CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers

Ghostcrawler left RIOT. Yellow paint and tape in RE games, is it ok still? All the games we played, Dear Martha, Diablo IV beta tomorrow, Classic getting hardcore, Last of Us was GOOOD! Jay Wilson has plans! Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Starfield got delayed again, but this time it should stick. We get into the whys and whats and what we want out of that game come Sept. Also, comfort games and which ones we return to over and over. ALL the games we played, plus a Dear Martha. Plus Suicide Squad delays, RE4 remake weirdness, Epic getting more indie friendly, PSVR2 reviews, Diablo IV and chicken, and LOTS more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Befriending your angry Destiny friends. MS and the ABK stuff has a big update. What games were we good at first? Dear Martha! A LOAD of games this week. Bunch of Square news. Dead by Daylight movie coming. Jack Black got a little blue at the Mario presser. Your emails, texts, and calls and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ybarra brought more bad news to Blizzard folk. Chrono Cross Remaster is getting a patch and Jon is stoked. Civ 7 is happening officially. Sony State of Play was kinda what we thought it would be. MK 12 is coming this year. Dice winners! Suicide Squad will need an always-on network connection in single player mode. Hogwarts Legacy sold a TON of copies. New Castlevania and Metal Gear happening at E3 from Konami. Dear Martha! Your voicemails, texts and more! Plus EVERYTHING we played this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Overwatch made a dating sim? Weird. Also, PSVR2 and what the reviews are saying. All the games we played this week, plus Dear Martha, the Nier guy is making something weird, Venom joining the Suns, Forbidden West coming to Plus, Lord of the Rings is making 5 games, Tetris the movie, Red Dead gets museum treatment, Cocaine Bear gets a game and LOTS more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We break down the big Nintendo Direct, and what it means. Some big predictions for 2023. All the games we played this week, including a pre-alpha of Super Lake Runner. :) Dear Martha, calls and emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On tap this week, lots of talk about how to do a remake right, in the form of Dead Space. Plus, is FF7 remake boring? Why programming for an old MMO is hard. More GoDot dev time. Redfall issues are here about online all the time stuff. Jedi gets delayed. Titan Fall side game no longer happening. Apex is OFF mobile now. Sony MS and Nintendo are all skipping whatever E3 is now. Emails voice mails and texts too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lots of new games announced this week. New Steamworld stuff, and MS dumped a whole list up updates, including a day-and-date game, that turned out to be rad! Plus all the games we played, your calls and texts and loads more! Oh, and get the Lake Run sticker on sale now at Frogpants.com/core! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get into the mess surrounding Blizzard and Netease in China. Genre's we were sure we would never like. A bunch of games this week too, plus Dear Martha, your calls and emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big show tonight, starting with more on the way Steam awards work. Ubisoft seems to be broken and someone should reboot them. MMO's and what we should expect out of Riot's. Dear Martha! Last of Us TV reviews are great so far! Project Leonardo from Sony is also very cool. New Mechwarrior game coming. Yoshi-P adds some confusion to the Final Fantasy 16 world. Emails, texts, and voice mails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a lot to say about the Wizards of the Coast leaks this week, including 5 games they're cancelling. Also, what does a 120hz display actually do for you. A load of games played and tons more! Oh and we gave away a $4,000 gaming computer to a lucky winner! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our big end of year show, with all our top picks and strange categories for the gaming year that was 2022. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steam Deck happenings, Blizzards possible new turn, and lots more on today's last CORE before Christmas! CORismas! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Metzen is back! In a way, anyway. Also, why do F2P strats garner such different reactions. More Marvel Midnight Suns, Witcher 3 patches, Dragonflight, Dear Martha, more news emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CORE Bonus Discussion 12-12-2022: A.I. and Art and Games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's bask in the loving light of fresh new trailers and release dates, and even a few bad awards just for fun. CORE is on! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CORE Game Awards 2022 co-stream Audio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deep talk about what we want from MMO's in the future. Plus, lots of new releases this week, and all the games we played! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A chat with Brian Ibbott about the game he has EVERY SINGLE CARD for. And why pixels are dumb. :) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HUGE show this week. Many things discussed. Listen like the wind! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey look! The one CORE host that doesn't currently have COVID did a quick show for ya'll! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen: I really think you’ll all enjoy this interview. A lot has happened since we last had this opportunity, and we talk about it all. And yes, even the Blizzard stuff you have questions about. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big show, let's start with that terrible McCrispy gaming chair. We try and figure out what a AAA John Wick game might look like. Nintendo's next hardware move. We played Marvel Snap, OW2, Among Us VR, Soulstone Survivors, Against The Storm, REV: Rose DLC, Signalis, Fortnite, Iron Man VR, more Sinners and Saints, Runner, Desktop Dungeons, and more! Emails and texts and Dear Martha too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PSVR2 has a price and a release date, and we have thoughts. Sony also lost people but gained revenue. Capitalizing on your awesome characters and worlds. We played Overwatch 2, Marvel Snap, Red Dead 2, Despots Game, Void Scappers, Huntdown, Zomboid, 7 Days to Die, SIGNALIS, Curse of the Dead Gods, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Saints and Sinners VR. Plus texts, emails, and MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CDPR is making a Witcher 1 remake. You can play Doom WADS in a browser now. Marvel Snap should be called Marvel Scratch. Diablo and Jay Wilson, a retrospective. Founders of Rocksteady are OUT! Phil Spencer is no fan of the current metaverse. Xbox prices might rise after the holiday. More on the Disco controversy. Dear Martha! We played Overwatch 2, Marvel Snap, Red Dead 2, Despot's Game, Brotato, Fornite, FFX, Necrosmith, Rare Replay Collection, and Prodeus! Emails texts and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suddenly, there was a LOT of Silent Hill stuff. We go through it all. Sims 4 goes free to play, but we have some theories about stuff. Sony freaks out the Bloodborne community. That Bayonetta voice over mess. Dear Martha back with another retro mag review! Scot and Beau played a lot of OW2. Beau and Jon really liked the Darktide test. We all played Marvel Snap! Scott also played The Mortuary Assistant, Nier Automata, and Vampire Survivors 1.0. Jon played Fortnite! And Beau played the tutorial for Crusader Kings 3. Your texts, emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big night of content! Meta Quest Pro thoughts, a new Valve VR set, Nvidia un-launching products, new Steam app, EA and their new app, Simpson's Waterworld game is real, Switch Games on Steam Deck according to Valve, and a Dear Martha! Plus, Scott and Beau played Overwatch 2, No Man's Sky, SCORN, while Jon moved on to FF10 and Fortnight! Oh and now we have ALL beaten CP2077. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lots on tap today, so get to listening! The Mario Movie trailer hits. CDPR announces three more Witcher games and a CP2077 sequel. Dead Space trailer hit. Disco Elysium is a weird thing. Intel ARC cards are pretty good for the money! Overwatch 2 launched with some trouble. Dear Martha Review! Scott BEAT CyberPunk, played Baba is You, Asteroids Recharged, and Slime Rancher 2. Jon played CP, beat FF9, and got a Steam Deck! Beau played Dyson Sphere Program and Dead Effect 2 VR. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More trademark stuff. Google killed Stadia today. AMD and Intel have some stuff to show. Overwatch 2 is doing some stuff for toxic players. DND had a big day. Skull and Bones got pushed again. Last of Us on HBO lookin tight. Dear Martha! Scott played Shovel Knight Dig, Grounded, and Prodeus, oh and Novadrift. Jon got a Steam Deck, played CP2077, and more. Beau played Blade & Sorcery and Original Sin 2. A brand new mashup and more! (fixed) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big week, big leaks! GTA 6, and Diablo IV get some leakage. Cyberpunk becomes a top seller again with some help. NVIDA announces all the new GPU stuff, plus more. Logitech gets into the portable business…sort of. Ted Lasso coming to FIFA. PSVR2 will NOT work with PSVR games. Spider-Man Miles Morales coming to Steam way sooner than you thought. Gloomhaven is free right now on Epic. Dear Martha! Scott played Cyberpunk 2077, Metal Hellsinger, The Darkside Detective, and Electrician Sim. Jon played CyberPunk also…eventually, and Return to Monkey Island! Beau played HL2 VR, Omega Strikers, and Divinity 2! Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi all! A little something extra for you today. A bonus episode with Nicholas De Leon at Consumer Reports, talking about all the gaming chair hype, and the ones they tested, and which one you might want to invest in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the menu today, breakdowns of everything we saw and heard from this week's Direct, PS State of Play, and beyond! And how TWO GoldenEye re-releases are going to work. Plus games we played! Scott played CyberPunk 2077 and You Suck at Parking. Jon played all the FF games, plus Metal Hell Singer, and Beau spent all his time in Grim Dawn. Loads of emails, dear marthas and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More AI talk and what games will do with the tech. CyberPunk gets a single expansion. Steam Deck goes far in EMU world. James Gunn just about did Hitman. New AC games hitting this weekend. Twitch changes. Drama at Sony and MS over CoD. New controllers! Tencent bought a ton of Ubi stock. Scott played Kingdom's of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, Cursed to Golf, Gunfire Reborn, Jetpack Joyride 2, GW2, Cyberpunk 2077, The Ascent, and Into the Breach. Jon played GW2, Opus Magnum, and Disney Dreamlight Valley. Beau played The Ascent, Grim Dawn, and got a new display! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott is on vacation! That that did not stop Beau and Jon from talking about a load of new stuff! ABK buyout happenings, Halo Infinite infiniate addon delays. GamePass family sharing. LG and Corsairs hot new bendables. UbiSoft confirms next AC game is called Mirage. The Cyberpunk show is good? Games they played and WAY more! On this episode of CORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time to sum up GamesCom! Plus, there's a new PS5 elite type controller coming. We talk about the big Phil Spencer interview. Dear Martha! Scott played Hard West 2, Guild Wars 2, and Farthest Frontier. Jon played FFIX and FFIV. Beau played Skyrim VR ALL week long. Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take a look at all the DND stuff that came down today, plus the rather large update we got regarding Diablo IV. Dear Martha. Scott BEAT a game! He played all the Netflix games, plus played and beat AC Origins. Jon played Cult of the Lamb, beat FFVIII, and a little cooking sim. Oh and Spiderman. Beau played a LOT of Skyrim VR with mods. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The tongue twister animated CORE special. MS and Sony goin at it. Diablo 4 stuff leaked. Inflation means games are the cheapest ever. Not enough people are playing those Netflix games. Live action Pac-Man! Forespoken got CHEESY. And a CRAP ton of games this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony has things to say about Call of Duty. Tencent wants more Ubi. Blizzard and Netease are not at ease with each other. Steam says stop showing off. Multiversus is a weird thing. Automata door again. Snap pulls back. Dear Martha 20 year letters from EGM. Scott played Symphony of War, Red Faction, Bear and Breakfast, Haiku, and more Outriders. John cracked open another FF, Mega Man X, and beat As Dusk Falls. Beau nears the end of Alyx. Emails and mashups and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mow lawns for free on Epic. Neir is having a moment, and no one knows what's real or fake. Cloud with a dress can be yours. Knights of The Old Republic Remake is in weird trouble. Meta Quest 2 is going $100 more in a few days, and we have thoughts on that. Square Enix has issues. VRChat is in termoil. Diablo Immortal is making BANK! Dear Martha! A TON of games this week, and way more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This show is too big to try and sum up properly, but suffice it to say, we talked about a LOT of stuff today regarding Romero's new FPS, Ubisoft cancelling a load of stuff, Marvel Snap controversies, Square not knowing their own games, SoulFrame, and loads more. Including a HUGE round of Scott's Steam Deck experience so far, and TONS more after that. Just listen and get it all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Playstation wants you to win space points! Skate 4 will be free to play, and pay to look good. Dragonflight went Alpha today. Power Wash Sim is out of early access and on Game Pass now. Bayonetta 3 gets less naked. Nintendo goes hard on making movies. Skyrim gets a MP mod. Unity CEO stirs the poop. Dear Martha goes hard on Zelda. Scott is playing , Crash 4, and Dinkum. Jon playing Gordian Quest, and some usual games. Beau played Omega Pilot, and spent a bunch of time in VR Chat. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heroes goes into full maintenance mode, and we have some thoughts. Do you want the Amico? Companies going to gamescom in Germany. Weird happenings in FF14. Mike Ybarra talks about making a million a day with Diablo Immortal. From sends something TO a fan. Robocop: Rogue City is coming and Scott is losing his mind about it. EA made a really dumb tweet. Dear Martha! Scott played Gordian Quest, Drill Dozer, FF7 Remake, and Pokemon Pinball. Jon played FF7, FF7, and FF14. Beau finished Gordian Quest and spent a LOT of time in VR Chat! And MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steam Deck specs changed. Did Valve notice? Ron Gilbert says, "sorry, you all suck, just wait for the game". PS+ getting some good stuff in July. Blizzard bought the Spellbreak people. Nintendo did a mini direct, and it was all about those 3rd parties. Beau has some interesting stuff happening in gaming in Canada this week. Scott played Iconoclasts, Bloodstained, Forza, Tsushima, and Super Ember Kaboom. Jon played BOTH kinds of FF7's, Grim Dawn and FF Tactics. Beau played Gordian Quest. Oh and we all are still playing V Rising. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon and their game giveaways for Prime Day. New data on how gamers feel about certain brands. Epic gives us a tool to play nice with Steam players. Insults online put you in jail in Japan. Working in VR sucks. You can finally get a 3080 at a decent price. Scott played Grim Dawn, D2R, D3, Fall Guys, Raft, and V Rising. Jon played Shredders Revenge, FFVII Remake, and Vampire Survivors. Beau played FFVII Remake, D3 Necro, and is learning C# for fun! Plus your emails and a great mashup! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We try our hardest to sum up last week's game announcements tonight. There may have been no official E3, but it sure felt like E3 anyway. :) Microsoft, Square, Blizzard, PC Gamer Show, etc etc etc. Too much to type here, so here you go! ENJOY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Scott Beau and Jon! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We cover all the Gamesfest stuff from today, including highlights of the biggest games and announcements. Another big convo about Diablo Immortal one week later. Devolver stuff as well. Gamepro letters with Martha! Scott played V Rising, Shipbreaker, and Card Shark. Jon played V Rising and moved to a new apartment. Beau played V Rising and Catalyst Black. Oh yeah, emails too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just a little bonus content, with Scott watching the Gamesfest stream live, and giving his takes as we go! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk a lot about Diablo Immortal. What did we think? It's complicated. Sony held a State of Play today, and we are here to break that all down! Lots of Warhammer 40k stuff this week too. Dragon Age 4 has a title now. Star Wars games got some big updates this week too. Sonic is going full Breath of The Wild. Dear Martha too! Scott played Card Shark, Shipbreaker, and Diablo Immortal. Jon played Fortnite, Diablo Immortal, and V Rising. Beau played V Rising, Diablo Immortal, Catalyst Black and For the King. HUGE show tonight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the King 2 announced! We're pretty excited about that news. Plus, the Twisted Metal TV show and how things are going with it. Daybreak WAS making a Marvel MMO but canned it. Death Stranding 2 was announced...sorta. Beyond Good and Evil 2 is STILL being worked on, they promise. 61% of the 222 BILLION dollars in the games business was made by mobile titles. Sheesh. TikTok is getting into games now too. Raven went Union despite Activision not wanting them to be, and MS says they will support it post purchase! Dear Martha Gamepro letter. Scott played Shipbreaker, Rogue Legacy 2, House Flipper, and Circuit Superstars. Jon played all his usuals. Beau played SC2 and Catalyst Black! Your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.