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The Best Indie Game Reveals of Summer 2023 Jun 10, 2023

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Although PlayStation and Xbox are stealing the spotlight in this 2023 summer of game events, there have been a ton of smaller indie-focused showcases over the past few days with some really amazing looking titles on the horizon. On this episode of Wavelengths I wanted to highlight my 19 favorite indie game announcements that might have flown under the radar.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Hello AGAIN!

1:02 - Beastie Ball

2:08 - Hyper Light Breaker

3:14 - Viewfinder

4:17 - Cart Life

5:32 - Helskate

6:49 - Summerhill

7:21 - Cocoon

8:24 - Airborne Empire

9:21 - Frogsong

9:48 - Bubblegum Galaxy

11:06 - Station to Station

11:37 - Baladins

12:21 - Smushi Come Home

12:51 - Unpacking Mobile

13:31 - Venba

14:06 - En Garde!

14:33 - Lords of the Fallen

15:26 - Life By You

16:15 - C-Smash VRS

17:34 - What about YOU?

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Music provided by:

- Elijah Lee – Trapped in My Mind

- Provided by Lofi Records

- Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA

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A Summer Game Fest 2023 Recap with Stephen Hilger Jun 09, 2023

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Summer Game Fest 2023 has wrapped and I've brought Stephen Hilger, friend and cohost of Into the Aether, to talk all about our favorite announcements. Also, because how could we not, we talk about that Persona 3 remake that leaked.

Follow Stephen: https://twitter.com/stephenhilger

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Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - Hello Stephen!

3:35 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

5:25 - Mortal Kombat 1 Gameplay

8:09 - Exoprimal x Street Fighter 6 Crossover

10:58 - Remnant 2 Release Date Trailer

13:05 - Sonic Superstars

14:11 - Lies of P Demo

18:35 - Baldur's Gate 3 Casts Jason Isaacs

20:32 - Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

21:48 - Lysfangha: The Time Shift Warrior

22:58 - Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis

25:50 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

30:58 - Persona 3 Reload Leak

33:55 - Bye bye!

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Get the audio version of the show:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078

Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r

And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths

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Music provided by:

- Elijah Lee – Trapped in My Mind

- Provided by Lofi Records

- Watch: https://youtu.be/zpYgbeqMaxA

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Two Legendary Remakes On the Way? Jun 07, 2023

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Two games I've always wanted to play are finally (allegedly!!) getting some remakes, let's talk about them!

--- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro

0:37 - Persona 3 Remake

5:11 - Final Fantasy IX Remake

9:12 - Help me out

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Sources:

Persona 3 Remake

https://personacentral.com/p3re-domain/

https://www.anime-expo.org/ax/schedule-2023/

https://twitter.com/Persona_Central/status/1645225760288899072?s=20

Final Fantasy IX Remake

https://youtu.be/YL8eRl0fGoE?t=1812

https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-leaked-games-list-pc/

Other Stories

https://twitter.com/kojipro2015_en/status/1666414840867602433

https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1666111039736258561

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23750797/western-digital-xbox-storage-expansion-card-price-release-date

How Arkane Studios Lost 70% of its Staff Making Redfall Jun 01, 2023

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Read Jason's piece here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-01/arcane-s-redfall-misfire-for-xbox-panned-after-7-5-billion-microsoft-deal Today we delve into the newly uncovered story of Redfall, a critically and commercially disappointing game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios that now has me asking a lot of questions about Microsoft, Starfield, and live-service games as a whole. --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bbhttps://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:04 - Where did Redfall come from? 7:51 - What went wrong? 15:53 - On "live-service" games

Rumor vs Reality: A Playstation Showcase 2023 Recap May 25, 2023

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This week on Wavelengths I’m covering all of the biggest game and hardware announcements from The Playstation Showcase 2023! The reception to the event seems mixed — a lot of which has to do with lofty expectations fueled by the rumor mill and leaks — but when you take a step back the event was honestly pretty solid overall. We saw a bunch of new games from recent Playstation Studios acquisitions like Fairgames from Haven Studios and Concord from Firewalk Studios, along with a huge list of third-party titles to get stoked about. We also saw the official announcement of the weirdest piece of hardware I’ve seen in a long time: Project Q. --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bbhttps://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Welcome back! 0:34 - On Expectation Management 4:58 - “Where were the first party games?” 10:51 - Helldivers 2 11:51 - Ghostrunner 2 12:40 - Sword of the Sea 13:32 - The Talos Principle 2 14:08 - Neva 14:51 - Foamstars 17:25 - The Plucky Squire 18:45 - Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake 21:45 - Alan Wake 2 24:00 - Assassin’s Creed Mirage 26:20 - Revenant Hill 27:26 - Dragon’s Dogma 2 (!!) 29:38 - PSVR 2 32:53 - Destiny 2 34:10 - Marathon 36:15 - Concord 38:13 - Project Q and Earbuds 42:36 - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

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The Most Anticipated Game of the Year Has Leaked May 03, 2023

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Hello and welcome back to Wavelengths! This week we're talking at length about the discourse surrounding the leaked gameplay from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and whether news outlets like Kotaku should cover those kinds of stories. Afterwards, get ready for even MORE discourse as we talk about the new Xbox console exclusive Redfall from Arkane Studios and its overwhelmingly negative reception.

--- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb Writing: https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro

0:34 - Young Horses releases new game experiments

2:33 - Armored Core VI release date leaked

5:05 - Star Trek: Resurgence coming VERY soon

7:03 - Go play Kenny Sun's games

8:06 - Thank you so much for being here 💕

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Octodad Team Drops FOUR New Steam Games for FREE Apr 25, 2023

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Welcome to the first official episode of Wavelengths! Thank you to everyone who tuned in for the test episodes over the past month. I am back from my vacation, ~almost~ done getting over a cold, and am ready to sit in the news chair yet again and finally launch this thing.

Today we're talking about a bunch of game announcements to throw on your radar including a few that are out right now! --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb Writing: https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro

0:34 - Young Horses releases new game experiments

2:33 - Armored Core VI release date leaked

5:05 - Star Trek: Resurgence coming VERY soon

7:03 - Go play Kenny Sun's games

8:06 - Thank you so much for being here 💕

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PlayStation's New Handheld is Deeply Confusing Apr 05, 2023

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Tom Henderson is reporting that Sony is working on a new PlayStation handheld device that will ~not~ be used for cloud gaming or native games, but is instead only to be used for Remote Play via the PlayStation 5. On today's episode of Wavelengths we're talking about how strange that is. *Device mockup in the thumbnail from Insider Gaming's piece LINKS: Persona 5 Music: https://youtu.be/Uq7kyf1T_lk Tom's piece: https://insider-gaming.com/playstation-handheld/ Dave2D on the Ally: https://youtu.be/drLZxyv79Oo Wulff Den with the G Cloud: https://youtu.be/mPXRP3ap-Ks My Short from yesterday: https://youtube.com/shorts/efGnTGWcki8?feature=share --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bbhttps://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:24 - Catching up on the rumors 5:10 - The PlayStation Q Lite 8:41 - Can't we already do this? 10:28 - Bye bye : ) --- ⏆

The Right Way to Make a Street Fighter Movie w/ Tamoor Hussain Apr 04, 2023

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Brendon is joined by GameSpot and Giant Bomb's Tamoor Hussain to chat about the news that Legendary Pictures is working on a live-action Street Fighter Movie.

Follow Tam: https://twitter.com/tamoorh --- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:26 - Talking Street Fighter

16:18 - Bye bye! --- See the video version of the show: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrIIXXmVKMHocU1ZduZXezQ/ --- ⏆

The Thing About E3... Mar 31, 2023

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E3 has officially been cancelled for 2023, and all signs are pointing to it never returning again. In this episode of Wavelengths we pour one out for the industry's biggest event before tackling some great new game releases, break down Netflix's best games (there are a lot of them!), and chat about Nintendo's big gameplay reveal for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Backloggd list of great Netflix Games releases: https://www.backloggd.com/u/brendonbigley/list/netflix-games-a-quick-list-of-reccs/

--- Feel free to follow me elsewhere! Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley Mastodon: https://theaether.space/@bb Blog: https://wavelengths.online --- Chapters: 0:00 - Intro

0:16 - E3 is dead, long live E3

7:42 - Vampire Survivors DLC Incoming

8:50 - Voice of Cards Trilogy

10:50 - Terra Nil

11:47 - Netflix's game lineup rules

14:37 - Tears of the Kingdom and verbs

22:23 - Goodbye! Thanks for listening! --- Get the audio version of the show: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hmt3yHTovQmEcqzhZdl8T Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wavelengths-with-brendon-bigley/id1677660078 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/x6p7ni3r And more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itswavelengths --- ⏆