Kyle and Melissa and a surprise appearance by Ignacio are here for our annual year-end celebration! We discuss Avatar: The Way of Water, the antics at the Game Awards, very specific adult coloring books, the trailers for Oppenheimer and Barbie, our favorite podcast episodes this past year, what performed well and what we had the most fun recording, and all the benefits that Fringe brought into our lives. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:02 - Welcome and banter 00:05:26 - John Wick 3 and Avatar: The Way of Water 00:10:43 - Ignacio joins and we continue Avatar 2 discussion 00:19:44 - Crossplay, The Game Awards, Our games of the year 00:39:25 - Trailer reactions for Oppenheimer and Barbie 00:42:14 - Oppenheimer Trailer Reaction starts here 00:52:34 - Barbie Teaser Trailer Reaction starts here 01:01:57 - The Reactor Corps: Our favorite trailer we reacted to 01:10:03 - Our goals for next year 01:33:33 - Some Whatnauts Stats 02:02:04 - Banter 02:12:59 - The Review Show Awards and Superlatives 03:00:26 - Our most anticipated movies and tv of 2023 03:09:53 - Outro Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode 131. When we announced that video games were back last week, we didn't anticipate Sony responding by raising the price of the PS5. I guess they don't want you to play those video games. That sucks. But in other news, Masahiro Sakurai now has a youtube channel that you can go subscribe to. So there is that at least. And sadly, this is also the final regular episode of Crossplay. Kyle is stepping down and Alan and Ignacio are working on a new show. But stay tuned because we aren't truly finished just yet.00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:10 - Coming up on today's show 00:01:01 - Welcome and banter 00:05:02 - What we've been playing 00:05:16 - Live A Live 00:10:18 - Saints Row is actually kinda good? 00:28:10 - Video game news of the week 00:28:21 - Sony is raising the price of the PS5 00:37:58 - Sony announced the PlayStation Studios Mobile Division 00:46:41 - Masahiro Sakurai has a Youtube channel about making games 00:54:17 - New and notable video games releasing this week and a few other dates 00:57:34 - Lightning Round: Other video game headlines this week 01:10:09 - Housekeeping 01:10:27 - Kyle leaving and Crossplay ending 01:16:34 - What we are excited for this week 01:19:28 - OutroCrossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning.Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode 130. Embracer Group went on a spending spree this past week buying up multiple studios as well as the IP rights to The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, and other Middle Earth related works. On top of that, Gamescom 2022 is here. Geoff Keighley kicked it all off with Opening Night Live and had a number of cool gaming announcemnts and trailers including Dead Island 2! Video games are finally back, babyyy!00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:10 - Coming up on today's show 00:00:47 - Welcome and banter 00:07:19 - What we've been playing 00:07:36 - Final Fantasy X 00:12:48 - Digimon Survive 00:18:39 - Dying Light 2 00:26:14 - Saints Row 00:34:19 - Housekeeping 00:37:37 - Video game news of the week 00:37:48 - Embracer group buys IP rights to The Lord of The Rings and more 00:46:53 - KOTOR Remake may be switching developers 00:50:46 - Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022 roundup 01:27:00 - Dead Island 2 new trailer and release date 01:35:55 - July 2022 NPD numbers 01:40:25 - New and notable video games releasing this week and a few other dates 01:45:43 - Lightning Round: Other video game headlines this week 01:55:56 - What we are excited for this week 01:58:21 - OutroCrossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning.Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode129. A new labor complaint has been filed against Nintendo of America as well as reports of sexism. THQ Nordic held a games showcase this week with some interesting new trailers and gameplay. And now that Dragonball Z is in Fortnite, we are never going to be able to get Ignacio to shut up about it.Crossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning.Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode 128. We have the whole gang back together so of course, Alan and Ignacio want to talk about Digimon. Is Digimon Survive GOTY material? Or is it even good Digimon content? On the flip side, we discuss the Pokemon Direct that happened this past week as well as the issues the Pokemon franchise is facing.Crossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning.Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode127. it seemed like another slow week in video games, but then a new report from Bloomberg told of a cultural shift at Rockstar Games, makers of Grand Theft Auto. Apparently, the piece also told of some GTA 6 details. In the meantime, Ignacio is back after recoving from COVID and has been playing a bunch of Genshin Impact.Crossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning.Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode126. As the two cat owners of the group, Alan and Kyle talk about their time playing Stray then go one to discuss the latest news in video games. PlayStation announced a loyalty rewards program, Meta is raising the prices on the Quest 2, and Xbox finally has discord support. Plus, Geoff Keighley is doing Opening Night Live August 23 along side Gamescom.Crossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning.Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode 125. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. We finally got a release date for God of War Ragnarok, but Forespoken has been delayed. Also, E3 2023 is going to be produced by ReedPop. And Kojima had a wild week. Crossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning. Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode 124. Sucker Punch, the creators of Sly Cooper, InFamous, as well as Ghost of Tsushima say they have no interest in returning to Sly Cooper or InFamous any time soon. Ubisoft is apparently ready to show off Skull and Bones, a game originally announced shortly after Assassins Creed Black Flag. And Sony is launching a new gaming hardware brand aimed at PC gamers.Crossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning.Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.

Episode 123. Thus concludes Summer Game Fest. Capcom had a showcase detailing a bunch of Resident Evil news among other things. Final Fantasy had a short presentation packed full of updates including the announcement of Final Fantasy: Crisis Core Reunion, a remaster of sorts of Crisis Core. Overwatch 2 is going to replace the original game, but no one can replace Gino in our hearts. Unfortunately, Gino, our fearless host will be taking a bit of a backseat on this show going forward. He won't be gone from the show completely, but right now life is just getting in the way of Gino being on the show. See you next time, Gino!Crossplay is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss the latest news from around the industry, the games we've been playing, and more. New episodes are available every Tuesday morning.Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.