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Hello and welcome to the PC Gaming Show 2025. My name is Sean Day 9 Plott. And once again, I am thrilled to be here with you, showing you the latest game trailers, previews, and world exclusive first looks at what's ahead in the world of PC gaming. But even more importantly, I'm delighted to be joined again by the co-host with the most Mika Burton.

Thank you, Sean. It is great to be back on the PC gaming show, especially since we're cooking up something extra special this year. As you can see, Sean and I are broadcasting today's show from a crucible of clandestine accoutreement. Oh, that's right. Here in our high-tech hardware workshop, we've assembled some of the finest PC gadgetry

for some of the world's smoothest secret operatives. You know where all the spies get all their coolest toys? And what's from us? They look like the thrift store. Double as wall climbing suction cups. We've made keyboards that can turn into cars that turn into boats. We've also built a laptop that's a crossbow. That's also a blunderbuss.

And I'm afraid to touch it. That's how you know it's good. We made a gamer chair that turns completely invisible, thanks to cloaking technology. Sean, the invisible chair never actually made it out of R&D. Uh-huh. Well, that's what they want you to think. Regardless, we're in the process of using every ounce of our high-tech, top secret, burn after reading black books engineering at our disposal to build what we call

The Rig. Ooh, the rig is a top-of-the-line AMD-powered gaming PC, and it could be yours. Is that the thing behind them? Because after we build it here today, we will be giving it away to one lucky viewer at the end of the show. Wow. That'll happen a bit later. Right now, let's kick off the show, the PC Gamer Way with three. Count him three world premieres.

Okay, let's get these games. Let's see it. I'm ready. Dahlia, I know you're nervous about going home. It's Mars. But you're going to be fine. We don't know the state of the crisis. Okay.

What's this? Your job's a job, right? Get in. Get out. Don't get sucked back in. So this is a cleaning game? I play video games to have to avoid this. Yeah, what is this?

Remember, D. It's just a job. Asman Gold House Simulator. Great. Next. That's cool. All right. Ooh, these guys. It's a VR game? Wait, is it? I mean, it just looks like an FPS. I mean, this is okay. I mean, if you can ride around with other people, it's open world. That's kind of cool. I'm not out on this yet.

Well, that was, yeah, that's kind of cool. It's a spectral squirrel. Far, far west. Isn't that like the Pacific Ocean? It's in the water, right? Far what? Yeah. You are already to fear. What is this? Dungeons and dragons are classic re-rolled. The sword coast. Never winter.

All these places will be consumed. What does this come out in the year 2002? They call you the shard bearer, a piece of gifts played within you. The only one who can help us defeating the king of shadow. What year is this? Yeah. Bring in the accused. Oh, you can tell he's evil because he's bald.

I remember when this game came out, people liked it. Or you can play this on the steam deck. I would have assumed that. 2006. It's still amazing. Yeah, I never played it. There's so many contemporary games like this, I haven't played. Obsidian's 2006 classic RPG, but it's all new and shiny again. Honestly, I'm calling in sick today. It launches. Ooh, me too. I think my excuse will be food poisoning.

I was going to go with regular poisoning. Interesting. Go on. Well, I already have so many sworn enemies and even more unlabeled bottles in my kitchen, so it's entirely believable. You know what? You do you, my guy. In the meantime, let's check in with Frankie and Jacob about The rig. Thanks, Mika. I'm here with PC gamers managing editor of hardware, Jacob Ridley.

And during today's show, we're going to be building an awesome custom PC. Even better, everyone watching will have a chance to win it for themselves. This PC will be a gaming powerhouse with an AMD Ryzen 9, 9950 X3D. A gigabyte radion RX70 XT plus 32 gigabytes of Corset dominator titanium DDR5 RAM. Only 32? 20 Pro keyboard, Asis, Rog Swift, Oleg monitor, and a Corset, night sword, RGB mouse, all handpicked by Jacob. We didn't forget a thing.

We're even including a mouse pad. That's where your mouse lives, sleeps and entertains other mice. Let's get to work. Okay. Hey there, a PC gaming show. Check out this next trailer. It's fabulous. Fresh tracks, where I will get you. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

What's that? How do you stop that? Which never ends. In the end, All right. No two journeys unfold the same way. Come, remain by the fire. And hear the tale of Norwin's greatest champion.

What is this? Oh, so it's beat savers, but there's not a saber, it's just a sword. All right. Well, I never played these games before. It's not really my thing, but I'm sure people like this. I'm not a rhythm game guy. I don't have any rhythm.

I was so bad at that, even in school. There's no one I would rather die alongside than you, my champion. Ooh. No motion? Yeah. I just, I'm not a dancer. I'm not a musician. It's just, it's just not the way my brain works, man.

This is cool. Is this a game? Is this like Mad Max? You're white. It's okay. Yeah. Too much blur? Yeah, I don't even know what the hell's going on in this game. You know, it's really...

Man... Yeah, some of the spell effects are crazy. Garbage editing? Yeah, wow. What's this? That looks... that's kinda cool. What's that? Oh, I don't want to play that. Hell, please. Oh, I thought that would I... you, Rob. Ratt-a-tata.

Damn. Huh? Demo available. Wait, this is a game. Rhythm fuels your fight. Oh no. It's another, it's... Dude, I can't do it. I just can't. It's the same game. It's close, right? Uh-huh. We saw this one yesterday? Yeah, I know that. I'm just... Wow. You know my mom, uh, she used to really hate whenever I would play Super Mario RPG because she hated the music. for it and I always never really understood like why like what how could you just get that mad about the music but then I listened to this game and I actually understood that for the first time in 30 30 something years I understand her I totally understand her now yeah people said this game was good I don't know how I can believe that but that's what they say

so annoying song wow I'm hyped what's this this is this reminds me about a Corkkeeper. I played Corkkeeper a lot. I beat that whole game. I'll beat every boss. Even that stupid thing that goes around the outside of the game. Corekeeper's so good. Yeah, I just played DOSC. I haven't come back. There's new ones, dude. Yeah, I know. Fast in-game incursions. Craft power. Yeah, this actually, this is... I'm gonna be real, like, this game is probably the one that I'm the most excited for that I've seen so far.

Like, this is... this is kind of cool. It's actually, it seems like the game is fully out. October. It's out already? No, I'll wait for the full game to come out before I play it. It's important to celebrate when something reinvents itself. Necess overhauls its graphics. I'm glad you said it.

I didn't know what it's, I thought said Nettys. It's almost as beautiful as the Riggs Corsair RM 1000X fully modular ATX power supply. Uh-huh. Poetry. In fact, the only thing more poetic is a perfectly executed high set in a dystopian techno future. Yes. We heard the makers of Payday and GTFO had a new co-op heist, FPS in the works. You know we had to find out more.

So we infiltrated 10 chambers and interrogated the makers of Den of Wolves. Here's all the info we dredged from their genius minds. Uh-huh. What is it? We were prepped and ready for the heist. We had stolen Tier 7 pass keys, acquired the building schematics. Cool, God. And rerouted the security comms.

The package was as good as ours. They should make a game like this, but instead of robbing high-tech facilities, you just break into 7-11s. But we fucked it up anyway. Call it LA simulator. GTA? Yeah, yeah, real small-scale crime. Next time, we got to be even more prepared.

Wait, robbing a food truck. Stockholm. This is some good graphics. What the fuck? Is this Unreal 6? Oh my God, it's the real game. Reloaded is better. Denna Wolves is a first person shooter,

four-player co-op heist game taking place in the future. We focus a lot on player agency, story, and keeping the player on their toes with some interesting elements that take you out of the brick and mortar world of Midway City where the game takes place. It's a power fantasy, even though there's obviously tension as well with like stealth segments.

The only heist game I ever played is I had a friend would steal eggs at a Walmart boss of the wall that was the only game I ever played that wasn't even the game dene wolves is stepping back into our payday routes yeah the big difference is of course the sci-fi area where where we can play around a lot with design the freedom we have with this sci-fi space is a bit terrifying actually because you can go nuts basically we've actually told ourselves to he's actually the one that uh cody was saying the other day was listening So design in the midway city from the start we knew we wanted big mega structure buildings to actually place our levels for them same guy free of how big

levels we want them to be it's this very large city arising from the sea you want to look out at the city and see like okay so this is a living breathing city and it works this is I mean this is all right I mean it's a decent idea coming back to the highest genre is sort of a I don't know nefarious baldy I had so much more things to do in my head like what I wanted that game to be. A contemporary setting limits you in so many ways. Everything you do to enhance the game breaks the theme. With a sort of sci-fi theme on it, it enables you to stay in the pocket of thematics

and still solve things from a gameplay angle. I guess that makes sense. When making a game concept or a world, you have to think about what tools it gives you to solve problems in the future. And the sci-fi thriller theme gives us a lot of tools. to play with. Midway is just a corporate haven. There's no rules. There's nothing. It's divided up in the districts. There's even like district wars and this kind of thing within the city. So it's a very classical in a way, a dystopian take, kind of like a classic role-playing game of saying like,

oh, this is the backdrop and I'm going to hand you a new adventure and have a bit of fun. Yeah, they need to make a heist game for like a... So there's something called dives in the game. It's basically a neuroheist in the middle of whatever you're doing in the normal mission like stealing a golf card you can jump to this other place thematically there's these architects oh that's really cool defense mechanisms that gets injected into people's minds and then you're trying to break into one of those you guys allows us to explore i've never played gta is that crazy design and gameplay design just tracking down this specific person that you need to make a dive into to extract information we don't need a bank vault for

that it could be a suburban gritty area or it can be a a very high-end luxury apartment of some sorts. The dives provide change of pace and change of intensity in the gameplay and change of scenery. And it could be a nightmarish sort of abstract thing. Imagine trying to navigate a forest or something like this. Sure. But it could also be a Japanese temple or fortress in the Swiss Alps.

We could just mix a lot of different stuff together because it's this very abstract place. And also with gameplay, we could go from, shooter to a platformer to a horror. By the way, I don't know what the fuck. Experimentation where you can run on walls. We make the rules for what the dives are, what they can be. This is a game? So you go from shooting people and like now you're in like an alter universe. Game psychology. I'm a psychology driven game designer. Okay. A large extent. Because we want to motivate you to keep playing and also like. So you're going to have daily quests? And what's the economy of the game? And I'm not talking about.

getting people to spend more cash it's it's what's the what's the drive of the game and I think building new things or crafting things is a very interesting area a good example would be like this thing we did for payday wear yeah craft masks and this kind of thing yeah we're going back to the masks I've heard people tell me before like oh GTF and then all this it's a masks game right like really yeah maybe it is but we wanted to make something different like we didn't want to go fully masculine, maybe doing, you know, this big skull masks. Like, we don't want to limit us to not do it, but with the mask we have now, we actually

wanted to bring some feminine, some sexiness, you know. So one of the inspirations we actually had was the Kira Knightley pout that she has. And there's also like this Japanese theater demon masks with Hannibal Lecter type of style. So as in the dives, you know, we can basically you make anything. The masks are this expression to allow them to, expand the world inside of themselves so finding the signs where they don't really know where to to put it in what categories i don't know really what this is kind of a sweet spot there i don't know what this is this is going to be a high-paced intense and a very fun collaborative game yeah together with friends is what's he saying right especially you can put a hat on

situations where she hits the fan and they have lots of different hats and try to solve it so if you put four people in the room and there's like and apparently probably like dozens of hats to be loud in a room. Then you know, like, yeah, it's something, you know. If you want to find out more about Dan Wolves, head to our Steam page and make sure to wish list now. Cool. Yeah, I would maybe try something like this out, even though it's a cooperative game, so

it makes me a little bit afraid. Hey, you, that doesn't look like me. I'll tell you that. Billionaires? You know? Corporate control? Oh, oh no. It's a Reddit game.

Oh, Jesus. Dance to hype up the robots and you're... Oh, no. Bro, hacked new dance moves and rebel. The revolution will not be choreographed. Wow. Wow. That's crazy.

How about that, guys? Guys. Can't wait to see how many people play that one. Uh-huh. So it's a turn-based game. We're not turn-based, sorry. Uh, fucking tower defense. I don't know why I said turn-based. Ooh, now they're both vampires. Puzzle game? Maybe, yeah. This seems like, uh, that game reminds me of, uh, like trying to do taxes. Frankie, you know? This is my first time on the PC gaming show. It gave me the same vibe. It's not that hard. Just show a time. Like doing taxes or some shit, right? Don't cross me. Don't you ever cross me, Redley.

I will destroy you. Also, tea with honey is great for a scratchy throat after a long day on set. Oh, how nice. Want to rehearse the next scene? It's that silly one where I'm trying to detangle a bunch of headphone cables and you. You learn the folly of crossing Frankie Ward.

Yeah. Powerful friends in a long reach. Or you could tell us about the next part you're going to install. Yep, let's do that, please. Right, the X-870-Oris Master has a few special features to make PC building easier. My favourite is this tool-free SSD slot. Press a button and the heat sink comes away.

Then push down on the latch to install your SSD. No screw required, which means no more crawling on the floor looking for said screw when you inevitably drop it. Then this is Wi-Fi antenna. This combines standard two Wi-Fi connections into one easy to install or remove connector. No need to screw anything in. Lastly, if you want to disconnect your GPU,

hit the button in the corner and pull it out. Job done. Don't listen to him. You have to buy a pre-made. If you do that, you could die. of purge's early access for over a year now pushing the game way further than we ever imagine you could easily die just look at me playing i'm happy the team is happy and our boss is happy is this the well they seem happy to i won't please zero hours approaching so here's where we're at okay um i watched this game originally this game looked really good lost crown i thought it was really fun he's not purple anymore yeah they remember because they had like that like that like miami pastel vibe and did they swap that up or what i don't know if i like this more or less

he's not gay anymore everybody knows purple is the gay color hardcore through a deadly kingdom cool seems all right i feel like a lot of people are a little bit fatigue from games like this but you know I've always been. Oh. As the worthy prince of Persia. When does it come out? It's in August. Yep, that's me.

You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. We were the conductors of the train. tirelessly serving our passengers with kindness and respect. Excuse me, this is a conductor-only residence. Please back away from the door. So it's a train shooting game? Yes, get motherfucking ready. Wait, what?

Come back, you rat will never get me out of this control room. You understand me? Never. Huh? Prolitts flush you about of time. Is this a millennial game? Run. Yeah, it is. Yeah, get, watch out, guys.

Watch out. I've got to say that I think the premise for this seems kind of cool. Motherf-f-fro, we can literally intercept the conductor. Am I crazy to say that? The premise for this seems interesting. Yeah, the whole game's on a train. Streamer slot? Do you think so?

Offset right you take lift sick go go go go go Go, go. It might actually be good? Yeah, we got them. We got everyone. Yeah, I'm not out of this. Caribald, we've got to move. Six, five, two.

Yeah, I'll be real. I actually think that's kind of cool. Yeah, that game looked decent. Oh, this is the game where you make their game for them. I remember this. EFrontiers founder access. Aren't you a millennial? First public step in creating a visionary sci-fi survival experience.

I don't identify as a millennial. You start your journey alone, a tiny blip in a seemingly endless universe. Yeah, I don't identify. As you struggle to gain a foothold in this hostile world, you can build rudimentary structures, improved ships, components, and more. You'll begin to discover details about the universe and the ancient civilizations, whose remnants still roam the skies. Everything requires fuel to operate

and good resource management is crucial to survival. The most potent source of fuel, crude, is necessary to build formidable ships, advanced structures, and even starcates, reconnecting the vast universe. Smart structures are highly customizable. It's not just called a computer. Only bound by your creativity.

Founders have already created custom generalizations. Specialized trading hubs, advanced security systems, and more. Are you ready to lose yourself on the frontier? Yes, I'm ready. Wait, ready for what? Wow, I knew space was dark, but that was dark. No, everybody says, no, I changed my mind, guys.

I'm not ready anymore. Kind of beautiful. Yeah, I'm not ready. I'm not ready. Looking forward to being ambushed in the depths of space in Eve frontier. But if you're like me and the- True. True.

Just head over to the PC gaming show Steam page, and you'll find every single game we're showing today in one convenient spot ready to be wishlisted. So no scary surprises. Absolutely. And now here's a look at some of the great games from Puzzle Publisher Astrology. Puzzle Publisher. Oh wow. I'd say the days are blurring together.

But what days? As for the isolation, I'm an introvert. It's me. The contracts just keep on common. Two more rigs to construct. So you got to build a, like, an oil rig in the air? It's an air rig. Good news is, I've managed to synthesize 334 liters of water in the last 24 hours.

Wow. Now they want 200 liters of ammonium hydroxide. Rewards are good, though. On completion, we'll finally acquire an electrolytic reducer. Man. I feel like I just, At this point, why don't you just go get a job? Despite the fact, no one really knows what's down there.

I push on. You know, I mean, I just go get a job. Fuck. Yeah, this is, again, this is like doing taxes. Welcome to Matsuzawa manufacturing factory number one. Huh? Kai's in a factory. Wait, what the hell is this? Can you build like a pressure cooker bomb?

Yeah, I mean, like just get a job. job. Like at this point, I feel like you should... Am I crazy? Like, yeah, I mean, I mean, I mean, like, you might as well get paid for this shit. It's this sweatshop simulator. Oh, wow. Everybody's so happy. Gameify real life for dopamine? I guess so. I had a friend that would do that in real life. He moved away to live with his girlfriend that he met in wow. Went to high school together. Automate our expansion. What's this? So is this like Legos, but it's not? It's kind of interesting. It seems like those blue guys are a real problem.

Yeah, look at them. The boring ass games. It's all right. I mean, like, I'm just not really into this kind of stuff. I usually play video games to not have to think. This is a factory in modulus. Yeah? Here, we're producing blue cores.

Let's see how we got here. Well, you probably... This facility was built out of these three. modules yeah which were joined stamped and dyed with pigment okay produced here in our blue pigment refinery which was constructed from these modules just get a job man by combining these modules cut from cubes yeah i have a friend this is his job but uh extracted he uh his job was to turn big rock rocks and the little rocks. That was that was what he did. Yep, got paid a lot of money too. He's the engineer.

Say, Jacob, have you got any quick PC building tips you can share with our audience? His construction? No. You know when you accidentally drop a tiny little screw into your PC case and it just disappears? Oh yeah, I hate that. Do you have some call that? Your friend was the leftist protest? Nope. You did he say it.

Didn't you see him? And you should pretend it never existed. Hmm. Forget I asked about tips. What can you tell me about the Radion RX-X-N70 XT or in Israel? RADON. The Radion RX-9070XT is a hot ticket item right now and for good reason. This is AMD's my first one putting its best foot forward with a R260 chip that can go toe to toe with NVIDIA's G-FORTX 5070 TI.

If you're worried about running out of V-RM, don't be. This comes with 16 gigabytes of GDDR 6. That's plenty for gaming at 4K. I know they had a 5070 TI. Plus supports FSR 4, the latest version of AMD's upscaling technology to help your frame rate. But what I like about it most is how easy it is to Undervolt. This lets you run it with less power and still get top performance. Undervolt. This generation ship was a second chance to save nature from a ruined Earth.

This is Elon Musk simulator. We failed to learn from the past. Poisoned Barron withering. So wait, we fucked up Mars too? Oh no. Mars is already fucked? No, you're gonna fix it, then you you fuck it up again. You, you, you change the climate so you can pollute it with paper straws and microplastics. Let them eat flour. It's a dead body. A dead body that looks just like you. We thought we left our deadliest threat behind. Uh-oh. In a corner. What's that? Oh my God. The concept of this sounds really cool, but I don't think I would ever play this game. Generation exile. That's what they should call, uh, yeah, that's what should call a lot of people, honestly.

Stop lying. A lot of people do is eco-friendly crap. Yeah. I know our odds. What are they? Maybe it's time to consider the easy way up. You're going to kill yourself? I mean, I wouldn't expect.

Most video game trailers don't start with telling you to kill yourself. This is a good start. Is this a game? It's Luigi's Mansion. What if deciding, making choices was never anything more than just an illusion. You're still making it about yourself. Just look at us. I could see something like that being kind of interesting, but, uh,

nothing about that really seemed super appealing. This is Pathfinder, Abomination. Pathfinder. A hack and slash dungeon crawl, where up to four players battle through a single massive labyrinth filled to the brim with monsters treasure. This is kind of cool. customize each hero between three parts inspired by second edition pathfinder or so it's like dark and darker to craft the perfect hybrid whether adventuring solar this is nothing like gauntlet bro switch between

the party's heroes on the fly to unleash all mighty combo attacks to annihilate the forces of darkness yeah like i like i played every gauntlet the dark sorcerer's bell cora harubex gathers her power Uh-oh. Are you fool-lardy enough to delve into a shadowy depths? Yeah, we do. The abomination vaults.

That is actually a franchise I wish they would bring back. Gauntlet, Kill Zone, uh, F-0, Star Fox. We meet again, little merchant. Right there. Still taking up the challenge of a double life.

That'd be crazy. Torn between one. endeavor and another two sides of the same precious coin oh i've seen this before one life you brave dangers while in the other you put your skills and hustle to the test yeah to grow your storm so it's a rogue white where you can build stuff you may pause and wonder Is this pursuit more important than its destination? That answer lies within you, little merchant. I'll be real.

I actually think that looked pretty good. Like, for a lot of these games, like, they're super copy pasta, but that one actually is pretty decent. While Frank and Jacob are working on the rig. Mika and I have been preparing some more elegant equipment for fieldwork. First one was good. Spy gadgets.

Yeah, it's all interesting. I never played it. be a standard ATX full tower personal gaming computer. You see that? That's my kind of PC right there. Big black box. A really cool spy gadget. Take for instance this CPU fan.

In reality, Ninja Star. Huh, that did a real number when we tried it on an intern. Uh-huh. Moving on, we have our range of hidden tasers. To the untrained eye, a coffee mug. In reality, a taser. Ooh, or how about this? To the untrained derrier, a roll of toilet paper.

But in actuality, you guessed it, it's a taser. Hey, what about this? Is this like a hidden listening device USB, or is it maybe a spy camera? That is, of course, also a taser. Don't worry, you know, he'll be fine. Eventually. For now, let's check out our next exciting world premiere. Let's get it.

Let's see the new trailer. What is this? Hello? What the hell? Wait. Are those underwater space? Laser dinosaurs? Oh shit.

That's kinda cool. That's a... wait. Oh, it's a walrus. I don't think so. Look those legs. I don't even know what the fuck that says. Barrow trauma? Oh, I get a... yeah, pressure, right? Sure.

Another one that starts by telling you to kill yourself. Okay. How the spot of it. On the roof with someone, make sure they're humans. Check their eyes and teeth. Yeah. An overlooked visitor will kill you. I like this.

This is really good. Uh-oh. This is your house? Shut up. What am I watching? No, I really like this. The premise of this is awesome. No, I'm not a human.

I could have told you that. What the fuck is this? Hi, I'm Oscar. A Sero developer. and this is my game, Bodzu. It's an online multi-player game where you control a ragdoll robot and compete in some very silly

physics-based competition. That's kind of cool. I started making this game in my spare time and now you can play the free demo on Steam. Especially, I mean, if one guy made this, this is pretty impressive. Where you can meet up with your friends and mess around with the sandbox while they arrive.

When you're ready, mind the gap and hop on the matchmaking train to your botso. One guy, yeah. Your team will compete in bonkers boxball matches. It's impressive. Steel boxes and drag your team. to victory in squid game fall guys maybe last spot standing in sumo it's even got physics-based power-ups like sticky bombs balloons that work on anything and grappling hooks to swing the match in your

favor wow you can play both online and split screen at the same time and you can create crazy custom matches in the steam demo right now i hope you have fun clever now what no i'm not human i'm a roach what's this oh this is some sort of like product placement right yeah I thought about getting an AMD processor I've always just used Intel Yeah A lot of people say I should Don't do it

Yeah I just always use Intel man Same with the Nvidia graphics cards Like I just always go with it Coming up in the show What's this Well, that's cool Is it a fighting game? What the hell? DJ, thanks for 10 subs

Thank you guys Mdbcchio with Nvidia GPU I probably should do that honestly Yeah, that'd be a good idea Oh Oh Three games where you kill yourself Damn, there's really a pattern here, huh?

Wow Yeah, this is There's a lot of this, huh? Shiro games That looks pretty nice Was this a VR or something? It's like Eldon Ring Night Rain, but for six-year-olds. Uh-huh.

More Zelda. Yeah, that's nice. This looks pretty decent. I'm going to be real. Yeah, I would maybe try this out. The only thing now, I feel like there's so many video games to get released. Are her boobs, honeycombs? Far ever.

That's decent. What an amazing collection of games we've already seen. Mika, we are really turning up the heat this year. We sure are. Mika, what is that? Oh, it's thermal paste. Oh, wait, wait, let me guess. It doubles as like a plastic explosive,

or maybe it's a potent tranquilizing gas, or is that just like another taser? No, it's literally just thermal paste. You know, it transfers the heat from your CPU to your heat sinks to avoid overheating. Oh. Oh, yeah, that's the thing I don't use. Plus, it is an amazing amazing cookie filler.

It's like forbidden icing. Mika, you can't eat thermal paste. Of course you can't, especially not with milk. Okay, let's check it on. Okay, all right, at least that one was funny. That was the first good one, I think. Can we put it in the computer? Oh, absolutely not, but I'm certainly going to try.

Before we get ahead of ourselves, what kind of CPU is this puppy work with? Don't promote that shit. If you eat thermal pace because of a PC gaming show, I'm sorry to say, that's natural selection. This is the fastest 16 core consumer CPU money, Yeah, you selected yourself. It can find the best parts of every processor ever made.

The power of a 16 core monster for tough jobs, check. The gaming chops of second-gen, AMD 3D V-Cash tech, check. This beast can work as hard as it plays, and it plays in a completely different league. It's the best processor in the world for gamers and creators for gaming and for everything else. It's a beauty. You gotta use the two PC setup if you want to make it work. With it myself. Phenomenal.

Peak PC gaming, courtesy of PC gamer and And AMD. Indeed. So, uh, plasma globe? Plasma globe. I thought that was like a Tesla coil. Looks like things are coming along perfectly with the rig. Which is perfect because right now we've got another exciting world premiere to show you from our friends at Fail Better Games.

How exciting is it though? How exciting? I don't know if I'm excited yet. That's cool. I'm slightly more excited now. The village of Chandley is small. Excitement is the same. Excitement is a little bit lower.

Yeah, excitement going down rapidly. Excitement collapsing. But you come from a long line of sorcerer steeped in the green and flatlining. Your family's old lodge has been empty for a moment. Excitment going into the negatives. So don't expect airs and graces. Oh no.

But it's thick with secrets and set in its ways. Is it ready for the return of a Mandrake? I mean, that's just a game you have to play with your girlfriend, right? I mean, like... Wait what? Wait what? We walked in a temperate rainforest and visited an ancient coal mine beneath the forest of Dean. It's a world where overfishing might cause a river to put a curse on you.

Overfishing. delving for bright minerals in the forgotten deeps. Sunless sea and sunless skies did have some light cannibalism in them. You can't eat people in this one, but that doesn't mean if it's safe. There are old powers waiting in the corners of the world. Why not? And the knight does not belong to mortals. If all of that sounds good to you, and wishlist Mandrake on steam right now.

I don't know why you can't eat people. That's dumb. Pizza Bandit. What? So, what is the... This is your solid snake, but you run a pizza shop. And then aliens break into the pizza shop and you have to shoot him with a gun. This is like the, uh, this is the beginning plot of every Jason Statham movie.

The week in the life of a demon school student under a minute starting now. Monday. Catch up on the news. Yeah. Get into assignment. Fight some guys using tactics. What the fuck. Check your diary.

Tuesday. Oh no. Investigate a spook classroom. Gain a rival. Oh, no. Find a dog. Wednesday. Romance your friends.

Kick an A. Fight those guys. Thursday. Follow some blood. Track down a missing sandwich. Pull a new friend out of nowhere. There's guys. You fight.

Friday. Find a first dog. Learner. Guys. Fight a really big guy. The weekend. Sing karaoke. I don't know.

Rent some tapes and generally just a less. That's one week down, many to go. Dude. Demon school. An RPG. Demon school? Right now. Big millennial energy.

Very big. Huge. Congratulations on your assignment. You have been selected to oversee a caretaker deployment in sector 43A. This video will introduce you to your unit and its sacred directive. The preservation. and propagation of the human species. After global hydro-saturation,

Earth became uninhabitable. Humanity moved to orbit, but reproduction in space proved impossible. Why not? Moses responded with the human seed program. Cryogenic embryos are grown to maturity in surface-based plasma. This is how we can live past and move past needing women.

Immediate workforce integration. Your caretaker unit manages every step, Retrieval, growth, and orbital transfer. Yeah. Caretakers maintain surface facilities, build autonomous power systems, and adapt to any anomaly. From environmental failure to unauthorized presence. I mean, it's weird.

It's like the style there. It's decent. And remember. Change humanity's future. Oh. You're the only one who can safeguard the future of humanity in The Last Caretaker. So, you know, no pressure.

or anything. Hey, Sean, what was that? I am so sorry I may have eaten a light snack. That's so weird, yeah, it is. I just didn't really agree with me. Wait a second. Did you get into my thermal paste stash again? Uh-oh.

I prefer the term computer hummus. No, no, that's definitely a train, which means we are right on track for our next world premiere. Sean, no. This is a second train game. Put it down. What does it look like? It says our new home.

350 light years from Earth. You tell me there's birds there? Okay. This is just, this is what I always wanted. I've been waiting for this one. It's a survival game. It's like a hunger and like a water meter in it and shit. It's Train Tycoon?

Yeah. Can you run over the animals? Oh wow. Train fan boys? Yeah, I don't know. Railborne. I know that like trains, uh, you know, there's a lot of people that really, really, really like trains. For me, I just, you know,

It is what it is. Sunk in ruins. Across towering reefs. Into the depths. Of what? Is that a Pokemon? Wait, never mind. This game looks too good to be Pokemon.

Looks like it came out in 2000. Oh. I'm going to be real. I think if you let this game cook for like 10 more years, it might be good. Yeah. If you give this game 10 years, it would be good. You guys think people are saying 11 years. It's Powell World.

Power world was good. Prospector, Norrex would like to offer you an opportunity. This looks pretty good. We have some dirty work we need you to take care of. Was this like monster hunter with guns? At your own risk, of course. That's kind of cool. Keep your mouth shut and you'll be rewarded.

You want to hunt monsters? Join Norrix. Icarus Great Hunts Oh, that game I remember that I watched Troud play that game a little bit What's this Let's see if they do it

Oh Oh So you get to build your own car So what's the point Oh it's a tower defense Garbage country So you're good at building PCs Why is every game a goddamn simulator

Like a car? No Frankie I don't know. I can't build a car. What about like a winching system? To pull something heavy out of, for example, a lake? Self-furtig title, yeah. I mean, maybe I could put together?

Say a car was in a lake and you needed to winch it out. Could you at least build a ramp to make the winching a bit easier? Is that something you want to tell me? I drove your car off a ramp and into a lake. But I only did it to put the fire out. My car was on fire? There is no point in jumping a car off a ramp if it's not on fire. Is there any good news to this story?

Yeah. Just check out this ramp. You should install these before you start. you start shopping for a new car. Oh, that's the Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5. This kit is perfect for building an all-AMD rise and build at 6,000 megat transfers second and with low latency. However, we've also stuffed something special here, a light enhancement kit.

That's a pair of dummy sticks that look the part but don't actually contain any memory chips. This is a great solution for an AMD build as it means you can stick to the more reliable slots on the motherboard, two and four while looking the part. It also pairs nicely with a Haven 420 case which offers thermal optimization through its central GPU airflow that sits within. That's a lot of openings on that case, man. That sounds like the perfect hardware combo for anyone looking to fragge your cards, explore endless dungeons or simply stream with friends. A roach could get in that. Why not check out this exciting upcoming game?

That would cause me a lot of problems. The oldest, the strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown. Yeah, true. World changed in the blink of an eye. The outpost where we hope to find salvation has stopped responding. We found it abandoned all in ruins. Now we have to find out what happened and rebuild what's left. Yeah of the little space the tree afford we live under a constant threat

from the fog not an ordinary mist that we knew before but one that overwhelmed us at the worst kind of fear and yet if we want to survive in the new conditions we must not only fight the fog we must explore it research it understand it as the fate of our people maybe even the world depends on it and all before fear consumes us for the tree provides the tree prevails coming soon oh shit Okay, okay, we gotta gained it. Okay, all right. So what's this like?

This is cool? So is that kind of like a fighting game almost, or what? All right, at least that's kind of cool. Coming up in the show. Yeah, what is it? Like, okay. DEI? Yeah, the girl with purple hair.

I saw it. That's cute. It's waiting for profits to lead them. Oh, that's nice. Learn the occult. Spread the mighty ones influence. Baby sacrifice? Yeah.

They should make a triple a game like this, where you get to like a cult and, like, kill people. and stuff? It'd be a really good idea. What it takes? What's the lamb? No, I mean like a realistic one. Where it's like real people and stuff.

Oh, what's this? I'm the creators of guns of Icarus. So is this an FPS? This seems kind of boring. Am I crazy to think that like a lot of these games just seem kind of boring to play? Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I'm crazy for that, but I feel like a lot of them just kind of seem boring. Not even one game, bro.

No, I think there's been a couple of them that I thought were okay. Yeah, I don't know about this, bro. Like, I don't even know what you're supposed to do. After almost a decade, Mews games is bringing us a follow-up to the airship combat game Guns of Icarus. Now, as with all professions, our work as gadget-crazed weirdos would be impossible, if not for the laser watches and ejector seats of those who came before us. I have that music really helps a mediocre game playing. For sure.

Crafty unhinged giants. Yes. Which is why I am pleased to present in an attache case full of throwing knives and tear gas canisters, the latest intel on Bond. Uh-huh. James Bond. So we sent our secret agents to see what's happening at I.O. Interactive. Secret agents. Uh-oh.

Copenhague. Isn't this in a fucking, uh, uh, uh, well, I thought that was a type of, like, tobacco. Denmark? Well, I wasn't going to say, Deadmark. We figured out that you're going to work on such a legendary IP. We're very, very excited. Well, that's cool. Wait, I think I actually have that sort. I got a good will.

The fact that it hasn't been a game 14 years, just as to the excitement of a comeback of this game in... Is this James Bond again? The colleagues that we have here are phenomenal. And I think taking all of their experience from the sort of agent fantasy that they've been building for all these years and applying it to the Bond franchise has been. franchise has been incredible to see and to be a part of. We're making a standalone James Bond's game, but there are characters and locations that I think are gonna make the fans of the novels

and the fans of the movies and the cinematic history really smile. Yeah, I would expect that. Where there's some known aspects of the character. You can initially view these as constraints, but really their strengths because we get to work with all these amazing partners. Aston Martin and Land Rover, collaborations with Omega

and all of these things lends itself a sense of credibility to the player that this is a real James Bond experience cool crafting this character has been both exciting and extremely challenging because it's a balance between being very true to Ian Fleming's novels upon on the character yet bringing some part of ILO into that the most special thing about our version of Bond is that it's an IO reimagination of the origin of bond himself and it allows us to really dive in and learn about what it takes to enter this world of Sean Conner is the best bond.

I don't know. I've watched a lot of them. I think they're all pretty good. We didn't want to go in and cherry-pick qualities. Yeah, that's just me. We wanted to make something that was fully original. So he's young. He's someone who doesn't yet know all the things we know about James Bond.

He has all the core qualities. So he is irreverent. He's inherently charming. He's funny. But he's not yet cold. He's not callous. He's a more energetic. He has that impatience of youth built into him.

Somewhere in between a naive, not yet worn down, principal young man. Fully original as an L? That journey onto this. Oh. It's a risk, I'll tell you that. That's a super L if it doesn't hit. He is very true to his North Star and his values. And the story is very much about when you meet the harsh, political, dangerous world out there,

how does a young man fare while still? retaining his values. Not only will we get to experience the character changes and the lessons he need to learn, but also how he gets his famed gear. The world is a big part of how you solve the problems as you get to them. Using the environment and weapons. They're turning into bond into a beta ass bitch. Oh, I don't know about that. We have a lot of the... I don't think that's what's happening.

And then quite a few you wouldn't. So our long-time fans from our hitman franchise can expect to record. some of these core limits for my intractive bandar James Bond game. A really core aspect of this game is what we call creative approach. And it has to do with standing outside a lavish location. We're gonna give you an objective in here. You absolutely need to be able to do that in bunch of different ways. But I think the biggest difference is that you need a lot of creative approach.

Like I just to be sitting there seeing the patrol. For me looking at this game, it just seems kind of like a... But Bond, he can also just walk through the front. door. I'm actually just going to go and talk to them. I'm just going to go punch him right now. If you're a James Bond that wants to crouch along, you know, the covers and be careful and all that stuff, that's your bond. I don't know if I'd really go all the way on this. You're not creative, not for you? Not in this way. No. However, in terms of bond, there are two key differences. The agent we were working with

before he is. Hitman, Scandisdus Double 7. Whereas just Bond is very much a personality. A big part of the fun of playing the game is to see what he'll say because he always has something great to say that you wouldn't have thought of his quick wit and talking your way into and out of trouble is a big part of the core loop as well uh-huh hitman is a single-minded killer and basically the bad guy of the game bad balby and that means that we are much more focused on his journey as a character and we are much more focused on saving the world okay i think it's safe to say that we were dialing the action to 12 on this one we wanted a fifth We wanted fighting to be visceral and brutal and violent and super fun and exciting.

So we spent a great amount of energy on making a system of free flow combat where you're fighting multiple opponents at once. You can grab them and punch them and throw them into each other, use the environment. We really did strides and upping the dynamics and the kinetic feel of the combat, be that the military combat and shooting and the seamless in the up between that. it out between that it's very very exciting we as a studio and as team have involved a lot to do top top class action spectacle moments and spectic situations all interactive the situations you you get into are absolutely wild because that's the 360 experience that our fans deserve and i just feel like this looks so uh like i've just heard about this game so much

What are we doing? Why is this such a big deal? Am I crazy? These beautiful different cities and locations. Exotic types of vehicles, not just normal. That's just how I feel. So take everything we know, but also evolving with technology to deliver an experience. I just don't get it?

Not really, yeah. Pimmons been great. James Bond is huge. action adventure story and that's what we've delivered but it's always with character at its center there's never action for action's sake it's because it leads to the next thing it's because he needs and has to do this in order to succeed having worked on hit map on and off for 20 years this is the combination of all that work all that skill all that practice coming together and finally

seeing the ultimate spy fantasy come to life okay well I mean I'll probably play this when it comes out and see if it's any good but my expectations for it are kind of low i'm gonna be honest like i don't know why i just i like i just heard so much about it it's just like kind of what the hell is this what is this subway surfers but with a gun you're just a hater yeah i'm a i'm a i'm a i'm a i'm a real hater c sgo wallslider yeah i feel like i'm watching the leafy video the ultimate i'm the ultimate hater yeah I feel like I'm just like honestly, I just give my opinion. Good or bad, I give my opinion.

And, uh, you know, wait, Goblin, uh, wait, it's called Goblin America? What the fuck? Okay. I don't know why you call it that. When the world ended, we shielded our city. Safe but trapped, we endured. Until now. Until you, time travel.

Oh, okay. Only you can shatter our chains. Guide our armies. What the hell is this? What is this? Propell the evil hordes. So. We build what the enemy shattered and restore

the might of our city. The lands of bastions. Is it tower defense? Is it Moba? Is it like Warcraft 3? I don't know. Together, you are legions. Not even the hordes of the unraveler shall halt your advance.

Your strength will never cease to grow. Yeah, it has tower defense too. Once vanished, you will break us free. Action strategy, roguelight. That seems like a good idea, but there might be too many themes at the same time, you know? It's kind of how I see it. Pig face. All right, so this is a PlayStation 2 game.

Cool? Find your style. It's okay. Get the job done. Oh, you're like, you're killing drug dealers. I kind of like this. This sounds cool. Oh, that's, I like that.

That's cool. Yeah. As you can see, we are running a fine-tuned engine of gaming goodness. What do you guys think about that one? What's going on with the rig? Let's find out. Frankie, Jacob, status report. We're doing great down here.

Jacob. I think that they have too many, Too many cutaways. I'm just wiring up everything with our Gigabyte orus X870E motherboard. It's got a sweeter features. There's like too much personality in it. And it's built in thermal armor and heat sinks will keep our rising X3D great without running hot.

And of course, our GPU, a gigabyte radion RX70XT with RDA4 architecture and third gen AMD ray tracing tech for competitive 4K performance. Awesome. And for those of you who want to speed up your own PC build, I've got a technique. I always use a montage. What? A montage. It's kind of cringe.

I don't even think it's bad. I just feel like there's like a lot of game shows have like little goofy segments and stuff. But if you do it for too much, then it becomes a right. Great idea, Frank. It becomes annoying. Free frame what? That's kind of the way I feel about it.

I'm starting to get a little bit worried about the rigbooting. But, uh, oh, perfect. In the meantime, here's a. some new tech for you? Or should I say some new terra tech? Terror tech? Uh-oh. Pagers? It's all annoying. Well, no, I think a quick... What is this? Wait, is this vampire survivors, but you're a vehicle? What the fuck? That's actually kind of cool. No, it's not. It's not vampire survivors at all. Looks like my meck and arm and core six Cool

This actually could be nice I mean I would be down to play something like this Yeah, I mean I probably play this if it like full releases or something. I would play that Yeah, it's decent It's like schedule one Don't tell me this is a game where you have to push a button to start jogging Damn wow wow I can't wait I can't this is exactly what I was wanting

why would anybody want to do this I don't know maybe oh and then she dies like what where's the toaster it's a girl game really I had no idea are you sure it's a girl game man no one's play a shit I just I don't know like para wives oh god okay next

it's another survival game what makes this one special I mean the graphics are okay the darkness is nice oh you get to kill people oh I like that it's like a BR or something yeah what is this like rust I actually think this looks kind of cool yeah I wonder if this is PVP or PVE it looks like it's PVP it's Harambe yeah uh PVEP yeah yeah it's got bolt yeah that actually looked pretty good

I'll be real what the fuck is this I didn't see either Don't mind me, I have got a special friend stopping by, but don't tell the folks upstairs. It's a surprise, you see. When you see them, just let them know that they can add any of today's exciting games to their wish list. Follow the link below to see all the goodies in today's show. And in the meantime, let's see what our friends over at Rogue Snail have been cooking up. Let's see what they're cooking. Oh, this is our game. Holy shit.

My God. Yeah, I didn't even know they put Halcock in this. Damn. That's like the first boss. Is it called Hellcock? No, it's not. Exile-like. This is a suggestion that was.

Yeah. The race against time. Yeah, I never played it with the cloth. They will not massacrae now, paed you They will us mafackra Hellcock, that's not what it is. That's not it, guys.

Ooh, I like this. Wait, is this the UK simulator? Wait, never mind, because the cops are trying to arrest you. Cat? He stole the cat. This game looks really cool. Uh-oh. Is he gonna eat you?

Attack on Titan, Monkess, yeah. No, I actually think that that's kind of cool. That would be like a good game to play on stream. Opening your own restaurant may feel like a fairy tale. Ugh. It's trickier than it looks. Oh Oh

Oh Oh Jesus All of this can really burn Your biscuits But you will be fought in the fires of the kitchen Shop on your knife Just what I was looking for

A magic of food For an ancient hunger Has awoken And the path to a demon's heart Is through its stuff Wow How nice Hey, let's check in on how things are progressing with

The Ring So is a Facebook ad? Some of these games, like any time I see a card in the game, I automatically lose interest. Oh, it's not looking great. They're hooking up a... Oh my God, they're hooking up the PC to a printer. No.

No, printer, it's too dangerous. I told them the rig is way too valuable to be anywhere near a printer. Yeah, I know. We have to stop them. No, no, no. It's too late because they're downloading a driver. Yeah.

Oh, God. Oh, God. It's an okay. Jacob looks like he's laughing. Uh-oh. Oh, no, no, no, he's sobbing. Oh no. And now he's cursing God.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Oh, I do feel like, uh, I feel like some of these skits go on too much. Haven't you taken enough from us? Well, while our team does some troubleshooting, let's take back the post-apocalypse from hordes of mutants and co-op-op-roglight gun touchables. Gun-touchables. Yeah, there's just too much. too much. It means the world has ended. Welcome to gun touchables. It's not a game. It's a state of mind. It's about having such a cool gun. You're untouchable. That's kind of cool.

Collects in the waste land to help you kick more ass. But your enemies are getting upgraded too. And that's where things heat up. So get ready to blow stuff up and smack stuff with a shovel and shred stuff with a bone saw. Survival is all right. It's about getting badass guns and even more bad-ass upgrades. It's about killing whatever this thing is. Because here in the Apocalypse, you're up against a million maniacal mutants that want nothing more than to pound you in a hamburger meat. There's only one way to survive. And that's to become gun touchable.

Am I the only person? I feel like a lot of games I would be like kind of okay with. I'm like a little bit less accepting of because there's so much. many game releases that are good. Like that's the that's the vibe that I get a lot. It's like yeah this is all right but there's like 10 other games that are good. Another game show again? This is the second game show today. You can believe that. It's been a lot of game shows. That's cool. Ultra kill. Oh, is this the game like Doom, I think? Yeah, I think I saw it. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I remember this. That's kind of cool. Ultra kill's great. Yeah.

It's pretty good. It's like a kill like fucking timer thing, like Devil May Cry. Coming up in the show. Ooh. Well that looks really badass. I want to see what that is. It seems like they saved a lot of the cool looking games for the end. Yeah, these look decent.

Dark Tide D.L. Really? What's this? The prophesized sky. Is this another you're building something that moves around? Like we had this with a train, we had this with a van, and now we have it with like this like weird tower. They're doing a whole lot of these, huh? Yeah.

And this is the superhero dispatch network. I hope you're ready for your first shift. I think I saw a little bit of this before. We're doing this. Hey team, this is your dispatcher. Watch and learn, Sony. How do I mute you? Okay.

That's on when you'll quit. Today's Friday. I don't know, guys. Excusi loves these, does he? I don't know. I've never seen him play one. I think this is okay, but it doesn't look insane. Walk on the bike paradise?

Yeah, of course it's bike paradise. You're inconveniencing all the drivers. You're not in the bike lane. You're probably not following traffic laws. Yeah, that's about right. Wait, what was that? They're so fucking annoying. We have so many people from California.

California now in Austin that we've made bike lanes. It's crazy. The art style for this is pretty good. I like the art style. Games are just weird these days. Nah, these are just smaller indie games. Like a lot of them don't really appeal to me, but I can appreciate, you know, aspects of them. Wheelworld is the rare kind of game that leaves you asking the important questions.

Like, why aren't all the world's bicycles shaped like hot dogs? We can only hope to answer. reveals itself someday. Until then, let's turn our attention to the latest from FBC Firebreak. Firebreak. The next game for remedy. And if my tracker is working properly, it looks like Frankie met up

with the bureau. Is this the guy that she's going to interview? Is this going to be in the other chair? Yeah, this seems decent. Been six years now since we've been locked in with this. I don't care about your day job.

If you can hold a gun... It's a doom close? I mean, good. I'll be frank with you. This ain't an easy shift. But at least you won't be alone. Your fellow firebreakers will have you back. Fight together.

Fixing together. I don't know really how I would feel about playing a game like this. If you can stand your love. This is okay. It'll be more than enough to survive. It's PVP. Is it really? I mean, I don't see any PDP so far.

Uh-oh. Just shoot it. Well, that's kind of cool. I feel like these games are pretty creative with the kinds of weapons they have, at least. Deep Rock with zombies? Yeah. Yeah, this is my understanding

of what Deep Rock Blackwick is. That's the job. Sounds simple enough. Good. I've got a liability waiver here with your name on it. Played Division 2. That trailer was absolutely epic. Delivered on all fronts,

but it did take me back to my student days. It might have been the poster notes, the traffic lights, and the slight feeling of regret in the shower. What have we signed up to? Mike Ayate, the game director of FBC Five Break from Remedy Games. Thank you so much for joining us. Yeah, absolutely. What have we signed up to here?

Yeah, lots, lots. So that was our big launch trailer. We're coming out in just over a week now, so we're really excited to share a lot more of the game, stuff that we haven't shown. A little bit of all of the five jobs in the game. game which are kind of different crises that you have to deal with but yeah so we're getting close now i remember when control came out in 2019 and we're revisiting that world in fbc why was now the right

time to revisit yeah so so right now it was just a great time for us to kind of go back to the eldest house uh we never wanted it to kind of feel like we were retreading on control and that was like definitely something we thought about a lot and one of the reasons why we shifted into a first person perspective so you could kind of go back to you know about that see it from fresh eyes in a different way. I hated control. I didn't play that. I mean, you did have a lot of fun in control.

And also, we're in first person this time. So I play very, very few games. But I play them a lot. And I think as anyone can tell from that trailer, we're extremely like totally to the side of control. And this was a really big challenge for us. Because of course, control was very moody and atmospheric and very like horror tinged.

But of course, it did always have that little edge of absurdity. And speaking to that, this is kind of like why we leaned into that more absurd angle. Yeah, this is ridiculous. was very carefully built for a single-player experience. Since we are sort of a kind of joke around with your mates and just kind of have fun thing, we didn't want to totally betray that franchise,

but we did want to take those kind of recipe components and just flip them around. So we keep that kind of edge of like horror and tension and stakes, and we just add a lot of the absurdity at a higher value. So for example, like you saw Sticky Ricky or gigantic monster made out of sticky notes. In one of our trailers, you know, somebody I think actually shouts like,

actually shouts like Sticky Ricky. Sticky Ricky! Which is to us very, very funny, but that character... That seems like a... Completely terrifying. And Sticky Ricky is joining us today. I don't know. That's...

...it's just getting himself together and maybe he'll answer a few of my questions. Say I don't necessarily have three straight-up fraggers on my team. Are there roles that we can adopt in this game? Yeah, absolutely. So the game is kind of built around a trifecta of... Control is good. Molylea and Hector. ...tools.

these crisis kits. I got to be honest, you're right. A different play style in mind. You right. So we have one that kind of shoots these gigantic like liquid globules you saw in the trailer. And this is for the person we always just imagine. I think millennials will be the new baby boomers, by the way. Paint the world with something.

It's like everybody like in 30 years, everybody will hate us mixed with a defibrillator. For how much we messed everything up. We always have this is like a precision and tactical instrument just because you can kind of relocate yourself and move around easily. And then we have the last really complex tool. which is literally just a wrench. It's just a wrench. It's a gigantic piece of steel. So we made a lot of active decisions

to try to get people right into the gameplay. So that's at the cost of some direct storytelling. But we haven't scrimped any on the world building and the big narrative and what it feels like to be inside of the oldest house. We do associate with these big narrative games. So much imagination. 30 years, more like they hate us now.

Obviously control. Every generation hates millennials, including millennials. Yeah. So why? Yeah, yeah. And to be clear, it's more. fundamentally different. I mean, three of these trailers that straight up just told you to kill yourself. By the way, I personally adore. I started at Remedy as a massive fan of Remedy. So, so this isn't a push

pretty bad, right? But the thing is, is that we, as soon as we started making more than one game at the same time, we just wanted to say, hey, is there a way to kind of like open the doors? If you are a huge control head and you know all the lore and you really love it and you can't convince your friends to try this game out, we wanted to give that kind of step in. So even though it's not really what remedy is today. I do hope that a little over a week from now, it will be part of what remedy is in the future. So, Mike, as an online cooperative shooter,

what does this game look like in, say, a year's time? Yeah, that's a great question, especially because, you know, the online space, I think a lot of people treat it very differently. One of the big things that we're about is avoiding kind of like FOMO, like, engagement, you know, you don't need to check in every day, we're not going to kind of add a timed battle pass. So if you come in on day one, you come, back to us a year from now, all you're going to see is all the great stuff that we add.

And speaking of that, already in this year, we're going to add two more jobs. That adds to the other five game modes that we ship with. Already growing it by about 40% by the end of the year. We've got additional end game systems and lots of plans. I'm just pitching. It's a stapler, like, opened out and just... Okay, I have news for you. There is a stapler in the game.

Is it red? So in the game, actually in that trailer, you probably saw that big traffic light. That's actually called the red light. It's an altered item you may have seen in control. It's now corrupted by the hiss. And in certain settings, it can show up and kind of hit you with the big red light. You're not allowed to move. Any riots today?

Yeah, there's been a lot of riots. There's another one, which is a stapler, which if you are a super controller, you might remember from some of the posters in the oldest house. Look at that later on. Is that a stapler and altered item? And then you see a nice little clip art of a stapler. Well, that stapler actually shows up and it kind of behaves like a fly. It sort of like buzzes around your face and gives, gives all the,

the enemy is a lot of additional health. So yeah, there you go. Where can we sign up? Yeah, lots of ways to play this game. Of course, we're on all the major consoles, on Epic Game Store, or you can head over to Steam where you can wish list the game today. It comes out June 17th, grab your friends, and we hope to see you there.

Well, go and then go clean the oldest house, sign up today. Thank you so much, Mike. Yeah, thank you. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. Ah, the FBC lovely bunch over there for, you know, as long as they last. last.

Hey, didn't we cook up a few trinkets for FBC personnel at some point? I mean, we offered, but spy gadgets just don't hit the same way when you spend your whole day working with evil typewriters and turn your bones backwards. Yeah, you know, that's a fair point. Well, up next, if you've been looking for the perfect excuse to wear a toga, and who hasn't. What's a to go? Here's a look at Ubisoft's next entry in the long-running strategy city builder, Anna 117, Pax Romana.

Yeah, it is Roman. Yeah. Yeah, if you want to be immortalized in innateness, here's a little lesson in greatness. This game apparently people really like it. I've never played it, but it's got a lot of fans. People are positive about it. Fun, a good game, yeah. Oh.

That's clever. Yeah, I don't know what kind of game this actually is, but it looks to. actually is, but it looks cool. Anno is the only good game left at Ubassov. Yeah, I'm not much of a city builder, personally. I mean, this looks nice, though. I mean, if I was a fan of this game series or game type, I feel like I would like this.

Bridge builder? Yeah, guys, I'm gonna build 100 bridges. Yeah, for sure. Actually, this is so, this is like, so Ubisoft sucks 100 dicks, and this is the one bridge that they do build. Remember what I said before? It all makes sense.

Yeah, no, I'm Nate and you're, I mean, I was going to. I thought I told you there's nothing up there. Like what's up there, though? Nothing. There's a tower. Yeah, that's it. When you get to the top of the tower, what's there? Why is that guy like Sam Hyde kind of?

Yeah, this one looks good. I don't think this would be fun for like an average person to play. But like for, for streamers, I feel like this is going to be a great game to watch. There we go. Yeah, it'll be funny. Ooh. Ooh. Oh.

Oh. Oh. Oh. Damn. Probably nothing up there. Does this ass have jiggle physics? I'm pretty sure it does. Well, I guess that's what you call a quality, right?

No shit. Oh, fatty. Damn. Yeah, when that one comes out, I'll play it for sure. That'll be fun to play on stream. And this is, you guys. said this is Warhammer, right? Like Dark Tide? Yeah. I remember McConnell played Berman Tide a lot. He liked it for five minutes how I play it. I could easily see myself playing that game for five minutes and instantly rage quitting. I'm gonna be honest, I definitely could.

Oh, it's another one of these. There sure are a lot of these. Yeah, there's a lot of these games. Watch that special case. I'm gonna watch the rest of that if I finished this. And then I want to look at the riots. I saw a little bit on Twitter. People are really wild now. Uh-oh. They're browning God. I'm sure you're eager to see more of the rig, and I'm eager to show it. So let's check back in with the build and see where things are at. Oh, uh, hi me cat. We have had a slight hiccup.

Looks like Jacob forgot the number one rule of a new PC build. An offering before you start or computer spirits drink your heart. He forgot the sacrifice. I thought it was grounding yourself. Can we scold me later? Oh, but yeah, I guess that's good too. Sit still, Jacob. I don't want to hit any important face.

I am loving how normal things are today. And a quick reminder, you can find every single game from today's show in one place at the PCgamer Steam page. Over at PCgamer.com slash wish list. My own wish list is currently buckling under the strain of so many amazing games. And you know what? of amazing games, here is our next world premiere, a brand new game published by Punkl,

the creator of vampire survivors. Get ready to go, berserk. What? That's it? You just hit the what? It's literally a keyboard smashing game? I wonder what this is going to be like. Wow. I can see that the guy that made vampire survivors made this. Yeah, I can tell. It's actually kind of obvious. It's a game for monkeys, berserk or die. Damn, it's out now. Okay, maybe I should play that soon.

Yeah, it's out right now. Again, did it, right? Yeah. I remember, like, all those photos people had to be playing vampire survivors. Can I find one? Let me see if I still have it. Fuck, where'd it go? Um, let me a second.

Those were the days. Yeah. What a game today? There's a lot of other things I got to do today. I don't know if I'll play it today, but I'll try and find some time to play it soon. So you have to shoot the sun and like turn it off. Ah, that looked all right. Yeah, that looked decent.

Happy to be here. Greetings, Logal Life Forum. What? What? Open your mind. This could be a party. Is that a game boy? Can't pass it up.

Lipo plus. For when you want something, a little. What the fuck? Coming your way. No. Hold on your mind. Aliens, the anomaly. The bend.

We could theoretically send TV through it. We already are. The bend is a planet-wide hallucination and a hope. Everybody seems so anxious to say something that they don't get their facts straight first. Consider the bend as a source of signal intrusions and dangerous interference. This is... The bend is the future. It's our future. Couldn't catch me zoom into any...

into any bend in space. Let us eagerly embrace the abyss. Another dimension. Salivision. Only on blipo. This is a video game? What? Wait, that's a game?

All those games have looked great and wouldn't you know it? We've got even more. What the hell? Check this out. Hey, I'm Felix Chade. I started morbid metal a few years ago as a solo death. Morbid metal. And what began as a small passion project has evolved into something fun.

more ambitious. Let's see it. It hits steam early access to summer and I can't wait to show you more. Wait. Are you? Are you? Are you? Are you? Wait, this is one guy? You play an advanced AI, trapped inside a deadly simulation. Huh? Your mission, explore its beautiful and brutal iterations.

What? Grow stronger and prove your worth to your creator. No, you shouldn't be... No! You control up to three characters. How do you do this? It's a bit like switching weapons in a shooter, except here, that's not. Oh, so it's a gacha game.

Yeah, sure. Guys. For the simulation. You can even chain attacks. Holy shit, an actual game. Do you guys remember? Isn't it crazy what it's like whenever you see video games? And finish your combo with Echo's special.

This is literally just Genshinx an impact for people that aren't middle school girls. It's a variety of powerful enemies, each with their own attack patterns and weaknesses. It's for edgy boys. And at the end of every biome, you'll face powerful bosses. These are dramatic high stakes encounters designed to be tough but rewarding. Each new run reshapes the world. Layouts shift, enemy types change, and you'll have to adapt and make strategic choices to succeed. Choose character upgrades, bugs, or curses that change how you play.

Dude, how is it that one guy does this? Push you to take risks, others offer abilities, rewards, and modifiers, which alter your combat style. Making each run truly used. Started as one guy, I think, because no way. Play the free demo tomorrow. Probably did. It's probably not that many people though. And which is now for early access on August 20th. He just did the game, bro.

Okay. Wow. And then this, yeah. Oh no. I see there's a lot of games like this and then there's this you know what this game is called unresolved trauma uh oh damn

you will forget what are you going to forget love eternal yeah can we go back to the one before this just like real quick 3 okay all right this can be decent Sabre Interactive. Those are the ones that wait that one game.

Uh, Space Marine 2. Bus? Good morning, Emberville. Just get a job! Guys, just get a job! The bus services will start in the tracks and-actria. Just, really! You know you can do this in real life, right?

Yeah. No, I can't just get... no, what? The city council says this will be the test to see if more public infrastructure No, you don't need public infrastructure. Get out there, ride the bus and let your voices be heard. No. Real people suck. Yeah, is there, can there be a crackhead on your bus? How do you handle a crackhead in this game?

Hey, Sean, should we see what's going on in the factory floor? Make sure there's no production line issues holding up the rig. Well, that's a great idea. And I've invented the perfect spy game as of today. Hey, Sean, there is a huge window right behind us. We could just look through that. Look through a window. What is this?

Stone Age. You know, I'm pretty sure they didn't have windows in the Stone Age show. Yeah, they did. I use an obsolete Stone Age technology when the wristwatch I did they? I don't know if they did. It's capable of tracking my steps and hacking into any camera system on the planet instantly. I thought they did. That's actually really amazing, Sean.

That's so glad you like it because I took the liberty and making a Mika model a gift from me to you. Here, tap on the icon and you'll instantly hack into the warehouse cameras. I think that these skits are too long, by the way. A little bit much. Wait, I have to make an account. to use this? Well, it's a free trial for seven days, but then it's only $9.99 a month after that. And look, two-factor authentication for safety. Sean, this is ins- And now I have to connect my Steam account.

It's plot vision as a service. To be fair, this one is funny. Yeah, I'll be fair. That one's actually kind of funny. And the reason why it's funny is because it's so accurate. What's this? So, oh, got it. I mean, this is an interesting idea. It's cool. What's in the what's in there? Atmos farm. Oh, good one. Cool. Survival game is bad. I don't think so what is this is the same game. Isn't this what marathon was supposed to be?

Wait, don't tell me this game's gonna look better than marathon and there's like two guys that made it, right? Am I crazy for saying that like I think this is the vibe that Marathon should have had? Like that's what I kind of expected, right? Find me a sequel to the marathon. I don't know what, what do you say, guys? I'll say there's a lot of, there is a lot of visual clutter. Void breaker, that looks badass. Yeah, I like that a lot.

What's this? Oh, it's a girl game. Oh, it's a, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. If your testosterone levels are above, seven you can't play this yeah it's a cozy game i actually think isn't it crazy how they've successfully rebranded boring into cozy like i really i'm shocked that they were able to do that why would you keep following her at the very end it seemed kind of interesting

you know it's about time someone made a cozy life sim filled with supernatural really is it about time and of course it's from blumhouse games you know i often felt that the only missing from Starter Valley was the ever-present danger of murder. So this should hopefully scratch an edge. And Grave Seasons isn't the only world premiere horror game we've got for you. Feasterize on this. Is this a game for Democrats? Is that true? On this most auspicious of nights.

I would like to raise a toast. New friends. I bid you welcome to the club. We've got to get out of here. Is this? This will help. Candle Barra. I'll check for anything on the floor.

Oh. The terrible curse has drawn you together. But fear threatens to drive you apart. Did you seriously rob me? Is that blood? God, oh God. Keep a car. I mean, that was gratuitous.

I mean, that was gratuitous. You'll need to decide who you can trust. Is somebody there? What the fuck is this? I don't know. Eyes of hellfire. Dude, I don't know about that. I don't know about that. Born of the abyss, vampire the masquerade bloodlines,

unofficial patch, Doom 3 Phobos, and more mods join GOG. Pre-installed and ready to play. That's cool. Smooth as never before. It's good that Steam has competition, know i love steam it's good to have other platforms out there it is it's great i'm happy to see that which by restoring cut content hopefully it continues to introducing entirely new quests characters and experiences breathe new life into classic

titles oblivion go go g actually own games yeah you do this year oh they're gonna put sky oblivion on there that's cool get some fast food velocity noodles fast food fast food of this What the hell is it? That's kind of cool. Ooh, free money. Hotline Miami inspired. Yeah, there's a lot of games like this. I mean, it's a pretty good, a good concept.

Velocity noodles, microwave the establishment. Nice. What? All right. Sean, by using my advanced spy technology of looking out the window, I think the rig is just about ready to boot up. Hey, Frankie, how are we doing in there? I think we are just about ready to power this bad boy up.

What do you think, Jay Money? She's ready to roar. Sean, would you like to do the honors? What the hell is that? Guys, I thought you'd never ask. It's alive! What's alive? Where is it?

Oh my, wait, so it turns on? It's beautiful. Wow. It calls to me. I love it more than any parent could love their child. love that child. As a mother, I take offense to that. But in this case, I'll allow it.

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Smart. in 14 countries and I'm not about to add another. So head on over to PCgamer.com slash survey now. Get your hat in the ring. So our build might be finished, but we've still got more games to show. So let's take a look. Next game. Oh, oh.

May the Lord protect me from the evil within. May the Lord protect me from the evil within. Uh-huh. Oh my god Oh my god Well, that was the game. Oh, okay Yes, yes, yes, big money Yes, you've unlocked yes

Oh my god And now you're winning? You have to pay out your debt? You're a crackhead, no spins, kill yourself, do it again Oh, I'm gonna play the fuck out of that. That's a real game. Finally. Finally, some real quality content. This looks amazing.

I love the style. I love this. That looks really cool. Another gun making game. Pre-dume graphics? I feel like style matters a lot more than fidelity. Like style means everything. Fidelity doesn't really make a big difference.

Like this game has relatively good fidelity, but The other game I just saw before that's more exciting to me than this. Weir Play Fusion, a studio done playing by AAA rules who still believe games belong to players. Really? Really? Really? Where the FPS capture the flag reimagining where strategy collides with chaos. I think that more indie devs shouldn't say that they don't want to be like AAA publishing.

I think it just opens them up for criticism. It's not like it's just a bad, it's like the, uh, it's like the, uh, Edmund Mcmillan of the binding of Isaac. This here's Tyler Glay. Oh. Yeah. We're coming to you from Santa Cruz, California. Oh. This is the amazing atheist.

This is not a wig. Yeah. Number two, we got a game coming out soon. Yeah. Here's the trailer. Yeah. What seems to be going out with a little guy? Yeah, I think my cat's sick.

Yeah. He's got a broken neck. He has horrible IBS. His mouth and one of his ears are missing. His soul is removed by a con-darian demon. What? Oh. He's taking a shotgun to the face a couple times.

What? He's got rabbi some pretty shards. I'm pretty sure. He's made a deal with the devil. He was stabbed repeatedly in the neck, chest, face, and hair. He's incredibly dehydrated. No way. It's a fucking way. Oh. He was crowed by aliens. He was mowed by a large headless beef.

It's a big meat situation. Meegynics. Coming to steam February 10th, 2026. Meat Canyon. is involved with that game, I've got to play that, man. A magnificent gaming PC that you could win. Yeah. I think I might have to play that one.

Survey for a chance to claim the rig. Yeah. Mika, have you noticed that since powering her up, we've been hearing that annoying, super ominous voice? Yeah, kind of like we tore the very fabric of our plane of existence and brought through this terrifying unknown being drawn in by the awesome processing power of the rig. Oh, thank God.

It's not just me. No, it's not. And you know what, I know we shouldn't mess with whatever this is, but... Yeah, there's just too many cutaways. Way too many cutaways. God, same. But okay, listen, listen, the show's almost done. So let's finish strong and agree to stop messing with whatever is saying, the rig.

Okay. Great idea. Let's close out the show the same way we began with a trio of exclusive world premieres. All right, let's get them. Let's see it. Mason, there's a four former surgeon at Westwood Hospital. You've been brought here to perform a surgery This is a video game

What the fuck? Like there's no way this is real like These are actual actors Paul Mason, former surgeon at Westwood Hospital I don't know how but I think we've done this already Oh Oh the one is the way out of here This is like an active like game

Dead reset Cool idea Interactive horror Yeah yeah okay Alright yeah I would I would maybe try that That'd be interesting to play on stream at least What's this bullshit

Wander through an alien city Oh my god It must be Los Angeles Oh wait nothing's on fire It's not Or just hang out Yeah that's what this is exactly what I wanted Where will your lakes take you

Off a close Burn band? That's a weird way of pronouncing bold. Xbox events smoke this. I don't know, guys. It's a real tough one. Ooh, ooh, ooh. Oh.

Oh. So you get to eat sheep? I actually think this is really cool. Yeah. That's kind of cool. Big? Oh, it gets really big. Okay, I like that.

Mortal engines, yeah. It's like that game with the snakes where they can eat each other, but it's like a whole fuck. Yeah, this is a really cool idea. Wanderbird. Yeah, I'd say fuck that. What a spectacular show that was. The games, the race.

Yeah, that actually looks pretty decent. The gadgets, the non-lethal electrocutions, the thermal paste. Oh my God, the thermal paste. And speaking of gadgets, we've got time to show off one last. little invention of ours. What is it? Oh, goody! Is it a bomb?

Inside this keyboard is a hidden compartment for storing hand encrypted messages, and I've left a special farewell message for the viewers. We have just got to crack it open. Okay, let's do it. Where is it? Yeah, this is just a normal keyboard. It's Jim's from accounting.

Poor guy, can't catch a win. And this soon after the divorce? Wow. A reminder to everyone. Thermal paste isn't food. A big thanks to Frankie and Jacob for building the rig. And thanks of course to all of you. Oh shit, okay.

We'll have to work super hard to top this when the PC gaming show Most Wanted returns in December. Thanks for watching. So, um... See you in December, everyone. So I think this show was like, I mean, I think that they did a little bit, they had too many cutaways and not enough game trailers. Like the ratio like it's like it's time tell me when okay Okay, everyone to the PC gaming show free show Okay let me mute this now all right or I'll turn it down by a lot

Um so like I feel like this show could have been a lot better but it's like an and I know like we got the same criticism with OTK Games Expo where it's like most people are there to watch you they don't really want to see you they're there to see the game really. Like, they want to see the games not necessarily want to see you. So, like, the more that you're on screen, the more annoying it can be for them. And, like, I get it, right? I get it. But at the same time, like, uh, like, I think it's, it's good to have a few jokes and, like, funny things that you say. Kind of like Jeff Keely does this, right? But, like, it's, it's very measured and, like, it never lasts more than, like, 10 seconds. And I think that's kind of the main thing that they, it drags the show. It does. It does drag the show. And,

you remember with the OTK Games Expo, it was like a three-hour show or four-hour show. It's too long. And like, so, like, this is a, this one was a two-hour show. And they showed probably the same amount of games that the Xbox showcase did. So how did that happen? And, yeah, Devolver does it right? Yeah, it's a balancing act. Yeah, it is a balancing act. And like, this is, again, I mean, I like the show. I watch it every single time. It's not really, like, it's, it's criticism not hate. I just think that, like, you know, cut down on like maybe 30% of the scale. gets or make them shorter. And I think the show would be a lot more succinct and it wouldn't be as frustrating to viewers.

And like, again, I'm saying viewers, like, as in, like, my viewers and just, like, sentiment that I've read. I mean, I'm sure some people enjoyed the show. But, like, this is just my opinion, right? Mm. Wasting our time? Yeah, yeah, that's about it. And so anyway, I'm watching, uh, I'm only watching it because of day nine.

Well, I think a lot of people, I mean, day nine's great. I thought Frankie was good. The girl that Day 9 was with was fine too. Like everybody that, you know, she had good delivery of the jokes, everything. Like I would say it was a relatively good show from a technical perspective. But it's just, again, there's just like a lot of kind of noise that these shows sometimes have. And that noise gets in a way, gets in the way of the message of the show, right? And so that's really the way I see it.

And what's this here? And the show isn't worth our feedback. Well, I mean, I think it is because they're going to keep doing it, right? So that's what I think. Even if people that enjoyed the show can probably agree with the skits were too long. Yeah, yeah, no doubt. But, like, that's my opinion in general. And, yeah, no hate and anything like that.

But, yeah, that's kind of what I think.