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The Alpha Build Ep 58: Game of Thrones; John Wick 3; Death Stranding; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

This week we start out discussing some quick hits in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Death Stranding, and more (start). When then go in depth with Season 8 of Game of Thrones, which has been receiving heavy...

/ June 5, 2019

The Alpha Build Ep 54: Wolfenstein Youngblood and Borderlands 3 trailers; Bioware Anthem controversy; Joker trailer

We have a cacophony of gaming news this week. We got trailers for the much-anticipated Wolfenstein Youngblood, and Borderlands 3. With both having a renowned pedigree, hopefully they can hold up to the brilliance of their latest entries. With what...

/ April 8, 2019

The Alpha Build Ep 53: Google Stadia, Apple Arcade, Project xCloud; Xbox and Switch console rumors; Activision Bungie split, gaming layoffs

At the recent GDC convention, we had an absolute whirlwind of game streaming announcements from both Google and Apple. Google announced their offerings, Google Stadia, will be playable on any Google device with any controller and will be fully cloud...

/ April 1, 2019

The Alpha Build Ep 52: Red Dead Redemption 2; Blizzcon 2018; Deadliest Character

The very long awaited release of Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally here! we give our in depth review, is it as good as it’s success would dictate? We have a return of our featured segment Deadliest Character in which we pit Arthas,...

/ November 5, 2018

The Alpha Build Ep 51: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4; Fallout 76; Rockstar Games workplace controversy

We are finally deep into the depth of the 2018 holiday gaming releases. This week we discuss the recent release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, including its foray into the Battle Royale genre (gametype?) with the Blackout mode. We...

/ October 29, 2018

The Alpha Build Ep 50: Forza: Horizon 4; Assassin’s Creed Odyssey; The Predator; Venom; Deadliest Character

The big Five-O! On this milestone episode we go over the new gaming releases of Forza: Horizon 4, and Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Both games are the latest entries in long running popular series. We follow that up with a discussion...

/ October 22, 2018

The Alpha Build Ep 49: Gamescom 2018; Madden 2019; Black Ops 4 beta; Deadliest Character

This episode we go over our favorite takeaways from Gamescom 2018 out of all the big showings there. We finally got some more details about games like Kingdom Hearts 3, and the latest developments from Nvidia and their next GPU’s....

/ September 12, 2018

The Alpha Build Ep 48: Black Panther; Sea of Thieves beta; Shanghai Surprise

This episode we go over the latest Marvel blockbuster sensation, Black Panther. It has done extraordinarily well, grossing huge amounts in the box office, as well as universally rave reviews. But is it as good as everyone says? Does it live...

/ March 19, 2018

The Alpha Build 47: Best of 2017 awards

Guess what time it is…awards season is here! 2017 has come and gone, which means it’s time for our annual awards show based on what was released throughout the year! In this episode we discuss our picks, including the reasoning...

/ February 6, 2018

The Alpha Build Ep 46: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

December 16th marked the release of the long anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In honor of this huge event, we spend the episode solely discussing it. The movie is far and away more polarizing than The Force Awakens, with...

/ December 28, 2017