On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Lonely Mountain Snow Riders

Kiley - Doom Eternal, Powerwash Simulator, Split Fiction (with Pete)

We then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:

• Ubisoft have lawyers ready to fight harassment https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-reportedly-has-lawyers-and-canadas-it-security-agency-ready-to-fight-assassins-creed-shadows-harassment/ 

• Sakurai statement on Japanese devs https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/smash-bros-sakurai-says-japanese-devs-should-focus-on-domestic-not-western-tastes/ 

• Aloy actor concerned about state of the industry https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/aloy-actor-reacts-to-ai-powered-leak-i-am-worried-for-this-art-form/ 

• Xbox AI in the works to help finish games https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-is-introducing-an-xbox-ai-that-helps-players-finish-games/ 

• Alex garland praises the last of us https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-last-of-us-is-better-28-days-later-writer-says-naughty-dogs-game-was-better-written/  

  
  

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On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Kiley - Miside, Demon Tides, Grandma No

We then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:

• Pokemon presents airs 27th Feb https://www.eurogamer.net/heres-everything-shown-at-this-years-pokemon-presents 

• Fable delayed until 2026 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-has-officially-delayed-fable-to-2026-its-definitely-worth-the-wait/ 

• WB games are closing 3 studios https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/warner-bros-is-reportedly-closing-three-game-studios-and-canceling-wonder-woman/ 

• Wonder woman game cancelled, nemesis system wasnt coming together https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/popular-nemesis-system-wasnt-coming-together-cancelled-wonder-woman-game/ 

• Callisto protocol dev confirms lay offs offshttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/callisto-protocol-studio-suffers-layoffs-but-remains-operational-krafton-confirms/ 

• 1 in 200 GPUs in the 50 series are missing a rendering unit https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nvidia-says-around-1-in-200-of-its-new-series-50-gpus-are-missing-some-render-units/ 

  
  

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On this Game of the Year introduction episode, host Pete Beckett discusses the format for those who are unfamiliar with our usual GOTY show, talk about the guests joining us this year and reveal the games that have been nominated for the Rapid Reviews Radio Podcast Game of the Year 2024.

Games Nominated:

Brent

• Persona 3 Reload

• Star Wars Outlaws

• Metaphor: ReFantazio

• Shades of Horror: Chromatic Split

CD

• Path of Exile 2 

• Concord 

• Ys X: Nordics

• Age of Mythology Retold

Miketendo

• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket

• Endless Ocean Luminous

• The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

• Emio The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

Nana

• Virtua Unlimited Project

• New Star GP

• Zenless Zone Zero

• BOOMEROAD

Kiley

• Squirrel with a gun

• Still Wakes The Deep

• Thank Goodness You’re Here

• Mouth Washing

Pete

• Helldivers 2

• Pine Hearts

• Astro Bot

• Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

  
  

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by Resobaso and Cold Death from the Turn Based Cynics podcast, to help us discuss and possibly answer the question that was posed: What the hell has happened to Sony.

Sources used in the episode:

• "We believe in generations" https://www.gamesindustry.biz/sonys-jim-ryan-its-time-to-give-fans-something-that-can-only-be-enjoyed-on-playstation-5#:~:text=%22We%20have%20always%20said%20that,previous%20generation%20does%20not%20include.
• Horizon Forbidden West upgrade backtrack https://blog.playstation.com/2021/09/04/pre-order-horizon-forbidden-west-now-collectors-and-digital-deluxe-editions-detailed/
• Playstation 5 price increase https://blog.playstation.com/2022/08/25/ps5-price-to-increase-in-select-markets-due-to-global-economic-environment-including-high-inflation-rates/
• Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster/Remake https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-horizon-zero-dawn-remaster-is-in-the-works-for-ps5-its-claimed/

A huge thanks to both our guests for joining us. You can follow them online in the following places:

https://twitter.com/Resobaso, https://www.youtube.com/c/Resobaso, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCohp4o3c04njSi4Hdj8ZOPQ, https://twitter.com/ColdDeath, https://twitter.com/TurnBasedCynics, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-turn-based-cynics/id1439149979

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss some of the biggest stories that caught our attentions this week, including:

• Roughly 70 videos have leaked online, showing GTA 6 in an early development phase. Rockstar Games have responded and UK police have arrested a 17 year old for both the hacks on Rockstar and Uber https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gta-6-hack-uk-police-arrest-17-year-old-reportedly-linked-to-the-security-breach/
• NVIDIA may have inadvertently revealed the chip being used in an upgraded Switch console https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/09/nvidia-employee-comment-confirms-chip-rumoured-to-be-used-in-switch-pro-is-real
• Youtuber Dunkey announces hee launching an indie game publisher https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/popular-youtuber-dunkey-is-launching-a-game-publisher-im-sick-of-sitting-on-the-sidelines/

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss some of the biggest stories that caught our attentions this week, including:

• Game pass family plan officially unveiled as Xbox game pass friends and family plan https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-xbox-game-pass-friends-family-plan-has-been-officially-announced/
• 343 have announced a delay to the road map for Halo Infinite https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/halo-infinite-suffers-fresh-content-delays-as-local-co-op-is-cancelled/
• Speculation and hype, including some leaks, have lead many to believe there is a Nintendo Direct coming in September www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-nintendo-direct-featuring-wind-waker-and-twilight-princess-is-reportedly-coming-in-september
• UK Watchdog recommends further investigation into the Xbox and Activision deal https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/uk-competition-watchdog-says-it-could-expand-xbox-activision-merger-inquiry-over-competition-concerns
• Corecell have confirmed they have requested their game be delisted from stores due to issue with PQube. https://www.eurogamer.net/pqube-under-fire-once-more-from-indie-developer-claiming-funds-withheld https://twitter.com/AETERNOBLADE1/status/1565340890712772615?t=e6kZiPOIgpEUM6S3bqBl4g&s=19
• Sony and Tencent have purchased From Software, or have they? https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-and-tencent-are-buying-30-of-elden-ring-studio-fromsoftware/

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by Kirk, the owner and designer of Frame-A-Game

Frame-A-Game is a service that Kirk offers to have your games mounted in an incredibly nice frame, to preserve all those favourite games you have, as well as giving you a piece to stick on your wall to show your love of a particular franchise.

We discuss how Frame-A-Game all started, some potential ideas and collaborations in the future with other creators and some of the challenges of starting a new venture.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

We want to thank Kirk for coming on the podcast and speaking so openly about his business. You can find Frame-A-Game (and by extension Kirk) in the following places:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrameAGame

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frameagame/

Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@frameagame

Email: hello@frameagame.co.uk

Additionally, Kirk also guests on the Grumpy Gamers podcast, please check them out on all good (and bad) podcast players, linked on their Twitter https://twitter.com/GrumpyGamersPod

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the biggest and most thought provoking stories from the past week, including:

• Koch Media has decided to rebrand https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/koch-media-has-been-renamed-plaion/
• Microsoft are trying out their Xbox Gamepass Ultimate Family Plan https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-game-pass-family-plan-2/
• Microsoft are freeing up memory for developers on Series S to improve graphical performance https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-is-freeing-up-xbox-series-s-memory-to-improve-graphical-performance/
• Tencent is seeker to invest further in Ubisoft https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tencent-is-reportedly-seeking-a-larger-stake-in-ubisoft/
• Square Enix has confirmed that it's looking to sell stakes in their studios https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-has-reportedly-confirmed-its-looking-to-sell-stakes-in-its-studios/
• Sony have voiced huge concerns regarding the Activision Blizzard purchase by Microsoft https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-says-it-believes-xbox-owning-call-of-duty-could-influence-users-console-choice/

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the biggest and most thought provoking stories from the past week, including:

• The Last of Us Part 1 gameplay footage revealed by Sony and Naughty Dog, after "hurtful leaks" https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/naughty-dog-releases-official-last-of-us-remake-gameplay-after-hurtful-leaks/
• New update has been added for No Man's Sky, called Endurance. The update was teased in February but was released 20th July https://www.nomanssky.com/2022/07/no-mans-sky-endurance-update/?cli_action=1658664755.041
• Xbox Insiders have had access to the early Flight version of the co-op update for Halo Infinite https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/halo-infinites-co-op-campaign-is-finally-in-beta-testing
• FIFA 2023 has been revealed for all consoles, due to release September. EA manages to anger Switch owners with another Legacy edition, adding no new features https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fifa-23-for-switch-doesnt-include-any-new-gameplay-features-or-modes/
• Final 30 day window has been triggered by Xbox, leading to FTC potentially clearly Activision Blizzard to be purchased by Microsoft https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsofts-activision-buyout-could-be-approved-by-the-ftc-as-soon-as-next-month/
• John Riccitiello has apologised after calling developers "fucking idiots" for not prioritising monetization in games  https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/unitys-ceo-promises-to-do-better-after-calling-devs-not-prioritising-monetisation-fing-idiots/

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by 2 previous guests, Jonathan Ober @jonathanober and friend of the show Miketendo @miketendo64 to help us discuss the all-digital future.

This comes off the back of the news story where it was stated that Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD was being removed from the Steam storefront on 1st September and, prior to the updated story, access was even being removed if you owned the game. The link to the story is here: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/assassins-creed-liberations-steam-page-says-it-will-soon-be-unplayable-even-for-owners/

We all discuss our standpoint on where we all are in terms of ownership of media, be it physical or digital, and discuss positives and pitfalls of both models.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

A huge thanks to our guests for joining us. You can follow them on the following links:

Jonathan - Twitter @jonathanober, Rapid Reviews Writer Page https://www.rapidreviewsuk.com/?s=jonathan+ober&post_type=post , Miketendo64 Writers Page https://miketendo64.com/author/jonathanober/

Mike - Website www.miketendo64.com, Twitter @miketendo64, Miketendo 64 Writers Page https://miketendo64.com/author/mikescorpio/

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the 2 recent stories involving game developers and members of a studio receiving harassment from sub-sections of the gaming community.

The news stories we covered in this episode, with links included are:

• Ron Gilbert story - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ron-gilbert-will-no-longer-post-about-monkey-island-due-to-personal-attacks/
• God of War Ragnanok announcement delayed https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/god-of-war-ragnarok-release-date-still-planned-for-2022/
• Cory Barlog comments on devs receiving abuse https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/treat-developers-with-human-decency-and-respect-god-of-war-director-urges/

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the biggest and most rage inducing news stories (especially Pete) from the past week or so.

The news stories we covered in this episode, with links included are:

• Bernie Stoller, the ex SEGA of America present and SCEA founder has passed away at the age of 75 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bernie-stolar-former-sega-of-america-president-and-scea-founder-has-died-aged-75/
• 343 Industries exploring idea to add microtransactions to Halo Master Chief Collection https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/halo-master-chief-collections-developer-is-exploring-adding-microtransactions/
• a Destiny YouTuber, who impersonated Bungie with copyright strikes is being sued for $7 million https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-destiny-youtuber-who-allegedly-impersonated-bungie-is-being-sued-by-the-studio-for-7-7m/
• Yuji Naka has seemingly confirmed one of the gaming industries biggest mysteries regarding Sonic 3' development https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/yuji-naka-has-seemingly-finally-confirmed-that-michael-jackson-did-compose-sonic-3-music/
• Sonic Origins devs Headcannon disappointed with the state of the game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sonic-remaster-developer-says-hes-very-unhappy-about-the-state-of-sonic-origins/
• Activision Blizzard has completed its internal investigation into sexual harassment claims https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/activision-blizzards-internal-investigation-finds-that-it-didnt-ignore-any-harassment/

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are discussing the final 3 larger showcases of the “E3” Season, where we will be covering Capcom. Square-Enix and Devolver Digital showcases.

We talk about the announcements across both shows that we enjoyed, the big hitting surprises and some of the stuff that we necessarily didn’t enjoy.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by Claire Morwood, the solo developer and lead musician of the upcoming game Asterism.

We discuss their musical and artistic influences, how she created the concept of the gamer Asterism and the struggles of being a solo developer, such as dealing with the development of the game, submission of the game to place like Steam and the marketing and post development process of releasing the game, and more..We hope you enjoy the episode.

We would like to thank Claire for coming on the show. You can follow her on social media such as Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/shimmerglitch.bsky.social and on her website https://www.shimmerwitch.space/.  You can also go to the Steam page for the game at https://store.steampowered.com/app/2187450/Asterism/ as well as her previous game Before I Forget https://store.steampowered.com/app/1126600/Before_I_Forget/ 

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are once again joined by recurring co-host Ciaran McGinn to discuss Summer Games Fest and the Xbox/Bethesda showcases.

We talk about the announcements across both shows that we enjoyed, the big hitting surprises and some of the stuff that we necessarily didn’t enjoy.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are once again joined by recurring co-host Ciaran McGinn to discuss Sony’s recent State of Play that aired on 2nd June 2022.

We discuss the reveals that were made during the presentation, some of the highlights, low moments, and listen to Ciaran and Pete discuss at length both The Callisto Protocol and Street Fighter 6.

Additionally, we also make some predictions for the upcoming slate of Summer Game Fest events, including for Opening Night Live.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckettare joined by Daniel Lindholm @dropkickmonk3y, a Swedish musical composer who has also done work on arrangements for various different games including Resident Evil 6, Yakuza Dead Souls, Lollipop Chainsaw and Street Fighter 5, starting on Season 2.

We discuss his body of work, including his early days, the big break into Triple A music composition, and how he managed to get the “gig” with the Street Fighter team. We delve deep into the various different character themes for Street Fighter 5 and influences for creating the music. We also asked how a composer comes up with ideas for characters, and what source material they had for each character.

We then speak about the recent articles that were doing the rounds, such as Connor Makar’s article from VG247 https://www.vg247.com/fei-long-street-fighter-not-coming-back as well as briefly touching on Nintendo Life’s article https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/05/bruce-lees-family-responds-to-suggestion-that-fei-long-wont-appear-in-future-street-fighters. We ask how it all started in his own words, and let him explain the timeline of events in his words.

For full disclosure, we did reach out to Connor Makar at VG247 for further comment but we heard nothing back before the publishing of this episode.

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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Thank you again to Daniel for giving us time to come on the show and speak openly about the situation.

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss some of the recent video game news that had peaked our interest this week, including: Fall Guys developer Mediatonic reveals the game is going free to play on June 21st, as well as revealing the Switch and Xbox versions https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fall-guys-is-going-free-to-play-alongside-its-switch-and-xbox-release-in-june/ Ubisoft+ is coming to Playstation, with Ubisoft+ classics being added to the PS Plus Extra and Premium tiers https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-classics-is-being-added-to-playstation-plus-with-27-games-at-launch/ Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has purchased a 5.01% stake in Nintendo https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/saudi-arabia-has-bought-a-5-stake-in-nintendo/ Sony Santa Monica has revealed a massive amount of accessibility features for God of War Ragnarok https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-provides-update-on-god-of-war-ragnarok-accessibility-but-still-no-release-date/ Xbox has outsold the Playstation in Japan for the 1st time in 8 years https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/for-the-first-time-in-8-years-xbox-outsold-playstation-in-japan-last-week/ EA is looking at potential sales, including Amazon, Disney and Apple https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-is-allegedly-pursuing-a-sale-and-has-talked-to-apple-amazon-and-disney/ We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by 3 guests, Michelle Franklin @MrsDenAsaan, Lauren Clare @LoreWitchy and Luis Alonso @SpaceBoatGame, the team at Recombobulator Games who are developing the game Space Boat. We discuss the recent article and court case surrounding the issue with Balan Wonderworld and the removal of the director Yuji Naka mid project, and discuss their first hand experiences with working for larger developers, the differences between Indie games, Independent Studios and Triple A games/studios. We also take some time to discuss their project Space Boat and what life is like as a developer working in Canada. We hope you enjoy the episode. A huge thanks to our guests, who’s Twitter pages are linked above. Please check out Space Boat on Steam (demo now available) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1534720/Space_Boat/ Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the biggest and what we considered the most interesting and discussion worthy news stories for the past week or two, including: Activision Blizzard's shareholders vote in favour of Microsoft acquisition https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/activision-blizzard-stockholders-overwhelmingly-vote-in-favour-of-microsoft-acquisition/ The Microsoft and Bethesda showcase has been announced for June https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-and-bethesda-games-showcase-confirmed-for-june/ Yuji Naka claims he was removed as director of Balan Wonderworld 6 months before release, files legal papers to take Square Enix to court https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/yuji-naka-says-he-sued-square-enix-its-a-disgrace-balan-was-released-in-this-state/ Sony have blocked stacking of subscriptions for PS+ and PS Now, ahead of Sony changing the PS+ tier system. Now changed to "time equivalent https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-has-confirmed-its-blocked-ps-plus-and-now-subscription-stacking/ Ubisoft's share prices rise by 11% amid fresh rumours of a takeover https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-stock-jumps-11-amid-fresh-takeover-report/ Sonic Origins collection has been re-revealed, and has managed to anger fans with its EA style chart for pre-orders/special editions. SEGA confirm no physical on day 1 despite "knowing demand" and have removed Sonic 1, 2, 3 and CD from all digital storefronts, except Sonic 1 and 2 SEGA Ages versions on Switch. announcement story - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sonic-origins-details-appear-on-ps-store-new-areas-mission-mode-and-more/ Dlc chart - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sonic-origins-locks-modes-character-animations-and-more-behind-dlc/ Delisting story - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-is-delisting-the-sonic-games-included-in-the-sonic-origins-collection/ Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by regular contributor Ciaran Mcginn, as well as special guest TheFinalTilt, the owner of the UK based eSports team Vulpine eSports. In this episode we discuss the journey that he has taken to start the team, as well as their beginnings, before going into the main discussion points, which was surrounding eSports league operation, having to deal with IP holders when organising tournaments, and much more We hope you enjoy the episode. You can follow TheFinalTilt over on Twitter at @TheFinalTilt as well as on www.twitch.tv/thefinaltilt You can follow Vulpine eSports on Twitter @vulpineesports and check their website https://www.vlpesports.com/ for more information on every Vulpine do. You can follow Ciaran on Twitter @theemcginn as well as his blog www.pauseplayreview.com Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by friend of the show and first time guest Mike from the video game website Miketendo 64, where we cover the video game expo W.A.S.D What is W.A.S.D? Does it have any ties to EGX Rezzed? Where was it held? And most importantly, what games were available to try at the event. Well we cover it all and more in a large amount of detail, so you aren’t going to want to miss this. Hear our general thoughts of the layout, games on show from various developers both triple A or indie, and some deep dives that Pete and Mike played whilst at the show. We hope you enjoy the episode. You can followMike over at www.miketendo64.com or over on their Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Miketendo64 You can also follow them on Twitter @miketendo64 Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by regular contributor and returning for the first time in a while Ciaran Mcginn @theemcginn to discuss the biggest and most controversial news stories from the week including: Playstation announces new changes to PS Plus subscription, merging PS Now into a 3 tiered subscription model https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-has-confirmed-playstation-plus-essentials-extra-and-premium-subscriptions/ Nintendo announces delay to Breath of the Wild 2 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-has-delayed-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-2-to-spring-2023/ Bungie have filed lawsuits against person responsible for DMCA takedowns https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bungie-has-filed-a-lawsuit-against-senders-of-bogus-destiny-dmca-strikes/ E3 2022 now officially cancelled in person and digital event https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/e3-2022s-digital-event-is-cancelled-too/ An Xbox Game Pass Family Plan is currently in the works https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-game-pass-family-plan/ US senators concerned with the Microsoft/Activision Blizzard deal https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/four-us-senators-deeply-concerned-about-proposed-xbox-activision-merger/ We hope you enjoy the episode. You can follow Ciaran on Twitter @theemcginn and his blog www.pauseplayreview.com Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the topic relating to recent copyright strikes that have been leveraged by some bad faith actors against content creators in the Destiny community, including Bungie themselves! Link to Bungie’s blog This Week at Bungie https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/51193 We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Kiley - Hitman, Mouth Washing and Resident Evil 7

Then we dive into the recent news stories from the past week, including:

• Playstation portal adds cloud streaming https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-portal-is-getting-cloud-streaming-today/ 

• Kadokawa confirms interest from Sony for purchase https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fromsoftware-parent-kadokawa-confirms-sony-has-sent-it-a-letter-of-intent-to-acquire-it/ 

• WASD permanently closed https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/we-are-devastated-uk-indie-games-show-wasd-is-permanently-cancelled/ 

• Rule changes to Game Awards causes a stir https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-game-awards-confirms-that-dlc-remakes-and-remasters-will-be-eligible-for-game-of-the-year/ 

• Geoff Keighley files paperwork to trademark Game Awards https://thatparkplace.com/geoff-keighley-tries-to-trademark-the-game-awards/ 

• Game Award nominations https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/astro-bot-and-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-lead-the-game-awards-2024-nominations/ 

We hope you enjoy the show.

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• Mario and Luigi Brothership by Seb Hawden https://www.rapidreviewsuk.com/mario-luigi-brothership-review/ 

• Eufy Solocam S340 by Mike O’Hara (Overlord Mike) https://www.rapidreviewsuk.com/eufy-solocam-s340-review-the-rapid-review/ 

• Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel by Joseph Barrood https://www.rapidreviewsuk.com/zero-the-kamikaze-squirrel-review/ 

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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover some of the biggest news stories from the previous week, including: Sony State of Play aired, focusing solely on Hogwarts Legacy, reveals gameplay, release window of late 2022 and showed game coming natively to Switch https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hogwarts-legacy-has-received-a-holiday-2022-release-window/ Supermassive Games have revealed their new game The Quarry https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/supermassive-has-released-the-first-trailer-for-new-teen-horror-game-the-quarry/ Overwatch 2 has an upcoming closed beta that has now revealed its release date https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/overwatch-2s-closed-beta-has-a-release-date/ Perfect Dark is looking to be in some serious issues as around half of the workforce have left Microsofts new "AAAA" THE Initiative according to a report by VGC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/insiders-describe-fast-and-furious-exits-from-xboxs-perfect-dark-studio/ Sony and Polyphony Studios suffer massive criticism after Gran Turismo 7, a single player game, goes down for 30 hours due to an issue with an update. Series producer speaks about the in game economy when the game comes back up https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gran-turismo-producer-addresses-microtransaction-controversy-as-30-hour-server-downtime-ends/ We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by Jonathan Ober @jonathanober to discuss the recent 5th anniversary of the Nintendo Switch being on the market. We discuss our thoughts and impressions on the strong first year, some highlights of games that have left a lasting impression, as well as the sales numbers, comparing it to the downward trajectory of the Wii U. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please be sure to follow Jonathan’s writing over on https://www.rapidreviewsuk.com as well as https://miketendo64.com/ Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined once again by regular contributor to the show Ciaran Mcginn @theemcginn to help us discuss some of the weirdest, strangest, and some even downright racist examples of PR marketing in the gaming industry. This topic came up after the recent discussions online regarding the Street Fighter 6 reveal, DICE and EA blaming Halo Infinite for the low sales of Battlefield 2042 and Savathûn, the Witch Queen character from Destiny, taking over Bungie’s twitter account. Some of the examples we spoke about: Bomb scare at Ubisoft Offices Ubisoft’s PR Stunt Ended With a Bomb Scare | by Sean Kernan | Better Marketing The “randy bandicoot” https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-is-crash-bandicoot-always-portrayed-as-being-an-absolute-sex-bomb.88597/ Resident Evil’s body parts disaster https://www.destructoid.com/capcoms-severed-limb-stunt-turned-out-to-be-a-disaster/ Peter Moore’s famous Halo 2 tattoo https://twitter.com/petermoorelfc/status/1325871006725120010?lang=en Sony’s racist PSP White advert in the Netherlands https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/5/15190396/sony-psp-ad-white-is-coming-pepsi-kendall-jenner We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the biggest news stories of the week, including: Halo TV show will show Master Chief's face https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-tv-show-will-reveal-master-chief-face The Last of Us TV show not likely to air in 2022 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hbo-says-the-last-of-us-show-wont-air-in-2022/ Paramount confirm Sonic The Hedgehog 3 movie and Knuckles TV series for Paramount+ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-third-sonic-and-a-live-action-series-are-confirmed-by-paramount/ Nintendo announce the plans to shut down both the 3DS and Wii U stores in March 2023 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-is-officially-ceasing-3ds-and-wii-u-eshop-purchases/ Mysterious countdown on Capcom's website due to expire on Monday, insiders state counting down to Street Fighter 6 reveal https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/capcom-will-announce-street-fighter-6-on-monday-its-claimed/ Super Mario RPG director states desire to make sequel as his final game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/super-mario-rpgs-director-says-he-wants-a-sequel-to-be-his-final-game/ We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the most recent Nintendo Direct from 9th February 2022. We go through the list of all games that were shown off, all the announcements of release date, gameplay demos, and our general thoughts of the reveals. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT! In this episode of the podcast, a roundtable discussion, moderator Pete Beckett, joined by panellists Kiley Wilde, Brent @apophis1989 and Gadget from @ModernEscapism discuss the recent acquisition of Bungie by Sony’s gaming arm Playstation. How do we feel about the purchase, which was made for $3.6 Billion, and what do we think will happen in terms of support for other developers under the Playstation Studios banner? Will they become first-party eventually? We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow Brent on Twitter @Apophis1989, as well as Twitch www.twitch.tv/apophis89, and you can follow his writing on Rapid Reviews UK and Mental Health Gaming. Please follow Gadget on Twitter @gadget8bit, as well as the Modern Escapism podcast on all good podcast players as well as Do Dragons Dream of Scorched Sheep, where you can find all the links on www.modernescapism.co.uk Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, regular co-hosts Kiley and Pete talk about some of the biggest news stories from the previous week, including: After 50 years, SEGA arcades are set to be closed down, signalling the end of the arcade scene https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/after-50-years-sega-arcades-are-officially-set-to-disappear-from-japan/ Atari is celebrating its 50th anniversary by announcing that its combining NFTs and loot boxes https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/atari-is-celebrating-its-50th-anniversary-by-combining-nfts-with-lootboxes/ Guerrilla Games shows off first gameplay trailer for Horizon Forbidden West on PS4 Pro https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-first-horizon-forbidden-west-ps4-gameplay-footage-has-been-released/ We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this special roundtable episode of the podcast, Question master and host Kiley Wilde is joined by a series of panelists, including usual co-host Pete Beckett, a regular contributor to the show Ciaran Mcginn, Editor in Chief of Lock On Andrew Dickinson, as well as host and founder of Modern Escapism Oodles O’Dimm to discuss the recent news of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for the fee of $68.7 billion. In the episode, we discuss what this means for the games industry, the employees at Activision Blizzard, what potential IPs could go exclusive to Xbox platforms, as well as a discussion regarding the future of current CEO Bobby Kotick. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow Ciaran on Twitter @theemcginn and follow his blog https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Please follow Andrew Dickinson on Twitter @oddment84 as well as gaming magazine publication @lostincult. Please also follow Oodles on Twitter@OodlesODimm, as well as his podcast @ModernEscapism which can be found on most good podcast players. The links to all their social channels can be found at www.modernescapism.co.uk. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete, joined once again by regular contributor Ciaran Mcginn, we discuss the current news stories that took our eye this week, including: STALKER 2 delay PS4 reportedly back in production Xbox One stops production Pokemon Legends Arceus gets massive gameplay reveal E3 2022 supposedly cancelled Dying Light 2’s 500 hour game We hope you enjoy the episode. Sources used for the episode: https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1481279837469872129?t=ujM2e3I3lRjpKdl2nA-D0Q&s=19 - STALKER 2 https://hypebeast.com/2022/1/sony-deny-increasing-ps4-production-playstation-5-shortage-report-info - PS4/PS5 story https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22881211/microsoft-discontinues-xbox-one-consoles-2020 - Xbox One Production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk_bhkDh958&ab_channel=NintendoUK - Pokemon Legends Arceus https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dying-light-2-studio-clarifies-500-hours-length-claim-following-backlash/amp/ - Dying Light 2 https://venturebeat.com/2022/01/06/e3-shifts-to-online-only-event-because-of-omicron-concerns/ - E3 2022 story Please follow Ciaran on Twitter @theemcginn and follow his blog https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete discuss the first half of the year in terms of releases, between January and the end of June, and talk a bit more in-depth about a handful of games that we are both excited about. Source used for the episode https://www.gameinformer.com/2022 We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by the brother team of developers Tom and Adam Vian from SFB Games.

We discuss their earliest introductions in the video game development, including Newgrounds and Flash Games, how they drummed up a relationship with Sony and Nintendo to release games for the Vita and Switch respectively and go in-depth with the discussion about their latest game Crow Country.We hope you enjoy the episode.

We would like to thank Adam and Tom for joining us on the show and taking time out of their schedules to discuss games with us. You can follow them both on social media platforms such as Twitter https://twitter.com/SFBDim (Adam) https://twitter.com/SFBTom (Tom), Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/sfbdim.bsky.social (Adam) https://bsky.app/profile/sfbtom.bsky.social. You can also go to the SFB Games website https://sfbgames.com/ where you can find all the links to their games, including Crow Country.  

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In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete are joined by regular contributors Ciaran Mcginn, Deadbeat Punk and Brent to discuss the nomination and whittle down a winner for the illustrious Rapid Reviews Radio Game of the Year for 2021. Amongst the nominations are: Forza Horizon 5 Mario Party Superstars It Takes Two Powerwash Simulator Subnautica: Below Zero Halo: Infinite The Medium Chivalry 2 Valheim Before Your Eyes Microsoft Flight Simulator Resident Evil Village Metroid Dread Psychonauts 2 Monster Hunter Rise Death’s Door (community choice) We hope you enjoy the episode. Please be sure to check out our contributors on their various different blogs, writings and podcasts: Brent: @apophis1989 on Twitter, Apophis89 on Twitch, as well as writes for RRUK and Mental Health Gaming DeadbeatPunk: Follow WTFDYW podcast on all good podcast players or by going to www.wtfdyw.co.uk, as well as @WTFDYW on Twitter Ciaran: Please follow on Twitter @theemcginn as well as his blog www.pauseplayreview.com Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete are joined by regular contributor Nana Marfo to discuss The Geoff Keighley show, also known as The Game Awards, which happened on 9th December 2021. We discuss the winners of each of the categories, talk about the scale of the announcements at the show and discuss our overall thoughts of it. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow Nana on his Twitter and Instagram @nana__marfo, as well as his blog http://nmarfoblogs.wordpress.com/ Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete talk about some of the more relevant and discussion worthy news stories of the week, including: Hazelight Studio's It Takes Two is hit by a copyright claim by Take Two Interactive https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-03-josef-fares-it-takes-two-hit-by-take-two-trademark-claim?s=09 Geoff Keighley speaks to the Hollywood Reporter about TGA this year, fails to condemn the mistreatment of employees at Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft or Riot https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/geoff-keighley-the-game-awards-december-event-1235052473/ Playstation are planning a new service that aims to take on Game Pass https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/playstation-plans-new-service-to-take-on-xbox-game-pass We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete, alongside frequent contributor Ciaran Mcginn @theemcginn to discuss the launch of Halo Infinite multiplayer component, which was launched in beta until full release in December, and debate which elements we liked, the parts that needed improvement and the weapon balancing. We also briefly discuss the impressions that recently dropped regarding the campaign. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Please follow Ciaran at @theemcginn on Twitter and his blog https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete discuss a recent trip Pete had in London for the @togetherweplay meet up. They then move on to discussing the nominations for the 2021 Game Awards. We discuss some of the controversial nominations from various categories, and predict what we reckon will win Game of the Year at the show. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete celebrate the 100th episode, alongside guest Deadbeatpunk, host of WTFDYW podcast, as well as Ciaran @theemcginn to help celebrate the occasion, firstly with a statement from Overlord Mike, then moving on to discussing some current news stories, including: Halo Infinite Multiplayer is being rumoured to be released after the Xbox 20th Anniversary stream on Monday 15th November. Sony have revealed the top 10 played games on the PS5 in it’s first year on the market, which only has up to 3 first party AAA Sony titles https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1459108104998637568?t=rhQgVdT2mA61yXPg-Eb6jA&s=19 Valve have announced a delay to the release of the Steam Deck, with the first batch of orders due to release in February 2022. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/11/valve-delays-steam-deck-launch-two-months-to-february-2022/ Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy The Definitive Edition has released in a state that many are saying is unacceptable, including odd weather effects, issues with NPC character models and a myriad of various other issues. Rockstar have taken the game down on PC and refusing to offer refunds After the news, alongside Deadbeatpunk as the quiz master, Kiley and Pete compete in a friendship quiz, to determine who knows the most about their co-host. We then invite Brent @apophis1989 and Nana Marfo @nana__marfo on to help us discuss our topic. How has the gaming industry changed since we started the podcast. We then take some questions from both Brent and Nana about the podcast and the previous 100 episode. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow Deadbeatpunk’s podcast WTFDYW on all good podcast players! Please follow the writings of Brent at Rapid Reviews UK, Mental Health Gaming @mentalhealthga2, on Twitter @apophis1989 and on Twitch @apophis89 as well as the print magazine. https://fromgamers.net/product/issue-2-print-from-gamers-magazine/ Please follow Nana’s blog for musings about Waifu’s, art and game design and reviews at http://nmarfoblogs.wordpress.com/ and follow on Twitter and Instagram @Nana__Marfo Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley and Pete discuss the biggest news stories that came up over the week, including: Elden Ring delayed God of War announced for PC Uncharted movie trailer reaction GTA The Trilogy The Definitive Edition release date announced shows off the new graphical style Kotaku continuing the coverage on Metroid Dread, state Samus doesn’t need to be silent to be a badass Leaked Starfield details, with various lore points announced after the leak Bungie details more about the Witch Queen expansion, dungeons not to be included in the pass like previous expansions/seasons We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, host Pete brings on a couple of guests to fill the void unfortunately left by Kiley’s absence, with DeadBeatPunk from the WTFDYW podcast coming in to host the show, as well as special guest Toby, writer and former editor of Rapid Reviews UK, to discuss EGX 2021, including what we played at the event, how they handled the scaled-back event, how it was meeting people who were considered online friends before, and various other bits. We also discuss the most recent games we’ve been playing, as well as some quick fire news topics, presented to us by DeadBeatPunk to see what tickled our fancy to discuss. Apologies about the sound quality on this one, we had a few technical issues. We hope you enjoy the episode. Many thanks to Toby for coming on as a guest, please follow on Twitter @tobes325. Big thanks to DeadBeatPunk for hosting the show. Please follow him and his very sweary podcast on all good podcast players at @WTFDYW Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete discuss some of the biggest new stories from the following week including: Bandai Namco change their logo at Tokyo Game Show which hasn’t filled most https://www.ign.com/articles/bandai-namco-has-a-new-logo-and-fans-arent-impressed Destruction All-Stars dev Lucid reportedly working on a new Twisted Metal game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-destruction-all-stars-studio-lucid-handed-twisted-metal-revival/ Konami planning to revive classic series Metal Gear, Silent Hill and Castlevania, either as new installments or reboots https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/konami-is-set-to-revive-metal-gear-castlevania-and-silent-hill/ Bloomberg reported that devkits for a Switch 4K model in the wild, with 11 devs having them. Nintendo immediately refutes the claim https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-29/nintendo-switch-4k-developers-make-games-for-nonexistent-console We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete discuss the recent Nintendo direct and the long list of announcements, including: The Mario Movie cast Nintendo 64 and Mega Drives being added to NSO Announcements within announcements And so much more We also discuss the recent Halo Infinite flight and our impressions of it. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by fellow content creators Embershadow2019, Gawny7789 and Miketendo64 to discuss content creation. We first discuss the games we have been playing this week, including: Ember - Alien Isolation, Brighter Shores Miketendo - Mario & Luigi Brothership, Banjo-Tooie, Pokémon TCG Pocket Gawny - Banjo-Tooie, Pokémon TCG Pocket, Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Mario Party Jamboree  Pete - Mario & Luigi Brothership, Balatro, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Penny’s Big Breakaway, The Plucky Squire Kiley - Hitman, Resident Evil 7 We then talk about their starts in the field, how much fun they have and some of the pitfalls they encounter when doing their content. We would like to thank all our guests for joining us. You can follow them in the following locations: Ember: https://www.twitch.tv/embershadow2019 , https://twitter.com/EmberShadow2  Gawny7789: https://www.youtube.com/@Gawny7789, https://twitter.com/Gawny7789  Miketendo64: https://www.youtube.com/@Miketendo64, https://twitter.com/miketendo64   Please visit http://www.rapidreviewsuk.com for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces  You can listen to the show on https://open.spotify.com/show/2i8PQaFs3OhDIzYpkSt2Gu, Apple Podcasts, and https://www.youtube.com/@rapidreviews5534. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on https://www.twitch.tv/rapidreviews, or on https://www.youtube.com/@rapidreviews5534  You can follow the podcast on https://twitter.com/RRRadioPod, or https://bsky.app/profile/rrradiopodcast.bsky.social Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, https://www.instagram.com/Kiley__Wilde/, https://www.youtube.com/@kileywilde2608 and https://www.youtube.com/@kileywilde2608 Artwork by Chloe Osborn - https://twitter.com/WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - https://twitter.com/JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on https://www.youtube.com/user/JonnyAtma

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Ciaran and Pete talk about some selected news stories that have happened over the last week, including: THQ Nordic 10th Anniversary stream reveals new Spongebob game as well as Destroy All Humans 2 remake https://www.gamesradar.com/everything-announced-at-the-thq-nordic-10th-anniversary-showcase/ New firmware update for Xbox Insiders reveals quick switching for the controller, with 2 presets available to be stored https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/09/08/xbox-controller-firmware-update-rolling-out-to-insiders-starting-today/amp/?__twitter_impression=true New rumour states N64 games coming to Switch Online, may also increase in price https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-64-games-switch-online/ Deathloop reviews and positive reception. Deathloop Denuvo software causing performance issues with PC version https://gamerant.com/deathloop-review-bombed-pc-drm/ Gran Turismo 7 has always online single player mode, producer claims its due to save file manipulation and cheating https://www.polygon.com/22678189/gran-turismo-7-always-online-campaign-career-internet-requirement-ps5 We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Ciaran and Pete discuss the recent Playstation showcase, and discuss all the announcements that were made, including (but not all): Spider-Man 2 Wolverine Uncharted Legacy Collection Gran Turismo 7 Knights of the Old Republic Remake We then move on to discuss licenced and/or movie tie in games and whether or not there were a few gems in the utter mess that is licenced games. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Ciaran and Pete discuss the games that had us all personally excited that were shown during Gamescom or Opening Night Live in August 2021. Some of the games discussed on this episode: Halo Infinite Xbox Series X Halo Special Edison Console Saints Row King of Fighters 15 Nickelodeon All Stars Brawl TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube