Mike and Joe are back to talk about burying Xbox Kinect adapters, measuring nuke button sizes, and our personal favorite games of 2017.
The GT Reboot is the official podcast for Gaming Trend and is hosted and produced by Mike Pearce and Joe DeClara (that’s me!). If you would
The year of the microtransactions culminates in the release of Battlefront II, rife with loot boxes, unlockable heroes, and Reddit downvotes. Mike Pearce and I discuss this and other stories alongside editor Hunter Wolfe. Later, Travis Northup joins me to talk about Destiny 2’s next expansion, Curse of Osiris.
Another Blizzcon has come and gone, bringing news of a new Overwatch character, Hearthstone’s next expansion, and a classic, vanilla server for World of Warcraft. Mike Pearce and I discuss this and other stories, including recent layoffs at Telltale and Runic Games shuttering its doors. Then later, Mike Dunn
PlayStation had a big showing at its Paris Games Week conference, revealing new games like Spelunky 2, Guacamelee 2, and Sucker Punch’s new IP, Ghost of Tsushima. Mike Pearce and I discuss this and other stories, including PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Xbox debut, Super Mario Odyssey, and the unrelenting bad
The popular gaming forum NeoGAF went dark this weekend in the wake of sexual harassment allegations directed at the site’s owner, Tyler Malka. Mike Pearce and I discuss this and other stories, including Mass Effect 3’s wildly lucrative microtransactions and the passing of a beloved voice actor. Also,
This week, we discuss the shuttering of EA’s Visceral Games Studio and what it means for the future of linear, narrative-driven games. We also talk about Middle Earth: Shadow of War’s loot box problem and our review of South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
Every week, Mike Pearce
Mike and Joe discuss PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS developer Bluehole’s plans to divvy up and bring on new talent for a subsidiary team, then Josh Devlin joins the show to talk about his gameplay demo of Assassin’s Creed: Origins. We also talk some SNES Classic shenanigans, Red Dead Redemption
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 aborted post-release content. With the finality of this last public statement from Bioware, we hereby declare the ongoing GT Reboot discussion of ME:A dead;
