CORE - Core Gaming for Core Gamers

Jeff Kaplan leaving blizz, and what we make of that. Windows is overhauling the Windows Store for game stuff. PS Plus Video Pass leaked but no one really knows what it is. EA is upping frame rates on a load of older EA games for next gen consoles. Dear Martha Steam Review. ESO vs FF14 beef continues. MLB The Show on Xbox. American Fugitive on Switch. TaleSpire is interesting. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Sweeny got that Sweeny Money. Jaffe says Sony is building a Gamepass like service right now. RE showcase was a thing and we break it all down. Last of Us remake? Alexa will start working with Gamepass. Blizz added a couple more games to the arcade collection. Things Naughty Dog is NOT making. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. The games we are playing and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deathloop delayed, Advent Children getting the 4k HDR treatment, EA play is weird on PC. Path of Exile 2 is coming and looks like one! Dear Martha game reviews. FFXIV and Scott and John in that game. FUSER. Two Point Hospital. Heroes and Hearthstone and your emails and more! Why do people meme Shrek anyway? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CyberPunk hits 1.2 and we have all kinds of thoughts about that. Among Us is going full art-redo and we are here for it. No Man's Sky adds a big multiplayer element. Sony's MLB The Show is coming day one on Xbox with Gamepass. We guess that means hell froze over or something. Beau goes off on Bitcoin. What we are playing this week, and your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The BAFTA's happened. Hades and Last of Us Part II did really well. Niantic wants you playing with Pikmin outside. MS might be buying Discord for 10b. Steam has some standards we guess. Switch 2 could boost some serious Mario with DLSS from NVIDIA. Dear Martha Steam Reviews. Scott beat Outer Worlds, is playing Mankind Divided again, Littlewood on Switch, and tried that Magic ARPG. (Hint: It's kinda bad right now). John all back into FF 14, while Beau is in HOTS again. Get the new Frogpants newsletter at FROGPANTS.CLUB! And more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott and Chris have a sit-down and chat up up about his new big project, plus lots of great insights into development of this kind of project vs something like a major game release at Blizzard. Here’s a bit more about the project.Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent is a 5E campaign setting by Chris Metzen and Warchief Gaming. The first release in this universe, Worldbook: Lawbrand, is based on the roleplaying campaign that Chris ran with his childhood friends in the eighties and nineties, before heading to Blizzard to work on worlds such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and more.Enjoy Scott Johnson chatting with Chris Metzen about his awesome new project! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Swuare-Enix did their showcase, and there were a few things of note. Playstation buys EVO, and we think that is a little odd. EA Play now on Gamepass PC. Diamond Cards come to Hearthstone. Scott actualy played a little Lust From Beyond, and it kinda was not what we thought it was. Also the long hunt for that Pharaoh Feeling. Jon is back into Neir, and loves it. More Loop Hero, and Beau just did some old fashioned Hots this week! And your emails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the week all that Bethesda stuff comes slamming into your Gamepass sub. Right now in fact! Hang on to those 20 year old Diablo II saves. Also, Artifact is done. Are you? We go hard into Loop Hero, and why it's our game of the now. Horizon is rad on PC. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon had a baby! But Scott and Beau are here to keep things running tonight with talk about Diablo IV, OW2 getting cooler by the second, MTG getting some Warhammer 40k love, and Bioware and the dropping of Anthem. Scott is losing it over Loop Hero, with some Griftlands, and Valheim thrown in. Beau is playing all the Blizz games, plus some Dicey Dungeons, Dyson Sphere, and Valheim! And lots more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mortal Kombat trailer is rad. Nintendo Direct had stuff to talk about. They had me at Mario Golf. No Man's Sky gets pets. Kingdom Hearts comes to PC. Blizzconline discussion. More factory building games on tap this week. Legend of Keepers is Scott's new jam. Ori looks INSANE on big TVs with lots of features. Hearthstone holds Beau hostage again. Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That cancelled Xbox 360 GoldenEye game leaked! Blizzconline happens next week. We have thoughts. Disco Elyisium is getting a BIG update or owners of the game. Someone hacked CDPR hardcore. Mario 3D Land hits this week. Shipbreaker, WoW, Legend of the Keepers, Alba, Fallen Order, Genshin Impact, and lots more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beau is here tonight to talk with Scott about their joint love of the new addiction known as Dyson Sphere Program on PC. But there's more! Mass Effect Legendary Edition coming and soon! Stadia cut out its internal game dev teams. How about the return of College Football to video games? More Shipbreaker, more Demon Hunters, and more Yakuza: Like a Dragon. And MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The rise and fall of the Live Gold price. Gamepass hits a milestone. Sony should make an RPG from NaughtyDog. The quick and dirty on all this Gamestop stuff. Resident Evil 8 shows off a load of stuff. Tall lady!! Hitman III, Shipbreaker, Pokemon Go, Spiritfarer, and your emails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ubisoft is making a Star Wars game for Lucasarts! So is Bethesda, 'cept for Raiders of The Lost Ark! CDPR says sorry, and has some plans. Fallen Order and Battlefront 2 get next gen updates for free. Scott is still hooked on Shipbreaker and Xcom 2, while John is giving Teardown a run! Your emails and lots more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Come with us on a trip to try and find the perfect mech game! Also, did you know MS almost bought Nintendo once? Ubisoft might be rolling into Gamepass and we are all for it! That KFC console is not going on sale. Mechwarrior 5, Phantom Brigade, Battletech, P-Go, Warcraft, Fynyx Rising, and so much more this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That's right, time for our end of year games roundup and talk of our favorite games of the year! There are quite a few surprises in here this year so tune in and see how it jives with your 2020 favorites! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Year End CORE Message From Co-Host Jon Jagger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We need to talk about Cyberpunk a week into things. And so we do. Like we REALLY do. Too much to list here. Also new Mass Effect coming, Diablo Immortal exists still, and Riot announces an MMO. What we played and lots more so tune in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A deep dive into CyberPunk so far, and the kinds of stuff swirling around it. Game Awards is happening right now. WoW talk about Torghast, Haven and why Jon should play it, GeForce Now to the rescue. And loads more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have some talk about Mando and Kratos coming to Fortnite, Cyberpunk is only a week away, Mass Effect and Dragon Age lose their leads. WoW time, more viking time, and for some reason back to Outer Worlds, and LOTS more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go a little deeper into our Series X experience a couple weeks in. Hitman devs take aim at Bond next. Marvel Avengers is not doing well. Hogger is coming to Heroes. Valhalla is rad and we all love it so far. Shadowlands is good, and more wow. Gears 5 is INSANE on X/S. Beau had to make a girlfriend in Baldur's Gate 3, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Series X is out and the PS5 right on its tail! We talk about our experiences so far. Mass Effect is getting a remastered trilogy. And a whole new game down the road. We're playing AC Valhalla, Days Gone, Watch Dogs Legion, the WoW pre-expac event, Baldur's Gate 3, and lots more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preloading EA games on gamepass for the 10th. Oculus Quest 2 sells super well. Spider-verse style animation coming to Miles Morales! Witcher 3 has no load times on Series X. Next week means new consoles! Watch Dogs Legion is good! Dirt 5 is also good! Teardown is amazing. Squadrons is happening with all of us and your emails to boot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cyberpunk got punked again. Metzen announces a new project with tabletop as the focus! Legion reviews seem solid! No Man's Sky goes next gen for free! Anthem is still saying things about the game that they maybe have been working on. Ghostrunner is rad. WoW is comfort food. Hades is is offramped. And lots of other talk you might enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when more and more in political power use gaming and streaming as a tool to reach voters? We discuss how this works and how it might work in the future. Also, Warcraft is really good right now for Scott and Jon. The Solitaire Conspiracy still suits us. Hades still owns our souls. Emails about EA and star wars and way more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wow Prepatch has us interested again. Modern Warfare lets you shrink it a little. Spider-Man gets a cat. Monster Hunter gets a movie. Animal Crossing is a Among Us game it turns out. Scott plays Final Fantasy 14. Hades still a threat. A mashup and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is Luna and do you want it? Or are there already too many gaming streaming services. Steve enters Smash and some are not happy about it. Sony does a hardware breakdown of the PS5. Nvidia cards are WAY back ordered now. Baldur's Gate 3 is in EA. Scott played and really liked Neir Automata. Shocking we know. Hades, Forgone and The Solitaire Conspiracy get a look too. Hades especially. Squadrons is...ok we think. Great emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What even is crunch in gaming and what can be done about it? Also early Series X impressions are in, and they are good! Among Us dumps sequel and goes back to the first game. A bunch Metal Gears make their way to GoG. Peter Parker looks different on PS5. Scott talks about his effort to scratch the right open world itch he has right now. Shadow of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Just Cause 4 on deck. Jon rightly loves Hades, but not Super Mario All-Stars 3D. Spelunky 2 is pretty great though. Beau finished Banner Saga 2 and is ready for 3! Our /paid on Steam and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HUGE week of discussion. Let's start with Mike Morheim announcing today that Dreamhaven is his new games company, with sub studios, Secret Door and Moonshot. All of what that means and could mean. Plus, preordering PS5's and Xboxs is harder than you thought. Also GTX3080's for that matter. A big discussion about the Xbox plan, and how their HUGE acquisition of Zenimax/Bethesda could impact things. 7.5 BILLION dollars is a lot of dollars. No Man's Sky goes further than we thought. Shadow of War. Art of Rally. Avengers goes on hold. Disgaea PC. The Banner Saga. And your emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony took the virtual stage today, and we have price and dates for PS5. Also a look at Final Fantasy 16, Mile Morales, The Plus Collection, and Ragnorok, a God of War sequel. Mad Max, Wasteland 3, Luigi's Mansion, streaming some cooking and guitar playing, and The Beau Zone Layer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft finally confirms and gives a date to the Xbox Series X and S, and we think this is all a pretty insane deal. We talk about all of it, including what we think Sony will need to do to answer what we got this week from MS. EA adds to the pile as well. The Witcher is getting a free next gen update for all owners. Nintendo wants you to do lots of temporary things for his 35th birthday. Mad Max, Star Renegades, Control, Marvel's Avengers, Crusader Kings 3, Divinity 2, Dead Cells, and LOTS more. Oh and why your eyes might be your display problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nvidia cards and what they might do to your wallet this year. Ubisoft renames Gods and Monsters to something dumber. Sony is thinking about more PC games. Witcher goes full Pokemon. What it means to fall off the games management wagon, and how to get back on. Spiritfarer is amazing and you should be playing it. Wasteland 3. New Super Lucky's Tale. Fall Guys. Crusader Kings 3. And why you should ask for Dante when getting gigabit internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We give our take on the Apple / Fortnite / Google thing. DC had a big week with two big game announcements. What even is Lord of the RIngs: Gollum? Fall Guys keeps breaking records. Jon wants back into FFXIV. Rogue Legacy 2, Sleeping Dogs is done, Mad Max visit, The Witcher 3 is done for Jon. Grounded is pretty grounded. Dead Cells for Beau. And LOTS MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Halo Infinite infinitely delayed. Cyberpunk shows off LifePaths. Doom Eternal gets some DLC. Last of Us 2 gets a HUGE update. Sleeping Dogs, Hellbound, Littlewood, Witcher, HZD, Paper Mario and why Beau loves Youtube premium. :) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spider-Man comes to PS5 only for Avengers, PS4 controllers only work with PS4 games. Diablo Immortal gameplay shown. Fall Guys seems rad. Zelda Monsters in your book! On our playlists, Yakuza 0, Earthlock, Blazing Beaks, Paper Mario, Odyssey, Diablo 3 and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We look a little closer at the Xbox event last week. Why some say Halo Infinite needs help the graphics department. Grounded gives you some sweet spider options. Nintendo and the gigaleak, and what we learned from it. Carrion, Shipbreaker, Celleste, Krumit's Tale, Sea of Thieves, why we are all going to play Yakuza 0, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS: Xbox Series X Streaming Event Coverage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ubisoft is in trouble, Yakuza goes full RPG, No Man's Sky gets scary, Final Fantasy 7R gets ready for the next one, Ghosts and Paper fight it out in the charts, all the 40k games, Breakpoint is better, Shipbreaker is amazing, Superhot is super hotter, and Divinity 2 is still pumpin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More coverage of what came out of Ubisoft last week. Deeper cuts into Farcry, Hackertown, and Skull and Bones. Halo 3, Titanfall 2, Acient Enemy chilling us out, Neon Abyss missing the mark barely, and so much more today. A must listen episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft says next gen upgrades need to be free - removes DLC loophole, but "remasters" will presumably still be a thing. 23rd for their big stream. The Sims is getting a reality TV show. Ninja is back...and he's on Youtube this time. Warcraft had their Shadowlands talk... it was pretty meh, but Beta starts next week. Art book is back! Still on track for Fall release. Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Curse of the Old Gods (PC early access). Streaming Titanfall 2 and LOVING IT. Swimmin in Animal Crossing NH. Roundguard. Streets of Rogue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you ready to pay $70 for new games? Crucible goes back to the drawing board. Last of Us 2 gets no DLC, but maybe multiplayer. Is the Series S Xbox coming in a couple weeks? Worms gets into the battle royale business. Games we are playing and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cyberpunk 2077 had new things to show today. Star Wars Squadrons. Skate. Avengers. Steam summer sales. Mixer going away. Why Desperadoes III is amazing. Why Jon LOVES The Last of Us II, and a lot more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS - Avengers Gameplay Stream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beau is out, but Jon and Scott are in this week talking all things PS5, Pokemon Snap coming back, Star Wars Squadrons, Last of Us 2 and more! Also Scott's huge 4x experiment, thoughts on Old World, Griftlands and Desperadoes III! Jon played the Outer Worlds again too! And lots more! Oh and we argued about 90's cartoons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS EPISODE: PS5 Reveal Frogpants Commentary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EA is back on steam! Do we care? Do you? We talk about it. Destiny fans are not happy. Warcraft pushes an announcement. PS5 stuff pushed but we get it tomorrow. Civ VI keeps racking up victims. Deep Rock still has us by the tail. Animal Crossing is a great place to leave tips. Battletech is so rad. Command and Conquer conquer again! Burnout Paradise won't run for me. And LOTS more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get into some news, like Blizzcon being canceled, Doom Eternal doing the right thing (maybe), Avengers, and why that thing is still a problem game. Minecraft Dungeons and Crucible are not terrible, but they are not great. More Rock Dwarves for us all! Fury Unleashed still rockin Scott's world. How gaming conventions might work in the future! Your emails and loads more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mafia Trilogy sounds like it might be worth a look! GTAV goes free! Nintendo gives Paper Mario fans what they want! Artifact 2 is really happening we guess. Ghost of Tsushima looks amazing. We played a LOT of Deep Rock Galactic this week and we LOVE THIS GAME! Animal Crossing is going strong for Scott AND Jon now. 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 break down all this Unreal 5 news, and see what we think. EA has a load of games coming this year including what seems to be a Mass Effect trillogy remaster. RD2 petting horse thing is nuts. Animal Crossing crosses Jon, Scott gets some real anime bullshit in Ace Combat 7, and Beau finds his groove again in The Witcher 3. 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 break down all the stuff Microsoft showed today for the Series X games, and some commentary on how this is all gonna go for them come year-end. We like that Robocop is coming to MK11. Valhalla trailer blew our minds. Why is Mass Effect not a tactics game yet? LevelHead is amazing. Animal Crossing is the right thing still. FFVII is amazing according to Jon. Finding the best unwind game. And LOTS more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.