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Microsoft's record $7.5bn acquisition of Bethesda is now official… but is it actually good news for the industry? And what does this mean for Elder Scrolls, Fallout and more on other platforms? Pete and Steve debate the deal and whether it could be Microsoft's bargaining chip for getting Game Pass on PlayStation or Switch. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:15 - What We're Playing 00:27:20 - The Next "Life is Strange" Game To Be Revealed This Week 00:39:26 - Bethesda Joins Xbox Revealing the Tricks Behind Hitman's Level Design | Noclip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ0LlNfr8ZI 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 S

It feels like just yesterday that Pete and Steve were picking up their Nintendo Switch consoles, but our favorite console is four years old! This week we reminse about the Switch's launch and dive into what might be next for Nintendo with rumours of a new model featuring an OLED screen! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:55 - Pyra and Mythra Join Smash! (https://twitter.com/SmashBrosJP/status/1367649034186366978?s=20) 00:20:13 - Four Years of Nintendo Switch Mat Piscatella at NPD (https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella/status/1367221930386890754) Bloomberg Article (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-04/nintendo-plans-switch-model-with-bigger-samsung-oled-display) Nintendo Talks About The Switch's Lifespan - Kotaku (https://kotaku.com/nintendo-talks-about-the-switchs-lifespan-1846413393) How Nintendo and Nivida could bring 4K to the Super Nintendo Switch - Jeff Grubb, VentureBeat (https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/07/how-nintendo-and-nvidia-could-bring-4k-to-the-super-nintendo-switch/) The PotsCast is the weekly Nin

Pete is joined again by Persona 5's biggest hypeman, Zaid Eideh, to discuss their first impressions of Persona 5 Strikers before their big spoilercast. Check out Zaid on Twitter! https://twitter.com/snackmight 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

After 28 days, thousands of calories burnt, and countless aching muscles, Ring Fit February has come to an end… But was it all worth it? Pete and Steve are joined by Chuy for a final recap on the fitness challenge! We also recap our current 2021 predictions standings, fanboy over Stardew Valley's new board game and answer the question on everyone's lips… Who is your least favorite Nintendo character? 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:18 - What We're Playing 00:31:18 - Pokémon Presents Recap 00:49:44 - Animal Crossing x Sanrio 00:59:24 - Stardew Valley Board Game 01:03:27 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Coming to Switch 01:06:58 - MailPot: "Least favourite Nintendo character?" 01:10:51 - Ring Fit February Is Over! Check out Chuy on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ChuyPlaysNTDO 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/UC

Pokemon Legends Arceus. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. What a day. Pete and Steve debrief and share their thoughts on the 25th Anniversary Pokemon Presents (Originally aired 2.17.21) 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

Well if Nintendo isn't going to do anything to celebrate the day, I guess we'll have to! Pete and Steve are joined this week by Chuy to discuss our relationships with Zelda, our favorite games in the series & what we want next from the beloved franchise. It's also been one hell of a week for news with the reveal of Diablo II: Resurrected just days after the Nintendo Direct, and Dinosaur Planet, the cancelled N64 game by a little studio called Rare made its way online! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:57 - What We're Playing 00:37:38 - Nintendo Direct Recap 00:48:12 - Pokémon Day 00:50:37 - Predictions Recap 00:54:39 - Diablo II: Resurrected (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-19-the-big-diablo-2-resurrected-interview) 01:01:54 - Rare's Cancelled Dinosaur Planet N64 Game Leaked (https://twitter.com/forestillusion/status/1363090008916193282) 01:07:09 - Ring Fit February 01:24:04 - Zelda's 35th Anniversary Check out Chuy on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ChuyPlaysNTDO The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo and video ga

Pete and Steve debrief and share their thoughts on Nintendo's first proper Direct since 2019. (Originally aired 2.17.21) 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

In the week where CD Projekt Red suffered a huge hack and Grezzo listed a job for a new "medieval" project, Pete, Steve, and Chuy have been saving the Mushroom Kingdom once again. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is here and we all had a lot to say about it. Closing out this bumper episode, we answer some listener questions from the MailPot and recap on RingFit February so far! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:35:03 - Ocarina of Time 4K Mod (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47p04i_3Pso) 00:41:31 - Grezzo Hiring For a New Project (https://nintendoeverything.com/grezzo-the-studio-behind-recent-zelda-titles-and-ever-oasis-hiring-for-new-medieval-and-stylish-project/) 00:46:16 - CD Projekt Hacked 00:55:24 - MailPot 01:13:04 - RingFit February Check out Chuy on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ChuyPlaysNTDO 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 (http

Chuy is back, back again to join Pete and Steve as the trio check in to see how they're holding up against RingFit February. We also discuss Nintendo replacing its ageing online architecture, just how long Nintendo's been sitting on 3D World & what other games could EA be bringing to Switch in 2021? 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:03 - What We're Playing 00:31:13 - SM3DW + Bowser's Fury Leaked Online 00:44:27 - Apex Legends is Coming to Switch 00:54:37 - Nintendo's New Online Architecture 01:00:43 - MailPot 01:13:47 - RingFit February Check out Chuy on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ChuyPlaysNTDO 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://twitt

This week Pete and Steve are joined by Chuy to kickstart a month of fitness with our RingFit February challenge! We also get Chuy's take on the latest Animal Crossing update, Steve finally played Ocarina of Time & rumor has it Sega Could be on the brink of an acquisition? 00:03:06 - What We're Playing 00:44:30 - What's Going On At Sega? 01:13:32 - "Forget About Bayonetta 3" 01:16:02 - MailPot 01:24:21 - Main Topic: RingFit February Check out Chuy on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ChuyPlaysNTDO 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 may declare 2021 a "solid B+" for gaming news so far but that doesn't mean he's not mad about Blizzard's absorption of Vicarious Visions. Before that, Pete finally reveals what he's been playing this week and Steve's been disguised as a garbage man in an American suburb. 00:03:58 - What We're Playing 01:04:26 - Cyberpunk Patch 1.1 (https://kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2077s-latest-patch-reportedly-added-a-game-br-1846117720) 01:08:05 - Platinum Games… Five? (http://four.platinumgames.com/) 01:11:44 - Vicarious Visions Absorbed by Blizzard (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-01-22-vicarious-visions-merged-into-blizzard) 01:27:18 - Main Topic: Xbox Live Pricing Debacle 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 suppo

It's been another jam packed week of Nintendo news with new trailers, gameplay reveals, and even a new Mario version of the Switch unveiled! So much so that it feels like maybe we should have just had a Direct? There's also been a bunch more Cyberpunk 2077 drama for Pete and Steve to mull over and did Lucasfilm end their exclusivity with EA early? 00:06:05 - What We're Playing 00:20:01 - Nintendo Switch is the best selling hardware platform of 2020 00:27:16 - Scott Pilgrim for Switch is Limited Run's biggest release ever 00:34:09 - Lucasfilm Games 00:43:11 - Cyberpunk 2077 01:02:04 - MailPot 01:05:28 - Main Topic: The Nintendo Direct… That Wasn’t 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://w

The first full week of 2021 was a biggie for Nintendo with news of their first acquisition in years: Luigi's Mansion 3 developer, Next Level Games. Pete and Steve discuss why Nintendo might want to bring Next Level Games in house and debate what other studios might be ripe for the picking. 00:04:20 - What We're Playing 00:26:10 - BOTW NPCs are advanced Miis (https://twitter.com/HEYimHeroic/status/1345946860222033923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 00:33:21 - Monster Hunter Rise crashed the eShop (https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/the_monster_hunter_rise_demo_is_so_popular_its_apparently_causing_the_switch_eshop_to_struggle) 00:40:01 - Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Limited Run Games releases (https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1347603992004743172) 00:45:18 - Mario Party dev NDCube is recruiting for a new game (https://twitter.com/NintendoMemo/status/1347129529920327684) 00:47:50 - MailPot 00:52:18 - Main Topic: Nintendo acquires Next Level Games (https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1346454808333594624) The P

2021 is finally here which means its time for inaugural predictions episode! Pete and Steve bring some easy and some very risky picks as they lay down their Nintendo perditions for the year. Before that, Steve's been exploring London in Watch Dogs while Pete's been persisting with Cyberpunk and venturing into the world of emulators and randomisers. 00:06:19 - What We're Playing 00:24:18 - Emulators & Randomisers 00:42:56 - 2021 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

We did it, everyone! We made it through 2020 and it's that time of year where we reflect on the best games of 2020. Pete and Steve hit the mic for the last time this year and discuss, rank, and ultimately declare LootPots game of the year but what will it be…!? Everyone at LootPots would also like to take the time to thank everyone that has listened, watched, sent questions, or been a part of the amazing community. The show just would not be the same without all of you, so thank you ❤️ 00:05:21 - MailPot 00:31:26 - Game of the Year Discussion 01:42:38 - Continued After TLOU2 Spoilers 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

Well Cyberpunk 2077 stories don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and things are getting messy. Pete and Steve recap the week where CD Projekt Red's latest game got pulled by PlayStation and consider what the developer could do to get gamers back on their side. Over in camp Nintendo, Steve's been exploring the underworld in Hades and we talk about some of our favourites from this week's Indie Showcase. 00:00:00 - Sweatshirt Talk 00:08:04 - What We're Playing 00:19:47 - Cyberpunk 2077 00:52:58 - Indie World Showcase 01:09:16 - MailPot 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/st

Ohhh boy! It's been a big week for video games with the release of one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year, Cyberpunk 2077. With reports of the game being riddled with bugs, did Cyberpunk live up to Pete and Steve's expectations? Thursday also saw the annual return of The Game Awards so of course Pete and Steve share their thoughts on the winners and the hottest announcements from the show. 00:00:00 - Cyberpunk 2077 Discussion 00:59:08 - Persona 5 Strikers Release Date 01:02:21 - The Game Awards 2020 The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo 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 (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 take a slight detour from the scheduled Nintendo programming to discuss the news of Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah's abrupt exit from BioWare and what this means for Pete's favourite franchises. Steve also shares his grievances about a certain red icon on his Switch home screen & we discuss Doom Eternal on Switch and answer your questions! 00:03:30 - What We're Playing 00:30:08 - Gift Guide Follow-Up 00:32:51 - Doom Eternal Finally Comes To Switch 00:34:41 - Switch System Software Update 11.0 00:39:36 - Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah Leave BioWare 00:56:17 - MailPot The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo 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 (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

With the holiday season almost upon us and Black Friday somehow now spanning the entirety of November, we thought it was the right time to talk about gifts for you or the gamer in your life. Before that, Steve's been exploring London in Watch Dogs: Legion and Pete finally got to play Arkane's Prey but did it live up to his expectations? 00:03:01 - What We're Playing 00:44:07 - Black Friday Sales 00:58:54 - Q: Are there any games you regret buying? 01:03:55 - Holiday Gift Guide The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at potscast@lootpots.com, 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

To celebrate this milestone in PotsCast history we asked our near and dear friend, DJ "The Content" Lewis to return to the show and join Pete and Steve in reminiscing about the last 100 episodes. We talk about what we're playing, answer your questions, and read your favorite memories of the show. We want to thank each and every one of you that listens to us, writes in, or is just part of the LootPots community every single week. We really couldn't do the show without your support, thank you ❤️ 00:04:27 - What We're Playing 00:42:51 - MailPot 00:59:21 - Episode 100 Celebrations! PotsCast is now in video on YouTube! (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBCUho-tlL5IDx6YSd49rQ) The PotsCast is the weekly Nintendo podcast from the LootPots team. We get together to discuss the latest gaming news, rumours and releases. Get in touch with us at potscast@lootpots.com, join our Discord (https://discord.gg/eKDcB2y) server, and support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lootpots). The PotsCast is: Pete: https://twitter.