The Level

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dying Light 2, Death’s Door, and Tattletail. The Grind: David: Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. Infernal. Dying Light 2. Rainbow Six: Extraction. Dennis: Rainbow Six: Extraction. Lost Ark. The Last of Us: Part 2. Dreamscaper. Ben: Death’s Door. Valheim. Kole: Lovecrafting. Tattletale. The Multiplayer: Which game do you wish fewer people missed out on?

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Phoenix Point, Old Man’s Journey, The Forest, and much more. The Grind: Jala: A.I.: The Somnium Files. Old Man’s Journey. Dennis: Phoenix Point. Rainbow Six: Extraction. Ben: The Sleeping Gods. Board Game Arena. Storybook Brawl. Vampire Survivors. The Forest. Kole: Tormented Souls. The Multiplayer: Were you ever a console warrior? The End Boss: David Hayter is writing a TV adaptation of American McGee’s Alice. Team17 announces NFTs, then announces they won’t be doing NFTs. So many studios are getting bought up. Cuphead is getting an animated series.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Rainbow Six: Extraction, Vampire Survivors, and Pistol Whip. The Grind: Dennis: Rainbow Six: Extraction. Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. David: Rainbow Six: Extraction. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. Ben: Vampire Survivors. Ring Fit Adventure. The Sleeping Gods. Kole: In Death: Unchained. Pistol Whip. The Multiplayer: Give a game the Blood Dragon treatment! The End Boss: Tom Holland gets pummeled a lot as Nathan Drake. Palworld is Pokemon with guns. Respawn is making three Star Wars games, which is a lot. Unpacking and Wordle knockoffs are a real problem.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Tormented Souls, the Microsoft Activision acquisition, the Title of the Year 2021 winners, and much more. The Grind: David: Vampire Survivors. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. Kole: Tormented Souls. Dennis: Steam Link. Slay the Spire. Vermintide 2. Ben: Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Gartic Phone. GeoGuessr. Pizzuno. The Multiplayer: What’s the one game you’ve spent the most time on? The End Boss: Microsoft offers to buy Activision. The 2021 Title of the Year Awards.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Far Cry 6, Axiom Verge 2, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The Grind: Kole: Faith: Chapter 1. Axiom Verge 2. Ben: Gloomhaven. Storybook Brawl. Kingdom Come: Deliverance. David: Far Cry 6. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. Dennis: Trackmania Mods. Vermintide 2. The Multiplayer: What’s your biggest piece of unfinished gaming business? The End Boss: Elden Ring stuff is leaking, so look out. Konami is selling Castlevania NFTs. Streamer beats Celeste… with a steering wheel.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Mortal Shell, Metroid: Dread, and more! The Grind: Dennis: atGames Digital Pinball Table. Mortal Shell. Minecraft Dungeons. Vermintide 2. David: Warframe. Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Ben: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Kole: Metroid: Dread. Life is Strange: Before the Storm. The Multiplayer: What game news headlines do you expect to see in 2022? The End Boss: Modders turn Sephiroth into Ronald McDonald. Resident Evil 2 and 3 get unofficial VR support on PC. New PSVR2 details announced. The 2022 release calendar is stacked.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about Halo Infinite, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, and we ask you which games most and least respect your time. The Grind: Ben: Gloomhaven. Halo: Infinite. Dennis: Slay the Spire. Pocket Tanks. Kole: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The Multiplayer: Which games most, and least, respect your time? The End Boss: Nightingale is a new co-op survival game from ex-Bioware people. Quantic Dream is developing a Star Wars game. Alan Wake 2 announced. A light GOTY discussion.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Shin Megami Tensei V, Endzone: A World Apart, and Spiritfarer. The Multiplayer: Jala: Shin Megami Tensei V. A.I.: The Somnium Files. Kole: Endzone: A World Apart. Dennis: Pocket Tanks. Trackmania. Ben: Storybook Brawl. Gloomhaven. Spiritfarer. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite treatment of randomness in games? The End Boss: Gamers want historical accuracy. Nick Offerman cast as Bill in the Last of Us HBO series. Weird situation with Uncharted PS5 upgrades and Uncharted movie tickets. The Magic the Gathering / Dungeons and Dragons crossover module is out.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Galaxy Truckers, and Spiritfarer. The Grind: Dennis: Galaxy Truckers. League of Legends: Wild Rift. Apex Legends. David: Apex Legends. Warframe. Barotrauma. Ben: Gloomhaven. Spiritfarer. Kole: Mirror Layers. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. The Multiplayer: What’s your favorite unusual control scheme? The End Boss: Scientists give pigs permission to play video games. Mortal Shell added to PS+, and you should download and play it. Halo Infinite’s battle pass gets a little more generous. More Grand Theft Auto remaster awfulness. Twitch streamer Ludwig moves to YouTube.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Mirror Layers, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Gaia Project. The Grind: David: Warframe. Dennis: Halo Infinite Multiplayer. Apex Legends. League of Legends: Wild Rift. Ben: Storybook Brawl. Gloomhaven. Gaia Project. Kole: Mirror Layers. The Multiplayer: Which games nailed, or whiffed, the switch to a different business model? The End Boss: Bobby Kotick knew about rampant sexual abuse at Activision. 70 new games added to Xbox backward compatibility, including Otogi series. The Grand Theft Auto re-releases are just terrible. Riot partners with several smaller studios to release games set in the League of Legends world.