Welcome to or third day of awards for 2019. Today we debut some categories and celebrate the best games that don’t stop. Listen in for our deliberations and read below for the winners.

Don’t forget to vote for Reader’s Choice Game of the Year 2019!

Best Gameplay

We’re debuting this category despite the obvious need for it in previous years. What we do in a game is ultimately what hooks us in the first place. We can watch or read or do most things from a game in any other media but we can’t play our media like we can in a game. This celebrates the game that ultimately did something innovative and provided us with a new way to play.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Runners Up: Session, Devil May Cry V

Best DLC/Expansion

Thankfully, video games are no longer confined to their original releases. Developers can expand upon them with new content and fix what might have needed a change. This category awards the game that added the most significant change to its core title and made it relevant beyond the original release date.

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep

Runners Up: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Favorite In-Game Moment

This award celebrates the one time in a game that made you want to tell everyone to play it. Every game has a moment where something clicks or comes out of nowhere and that surprise of it all makes it incredibly memorable.

Ashtray Maze (Control)

Runners Up: Nero vs Vergil (Devil May Cry V), Time jump (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Best Ongoing Game

Games as a service are so prevalent that we felt there should be an award for the one that does it the best. Separate from a single piece of content added or an expansion, this award goes to the games that make us want to come back regularly and not just for a single piece of content. Their continual changes and deployment make the content within significant and rewarding for us to keep playing all year long.

Destiny 2

Runners Up: Magic: The Gathering Arena, Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Best Nintendo Game

2019 was a powerful year for Nintendo. While its American arm and the industry lost the force of Reggie Fils-Aime, the company continued to grow and expand its business. We saw the launch of a new model of the Switch and the premiere of massive franchises like Pokémon and Fire Emblem on the hardware. Beyond just first-party output, Nintendo partnered with third-party developers for exclusives like Astral Chain and Daemon X Machina that flesh out the library of the hybrid console and add even more reason to own one. While the other console manufacturers put out fewer games with new hardware on the horizon, Nintendo filled the calendar with games to play.

Super Mario Maker 2

Runners Up: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Ring Fit Adventure

2019’s awards continue with our next wave of awards. Once again we are gathered on a podcast to deliberate each award and grant one winner with two runners up. Listen in for the full debates and surprises, then read below for the winners.

You can also still vote for your Game of the Year 2019 in our Reader’s Choice Award.

Best Multiplayer

This category awards the best use of multiplayer in a game this year. The way that a game can effectively bring us together is something that dates back to the beginning of video games and we love finding new ways to play with other people.

Kind Words

Runners Up: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Magic: The Gathering Arena

Best Character

This category highlights a character from a game who became an integral part of what made that game special to us. Without them, the game could have still been great but with them it is so much more.

Fragile (Death Stranding)

Runners Up: Dante (Devil May Cry V), Raphael (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

2019’s 2018 Game of the Year

We typically use this category to celebrate the game from the year before that might have made it into our top five had we played it. There were no games from 2018 that any of us went back to that we were compelled to nominate. Either we did a great job last year at playing everything great or we missed a lot. Stay tuned for 2020.

Biggest Disappointment

This award goes to the game that let us down the most. We had such high expectations because of its marketing, its developer, its franchise, or something else. In the end, the final output was not close to what we had hoped for and in some cases turned out pretty rotten.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Runners Up: Team Sonic Racing, Anthem

Best PlayStation Game

The edge of this generation is easy to peek over in 2019 and our glimpse at the future happened a few times as Sony officially announced the PlayStation 5 for next Holiday. With most of its first-party studios likely creating experiences for the new hardware and some working on games that slipped into 2020, it was a smaller year for PlayStation exclusives. It might feel a little like we’re just giving an award to give it but Death Stranding got us talking. Only one of us finished the game but each of us became infatuated with it in many different ways. Ultimately, the first production from Hideo Kojima and team post-Konami and without the Metal Gear name was something to revel in. It’s weird and beautiful, strange and maddening, and it all comes together in something that we’ll likely still talk about for years to come.

Death Stranding

Welcome to the beginning of our Game of the Year 2019 awards. Each day this week, we’ll have a new podcast episode where we worked out the details of every award and agreed upon a winner and two runners up. You can listen in to go on the journey with us and read on to see the winners. You can also vote for your Game of the Year 2019 right now!

Out of Time

We wish we could play everything and that time was not finite. Yet it is and we must make choices for one reason or another. This category awards the game that we ran out of time to play. We wanted to, but something else got in the way. Once the calendar opens up a bit, the winner is our choice to hop into next.
Hypnospace Outlaw

Runners Up: Shenmue III, Judgement

Best Mobile Game

As mobile gaming continues to grow and becomes more aligned with what we can play on our consoles and PCs, there is still inherent value in a game designed for short sessions. This category celebrates the little ideas with a long lifespan.
Grindstone

Runners Up: HomeRuntaro, Mario Kart Tour

Favorite Industry Moment

We love when surprises happen and we love being excited about video games. Sometimes our dreams come true and sometimes we get caught off guard. The winner of this award is something that had an impact on us or the greater video game industry that signified a shift in gaming.

Bungie Breaks Up with Activision

Runners Up: Final Fantasy coming to Game Pass, Banjo & Kazooie coming to Smash

Best Story

This award goes to the game that provided us with a reason beyond gameplay to keep coming back. We were invested in its characters and its narrative shaped the way we engaged with it.

Death Stranding

Runners Up: Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Devil May Cry 5

Best Xbox Game

We had originally nominated two games for this knowing that really only one game deserved the spot. 2019 was a transformative year for Xbox both in the gaming industry and at The Free Cheese. As we enter the final year of the Xbox One’s life (kind of) we each own and are active on the Xbox One, something we couldn’t say a year ago and definitely not at the start of this generation. While the first-party output might have been light, we recognize how strong Xbox has become as a brand and are excited for the future. To that end, the best in class for Xbox was Gears 5 which sung success for Xbox Game Pass as well, arguably just as important to the ecosystem as the accompanying hardware.

Gears 5

This week on The Free Cheese, a city above the sea.

Marc and Joe reconvene after The Game Awards to talk mostly about the Xbox Series X and what a new BioShock game could be. We recap the State of Play and highlight our favorite headlines of the week.

We also talk about Resident Evil 2, Magic: The Gathering Arena, Death Road to Canada, and Shovel Knight. We check in with a ™ game based on some creepypasta and sign off before our own Game of the Year awards debut next week.

This week on The Free Cheese, we celebrate 25 years of PlayStation.

With our Game of the Year awards looming in the near future, Matt spends a week beating every game that came out this year. Marc plays a Kojima game about wandering in the woods and fighting monsters. Joe finally found the pinball game.

Our topic of the week has us thinking about what happens when creators lose control of their creations and what it means to truly have ownership over intellectual property.

This week on The Free Cheese, work it out.

We’ve still got a little more to say about the Sega Saturn after spending a week trying out its library.

As the year comes to its end, Matt is checking off the last few games from his list, Marc is exploring the black sheep catalogue of a favorite developer, and Joe is... trying new things.

We talk about the absence of VR on the next generation of Xbox, the next move for Hideo Kojima, and what a new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater might look like.

This week on The Free Cheese, it’s a Sega console.

We celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sega Saturn by remembering its history and sharing the limited experience we had with it.

Matt watched several rounds of credits on the beaches of Norman. Marc can fly but doesn’t know where his brother went because a guy is looking at a fridge. Joe spent a long time wandering the fields but is flying high thanks to the Black Friday sale.

This week on The Free Cheese, pull my devil trigger.

We share stories about the weird stuff we did as kids and talk about game preservation.

Matt returns from Nashville only to walk back to it, connecting us all as Sam “Porter” Bridges. Marc brings three goths together to take down the devil, lest he cry. Joe skips the tutorials and heads right into the open fields to catch as many as he can find.

We share news from X019 and celebrate Lightning Returns coming to Game Pass.

This week on The Free Cheese, Runaway Toads.

Marc and Joe try out a new format centered around three topics. First, we talk about which games deserve the Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy VII remake treatment. Then, we discuss how we handle supporting games and developers we love when their publishers or others get in the way of the games. Finally, we close out talking about the best game of the decade.

We also highlight our continued time with Luigi’s Mansion 3, a return to Bloostained: Ritual of the Night, and talk about the corporate changes at PlayStation a year out from the PS5 launch.

This week on The Free Cheese, something about knuckles or something.

Matt spent Halloween with everybody’s favorite Italian cousin and returns with stories of Las Vegas. Marc tasted a handful of games and sold his soul for water. Joe has too much leftover candy to take with him into the Raccoon City Police Department.

This week on The Free Cheese, yeah, fried garlic.

Joe returns from the future with stories of subway gaming and the land of the rising sun. Marc learns how to listen to music and high five for bonus power. Matt brings combat to the current era once he can connect to the internet.

We discuss the possibilities of a new Swery and Suda 51 game, the future of Xbox controllers, and Diablo IV. We also have a followup from a listener email that brings us all together.

This week on The Free Cheese, can we count to three?

Marc vacuums the dust off his 3DS to explore new mansions. Matt is still seeking the answer to his question of the month.

We talk about next chapters for new and old games as well as admire Analogue's next retro product.

This week on The Free Cheese, whose voice would you put in your PlayStation?

Matt has reached the end of a Dreamcast era masterpiece and still finds himself asking one question. Marc can't get the boulder out of the house but he got the Luigi out of the mansion. Joe is back in 1998 chasing an opera singer through the sewers.

We talk about the PlayStation 5 and what game IO Interactive could be making with Warner Bros., as well as the new Halloween mode in Rocket League and the delay to Doom Eternal.

This week on The Free Cheese, like, Hey Scoob, what’s new?

We’re all together now to discuss the changeups at Sony, new Brain Age, and why pugs make great aliens.

Marc starts the month of spooky celebration with Luigi’s Mansion. Matt travels to a far away land to experience the Dreamcast. Joe ventures to the dark side of the moon with the latest Destiny 2 expansion.

This week on The Free Cheese, we find out what sounds make our teeth hurt and share them with you.

We’re back with more talk about Link’s Awakening and Session as well as reports on our first week with Gears 5 playing through a co-op campaign.

We talk about The Last of Us Part II’s multiplayer campaign as well as what we learned from this week’s State of Play and Inside Xbox presentations.

Finally, we hear from you and answer questions about the Switch Lite, dinner with strangers, and more.

This week on The Free Cheese, we campaign to get Frankie Muniz on the show.

We’re in the midst of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare beta and have reports from the battlefield. We also touch on the future of E3 and talk about the history of demo discs.

Matt edges deeper into the world of Alan Wake while Marc sees the beginnings of Link’s Awakening and Joe hits the streets in Session.

This week on The Free Cheese, speed run Sneak King!

Joe and Matt discover how to take care of spiders in the basement and what's worth $3.88 at a faraway Target.

We also put Astral Chain to bed and get excited about more Control. We stoke the fire of Gears 5 and hit the road toward professional Overwatch.

We cover Apple Arcade and the new horror of the Ring Fit Adventure ad before taking some emails about changing our minds on a game and a particular genre of games.

This week on The Free Cheese, oh, what you'll find on the boardwalk.

We talk about Astral Chain and the growth of Platinum Games along with the news from the Nintendo Direct this week.

Additionally, we checked out the Code Vein demo and saw the end of the annual Battle Pass.

We learn about changing laws for gambling in Japan and how it definitely has nothing to do with a changing Konami business plan.

Finally, we take questions from listeners and learn the true origin of The Free Cheese.

This week on The Free Cheese, can you name them all?

The video games have arrived and we have played them. We start things off with Blair Witch and talk about the ups and downs of getting lost in the woods. Then, we walk the line between two worlds in Control. Finally, we talk about Platinum’s latest with Astral Chain and why it’s good to play against your expectations.

We discuss some new game collections coming in the next few months, what Capcom could’ve made 19 million dollars on, and what we want in Overwatch on Switch.

Lastly, we close out with some listener questions regarding cheating in video games and fast-food mascots.

This week on The Free Cheese, who would eat a soft-shell crab?

We're here in the year of our Hideo to talk about Gamescom and the full roster coming to Mortal Kombat 11. We also talk about Insomniac Games joining the PlayStation family and concept art from the cancelled WB Montreal Damian Wayne Batman game.

Marc returns to Resident Evil 4 to prepare him to go further back into the original release of Resident Evil 2. Joe returns to Arkham on the tenth anniversary of Batman: Arkham Asylum to find that the game still stands tall. Matt learns the power of a battle rifle in the multiplayer of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

We also played through the rest of Halo 4 and started our journey through Halo 3: ODST and share our experiences with each as we near closer to Halo Infinite.

This week on The Free Cheese, the rapper returns.

Marc takes a dive into Ion Fury, a new game that uses the Duke Nukem 3D engine, while avoiding encounters with the fourth kind. Joe sees the end of one storyline in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and has some suggestions for approaching the game. Matt is grinning ear to ear despite his abnormal sleep schedule as The International 2019 is off to a start.

We discuss changes to the leadership working on Halo Infinite and Anthem, as well as what happened to that graphics upgrade for Minecraft from a few years ago.

We also started our group run of Halo 4 this week and we check in with where we stand on the return of Master Chief.

This week on The Free Cheese, we went to the movies.

Join us for another episode where we talk about loot box percentages, full-time jobs, and what to do about WWE.

We hear from Matt on his week with Wolfenstein: Youngblood and the narrowing road of the world of DOTA. Marc takes us on another adventure in Pokémon GO (now with 100% more ghosts). Joe traveled through time in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and can't come back.

We also talk about the latest from hap, inc. in the form of Home Runtaro, and share our curiosity for the future of Destiny 2.

This week on The Free Cheese, you can pause us at any time. Marc survives a strange encounter in a parking lot with Team Rocket and maybe more. Joe starts to get heavy into tea time with his students in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Matt learns what video games look like on a new graphics card with Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

We talk about how many millions of PlayStation 4 consoles have been sold, what Hero is like in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where SEGA consoles live on today, and more during our News section.

This week on The Free Cheese, I found this in the backyard, you want it?

Wolfenstein: Youngblood is adding a bit of the Arkane flavor to the hallway shooter and we detail what we’re digging about the game so far. Fire Emblem: Three Houses is changing up the formula as well, adding in a whole lot of social elements to the game that are making us care about the characters even more. Finally, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is filled with what we knew from the first two games and the character combos are giving us reason to try different playstyles out.

We talk about potential returns to both the Monster Rancher and NiGHTS franchises as well as the latest addition to the roster of Overwatch. We hear what was announced at QuakeCon and how it was three Doom games coming to Switch.

All this and more on another exhilarating episode of The Free Cheese Podcast. Thanks for joining!

This week on The Free Cheese, we go down the river. With six months behind us, we take a look at what we like this year so far and which games we believe will end up in our annual conversations this December. We also talk about the slew of announcements from Nintendo this week along with id Software departures, Comic-Con announcements, and news of Tetris Effect on PC.

Thankfully, the meta changed in Dota Underlords so Matt has a little bit more to talk about. Marc poked at the obligatory Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp while Joe started playing a decade-old MMO and learning when the Splatfest ended.

This week on The Free Cheese, what's after Mars?

Marc is away but Matt and Joe come together to talk about the Sega Genesis and how it lives on in 2019. With the announcement of the Vita 2, or "Nintendo Switch Lite", we talk about what we want in portable gaming and where we think Nintendo should take its family of hardware next. Another week of Dota 2 and Underlords is in Matt's play record while Joe spent some time exploring the star map in Warframe and trying to find ground in Super Mario Maker 2.

This week on The Free Cheese, you want job? We're here to talk about another round of Q&A from a Nintendo shareholder's meeting that includes discussion about the future of Nintendo Switch Online and whether or not these poor shareholders can get to an amusement park.

Matt only understands the ways of The Ancients these days as every screen must contain DOTA. Marc uses the absence of the internet to get immersed in Breath of the Wild. Joe opens up two screens to make maps in Etrian Odyssey. We talk about some Super Mario Maker 2 best practices and how to get started making levels, as well as what makes a good Zelda dungeon.

This week on The Free Cheese, we walk like a dinosaur. It's the middle of the summer and we've got your tips on staying out of school and how to survive 6th grade. Marc dances through Hyrule a little bit more before getting engrossed in a childhood classic on the Nintendo 64. Joe finds his footing in the castle of Bloodstained leading up to the season of creation with the launch of Super Mario Maker 2.

We get into how much games are going to cost on Stadia, what video game television shows are on the way, and what happens when an alien invasion crashes into one of the world's biggest MMOs.

This week on The Free Cheese, that's a veteran catch! Marc returns from Chicago to tell us what it's like to catch Pokémon with thousands of other people across three parks, as well as share the experience of Rare Replay and the arcade edition of Battletoads. Matt is collecting ears with his motorcycle as he begins the wandering within Days Gone. Joe is looking for a way to make things turn upside down in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night after its long-awaited release.

We also talk a lot about Data Underlords and how it finally makes sense once you play it, as well as the longevity of that genre of games now cropping up.

With E3 in the rearview, there's only one news story worth talking about: Dr. Mario.

This week on The Free Cheese, you can do that in traffic? We're on the other side of E3 and we're tallying up the points to see who was the best at seeing into the future. After the dust settled, we also talk about the games that are still sticking with us that we're most anticipating.

For the week, Matt played the beta release of Valve's latest video game: Dota Underlords and some of Ubisoft's new Roller Champions. Joe fell back into Breath of the Wild after a smattering of start-and-stop attempts at several other games.

We bring E3 2019 to a close with Nintendo's presentation and what we loved from it. We talk about everything we saw in the Direct and some of the things we learned from the subsequent Treehouse stream afterward.

We talk about Banjo & Kazooie joining Super Smash Bros. Ultimate along with The Hero from Dragon Quest. We check in with Luigi's Mansion 3 and Astral Chain, while taking our first look at Animal Crossing: New Horizons and learning that Tom Nook is a cop who controls your mobile plan.

E3 2019 continues as Ubisoft and Square Enix introduce the next year and beyond in video games. We talk about where we fall after the pair of press conferences have aired and the highlights of each show.

We fell in love with Final Fantasy VII all over again and are eager to take over London in Watch Dogs Legion. We find ourselves curious of what else Ubisoft is up to besides Tom Clancy's game and really scratching our heads at Marvel's Avengers debut.

All of this and more await you inside, including a breakdown of some of the other announcements out of Inside Xbox.

It's the start of E3 2019 and we've watched Xbox, Bethesda, and Devolver Digital show off some video games. We each share a bit of what we found most interesting from each presentation.

We talk about the next generation of Xbox and what that means for what we're currently playing on as well as what surprised us most out from the first day of E3 2019.

This week on The Free Cheese, we welcome back that classic taste. We're recording this episode just hours before Xbox goes live with its E3 2019 announcements so we keep it a little light this time. We talk about what we've played this last week. Marc takes a trip to the swamp with Hunt: Showdown and tries World War Z's approach to the Left 4 Dead style of survival games. Matt climbs a few more levels in Rocket League and buys a few more in the Dota 2 Battle Pass. Joe explores a bit of the emptiness of space in Void Bastards to see if anyone can hear you scream.

Happy E3 2019!

This week on The Free Cheese, we give you 45 reasons why this E3 will be the best E3. We switch things up a bit this time as we start the show with a bit of news from the last week before moving into what we've all been playing. Matt set sail in space as he completed Observation. Marc tried to find the meaning of life and how to escape it in Transference. Joe learned about biology and New York City in Parasite Eve.

Then, we each detail 5 predictions for Nintendo and Xbox, with another 5 that could happen at any point across the show. The bulk of this episode is celebrating the feeling of anticipation as we get closer to E3 2019.

This week on The Free Cheese, we talk about movies for a while.

Matt spent some time fixing a PC this week so we could all play Sea of Thieves. Marc looked into the goggles again to take Astro Bot on a little adventure. Joe found a team of Sonic characters to go racing with in the latest in the series of Sonic kart racing games.

We talk about what Jack Tretton has to say about PlayStation 5, how long the Xbox E3 Briefing is expected to run, DC Universe Online coming to Switch, and how you can watch Pirates of the Caribbean on Twitch.

This week on The Free Cheese, the waffles might be burning. We induct another game into The Free Cheese Hall of Fame, bringing our total to three.

We also talk about Sony and Microsoft's partnership in the cloud and what it probably actually means. We find out what The Video Game History Foundation is doing at Game Informer. Additionally, we get the latest details on Treyarch's Black Ops IIIII.

Marc gets dancing with a bit of Beat Saber while Matt explores the wasteland without Andrew W.K. and Joe reads Netflix producer biographies in a Castlevania game.

This week on The Free Cheese, we bring back the dead. Marc teaches you how to rig the arcade so you and your family can get switchblade combs. Matt maintains his status on Xbox Live without compromising his trash talking. Joe checks out a bunch of video tapes.

Without a lot that we've been playing recently to talk about, we instead look backwards and forwards in time to talk about video game remakes, reboots, and revivals. We talk about some of our favorite examples of each and share our dreams for games that could see new life somewhere in the future.

Then, we recap some news from the week and think a bit about how close we are to Electronic Three.

This week on The Free Cheese, we’re not slowing down. Marc and Joe are excited for the future of Sonic the Hedgehog cinema and talk about our favorite live-action Pokémon so far. We also talk about how Microsoft thinks you should trash talk appropriately and how crunch is affecting the video game industry.

Marc spent some time this week waving a tiny ball at his screen while Joe continued to learn the art of the cards. 

This week on The Free Cheese, should you go into someone’s van? We finally find out that Persona 5 is coming to Nintendo Switch and we talk about how you can make your own Overwatch games.

Matt spent the week being sad on ice, Marc took a sword to the 1980s, and Joe found a way to build a deck. With Mortal Kombat 11’s release, we detail a lot of what has changed since the last iteration of the game and celebrate how much we really love the game so far.

This week on The Free Cheese, we get the good ones before they're gone. Matt and Joe gather to discuss the next generation of PlayStation and what to expect from Xbox at E3. We also talk about updates to Mario Tennis Aces and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as what we think of the full lineup coming to the Castlevania collection next month.

We've played a bit of Sekiro and some other games as the week kind of blurred by. Matt is lost in Rocket League while Joe discovers pinball games on Genesis. We also talk about Final Fantasy VII on Switch and detail our experience with Nintendo Labo VR.

Finally, we celebrate thirty years of the Nintendo Game Boy by reliving some of our memories of the first handheld console we'd ever owned and some of our favorite games.

This week on The Free Cheese, can you smell blood?

Marc travels through time going to Colorado and back, with his Switch and Undertale. Matt plays all the Matt games plus Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

We touch on what Sony name changes, what Respawn’s been up to, and Twitch getting karaoke. Plus much more.

This week on The Free Cheese, we realize we’re basically a TV news program. Marc is slicing his way through Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance while Matt continues to find his footing in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Joe tries to start a cult with cards.

We talk about the potential Switch releases coming out of a Best Buy listing, getting refunds on PlayStation Network, and the final big changes coming to Splatoon 2.

This week on The Free Cheese, That High Quality. There's a lot packed into this week as we catch up on rumors around not one but two new Nintendo Switch models. We also talk about Arcade, changes to Artifact, and the future of the Final Fantasy series.

Matt continues his journey into becoming a ninja as he works his way through the dead ends of Sekiro. Marc gets in touch with his first-person shooter love as he gets to know BJ in Wolfenstein: The New Order. Joe learns the balance of living life as a vampiric doctor in Vampyre.

We also talk about Auto Chess, Lightning Returns, Mortal Kombat 11, and a lot more.

This week on The Free Cheese, obey and consume. There's a lot of news out of the Game Developer's Conference this year to unpack. We talk about the latest Nindies showcase and all about Google's Stadia platform. We also hear about changes coming to Steam and the details of the Apex Legend's Battle Pass. Then, we talk about how we would fix GameStop.

Matt finally played something other than Auto Chess and it's got ninjas in it. Marc stayed up until the sun came back around getting lost in the references in Guacamelee. Joe stuck with it and came out really loving Hollow Knight.

This week on The Free Cheese, breathe in that whipped cream. Our journey through the Master Chief Collection continues, this time together. Marc finally received his Flip Grip and found himself falling in love with falling in Downwell. Matt_auto_chess.exe. Joe tried out the Mortal Kombat 11 beta and then started playing the greatest game ever made.

We talk about Halo coming to PC along with all of the announcements from Inside Xbox this week. Then, we learn what happened to the team working on Artifact and talk about where Auto Chess is going next. We also hear from SXSW and the latest in Sonic the Hedgehog video games.

This week on The Free Cheese, is everyone okay? We talk about Nintendo Labo VR and EA's new plans for E3 2019. We also talk about The Master Chief Collection as we each make our way through some Halo campaigns and await whatever surprise is coming with Inside Xbox this week.

Marc makes his GameCube high definition and finishes a game Classic style. Matt forgot what Super Metroid was but slowly became a master at Auto Chess. Joe made friends with a giant robot and jumped around some more.

Oh, and we talk about that Sonic movie because Matt really likes Sonic.

This week on The Free Cheese, Alien Ant Farm has more than two songs. There's a new Pokémon game to talk about and three new starters to choose from. We also talk about this year's EVO lineup and Konami arcade games.

Matt bought an Xbox and instead of playing it, played more Auto Chess. Marc returns to 2010 to get to Hell one layer at a time. Joe jumps to the top of buildings and then builds a bunch of them.

This week on The Free Cheese, are you kidding me? We played some weird games this week amidst news of changes at Nintendo of America and rumors of Game Pass coming to everything.

 

This week on The Free Cheese, Joe was right. Told you, Matt.

We've been playing two of the hottest new takes on that battle royale genre. We also check out Daemon X Machina and Yoshi's Crafted World in the wake of the recent Nintendo Direct.

We talk about some changes to PlayStation's executive team and how that might impact cross-play and backwards compatibility for the platform.

Our topic of the week has us trying to be the very best, like no one ever was.

This week on The Free Cheese, surprise video games! Marc returns from the thretch with a return to tank controls beneath the streets. Matt gets on the grid when three lanes become one board. Joe finally sees the light but it might not be enough.

We talk a lot about Apex Legends and what it means for the future of Titanfall. Additionally, you can catalogue your Pokémon cards on your phone and play as Kabal in Mortal Kombat 11. All of this and more on this week's show.

This week on The Free Cheese, we teach you how to really search the internet. Someone left Joe and Matt together so there’s a lot of Destiny talk in this week’s podcast. We also hear about Matt’s latest attempts to make progress in Resident Evil 2 and Joe finds the best use for his Flip Grip. Further, Joe nears the end of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and is finding a sense of coalescence to the enemies and the world that he didn’t notice before.

We talk Nintendo news in the aftermath of the latest investor’s meeting and learn about a new mobile game coming this summer. We hear about earning Xbox achievements on Switch and what a PS5 with backwards-compatibility might be like.

Finally, we talk about Switch rumors and Batman rumors to close things out before Matt opens the floor to some rapid-fire questions.

This week on The Free Cheese, Cheetos and White Russians. Matt has accepted his new second job as he continues checking off quests in Destiny 2. Marc returns to the scene of the crime and sees what Leon Kennedy looks like after twenty years in Resident Evil 2. Joe practiced a bunch of combos and had someone show off gear for a real long while online in Injustice 2.

Metroid Prime 4 is restarting its development with Retro Studios at the helm. While the delay is saddening, we can't help but feel good about the news considering how it was delivered. Additionally, we discuss the continued life of The Master Chief Collection, talk about which Pokémon almost made it into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and tell you which game has an upcoming eSports tournament you won't want to miss.

We close things out with a question: Which dormant game franchise would you like to see taken on by another developer?

All that and plenty of stories about the things we see in traffic and at Target packed into this week's show.

This week on The Free Cheese, e-Sports? More like cheese-Sports! Marc returns to the nightmare to change the way he looks, Matt signs up to compete in 2019's first on-ice flossing competition, Ben kills his friends and finds new ones in customer support, and Joe hears the call of the wolves as the banner waves.

We talk about EA's newest cancellation, SNES games coming to Nintendo Switch, and detail the full reveal of Mortal Kombat 11.

This week on The Free Cheese, let us in the boardroom! With the Nintendo Direct on its way tomorrow again, we've been playing games to keep us distracted. Marc demonstrates his excitement for a Capcom release later this month while Matt does a bit more of the same and Joe slips back into his own fate.

We talk about why Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice won't have multiplayer, which comic book franchise is coming to Spider-Man, and hear about those keyboards designed to work with Xbox.

We close the show with the news that Bungie has secured Destiny publishing rights from Activision and we speculate what the break will bring in the future.

This week on The Free Cheese, the new year takes us back and then forward. Marc tries to find the rest of the orbs with his little buddy. Matt gets cold going for the gold—the real gold. Joe covers the world in icing while dancing in the moonlight.

We talk about which new Capcom game is coming out next January, what to do in a thirty-minute demo, and try to figure out how we missed the news we were all waiting for.

After the break, the world comes alive as we recapitulate the predictions we made one year ago and settle in to announce what we believe is coming over the course of the following twelve months.

This week on The Free Cheese, two surprises! Ben is playing Joy-con spread eagle from here on out, Marc breaks into the asylum to save us all, and Joe is selling crystal jelly.

We talk about what remains after Game of the Year is over, announce the winner of the Reader's Choice Game of the Year, and use the holiday week to play some honest video games.

We also talk about Flash game preservation, games that aren't coming to Switch, and how many Bloodborne sequels FromSoftware is working on.

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The final day of our 2018 awards is here and with it comes our winner for Game of the Year. Thank you for hanging with us all week long and congratulations to all of the winners across all of our categories. Video games are what bring us all together and these awards are a way to celebrate what we love most about them. Enjoy:

• Best Score/Soundtrack
• Most Anticipated
• Hall of Fame
• Game of the Year

Only two days left in our annual awards ceremony and we’ve still got a lot of awards to give out. Today’s categories are:

• Favorite In-Game Moment
• Best Game as a Service
• Most Surprising
• Favorite Free Cheese Moment

We’ve reached the halfway point in the week of awards. After a long debate yesterday, it’s time we move into a few more categories:

• 2018’s 2017 Game of the Year
• Best Remaster
• Biggest Disappointment
• Best Character
• Best Old Game That We Played This Year

Our second day of the week of 2018’s awards begins now! Today we give the awards for:

• Best Story
• Best Spirit
• Best Multiplayer
• Best DLC/Expansion
• Best Switch Port

Welcome to The Free Cheese Game of the Year 2018. All week long, we’ll be celebrating the best of this year in video games. To start, our first day of awards include:

• I’ll Play It Next Year
• Best Mobile Game
• Please Don’t Suck
• Favorite Industry Moment

This week on The Free Cheese, surprise! There was a bit too much news before we rolled into Game of the Year for us to ignore so we came together to capture our thoughts surrounding console sales, lawsuits, fake console nightmares, changes to Artifact, and exciting news for Halo Infinite.

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This week on The Free Cheese, what does the start button do? With Matt and Ben away, Marc and Joe gather round the podcast table for the last episode before Game of the Year podcasts are recorded.

We talk about where Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has taken us and what we're really enjoying. Then we talk a bit about Gris, a new game from Nomada Studio that leaves an impact in the short amount of time we spent with it. We also talk about the latest update to Fire Emblem Heroes and how we're starting to understand the game a little more.

Finally, we hear about new ways to wire up a GameCube controller, find out when we can play as 2B in SoulCalibur VI, hear how Discord plans to shake up the digital market next year, and outline the list of games featured at EVO Japan 2019.

This week on The Free Cheese, everybody's here! In case you weren't aware, there's a new game in the Super Smash Bros. franchise and we're pretty excited about it. We detail the game's Adventure mode and highlight some of the things we've discovered on our respective journeys. We highlight new characters and talk about the changes made to the ones we love. Additionally, we talk a bit about Artifact and Hitman 2 and how they both add to the conversations we'll be having in a few short weeks.

We learn about new video games that were announced at The Game Awards and talk about other news—like which rapper is reselling garbage with a different name on it this week.

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This week on The Free Cheese, we revert our drivers. Like every great video game podcast, we start off talking about what to do with a two-dollar box of glass: break it. Matt finished up his adventures out west just in time to spread some cards out three ways and take out the Ancient. Marc leaves behind yesterday's travels to deliver a message across time and space. Ben takes out a champion before almost taking out his graphics card. Joe pretends to be the drummer in a band while a statue falls in just the right way.

We also talk about the launch of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and what we expect from The Game Awards. We hear about the latest patch to Mario Tennis Aces and which famed 2D developer is helping to bring home Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

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This week on The Free Cheese, yeah! We're all together again to talk about video games—and to slowly incite riots around the table. Between yelling about which games are or are not good, we find one thing we can all agree on. Marc returns to a mobile camp he can carry in his pocket but spends a while going on adventures with Pikachu. Matt gets lost in the open fields and forests as he tries to narrow down his choice for the best video game this year. Ben takes a break from getting harassed on the internet to see if he can find a hammer. Joe transcends earth again only to find himself on a racetrack in Miami.

We talk about the triumphant return of Tomagotchi, the potential of a new disc drive-less Xbox One console, unchanging Rainbow Six Siege, adding new characters to Mario Tennis Aces, and more before we spiral into madness.

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This week on The Free Cheese, where is Jack Tretton's money? Matt returns from his bedridden nightmares with tales of falling blocks, jumping girls, and cowboy criminals. Ben updates us on his spreadsheet of science documenting online fighting taunts while hanging out with death metal. Joe continues his journey to enlightenment but takes a detour into a reimagined world of pocket monsters.

We discuss the next series from Castlevania producer, when to expect PUBG on PS4, and why PlayStation doesn't need E3 2019. All this, a pitch for a Jack Tretton video game, and more on this episode.

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This week on The Free Cheese, the fine makers of jelly bring you "horseradish." In between his adventures on the road, Marc grows his ever-expansive family of characters in Diablo III. Despite being the victim of what many would argue is unwarranted taunting, Ben still loves SoulCalibur VI. Joe sinks deeper into the comfort of vacation and loses a day to everything Destiny 2 can throw at him.

We also talk at length about the magic that is Tetris, and how its newest iteration takes the series somewhere incredibly personal and transforms what we understand of the classic game.

Finally, we hear about the future of Final Fantasy and which series Activision blames for its shortcomings. We recap the X018 event from Microsoft and speculate on what's next for Xbox. Then, we outline Geoff Keighly's Game Awards for you.

This week on The Free Cheese, it’s a hash brown vacation. After last week’s reminiscing, we talk about the future of The Free Cheese with an overview of changes to the site and tease some secrets. Marc plays a bit of SoulCalibur VI while Joe finds himself back into Destiny 2. We both finished Halo: Combat Evolved and began the nightmare that is Halo 2 on Legendary. We also embarked on our portable adventure through Diablo III: The Eternal Collection.

We recap the latest and last Super Smash Bros. Ultimate focused Nintendo Direct, discuss changes to Rainbow Six Siege, and share news from Blizzcon. We also tell you which games should’ve been on the upcoming PlayStation Classic. 

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This week on The Free Cheese, it ain’t no soup. We celebrate the fifth anniversary of the website with stories and anecdotes from our adventures over half a decade together. We talk about some of the stuff you might remember, and moments that happened behind the scenes.

We’ve all got Red Dead fever and share our thoughts surrounding the opening to Rockstar’s latest release. Marc wraps up Lara Croft GO while Matt starts Metro 2033 and Ben doesn’t create characters in Soul Calibur VI. We also hear about Hello Neighbor, DayZ, and more Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII. Then, Joe tells us about his return to Destiny 2, at long last.

We continue to conversation around crunch in video game development and lament the existence of leaks. Then we share news about a few unfortunate delays and reveal the addition of a fan-favorite character to our new favorite fighting game. 

Thank you all for hanging out with us, whether you’ve followed us from the start or you’re just joining us today.

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This week on The Free Cheese, we complete a scavenger hunt. Marc and Joe discuss recent adventures away from the podcast and talk a lot about the Analogue Mega Sg. Marc dives deeper into the catalogue of Rare's history while Joe goes back to a franchise he hasn't touched in a decade.

We talk about 100-hour work weeks, what to do in Pokémon Let's Go, and another delay to a PS4 exclusive.

This week on The Free Cheese, we try grandma’s gravy. As all video game podcasts go, we start things off yelling about soup again and designing marriage certificates. Then, Ben takes us into the world of The Forest one last time as he sees it through to the end. Matt makes a lot of money on Steam and spends his time becoming a part of something special with the CS: GO community. Joe is starting to “get” Overwatch and wanders the depths of The Binding of Isaac while Marc changes his Xbox avatar and counts down the days until Red Dead Redemption 2.

We talk about the fourth generation of Pokémon inside of our phones, the future of video games, and what Matt is changing his PSN name to.

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This week on The Free Cheese, we find out what really happens at the circus. Marc helps us to remember all of the details from Resident Evil 4 and checks in with the latest in the Halo: Combat Evolved cooperative adventure. Ben learns how to read and uncovers so much more than what the surface offers in The Forest. Joe watches the seasons change and uncovers what's new in Forza Horizon 4.

We talk about PSN name changes, new Nintendo Switch revisions, the future of Capcom movies, and we celebrate the anniversary of a lifetime.

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This week on The Free Cheese, now available with Spooky Vision. We're fresh into what the world would definitively state is the best month of the year and with it we've brought the fright into the night. Or, we talk about stupid energy drinks and koffee for a while and also some video games.

Ben explores the great outdoors and the terrors that await below in the full release of The Forest. Matt climbs behind the wheel of the car again to see where he stacks in ranked mode of Rocket League. Joe samples a few games for a little while and remembers what's great about Let It Die now that it's on PC.

We also talk about Ring of Elysium and how it stands out in a sea of battle royale games. We find out if Sony is truly ready to play ball with the competition. Then, we speculate what might get announced at X018 and give you the inside scoop behind the absence of PSX this year.

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This week on The Free Cheese, this seems about right. Matt is trying to figure out whether or not he likes Beyond: Two Souls. Marc is readying for mid-October while returning to Red Dead Redemption. Ben finishes a really good game and fights a spider mother in Resident Evil 7. Joe tries to figure out Nintendo Switch Online and plays Pokémon Crystal instead. We talk about tiny PlayStation and Genesis consoles, new costumes in Street Fighter V, PlayStation Now, and a few other news items from the week. Send in your soup stories: podcast@thefreecheese.com. The Free Cheese Opening Theme is "The Origin" by Legna Zeg.

This week on The Free Cheese, we're all chasing something, man. Ben makes his long-awaited return and brings with him tales of new fighting games and surprise characters inside, along with his journey as a detective in Her Story. Marc is over the halfway point in Banjo-Kazooie and busy tapping his phone through a neon pinball adventure. Matt brings us his first-hand experience with the latest in the "Battle Royale" crazy. Joe tried to swallow the world piece by piece in Donut County. We talk more in depth about Marvel's Spider-Man and Resident Evil 7. Then we share our favorite moments from this week's Nintendo Direct.

This week on The Free Cheese, here's how you eat wasabi. We learn what it's like to become the one at the party with your Switch and how to properly sail the seas. Matt plays a lot of Into the Breach at a wedding. Marc saves the president's daughter in Resident Evil 4. Joe takes you inside of a real McDonald's. We talk at length about our recent experiences with both Sea of Thieves and Marvel's Spider-Man. First, we share what went right this time as we took to the open air and fought giant sharks and looked for treasure. Then, we highlight what makes Marvel's Spider-Man just so amazing and how it improves on an already beloved formula. Finally, we look at how Zen Pinball might revive some of our favorites and track the timeline of THQ again. The Free Cheese Opening Theme is "The Origin" by Legna Zeg.

This week on The Free Cheese, we're hydrated. Marc gives us the details on Xbox All Access through his firsthand experience. Matt is trying to solve a mystery chapter by chapter until dawn. Joe tries to find his game for a third time after mom hid it. We talk a lot about Halo: The Master Chief Collection after its big update and addition to Xbox Game Pass this week. We also hear about The Messenger and what it's like to play DOTA 2 after The International is over. Then, we share the latest news about Shovel Knight and when you can expect to play a demo for Anthem. Finally, we ooze over the forty-eight minutes of gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077. Strap in: it's party time. The Free Cheese Opening Theme is "The Origin" by Legna Zeg.

This week on The Free Cheese, get in your lane. We finally see where the year's worth of terrible forced jokes have come to a head and celebrate the best in Dota 2. Then, we wander around more to catch Pokémon. Matt checks in with Dead Cells for a bit while Joe learns how to jump in Quake Champions. Marc spends a weekend traveling through four seasons in The Last of Us and its subsequent DLC. We talk about some news out of Gamescom and lament the delay of another anticipated game.

This week on The Free Cheese, we dream that we're clairvoyant. While Matt and Ben are away on assignment, Marc and Joe get ready for the next generation of Pokémon to hit Pokémon Go. We learn a little more about the Xbox One dashboard and then we talk about another black-and-white duck fighter candidate for the Marc™ GOTY. Joe gives an update on which dimension he's travelled to, then talks about his recent stint as a professional car dude. We share news about the delay of a beloved franchise's return, the arrival of a mystical creature, and when you can dungeon crawl through Hell on your Nintendo Switch.

This week on The Free Cheese, everybody's here. We recap the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct and share our excitement for what's to come. We also talk about what happened at QuakeCon 2018 and announce to you the next installer you'll be able to keep on your PC desktop. We spent some time this week playing fighting games and Hunt: Showdown. Marc tells us a bit about playing pinball on an island, Ben spends more time fighting in the streets, Matt prepares for The International, and Joe explores the depths of an ever-changing castle.

This week on The Free Cheese we haven't encountered that before. Our paths intersect this week as Marc and Matt dive into WarioWare Gold and Ben and Joe talk a bit of Street Fighter V. We've all been exploring the real world through Pokémon Go as the craze continues and Joe shares more stories from Ultra Moon. Matt finds himself on the ice again while Marc is taking things apart with a wrench. Ben spends some time at the beach walking into people and Joe watches some weird slaps. We talk about the updates to Quake Champions and the new character added to the game. Then, we hear about which fighting game might make a return and when we can expect to get our hands on a new card game. Finally, we learn about some new fighters coming to Tekken 7.

This week on The Free Cheese, multiplayer online battle arena. To start things off, Matt buys a new car and Marc and Joe write a horror movie. Matt spends his time this week between two things he'd never expected years ago. Marc fights with two buttons and then learns how to be mega in new ways. Joe does some weird stuff and then keeps trying to catch them all. We talk about the next Xbox after some rumors start to circulate and look at new GameCube controllers. We learn about changes that are currently rolling out to Quake Champions and hear about where 2K will be spending its money in the coming years.

This week on The Free Cheese, welcome to Summer 2016! We catch up on Marc's birthday festivities and what's happening in San Diego. Then, Matt swears he's never playing Mario Tennis Aces again... Marc runs the gambit of game samples this week from 3DS demos to explosive chickens. Ben starts counting frames in Street Fighter V and gets really good. Matt hops on the bus for one more ride. Joe finds himself on vacation in a tropical place that's all too familiar. We're all playing Pokémon Go again and we close out the show talking a bit about some news from the week.

This week on The Free Cheese, I was walking with a ghost. Marc kicks things off with a journey into the real world of Kanto, Ben learns to stay on the ground while fighting, Joe rips and tears at 5K, and Matt doesn't want to talk about tennis. We talk a lot about Quake Champions as we continue to learn the game and fall in love with playing it more each day. We close out the show with a peek into an Uncharted movie and a realization that a Mortal Kombat movie might be far off.

This week on The Free Cheese, it's killing time. Matt becomes a god and is compared to the father of Nintendo as he destroys in Mario Tennis Aces (after deleting it). Ben begins to learn the terrifying truth of NieR: Automata. Joe uncovers the magic of Xbox Play Anywhere with his new computer and State of Decay 2. We all shared one big experience this week called Quake Champions—and we really fell in love with it. Finally, we close out with a string of news stories from the week featuring Sonic, Shenmue, and other non-Sega things.  

This week on The Free Cheese, we consider early stage goths. Matt keeps playing Mario Tennis Aces and starts watching a TV show called Quantum Break. Ben hides things in the wrong chests around the mansion in Resident Evil. Marc doesn't want you to play Unreal Tournament but he's super stoked to be murdering dinosaurs again in Turok. Joe tries to stay alive in the darkest version of The Sims to date: State of Decay 2. We consider which game we can always come back to and enjoy no matter what. Then, we share out exclusive recipes for smoked gas station meats. Barcelona!

This week on The Free Cheese, we contemplate QuakeCon and then talk about vomiting at Slayer concerts. Matt talks about his anticipation leading into the release of Mario Tennis Aces and shares his thoughts on its final release, along with an update on the status of his controller. Marc explores a few of the eight paths in Octopath Traveler just before convincing us to play Fortnite. Ben continues NieR: Automata but spends the bulk of his week getting stoked about Resident Evil. Joe plays a game thought long forgotten and then wraps up the Octo Expansion in Splatoon 2. We chat a little about the Flip Grip for Nintendo Switch and the latest and greatest of the Steam summer sale.

This week on The Free Cheese, we figure out who the final Smash Bros. characters will be. Joe and Matt reconvene post-E3 to catch up on what we've been playing and why that answer is Destiny. We cover the release of Hollow Knight on Switch, the Octo Expansion for Splatoon 2, Prey's Mooncrash nightmares, and Donkey Kong on Switch. Following E3, we find ourselves asking the question "What's next" and looking at the next generation of consoles. How will Microsoft's first-party growth pay off? How will Sony's refusal to play with others pan out? Where does the Switch fall in all of this? Finally, we cast our votes for who makes sense to round out this generation of Super Smash Bros.

It's the final day of E3 showcases and we're here to recap what we've seen yet again. We take a few seconds to talk about what Square Enix showed, and then dive deep into Ubisoft and Sony. Finally, we prepare ourselves for Nintendo.

As E3 continues to begin, we talk about what we thought about Microsoft and Bethesda, while making last minute guesses for Square Enix, Ubisoft, and PlayStation.

E3 begins today with Microsoft and Bethesda and we're getting ahead of it with some pre-show chatter. We recover and recap from EA—still looking for where Skate 4 is hiding. Before the show begins, our next energy drink choice is revealed and tasted live on the air. Oh, and we checked in with another game that we didn't expect to be playing again...

As we count down the final moments before E3 2018, we commemorate the year's festivities with our new, official energy drink of choice. We detail a few of the new announcements and leaks that have come out since our last episode. Finally, we check in with a game that we didn't think we'd be playing again.

This week on The Free Cheese, we expand your mind and ours with a look into the future. Everything is real until E3 says otherwise and this episode is all about the predictions we're making for the big trade show next week. Before predictions get rolling, we hear about the rest of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, why Mario Tennis Aces might be Matt's game of the year, whether or not its okay to skip Pokémon Quest, and why Ben is still enjoying his hellish adventure through Agony. There was too much news to ignore this week and we cover it all. From the most recent round of Assassin's Creed and Sonic Team Racing leaks to the full reveal of Pokémon Let's Go Eevee and Let's Go Pikachu, we share out thoughts and reactions to everything important. Finally, we reveal sixty extremely accurate and detailed accounts of the future—outlining the three console manufacturer press conferences for E3 2018. Get ready to scream. The Free Cheese Opening Theme is “The Origin” by Legna Zeg.

This week on The Free Cheese, we live by the curse of the moon. After a day drinking in the sun and five and a half years of podcasting, we gather to catch up on the week's video games yet again. Marc spent some time piloting Orbital Frames in Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner M∀RS, Ben is almost in Hell as he continues to look at how good DOOM looks on his PC, Matt plays more DOTA 2 in order to collect the card packs for The International, and Joe begins the descent into flipper fever with The Pinball Arcade yet again. We've got a lot to say about Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon as we've all spent some time with it since its launch this week. Any worry we had about whether or not someone else could still make a Castlevania game has vanished as quickly as the sun come nightfall. Finally, we talk about the next generation of PlayStation and how console gaming will likely differ in the next generation. We discuss cloud-based gaming on Nintendo Switch and what we expect from Battlefield V. Then, we weigh in on a little rumor about a potential port (it's not a port(or is it?)) of one of our favorite games. The Free Cheese Opening Theme is “The Origin” by Legna Zeg.

This week on The Free Cheese, the E3 ship is leaking. Ben regales us with tales of dead toy shops and old metal heads- while pl[A]ying more NieR. Matt shakes his head at hockey and ends his journey with God of War before stepping into the latest changes with Dota 2. Marc can't sleep because Zero Time Dilemma keeps him up again. Joe is continuing to explore the world of Watch_Dogs 2 and finds it difficult to find something to complain about. We talk about the future of Call of Duty with Black Ops IIII, accessible Xbox controllers, and try to predict the release date for Shenmue III. Lastly, we try to unpack the rumors and leaks surrounding Retro Studios' new game.

This week on The Free Cheese, it's okay to wear t-shirts. Ben goes back to school in Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning. Marc has no time to wait for Garage to load and instead solves puzzles in Zero Time Dilemma. Matt bought a PC and amidst running everything on the highest settings, he finds a yellow rat to solve mysteries with. Joe tried the other Halo again but finds that Destiny 2 still isn't totally engrossing—instead he hacks into everything to save the world of Watch_Dogs 2. We talk about Nintendo's details for its Nintendo Switch Online service, the announcement of two new games from Inti Creates, how to play Steam games on your phone, and the potential of another kool Mortal Kombat game. The Free Cheese Opening Theme is "The Origin" by Legna Zeg.

This week on The Free Cheese, why are we drinking this? Marc delivers pizza inside of a giant robot. Matt plays the slots, Sega style. Ben goes a little further and finds a lot inside of NieR: Automata. Joe gets his old school FPS going in a couple of ways this week. We talk about what we expect from the Atari VCS. We learn about Switch controller support on Steam and Ikaruga on Switch. PUBG hackers go to jail and E3 floor plans are revealed. All of this and more inside!

This week on The Free Cheese, we get wild and dirty. Learn the tale of Beyonce vs. Rihanna after we remember what we found at the flea market. Matt gets to see a little more of God of War. Marc taps on a lot of onions in Million Onion Hotel. Joe completes and begins another war in Halo Wars and Halo Wars 2. We talk about Dark Souls Remastered, H1Z1 coming to PS4, and a whole lot of Nintendo news. The Free Cheese Opening Theme is "The Origin" by Legna Zeg.