Look to the skies, its EpicBattleCry! This week, we rap on The Elder Scrolls MMO, EA‘s investment in next-gen consoles, and discuss if the recent analysis of Call of Duty: Black Ops II portends a declining trend for gaming overall. There is no escape, only eclairs!

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Look to the skies, its EpicBattleCry! This week, we rap on The Elder Scrolls MMO, EA‘s investment in next-gen consoles, and discuss if the recent analysis of Call of Duty: Black Ops II portends a declining trend for gaming overall. There is no escape, only eclairs!

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Show Notes:
GAUNTLET
Some Elder Scrolls Online Details to Pair With That New Trailer
Report: Avengers: Battle for Earth Coming Courtesy of Ubisoft
Company of Heroes 2 Officially Announced, Coming in Early 2013
EA to Invest $80 Million In Next-Gen Development This Year

TOPIC
Has Gaming Peaked?

BATTLECRIES
Tony – New Diablo Short Film
Brent – Spec Ops: The Line Demo
DK – Top 10 Games You Should Play on NES

Let not your heart be trampled, its EpicBattleCry! This week, 66% of us point and laugh at PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, we discuss Skyrim‘s first expansion, and go around the table to discuss God of War Ascensions recently announced multiplayer and why the industry seems hell-bent on forking MP into SP.

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Let not your heart be trampled, its EpicBattleCry! This week, 66% of us point and laugh at PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, we discuss Skyrim‘s first expansion, and go around the table to discuss God of War Ascensions recently announced multiplayer and why the industry seems hell-bent on forking MP into SP.

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GAUNTLET

Skyrim Expands With Dawnguard This Summer
Sony’s PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Enters the Arena This Holiday
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Launching November 13; Promises “21st Century Cold War”
Portal 2 Expands with “Perpetual Testing Initiative” in May

TOPIC

God of War Ascension Brings Bloody Multiplayer
Gameplay Footage

BATTLECRIES

Tony – Dead or Alive 5
Daniel – De-Pixelated
Brent – SWTOR Character Xfers coming this summer

Buckle up and prepare for acceleration, its The Axe Factor! This week, we sit down with Camouflaj’s Ryan Payton to discuss his studio’s high-profile iOS title Republique, Kickstarter funding, and bringing a AAA experience to iOS. Plus, God of Ascension Multiplayer, Dishonored, and more!

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Buckle up and prepare for acceleration, its The Axe Factor! This week, we sit down with Camouflaj’s Ryan Payton to discuss his studio’s high-profile iOS title Republique, Kickstarter funding, and bringing a AAA experience to iOS. Plus, God of Ascension Multiplayer, Dishonored, and more!

This week:

What We’re Watching:

God of War Ascension
Multiplayer Gameplay
First Take: Multiplayer Debut
Multiplayer Debut Interview

Dishonored – Steam and Sorcery Interview

Dishonored – Debut Trailer

Portal 2 – Exclusive Creation Trailer

What We’re Reading:

Republique Interview with Ryan Payton

What We’re Playing:

Trials Evolution – Trials Evo – Best Custom Track List
Borderlands
The Walking Dead Ep 1

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Stock the arsenal and dam the river, its EpicBattleCry! This week, we check out the final DLC and GotY Edition for Batman: Arkham City, pondet Robert Bowling‘s new studio Robotoki, and discuss recent comments by Ken Levine on why the game industry over-hypes titles years before they hit the streets.

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Stock the arsenal and dam the river, its EpicBattleCry! This week, we check out the final DLC and GotY Edition for Batman: Arkham City, pondet Robert Bowling‘s new studio Robotoki, and discuss recent comments by Ken Levine on why the game industry over-hypes titles years before they hit the streets.

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Show Notes:
GAUNTLET
“Harley Quinn’s Revenge” Included in Batman: Arkham City GOTY Edition
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Hitting North America in August, Too
Ex-Call of Duty Creative Strategist Robert Bowling Reveals New Studio Robotoki
Trials Evolution Takes Xbox Live Arcade by Storm; Sets Record

TOPIC
Ken Levine on why games get “overexposed” before release

BATTLECRIES
Tony – Capcom X Namco
Brent – Toy Soldiers on PC, DLC on XBLA This week
DK – Legend of Grimrock Enjoys Rockin’ Sales, Mac and iOS Versions Planned

Break for cover and we’ll keep ‘em off your back, Its EpicBattleCry! This week, we ponder recent comments out of the Starhawk dev team that the FPS genre is in need of inovation, discuss the impending release of Halo 4, the announcement of God of War Ascension, and whether or not you can buy...]]>

Break for cover and we’ll keep ‘em off your back, Its EpicBattleCry! This week, we ponder recent comments out of the Starhawk dev team that the FPS genre is in need of inovation, discuss the impending release of Halo 4, the announcement of God of War Ascension, and whether or not you can buy Super Mario World 1-1 in LEGO form for under 26K.

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Show Notes:
GAUNTLET

Halo 4 Coming November 6
God of War Ascension
New Pikmin Game Heading to E3 and Nintendo to Announce New Super Mario Game for Wii U at E3
Crysis 3 Coming Spring 2013; Back to New York

TOPIC

“Shooter Genre at an Important Fork in the Road” says Starhawk Developer

BATTLECRIES

Mario Kickstarter
BackTrack: Composing Mass Effect
The Banner Saga

Divert all power to awesome, Its EpicBattleCry! This week, we run down a couple of the high-profile gaming projects trying follow in Double Fine’s shoes and break orbit with Kickstarter, then we sit down to discuss Captivate 2012 and react to the latest media for Resident Evil 6, DmC, and more!

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Divert all power to awesome, Its EpicBattleCry! This week, we run down a couple of the high-profile gaming projects trying follow in Double Fine’s shoes and break orbit with Kickstarter, then we sit down to discuss Captivate 2012 and react to the latest media for Resident Evil 6, DmC, and more!

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Show Notes:

GAUNTLET
République Brings Ambitious Stealth Survival to iOS from Former Metal Gear Solid Producer
Dark Souls Coming to PC with New Content
Meet Borderlands 2′s New Mechromancer and Her Robot Friend, Deathtrap
First Wasteland 2 Concept Art Looks Appropriately Post-apocalyptic, Obsidian Officially Onboard

TOPIC
CAPTIVATE 2012

Resident Evil 6 Includes Three Playable Stories, Each With Co-op Play; Now Releasing on Oct. 2

Lost Planet 3 Takes the Series Back to Its Icy Roots, Coming in Early 2013

BATTLECRIES
TONY – GameStop and DLC in Cali
BRENT – Smart Controller on Kickstarter
DK – Deadlight, Mark of the Ninja and Dust: An Elysian Tail at PAX

Prepare the catapults, its EpicBattleCry! This week, we mourn the closing of Zipper Interactive, rejoice in the news of Orcs Must Die 2 (with co-op!), and ponder how-in-the-hell Angry Birds became gaming’s hottest property. No chicken is safe tonight, its EpicBattleCry!

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Prepare the catapults, its EpicBattleCry! This week, we mourn the closing of Zipper Interactive, rejoice in the news of Orcs Must Die 2 (with co-op!), and ponder how-in-the-hell Angry Birds became gaming’s hottest property. No chicken is safe tonight, its EpicBattleCry!

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Put your head between your knees, and brace for departure, its EpicBattleCry! This week, we discuss the rumors that Microsoft is prepping TWO Xbox SKUs for the next, next-gen console, discuss Phil Harrison‘s appointment at Microsoft Europe, Epic‘s epic plans for the iPad, and much, much more!

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Show Notes:
GAUNTLET
Phil Harrison joins Microsoft in wake of Molyneux Departure
Epic, EA: iPad Could be Future of Gaming Consoles
Fallout Fans, You May Want to Help Kickstart Wasteland 2
Guild Wars 2 Early Access Detailed, Collector’s Edition Announced

TOPIC
Report: Next Xbox to be Disc Drive-less; 2013 Launch “Confirmed”
Reset: Disc-Free Xbox Unlikely, but Possible

BATTLECRIES
TG – No more Sonic Episodes?
BRENT – Double Fine Adventure funding closed
DK – New XCOM: Enemy Unknown Vids Paint a Very Addictive Picture

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Grab some tube socks and a pair of spandex pants, its EpicBattleCry! This week we face-off over the state of Blizzard and Diablo III, ponder a Mass Effect MMO, and evaluate Sony‘s recent move to make Killzone 3‘s Multiplayer component a separate, downloadable title with a free-to-play level cap.

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Grab some tube socks and a pair of spandex pants, its EpicBattleCry! This week we face-off over the state of Blizzard and Diablo III, ponder a Mass Effect MMO, and evaluate Sony‘s recent move to make Killzone 3‘s Multiplayer component a separate, downloadable title with a free-to-play level cap.

We’re audio-only again this week folks. Sorry for all you video fans but, as we explain in more detail in the show, Tony’s re-scheduled surgery opened up the opportunity to record late in the week, so we thought an audio show would be better than no show.

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Show Notes:

Gauntlet
Diablo III Devs Re-Manage Expectations: Game in Great Shape, Release Date Coming Soon
Blizzard Slashes 600 Jobs, 90% Not Related to Game Development
BioWare Calls a Mass Effect MMO a “Really Interesting” Idea
Shank Team’s Mark of the Ninja for XBL Emerges from Shadow via Text-based Stealth Game

Topics
Killzone 3 Multiplayer Goes Free-to-Play*, À la Cart On PSN Next Week

BattleCries
Tony – Sony Sucks
DK – Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch launches Winter 2012
Brent – Microsoft Techforum Demos

Stash a race-card up your sleeve, its EpicBattleCry! In this week’s audio-only outing, we go back and forth on Borderlands 2, the ongoing problems with The Last Guardian, and whether Nintendo is moving to reclaim the hardcore market with the Wii U!

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Stash a race-card up your sleeve, its EpicBattleCry! In this week’s audio-only outing, we go back and forth on Borderlands 2, the ongoing problems with The Last Guardian, and whether Nintendo is moving to reclaim the hardcore market with the Wii U!

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Show Notes:
The Next Medal of Honor Deploys This October, Runs on Frostbite 2.0
Borderlands 2 Launching September 18
Sony Working On “New Console” with AMD Graphics, Says Report
The Last Guardian Getting Assist From Cadre of Sony Assets

Gearbox President on Aliens: Colonial Marines for ‘Intriguing’ Wii U
Report: Nintendo Exploring Expansive Content Streaming for Wii U

Best games of 2011 in LEGO!