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The Signing Of Isaac (Metal Gear Solid movie, Twin Mirror, Unto The End) Dec 08, 2020

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On this week's show, we discuss Oscar Isaac in the Metal Gear Solid movie, the departures at BioWare, we've got a Twin Mirror review for you and loads more. It's time for your recap of the last seven days in PC video gaming.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac being cast as Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie (and we cast the rest of the film ourselves), there's some chat on what the recent departures at BioWare could mean (the answer is maybe nothing?) and Colm tells a very sad story involving the Nvidia 3060 Ti in Tech Corner.

In Show And Tell, Colm goes in on his time with the very underwhelming, and times a bit funny, Twin Mirror. He had a much nicer time with wholesome stealth game, El Hijo - A Wild West Tale. Meanwhile, Matthew's been playing the Playdead-inspired, combat-heavy Unto The End.

Because of the Dragon Age talk in the last few days (and the news we anticipate coming from The Game Awards), this week's Mystery Steam Reviews is all about western RPGs. It results in maybe the oddest MSR ever. And we round out the show by opening The Weekspot mailbag in Burning Questions.

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#16: Fenyx Nice Dec 01, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly recap on the last seven days in PC video games.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss the recently announced Hitman 3 location, Chongqing, and what that the future might hold for Ian Hitman. As well as that, CD Projekt Red’s CEO has said that Cyberpunk 2077’s multiplayer will be a standalone thing, so there’s some speculation on that. Plus, some chatter on Marvel’s Avengers sales and a Microsoft Flight Simulator update that might interest UK-based players.

In Show And Tell, Matthew and Colm chat about Zelda-like, Immortals: Fenyx Rising. Ubisoft’s latest open world game doesn’t hit the heights Matthew wants from something that feels so inspired by Breath Of The Wild, but both still agree that they want to see more games like it.

In tribute to our American cousins and their recent celebration of food and drink, Mystery Steam Reviews centres on video games that have a large food and/or drink element. Naturally enough, things get a little heated. And we open The Weekspot mailbag in Burning Questions.

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#15: Bond, Games Bond Nov 24, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly recap on the last seven days in PC video games.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, there’s plenty of speculation on what Hitman developer IO Interactive might do with the recently announced Project 007, we wonder what audience is The Game Awards serving, and we wonder what dead celebrities almost showed up in Cyberpunk 2077.

In Show And Tell, Matthew talks about his time with the PS5 controller, the DualSense, and what it could potentially do for PC players. Meanwhile, Colm’s been having a lovely time in Giant Squid’s pretty exploration game, The Pathless.

Given all the chatter around the new video game boxes, Mystery Steam Reviews focuses on PC ports of once console exclusives, and we open The Weekspot mailbag in Burning Questions.

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#14: Fuser Generated Content Nov 17, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly recap on the last seven days in PC video games.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss the Elden Ring mention in the big Phil Spencer interview, Yakuza producer Daisuke Sato saying that he’d like to get involved with a Sonic The Hedgehog game, streamers suffering from DMCA takedowns, and we’ve got an important Tech Corner for you that revolves around vaping into electronics.

In Show And Tell, Colm’s overjoyed to be discussing a great music game! Harmonix’s Fuser has totally blown him away. Meanwhile, Matthew’s been enjoying the melodies of the wonderful Tetris Effect: Connected.

As well as that, Mystery Steam Reviews goes faux-retro as we look at modern games that use pixel art. And we open The Weekspot mailbag in Burning Questions. And, after a few weeks of limited updates, we’ve got Greta Surname on the show to discuss whether or not Mr. Spielberg will ever appear on The PC Gaming Weekspot.

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#13: The Valhalla Effect Nov 09, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly recap on the last seven days in PC video games.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss the Mass Effect 4 (?) announcement from BioWare, EA saying that Battlefield is coming back next year, and we discuss what the launches of the PS5 and Xbox Series X could mean for PC.

In Show And Tell, Matthew going in on his time with one of 2020’s most anticipated viking simulators, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Castle has been a busy boy this week, as he’s also been playing Colm’s most anticipated game of 2020, Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Thankfully – because he’d burst, otherwise – Colm’s also been playing it, so the two compare notes on the JRPG. And, to top it all off, Colm’s been feeding Bugsnax to strangers in the weird and wonderful new game from developer Young Horses.

As well as that, we’ve got a controversial Mystery Steam Reviews for you, as MSR centres on games set in the United Kingdom. And we open The Weekspot mailbag in Burning Questions.

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#12: Cyberpunk 1210 Nov 02, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly recap on the last seven days in PC video games.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss the Cyberpunk 2077 delay (and everything that happened around CD Projekt Red in the last week), Ubisoft delaying Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine, the Final Fantasy 16 protagonist being called Clive and we have an in-depth report on the Radeon RX 600 graphics cards.

In Show And Tell, Colm and Matthew discuss their time playing Ubisoft’s big London hack ‘em up, Watch Dogs Legion. And, on top of that, Colm’s been playing the latest game from developer Supermassive Games: Little Hope. Spoiler: it wasn’t the Until Dawn-like he so desperately wants.

As well as that, Mystery Steam Reviews is (almost timely) and revolves around scary games, and we open The Weekspot mailbag in Burning Questions.

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#11: One Last Death Stranding Oct 26, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly podcast about the last seven days in PC video games.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss Kojima Productions’ next game (and whether it might be Death Stranding 2), the former StarCraft 2 devs at Frost Giant Studios and their mission to bring RTS to the masses, Alex Hutchinson arguing that streamers should pay developers, Gears 5 DLC and we go in-depth on Intel and their 7nm CPUs!

In Show And Tell, Matthew chats about his time with the vicious Mirror’s Edge-ish Ghostrunner. It’s quite hard. Meanwhile, Colm’s been enjoying an early build of the creepy Little Nightmares 2.

On top of that we’ve got a water-based edition of Mystery Steam Reviews, and we open The Weekspot mailbag in Burning Questions.

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#10: Diamond In The Ruffian Oct 19, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly recap on the last seven days in PC video gaming.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss Rockstar Games snapping up Crackdown developer Ruffian Games, Phil Spencer’s had some thoughts on the Bethesda purchase and the whereabouts of Banjo-Kazooie and Conker, and we enter tech corner to discuss -- in-depth -- AMD's Ryzen 5000 CPUs… again.

Following on from last week’s Yakuza: Like A Dragon chat, Colm’s played Streets of Kamurocho (one of Sega’s 60th birthday freebies). He’s also had a go on Golden Axed, which leads to The Weekspot boys chatting about a recent Twitter thread from the prototype’s programmer. Matthew’s been scratching his Desperados-shaped itch with some Partisans 1941, and while it may not be up to the standard of the Western from earlier this year, he still enjoyed his time with it.

On top of that we’ve got a 2013 edition of Mystery Steam Reviews, we take your Burning Questions, and the biggest interview in PC games is definitely not going to happen this week. But Greta pops by (via email).

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#09: Like A Dragon Kart Oct 12, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly recap on the last seven days in PC video gaming.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss xCloud on PC, Crystal Dynamics’ promise to pull back Marvel's Avengers players, Her Story developer Sam Barlow on a Silent Hill: Shattered Memories-like game, and we enter tech corner to discuss -- in-depth -- AMD's Ryzen 5000 CPUs.

Colm’s spent a few hours in Yokohama, in Yakuza: Like A Dragon, and has come with opinions on the new RPG combat, as well as all the new mini-games. Meanwhile, Matthew’s booted up Genshin Impact to see if it is the Breath Of The Wild-like people claim.

On top of that we’ve got a 2014 edition of Mystery Steam Reviews, we take your Burning Questions, and the biggest interview in PC games is definitely going to happen.100 percent… if Steven’s internet holds up.

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#08: Open The Baldur’s Gate Oct 06, 2020

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Welcome to The PC Gaming Weekspot, Rock Paper Shotgun’s weekly recap on the last seven days in PC video gaming.

In Headlines and Hot Takes, we discuss everyone at CD Projekt Red crunching to get Cyberpunk 2077 done, Amazon Luna - the latest cloud-gaming service - has been announced, and The Weekspot Boys return to tech corner to discuss – in-depth, no doubt – Nvidia delaying the launch of the RTX 3070.

Matthew’s been playing his most-anticipated game of the year, Baldur’s Gate 3, and has been loving the mix of Divinity: Original Sin systems and BioWare storytelling, while Colm’s found a roguelite he can fall in love with in the excellent Hades. His feelings on Spelunky 2 aren’t quite as strong, but that’s down the quality of his playing, not the quality of the game.

On top of that we’ve got Mystery Steam Reviews, Burning Questions, and the biggest interview in PC games is definitely going to happen.100 percent… if Steven’s internet holds up.

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