The Easy Allies Podcast

Housemarque announces something that might be similar to a Battle Royale game, Valve buys Campo Santo, and the March NPDs are all good news.

Rumors have bubbled up that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has axed its campaign in favor of a battle royale mode, and we're split on whether that's good or bad.

Boss Key Productions quickly rebounds from LawBreakers with a new battle royale game, and Spyro's remastered trilogy inspires an exhaustive look at his entire gameography.

From God of War to The Crew 2, the next three months have a great mix of huge releases and games you kinda forgot about. Also, Shadow of War makes a Good Guy move a little too late.

E3 2018 is already promising some interesting changes, the Final Fantasy XV team is working on a new IP, and the Xbox Game Pass makes a little more sense after the launch of Sea of Thieves.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider's teaser fails to leave an impact, the Switch has the best first year of any console in the US, and Vivendi finally gave up on buying Ubisoft.

Special guest Ben Hanson of Game Informer joins us to discuss the low-detail announcements of Super Smash Bros., The Division 2, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

Battlefield V returns to World War II, Far Cry 5 looks a little more promising after revealing its DLC, and we're pretty sure Geralt is going to be in Soulcalibur VI. And For That Reason - 00:00:47 Corrections - 00:02:27 Battlefield V Rumors - 00:06:20 Far Cry 5's Kinda Cool Season Pass/DLC - 00:23:53 Podcast Halftime - 00:40:16 Soulcalibur's History of Guest Characters - 00:43:13 L&R - DLC Price Is Right Game - 00:59:04 L&R - How Should Sony and Microsoft Plan for Switch? - 01:06:42 L&R - Video Game Cartoons Game - 01:18:46 Time for Bets - 01:24:56 Closing - 01:37:07

The ESRB has solved this whole loot box conundrum, America has really warmed up to Monster Hunter, and Square Enix thinks the mobile version of Chrono Trigger is OK for PC.

The bosses of Sledgehammer Games are stepping down, and it turns out that's actually pretty interesting. Also, it's the 100th episode of this podcast!

It's a rumor heavy week, with whispers of a remastered Spyro trilogy, Metroid Prime 4's developers, and Google getting into streaming games.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is delayed and nobody seems to mind, Marvel vs Capcom Infinite is officially unpopular, and this year's Call of Duty is heavily rumored to be Black Ops 4.

Will Microsoft buy EA? Probably not, but it's fun to talk about. Also, Anthem's release date is shifting forward to 2019 and Paragon shuts down in the best way possible.

Microsoft will be giving out all their exclusive games for 10 dollars a month, Switch is the U.S.'s fastest selling console ever, and there are convincing new rumors of a Fable sequel.

Nintendo's Mini Direct contained a couple mega announcements, Detective Pikachu loves coffee, and we play news producers with some upcoming remasters.

This week we're pitting the games publishers against each other to determine who's about to have it better in 2018.

In our 2018 Winter Forecast, we're looking forward at all of the coldest months' biggest releases, from Monster Hunter World to Sea of Thieves.

It's the Year Review episode. We're taking 2017--all the great games, the disappointing games, and the games that never were--and giving it a final score.

There's a third Catherine in the PS4 remaster, Square Enix reassures us that a new Tomb Raider is coming, and Bandai Namco is publishing some sweet anime games.

The Game Awards and PSX have given us many new game announcements to discuss, like Bayonetta 3, Soul Calibur VI, Witchfire, and From Software's next project!