Category: LIVE SERVICE NEWS
Live Service Games News and Information
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EXTRA: What We Want to See from the Xbox Summer Showcase as Xbox Fans
This week, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney discuss their predictions, rumors, and wants from the upcoming Xbox Summer Showcase. They dive into first party games they know are in development, potential reveals, third party partnerships, and some hot maybes that would blow the door off the showcase.
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ONE v ONE FIRESIDE CHAT: Gaming and Podcasting as Parents, Friendships, and Learning as We Go
In this One V. One Fireside Chat episode, Corey Dirrig sits down with long time friend Matthew Kiel to discuss fatherhood, gaming and podcasting as parents, rebuilding friendships, parenting experiences, and more.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 183: Tears of the Kingdom and Predictions for the Xbox and PlayStation Showcases
This week, Corey Dirrig, Stephanie Klimov, and Patrick Klein are joined by Sebastion Mauldin, host of the Single Player Experience Podcast, to discuss The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the Zelda franchise as a whole, and their hopes for the upcoming PlayStation and Xbox showcases.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 181: Redfall’s Release and If Sega Made a New Console with Roger Reichardt of Gamerheads Podcast
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined by Roger Reichardt of the Gamerheads Podcast to discuss the launch of Redfall and its potential, what it might look like if Sega released a new console, and which games they feel are overhyped or overrated.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 179: Finding Your Next Favorite Game with CritRate.IO
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined by Justin Scerbo and Justin Chou, the cofounders of the game curation site CritRate.IO, to discuss the service, how it works, its unique sorting houses, their vision for growth, and what they hope to bring in future updates.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 175: YouTube, Podcasting, and Character Creation with Vex Electronica
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined by podcaster and YouTube content creator Vex Electronica to talk about her creative process, character creation tools, the franchises they’re obsessed with, and more.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 172: Hogwarts Legacy, Indie Games, and Collecting with Streamer Kara Lynne
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined by streamer and former LRG Community Manager Kara Lynne to discuss her content creation, indie games, collecting, how Avalanche delivered with Hogwarts Legacy, the possibility of Dead Space 2 and 3 remakes, Destiny 2: Lightfall, and more.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 170: Hype Trailers and Comfort Games with Chris Davis, Founder of the Black Gamer League
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined by the founder of the Black Gamer League and Phorce Management Chris Davis to talk about inspiring black creators and putting them on a path to success, his teaching career at a HBCU, comfort games, trailers that get them hyped, and more.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 168: Dead Space Remake, Tomb Raider’s Acquisition by Amazon, and Bloated AAA Budgets
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined once again by Matthew Kiel to talk about Dead Space, Hi-Fi Rush, Xbox Game Pass, bloated game budgets, and Amazon’s acquisition of Tomb Raider.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 167: Xbox Finally a Concept of a Plan for Its First Party Games
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, Stephanie Klimov, and Jesse Douglas discuss the Xbox Developer_Direct, Hi-Fi Rush, Redfall, Forza, and how Xbox’s roadmap is finally taking shape after years of anticipation.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 166: Ubisoft’s Financial Stuggles, More Layoffs at Microsoft, and 343 Industries Leadership Changes with Danomak
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, Stephanie Klimov, and Jesse Douglas are joined by YouTuber and Content Creator Danomak to talk about what’s happening at Ubisoft, as well as the hit Xbox and 343 Industries have taken during Microsoft’s recent round of layoffs.
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ONE v ONE INTERVIEW: Dr. Jamie Madigan, Video Game Psychologist
Celeste sits down with Jamie Madigan, Ph.D., an industrial organizational psychologist by day and video game psychologist by night. They discuss his podcast, The Psychology of Video Games, and his books exploring the psychology of video games and the culture surrounding them.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 165: Our Most Anticipated Games Releasing in 2023
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined by Jesse Douglas after his hiatus to talk about what they’ve been playing and their most anticipated games of 2023.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 164: Boss Rush 2022 Game of the Year Discussion
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov kick off their first episode of 2023 by sharing their top ten games of 2022 and deciding what will be crowned the Boss Rush 2022 Game of the Year.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 163: The Game Awards 2022 Announcements and Winners
This week, Corey Dirrig and Stephanie Klimov are joined by Matthew Kiel and Josh Finney to talk about The Game Awards and why the announcements often take center stage over the actual winners.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 162: It’s Time for the 2022 Metacritic Draft Results and Winner Reveal
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov finalize their 2022 Metacritic Draft scores. Who came out on top? Find out on this episode of the Boss Rush Podcast, where they also kick off the first round of picks for 2023.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 161: Pokemon Proves that Nintendo’s Inferior Technology is Catching Up to Them
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined by Stoy Jovic to talk about Nintendo’s ongoing technology problem, as seen in games like Pokémon, Bayonetta 3, and various third-party ports coming to the system.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 159: Xbox’s Continued Lack of First Party Content, PlayStation VR2, and the Rise and Fall of Netflix
This week, Corey Dirrig and LeRon Dawkins discuss Microsoft’s continued lack of first-party output, whether PlayStation VR2 is really a good idea, and the rise and fall of Netflix and other streaming services.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 158: Lady Bosses: Boss Rush Presents Women of Gaming 2022
This week, the ladies of Boss Rush are running this town as Celeste Roberts and Stephanie Klimov host a panel featuring streamer and content creator Courty Yikes, published author MJ Kuhn, and social media and community manager BeeYoo.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 155: The Future of Virtual Reality and The Metaverse with Mark Carabin from Secret Friends Unite Co-Op Mode
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined by and content creator Courty Yikes and Secret Friends Unite: Co-Op Mode host Mark Carabin to talk about the future of virtual reality and the metaverse, and why it’s exciting for some of the panelists.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 154: Seeing the Rise of Free to Play Games and the Digital Revolution
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Edward Varnell are joined by streamer and content creator Courty Yikes to discuss the rise of free-to-play and live-service games, as well as the growing popularity of buying digital versions for sales and convenience.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 152: Collecting Physical Video Games vs. Large Digital Libraries
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined again by Matthew Kiel to talk about Monster Hunter Rise vs. Monster Hunter World, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening remake, and the ongoing debate between collecting physical games and building large digital libraries.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 151: Breaking Down the Recent Nintendo Direct and State of Play Presentations
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov are joined once again by YouTuber and content creator Andre Wilson to break down the recent Nintendo Direct and State of Play presentations, and to discuss whether either was worth having in the first place.
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BOSS RUSH PODCAST EPISODE 150: Hogwarts Legacy will Never Be Treated Fairly by Games Media
This week, Corey Dirrig, LeRon Dawkins, and Stephanie Klimov celebrates 150 episodes of The Boss Rush Podcast with Celeste Roberts, Edward Varnell, and Jesse Douglas.
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