This week, Ryan’s back from a long-needed vacation! We catch up on a new Lord of the Rings game coming from Weta Workshop and Private Division as well as talk about games we’re looking forward to hearing about at Gamescom next week! We also anticipate Marvel and Disney rolling out a brand new Games Showcase next month! Tons of fun stuff today, so join us in the comments!
TIMECODES:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:04:50 – Private Division Working on a LOTR Game. Here’s what we want.
00:18:39 – Xbox’s gamescom Showcase News
00:37:10 – Disney & Marvel’s Games Showcase Coming Sept. 9th
00:46:30 – Even More Game Delays!
00:50:16 – Outro
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Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s executive editor of previews and host of both IGN’s weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He’s a North Jersey guy, so it’s “Taylor ham,” not “pork roll.” Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.