AVoCADo GamesCast

Jul 17 2023

Featuring:
Merve
The Kappa

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
1:55 – What We’ve Been Playing
22:20 – May PlayStation Showcase
54:05 – Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct
1:28:15 – The PC Gaming Show
1:38:05 – Ubisoft Forward
2:07:20 – Guerrilla Collective
2:08:40 – Devolver Digital
2:10:25 – Tribeca Games Spotlight
2:17:30 – Future Games Show
2:24:25 – OTK Games Expo
2:28:25 – RGG Summit
2:37:20 – Xbox Showcase Extended and Tactics Games
2:42:45 – General Summer Game Fest Discussion, Part 1
3:02:15 – Trends in Geek Media
3:07:15 – General Summer Game Fest Discussion, Part 2
3:28:00 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep92

Podcast header image from Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer. Mild spoilers for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Linkdump and timestamps for spoiler warnings after the jump.

Introduction (0:15)

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What We’ve Been Playing (1:55)

Wikipedia article on Battlefield 2042.
Wikipedia article on Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Article on the removal of the Nickmercs skin from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. (Source: Eurogamer)
Clarification: The system that uses matchmaking to encourage players to buy cosmetics was a patent filed by Activision, but as of 2017, Activision claims that this has system has not made its way into any of their games. The patent does not specifically mention showing people cosmetics belonging to the players who killed them. (Source: PC Gamer)
Steam store page Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer.
Steam store page Hypnospace Outlaw.
The interview that the developers of Slayers X did in character with Nintendo Life.
Wikipedia article on the Postal series.

May PlayStation Showcase (22:20)

VoD of the showcase. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
Official announce trailer for Marathon. (Source: Marathon on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on Tom Clancy’s The Division.
CGI reveal trailer for Fairgame$. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Announce trailer for Foamstars. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Announce trailer for Revenant Hill. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Correction: Foamstars is exclusive to PlayStation for now. (Source: Square Enix)
Clarification: Haven was founded with an investment from Sony, but it wasn’t acquired by Sony until a year after its founding. (Source: Wikipedia)
Announce trailer for Phantom Blade Zero. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Announce trailer for Sword of the Sea. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)

Summer Game Fest Kickoff (40:45)

VoD of the showcase. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Reveal gameplay trailer for Prince of Persia The Lost Crown. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Summer Game Fest 2023 trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. (Source: FINAL FANTASY on YouTube)
Early access date reveal trailer for Witchfire. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
Official gameplay reveal trailer for Mortal Kombat 1. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
Summer Game Fest 2023 trailer for Lies of P. (Source: thegamewards on YouTube)
Summer Game Fest 2023 trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Reveal trailer for John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Exoprimal x Street Fighter 6 collaboration teaser trailer. (Source: Capcom USA on YouTube)
Gameplay reveal trailer for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. (Source: SEGA on YouTube)
Official gameplay reveal trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)

Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct (54:05)

VoD of the showcase. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
Official reveal trailer for Clockwork Revolution. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Official gameplay trailer for Avowed. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Xbox Games Showcase trailer for Fable. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Official trailer for South of Midnight. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
Announcement trailer for Persona 3 Reload. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Announcement trailer for Persona 5 Tactica. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Announcement trailer for Metaphor: ReFantazio. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Announce trailer for Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Announce trailer for Dungeons of Hinterberg. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Starfield Direct – Gameplay Deep Dive. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
The Elder Scrolls Wiki article on the Dead Body Cleanup Cell. (Source: Fandom)

The PC Gaming Show (1:28:15)

VoD of the showcase. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
Stormgate first gameplay reveal. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
Confirmation: Stormgate will have a single-player story campaign, despite being free to play. (Source: Steam)
New gameplay trailer for Sulfur. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
New gameplay trailer for The Invincible. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
Official reveal trailer for Ebenezer and the Invisible World. (Source: IGN on YouTube)

Ubisoft Forward (1:38:05)

VoD of the showcase. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Official game overview trailer for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Official gameplay walkthrough for Star Wars Outlaws. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Sea shanty video for Skull and Bones. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Community reactions recap for XDefiant. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Gameplay walkthrough trailer for Assassin’s Creed Mirage. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Confirmation: The upcoming Japan-set Assassin’s Creed Red indeed follows the open-world RPG formula established by Origins and Odyssey. This information was not leaked; it came from a statement by Assassin’s Creed developer Marc-Alexis Cote. (Source: GamesRadar+)
Just Dance segment from the showcase. (Source: SpottinGames on YouTube)

Guerrilla Collective (2:07:20)

VoD of the Guerrilla Collective showcase. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Official gameplay trailer for Leximan. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Official announcement trailer for A Bonnie Odyssey. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Official gameplay trailer for Demonschool. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)

Devolver Digital (2:08:40)

VoD of the Devolver Direct. (Source: DevolverDigital on YouTube)
Game announcement trailer for Human Fall Flat 2. (Source: DevolverDigital on YouTube)
Gameplay overview for Wizard with a Gun. (Source: DevolverDigital on YouTube)

Tribeca Games Spotlight (2:10:25)

VoD of the spotlight. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
In-depth look at Goodbye Volcano High. (Source: SpottinGames on YouTube)
In-depth look at A Highland Song. (Source: SpottinGames on YouTube)
Behind The Glyphs trailer for Chants of Sennaar. Correction: The game is inspired by Indian and Mooresque architecture, not Middle Eastern architecture. (Source: Focus Entertainment Community on YouTube)
In-depth look at Despelote. (Source: SpottinGames on YouTube)
In-depth look at The Expanse: A Telltale Series. (Source: SpottinGames on YouTube)
Reveal trailer for Jusant. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Gameplay reveal trailer for Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)

Future Games Show (2:17:30)

VoD of the showcase. (Source: GamesRadar on YouTube)
Announcement trailer for Resistor. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Gameplay trailer for Deceit 2. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
Reveal trailer for En Garde. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
Reveal trailer for Ruffy and the Riverside. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
Highwater musical performance. (Source: FGS on YouTube)

OTK Games Expo (2:24:25)

VoD of the expo. (Source: OTK on YouTube)

RGG Summit (2:28:25)

MINOR SPOILERS: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

VoD of the summit. (Source: SEGA on YouTube)
Reveal trailer for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
The cutscene between Kiryu and Kasuga discussing their love life. (Source: GamersPrey on YouTube)
Correction: HD versions of the first two games in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series were released on Wii U, but only in Japan. These were not the Kiwami remakes. (Source: Nintendo Wiki on Fandom)

Xbox Showcase Extended and Tactics Games (2:37:20)

Arcade Challenge trailer for Hi-Fi RUSH. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
Release date reveal trailer for The Lamplighters League. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
Wikipedia article on Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

General Summer Game Fest Discussion, Part 1 (2:42:45)

Wikipedia article on Skull and Bones.
Announcement trailer for Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island. (Source: Sea of Thieves on YouTube)
Confirmation: Piranha Bytes is indeed the developer of Gothic, Risen, and ELEX. (Source: Wikipedia)
Clarification: Dames 4 Games and Black Voices in Gaming did not appear as official Summer Game Fest streams until the day of their airing. Here is a snapshot of the official SGF site from June 12^th, 2023, the day before those streams, and another from June 13^th, 2023, the day of those streams. (Source: Official Summer Game Fest website archived on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine)
VoD of the summer 2023 UploadVR showcase. (Souce: UploadVR on YouTube)
Official website for the Apple Vision Pro.

Trends in Geek Media (3:02:15)

MAJOR SPOILERS: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Wikipedia article on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Wikipedia article on Game of Thrones.
Wookieepedia article on Mara Jade Skywalker. (Source: Fandom)

General Summer Game Fest Discussion, Part 2 (3:07:15)

Clarification: This podcast was recorded before the June 2023 Nintendo Direct. (Source: Nintendo of America on YouTube)
Streaming, live-service, and esports-focused website Dexerto.
Article about the timeline of reporting on the once-rumoured Switch Pro. (Source: Kotaku)
Article about sexist discrimination against female employees at Sony PlayStation. (Source: Axios)

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