Here is our BONUS E3 episode! After a mini break we are back with a review of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Does it live up to the hype and more importantly, what did we think?Join us as we give our opinions on most of the games announced. Including: Battlefield 2042, Tiny Tina's Wonderland, Kojima Cameo's, Death Stranding, Two Point Campus, Elden Ring, Mario and Rabbids, Starfield, Psyconauts, Halo, Stalker 2, Forza Horizon 5, Guardians of the Galaxy, New Smash character - Kazuya, Warioware, Mario Party Superstars, Mario Golf, Metroid Dread, The Sequel to Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Koops and Sales run down all the "best" announcements from Xbox, Bethesda, Square Enix, Ubisoft and Nintendo. This bonus episode marks the end of Season 1 of The Open World Show, thank you for listening to us, keep an eye out for details of Season 2 and in the mean time we will be streaming more on our Twitch Channel, drop us a follow at www.twitch.tv/TheOpenWorldShowAs always, we'd love for you to join in the conversation over at Instagram & Twitter @openworldshow. Mention us using the hashtag #openworldshow and we'll get back to you and possibly feature you on the show! We'd also love your support by leaving a review and subscribing wherever you listen to us! Thanks for tuning in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 20 is out now! Tune in this week as we discuss and share our E3 predictions: what does Koops want from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2? Can Butler be any more hyped for Final Fantasy news? Will Sales be surprised by actually enjoying anything at the show? Find out our hopes and requests today. Featuring guest predictions from our friends at SideQuesting Podcast & The Nerd Alternative - find out what they want from E3 and make sure to check them out after the show!Also in this week's bumper episode are 2 Side Quests: first up is Butler as he takes his turn in Host Hotseat: find out the answer to burning questions such as his first gaming memory & his favourite series of all time! And after that you can enjoy Sales pitching another game mashup in Into the Gaming Multiverse! Which character is he uprooting from their world to drop them into a completely different one and will he convince us that it would make a better game? As always, we'd love for you to join in the conversation over at Instagram & Twitter @openworldshow. Mention us using the hashtag #openworldshow and we'll get back to you and possibly feature you on the show! We'd also love your support by leaving a review and subscribing wherever you listen to us! Thanks for tuning in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us this week as we tackle one of the biggest marketing techniques in the gaming industry right now with Microsoft gobbling up all the studios: Do Console Exclusives Help or Hurt the Industry? Find out what we think in our Main Quest as we discuss the history of console exclusives and the current rise in promoting them as the selling point for next gen consoles. We also have the debut of a shiny new Side Quest: Into the Gaming Multiverse. Listen as Sales pitches to us a video game character that would be better suited in a different gaming universe than his own. Will Butler and Koops love the new game creation or will they opt to keep the original? See for yourselves now!As always, we'd love for you to join the conversation with all things gaming by following us on Instagram & Twitter @openworldshow, Tweet at us using the hashtag #openworldshow and we'll reply to you. And you can support the show by dropping us a review and a subscription wherever you listen to us.Thanks for listening and we'll see you next week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 18 is out today! Tune in as we share who we'd have for company on a night on the town in Who Are We Having A Drink With? And you can trust us when we say things go downhill very quickly (well, for Butler's pick anyways) Listen to ours and then let us know who you'd like to take for a drink in the comments below! Listen as guests give their opinions on our Main Quest this week, featuring Beer & Chill Podcast, Diggity Podcast & Lulu Pew - we're super excited to be able to share their views with you and find out together who they'd enjoy sharing a drink with!We also feature 2 new Side Quests this week; First up is Dragonborn's Den: Step into the realm of the Dovakin as Sales pitches his gaming idea to the other hosts. Can he convince Butler & Koops to invest in his idea? Or will he get Fus-Roh-Da'd straight out of the den? And we also have the debut of Butler's Obscure Top 10: He challenged Twitter to set him an obscure topic to create a Top 10 list about and first up this week is "Top 10 Non-Flying type Pokemon that can learn Fly" - Number 1 spot is a real shocker! As always, we'd love for you to join the conversation by following us on Instagram & Twitter @openworldshow and Tweet us using the hashtag #openworldshow to be involved with the show! See you next week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 17 is out today! Tune in now as we discuss the hot topic coming from Resident Evil Village's release: Do games have to be long to be good? Listen as we give our takes on whether length does equal quality or if there is room for a quick casual game in our busy adult lives. Will Butler be able to remain unbiased and put aside his love for all things RPG? Will Sales ever be able to appreciate a game that has story and characters? Can Koops find a game he'll complete one day? Find out today.For the first time ever we also hear from guests who give us their take on the idea too. Listen as Sir Richard Pritchard, Cage Fighting Pod, Geekachu Podcast & Backlog & Beyond Podcast share their views and be sure to check out their podcasts for more great content.Also featuring in our 2 Side Quests is a quick burst of Internet Critics: Can Butler carry on his Metacritic dominance or will Sales complete his hero's journey to take the crown? Speaking of Sales, he sits down for a round of Host Hotseat; a quick fire round of gaming questions to get to know us a little better (despite Sales' best efforts to prevent this at all costs).Thank you for listening and as always, we'd love for you to join the conversation over on Instagram & Twitter @openworldshow and tweet us using the hashtag #openworldshow or send us a DM if you want to have your opinion featured on our next show. You can support us by leaving us a review and subscribing wherever you catch us: it really does help! See you next week brave adventurers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 16 is out now! Tune in for Koops Edition of Hit Delete to complete the trifecta of deletion; listen as Koops argues his case to banish his grievances before Judge Sales and stands against questioning from Defence Butler. What will be deleted forever and what will be saved from purgatory? Find out now!We also discuss what's been on our weekly playlists, from Lego Harry Potter to the never ending quest that is Koops trying to complete Witcher and who will win the Platinum race between Sales & Butler?As always, we'd love for you to join the conversation by letting us know what you thought of this episode tweeting us @openworldshow on Twitter, dropping us a comment on Instagram @openworldshow or by leaving us a review wherever you listen! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 15 is here! Tune in for the debut of 'Mother Brain's Big Brain Game' - listen as Butler, Koops & Sales test their knowledge about their chosen specialist gaming subject and find out who's brain can rival that of the great Mother Brain. Will Koops take the crown with his Legend of Zelda mastery? Or will Butler reign supreme choosing Final Fantasy as his topic? Or can Sales climb the knowledge mountain with Tekken and place his mind flag at the summit? Find out now!We also discuss what we've been playing this week, with a proud moment for Butler that almost brought a tear to his eye and more shenanigans with Koops & Sales Twitch career trying to escape a prison together. Also, find out what we think of the recent Playstation State of Play & how excited we are for Jeff Goldblum starting a D&D Podcast.You can listen to all previous episodes at openworldshow.com and as always, we'd love for you to join the conversation on our Social Media platforms @openworldshow and letting us know what you thought of the episode by tweeting us using the hashtag #openworldshow. You can also support the show by leaving a review and subscribing wherever you catch us! Thanks for listening and we'll see you all next week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 14 is out now! Join us this week for as Sales takes his turn to face Judge Butler as he argues his case to Hit Delete on his gaming gripes - will Defence Koops manage to save these issues or will they be condemn, never to be seen again? Listen today to find out! We also discuss our first ever Twitch stream, The Last of Us 2 becoming the most awarded game in history and Butler's quest back into the world of Monster Hunter (all highlighted by topical references to Ken Barlow's Kimono, of course). As always, we'd love for you to join the conversation by letting us know your thoughts on today's episode over on Instagram & Twitter @openworldshow.com and you can support us by subscribing and leaving a review wherever you listen to us. See you next week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week see's the feature of a brand new segment for our Sidequest of the Week: Internet Critics - it's Butler vs. Sales as they go head to head to try and guess the video game based from the reviews (spoiler: one of them is weirdly too good). Who will come out on top? Tune in to find out! We also discuss the latest Resident Evil announcements and share our thoughts on who should be buying Square Enix and what it means for the future of gaming.As always, you can join the conversation over on Instagram & Twitter @openworldshow or visit openworldshow.com for more content and we'd love if you could leave a review and subscribing wherever you listen to us - it really does go a long way! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us this week for the premiere of 'Hit Delete' - listen as we take turns at airing our pet hates with the world of gaming and argue our case that we should hit the delete button on these topics existing. For the first round, Butler takes the hot seat as he gets years of petty grievances off his chest; what will be condemned to deletion and what will Koops & Sales rule should stay? Listen to find out now!We'd love to hear what you'd Hit Delete on in the gaming universe. You can join the conversation over on Twitter & Instagram @openworldshow and let us know your pet peeves. You can also support us by leaving a review and subscribing wherever you listen to us and spreading the word using the hashtag #openworldshow. Thanks for listening and see you all next Monday! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.