What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

Get 15% off your first order at http://www.FourSigmatic.com/WGG Thank you to Four Sigmatic for sponsoring this episode! Join the community at http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames The team is back together in the Bay for this week's episode. They chat about the BlizzCon news fallout surrounding Diablo, the crazy announcement of FFXV DLC cancelled and Tabata quitting, Fortnite's wild concurrent numbers, and is more Mass Effect on the way?! Britt has been Moonlighting in Moonlighter, Andrea jumped back into Mass Effect Andromeda with the new patch, and they have been spending a little too much time in the woods of Red Dead Redemption 2. Lastly they celebrate N7 Day with their favorite Mass Effect memories and hopes for Anthem. Segment One: News 10:15 Mini Blizzcon recap 25:55 FFXV/Tabata shakeup 33:40 Red Dead Online beta arriving this month?! 39:58 Fortnite is bananas huge! 50:18 A bit of Mass Effect news Segment Two: Hands-On 1:00:13 Welcome back! 1:04:22 Moonlighter 1:11:20 Mass Effect Andromeda 1:15:55 Red Dead Redemption 2 1:39:20 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Segment Three: Let’s celebrate Mass Effect! 1:50:51 What Mass Effect means to us! 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/ *** Brittney http://twitter.com/blondenerd http://facebook.com/blondenerd http://youtube.com/blondenerd Andrea http://twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_/ Steimer http://twitter.com/steimer https://www.instagram.com/ksteimer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robinhood is giving listeners a free stock to build your portfolio. Sign up at http://whatsgood.robinhood.comGet your first Quip toothbrush refill pack free at http://getquip.com/whatsgoodThis week Britt and Andrea are tag-teaming to chat about the whopper of a Nintendo Direct featuring Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Switch. They also discuss the full lineup for Playstation Classic, microtransactions gone bad in Black Ops 4, and a record setting weekend for Red Dead Redemption 2. Plus in hands-on they take your RDR2 questions and Britt chats about her time in Call of Duty Blackout. Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! Gain access to behind-the-scenes content, exclusive videos, extra podcast segments and more. http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Segment One: News :42 Welcome to the show! 10:00 SMASH NEWS! 27:42 Red Dead Redemption is making money, you guys 34:25 BLOPS 4 and silly microtransactions 49:56 PS1 Classic games revealed 53:26 The Nintendo Switch is selling! WHO KNEW?! Segment Two: Hands-On 59:24 Welcome back! 1:03:52 More RDR thoughts and YOUR questions! 1:23:48 Blackout impressions 1:27:45 Lazaretto impressions 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/ *** Brittney http://twitter.com/blondenerd http://facebook.com/blondenerd http://youtube.com/blondenerd Andrea http://twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_/ Steimer http://twitter.com/steimer https://www.instagram.com/ksteimer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get 15% off your first pair at http://meundies.com/wgg Thank you to MeUndies for sponsoring this episode! Get 15% off your first order at http://www.FourSigmatic.com/WGG Thank you to Four Sigmatic for sponsoring this episode! SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/2rAcJvF Join the community at http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames This week is all about Red Dead Redemption 2! But don't worry, that's not all the team chats about as they are reunited in San Francisco. They discuss the PSN ID name change policy, Xbox Game Pass coming to PC, and Jade Raymond's departure from EA. Britt and Andrea finally discuss the Claire Resident Evil 2 demo, Britt has been playing more Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Andrea spent time in the wasteland of Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. Then strap in pardner for lots of cowboy talk in RDR2. Segment One: News :46 Welcome to the show! 11:28 More PSN name change shenanigans 22:01 Microsoft Game Pass coming to PC 27:34 Jade Raymond leaves Motive/EA 35:00 Kingdom Rush Vengeance 35:10 Layers of Fear 2 announced! Segment Two: Hands-On 40:34 Andrea’s Resident Evil 2 impressions 54:00 Britt’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider thoughts 58:00 Steimer gave up on Destiny 2 58:42 Fallout 76 impressions 1:17:27 Dungeon Village Segment Three: RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 BABY 1:20:25 Welcome back! Let’s talk about RDR 2!  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/ *** Brittney http://twitter.com/blondenerd http://facebook.com/blondenerd http://youtube.com/blondenerd Andrea http://twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_/ Steimer http://twitter.com/steimer https://www.instagram.com/ksteimer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get an extra 25% off when you keep all items in your box at http://stitchfix.com/whatsgoodThanks to Stitch Fix for sponsoring this episode!Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! Gain access to behind-the-scenes content, exclusive videos, extra podcast segments and more. http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgamesThis week Andrea and Steimer are missing Britt as she enjoys the spooky festivities at Universal Studios. They chat about Rockstar Games "100-hour work week," Discord's new game store beta, and will Rocket League be next for PS4 cross-play? Andrea spent some time with Bad North on Nintendo Switch, Steimer attempted another run at Celeste, and both are heavily invested in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.0:50 Hello and welcome!2:50 TwitchCon Update5:30 Happy Hour Q&A Update9:16 Why does Britt use giant suitcases all the time?12:50 NEWS begins13:15 Ninja is hanging with Ellen14:50 Rockstar Games "100-hour weeks" fiasco21:15 Crazy hours are common in game development25:37 Normalizing crunch35:31 Discord launches their Game Store Beta38:20 Can Discord challenge GOG or Steam?41:34 Steimer loves a good vamp42:47 Psyonix Rocket League up next for cross-play?48:50 Are you going to change your PSN ID?52:53 New mobile game let's you hang with "Saved by the Bell' and "Breakfast Club" characters...and..."Law and Order"?56:50 BREAK59:02 Steimer tries to play Celeste again1:07:11 - Andrea started Bad North on her Switch1:11:17 - Andrea loves her Cayde-6 Destiny t-shirt1:12:18 - Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost is happening1:17:10 - Kassandra is bae1:19:06 - Open world balance in Assassin's Creed Odyssey1:24:15 - Steimer's got people to bang in Greece1:36:57 - Andrea spent real money on microtransactions1:46:51 - Resident Evil 2 demo impressions coming next week1:48:15 - We love you guys Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_gamesFollow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/whatsgoodgamesOur discord channel: http://discord.gg/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/whatsgoodgamesofficialOur website: http://www.whatsgoodgames.comHUGE thank you and shoutout to our awesome Turbo Patrons and above!Aaron SaxtonAdriane 'Aroc' WilliamsAlberto AndrÃ's VidelaAlex RigopulosAndrew SusenAnthony MurphyAriella FurmanAsh VulcainBeau HierholzerBill StillwellBilly ShibleyBrian HarperBrooke Laree Asia HarrisCarl PedersenCathy LucasCoolRatDaddyCristian RodriguezDale SonDavid IacolucciDominic WellerDonato Sinicco, IIIDustin Lewis E Benjamin CheknisE. IrizarryElizabeth BrookeElmo ShellEmily KentFaris AttiehGeek Heart GamesGio CorsiGregory HortonIvan BejaranoJarryd HowardJason DavisJason EricsonJay MauhayJayson DeMersJesse SpencerJessica SalisburyjoJoe KennisonJoe SchleifJohn DrakeKevin DunkelKevin komakiKia B.Leviathon Masters-BarellaLewis CreechLincoln DavisLucas CheneyMark DrastrupMartha EmeryMartin T. AaserudMatt HowellMatthew GoderreMelanthius OwensMichael ShanholtzMohammed Fahim MohammedMolly BittnerNam BuiNicole HumphreyOzzie MejiaPaige PorterPete ShoemakerProfessor Metal GearPunkdefiedPureBlueOctopusR.J. BrianRegan ImpsonRippedGamersRob LehnertRobert JareroRoland BalaRoss HaineyRyan BSamSimon BergstedtSian StevensonStef WuStephanie FitzwilliamSteven InslerSydney CarrTara BrunoTeresa EhnertThomas JenningsTimothy BennettTommy LarsenTrent PenningtonTrevor StarkeyTyler McCallveritanudaWill HernandezZach Hershey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you Four Sigmatic for sponsoring this episode! Get 15% off of your entire order at http://foursigmatic.com/WGGThank you Quip for sponsoring this episode! Get your first refill pack free at http://getquip.com/whatsgoodHOLY CRAP, PSN name changes are coming and Britt and Steimer are here to talk ALL about it. Other discussions include Microsoft’s Project xCloud, updated impressions on Google’s Project Stream, the “confirmation” of PS5 and a potential release date, Nintendo’s new Switch hardware rumor and SO MUCH MORE. Hands-on impressions include Celeste, Broken Sword 5 and Super Mario Party! Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! Gain access to behind-the-scenes content, exclusive videos, extra podcast segments and more. http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Segment One: News :45 Welcome to the show! 9:58 PSN ID changes ARE HAPPENING 21:34 Project xCloud 29:30 Google’s Project Stream impressions 32:56 Sony confirms “PS5” hardware 34:35 Next-gen coming in 2019?! 41:10 Let’s take this train briefly off the rails 43:46 New Nintendo Switch coming next year? 50:05 Rumor: Microsoft is close to buying Obsidian Entertainment 57:00 Telltale’s The Walking Dead update 1:06:53 Borderlands 2 VR is a thing 1:16:00 More Witcher Netflix castings Segment Two: Hands-On 1:20:00 Welcome back! 1:23:14 Celeste & difficult games 1:33:03 Britt’s gaming indecisiveness 1:37:48 Broken Sword 5 1:46:57 Super Mario Party 1:59:48 TURBO PATRONS! <3 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/ Brittney http://twitter.com/blondenerd http://facebook.com/blondenerd http://youtube.com/blondenerd Andrea http://twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_/ Steimer http://twitter.com/steimer https://www.instagram.com/ksteimer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you MeUndies for sponsoring this episode! Get 15% off your first pair at http://meundies.com/wgg Thank you Ubisoft for providing review copies of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey! This week Britt and Steimer discuss that leaked Harry Potter RPG footage (DAAANG), deep dive into that new Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, chat about no PSX in 2018 and much more. Hands-on impressions include a lengthy discussion about Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, with a few other games sprinkled in! We also welcome a new, albeit short-lived member to our group, Henry the ant. Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! Gain access to behind-the-scenes content, exclusive videos, extra podcast segments and more. http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Segment One: News :44 Welcome to the show! 10:13 Leaked Harry Potter game?! 23:15 New Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer discussion 37:10 No PSX in 2018 47:02 Google’s Project Stream 55:41 Seattle Police launch anti-swatting program Segment Two: Hands-On 1:01:19 Welcome back! 1:02:02 Steimer played Life is Strange 2: Ep 1. 1:05:32 Titan Quest 1:09:09 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 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/ *** Brittney http://twitter.com/blondenerd http://facebook.com/blondenerd http://youtube.com/blondenerd Andrea http://twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_/ Steimer http://twitter.com/steimer https://www.instagram.com/ksteimer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your first Quip refill pack free at http://getquip.com/whatsgoodGet 25% off when you keep all 5 Stitch Fix items at http://stitchfix.com/whatsgoodJoin the community at http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgamesThank you to Quip and Stitch Fix for sponsoring this episode!This gang is back together as Andrea and Britt have returned from abroad to join Steimer on a whopper of a show. They cover the exciting PS4 cross-play news, the saga of Telltale Games, and Nintendo's Online Service cloud saves. Steimer finished Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Andrea has been playing more Destiny 2, and Britt finished the first episode of Life is Strange 2 and dipped her toes into several other games as well. They give light impressions of Assassin's Creed Odyssey but expect a lot more on that next week. Finally, Andrea recaps what she saw at Tokyo Game Show 2018 including games from Playstation, Bandai Namco, and Capcom.Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! Gain access to behind-the-scenes content, exclusive videos, extra podcast segments and more. http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Segment One: News :45 Welcome to the show! 9:12 PS4 crossplay is happening! 24:47 Heartbreak at Telltale 58:28 GLAAD adds Outstanding Video Game Category to media awards 1:00:10 Nintendo’s cloud saves 1:10:26 Oculus Connect Segment Two: Hands-On 1:15:52 Welcome back! 1:20:40 Steimer finished Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1:26:28 Britt played Life is Strange 2, Ep. 1! 1:35:22 Andrea is still playing Celeste 1:36:04 Andrea is also still playing Destiny 2! 😉 1:51:51 Britt is playing Little Dragon’s Café 1:55:34 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Segment Three: TGS Hands-On 2:03:38 Welcome back + mini broad recap of TGS 2:08:36 Bandai Namco 2:19:17 Earth Defense Force 5 2:21:09 Katamari 2:25:43 DMC5 2:30 Andrea messed around with some cool tech-y stuff! 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/ Brittney http://twitter.com/blondenerd http://facebook.com/blondenerd http://youtube.com/blondenerd Andrea http://twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_/ Steimer http://twitter.com/steimer https://www.instagram.com/ksteimer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the community at http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgamesThis week is a special episode of the Andrea & Steimer show!! The Andimer Show? The Standrea Show? The Steimrea Show? It's a weird mashup folks! We dig into the archives of your Dear WGG questions to answer some hot topics like: what is your dark horse GOTY? What is the deepest Youtube rabbit hole you've ever gone down? And so much more!Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_gamesFollow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/whatsgoodgamesOur discord channel: http://discord.gg/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/whatsgoodgamesofficialOur website: http://www.whatsgoodgames.comHUGE thank you and shoutout to our awesome Turbo Patrons and above!0:43 - Welcome! 3:19 - This is our special Q&A show, cause we couldn't think of anything else tbh6:55 - "What are your current underdogs for GOTY?"23:00 - "What's the deepest you've ever gone down a YouTube rabbit hole?"32:10 - "With the rumor of Microsoft Xbox Scarlett - are streaming boxes our future?"39:39 - "Will BioWare announce Mass Effect or Dragon Age projects soon?"46:25 - "If you could have pro level skills in a game, which would it be and why?" 53:11 - "How do you respond to 'you're too old to play videogames'?"1:00:14 - "FOX acquired an adaptation of Vampyr how do you think this will impact the series?"1:07:28 - LAST QUESTION! "What are some of your biggest gaming regrets?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you to Square Enix for providing copies of Shadow of the Tomb Raider!Thank you to Activision for providing copies of Destiny 2: Forsaken!This week Britt is out of the country so Andrea and Steimer are joined by special guest Blair Herter! They chat about Nintendo's new Online Service launch details, EA's standoff against Belgium and lootboxes, and Alan Wake coming to TV. Plus in hands-on they discuss Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Dead Cells, Celeste, Destiny 2: Forsaken, and Spider-Man. Lastly, they chat with Blair about his work with the Pablove Foundation and how they are helping kids with cancer rediscover what it means to be a kid and working on some really cool cutting edge cancer research.Donate to Blair's Pablove campaign here: http://give.classy.org/teamherter Find Blair on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/blairherterWant audio only? http://whatsgoodgames.com/podcast/Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_gamesFollow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/whatsgoodgamesOur discord channel: http://discord.gg/whatsgoodgamesFollow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/whatsgoodgamesofficialOur website: http://www.whatsgoodgames.comTime stamps:SEGMENT ONE: NEWS0:45 - Welcome to the show! We have a special guest, Blair Herter!1:45 - Singing Joey Noelle's praises2:45 - Britt is on a cruise! Aren't cruises are the best?8:53 - Where you might know Blair from!15:18 - First news story of the week: Nintendo Switch Online Launch Date reveal!22:58 - EA is in trouble in Belgium...but they don't really care?32:38 - Alan Wake gets a TV showSEGMENT TWO: HANDS ON39:00 - Welcome back from break! Alexa's gift to Andrea (think seals)40:41 - Tomb Raider time! 44:54 - Steimer is confused by the launch of Forsaken 46:30 - Back to Tomb Raider, lol1:01:46 - Blair's feelings on Spider-Man 1:09:30 - Andrea's continues to love Destiny, Steimer is MEH on Osiris 1:21:15 - Andrea super LOVES CelesteSEGMENT THREE: SPECIAL GUEST TIME!1:29:30 - Welcome back from break! We dive into Blair's charity initiative for The Pablove Foundation, to fight childhood cancer. We pretty much talk about this for the rest of the show and you should head to https://www.pablove.org/ to learn more! Also donate to Blair here: https://www.classy.org/team/145613 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you Quip and Stitch Fix for sponsoring this episode!Get your first refill pack free at http://getquip.com/whatsgoodGet an extra 25% off when you keep all 5 items in your box at http://stitchfix.com/whatsgoodThank you PlayStation for providing review copies of Marvel’s Spider-Man!This week Britt and Steimer hold down the fort and chat about Henry Cavill being cast as Geralt of freakin’ Rivia, Polygon’s decision to drop review scores, Anthem’s announced demo and Britt makes some predictions for the upcoming Nintendo Direct. In hands-on Britt and Steimer talk about Spider-Man (and only Spider-Man) at length. All things PAX West and the bajilion games they demoed are discussed in the final segment! Segment One: News :18 Welcome to the show! 8:40 Henry Cavill has been cast as Geralt of Rivia! 16:20 Polygon is dropping its review scores 30:17 Anthem Demo coming in February 2019 40:10 Nintendo Direct predictions Segment Two: Hands-On 47:07 Welcome back! 49:56 Marvel’s Spider-Man impressions Segment Three: PAX West Recap! 1:15:52 Welcome back! 1:21:13 Let’s talk PAX West! 1:22:58 Resident Evil 2 1:28:04 Boyfriend Dungeon 1:32:48 Devil May Cry 5 1:34:15 Hitman 2 1:37:12 Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry 1:43:41 PHOGS 1:45:45 World of Horror 1:49:04 The Blackout Club 1:56:47 Left Alive 2:00:28 Pathfinder: Kingmaker 2:01:44 Blessed Unleashed 2:05:53 Indivisible Support What’s Good Games on Patreon! Gain access to behind-the-scenes content, exclusive videos, extra podcast segments and more. http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgamesDiscuss the podcast on our social channels!http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgameshttp://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_gameshttp://www.youtube.com/whatsgoodgamesJoin the community page!https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsgoodgames/***Brittneyhttp://twitter.com/blondenerdhttp://facebook.com/blondenerdhttp://youtube.com/blondenerdAndreahttp://twitter.com/andrearenehttp://www.instagram.com/andrearene_/Steimerhttp://twitter.com/steimerhttps://www.instagram.com/ksteimer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices