Chugs: Lone Wolf Edition

Evil Uno is back from Japan! He shares stories from his trip and dives into Hades 2, the crazy-addicting Megabonk, Silent Hill f and Silksong. Speaking of which, The Chugs not only gives his full review after beating the game, but also makes a massive announcement about his first-ever voice acting role!The boys also break down the Golden Joystick nominations, including Expedition 33 having the most nominations, Call of Duty's $300 million loss, and Microsoft's new ad-supported plan for Xbox Cloud Gaming.The new AEW memorabilia launch from Upper Deck Authenticated features a lineup of standout autographed pieces! Available now: https://bit.ly/426EH5X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Uno traveling through Japan, Chugs is queuing solo on this week’s Arcade! He dives into Silent Hill f, Baby Steps and Hades II to share his thoughts on three of the most talked-about games right now. In gaming news, Microsoft bumps Game Pass Ultimate to $30, new Halo projects including a Combat Evolved remake are reportedly on the way, the PS5 generation has already pulled in $136 billion and the latest State of Play delivers a ton of exciting new reveals, such as Wolverine, Saros, Chronoscript: The Endless, and more!The new AEW memorabilia launch from Upper Deck Authenticated features a lineup of standout autographed pieces! Available now: https://bit.ly/426EH5X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uno and Chugs kick off this week’s Arcade episode with more Hollow Knight: Silksong gameplay talk before breaking down the latest Kojima headlines: Death Stranding is getting both an anime and an A24 movie, plus the first teaser trailer for O.D., Kojima’s horror game project with Jordan Peele, has dropped and its giving off some serious P.T. vibes.Also this week, Konami asked fans which Metal Gear Solid should get the remake treatment, while Pokemon and Palworld square off again, this time in the battle of farming sims.The new AEW memorabilia launch from Upper Deck Authenticated features a lineup of standout autographed pieces! Available now: https://bit.ly/426EH5X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week’s Arcade, Chugs blasts through the long-awaited Borderlands 4 with some four-player co-op mayhem, while Uno survives the nightmarish, post-apocalyptic wasteland of Cronos: The New Dawn and tends a creepy oddities shop in Strange Antiquities. Plus, the boys got a lot more Silksong stuff to talk about.Later on in gaming news, speedrunners steamroll Silksong in under 90 minutes, Tencent denies ripping off the Horizon franchise and fires back at Sony, the next Yakuza game has been leaked, Sega brings their 90s edge with a new ad targeting Nintendo, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week’s Arcade, Chugs and Uno get pummeled in Silksong and also give us a taste of what Borderlands 4 has to offer with a deeper dive coming next week. Then the boys keep the party going with Nintendo’s 40th anniversary celebration for Super Mario Bros. featuring a Direct stacked with a ton of new Mario games coming down the pipe, a new Yoshi game, Metroid Prime 4, Fire Emblem, a bunch of Pokémon announcements, and more.And speaking of anniversaries, the boys cap off the show with a little Playstation trivia challenge face off in honor of the PS1’s 30th anniversary. 2025 AEW Monumental Authenticated by Upper Deck: https://bit.ly/45wlFGN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week’s Arcade: Uno paints on his jungle camo to drop his full review of MGS Delta: Snake Eater before making the case for why the indie point-and-click thriller, The Drifter, is one of his certified GOTY contenders. Meanwhile, Chugs doubles up on ninja action with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.Afterwards, the boys have dedicated over a dozen hours into Hollow Knight: Silksong and they’ve got plenty to say about whether the most anticipated game of the decade lives up to the hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week’s Arcade, Chugs and Uno hit the gas with the Road Rash-inspired roguelike, Road Redemption. Afterwards, Uno brings back more inside scoops from Gamescom, including his hands-on impressions with Hollow Knight: Silksong, the Hades-like action game, Towa and the Guardians of The Sacred Tree, the weird immersive sim Militsioner where you’re watched by a giant policeman, the coin-pushing roguelike Raccoin, and the wild, colorful mashup of Tony Hawk meets Subway Trains, Denshaattack!Later on, the boys look ahead at the upcoming releases dropping soon, which include: Cronos: The New Dawn, Borderlands 4,Silent Hill f, Ghost of Yotei, and many more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gamescom is officially in the books, and Uno is back to share his experience in Cologne. He runs through his favorite highlights from the trip before joining Chugs to talk about the best trailers from the show and the games they’re most excited to play. Plus, and we can't believe it either... Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date?!2025 AEW Monumental Authenticated by Upper Deck:  https://bit.ly/45wlFGN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Arcade, the boys get into more monkey business with Donkey Kong Bananza. Chugs revisits South of Midnight, while Uno jumps into the early levels of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and checks out the point-and-click adventure Thimbleweed Park. Later on, the boys look ahead to Gamescom, running through the confirmed lineup for Opening Night Live and some of the cool stuff that will be going on there.In gaming news, Battlefield 6 has already topped 1 million preorders with players racking up $70 billion in virtual property damage, a Far Cry TV series from the writers of Always Sunny is on the way, and Mortal Kombat 1 somehow stands as the best-selling fighting game of this generation despite selling worse than past entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Arcade, Uno and Chugs talk about Sea of Stars, Peak, and Baldur’s Gate 3, while Uno shares his impressions of Halo: Reach, the game Chugs challenged him to play to break out of his comfort zone.Later on, the boys run through Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase, highlighting wishlist-worthy titles like Mina the Hollower, Neverway, Ball X Pit, Ultimate Sheep Raccoon, and more. Plus, Uno talks about his excitement to finally get hands-on with Hollow Knight: Silksong on the Xbox ROG Ally at the upcoming Gamescom event this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices