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Thanks to various illnesses, this week The Game Informer Show is a two-person affair – The Marcus and Kyle show, if you will. We discuss the fantastic Resident Evil 4 remake and enlist the help of the community to make a list of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games we want to play on Switch. We also talk about our time with the Exoprimal beta, check in on Wo Long potentially one last time, and Marcus talks WWE 2K23 and Bayonetta Origins: Whatever the Subtitle Is.





Follow us on social media: Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), Game Informer on TikTok (@game_informer)


The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join your normal 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.



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00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:27 - Resident Evil 4 Remake Review

00:16:06 - The Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games we want on Switch

00:42:59 - Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty potential final check in

00:48:01 - Exoprimal

00:59:27 - WWE 2K23 review

01:14:16 - Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon review

01:26:53 - Outro

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, Suriel Vazquez makes his triumphant return, and we celebrate our latest issue, The Indie Issue featuring Sea of Stars. Kyle played eight hours of Sea of Stars and spoke with the developers so he shares that experience, the crew tries to figure out what it means to be an indie game in 2023, and then we run down some of our personal favorite indie games of all time before answering a few community questions.





Follow us on social media: Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), Suriel Vazquez (@SurielVazquez)


The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join your normal 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 podcast. 


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


00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:19 - Cover Story/Sea of Stars

00:13:11 - Indie Games Discussion

01:08:32 - The Playlist/Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

01:10:43 - Birth

01:14:09 - Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

01:18:57 - Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

01:22:50 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

01:33:26 - Questions and Housekeeping

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew discusses Team Ninja's latest Soulslike, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, and why it might be a sleeper hit. Wesley comes back from New York City to discuss his hands-on time with Final Fantasy XVI; and then we chat about Atomic Heart's very weird open world. 





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 podcast. 


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


00:00:00 - Introduction


00:02:12 - Final Fantasy XVI Preview


00:15:46 - The Playlist/Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty


00:31:49 - Atomic Heart


00:52:08 - Double Fine's PsychOdyssey


01:04:46 - Housekeeping

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew discusses why Atomic Heart is a game of many extremes, including jaw-dropping environments and some of the worst writing in recent memory. Alex, Kyle, and Blake also discuss Game Informer's Like A Dragon: Ishin! review and answer listener questions about which game is best for players looking to explore the Yakuza series. Lastly, Kyle tells us why Resident Evil Village VR is the best game on PSVR 2. 





Follow us on social media: Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), Blake Hester (@MetallicaIsRad)


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 podcast. 


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


00:00:00 - Introduction


00:02:13 - Like a Dragon: Ishin


00:18:43 - Atomic Heart


00:34:11 - Resident Evil Village VR


00:44:47 - Runner


00:47:07 - The Darkness II


00:53:20 - Housekeeping and Listener Questions

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, returning guest Jesse Vitelli (Staff Writer, Prima Games) joins Alex and Kyle to chat about Game Informer's PlayStation VR2 review and why Horizon Call of The Mountain is a disappointing launch title for the new virtual reality headset. During The Playlist, the crew shares their early impressions of EA's take on the monster-hunting genre in the new release Wild Hearts, and then Alex shares a positive review of The Pokémon TCG's latest Crown Zenith expansion. Before the podcast wraps up, we answer listener questions about whether PSVR2 is worth its large price tag. 





Follow us on social media: Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), Jesse Vitelli (@JesseVitelli)


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 podcast. 


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


00:00:00 - Introduction


00:02:03 - PSVR2 Review


00:07:56 - Horizon Call of the Mountain Review


00:19:18 - The Playlist/ Wild Hearts Release Impressions


00:30:35 - Pokémon TCG: Crown Zenith


00:41:06 - Housekeeping and Listener Questions

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew excitedly outlines a few big reveals from yesterday's Nintendo Direct, including flying machines in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and a collection of Game Boy games being released on Nintendo Switch yesterday alongside a surprise launch of Metroid Prime Remastered. Following news of a canceled single-player Titanfall game set in its shared universe with Apex Legends, the guys speculate about what happened to the project and share their ideas for what the game could've looked like. 


During The Playlist, we discuss the first hour of Octopath Traveller II, Goldeneye 007, Metroid Prime Remastered, and The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap. 





Follow us on social media: Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken), Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard), 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 podcast. 


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


00:00:00 - Intro


00:02:45 - Single-Player Game Set In Titanfall, Apex Legends Universe Cancellation


00:16:05 - February 8th Nintendo Direct Reactions


00:40:51 - The Playlist/Octopath Traveler II


00:50:21 - Game Boy and GBA Games On Switch


01:02:37 - Goldeneye 007


01:11:33 - Housekeeping