All of the news and reveals from Microsoft’s XO18 event plus a batch of review coming up on this episode!
We kick off with Cole and I tackling all of the big news from Microsoft’s XO18 event! From new Game Pass additions like Hellblade and PUBG to Crackdown 3’s release date, we’ve got it all. Final Fantasy Backward Compatibility additions, Mouse & Keyboard support, and two new Xbox studios all get discussed as well. It’s a huge event with tons of news to chat about! Plus reviews!
Tim Ekkebus goes head to head and Quirk to Quirk in the anime 3D arena fighter My Hero One’s Justice from Byking Inc & Bandai Namco. Jacob Garner covers the fast paced arcade racer with top-down 2D pixel graphics Super Pixel Racers from 21c Ducks, PQube, and H2 Interactive.
Pernell Vaughan tackles Steel Rats, a visceral and ground-breaking evolution of the 2.5D action arcade genre from Tate Multimedia as well as DERU – The Art of Cooperation, a cooperative puzzle game of mind bending puzzles & abstract art from Ink Kit.
Chris Taylor covers the story driven action adventure Rage in Peace from Rolling Glory Jam, Toge Productions, and Another Indie before buidling a medieval metropolis in Townsmen from Handy Games & THQ Nordic. Finally, George ‘norg’ Nowik goes toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac in Crashlands from Butterscotch Shenanigans.
This episode features another pack of tracks from Sean Schafianski off of his Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Remastered soundtrack from Materia Collective!
Sean Schafianski – Battle II (feat. PirateCrab)
Sean Schafianski – Dungeon/Waterfall
Sean Schafianski – Mystic Quest