In a week that’s felt like it has gone on forever, there have been some great game releases such as Death’s Door, Cris Tales, and The Last Stop, some exciting news like a Pokemon live-action series in development at Netflix, and then the absolutely horrifying news involving Activision Blizzard and the lawsuit from the State of California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
All of this will be discussed on this episode along with big announcements from the EA Play Live event including the official reveal of the long-rumored Dead Space Remake, GRID Legends being the first Codemasters game under the EA banner, EA Originals getting a major spotlight, and what’s going on with Battlefield 2042 as well.
Plus, could Konami start a new trend with eFootball in making sports games fully embrace the “games as a service” and forgo the yearly model? Or is this Konami just doing something different to compete with EA’s FIFA series?
Sean Garmer discusses playing all three of the games mentioned above and more Scarlet Nexus. All while Marc Morrison has final thoughts on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and he starts playing Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, and more.
Timestamps:
Games We Are Playing: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, Death’s Door, Cris Tales, The Last Stop (2:50)
EA Play Live Thoughts: GRID Legends, EA Originals, Dead Space Remake (28:00)
Quick Hits of News (38:30)
Major Topic: Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Discussion (50:00)
Major Topic 2: Konami Makes eFootball (PES) Free to Play (1:22:35)
Upcoming Games (1:36:30)
Links:
Sean’s Chicory: A Colorful Tale Review
Discussing Death’s Door the Activision Blizzard Lawsuit, And eFootball Goes F2P
Remember you can now watch us on Youtube as well on the W2M Network Youtube channel. Hit subscribe, ring the bell for notifications, or just get our VG2M Playlist.
About Video Games 2 the MAX
Video Games 2 the MAX is a podcast where Sean Garmer and Marc Morrison get together to talk about everything involving Video Games every week. they discuss what they are playing or reviewing, the gaming news of the week, upcoming games, a special topic, and more.
Listener Questions and Reviews
If you’d like to get in touch with one of our hosts you can email us at w2mnetwork@gmail.com or find us on social media. You can also like the W2M Network Facebook Page and review us on Podchaser or any of your favorite podcast listening apps.
Follow on Twitter: Sean, Marc, Jens, Randy, W2M Network
Listen to the show on your favorite podcasting app:
Apple Podcasts
Stitcher
Spotify
I-Heart Radio
Sean Garmer
Sean Garmer has a long history with video games, since childhood. But truly, things got serious when he discovered Pokemon on the Gameboy, and thus his Japanese RPG fandom was born. Sean has channeled that love of games into reviewing them. He also analyzes the games industry on the Video Games 2 the MAX podcast and writes on various sites. Sean pretty much plays any kind of game nowadays, but he still prefers his first love, the JRPG.
Marc Morrison
Marc Morrison brings years of experience writing about games (and of course, playing them) to Video Games 2 the MAX. He currently writes a Top 8 column every week at 411mania and also reviews games. Marc plays all different kinds of games and takes analyzing them to heart.
About The Author: Sean Garmer
Sean Garmer brings almost two decades of experience in the online Journalism field to W2Mnet. As the Editor-In-Chief, Sean is sort of the overseer of all the things that go on with the website. He rallies everyone together for group articles, makes podcast and video posts, and obviously edits most of the fine work seen on the site. Sean also hosts four out of the five major podcasts on the W2M Network. Wrestling 2 the MAX, Soccer 2 the MAX, Football 2 the MAX, and Video Games 2 the MAX. He also spends a lot of his time reviewing video games too. When he's not busy here or at his other job, he's spending time his daughter.
On Twitter:@W2MSean