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In this week's episode, we're unpacking Street Fighter 6 with the expert who reviewed the game for us, special guest Elijah Gonzalez. For the rest of the show, we go around the horn to make our wild predictions for Summer Game Fest and all of the adjacent showcases with some humorous (and harmonious) stakes on the line before diving into a couple of listener questions. 


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Follow us on social media: Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), Charles Harte (@chuckduck365), Elijah Gonzalez (@eli_gonzalez11)


The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday for a chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.


Matt Storm, the freelance audio editor for The Game Informer Show, edited this episode. Matt is an experienced podcast host and producer who's been speaking into a microphone for over a decade. You should listen to Matt's shows like the "Fun" And Games Podcast and Reignite, a BioWare-focused podcast. 

Jump to the timestamps to get to a particular point of discussion:


00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:31 - Street Fighter 6

00:30:55 - Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

00:34:12 - Showcase Discussion

00:38:21 - Showcase Predictions

01:15:15 - Housekeeping and Listener Questions

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew reacts to the recent Mortal Kombat 1 reveal and talks about why Mortal Kombat 11's story is significant, shares details behind Game Informer's Planet of Lana review, Marcus' hands-on preview of Exoprimal, and more discussion about The Legend Of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. At the end of the show, Marcus interviews WWE tag team Pretty Deadly about their history with games and their inclusion in WWE 2K23. 


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Follow us on social media: Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard)


The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday for a chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.


Matt Storm, the freelance audio editor for The Game Informer Show, edited this episode. Matt is an experienced podcast host and producer who's been speaking into a microphone for over a decade. You should listen to Matt's shows like the "Fun" And Games Podcast and Reignite, a BioWare-focused podcast. 


Jump to the timestamps to get to a particular point of discussion:


00:00:00 - Intro


00:08:57 - Mortal Kombat 1 Reveal


00:11:33 - Mortal Kombat 11 Spoilers Begin


00:15:47 - Mortal Kombat 11 Spoilers End


00:21:41 - Street Fighter 6 Open Beta


00:29:33 - Planet of Lana Review


00:45:54 - Exoprimal


01:01:15 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom


01:13:25 - PlayStation Showcase Predictions


01:15:15 - House Keeping and Listener Questions


01:19:09 - Interview with Pretty Deadly

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew reveals our next magazine cover story, featuring Final Fantasy XVI, which sent Wesley across the ocean to Square Enix Japan. Afterward, we dive into a 30-minute spoiler-free discussion about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and share our thoughts on the game. Of course, Hyrule wasn't the only world we explored this week, as Lego 2K Drive and Humanity, created in part by Tetris Effect creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi, were released on May 16. 


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Follow us on social media: Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), Wesley LeBlanc (@LeBlancWes)


The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday for a chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.


Matt Storm, the freelance audio editor for The Game Informer Show, edited this episode. Matt is an experienced podcast host and producer who's been speaking into a microphone for over a decade. You should listen to Matt's shows like the "Fun" And Games Podcast and Reignite, a BioWare-focused podcast. 


Jump to the timestamps to get to a particular point of discussion:


00:00:00 - Intro


00:03:32 - Cover Story: Final Fantasy XVI


00:09:24 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom


00:43:59 - Lego 2K Drive


00:53:30 - Humanity


01:05:42 - Housekeeping and Listener Questions

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew discusses their time playing the biggest game of 2023, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Join Kyle Hilliard and Brian Shea, alongside hosts Alex Van Aken and Marcus Stewart, for a deep dive into our latest Zelda review. We are returning to the world we fell in love with in 2017's Breath of the Wild, but nothing is the same, resulting in a fresh and unique experience that rewards imagination. 


For folks interested in other games, later in the show we discuss Darkest Dungeon II, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and a disaster involving The Last Case of Benedict Fox. 


Watch the video version of our weekly gaming podcast right here:





Follow us on social media: Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), Brian Shea (@BrianPShea)


The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday for a chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.


Matt Storm, the freelance audio editor for The Game Informer Show, edited this episode. Matt is an experienced podcast host and producer who's been speaking into a microphone for over a decade. You should listen to Matt's shows like the "Fun" And Games Podcast and Reignite, a BioWare-focused podcast. 


Jump to the timestamps to get to a particular point of discussion:


00:00:00 - Intro


00:02:27 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom


00:32:38 - Darkest Dungeon II


00:41:29 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor


00:50:53 - The Last Case of Benedict Fox


00:59:41 - House Keeping and Listener Questions

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew dives deep into our Redfall review, tries to pinpoint where Bethesda and Arkane Austin went wrong, and discusses the game's strengths and shortcomings. Later in the show, Charles shares his thoughts about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor after beating it, and then Marcus talks about a new 2D Metroidvania called The Last Case of Benedict Fox.


Watch the video version of our weekly gaming podcast right here:





Follow us on social media: Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), Charles Harte (@Chuckduck365)


The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday for a chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.


Matt Storm, the freelance audio editor for The Game Informer Show, edited this episode. Matt is an experienced podcast host and producer who's been speaking into a microphone for over a decade. You should listen to Matt's shows like the "Fun" And Games Podcast and Reignite, a BioWare-focused podcast. 


Jump to the timestamps to get to a particular point of discussion:


00:00:00 - Intro


00:05:12 - Video Game Collectables and Collecting


00:22:09 - Redfall


00:56:56 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor


01:07:49 - The Last Case of Benedict Fox


01:17:50 - House Keeping and Listener Questions

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, we chat about our Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom preview and ask Brian Shea as many questions as we can think about the game. Editor-In-Chief Matt Miller joins us in the latter half of the podcast to talk about his Star Wars Jedi: Survivor review and Marcus' thoughts on Horizon Forbidden West's Burning Shores DLC.


Watch the video version of our weekly gaming podcast right here:





Follow us on social media: Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), Wesley LeBlanc (@LeBlancWes)


The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday for a chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.


Matt Storm, the freelance audio editor for The Game Informer Show, edited this episode. Matt is an experienced podcast host and producer who's been speaking into a microphone for over a decade. You should listen to Matt's shows like the "Fun" And Games Podcast and Reignite, a BioWare-focused podcast. 


Jump to the timestamps to get to a particular point of discussion:


00:00:00 - Intro


00:04:37 - Hands-On: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom


00:37:26 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor


01:04:38 - Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores


01:19:35 - Housekeeping and Listener Questions