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Amber joins Matt, Ethan, and Ricardo this week to update us on the 70 hours she’s poured into Persona 5. Matt and Ethan took a trip together to murder island, and Ricardo’s been just doing raccoon things. Matt continues to talk about but not really say much about Nier: Automata, Ethan hates sneaking missions, Amber joins up with murderous mystical foxes, and Ricardo almost misses trailer trash.

Games we played:

Matt: PLAYERUNKOWN’S Battlegrounds, NieR: Automata

Ethan: PLAYERUNKOWN’S Battlegrounds, Breath of the Wild

Ricardo: Marvel Heroes Omega (Closed Beta)

Amber: Persona 5

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Longtime Persona series director, Katsura Hashino, leaves the series to start new project

Renowned modder gets the Nintendo PlayStation up and running

Speaking of mods, the 2D Breath of the Wild fan game is just the latest fan game that Nintendo has shut down

Life is Beautiful; Deadly Premonition returns as a board game

Trailer trash:

SFV – Ed Reveal Trailer

Agents of Mayhem – Franchise Force Trailer

Bloody Zombies – Official Announce Trailer

Baboon! – Launch Trailer

Ever Oasis – Intro Trailer

Smashbox Arena – PS VR trailer

Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days – Gameplay Trailer

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Matt has returned from Japan and as is back joined by Ethan and Ricardo as we catch up on his many adventures, plus some of the experiences of Japanese arcades! We look into some recent Overwatch leaks, some streaming controversies, some Scorpio specs, and of course some Trailer Trash. Plus: Matt starts a space roman batmen empire, Ethan buys a Switch on a whim, and Ricardo sings us an Easter song.

Games we played:

Matt: Taiko Drum Master, Japanese Arcades, Typeshift, Stellaris, Persona 5

Ethan: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, SFV

Ricardo: Diablo 3 (Seasons)

Beer we drank: Suntory Whiskey – Hibiki, Boatswain H.L.V., Stone Brewing – Pataskala Red IPA

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Persona 5 is OUT! But you might get in TWOUBLE if you STWEAM IT!

We have some more deets on Project Scorpio; trying to win back consumers AND devs

Update: Mass Effect Andromeda has patched out some of the scary facial features in the game

Update number 2: Pewdiepie to go “family friendly” on YouTube and start doing weekly Twitch streams

Overwatch trailer leaked revealing new map mode and lore stuff

Trailer trash: