Video Game companies have been going through an acquisition frenzy and this week Take 2 buys mobile giant Zynga. What does this mean for gaming as a whole and what does this mean for Take 2 properties in the mobile space. Also in the news, Sony is ramping up PS4 production amid chip shortages, Twisted Metal may be coming back and Namco could be making a new Killer Instinct game on episode 301.
It’s Christmas Eve folks and we here at Rated G decided to do something a little different. Dan and Dave are gonna break down their personal top 10 games of all time. Console, handheld, mobile… it’s all up for grabs. So join us as they run through their picks to the number one spot and as always… happy holidays to everyone who is celebrating this season.
We got hot movie/tv/marvel universe talk at the top of the show. Our Birdbox thoughts, a new Ghostbusters 3 teaser drops, Dan’s got thoughts on Punisher season 2 and they both discuss the new Spiderman – Far From Home trailer. In the news, diligent hackers find SNES games listed in the Switch online code, Sony finally caves on Rocket League cross play and UbiSoft cancels game that was teased in Watch Dogs 2 and EA cancel the open world Star Wars game. So tune in for all of that and see Dan flub a ton of games and names in episode 148 of Rated G for Gamers.
It’s time for another episode of Rated G for Gamers. So good news stories this week: Bungie leaves Activision and takes it’s IP with them, Mortal Kombat 11 gets it’s cover art revealed and both Amazon and Verizon are rumored to be working on their own game streaming services. Dan has a good week of pickups, Dave waxes on his thoughts on the Resident Evil 2 demo that just dropped and for the first time in a while, the duo gets into what they’ve been playing at the top of the show,
So much gaming goodness this week! We review Halo 5: Guardians and WWE 2K15. Also in the news, No Man’s Sky gets a release date, we criticize the weak list of XBox 360 backward compatible games, Nintendo announces it’s first mobile game, and we give our thoughts on the Playstation VR. Plus, we both pine for Fallout 4 launching next week.