Hey, Listen! Gamescast

Our Annual Video Game Awards show is here! We give out awards, for Game of the Year, Biggest Flop, Best Open World, and many more. We finish the show with our overall impressions of 2018! Happy Holidays!

Sonic Live action movie poster, Fallout 76 controversy, and a recap of 2018 The Game Awards and announcements for news. Then we take a deep dive into Super Smash Brothers Ultimate! Impressions on the characters, single-player, online and new modes and more!

In honor of a new Smash Bros game releasing this week, we share our all-time favorite characters, stages, reveals and what we are excited for about Ultimate. We even answer some listener questions! You can join the conversation by following us on Twitter @HeyListen_Games, joining our Discord https://discord.gg/VeMXaSz or e-mailing us at Heylistengamescast@gmail.com

Today's episode brings you news on Sony skipping E3 for the first time in 24 years, Joystick awards, and a Telltale update. We finish with a discussion on what we are thankful for when it comes to video games here in 2018.

We celebrate Veteran's day with a discussion on war in video games! We also share impressions of the Detective Pikachu trailer, XO18 announcments, Activision's earnings call and more!

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate had it's final Direct, Blizzcon angered hardcore fans, Red Dead Redemption made an incredible amount of money and more in news. Then Jeff and Nathan talk about what makes a strategy video game fun, and recommend their favorite games.

Fun-sized mini episode about what we've been playing. Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Yoku's Island Express, Halo Wars 2 and more! Thanks for your understanding. We'll be back next week with a full episode!

Rockstar has had employees working 100-hour work weeks for Red Dead Redemption 2. We chat about the industry-wide crunch that is so prevalent in today's video game development. Then we answer listener questions about Nintendo Switch, open world games, backlogs, and more!

Microsoft has unveiled their xcloud streaming service coming in 2018, Sony has confirmed their next-gen plans. We also played a ton of new games this week, including Super Smash Bros Ultimate!

Sony is finally allowing Cross Play on PS4, There's a rumored Harry Potter RPG, a new Oculus rig? We talk about all this news and more on this episode the show. Then we play, Video Game Bracketology! You can participate in the show, by voting on our video game bracket, just click the link on our Twitter!

Playstation Classic, Red Dead Redemption and more PS4 news. Then a look back through Telltale Games legacy.

Rob returns to lead a discussion about annual games!

Nintendo's confusing Cloud save problem, MegaMan 11 eshop demo and more in news. Then we share impressions from two of this week's biggest releases, Destiny 2: Forsaken and Marvel's Spider-man. Be sure to follow our special guest Anthony on twitter @MrAntShelton

We talk about all the games we played at Pax this weekend and highlight our favorites. We also weigh in on Sony's Comments on Crossplay and some other news stories and as always finish with What We've Been Playing.

We talk about some of our favorite new announcements and news pieces from Gamescom and also touch on the Cyberpunk 2077 footage. Then we give our thoughts and impressions on the new Xbox All Access program and finish by talking about what we've been playing.

Impressions of the new reveal trailers for Doom Eternal and Red Dead Redemption 2 plus the IGN plagiarism controversy in the first segment of the show. Then Nathan and Jeff play a game to decide which Fall games they want most. Stay till the end for what it feels like to be Batman in VR.

A big week for fighting games as we break down EVO 2018 results and controversy, Fallout 76's upcoming "B.E.T.A" and our impressions of all the new Super Smash Bros Ultimate info.

We talk about the latest Nintendo Financial report including, 20 million Switches sold, and gauge our excitment for Spiderman and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Then we talk about our favorite Xbox games from all 3 generations and finish by chatting about No Man's Sky and what we've been playing.

An old friend joins the show to discuss the Guacamelee 2's release date, NBA Playgrounds 2, acquired by 2K and more. Then we answer some listener questions and play a new game, Videogame Jeopardy! We finish off with what we've all been playing! Thanks so much for submitting those questions, keep em coming!

We chat about Fortnite Season 5, the Uncharted Fan Film, and then talk about the games we want to play with our kids someday! We finish off talking about Jeff's new PSVR and what we've been playing.