This week on Arcade, Chugs breaks down all the coolest games he got his hands on at PAX East, and the boys also rip and tear through their latest playthroughs of DOOM: The Dark Ages.
In gaming news, Giant Bomb is back and fully independent, Sony has sold as many PS5s as they did PS4s, and Capcom just logged its eighth year in a row of record profits. Plus, the Return to Silent Hill movie looks like a love letter to Silent Hill 2 fans, while Hideo Kojima is apparently leaving a USB of game ideas for his team to use when he’s gone... Classic Kojima.
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GTA 6: Most Accurate Florida Game Ever Made
This week on Arcade, Uno revisits Expedition 33 after logging more hours with it and digs into why it’s a GOTY frontrunner. Chugs shares the scariest moments from his Silent Hill 3 playthrough and gives his thoughts on why Nine Sols might have the toughest bosses he’s ever faced in a Metroidvania.
The guys also run through the biggest releases hitting before the end of May, including Doom: The Dark Ages, Deliver At All Costs, and Elden Ring: Nightreign. Later on, the boys talk about the coolest things that stood out to them in the latest record-breaking GTA 6 trailer, Gears of War heading to PlayStation, the return of Ecco the Dolphin and reports that Half-Life 3 is not only real, but playable!
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French President Gives Clair Obscur 10 out of 10 Baguettes
This week on Arcade, Uno and Chugs talk about the side-scrolling brawler Towerborne and the JRPG that’s got everyone raving (including the President of France): Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Then the boys dive into a packed week of gaming news, including the Borderlands 4 State of Play gameplay reveal, GTA 6 gets delayed to May 2026, and Xbox’s announcement of price hikes across hardware and games. And unfortunately, it was a rough week across the industry as EA lays off over 300 staff, leading to the cancellation of the next Titanfall game, while media outlets Polygon and Giant Bomb were rocked by major staff cuts.
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The Nine Circles of Switch 2 Preorder Hell
This week on Arcade, Uno and Chugs recount their nightmare experiences trying to preorder a Nintendo Switch 2 and also take a look ahead at some early launch forecast. They also dive into the massively successful launches of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.Later on, the boys break down the latest gaming news, including GTA 5 still dominating Twitch as the #1 most watched game on the platform, Sydney Sweeney starring in two upcoming video game movies, and somehow Super Nintendo consoles are getting faster—three decades later?!
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Is An Escape Room Roguelike really a GOTY Contender?
This week on Arcade, Uno and Chugs talk about Blue Prince, the environmental indie Spilled, and Promise Mascot Agency from the makers of Paradise Killer. Plus, they dig into their time with Dark Souls 2: Crown of the Ivory King, Silent Hill 3, and Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist.
Later on, the boys break down the latest gaming news, including all the new features from the Mario Kart World Direct, Bloober Team’s next psychological horror Cronos: The New Dawn, Respawn’s new tactics-based Star Wars game, the leaked Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake, and why Bethesda is selling off 2,000 physical pieces of its Elder Scrolls Online servers.
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