Category: Podcasts

Recorded 25 August.

Titular protagonist Old Phranchize and the “Alfred to his Batman”, Producer Nice Guy Jonny are back with another weeks worth of gaming news ‘Choice Cuts’… and what a week it’s been! Topics on this weeks show include; no “past gen” Halo Infinite?, the Apple/EPIC saga continues, Crystal Dynamic’s Avengers comes out of public Beta a little worse for wear, DC go all out with reveals of Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, Switch Pro for 2021?, Microsoft flagship studio “The Initiative” bolsters its ranks, rounding off with a juxtaposition of game teasers in the form of LOTR: Gollum and Black Myth: Wukong.

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Recorded 18 August.

The Second Best Gaming Podcast On The Planet (uncontested) is back with another smorgasbord of gaming news ‘Choice Cuts’. On this weeks episode; Grounded, currently in Game Preview, being the most polished survival game to date, Old Phranchize – Worst UFC4 competitor alive, Ghost Of Tsushima announces an upcoming multiplayer mode, just when you thought Microsoft and Apple were about to go to war – Epic Games lands a Fortnite sized blow outta nowhere, Amazon’s ‘prime gaming’ brand ramps up the marketing machine – does this spell the end of Twitch as a platform?, “WWE Battlegrounds paid for this segment” touches on a huge roster, the Halo Infinite delay the boys missed last week, wrapping up with brand new feature “Search The Dirt Sheets”, born of shame from missing past breaking news while recording shows.

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Recorded 11 August.

Following a week off due to a house move, Old Phranchize (live from Phranchize Towers) and producer Nice Guy Jonny are back with another instalment of “The second best gaming news podcast on the planet (uncontested)”. On this weeks show; Call Of Duty 2020 reveal coming this week?, has WWE Battlegrounds turned a corner?, the Ubisoft Battle Royale “Hyperscape” console beta is imminent, the return of Dr Disrespect, Halo Infinite multiplayer is going to be free to play, Sony gets exclusive Spider-Man content for the upcoming ‘marmite’ Avengers game and Microsoft & Apple go to war over the future of ‘xCloud’.

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Recorded 29 July.

Old Phranchize and Producer Nice Guy Jonny are back with a fresh platter of gaming news; albeit more ‘finger foods’ than their usual smorgasbord, but they’re Choice Cuts nonetheless! In the week following the Xbox Showcase, the boys touch on a shock return to No Mans Sky, the Halo Infinite controversy, the grey area this next gen console cold-war has created, the astonishing ever-growing value of ‘Gamepass’, Gabe Newell emphatically weighs in on the next gen console debate and the Crystal Dynamics ‘Avengers’ marketing machine starts to ramp up.

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Recorded 23 July.

With Producer of the show ‘Nice Guy Jonny’ auspiciously absent, Old Phranchize is riding solo; going Old Skool to boil the piss off all the news coming out of the Xbox Game Studios Showcase. In this reacts episode get a rundown of all the games announced, the ever evolving, industry changing ‘GamePass’, some thoughts on the announced games and in the spirit of going Old Skool, a wild tangent or two. What are your thoughts on the showcase? Did it miss the mark? More hits than misses? Get involved!

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Recorded 21 July.

Old Phranchize and Producer Nice Guy Jonny are back with another weeks worth of gaming news. To call this weeks offerings ‘meek’ or ‘anaemic’ would be cruel, but accurate. Nevertheless, the show must go on! On this weeks show; Old Phranchize boils the piss off his first ten hours with Ghost Of Tsushima while Nice Guy Jonny find himself taxi driving in White Orchard, we got to see a presentation (pronounced ‘damp squib’) all about the PS5 DualSense controller, ‘Rogue Company’ and its double debut on the miniest Nintendo Direct Mini yet & Day Of The Devs, Talkin’ about Bugsnax, Spider-Man Miles Morales comes with an OPTION to play in 4K 60FPS???, the datamined “Red Door” Call Of Duty leaks are back in the news cycle, ID@Xbox rolls out over 70 demo’s and finally, Dr Disrespect returns!

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Recorded 14 July.

On this weeks episode of the “Best gaming podcast on the planet, probably”, Old Phranchize and Producer Nice Guy Jonny dive into the recent ‘Ubisoft Forward’ presentation; boiling the piss off the big announcements including the Assassins Creed Valhalla gameplay footage and the reveal of Farcry 6, totally misunderstand how calendars work, touch on Sony’s minority stake acquisition in Epic, Ninja’s return to streaming and the review round-up for podcast favourite ‘Goats Of Sashimi’. Did you spot the mistake before the boys did?

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Recorded 07 July.

If there already wasn’t enough proof of the game industry’s belligerently toxic community, on this weeks episode Old Phranchize and Producer Nice Guy Jonny try to make sense of the abhorrent “death threats” tweet heard around the world, aimed at TLOU2 voice actor, Laura Bailey. On a lighter note, other Choice Cuts this week include; Microsoft have been busy – a trio of news pieces attributed to them including Phil Spencer tossing his hat into the ring for the acquisition of WB Games, new Batman “Gotham Knights” rumours, Fallout is getting a TV show thanks to Amazon Prime, Ubisoft giving away Watchdogs 2 for free and THQ Nordic have been doing what THQ Nordic does best, remastering yet another Double-A game, Kingdoms Of Amalur: RE-Reckoning. Bring back Legacy Of Kain, you cowards!

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Recorded 30 June.

Titular protagonist ‘Old Phranchize’ and Producer Nice Guy Jonny are back with another week’s worth of that hot, steaming game news. On this weeks show; the boys extrapolate on their TLOU2 experience a week removed from launch, Ubisoft are getting into the free-to-play Battle Royale space with new game “Hyper Scape”, Crystal Dynamics ‘The Avengers’ debuted a new trailer and gameplay snippet, a brand new Cyberpunk 2077 trailer, a terrible start to the marketing campaign for WWE Battlegrounds, Nintendo issue an apology for the infamous ‘left Joycon drift’, Pokemon are getting into that MOBA game, wrapping up with the story that has transcended the industry; the banning, and subsequent silence, of popular streamer, “The face of Twitch”, Dr Disrespect.

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Recorded 23 June.

The most anticipated game of the generation has dropped and Old Phranchize & Producer Nice Guy Jonny are more than ready to share some thoughts via the medium of horrifying clicking noises. After some early, spoiler free impressions of Naughty Dog’s ‘The Last Of Us Part 2’, the lads recap what has been a bumper week for gaming news. This weeks Choice Cuts include; the end of Microsoft streaming platform ‘Mixer’, a breakdown of a thoroughly disappointing ‘EA Play’ presentation, the implications of Horizon: Forbidden West NOT being a launch title for PS5, Cyberpunk 2077 gets another delay and Rocksteady are making a Suicide Squad game where you ‘kill the Justice League’?!

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