Siftd: Gameface

This week's show focuses on the trend of campaign-free games, when games step over the line, Sony bailing on handhelds, the cost of VR, the voice actors strike, Halo 5 previews, SIFTD's Game Evals, and much more.

For this week's show we're going Japanese with tons of talk about Tokyo Game Show plus the impact of Nintendo's new president, Bloodborne DLC, Naughty Dog making Half-Life 3, Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps, GTA V story DLC, PlayStation 1 memories, and much more!

This week we ask if Pikmin 4 is smart for Nintendo, dig into the Marty O'Donnell vs Bungie court case, wonder if Destiny's updates warrant a return, discuss Deus Ex's preorder program, ponder if it's time for Microsoft to bail on Japan, share our opinion on the Jimmy Kimmel Let's Play fiasco, and take a racially-charged game to task.

An hour of Metal Gear Solid V discussion plus Mad Max, Super Mario Maker, Disney Infinity 3.0, Twitch vs YouTube, PAX, Madden, and more!

Over two hours of discussion on Metal Gear Solid V reviews, Until Dawn, YouTuber ethics, Fig, the possibilities of a disc-free console, games that stand the test of time, Windows 10 DRM, and much more!

This week we talk about July's NPD report, the Witcher 3 mod tools controversy, D23, the Nintendo Treehouse firing, Mass Effect Andromeda, the bigger implications of Windows 10 zapping pirated games, and our impressions of Call of Duty: Black OPs III multiplayer.

We wrap up Gamescom 2015, talk about the future of World of Warcraft, examine the impact of Time Magazine's VR cover, try to figure out what went wrong with Everybody's Gone to the Rapture's reviews, introduce the new co-host, and much more!

GT's Managing Editor Daniel Bloodworth joins for discussion on Gamescom, the Ouya purchase by Razer, Windows 10 helping Xbox One sales, Zelda Wii U's elusive release date, a Resident Evil 2 remake, the Dragon Quest announcements, the latest developments between Kojima and Konami, and more!

Ex-GT Editorial Director Ryan Stevens joins the show for talk about Minecraft: Story Mode, the proliferation of collector's editions, PewDiePie, Xbox One's international challenges, the failures of PSN, the prospects of an underpowered Nintendo NX, and Notch's comments on free-to-play games.

Ray Carsillo from EGM joins for discussion on The Last of Us 2, Steam machines threatening consoles, Nintendo NX's release date, the implications of Microsoft buying AMD, The Taken King debacles, the Metroid Prime outcry, and plenty of Batman: Arkham knight.

Our massive E3 wrap-up is our longest episode yet as Brandon Jones from GT joins in to talk about the winners and losers of E3 2015.

A massive two-hour E3 preview blowout that will get you hype as we share our E3 predictions and darkhorse games while Microsoft, Nintendo, Bethesda, and WB Games are put in the spotlight.

We talk about what we want in Fallout 4, how a game like XCOM 2 can still be disappointing, fans at E3, Steam refunds, and what to expect at E3 from Square Enix and EA.

Sony and Ubisoft E3 previews and predictions, Twitch bans AO games, the FIFA 16 gender controversy, Rockstar sues the BBC, Splatoon impressions, and much more.

The SIFTD.net public launch date, a massive Witcher 3 discussion, the new Need for Speed, the future of DOOM, Oculus VR porn's impact, Kickstarter overrun with big-time developers, and more!