from 11 Bit Studios, and Dan Tack stops by to talk about BattleTech and MechWarrior fun. After some great community emails, we kick off a gigantic community discussion about the first half of Sony Santa Monica's God of War. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 396 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! 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 - Detroit: Become Human 20:50 - Valve buys Firewatch's Campo Santo 25:05 - Special mystery guest 26:20 - Nintendo Labo 45:08 - Frostpunk 57:20 - Battletech 1:03:55 - Community emails 1:40:55 - God of War GI Game Club

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! We're trying something a bit different on this week's podcast because there's a lot of interesting gaming news stories to break down. Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Cork, Andrew Reiner, and Imran Khan to talk about Yakuza 6's release and what it's like to hunt Ewoks in Battlefront II before we break out a high-tech random-news generator to go through the rest. We cover the huge news of Call of Duty potentially removing the single-player component of Black Ops 4, PlayStation 5 rumors, and what we'd want from a rumored new BioShock game in development. After some great community emails, we're joined by Game Informer's outgoing interns Robbie Key, Joey Thurmond, and Jon Bowman to talk about their time in the office. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 395 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... 2:25 - Yakuza 6: The Song of Life 6:53 - Star Wars Battlefront 2 Ewok Hunt 10:45 - Ghost Recon's Splinter Cell crossover 15:10 - A New BioShock? 19:50 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's missing single-player campaign/battle royale mode 28:25 - Radical Heights 31:30 - PlayStation 5 rumors 37:50 - Dragon Quest XI on Nintendo Switch 40:40 - Spyro Reignited Trilogy 43:00 - Steamspy's demise 46:05 - Billy Mitchell's saga 50:40 - Community emails 1:42:00 - GI interns Jon Bowman, Joey Thurmond, and Robbie Key

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! We're trying something a bit different on this week's podcast because there's a lot of interesting gaming news stories to break down. Ben Hanson is joined by Jeff Cork, Andrew Reiner, and Imran Khan to talk about Yakuza 6's release and what it's like to hunt Ewoks in Battlefront II before we break out a high-tech random-news generator to go through the rest. We cover the huge news of Call of Duty potentially removing the single-player component of Black Ops 4, PlayStation 5 rumors, and what we'd want from a rumored new BioShock game in development. After some great community emails, we're joined by Game Informer's outgoing interns Robbie Key, Joey Thurmond, and Jon Bowman to talk about their time in the office. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 395 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! 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... 2:25 - Yakuza 6: The Song of Life 6:53 - Star Wars Battlefront 2 Ewok Hunt 10:45 - Ghost Recon's Splinter Cell crossover 15:10 - A New BioShock? 19:50 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's missing single-player campaign/battle royale mode 28:25 - Radical Heights 31:30 - PlayStation 5 rumors 37:50 - Dragon Quest XI on Nintendo Switch 40:40 - Spyro Reignited Trilogy 43:00 - Steamspy's demise 46:05 - Billy Mitchell's saga 50:40 - Community emails 1:42:00 - GI interns Jon Bowman, Joey Thurmond, and Robbie Key

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On today's big show, we have Joe Juba and Andrew Reiner unleashing their full thoughts on the new God of War. Don't worry, they are very careful to not spoil anything. Then Dan Tack joins the podcast to talk about some new additions to Overwatch, World of WarCraft: Battle for Azeroth, and even Shroud of the Avatar! After some fun community emails, we compete in a brutally difficult round of Back of the Box trivia. Play along at home! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 394 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... 1:35 - God of War 28:35 - Overwatch's Retribution event 32:15 - Taking the Blizzard tour 35:12 - World of WarCraft: Battle for Azeroth 39:20 - Shroud of the Avatar 43:50 - Community emails 1:28:45 - Back of the box trivia

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On today's big show, we have Joe Juba and Andrew Reiner unleashing their full thoughts on the new God of War. Don't worry, they are very careful to not spoil anything. Then Dan Tack joins the podcast to talk about some new additions to Overwatch, World of WarCraft: Battle for Azeroth, and even Shroud of the Avatar! After some fun community emails, we compete in a brutally difficult round of Back of the Box trivia. Play along at home! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 394 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! 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... 1:35 - God of War 28:35 - Overwatch's Retribution event 32:15 - Taking the Blizzard tour 35:12 - World of WarCraft: Battle for Azeroth 39:20 - Shroud of the Avatar 43:50 - Community emails 1:28:45 - Back of the box trivia

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Andrew Reiner share new, exclusive details on Insomniac's Spider-Man based on their gameplay-filled cover story trip. Then we talk about the latest round of the ongoing rivalry between PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Epic's Fortnite, including PUBG's new "Savage" map. Elise joins the podcast to talk about Minit and also answer a bunch of fun community emails, and we're also joined by Ready Player One's author Ernest Cline to talk about Spielberg and games, then Iron Galaxy's Adam Boyes to discuss Extinction, working at Capcom and Sony, and his career as a whole. It's a big show – tell a friend if you enjoy it! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 393 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... 3:45 - New Spider-Man Gameplay Impressions 37:40 - PUBG vs. Fortnite 45:10 - Minit 51:35 - Community emails 1:27:20 - Ernest Cline/Ready Player One interview 1:51:15 - Adam Boyes interview

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, and Andrew Reiner share new, exclusive details on Insomniac's Spider-Man based on their gameplay-filled cover story trip. Then we talk about the latest round of the ongoing rivalry between PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Epic's Fortnite, including PUBG's new "Savage" map. Elise joins the podcast to talk about Minit and also answer a bunch of fun community emails, and we're also joined by Ready Player One's author Ernest Cline to talk about Spielberg and games, then Iron Galaxy's Adam Boyes to discuss Extinction, working at Capcom and Sony, and his career as a whole. It's a big show – tell a friend if you enjoy it! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 393 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! 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... 3:45 - New Spider-Man Gameplay Impressions 37:40 - PUBG vs. Fortnite 45:10 - Minit 51:35 - Community emails 1:27:20 - Ernest Cline/Ready Player One interview 1:51:15 - Adam Boyes interview

Welcome to a special edition of The Game Informer Show podcast! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Dan Tack, Andrew Reiner, uber-nerd Matt Miller, and young pup Leo Vader to share a cacophony of opinions and thoughts on Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. This movie is unbelievably dorky, filled with gaming references, and right up our alley. We have timestamps for the episode below, but we want to stress that the first ten minutes of the episode are spoiler-free and we give a clear warning before we dive headfirst into spoilers. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to this episode on SoundCloud. (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... 0:00 - Spoiler-free discussion 11:10 - Ready Player One spoiler-filled discussion 41:05 - Leo Vader's silly nitpicks

Welcome to a special edition of The Game Informer Show podcast! On this episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Dan Tack, Andrew Reiner, uber-nerd Matt Miller, and young pup Leo Vader to share a cacophony of opinions and thoughts on Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. This movie is unbelievably dorky, filled with gaming references, and right up our alley. We have timestamps for the episode below, but we want to stress that the first ten minutes of the episode are spoiler-free and we give a clear warning before we dive headfirst into spoilers. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to this episode on SoundCloud.   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... 0:00 - Spoiler-free discussion 11:10 - Ready Player One spoiler-filled discussion 41:05 - Leo Vader's silly nitpicks

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Cork, Dan Tack, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about our review of Ubisoft's Far Cry 5. Ben Reeves then joins the podcast to talk about the bizarre Nintendo 3DS game Detective Pikachu. After that, we dive deep on our time playing the new park building sim Jurassic World Evolution from Frontier Developments. We're also joined by Jeff Goldblum himself to talk about reprising his role as Ian Malcom in the game... really, like he's on the show. We also interview Jurassic World Evolution's writer John Zuur Platten (who worked on games like The Chronicles of Riddick) and the game's director Michael Brooks and lead designer Andrew Fletcher. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 392 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... 6:20 - Far Cry 5 29:30 - Detective Pikachu 35:05 - Jurassic World Evolution impressions 47:40 - Jeff Goldblum interview 56:15 - Community emails 1:48:55 - John Zuur Platten on writing Jurassic World Evolution 2:00:45 - Jurassic World Evolution's director and designer 2:20:47 - Jeff Goldblum outtakes

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Cork, Dan Tack, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about our review of Ubisoft's Far Cry 5. Ben Reeves then joins the podcast to talk about the bizarre Nintendo 3DS game Detective Pikachu. After that, we dive deep on our time playing the new park building sim Jurassic World Evolution from Frontier Developments. We're also joined by Jeff Goldblum himself to talk about reprising his role as Ian Malcom in the game... really, like he's on the show. We also interview Jurassic World Evolution's writer John Zuur Platten (who worked on games like The Chronicles of Riddick) and the game's director Michael Brooks and lead designer Andrew Fletcher. You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 392 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! 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... 6:20 - Far Cry 5 29:30 - Detective Pikachu 35:05 - Jurassic World Evolution impressions 47:40 - Jeff Goldblum interview 56:15 - Community emails 1:48:55 - John Zuur Platten on writing Jurassic World Evolution 2:00:45 - Jurassic World Evolution's director and designer 2:20:47 - Jeff Goldblum outtakes

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this episode, we're covering too many games to count! Okay, maybe it's 6.5. First up, we're joined by Joe Juba to talk about his review for Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, then Matt Kato shares his thoughts on A Way Out. We touch on the launch and confusion surrounding Rare's Sea of Thieves before Suriel Vazquez regales us with the inside scoop on his recent trip to Valve to play Artifact. Javy Gwaltney joins the show to talk about Warhammer: Vermintide 2 as well! After some great community emails starring the winner of the #GIShowChallenge, we're joined by Microsoft's Chris Charla to talk about partnering with developers to release games like Cuphead, his days founding IGN, and a surprising amount of Bill Gates talk. 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 391 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... 3:05 - God of War gameplay impressions 7:00 - Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom 19:00 - A Way Out 33:00 - Sea of Thieves 42:00 - Valve's future 53:50 - Playing Artifact 1:03:30 - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 1:14:00 - #Wargames 1:20:19 - Community emails with contest winner Remington Novak 2:18:00 - Chris Charla/ID@Xbox Interview 2:47:13 - Gabe Newell on Pokémon's success

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On this episode, we're covering too many games to count! Okay, maybe it's 6.5. First up, we're joined by Joe Juba to talk about his review for Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, then Matt Kato shares his thoughts on A Way Out. We touch on the launch and confusion surrounding Rare's Sea of Thieves before Suriel Vazquez regales us with the inside scoop on his recent trip to Valve to play Artifact. Javy Gwaltney joins the show to talk about Warhammer: Vermintide 2 as well! After some great community emails starring the winner of the #GIShowChallenge, we're joined by Microsoft's Chris Charla to talk about partnering with developers to release games like Cuphead, his days founding IGN, and a surprising amount of Bill Gates talk. 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 391 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! 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 - God of War gameplay impressions 7:00 - Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom 19:00 - A Way Out 33:00 - Sea of Thieves 42:00 - Valve's future 53:50 - Playing Artifact 1:03:30 - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 1:14:00 - #Wargames 1:20:19 - Community emails with contest winner Remington Novak 2:18:00 - Chris Charla/ID@Xbox Interview 2:47:13 - Gabe Newell on Pokémon's success

Welcome back to The Game Informer Show! On today's show, to celebrate Game Informer's 300th issue and the magazine's ranking of the 300 greatest games of all time, we gathered a group of editors to run down and surprise each other with their personal top ten lists. You can see everybody else's picks by clicking here. It's not easy to whittle down a list of your favorite games of all time to just ten, but thankfully we're surrounded by co-workers eager to mock our choices for your entertainment. In the back half of this episode, we're honored to be joined by three game developers from Blizzard Entertainment! Senior casting and voice director Andrea Toyias, lead writer Justin Dye, and World of Warcraft's senior narrative designer Steve Danuser join the show to talk about their upcoming GDC panel on writing and recording voice over lines for their games. It's a fun chat, and I hope you enjoy the episode! You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 390 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! 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... 5:20 - Jeff Cork's Yakuza 6 verdict 7:20 - Donkey Kong Country 11:05 - BioShock 14:05 - Rainbow Six Siege 16:30 - Perfect Dark 18:30 - Inside 21:10 - Final Fantasy Tactics 21:40 - Rock Band 3 26:40 - The Stanley Parable 28:45 - Halo: Combat Evolved 31:10 - Super Mario World 32:56 - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist 36:40 - Frequency 38:40 - Super Mario Galaxy 42:00 - Diablo II 44:45 - Tony Hawk's American Wasteland 47:27 - Super Smash Bros. Melee 50:10 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 53:00 - Secret of Mana 53:55 - Heat Signature 55:55 - Pokémon Silver 57:20 - Batman: Arkham Asylum 58:50 - Final Fantasy VI 1:00:10 - Rocket League 1:01:50 - Age of Mythology 1:04:10 - Shadow of the Colossus 1:06:50 - World of Warcraft 1:09:20 - The Last of Us 1:11:00 - Tetris 1:12:05 - Portal 2 1:13:50 - Chrono Trigger 1:14:50 - Spelunky 1:16:00 - Metal Gear Solid 1:17:30 - Mega Man X 1:18:50 - Bloodborne 1:20:25 - Tabletop Simulator 1:23:20 - Final Fantasy VII 1:24:00 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1:25:50 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1:27:15 - Hitman 1:30:00 - Community mail... 1:37:50 - Blizzard's Andrea Toyias, Justin Dye, and Steve Danuser on writing and recording game VO