Posts By Joe DeClara
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3.4KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast — Return from the Breach
Before returning from our short break, stories of game developers unionizing resounded from GDC, thanks in no small part to a large...
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3.1KNewsIce Block and other cards being retired for Hearthstone’s Year of the Raven
Blizzard has announced its plans for the next Standard rotation of Hearthstone, which include retiring three high-profile Classic cards. In a recent...
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15.4KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: Behind the music of Celeste — Lena Raine interview
Our special guest, composer Lena Raine, starts off our show to talk about the original soundtrack of Celeste, and how it reflects...
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3.6KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast — Composer Jon Everist interview
This week, special guest video game composer Jon Everist joins our show to talk about game music and to promote the special...
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7.6KNewsThe Internet shows its love for Celeste with fan art
Celeste is a brutally difficult 2D platformer which balances out its challenging gameplay with a heartwarming story of overcoming the struggles of...
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2.8KNewsNerfs coming for Patches, Corridor Creeper, and other Hearthstone cards
Blizzard has announced upcoming changes being made to certain high-profile Hearthstone cards, including a nerf to Legendary minion Patches the Pirate. Upon...
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3.8KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast — Special guests from Hearthstone’s Esports and Solo Adventures teams
This week, the show is all about Hearthstone! First, Hearthstone Esports leads Che Chou and Matt Wyble join me to talk about...
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2.5KInterviewsHow Hearthstone’s esports leads learned from the World Series of Poker
This year Blizzard took its Hearthstone Championship Tour on the road, and it’s never looked better. Since last year, the Hearthstone esports...
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3.3KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: Nintendo Direct and more GotY chatter
After briefly going over some of the Switch announcements from Nintendo’s Mini Direct for January—including a new mode in Super Mario Odyssey...
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1.9KNewsOK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes release date announced
OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes, a side-scrolling beat ’em up based on Cartoon Network’s TV show of the same name, will be...
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3.4KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: 2017 is dead, long live 2018
Mike and Joe are back to talk about burying Xbox Kinect adapters, measuring nuke button sizes, and our personal favorite games of...
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8.0KEditorialsSuper Mario Odyssey and the twisted truth behind Goombette
I have been playing Super Mario Odyssey regularly since its release last month, and I have yet to grow tired of the...
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2.2KNewsBattlefront II will launch without microtransactions
Hours before Star Wars: Battlefront II launches worldwide, EA has announced that it is pulling all microtransactions from the game. Following an...
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2.9KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: Battlefront II and the Year of the Microtransactions
The year of the microtransactions culminates in the release of Battlefront II, rife with loot boxes, unlockable heroes, and Reddit downvotes. Mike...
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3.6KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: Super Mario Odyssey and Blizzcon
Another Blizzcon has come and gone, bringing news of a new Overwatch character, Hearthstone’s next expansion, and a classic, vanilla server for...
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3.6KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: Brutality and The Last of Us
PlayStation had a big showing at its Paris Games Week conference, revealing new games like Spelunky 2, Guacamelee 2, and Sucker Punch’s...
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3.0KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: NeoGAF implodes and Animal Crossing fans explode
The popular gaming forum NeoGAF went dark this weekend in the wake of sexual harassment allegations directed at the site’s owner, Tyler...
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3.0KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: The end of Visceral Games
This week, we discuss the shuttering of EA’s Visceral Games Studio and what it means for the future of linear, narrative-driven games....
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3.0KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: PUBG developer splitting up?
Mike and Joe discuss PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS developer Bluehole’s plans to divvy up and bring on new talent for a subsidiary team, then...
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4.8KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: RIP Mass Effect: Andromeda
On this week’s episode, Mike and Joe administer the final nail in Mass Effect: Andromeda’s coffin with the announcement of the game’s...
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3.6KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: Hearthstone’s next expansion and the end of Bioware Montreal
Mike and Joe discuss the next expansion for Blizzard’s popular CCG and Bioware Montreal’s merger with other EA studios. Every week, Mike Pearce and Joe...
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8.6KReviewsA tad undercooked: Overcooked: Special Edition review
Yes: the ‘undercooked’ pun is overplayed. I have no regrets. When a game creator lands on a truly excellent gameplay concept, it...
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5.1KNewsPUBG creator calls out streamer for violent joke
Fans of this year’s shooter mega-hit, PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, might know the game’s creator, Brendan ‘PLAYERUNKNOWN’ Greene, for his regular activity on Twitter,...
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3.6KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: What’s Trending!
Joe runs down the three of the biggest news stories in gaming this week: Atari’s mysterious new console, Ni no Kuni II’s...
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1.9KNewsAtari reveals images of new gaming console, Ataribox
Atari has given us our first look at the company’s next games console, the Ataribox. The console, which was first teased during...
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3.1KNewsPUBG gets a first-person only mode
A first-person view only mode is coming to PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, the game’s creator announced today. Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene made the announcement via...
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2.9KNewsPre-purchase packs now available for Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion
Those anticipating the next Hearthstone expansion, Knights of the Frozen, can now pre-purchase 50 packs for a discounted price, Blizzard announced today....
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3.1KNewsHearthstone update includes Quest Rogue nerf and Arena changes
Blizzard has rolled out patch 8.4 for Hearthstone, bringing the end of Quest Rogue’s reign as one of the most played archetypes...
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3.9KPodcastGaming Trend Podcast: Destiny, Doomfist, and displacement
Bungie announces the contents of the Destiny 2 console beta, Blizzard finally reveals Doomfist in the PTR, and Mike talks about his...
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4.7KPodcastMana Drop: Evolve Token Shaman
Greetings, travelers! Welcome to Gaming Trend’s Hearthstone strategy podcast, the Mana Drop. For this new weekly show, Joe DeClara will invite guests...
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New Overwatch hero, Doomfist, finally revealed — playable in PTR
One of the most anticipated and rumored in Overwatch lore, Doomfist, has finally been officially revealed and is now playable in the...
