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The official podcast of ConsoleCreatures.com
We dive into the world of video games, from current trends to how they're made and who makes them!
You'll also hear us talk about what we're playing, reviewing, and even talking to those who make video games.
We dive into the world of video games, from current trends to how they're made and who makes them!
You'll also hear us talk about what we're playing, reviewing, and even talking to those who make video games.
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Highguard is finally here, and Wildlight Studio's game has the internet divided. While it came out of the gate hot, the story has changed, but with support from the developers and the potential community, Highguard has a fighting chance. Also, The Game Bakers' Cairn is finally here after a delay. The survival climbing game offers a lot to those who dare to climb Mount Kami and rewards patience for those who outsmart thirst, hunger, and pain. (0:00) Intro(3:30) The Weekly Console Update(08:02) Highguard impressions(45:20) Cairn review(1:01:20) Console ShutdownLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures
Silent Hill 2 is one of the most beloved survival horror games, so we couldn’t wait to see how Return to Silent Hill adapts the story for the big screen. We’re joined by Meghan ‘Wurstpersonshooter’ to review the film, directed by Christophe Gans. Here are our full spoiler-filled thoughts. (0:00) Intro(2:25) Spoiler-Free Review(07:10) SPOILERS BEGIN(28:10) Console ShutdownLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures
Steve and Bobby are back on Creature Cast, where they are joined by Hayes Madsen, the writer of the An Evening at the Inn Newsletter. This week, Ubisoft cancelled six games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, as it works to restructure, lay off employees, and demand a return to the office. Plus, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is finally on Xbox Series and Switch 2, and it's an incredible port that's nearly on par with the PlayStation 5 version. (0:00) Intro(5:00) The Weekly Console Update(27:15) What We’ve Been Playing(51:00) Console ShutdownLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @ConsolecreaturesIntro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
Prime Video's Fallout series is heading to the finish line with a ton of questions that need answers. So far, the main cast has been separated throughout the season, and things are just about to unfold. Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Kyle MacLachlan continue to deliver some incredible performances. And newcomer Justin Theroux, as Robert House, delivers a satisfying performance as the man behind RobCo, who seems one step ahead of everyone.Plus, some excellent cameos have been seen in the second season, but one stands above the rest in episode 6!(0:00) Intro(03:20) Fallout Season Episode 4-6 review(40:03) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @ConsolecreaturesIntro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
Entering the second week of January 2026, we've had the Resident Evil Showcase, we finally learned who Prime Video cast as Kratos for God of War, and Life is Strange returns in 2026, with a reveal slated for January 20, 2026.Plus, Steve is revisiting his island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Bobby is playing the demo of Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined and AdHoc Studio's Dispatch.(0:00) Intro(6:15) Top News Stories of the Week(25:02) Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined demo(33:25) Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 2 Edition(46:00) Dispatch (55:48) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @ConsolecreaturesIntro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
We’re winding down another big year for video games, and our lists feature the top games and the games we enjoyed the most, so you can read them at your leisure.Our previous Game of the Year winners were God of War Ragnarök, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 deserves every single accolade it’s sure to win this year, and then some. It’s a generational RPG that captures everything special about the genre and then pushes even harder. The combat is tight and electric, with so much depth and customization potential that building craft is its own time sink. The story and characters are some of the best in video games, with moments that will truly stay with you. (0:00) Intro(02:00) Top News Stories of the Week(15:38) Console Creature' GOTY 2026(20:18) Steve's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review(43:20) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures
War Never Changes. As Prime Video's Fallout Season 2 heads to New Vegas and the Mojave Desert, Steve and Bobby return to recap the hit series from Graham Wagner, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.With the television series shifting to a weekly episodic scheduler, we’re discussing the first three episodes now and will return to cover the series in batches. The second season sees Ella Purnell’s Lucy MacLean join Wlton Goggin’s The Ghoul as they work together to find Kyle MacLachlan’s Hank MacLean.Meanwhile, the series shakes things up as Aaron Moten’s Brotherhood of Steel character Maximus faces an internal struggle with his allegiances. (0:00) Intro(3:30) Fallout Season 2 Episode 1-3 recap(43:50) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @ConsolecreaturesIntro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
Steve, Bobby, and Dave are closing out the last few weeks of 2025 with our Top Games of 2025 list. We've got a pretty exhaustive list of the best games launched this year, so we're discussing our favourites that stood out this year.(0:00) Intro to Top Games of 2025 (3:30) Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles(6:00) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (12:15) Outer Worlds 2(17:16) Powerwash Simulator 2(21:46) Ghost of Yotei(32:05) Drop Duchy(35:30) Mainframes(39:00) Arc Raiders(49:32) Hades 2(53:00) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @ConsolecreaturesIntro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
Almost a year since the last Game Awards, since we last discussed all the announcements, and now we're back to it with this year's edition that once again celebrated the biggest games from this year. Join Steve and Bobby as they go over what stood out at the three-and-a-half-hour annual show and what they're looking forward to in 2026 and beyond. (0:00) Intro(04:00) The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sweep(17:30) Metroid Prime 4(27:38) The Game Awards Reactions(31:45) Top Announcements(58:30) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @ConsolecreaturesIntro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
The latest extraction shooter, ARC Raiders, is popular with hundreds of thousands of players flocking to the PvPvE title. Steve's been raiding nightly online while Bobby's focused on the unsatisfying yearly Call of Duty title, Black Ops 7. Join us this week on Creature Cast, where Steve and Bobby discuss the two major shooters of Fall 2025.Which game are you playing?(0:00) Intro(1:30) Arc Raiders(23:44) Call of Duty: Black Ops 7(42:55) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @ConsolecreaturesIntro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
Kirby Air Riders shares a lot of the same DNA as its predecessor, and it’s a sequel that belongs in this era. The simplistic controls might not be for everyone, but if you can look past that, you’ve got a competent racer that does its own thing instead of attempting to battle it out against Mario Kart World. Air Riders’ penchant for speed and chaos unfolds dramatically at times as races’ unpredictable outcomes unravel in humorous ways. I fully expect Air Riders to be divisive just like its predecessor, but as a sequel, you’re getting something unique. All of this might sound familiar, and it is, but it’s built on the foundation established two decades ago and delivers a fully realized vision from Sakurai.Plus, Bobby is back from Japan, where he visited Universal Osaka and checked out Super Nintendo World!(0:00) Intro(3:30) Kirby Air Riders Review(25:35) Bobby's Trip to Japan(54:15) OutroIntro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
Obsidian Entertainment has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Of course, being acquired by Microsoft has been helpful. The studio has launched some of my favourite games in the past few years, including Pentiment and Avowed. In 2018, though, we saw The Outer Worlds land, and it reminded me of Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas. To say I was enamoured would undersell the grip the original had on me.How does the sequel, The Outer Worlds 2, hold up? Is it a bigger and better sequel, or does it stumble to the finish line? (0:00) Intro(1:30) Top-level impressions(12:45) Customizing characters(29:45) Breath and length of gameplay(39:40) Combat, Gameplay, modding(48:00) Performance(1:01:00) Final thoughts(1:11:43) Outrohttp://bit.ly/3WgqccmLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures
Steve and Bobby are back this week to review the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X, which launches on October 16. It brings the renewed Xbox Game Bar, all-in-one storefronts, support for Game Pass games and cloud streaming! It can play your favourite games on the go while looking good, but is the $1300 CAD price point too much?(0:00) Intro(1:30) ROG Xbox Ally X Review(57:50) Outro
Ghost of Yotei Art Director Joanna Wang joins Steve and Bobby on Creature Cast this week to discuss the game's ambition, innovations in developing for the PlayStation 5, and how art direction helps when considering scope during development. If you're curious how Tsushima differentiates from mainland Japan, how much work goes into the Director Modes, how the seamless open-world transition between biomes works, and the subtle changes made in Ghost of Tsushima, check out the complete interview!Like and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures Intro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!#ghostofyōtei #ghostoftsushima #suckerpunchproductions #playstation
Ghost of Yōtei is an incredible sequel, filled with moments that will stay with me for a long time. It feels like the first party exclusive we've been waiting for, with Sucker Punch continuing to hit its stride at delivering console-selling exclusives. The combat, despite minor issues, is a blast. Atsu is a whirlwind of death, each weapon playing entirely differently from the others. The narrative is dark and thrilling, with the side content being more meaningfully tied in to the core experience than before. It's one of the most graphically stunning games I've ever seen, with the PS5 Pro's Ray Tracing Pro really packing a punch. While there were minor technical issues along the way, they never affected gameplay and were more distracting than anything else.(0:00) Intro(2:40) Top-level thoughts(08:30) Combat(20:10) Story(33:00) Performance and visuals(47:30) Open world design(57:46) Final thoughts (1:02:24) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures Intro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!#ghostofyōtei #ghostoftsushima #suckerpunchproductions #playstation
Set in Ivalice, a place ruled by the Two-headed Lion, we join Ramza, the third son of House Beoulve, a leading military family. Alongside his childhood friend Delita, a commoner serving in the army, they depart on a journey that will shake the very core of their world.With a new war brewing between Dukes Goltanna and Large, the dukes must now fight for the throne, an event which has become known as the War of the Lions.Follow Hayes Madsen from Rolling Stone on Bluesky: solfleet.bsky.social!Like and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures Intro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!#finalfantasy #finalfantasytactics #gaming #squareenix
One week post-launch from Hollow Knight: Silksong, and our resident expert, Steve, has finally seen the light.Join us this week as we go over how the moment, one seven years in the making, arrived and how this momentous occasion has brought joy to the world.Like and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures Intro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
We're winding down the Summer of Games with reviews for Rogue Factor's Hell is Us, Bloober Team's Cronos: The New Dawn, and Ultizero Games' Lost Soul Aside. With so many incredible games to play all year round, we discuss the ones which left a lasting impression on us. (0:00) Intro(05:25) Hell is Us Review(49:50) Chronos: The New Dawn Review(1:02:10) Lost Soul Aside Impressions(1:14:00) OutroLike and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures Intro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
Bobby and Steve are back! This week, the guys discuss how great Mafia: The Old Country's world and characters are and how it would be a better film. Then they discuss Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World landing on the Switch 2, and finally gush about how cool Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is.Like and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures Intro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
Steve and Bobby are back this week with a hands-on preview of Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds 2!We were provided with a vertical slice of the opening hour of The Outer Worlds 2, which covered the character creators, skills, perks, and traits of the upcoming sequel. As a daring and most likely good-looking Earth Directorate agent, you must uncover the source of devastating rifts threatening to destroy all of humanity. Your investigation leads to Arcadia, home of skip drive technology, where the fate of the colony, and ultimately the entire galaxy, rests on your decisions—your strengths, your flaws, your crew, and the factions you choose to trust.(0:00) Intro(3:30) Outer Worlds 2 preview(28:45) Outro Full review on consolecreatures.com Like and follow us on Social Media:Bluesky: @consolecreatures.comYouTube: @ConsoleCreaturesTwitter: @ConsoleCreatureFacebook: @RealConsoleCreatureInstagram: @ConsoleCreaturesThreads: @Consolecreatures Intro music provided by Mad Seedling. Check his work on Spotify!
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