The Easy Allies Podcast

Mega Man 11 is a real deal Mega Man game with a sorta modern twist, Mega Man's classic games are going to be on everything, and also a cereal box can be an amiibo too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Devil May Cry 5 is so leaked it's practically announced, Destiny 2 got caught being sketchy, and non-canon cosmetics were the secret undoing of Battlefront II Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Valkyria Chronicles 4 has been announced and it's impossibly true to the franchise's strengths, Mario and Assassin's Creed duke it out atop the October NPDs, and we have to talk about microtransactions every week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fighting game cameos continue to surprise us, The Game Awards nominees have been announced, and we chomp into some juicy rumors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As studios sadly close and restrategize to accommodate the ever-evolving gaming landscape, we learn what fiduciary duty means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sucker Punch reveals an incredibly interesting new title, and that's just one of many new Paris Games Week announcements to cover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Animal Crossing comes to phones and horrifies in innovative new ways, the Super Nintendo Classics connected with the marketplace, and the Xbox One can now play Xbox games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we're focusing a great deal of the show on covering EA's sad, strange, and scary decision to close Visceral games and overhaul Amy Hennig's Star Wars game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Easy Allies Podcast fixes loot boxes in 15 minutes, God Eater 3 is announced without some crucial details, and Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition might be for the best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As October arrives, so must Part 2 of our fall preview. Assassin's Creed Origins, Super Mario Odyssey, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus come out on the same day. This stuff is just inconceivable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Epic Games makes their own Battle Royale and the PUBG devs don't like it, WayForward is making an actually-interesting game out of The Mummy remake, and Avalanche Studios kicks off the next gen countdown timer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Square Enix announces an a new mysterious survival shooter from an unexpected team, Monster Hunter World establishes itself as a real big deal, and modders discover a hidden NES game in the Switch's firmware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ThatGameCompany's next game is a big Apple exclusive, Rockstar puts extra effort into the re-release of L.A. Noire, and Okami HD is at least So Necessary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The No More Heroes semi-sequel, much like Nintendo, has a great deal of love for indie games, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is officially a big fat monster hit, and Huber gets to talk about some red hot Resident Evil 7 announcements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Half-Life 2: Episode 3 concludes in an unlikely fashion, Sega has a lot of big plans for Yakuza, and and the Secret of Mana remake is just right for Damiani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gamescom brings some big game announcements like BioMutant and Age of Empires IV along with some littler game-related news. Also, we get to play Locks, Sleepers, Keepers, and Busts for 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SWERY's new crowdfunding campaign is for an RPG where you become a cat, Kyle missed some big Japanese game announcements last week, and we should stop and talk about Sonic the Hedgehog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Valve announces a game we don't necessarily want but will definitely make money, former DICE head Patrick Bach sets up shop with Ubisoft, and AM2R's demise has a gloriously silver lining. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The fall season kicks off in the middle of summer this year, so we're tallying up the surprisingly extensive list of big releases across August and September, while of course announcing our Pop Tarts and Toaster Strudels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Telltale keeps pumping out games and we somehow keep getting excited, Tekken 7 is the king of iron sales charts, and Evo turns out to be a good place for fighting game announcements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a Love & Respect only episode! We talk serious game stuff, play silly games, and stretch the limitations of our imaginations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warframe might be a bigger deal than we ever give it credit for, the Switch gets the little brother treatment with WWE 2K18, and the Xbox One X is still new hardware coming out soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mass Effect Andromeda will not have any story DLC, Sony passes off Xbox One X footage of Anthem as their own, and Activision only needs two games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Star Fox 2 is resurrected from the depths of Nintendo's archives through the power of the SNES Classic, Sega has a much harder time capitalizing off its own back catalog, and we have a long talk about Crash Bandicoot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The IO Interactive/Hitman story actually has a happy conclusion, Modern Warfare Remastered gets its own separate release after all, and it's worth talking about what Injustice 2's success means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Project Scorpio is Xbox One X and 500 US dollars, Nintendo revealed just enough to keep Switch owners happy, and Ubisoft managed to have itself a great E3 presentation. NOTE: This podcast was recorded live and any offensive, raucous absurdity is a direct result of that condition. CLICK HERE FOR TIME STAMPS AND LINKS! Corrections 03:07 EA News 06:47 Xbox News 16:01 Bethesda News 40:35 Podcast Halftime 58:36 Ubisoft News 01:01:56 PlayStation News 1:27:05 Nintendo News 1:47:00 L&R: PS4 Pro Price Drop 2:08:25 L&R: Why is Skyrim the new Borderlands? 2:12:17 Time for Bets 2:17:25 Closing 2:22:09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Pokémon Company excitedly announces nothing exciting, Need for Speed Payback is more like the first Fast and the Furious, and we think Square Enix might be working on a third Marvel game with People Can Fly. Corrections - 00:02:38 Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon Announcement - 00:04:44 Need for Speed Payback Announcement - 00:16:18 Monument Valley 2 Announcement - 00:25:37 Square Enix Publishing People Can Fly Game - 00:31:10 Nintendo's Online Plans - 00:35:06 Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Delayed - 00:41:12 Podcast Halftime - 00:46:18 E3 Preview: Sony - 00:51:03 E3 Preview: Nintendo - 01:50:36 L&R: E3 Games to Talking Ratios - 02:09:57 L&R: Injustice 2 vs DC Comics - 02:20:27 Time for Bets - 02:28:12 Closing - 02:38:15 Tekken 7 Bet - 02:41:32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Far Cry 5 really is in modern-day Montana, Lost Sphear is the next product rolling off the conveyor belt of the Tokyo RPG Factory, and Bethesda and Ubisoft have some crucially imperative press conferences coming up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mario + Rabbids is real and we have to accept that, Red Dead Redemption was delayed half a year, and, finally, the E3 Press Conference Previews begin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Switch is not top priority for the next Lego game, Project Rap Rabbit might not have all the ingredients for a successful Kickstarter, and yes, it's obviously a cool, good thing that Phantom Dust is a free game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The next Assassin's Creed is digging into those origins we've all been curious about, Far Cry is almost definitely in Montana but probably not in the 19th century, and we peer forward into some future news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

THQ Nordic proves that Darksiders is worth fighting for, the New 2DS XL rides the 3DS family out in style, and the Rabbids/Mario crossover continues to be real. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2017 may have had one of the best starts to a year we've ever seen, but how do the games that kicked off 2016 look today? A lot of groovin' and sleepin' going on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bandai Namco strings out the announcement of their new IP, the Switch's software lineup slows down, and the NES Classic is already dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Project Scorpio finally reveals the cold hard details (that we struggle to comprehend), Battlefront 2 easily impresses the easily impressed, and a pretty great Dragon Quest XI event comes with disappointments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mass Effect: Andromeda promises to fix things, Persona 5 has very particular rules about spoiling anything, and it turns out the Destiny 2 reveal didn't reveal very much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Destiny 2 is real and definitely has some exclusive content, Call of Duty is going back to the past, and sometimes remasters are newsworthy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for another All-Love & Respect special, featuring questions about the reactions to Mass Effect: Andromeda, the value of console power, and the greatest trailers of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Middle Earth: Shadow of War will be a big Project Scorpio showpiece, it's never too early to start talking about E3, and whoa whoa, Resident Evil Revelations is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in Fall of 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breath of the Wild is one of the best-reviewed games of all time, the Nintendo Switch has a pretty darn successful launch, and sometimes it might be okay to let a console fade away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Middle Earth: Shadow of War seeks to expand the Nemesis System in every way possible, the Xbox Game Pass shakes up the biz, and Nintendo proves they love Nindies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the Switch's launch draws near, we look at the legacy of the Wii U through the games that tell its gloomy, joyful story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zelda's DLC proves that nothing is sacred, E3 becomes a expo for anyone with 250 bucks, and Evo innovates in selecting its 9th game for competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The PlayStation 4 Pro activates Boost Mode, EA still believes in NBA Live, and the Games with Gold vs PlayStation Plus gets heated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Square Enix will be publishing new Marvel games (but at what cost?!), smaller studios announce sequels we can get behind, and former Rockstar rock star Leslie Benzies is working on the next big everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fire Emblem finally gets some respect, Banner Saga 3 brings the franchise back to crowd funding, and the Cars 3 game is much more newsworthy than expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Nintendo Switch has finally been fully unveiled, and so we cover each new game announcement as well the big news from last week's presentation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft cancelled Scalebound this week, continuing an unattractive trend, but also we got to see a pretty sweet cancelled Mega Bloks Halo game so it's not all bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The beginning months of 2017 prove to be a chunky meatball sandwich of legitimate game releases, and we're discussing them all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is another jumbo Love & Respect Only show! Just like any good holiday gathering, we play games, share memories, and stay up way too late. (This podcast was recorded on December 14th, 2016) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices