THiRD SHiFT

We have an extended look at our eventful past week with Papa Eric and, upon request, the return of Uncle Matt.  We also take a look at what the Gearbox family had to offer at E3.

Do you guys love people fighting each other, E3, and fighting games similar to Overwatch?  Well, sit back and take a listen!

This week's topics:

• Top 5 Releases:
  • Shaq Fu
  • Paladins
  • Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
  • Vampyr
  • BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
• Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido
• Microsoft’s new Xbox Adaptive Controller launches in September
• What have we gotten excited about over the past few days of E3?
  • Anthem
  • Tales of Vesperia:  The Definitive Collection
  • The Division 2
  • Wargroove
  • Afterparty
  • Cyberpunk 2077

Fallen out of gaming? Just don't have the time? This is the podcast for you! Every other week, we'll be bringing you information and discussions on five topics from the world of gaming, so you can stay up-to-date and hold real conversations with your video-game-loving friends!

Gaming news is few and far between during the buildup to E3 next week, so we are joined by the loose cannon we all know and love, Danie, to talk about our progress on our resolutions as we're already halfway through 2018!

Fortnite brings us shopping carts and more produce, We Happy Few gets some press buzz, Gearbox is looking for streamers at E3 for We Happy Few and Project 1v1, and rumors of a Borderlands 1 rerelease or remaster.

It's the E3 Hype Train Special! You get to hear us talk about how excited we are for the games we know will be there, games we're excited for, games that are rumored to be there, and games we just wish would be there.

This week's topics:

• Top 5 Releases:
  • Gorogoa
  • State of Decay 2
  • Ikaruga
  • Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2
  • Detroit: Become Human
• E3 Top 5 Hopes
  • #5
    • Eric's Pick:  Anthem (Bioware)
    • Matt's Pick:  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
  • #4
    • Tom Clancy's The Division 2
  • #3
    • Eric's Pick:  Breath of Fire 7
    • Matt's Pick:  Rage 2
  • #2
    • Eric's Pick:  Chrono Series
    • Matt's Pick:  Remedy's Project 7
  • #1
    • Eric's Pick:  Catherine: Full Body & Project Re Fantasy
    • Matt's Pick:  Cyberpunk 2077

Borderlands 3 Borderlands 3 Borderlands 3?  Borderlands 3, Borderlands 3 Conjecture Land.  Borderlands 3!

Get into Fortnite and win some V-Bucks in the Solo Showdown, Compulsion Games schools us in We Happy Few, and 2K shatters the hopes and dreams of the masses.  Could Rage 2 help or hurt Borderlands 3?  Has the Borderlands series taken too long a hiatus?

Matt decided today he's going down throwback, retro alley. so blast from the past coming at you.  Do you like wizards and warriors?  Do you like all sorts of space stuff?  Well, guess what?  Eric's talking about it all, so stay tuned.

This week's topics:

• Top 5 Releases:
  • Dragon's Crown Pro
  • Wizard of Legend
  • Tacoma
  • Battle Chasers: Nightwar
  • Shantae: ½ Genie Hero
• Nicky Case Games
  • The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds
  • Parable of Polygons
• Destiny 2 Warmind
• Matt's Indie Game Showcase
  • Mr. Friendly Doom Mod
  • Hypnospace Outlaw
  • Fork Parker's Crunch Out (all profits go to Take This)
• Radical Heights Developer Boss Key Games Shuts Down
• The Great Walmart Leak of 2018