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The PotsCast is evolving into something new: https://flipscreen.games/ Pete and Steve send off the PotsCast with a bang! See you on August 9th!

Valve is throwing their hat into the handheld gaming ring with the Steam Deck, but is it going to be able to compete? PLUS, Pete and Steve discuss Reggie's new book, Steve's progress on Mass Effect & MORE! The PotsCast is the weekly video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com Join our Discord server: https://discord.link/lootpots Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lootpots The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

Nintendo has revealed the next iteration of the Switch, but it's not what everyone was expecting. Pete & Steve react to the Nintendo Switch OLED Edition and dive into listener questions on this week's PotsCast! The PotsCast is the weekly video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com Join our Discord server: https://discord.link/lootpots Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lootpots The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

Sony found themselves in hot water this week after news broke about anti-indie practices behind the scenes and Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut charging for some add-ons many gamers feel should be free. Pete and Steve dissect the ongoing debate and more on this week's show! The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

FORE! Mario Golf: Super Rush has reviewers divided, but Pete is having a great time with Nintendo's latest sports title. PLUS: Metriod is on track to be a best-seller, EA may be bringing back Dead Space and MORE! The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

E3 2021 has come and gone and it is time to crown a winner for our predictions show! PLUS Pete's been playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Xbox Design Labs is back & more! The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

Wario Ware, Classic Mario Party, Advance Wars, 2D Metroid & BREATH OF THE WILD 2! What else could you ask for? Pete and Steve react to ALL of the news to come out of Nintendo's monster E3 Direct! (Sorry, no timecodes this week to make sure we get content out as quick as we can!) The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

E3 is BACK! Pete and Steve react to their favorite announcements from Xbox/Bethesda, Ubisoft, Square Enix & Summer Game Fest! (Sorry, no time codes this week for a quicker turnaround!)

It feels like forever since we’ve been ramping up for an E3 week and we couldn’t be more hyped! As has become tradition, Pete and Steve are back with some more predictions for what we might see next week… Including some risky picks. Before that, there’s a truckload of news coming from camp PlayStation and Nintendo are finally opening a gallery to display their decades of video game heritage. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:43 - What We’re Playing 00:17:44 - Nintendo Gallery 00:27:42 - PlayStation News 01:00:39 - E3 Predictions The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

On another packed news show, Pete and Steve discuss the news of the Switch Pro's imminent reveal. PLUS our first big look at Horizon: Forbidden West, an update on our predictions for 2021 and much more! (Sorry, no timecodes this week!) -New Nintendo Switch announcement coming Takashi Mochizuki @ Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-27/nintendo-plans-upgraded-switch-replacement-as-soon-as-september Tom Philips @ Eurogamer: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-27-nintendo-switch-pro-to-be-unveiled-before-e3 -Pokémon Legends Arceus box art and release date reveal (January 28th 2022) https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1397539085921800194 -Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl releasing November 19th 2021 https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1397538764814274568 -Sonic 30th Anniversary live stream 4K trailer from Sega’s press site seems to suggest the game will be called “Sonic Rangers” https://twitter.com/PTKickass/status/1398003366895177728 -PlayStation investor relations: https://

This week, Pete poses the question "is Activision worse than EA?" after he stumbled upon a smoking gun in some SEC filings. Pete and Steve also discuss Nintendo's latest Amiibo and whether locking key features behind a $30 figure is okay (spoiler: it's not). We round out the show with your listener questions and the latest bombshells from the Epic v. Apple case including an unusual game review from the Xbox team and some possible negotiations between Microsoft and Nintendo! Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:10 - What We're Playing 00:44:14 - Zelda + Loftwing Amiibo 00:49:28 - Is Activision Worse Than EA? 00:57:33 - Summer Game Fest 2021 01:03:20 - Timesplitters Studio Reforms 01:06:24 - Epic v. Apple 01:14:53 - MailPot Links: Activision SEC filings: https://twitter.com/HBJohnXuandou/status/1394436795333447682 Summer Game Fest: https://www.summergamefest.com Xbox review of The Last of Us 2: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.364265/gov.uscourts.cand.364265.551.21.pdf Nintendo redactions:

The week Pete's been waiting for years for is finally here and he's finally be able to play a remastered Mass Effect, but does it live up to his expectations? There's also been news of a potential new Donkey Kong game coming from the Super Mario Odyssey team and what could those 25 new PlayStation games that Herman Hulst teased be? We round out the show but discussing the bombshell Ubisoft dropped (and later back-pedalled) earlier this week about a potential pivot from single-player AAA games to free-to-play and what that could mean for the gaming landscape. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:07:21 - What We're Playing 00:53:34 - D&D's Dark Alliance 00:59:18 - Super Mario Odyssey Team Working On New Donkey Kong Game 01:10:38 - E3 2021 + EA Play Live 01:15:48 - Herman Hulst Wired Interview 01:28:03 - MailPot 01:31:44 - Main Topic: The Death of AAA Games? The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with

Epic's lawsuit against Apple is really heating up and some juicy "highly confidential" documents are making their way into the public domain, including one that shows Metroid's Samus Aran in Fortnite! Pete and Steve also dig into the absolutely massive financial year Nintendo's just had and whether a downward forecast in 2022's revenue means no Switch Pro this year? Of course, we talk about what we're playing, that PlayStation x Discord partnership, and answer your listener questions too! Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:36 - Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Re-Release 00:50:08 - Nintendo FY21 Figures 00:59:43 - PlayStation ❤️ Discord 01:02:32 - E3 2021 Line-Up 01:03:55 - MailPot 01:13:53 - Main Topic: Epic Games v. Apple Links: "Highly Confidential" Epic Games Document: https://l7y.ca/files/sx/DX-3519.pdf Tim Sweeney's Email to Phil Spencer: https://app.box.com/s/6b9wmjvr582c95uzma1136exumk6p989/file/807107000053 Sony Charges for Cross-Play | The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22417560/sony-ps4-cross-p

Pete's been busy hunting for Pokémon but this time he's using a camera instead of a Pokéball to capture them… It's New Pokémon Snap week, of course! Meanwhile, Steve's blitzed through the Hitman 3 story and failed at his first Elusive Target. Before Pete shares his thoughts on Jason Schreier's upcoming book, Press Reset in this week's main topic, we have a bunch of news in another jam-packed week for the industry! Hitman Developer, IO Interactive could possibly be working on a brand new fantasy IP for Microsoft; Nintendo surprised us all with a Super Mario Party update that added ONLINE support this week; Activision is being Activision by assigning Crash Bandicoot and Spyro studio, Toys for Bob to Call of Duty; and we saw more of PlayStation's stunning upcoming exclusive, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart in a State of Play. Chapters: 00:03:20 - What We're Playing 00:35:42 - IO Working on Fantasy IP For Microsoft 00:44:31 - Super Mario Party Online Update 00:46:56 - Microsoft Reducing PC Games Cut to 12% 00:59:47

The gaming news just did not stop this week with announcements from all three console makers. Nintendo has a modern-day answer to the Blockbuster Pokémon Snap Station and Mario gets a Lego brother! From Xbox we got the news of AMD's FidelityFX tech coming to consoles as well as Cloud Gaming on the Web and iOS. Then PlayStation made the right decision and won't be closing the PS3 and PS Vita stores after all. It's an absolutely mammoth amount of news to get through and Pete and Steve got distracted by the sheer size and value of Roblox in the middle but we made it in the end! Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:38 - What We're Playing 00:06:09 - Switch + Pikachu Instax Mini Printer 00:13:43 - Lego Luigi 00:17:48 - The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles 00:21:54 - Discord Ends Talks with Microsoft 00:27:09 - Xbox Quick Resume Changes 00:31:23 - Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to iOS via the Web 00:36:20 - Xbox Drops Gold Requirement for Free-To-Play Games and Party Chat 00:37:47 - Xbox Gets AMD FidelityFX Laying the Groundwork

Pete and Steve discuss the Indie World Showcase, the follow up to last week's Jason Schreier report, the future of F-Zero and more! The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

E3 is back from the dead, but can it regain its former glory? Plus, Sony's Obsession With Blockbusters is making headlines alongside Kojima's next game & Animal Crossing Build-a-Bear fiasco! The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

Pete and Steve discuss Disco Elysium, MLB: The Show Coming to Game Pass and the future of limited releases from Nintendo. The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.com/loud_pete Steve: https://twitter.com/steve228uk

This week Pete and Steve are joined by publisher of the Switch Weekly newsletter and the yearly "State of Switch Survey", Chris Brandrick. Together, we dig deep into the data to find out what people are playing, how they're playing, and just how many multi-Switch households are out there. We also discuss the newest report on the impending Switch Pro which seems certain to include Nvidia's DLSS technology and could be releasing later this year! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:58 - What We're Playing 00:27:40 - Switch Weekly's State of Switch 2021 01:16:55 - DLSS Coming to Switch? Thanks again to Chris Brandrick for joining us! Be sure to follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisbrandrick and subscribe to Switch Weekly: https://switchweekly.com/ Links: Switch Weekly: https://switchweekly.com/ State of Switch Survey Results: https://switchweekly.com/survey2021 Genesis Noir: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/genesis-noir-switch/

Can you believe it's already been one year since we purchased the Deserted Island Getaway Package from Nook, Inc.? Pete and Steve talk about Animal Crossing: New Horizon's latest update, what the game means to us one year on, and what we think is still missing. Before that, Steve gushes about arcade puzzler Grindstone, and we discuss what makes e-sport a sport. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:28:47 - Townscaper Coming to Switch and Mobile Announcement Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtVkteAS15M Oskar Stålberg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OskSta 00:31:00 - Littlewood Finally Approved in Europe and Australia 00:33:04 - Main Topic: One Year of Animal Crossing: New Horizons The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video game podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at pete@lootpots.com, watch us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ), join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support