Show Notes
This week on Arcade, the boys get into more monkey business with Donkey Kong Bananza. Chugs revisits South of Midnight, while Uno jumps into the early levels of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and checks out the point-and-click adventure Thimbleweed Park. Later on, the boys look ahead to Gamescom, running through the confirmed lineup for Opening Night Live and some of the cool stuff that will be going on there.In gaming news, Battlefield 6 has already topped 1 million preorders with players racking up $70 billion in virtual property damage, a Far Cry TV series from the writers of Always Sunny is on the way, and Mortal Kombat 1 somehow stands as the best-selling fighting game of this generation despite selling worse than past entries.
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On this week’s All Elite Arcade, Uno continues grinding out the missions in Pokémon Pokopia, while Chugs is challenging himself again by streaming his second playthrough of Hollow Knight: Silksong. Also, for his 6-year anniversary on Twitch, Chugs plays one of his all-time favorite multiplayer games, Halo 5 Guardians.In gaming news, the boys talk Super Mario Galaxy movie’s opening numbers, new Nintendo rumors including a possible Ocarina of Time remake, the latest on the Palworld patent situation and rising console prices across PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch 2.Upper Deck 2026 Snapshots AEW: https://bit.ly/4bCoeeA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this week’s Arcade, Uno’s back from Japan and he gives us the lowdown about some of the cool stuff he did while he was there. He also spent all of his free time playing Pokémon Pokopia and Slay the Spire 2 this week. Meanwhile, Chugs wraps up Resident Evil Requiem and puts some more hours into Hollow Knight: Silksong and Borderlands 4.In gaming news, the boys check out the game trailers that dropped during the Xbox Partner Preview Showcase, Epic Games layoffs, Switch 2 production cuts, a look at Metacritic’s top publishers of 2025, and more!Upper Deck 2026 Snapshots AEW: https://bit.ly/4bCoeeA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices