Gameenginestart Podcast

Guys, we deal in controversial opinions here at GameEngineStart. With that in mind, it's the opinion of the staff that Metal Gear Solid 4 is a weird game. Hold back your gasps. On this episode... We Played... Euan goes back to school with the second episode of Life is Strange and starts to turn on Hotline Miami 2 Calum becomes the mayor of Cities Skylines and frolics in a field of character sheets in Pillars of Eternity We talk at length about the wonder that is Metal Gear Solid 4 and continue to enjoy Tales From the Borderlands. In News... Nintendo partner with DeNA to make mobile games, and announce that they are working on their next piece of hardware, codenamed NX The Wii U Legend of Zelda game falls out of 2015 and won't be at E3 Halo 5 comes out October 27th Playstation 4 finally gets the Suspend/Resume patch as well as a slick Spotify app. Mentions of Hideo Kojima starts to disappear from both Metal Gear Solid assets and Konami websites. Looks like he means it when he's done with Metal Gear th

Euan worked out how to hook up a soundboard to the Skype call. It went about as well as you would expect On this episode... We Played... Euan revisits Abe's Odyssey in the HD remake "New and Tasty", and struggles with controlling OlliOlli 2. Calum looks at the now free Unreal Tournament development build and tells tales of travelling to an official Magic tournament. We both run around with chainsaws and baseball bats causing havoc to an incredible soundtrack in Hotline Miami 2. In News... Metal Gear Solid V has a worldwide release date, September 1st. Rock Band 4 is official, and it looks like your instruments and DLC will carry over. Titanfall 2 is confirmed, and it's definitely coming to all platforms this time around. EA have shut down Maxis, developers of the original Sims and Spore. Project Morpheous, Sony's foray into VR is coming in the first half of 2016 Valve announced that their Source 2 engine will be free to developers GameFreak, developers of the Pokemon games, have a new title in the

Who would have thought Calum had such a knack for tasteful frozen water based art pieces? He doesn't, I'm more asking who would have thought that in the first place. Idiots. On this episode... We Played... Euan continues burning brain cells on The Talos Principle, discovers the insanity of Dead or Alive: Last Round's DLC collection and builds cannons that don't work in Besiege. Calum runs scared from Russian Heroes of Might and Magic 3 players and shares tales of his D&D adventures In News... Valve partner with HTC to build an Oculus Rift VR headset competitor due out this year. Epic scrap their monthly charge system and make Unreal Engine 4 free to develop for. Simogo announced a 4 part "podcast mystery", based in the world of The Sailors Dream Nintendo release a gold Mario Amiibo which sells out in 15 minutes and appears on EBay for 10x the price GTAV is delayed on PC again to April, but the online heists are hitting on March 10th The studio responsible for the Phantom Dust reboot has shuttered

All the chicken heads. Be quiet. Life advice right there. On this episode... We Played... While not moving flats, Euan loses his taste for Far Cry 4, while failing to keep a township alive in Banished and hacking everything in sight in Hack and Slash Calum continues down the MOBA rabbit hole with Heroes of the Storm and goes insane in the Darkest Dungeon In News... Bethesda has a presentation at E3 this year, spiking the Fallout 4 hype train Netflix and Nintendo are in talks to make a live action Legend of Zelda show. Towerfall: Ascension is getting an expansion pack including a new Anita Sarkeesian inspired character League of Legends is asking parents to be considerate of their kids being sent to bed in the middle of a game Jonathan Blow's new game The Witness takes 6 and a half hours to speed-run, by the games creator Evolve has $60 of extra content that's not part of the season pass at launch There's a new Asteroids game coming, and it's a multiplayer survival game.  Intro Music - There It Is -

Football. FOOTBALL. FOOTBALL!!! Also, video games and nostalgia. On this episode... We Played... Euan confirms that Life is Strange, as well as revisiting Warframe and Grim Fandango Remastered Calum relives his youth with Heroes of Might and Magic 3 HD, as well as recounting the games of our youth. In News... Joystiq is shutting down after 10 years. Halo: Master Chief Collection still doesn't work, so 343 are beta testing a patch. Nvidia are releasing a new graphics card aimed at the mid tier MOBA playing PC gamer The first big expansion for Guild Wars 2 is coming soon Homeworld Remastered is coming Feburary 25th, and has a real pretty Collectors Edition Sid Meier's Starships was announced for this year. Nicki Minaj will be pleased. Valve's economist, who was responsible for large chunks of the TF2 economy, is now the Finance Minister for Greece. Yup. Sony are shutting down Music Unlimited and replacing it with Spotify Nintendo announced their YouTube revenue sharing system, and everyone hates it.

We are back! 2015 has begun, and with that new year brings a fresh start. We don't change though. We will never change. You can't make us. On this episode... We Played... Euan talks Lego and Deadpool, but mainly recounts his hunting experiences in the Evolve Beta. Calum loses his 3DS, but gains an appreciation for Luftrausers, Shovel Knight and guns that swear at you in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. In News... Microsoft announced Windows 10, along with some cool new features for PC and Xbox One gamers Sony's zombie survival game launched on Steam Early Access, and none of the big streamers they lined up to play it could log in. Hotline Miami 2 has been refused classification in Australia, citing some pretty nasty sounding sexual violence as the reason, which the developers dispute saying it was massively misrepresented. Microsoft are dropping the Xbox One price again, just weeks after their Xmas promotion ended. Pillars of Eternity is dropping on March 26th There was a new year Nintendo Direct, with

We continue where we left of with the final part of our awards deliberations podcast where we decide, amongst other things, the official GameEngineStart Game of the Year 2014. In this part, we discuss... Best Writing Mobile Game of the Year Best Visuals Best Original Song Best Music GameEngineStart Game of the Year 2014

We begin our Game of the Year 2014 feature with part 1 of our awards deliberations podcast. Expect fewer arguments than you might think. In this part, we discuss... Best Moment Best Name in the Industry Best Couch Co-op Game Biggest News Thing Most Disappointing Game Thing To Watch in 2015

The festive season is upon us, and what better way to spend the time than in a pillow fort with some video games. Or you could just burn them in a barrel for warmth. You hobo... On this episode... We Played... Euan ventures back into Watch Dogs and leaves Tales from the Borderlands very happy with Telltales interpretation of Pandora and it's denizens Calum continues down the long RPG road of Dragon Age: Inquisition and Persona Q, along with crossing another road with...well...Crossy Road. In News... Lots of news from the Playstation Experience and The Game Awards, with announcements and trailers abound. Paper's Please is coming to iPad finally, after Apple rejecting it first time around for "pornographic content" Assassins Creed: Unity has a final patch that will supposedly fix most of the remaining issues. Pity it got delayed... KMart and Target in Australia have pulled GTA 5 from it's shelves, under pressure from an online petition, Take 2 says "if you don't like it don't buy it" The singularity ha

A week later than planned we have almost 2 hours of goodness for your ear holes. Well maybe not goodness, but I can at least guarantee that you will definitely hear about video games, fruit based conventions and saxophone powered versions of classic Nintendo titles. On this episode... We Played... Euan begins his exploration of Kyrat in Far Cry 4, goes comic book noir with FRAMED, and looks past the poop to appreciate parts of The Binding of Issac Calum cannot be satiated with the potential 150 hours of Dragon Age: Inquisition, and so must venture on another 100 or so hours of Persona Q In News... Just Cause 3 is coming to PC and next gen next year, won't come with multiplayer at launch and definitely won't have microtransations Sony makes a bold move into streaming TV with Playstation Vue, partnering with some big names like CBS, Fox and NBCUniversal Assassins Creed: Unity came out, and it was pretty substantially broken, as well as pissing off a presidential candidate with it's representation of the

With Calum a frothing mess in anticipation of new Dragon Age, the podcast goes to some strange places this time around. We mention the Backstreet Boys. Multiple times. Apologies in advance. On this episode... We Played... Euan finally gets his hands on ghost detective simulator Murdered: Soul Suspect and really liked it, as well as the gorgeous iPad walking simulator The Sailors Dream. While trying to maintain some semblance of sanity so close to a new Dragon Age game, Calum distracts himself with The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth and Civilization: Beyond Earth In News... Ubisoft's end of year lineup will not be on Steam in the UK, for reasons unconfirmed. You can still use uPlay though...you know...uPlay...guys? Blizzard looks like it's going after some of that Team Fortress 2 hat money with Overwatch. Barack Obama makes a pretty serious recommendation that the FCC treats internet as a utility. Interested in taking your Minecraft worlds with you everywhere? How about a cool looking bracelet that will do

Happy 36th Podcast to you all! Join us as we celebrate with malfunctioning soundboards, drinking games and discussion of a random selection of video game based entertainment. Unusual I know, but we might just stick with it. On this episode... We Played... Euan finally gets around to the amazing Wolfenstein: The New Order, as well as talking about the early development release of Lucas Pope's new game, The Return of the Obra Dinn Calum continues to spout Smash Bros. terms, reminds himself how amazing Metal Gear Solid is, and wishes he had a Wii U for Bayonetta 2 In News... John Riccitiello, former EA CEO, becomes head of Unity Jade Raymond leaves Ubisoft to pursue "other ambitions and new opportunities" FYI, Gamersgate.com is a cool digital store to buy games. GamerGate is a horrible internet movement. Don't confuse them. The uncensored version of Evil Within in Japan is still kinda censored Super Smash Bros for Wii U gets Mewtwo and 8 player battles The Iron Banner is coming back to Destiny, after t

We are back later than usual, with another caffeine fuelled episode. This time, we have more than a little anger, a touch of astonishment, and a one act play featuring the Nintendo marketing team. Just another day at the office. On this episode... We Played... Euan gets really angry at the disappointing Evil Within, as well as talking about his Destiny review, and the realisations that have come from it. Calum talks FFXIII PC, his experiences with Super Smash Brothers for 3DS(™) and metal eyepatches in Shadow of Mordor In News... Ubisoft lock both versions of Assassins Creed: Unity at 900p 30fps "to avoid all the debates and stuff", provoking a lot of heated debates and stuff. Microsoft try to defend their launch parity clause on Xbox One, and come out looking worse than before. Ex-Irrational developers launch a Kickstarter for a facinating and bizzare new game The PSPlus version of Driveclub is delayed, as the release of the full price version melts their servers. Jason Rohrer's new game requires yo

The leaves are falling from the trees, the colder weather encroaches in, but hey! Vidja games! On this episode... We Played... Euan contemplates why he is still playing Destiny even though it appears to be everything he dislikes in games, and goes deep into the mechanics. Also, he talks about the progression of the Ace Attorney games and how they are still crazy and pretty great. Calum joins the Lego train with Lego Marvel Heroes, dances to J-Pop in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call and gets all excited about Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS, the longest named game this year. We both share our accounts of the amazing looking Vanishing of Ethan Carter, and admit we are both big scary game babies, especially when it comes to water sections... In News... The Xbox One gets a further UK price drop to £329.99 Blizzard cancels their next big MMO project, Titan, after 7 years of development. Lots of Destiny chat, with the killing of the loot cave and the spawning of some amazing parody Twitter accounts

With the first big game of the autumn hitting, we talk about when an MMO is really an MMO, Japanese TV and creative uses of GIFs On this episode... We saw... ...all these awesome products of the Madden Giferator From GameEngineStart's own Calum From Polygon   We Played... Euan gets deep into Destiny, and comes to terms with the fact he is playing an MMO, while contemplating The Fall and discovering mid 90's adventure game The Last Express Calum hacks limbs in Dead Rising 3, and laments that he is still playing Dragon Quest 8. Still. In News... Amazon buys Twitch for $970 million. Microsoft buys Mojang for $2.5 billion. I buy a pizza for £10. It's not news, I just thought you would want to know The Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit has the side effect of showing off some amazingly terrible PR documents not meant to be seen my mere humans Samsung partners to make the Gear VR, a headset you slide your phone into. The Sims 4 release brings with it amazing anti-piracy measures and some ludicrous patch not

The great drought of Summer 2014 continues, so we have to make do with movies, old space sims and action movies. Meh, it works. On this episode... We Played... Calum goes back to his video game roots with the Heroes of Might and Magic series, Freespace 2 and more Counter-Strike, plus talks about The Raid 2 as an improvement over the amazingly dumb original. Euan talks about The Walking Dead finale, The Fall and Star Citizen: Arena Commander, as well as discovering his secret talent at hockey games in NHL15 In News... There's a new 3DS coming with better internals, screen and a second analog stick. A "hacker" group took down a bunch of games related services, and rerouted a plane carrying the Sony Online president John Smedley bay calling in a bomb threat on his flight. Pokken Tournament is a Pokemon fighting game coming to arcades nowhere near you. The standalone Xbox One Kinect is going on sale for $150 in October Bloodborne, spiritual successor to Demons Souls, hits Japan in February next year. Pe

We are joined by special guest Michel Ansel (kinda) to talk about all the Gamescom news and talk about the scariest 30 minutes you will be exposed to this year in our longest podcast yet! On this episode... We Played... Calum finally gets around to Wolf Among Us, pretends it's 1999 with Counter-Strike and starts to realise that maybe Dragon Quest might be a little long... Euan starts spitting out clones in The Swapper, really connects with parts of Depression Quest and still isn't sleeping right since going through P.T. In News... There was a bunch of news from Gamescom, from both Sony and Microsoft. Twitch has started muting sections of archived streams with licensed music Valve may have just secretly launched the next iterations of the Source engine, in DOTA2 of all places Casey Hudson has left Bioware, but says everything there is still good, so don't worry. The next Tomb Raider is Xbox One exclusive. For a while at least. You can run a (albeit messed up) version of the original Gamecube Pikmin s

With a lack of actual games to talk about, we just go from bizarre topic to bizarre topic. This game drought is making us go a little crazy... On this episode... We Played... Euan isn't happy with the way The Walking Dead is going after it's fourth episode, and instead turns to poking and dropping a ninja in Clumsy Ninja for kicks. Calum continues down an RPG hole with Divinity, FFX-2, Dragon Quest 8 and playing through both Dragon Age games again. I'm sure he sleeps at some point. In News... EA Access will give Xbox One players access to some of their back catalog for a monthly or yearly subscription. Sony passed it up for their own reasons Dragon Age: Inquisition gets delayed to November, and Battlefield Hardline drops back to 2015 Bungie settled the case against them from their old audio director for $95,000  Michael Finch, writer of 2010's Predators will be penning the Deus Ex movie script. Crytek finally make an official statement about their recent financial troubles, and they say it's all cool

Hard Carry. BKB. AA Blast. Lane Push. Racks. Denies. Ganking. Last Hit. Stacking Big Camps. Guess what, The International is happening and we are deep into it. Kinda. On this episode... We Played... We record immediately after the The International finals, and talk about it being the closest we have in the industry right now to a real watchable sport. Euan talks Wolf Amongst Us season finale, and how the Walking Dead: Season 2 just can't stand next to it. Calum burns through the backlog, finishing Burial at Sea and the slow burn success that is Wolfenstein: The New Order, along with falling in love with Divinity: Original Sin. In News... YogVentures, the Kickstarter open world sandbox game, falls apart causing the titularly named YouTube legends to disown themselves from the project. Microsoft sees Xbox One sales double with the new Kinectless SKU As part of a layoff of 18,000 employees, Microsoft close down the short lived Xbox Entertainment Studios division EA ends support for the 10 year old Sims

We celebrate Calum becoming a grown up with a proper degree by talking about video games. Would you expect anything else from us? On this episode... We Played... Euan starts to think Game of the Year lists while playing World War I adventure game Valiant Hearts, and talks about his personal conflict between the fascinating content of 30 Flights Of Loving versus its $5 price tag. Calum tells A Story About My Uncle (well, not OUR Uncle) and shares in the surprise of what seems like the rest of the world that Wolfenstein is a well made shooter with some really interesting story elements. In News... The IeSF removes their "male-only" restriction on their upcoming tournament. Valve are ramping up for the DOTA2 Internationals, and it looks like they are making a concise effort to bring in new players with "beginners" streams. The new Oculus Rift Developer Kit is no longer available for sale in China, due to bulk resellers looking to cash in. There are reports of engine and game developer Crytek not being ab