What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

Thank you to Bespoke Post, Theragun and Omaha Steaks for sponsoring this episode! Get 20% off your first monthly box when you sign up at https://bspk.me/2XjK7tw Buy one, get one FREE at http://theragun.com/WHATSGOOD until Labor Day! Visit http://omahasteaks.com and type WGG in the search bar to shop Summer Grill Packs today! This week Steimer, Andrea and Britt are joined by Rebekah Valentine from GamesIndustry.biz! They talk about Halo: Infinite’s unfortunate delay, the confirmed November release for Xbox Series X, Control’s weird next-gen upgrade condition and more. Hands-on include Story of Seasons, Among Trees, Fall Guys, and Rebekah talks indies and journalism advice in the third segment. Follow Rebekah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/duckvalentine The Cozywood Kitchenette: https://twitter.com/CozywoodKitchen Thank you to our Patreon Producers: • Chewy’s Godson • Alex Rigopulos • Faris Attieh • Mohammed Mohammed • Marcus Brown • Punkdefied • Califournicated Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: Segment One: News :46 Welcome to the show! 7:05 Halo Infinite Delayed into 2021 17:33 Xbox Series X confirmed for November 28:44 Control limits free next-gen upgrade to Ultimate Edition owners only 37:33 TLOU2 adds Grounded difficulty, permadeath and more 43:48 New game delays Segment Two: Hands-On 51:54 Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town 1:03:55 Among Trees 1:12:55 Paper Mario 1:19:30 Destiny 2 Solstice 1:20:34 Fall Guys Segment Three: Let’s talk to Rebekah Valentine! 1:25:13 Welcome back! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On What's Good Games Live for Aug. 10, 2020 Andrea, Britt, and Steimer (hooray Steimer!) are joined by Funhaus's Elyse Willems to chat the leaked Xbox controller, Rocksteady's new Suicide Squad game, the second episode of Night City Wire for Cyberpunk 2077 and now Facebook is mad at Apple too. Plus they chat about what Elyse's dream show would be to work on. Hint: it features physical comedy antics. Watch Elyse on Funhaus: http://www.youtube.com/funhaus Follow Elyse on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/elysewillems See more Elsye on Rooster Teeth: http://www.roosterteeth.com Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: :04 Welcome to the show! 7:56 Microsoft’s new Xbox Series S console confirmed via controller 15:20 Rocksteady announces Suicide Squad game 27:20 Night City Wire highlights 34:52 Facebook slams Apple 44:21 Activision is sending out Call of Duty crates? 47:50 Yoshinori Ono has resigned from Capcom 52:32 Fall Guys is doing super well! 58:33 Let’s talk to Elyse! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're chatting Nintendo's impressive sales numbers for Animal Crossing New Horizons, reactions to PlayStation's latest State of Play, and what is going on with this beef between Apple and Microsoft? In hands-on Andrea chats about Marvel's Avengers beta, Britt discusses her time with Grounded and Paper Mario: The Origami King, and Andrea is having a blast with Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: • Chewy’s Godson • Alex Rigopulos • Faris Attieh • Mohammed Mohammed • Marcus Brown • Punkdefied • Justin Foshee • Califournicated Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: Segment One: News :46 Welcome to the show! 3:33 Nintendo is crushing it! 28:26 State of Play recap 1:04:27 Microsoft and Apple aren’t playing nice with each other 1:20:49 DOOM Eternal and ESO: Online are coming to PS5/XSX Segment Two: Hands-On 1:23:21 Microsoft/Apple update 1:27:52 Marvel’s Avengers Beta 1:51:20 Grounded 2:04:59 Fall Guys 2:10:02 Paper Mario: The Origami King Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Aug. 3, 2020 Andrea and Britt chat about the reveal that Spider-man in Marvel's Avengers from Crystal Dynamics & Square Enix will be exclusive to Playstation consoles, new updates on what peripherals you can, and can't use on your PS5, more details on that Halo Infinite reveal including a MP free-to-play announcement, and we're getting some new Netflix video game content! Plus Andrea does a mini hands-on with the Genki Covert Dock and they chat about what it's like to game on mulitple TVs in the same room with your partner. Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: :06 Welcome to the show! 6:30 Spider-Man in Marvel’s Avengers will be a PlayStation exclusive 16:11 PS4 peripherals that will/won’t work on PS5 22:36 Sony’s upcoming State of Play 28:02 Halo Infinite’s multiplayer will be free to play 33:17 343 issues statement on Infinite’s art style/fidelity 36:56 Splinter Cell anime series announced 39:36 Beyond Good & Evil movie coming to Netflix 42:36 Author uses Zelda ingredients in his book! 46:07 Andrea’s review of the Genki Covert Dock 53:27 Epic Game Store has achievements/mods! 55:55 Analogue Pocket sold out REAL fast 58:00 How do you both play games when you are in the same room? -Parker Petrov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you to Honey for sponsoring this episode of What's Good Games! Join for FREE at http://joinhoney.com/whatsgood to support WGG Welcome to Royal Ramble 2K20 (thanks to John for that title) where we talking about video games, but also a lot of unrelated things like spider fangs, Bop It, derp fireworks and more! Seriously, it’s an episode for the books. Anyway, this week the ladies talk about Marvel’s Avengers latest character reveal, Grounded’s instant success, Animal Crossing’s latest update and more! Hands-on include Orcs Must Die 3 on Google Stadia, and Britt tries to guess movie plots in the third segment. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: • Chewy’s Godson • Alex Rigopulos • Faris Attieh • Mohammed Mohammed • Marcus Brown • Molly Bittner • Punkdefied Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: Segment One: News :45 Welcome to the show! 14:00 Hawkeye is coming to Marvel’s Avengers 34:12 Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ summer update details 41:09 Grounded is crushing it! 50:09 PS5’s “Activities” leak? 54:38 Cuphead is on PS4 56:30 Private Division has entered a publishing deal with several studios Segment Two: Hands-On 1:00:03 Welcome back! 1:01:13 Orcs Must Die 3/Google Stadia 1:24:06 Halo: Combat Evolved 1:34:57 Bop It/Skip It 1:38:26 BOOK TALK (strap in) Segment Three: Patreon Voted Segment 1:58:26 Welcome back! Let’s have Britt describe movie plots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In WGG Live for July 27, 2020 Andrea and Britt discuss new details from the Halo: Infinite gameplay reveal last week, accessibility options are coming to Ghost of Tsushima, what the heck is in that Nintendo "gigaleak," the Witcher is getting a prequel series, and Analogue's Pocket retro gaming device is delayed to 2021. Plus they chat about what's in their backlog of games to play this summer. Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: :05 Welcome to the show! 6:25 Halo: Infinite updates 13:00 Nintendo’s GIGALEAK 20:53 Ghost of Tsushima patch details 25:20 Netflix’s Witcher prequel 28:48 Red Dead Online is getting an update 30:10 Logitech’s Herman Miller partnership 33:14 G4 is coming back! 35:46 Disintegration is free on PC, PS4 and XB1 37:09 Anthem Update: PIRATES! 41:25 Suikoden’s spiritual successor has a kickstarter 44:33 Ghost of Tsushima’s photo mode Q -Scooter 46:54 Analogue Pocket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you Miro and ExpressVPN for sponsoring this week’s episode! Start collaborating for FREE when you sign up for an account at http://miro.com/whatsgood. Visit http://expressvpn.com/whatsgoodgames and get an extra 3 months FREE on a 1-year package! This week is all about XBOX with special guest Zombaekillz with a featured interview with Aaron Greenberg, the General Manager of Xbox Games Marketing. We run down the entire lineup from the showcase including Halo Infinite, State of Decay 3, Avowed, Everwild, and yes, Fable is returning! We also chat about Rocket League going to free-to-play, Yakuza's fall release date, and the fiasco between the US Army, AOC and Twitch. Plus Andrea finally sunk some serious hours into Ghost of Tsushima and Zombae tries to convince the crew that Dead by Daylight is super scary but super fun. Follow ZombaeKillz: https://twitter.com/ZombaeKillz https://www.twitch.tv/zombaekill Thank you to our Patreon Producers: • Chewy’s Godson • Alex Rigopulos • Faris Attieh • Mohammed Mohammed • Marcus Brown • Molly Bittner • Punkdefied Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: 1:15 - welcome Zombaekillz to the show! 5:00 - can mimosas have tequila in them? 9:16 - "simmered" impressions on Xbox Games Showcase 12:12 - Andrea's GTA clarification 16:00 - Halo Infinite reveal 23:41 - State of Decay 3 announced 29:20 - Everwild from Rare 31:30 - Tell Me Why - Britt needs to play Ori and the Will of the Wisps 38:26 - Zombae likes when you're out of focus 40:00 - The Outer Worlds new DLC "Peril on Gorgon" 41:30 - Grounded feels like "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" 46:55 - New RPG "Avowed" 49:36 - As Dusk Falls announced 53:05 - Senua's Sage: Hellblade 2 more details 1:00:00 - Four-year-olds are trash at video games 1:02:00 - Zombae says: take your time making games 1:04:50 - Destiny 2: Beyond Light coming to Xbox Game Pass (and it's delayed) 1:10:34 - Quick recap on rest of the news 1:13:00 - Phantasy Online 2 is "weeb trash" 1:16:00 - FABLE IS BACK 1:18:50 - Interview with Aaron Greenberg, GM XBOX Games Marketing 1:42:00 - BREAK 1:46:16 - Rocket League is going free to play 1:47:15 - Yakuza Like a Dragon new details and release date 1:50:43 - US Army halting Twitch activities 2:04:00 - Andrea's Ghost of Tsushima impressions 2:23:40 - Zombae is enjoying Dead by Daylight and by enjoying we mean she is killing everyone 2:45:09 - How did Zombaekillz get started? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea and Britt are joined by Mary Kish to chat about the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War leak, Xbox's new combo subscription for XCloud, a recap of the mini Nintendo Direct, highlights from Day of the Devs 2020, and details on the delay of Destiny 2's Beyond Light. Plus we take your questions and chat with Mary about her job at Twitch and her recommendations for how to build a community on your Twitch channel. Follow Mary on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerryKish Find Mary on Twitch: twitch.tv/merrykish Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: :07 Welcome to the show! 16:31 Is “The Red Door” the next Call of Duty? 22:51 xCloud will be included in Game Pass Ultimate 32:23 Nintendo’s mini-direct recap 37:41 Day of the Devs 2020 Showcase 44:35 Sea of Thieves has a LOT of players 49:50 Destiny 2: Beyond Light delayed 51:00 Dr. Disrespect update? 52:00 Geoff Keighley touched the DualSense 57:21 Let’s get to know Mary! 1:04:20 How can someone get affiliated with Twitch? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you Bespoke Post and HelloFresh for sponsoring this week’s episode! Get 20% off your first monthly box when you sign up at http://boxofawesome.com and enter the code WGG at checkout! Go to http://hellofresh.com/whatsgood60 and use code whatsgood60 to get $60 off your first three weeks, including free shipping on your first box. This week in the news the crew chats reviews for Paper Mario: Origami King, Reggie Fils-Aime has joined Rogue as an advisor, a recap of the Stadia Connect announcements, Marvel's Avengers beta details, the NES LEGO set, Dragon's Dogma anime and what is going on with Skull & Bones? In hands-on Britt, Steimer, and Riana deep dive into their time with Ghost of Tsushima and for the Patreon Produced segment we talk about incidents that almost made us leave video games, or at least made us take a nice long break. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: • Chewy’s Godson • Alex Rigopulos • Faris Attieh • Mohammed Mohammed • Marcus Brown • Molly Bittner • Punkdefied Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: Segment One: News :45 Welcome to the show! 10:00 Paper Mario and Ghost of Tsushima reviews are in1 13:33 Reggie Fils-Aime appointed to Rogue Games 20:18 Stadia Connect recap 29:45 Marvel’s Avengers beta 32:53 NES LEGO set is real! 36:15 Netflix & Dragon’s Dogma?! 38:53 Skull & Bones rumor 40:54 Red Dead Online players are dressing as clowns Segment Two: Hands-On 43:38 Welcome back! 48:00 Ghost of Tsushima Segment Three: Patreon Produced Segment 1:49:03 What was an experience that almost turned you off to working in games or caused you to take a significant break from playing them? - Javin Mather Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On WGG Live for 7/13/2020 Andrea and Britt recap UbiForward including the big reveal of Far Cry 6, Watch Dogs Legion release date, and new AC: Valhalla info. Plus they chat about Devolver Digital's "Direct", some crazy prices paid for video game collectibles, and more! Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Discuss the podcast on our social channels! http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games http://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgames Join the community page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/ Timestamps: :45 Welcome to the show! 9:04 Ubisoft Forward recap 39:22 Devolver Direct Showcase recap 45:04 Sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. sells for $$$ 48:00 Atari VCS 53:52 LEGO teases NES Set 58:55 Has AC: Valhalla and Cyberpunk given away the new console dates? -Scott 1:00:08 How are you pre-ordering your new consoles? -JPMaya Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices