We make our predictions for The Game Awards and talk about our personal games of the year! Time stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro and catching up 0:08:48 - The Game Awards prep 0:17:24 - News / Nintendo & The Pokemon Company sues Pocket Pair (Palworld) 0:25:30 - Video game strikes 0:35:00 - Our personal games of the year 0:44:24 - TGA predictions / Game of the Year Here's the IGN article mentioned. I mistakenly said this was about the former Life Is Strange developer Don't Nod but it's actually about the current Life is Strange developer Deck Nine; https://www.ign.com/articles/how-hidden-nazi-symbols-were-the-tip-of-a-toxic-iceberg-at-life-is-strange-developer-deck-nine (if this video gets taken down because YouTube doesn't like us posting links, we will look into alternate methods of sourcing links from topic discussions for listeners to read further). Official Music Credit: Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY Follow us! https://www.linktr.ee/spawntrap

Our first spoiler discussion on a video game adaptation. What should we do next? The Last of Us? The Super Mario Bros. Movie? That Adam Sandler movie Pixels? Let us know! Official Music Credit: Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY Follow us! https://www.linktr.ee/spawntrap Follow Jordan https://www.twitch.tv/localtalent03/about Follow Til https://linktr.ee/tilplays

More layoffs in the industry... but the Xbox closures are just baffling. We discuss that, Summer Game Fest plans, and Embracer Group splitting into 3 different companies with weird names. Time stamps: 0:00:00 - Summer Game Fest Plans0:07:44 - Xbox shuts down Arcane Austin and Tango Gameworks0:43:13 - Embracer Group will split into 3 companies (with weird names) Official Music Credit: Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY Follow us! https://www.linktr.ee/spawntrap Follow Court https://linktr.ee/courtftw Follow Til https://linktr.ee/tilplays

Please note that this podcast was recorded before Nintendo announced layoffs for contract testers. We discuss what we've been playing and recent releases, industry layoffs, Pokemon going after Palworld, and Warner Bros. executives not learning a thing. Time stamps: 00:00:00 - What we're playing (heavy Final Fantasy spoilers!) 00:23:25 - Recent game releases 00:35:37 - Industry layoffs 00:44:33 - IGN lays off notable staff members soon after joining a newly formed union 00:49:33 - Ubisoft doesn't want gamers to own their games 00:56:23 - Ubisoft claims Skull and Bones is a "AAAA" game 00:59:13 - Ubisoft workers went on strike 01:03:18 - Rockstar forcing RTO 01:09:15 - Palworld vs. Pokemon 01:18:46 - Nintendo, Sony, AND Microsoft to release new hardware soon? 01:23:19 - WBD doubling down on their failures, abandoning successful games (seriously) Official Music Credit: Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY Follow us! https://www.linktr.ee/spawntrap Follow Court https://linktr.ee/courtftw Follow Til https://linktr.ee/tilplays

We're back for a new year and taking a look at all the games we're looking forward to. Official Music Credit:Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY

We wrap up the year by discussing the biggest gaming topics that we didn't have time to talk about in 2023. Time stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:35 - Our thoughts on The Game Awards 0:25:59 - Xbox / Activision acquisition update 0:32:10 - 3DS / Wii U eShop closure 0:38:18 - Baldur's Gate 3 0:48:05 - Mario Movie 0:53:55 - Xbox / Activision acquisition again 0:56:20 - RIP Stadia 0:59:48 - GTA 6 1:08:20 - Cat lover Jim Ryan steps down 1:09:00 - Embracer Group 1:09:40 - Unity 1:12:00 - AI 1:25:05 - Other, smaller stories 1:27:20 - RIP E3 1:34:43 - Zelda movie 1:42:30 - PlayStation Portal 1:47:15 - Wrapping up / Insomniac leaks Official Music Credit: Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY

It's been a while. Let's talk about what we think could be the potential game of the year. Time stamps: 0:00:00 - What's game of the year? 0:42:49 - Layoffs 0:56:54 - 5 former Ubisoft execs Arrested 1:01:25 - Jim Ryan 1:05:23 - Microtransactions 1:09:54 - Ubisoft forcing everyone back to office under poor working conditions 1:17:55 - Former Bungie HR manager suing for wrongful termination 1:27:50 - What we're using instead of Twitter 1:31:22 - Unity sucks Official Music Credit: Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY

We've been gone for a while. Let's catch up with all the Activision Blizzard news we've missed in that time. Hosts for this episode: Til and Court  Follow us everywhere:https://linktr.ee/spawntrap  Time stamps are not included in this audio version. Official Music Credit:Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros  https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY

RIP Stadia! Xbox is having trouble with the Activision Blizzard acquisition, Embracer Group acquires EVERYTHING, GTA 6 leaks, and what the hell is PlayStation doing? Hosts for this episode: Til and Court  Follow us everywhere: https://linktr.ee/spawntrap  Time stamps are not included in this audio version since a portion of the podcast was cut to avoid any copyright issues and doesn't match up to the same length as the video version that is available on YouTube. Official Music Credit: Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros   https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY

EA makes a bad Tweet and the industry claps back.   Hosts for this episode: Til and Court   Follow us everywhere: https://linktr.ee/spawntrap  0:00:00 - What we've been playing 0:15:44 - Raven Software votes to unionize (and other Activision Blizzard news) 0:34:17 - Nintendo recognizes same-sex marriage 0:39:52 - Insomniac supports to abortion rights group 0:41:48 - More news on video game movie and TV adaptations (Horizon: Zero Dawn, Tomb Raider) 0:54:49 - E3 is coming back (sure, Jan...) 0:56:55 - God of War studio receives online harassment, stops providing updates 1:01:40 - PlayStation has now officially acquired Bungie 1:06:25 - More game delays (Forspoken, Gollum) 1:09:00 - Some geek talk over retro gaming 1:12:13 - PlayStation gets a loyalty program 1:14:43 - GTA 6 will have a female protagonist 1:18:12 - PlayStation VR 2 details 1:23:13 - Ubisoft faces backlash over cancelling newly released Roller Champions (which they are not doing) 1:25:46 - Xbox Games With Gold will no longer include Xbox 360 games 1:31:09 - EA mocks gamers   Official Music Credit: Music: "8 Bit Power" By HeatleyBros   https://youtu.be/UJ9NbyPFTvY