HCG Podcast
By Craig & Mike
HCG PodcastJul 02, 2022
21: Flying the revival solo
July 2, 2022
20: Krampus is coming to town... Incognito
In todays episode we chat about the following:
- Halo Campaign
- Voice recognition in VR
- Demeo update
- Decembers Game pass releases has been brilliant
- Our personal game of the year
- Krampus comes to Warzone
- Epic Games daily free games
- Superliminal Co-Op update
Games Played:
- Halo Multiplayer
- Halo Campaign
- Disney Arena (Mobile)
- Minecraft Dungeons
- Trailmakers
- New World
- Teardown
The Quiz continues and we go into this week with Craig still in the lead, the scores remain 5:3 after nobody got their questions correct last week.
19: Bieber Made Me Cry
In todays episode we chat about the following:
- Correction to Halo Infinite Battlepass
- Xbox Metaverse (Museum)
- Microsoft Edge Web Browser Clarity Function for Cloud Gaming
- Sea of Thieves Season 10 update
- Coming to Game Pass in December
- Dauntless now for Series X/S
- Lets Sing 2022
Games Played:
- Halo Infinite
- New World
- Apex Legends
- Minecraft Dungeons
- Immortal Fenyx Rising (DLC)
- RiftBreakers
- Half Life Alyx (VR)
Following this we dip into VR where we put Mike under the spotlight to answer some FAQ’s
The Quiz continues and we go into this week with Craig currently in the lead, the scores now 5:3. Surely Mike will pull one back this week, listen to find out.
18: Game Bashing
In todays episode we chat about the following:
- Release of Battlefield 2042 - Highs and lows
- Halo Infinite released & chat about battlepass
- Cloud gaming on Xbox Series X/S out now
- Xbox Discounts Over 600 Games for Black Friday
- Rockstar Apologizes for GTA Trilogy
- The release of Nerf Legends
Games Played:
· Battlefield 2042
· Halo Infinite
· Immortals Fenyx Rising
· Forza Horizon 5
· Faster Than Light
· Beat Saber
The Quiz continues and we go into this week with Craig taking the lead last week, the scores now 4:3, can Craig increase the gap or is Mike going to pull 1 back?
17: Boob Punch
In todays episode we chat about the following:
· Game Pass has a week of AAA releases
· We look at Real images vs in game Images from Forza Horizon 5
· New Fight Night game
· Resident Evil 4 VR and it’s punch bags
· Prime & Epic Games giveaways
· Elden Ring Beta goes on sale (Kind of)
· Bethesda and it’s upcoming AAA title Starfied
· An in depth discussion on our thoughts of Forza Horizon 5
Games Played:
· New World
· Forza Horizon 5
· Beatsaber
· Immortals Fenyx Rising
· The Procession to Calvary
· Planet Coaster
The Quiz continues and we go into this week tied at 3:3 to Mike, who is pulling away this week or will it remain a tie?
16: A Sticky Predicament
In todays episode we chat about the following:
· Animal Crossing New Update – Happy Home Paradise
· Nintendo Switch’s New Online Tier Subscription
· Age of Empires 4 on Game Pass for PC
· Moonglow Bay a suggested game to go play
· Gaurdians of The Galaxy
· Sony Playstation PC Ports
· Krafton
· US Copyright Office gives right to repair
· GTA games to be Remastered and on Oculus
Games Played:
· New World
· Everspace 2
· Rift Breakers
· Red Dead Redemption
· Jackbox
· Back4Blood
The Quiz continues and we go into this week at 3:2 to Mike, can Craig pull it back, listen to find out.
15: Numbers is not my strong point
In todays episode I screw up my numbers and we talk about the following:
· Dolby Atmos for Headphones
· Xbox 4K Dashboard Update
· Xbox New 512gb & 2TB Expansion Cards
· FIFA & EA to split?
· Grounded Update: Hot & Hazy
· New Worlds Economy & Auction House
· Playstation 3 Emulator
· Grand Theft Auto Halloween Update
· Battlefied 2042 new specialists
Games Played:
· New World
· Marvel Avengers
· Nickelodeon All Star Brawl
· Rift Breakers
The Quiz continues and we go into this week at 2:2 after we both got correct answers in the last recording, can one of us pull away? Listen to find out.
#DolbyAtmos #NewWorld #XboxDashboardUpdate #ExpansionCards #Seagate #FIFA #Battlefield2042 #Grounded #GrandTheftAuto #HCG #Zcrisis2 #Ir0nMike2 #HCGaming #Xbox #PC #Nintendo #Playstation
14: Limitation Mastur......
Episode 14: Limitation Mastur……
In todays episode we talk about the following:
· Rusts new quest mode
· Amazon and its neglect of healers
· Ghost Recon Frontline
· Rift Breaker
· Battlefield 2042
· Twitch
· Farcry6
Games Played:
· Immortals Fenyx Rising
· Forza Horizon 4
· Battlefield 2042 Beta
· New World
The Quiz continues and we go into this week at 1:1 after loses for either side last week, can one of us pull away? Listen to find out.
#Rust #NewWorld #Amazon #EpicGames #GhostReconFrontline #Battlefield2042 #HCG #Zcrisis2 #Ir0nMike2 #HCGaming #Xbox #PC #Nintendo #Playstation
13: Profanity Filter
Episode 13: Profanity Filter
In todays episode we talk about the following:
· The release of the new horror survival game Chernobylite
· The release of Amazon’s New World
· Marvel Avengers comes to Game Pass
· Battlefield 2042 Open Beta coming very very soon
· Farcry 6 release date around the corner
· Lemnis Gate and gameplay
· Dying Lights 2
· The Smash Brothers / Brawlhalla type game from Nickledeon called Nickledeon All Star Brawl
· New Overwatch Map and Overwatch 2 footage
· Free games on Epic Game Store and Prime Gaming
· Konami Apologises
Games Played:
· Frostborn for mobile
· Lemnis Gate
· New World
The Quiz continues and we go into this week at 1:1, can one of us pull away? Listen to find out.
#Chernobylite #NewWorld #MarvelAvengersGame #Battlefield2042 #Farcry6 #LemnisGate #DyingLight2 #NickledoenAllStarBrawl #Overwatch #Overwatch2 #Frostborn #HCG #Zcrisis2 #Ir0nMike2 #HCGaming #Xbox #PC #Nintendo #Playstation
12: I Wear Protection
In todays episode we talk about the following:
· Fifa 22 Trial
· Xbox Dashboard & PC app update
· GTA5
· Diablo 2
· PS Plus
· Battlefield Mobile
· Final Fantasy Chocobo Racing
· ESBC Esports Boxing Club
Followed by our new quiz each other round to see who will come out on top by the end of the year.
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Craig – Zcrisis2
Mike – Ir0nMike2
11: Choking The Chicken
In todays episode we talk about:
· New Update on the Nintendo Switch hardware
· Breathedge
· Xbox Controller Update
· Valheim – Hearth & Home Update
· New Worlds
· And also a few of the games we’ve been playing over the last week
10: Beta Test This
First, apologies for missing a week and the sudden end to today’s episode 10 but we are back and not without issues.
In todays episode we talk about:
· UFL Football, a new free to play football game coming soon
· Fallout 76 updates
· Star Citizens bizarre sales
· Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Extraction
· Tom Clancy’s X Defiant
The games we’ve played over the last week:
· Brawlhalla
· Undefeated
· Surgeon Simulator 2
· Automachef
· Valheim
· Human Fall Flat
Not to mention Mikes fascination of Start Trek.
9: Captain Cod Eye
In todays episode we talk about the following up and coming games, addons and features:
· Sains Row
· Jurassic World Evolution
· Riders Republic
· Activisions Anti Cheat
· Flight Simulators new competitive mode
We chat about the lack of Coop and Forge mode upon release for Halo Infinite.
Psychonaughts 2 and their crowd funding win
Followed by games played in the week:
· EFootball PES 2021
· Valheim
· Riders Republic
· Immortals Fenyx Rising
· Sea of Craft
· Scrap Mechanic
· Twelve minutes
8: Game hopping
· E Football PES
· Orcs Must Die 3
· Hades
· Curse Of The Dead Gods
· Quake
· 12 Minutes
· Marvel Avengers
· Minecraft
· Amazon’s Prime Gaming
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Craig: Zcrisis2
Mike: Ir0nMike2
7: My Little Pony Died
Craig: Zcrisis2
Mike: Ir0nMike2
In todays episode we talk about:
• Amazon Games: New World and the melting of graphics cards
• Our stance on Battle Passes, Skins and Loot Boxes
• Orcs must die 3
Games we’ve played this week:
• Killer Queen Black
• Splitgate
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit remastered
• Immortals Fenyx Rising
• Dodgeball Arcadamia
• Katamari Damacy
• Curse of the dead gods (Extensive review)
Games we are going to play and review for next weeks episode:
• Fifa 22
• Back 4 Blood
• Hades
6: Plefra!?
Today we talk about:
Our gripes with The Ascent
A brief chat about hands on time with the Halo Infinite Beta
Xbox Ambassador Summer Games Party
Killer Queen Black
Streets of Rage 4
VR, in particular, Craig's thoughts after trying it out.
Beat Saber
Space Walk
Pavlov
Super Hot and a new VR game just out called Ark Smith
Battlefield 2042 Beta access
And finally a feature on the Xbox Controller that neither of us knew about.
Oh and don't forget our English tutor Mike tries to tell us about the word Plefra which we soon found out the word he was looking for was Plethora.
5: Bean Dive
In todays episode we discuss the newly dropped Pokemon Unite for the Nintendo Switch, the release of Cris Tales on Gamepass, games we’ve played this week, more on the upcoming Steamdeck, Scalpers & Achievements.
Also mike talks about his manhood on more than one occasion and we chat about the warrant of achievements in games.
4: Saving Your Bacon
Today we talk a lot about the new Steam Deck from Valve and games we've been playing this week.
3: Stick Flicking
Today we talk a lot about Nintendo and their up and coming addition to their family of consoles, Garage Builder, Joy cons and also talk a bit about Game Pass and the addition of Game Pass on the browser.
2: Mikes Sex Face
We discuss Sea of Thieves update, Mikes cheating antics, Project Xcloud and more Game Pass games plus Mikes glitchy internet leaving him very red faced.
1: Hairy Boob
In our pilot podcast episode 1 we talk about, Sea of Craft, Grounded, E3 News, Game Pass & Xbox, VR and a very suspect hairy boob.