Matt, Ethan and Ricardo are joined once again by Laurentius for a chat about Helldivers, XCOM 2, the various Final Fantasy games Ricardo is playing, frustrations with The Witness, our 3 month check up on Destiny, angry cats and their gaming peripherals, and a chunk of other news about video games!

 

 

Ethan: XCOM 2

Ricardo: FFXIV, Guitar Hero LIVE, Helldivers

Matt: Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witness, Total War: Shogun 2

Laurentius: XCOM 2, Destiny, Metal Gear Solid V

 

The NEWS HOUR News Topics:

Mad Catz replaces CEO and chairman right before earnings report. They said that Rock Band , which they co-published, needed to be a success.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10939752/mad-catz-executive-board-changes-rock-band-4-earnings

Red Dead Redemption was backward compatible! But then it wasn’t.... but then it was!

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10936850/red-dead-redemption-backward-compatibility-xbox-360-microsoft

Hearthstone is scraping it’s old TCG expansions to keep the meta from getting bad:

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/blizzard-plans-to-drop-old-card-sets-from-standard/1100-5388/