June 22, 2018 – E3 Wrap-up (Part 2)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Mike "The Legend"

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E3 Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Open World Shark RPG Announced At E3
Ubisoft Crowdsourcing Creative Content For Beyond Good & Evil 2
(learn more at the official site here)

E3 News of the Week:

Bethesda Announces Elder Scrolls: Blades For Mobile
Bethesda Reveals Sequel To Doom, Doom: Eternal
Wolfenstein: Youngblood Debuts At E3
Bethesda Teases Two Next-Gen Titles, Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield
Bandai Namco Unveils Jump Force
Capcom Announces Remastered Resident Evil 2
BioWare Announces Release Date For Anthem
(watch gameplay footage here)
Ninja And Marshmello Win Epic’s E3 2018 Fortnite Pro-Am
Studio MDHR Announces Cuphead DLC During Microsoft Conference
Nintendo Delays Yoshi Game For Switch Into 2019
FromSoftware Finally Bringing Metal Wolf Chaos To North America
(see what the game looks like here)

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who has had it up to here with this heat

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June 15, 2018 – E3 Wrap-up (Part 1)

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Mike "The Legend"

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E3 Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Ubisoft Just Announced A Wii Game
Skyrim Very Special Edition For Amazon Alexa Is Actually Real
(watch the original video here, and visit the Alexa Skill page here)

E3 News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who has no time for a nickname this week as E3 happened and there is much to discuss!

Blast From The Past:

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March 23, 2018

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Mike "The Legend"

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Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Official Klingon Language Course Now Available
(visit the official site here)
Twitch Streaming 800+ Episodes Of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
(check out the Twitch stream here, and make sure to watch the trailer for the upcoming documentary here)

News of the Week:

The Internet Archive Now Hosts Handheld Retro Games
(play them for yourself here)
Atari Shows Off Revamped Ataribox, Now Called Atari VCS
(visit the official website here)
EA Unveils Changes To Star Wars-Battlefront II Progression System
Activision Planning To Release Remaster Of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Epic Games Planning Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am Tournament At E3
Star Trek Online Bringing Deep Space Nine Characters Into The Game
(watch the announcement trailer here)
HTC Reveals Release Date For HTC Vive Pro Headset
Release Date For Jurassic World Evolution Discovered

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who still can’t believe that Bo Jackson was the athlete that he was

Blast From The Past:

Programming Note: We’ll be off next week for the Easter holiday weekend, but should return with a new show for you on Friday, April 6th.

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July 7, 2017

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

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Ludicrous Leadoff:

24 Year-Old Rayman SNES Prototype Released Online
(see it in action here and download it for yourself here)

News of the Week:

Nintendo Announces SNES Classic Edition
Sega, Atari Retro Microconsoles Launching This Fall
(see the Sega game list here, and the Atari list here)
Classic Sega Games Officially Coming To Mobile Devices
(watch the launch trailer here)
New eSports League Solely Focusing On VR Announced
Twitch & Blizzard Sign Two-Year Deal For Stream eSports Events
Rocket League Tournament To Be Televised On NBC Sports Network This Summer
Rocket League Coming To This Year’s Summer X Games
E3 2017 Game Critics Award Winners Announced
Cuphead Will Never Be Released For PS4

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who can’t help but be amused when old, out of touch people are in charge of social media accounts

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June 23, 2017 – E3 Wrap-up (Part 2)

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

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Ludicrous Leadoff:

Ubisoft Creates Instagram Account For Rabbids Peach
(view the Instagram page for yourself here)

E3 News of the Week

Ubisoft Recap:

Bethesda Recap:

EA Recap:

Games Moved To 2018 Releases:

More Nintendo News:

Miscellaneous:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who always has been and will always be a fan of epic, soaring guitar harmonies.

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June 16, 2017 – E3 Wrap-up (Part 1)

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

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Ludicrous Leadoff:

Garfield Game Now Available For Mobile Devices

E3 News of the Week:

Microsoft Recap:

Project Scorpio Renamed Xbox One X, Coming Nov. 7 For $500 US
(watch the reveal trailer here)
Industry Analysts Say $500 Too Much For Xbox One X
Microsoft Doesn’t Profit On Xbox One X Sales
Microsoft Releasing Free 4K Upgrade Patches For Five Games
Microsoft Bringing Original Xbox Backwards Compatibility To Xbox One
Cross-Generation Connectivity Possible Between Xbox Generations
Hyperkin Remaking Original, Huge Xbox Controller
(watch the teaser trailer here)
Minecraft Getting Cross-Platform Play Between Switch, Xbox One
(official blog post here)
Minecraft Cross-Platform Play Requires Xbox Live Log-In
Cuphead Finally Has A Release Date, Coming Sept. 29
Microsoft Announces Crackdown 3 With Terry Crews
(watch the reveal trailer here)

Nintendo Recap:

Sony Recap:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who thinks this year’s E3 Was More Of An “Ehh-3”

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June 2, 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

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Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Google AlphaGo Defeats Worlds Best Go Player
Man Lets Twitch Play Stock Market With His Own Money
(view the stream here, and visit the official site here)

News of the Week:

Ubisoft Reveals Official Details On Far Cry 5
(watch the reveal trailer here)
Microsoft Launches Revised, Rebranded Beam Streaming Service
(watch the announcement video here)
Twitch, Bandai Namco Create Tekken 7 eSports League
(visit the official stream here)
Sony’s E3 Briefing To Be Shown In Movie Theatres Across North America
(visit the official site to get your tickets here)
Sonic Mania Releasing August 15th
(watch the new trailer here)
New Pokémon Magikarp, Pokéland Games Released For Mobile

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who puts the bare minimum amount of effort into his lawn

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May 12, 2017

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

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Ludicrous Leadoffs:

KFC Releases Col. Sanders Romance Novel For Mother’s Day
(download it for yourself here)
MIT Researchers Make Robots Able Of Teaching Other
(read the research paper here and watch the demo video here)

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who doesn’t understand why lower cost classified ads become the most complicated

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February 10, 2017

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

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Ludicrous Leadoffs:

Devoted Nintendo Wii Fan Collects All 1,262 Released Wii Games
(check out photos of the complete collection here)
Modders Make 60-Hour Pokémon Game In Minecraft
(watch a walkthrough of it here and download the official map here)

News of the Week:

E3 Allowing Public Attendees Into Event For First-Time Ever In 2017
(watch the announcement here and bookmark the official site here)
Castlevania Show Announced For Netflix
Recap Of Madden NFL 17’s Prediction Of Super Bowl LI
(compare the prediction to the results)
Psychonauts 2 Coming In 2018 After Double Fine Reaches Funding Deal
World of Warcraft Raises $2.5 Million For Make-A-Wish Foundation

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who is free of Final Fantasy XV’s curse

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January 6, 2017 – 2016 Year In Review (Part 1)

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Mike "The Legend"

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Greetings friends, and welcome to 2017! We here at The Arcade are getting back in the swing of things after an enjoyable holiday break. This week, we’ll take a look back at some of the bigger stories that played out last year for part one of our 2016 Year In Review.

The Big Topics of 2016:

Nintendo: Steady Newsmaker of the Year… Again
Pokémon Go: Here For A Good Time, Not A Long Time
PlayStation 4 & Xbox One Have A Mid-Life Crisis, Buy A Sports Car
Virtual Reality: It Has Begun
No Man’s Sky or: How I Learned The Importance Of Having Professional PR People

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who never thought he would enjoy driving around as a boy band as much as he is.

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