In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete discuss some of the biggest new stories from the following week including: Bandai Namco change their logo at Tokyo Game Show which hasn’t filled most https://www.ign.com/articles/bandai-namco-has-a-new-logo-and-fans-arent-impressed Destruction All-Stars dev Lucid reportedly working on a new Twisted Metal game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-destruction-all-stars-studio-lucid-handed-twisted-metal-revival/ Konami planning to revive classic series Metal Gear, Silent Hill and Castlevania, either as new installments or reboots https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/konami-is-set-to-revive-metal-gear-castlevania-and-silent-hill/ Bloomberg reported that devkits for a Switch 4K model in the wild, with 11 devs having them. Nintendo immediately refutes the claim https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-29/nintendo-switch-4k-developers-make-games-for-nonexistent-console We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

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Episode 97 - Kiley's Rumour Receptacle

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete discuss the recent Nintendo direct and the long list of announcements, including: The Mario Movie cast Nintendo 64 and Mega Drives being added to NSO Announcements within announcements And so much more We also discuss the recent Halo Infinite flight and our impressions of it. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 96 - It's A Me Chris Pratt

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Ciaran and Pete talk about some selected news stories that have happened over the last week, including: THQ Nordic 10th Anniversary stream reveals new Spongebob game as well as Destroy All Humans 2 remake https://www.gamesradar.com/everything-announced-at-the-thq-nordic-10th-anniversary-showcase/ New firmware update for Xbox Insiders reveals quick switching for the controller, with 2 presets available to be stored https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/09/08/xbox-controller-firmware-update-rolling-out-to-insiders-starting-today/amp/?__twitter_impression=true New rumour states N64 games coming to Switch Online, may also increase in price https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-64-games-switch-online/ Deathloop reviews and positive reception. Deathloop Denuvo software causing performance issues with PC version https://gamerant.com/deathloop-review-bombed-pc-drm/ Gran Turismo 7 has always online single player mode, producer claims its due to save file manipulation and cheating https://www.polygon.com/22678189/gran-turismo-7-always-online-campaign-career-internet-requirement-ps5 We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 95 - Clarity

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Ciaran and Pete discuss the recent Playstation showcase, and discuss all the announcements that were made, including (but not all): Spider-Man 2 Wolverine Uncharted Legacy Collection Gran Turismo 7 Knights of the Old Republic Remake We then move on to discuss licenced and/or movie tie in games and whether or not there were a few gems in the utter mess that is licenced games. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 94 - Playstation Showcase & Licenced/Movie Tie In Games

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Ciaran and Pete discuss the games that had us all personally excited that were shown during Gamescom or Opening Night Live in August 2021. Some of the games discussed on this episode: Halo Infinite Xbox Series X Halo Special Edison Console Saints Row King of Fighters 15 Nickelodeon All Stars Brawl TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 93 - Gamescom And Opening Night Live 2021

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Ciaran and Pete have a nice relaxed week, where we discuss the games we have been playing this past couple of weeks, including: Hades Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition Destiny 2 We also discussed briefly some of the news stories that had come up through the week, such as: Innersloth upset by Fortnite’s “Imposter Mode” Destiny 2 new seasonal update being revealed at Gamescom 2021 We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 92 - A Brief Intermission

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Ciaran and Pete invite on a very special guest, editor-in-chief over at Lost In Cult Andrew Dickinson @oddment84, who recently completed and printed Volume 1 of Lock-On. We got in depth and ask Andrew about how Lost in Cult got started, his experience within the industry previously, his time writing The Dreamcast Years, and various other questions we thought of, as well as some that were given to us by our live Twitch chat. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow Lost In Cult on Twitter @lostincult and the website https://www.lostincult.co.uk/ where you can find links to purchase Volume 1 and be informed about the release of Volume 2. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 91 - Lost In Cult & Lock On Interview With Andrew Dickinson

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Pete and Ciaran discuss the recent closed beta for Back 4 Blood, the spiritual successor to the Left 4 Dead franchise. We discuss our general impressions of the game, the mechanics within the game and how it feels compared to Left 4 Dead and the new systems that have been added. After the talk of the closed beta, we discuss the differences between spiritual successors, reboots, remakes and remasters. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 90 - What Is A Spiritual Successor (Back 4 Blood Impressions)

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Pete and Ciaran discuss the recent update to the article on The Gamer, rating their picks for the Top 35 Open World games of all time. We discuss the list and most of it’s picks, and we dissect what we think the definition of an open world game is, what defines open world and whether we agree or disagree with the list. We also bring up certain games within the list and whether we believe they are open world games. https://www.thegamer.com/best-open-world-games-all-time-officially-ranked/#:~:text=%20The%2030%20Best%20Open-World%20Games%20Of%20All,Minecraft%20and%20turns%20the%20game%20into...%20More%20 At the end of the episode, we have a small summarisation of the recent Activision Blizzard lawsuit and a pre prepared statement regarding the situation. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Ciaran’s Blog - https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 89 - Holy Quack! (Open World Games)

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Pete and Ciaran are joined by returning Richard Atkinson @nintenmau5 where we ask him about his latest venture as lead editor at GPN @GPN_gg, how the launch roll out is going, leading up to the launch on 3rd August 2021, and the different content that the site will host. We then move on from there and discuss the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD and the lack of a 35th anniversary for the series, like there was for Mario’s 35th anniversary. After that we take questions from the live chat and the conversation devolves into discussing horror games and various other topics. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 88 - Put A Sandwich In It

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Pete and Ciaran deep dive into a few news stories from the previous couple of week’s, including: Small stories Company of Heroes of Heroes announced Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl announced Warframe Cross-Play update Larger Stories Red Dead Redemption Research - researchers from the University of Exeter found that players in Red Dead Redemption 2 learned how to identify real wildlife and even predict certain animal behaviours. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-57805418 Netflix adding games to its subscription service as early as next year - Netflix is still looking to break its way into the gaming market with the addition of games to its streaming service. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-14/netflix-plans-to-offer-video-games-in-expansion-beyond-films-tv Steam Deck - Valve have finally unveiled their next big project, the Steam Deck, a portable gaming device built to play PC games on the go. https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steam-deck-price-release-date-specs/ Super Mario 64 sold at auction for $1.5m - an unopened copy of Super Mario 64 broke records at an auction after being bought for $1.5m. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57804089 Xbox head, Phil Spencer, talks video game preservation and Game Pass’ role in it - Appearing on the Kinda Funny Gamescast, Phil expressed his interest in the topic of video game preservation, saying that the games industry needs to “come together” behind video game preservation We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 87 - Education Preservation

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete introduce Ciaran as the new 3rd Co-Host. We bring 2 topics to the table this week, including: The announcement of a new Switch model, called Switch OLED The report of Assassin’s Creed becoming a live service game, tentatively named Infinity We discuss both these topics in detail, including our opinions on each of these stories, the implications it could have on the wider industry and whether or not it will ultimately damage the reputation of Nintendo and Ubisoft respectively going forward. We also take some questions from the live stream chat. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 86 - A Discussion About Switch OLED And Live Service Assassin's Creed

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete decide to have a relaxed week, after what was an emotional draining episode last week, so we just chatted about games and random nonsense, until we covered another small section of the book Iwata Asks. We also take some questions from the live stream chat. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 85 - The Purge

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete talk news stories from the past couple of weeks. Usually this close to the end of E3, the news would slow down, but you would be wrong, as the stories came thick and fast. Were the stories good one? Absolutely not as it felt like we were covering some pretty hideous and potentially triggering news stories, including: Cyberpunk 2077 back on PSN with warning about playing game on base PS4 https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/06/21/sony-reluctantly-brings-cyberpunk-2077-back-to-the-playstation-store-so-is-it-fixed/ Final Fantasy 9 being adapted into an animated series https://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-9-animated-series-is-officially-in-the-works/ Tekken x Street Fighter is "still pending" after Tekken creator Harada was mistranslated stating the game was cancelled https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-06-21-harada-laments-the-cancellation-of-tekken-x-street-fighter Chris Avellone has broken his silence regarding allegations of sexual misconduct and is now suing the accusers for libel https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2021/06/26/chris-avellone-strikes-back-sexual-misconduct-allegations-karissa-barrows-kelly-bristol-dying-light-obsidian-developer/?sh=416477a329ff Chip workers in Taiwan allegedly being imprisoned in factories to keep up with demand during the chip shortage https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/25/taiwan-chipmakers-keep-workers-imprisoned-factories-keep-global/ A recent article from The Gamer claims that they were made to pretend to kill Arabs during a press event for Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts 2 https://www.thegamer.com/sniper-ghost-warrior-contracts-2-press-event-military-training-experience-arab-middle-east/amp/?__twitter_impression=true We also take some questions from the live stream chat before the stream unfortunately went down. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 84 - A Bad News Week

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete are joined by regular contributors to the show Ciaran McGinn @TheeMcGinn and Nana Marfo @nana__marfo to join the roundtable discussion, where we wrap up E3 2021, with a handful of questions posed by Kiley as the moderator. What did we all think of E3 this year? Do we still think there is a place for E3 in the ever changing landscape of the digital future, that was essentially put more on us during the ongoing pandemic, and why does Pete get annoyed by Nintendo? We hope you enjoy the episode. Link to Nana’s blog https://nmarfoblogs.wordpress.com/ Link to Ciaran’s blog https://www.pauseplayreview.com/ Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

Episode 83 - The Cluster Cuss Of E3 2021

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