Eight and a Half Bit
Episode 170 - Why the Xbox 10 is right for you

Microsoft drops some future bombs (the good type of bombs) at this week's Gamescom. Paul gets into more Nindies (Special note go download them now) and James has a Need for Speed that's several years old.  Also tune in for a super special announcement regarding the future of Eight and a Half Bit.

Cheapskate's Game Club: Secret of QWERTY

Show Notes:

Scalebound

Crackdown 3

Dark Souls 3

Quantum Break

Thimbleweed Park

Homefront: The Revolution

Halo Wars 2

Halo 5 Multiplayer

Halo World Championship

Rash in KI

Future games with gold titles will all be backwards compatible

Mafia 3

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst

Konami, the worst game company ever?

New Silent Hill!

That dead LOL character thing was just armless fun

DOTA 2 is going to get messy

Oculus Rift on the cover of Time Magazine

Tony Hawk attempts to hide its awful visuals with the old borderlands trick

Peter Dinklage’s Destiny comes up short and is recast by Nolan North

Michel Ancel made a level for Super Mario Maker

Gunjack

Crowd Funding

Eco

Tower 57

Everspace

Poi

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Typoman, Rive, Lovely Planet, Need 4 Speed: Rivals, Gamescom, Scalebound, Crackdown 3, Dark Souls 3, Quantum Break, Thimbleweed Park, Homefront: The Revolution, Halo Wars 2, Halo 5 Multiplayer, Halo World Championship, Battletoads, Killer Instinct, Cities Skylines, Mafia 3, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Konami, Silent Hill, The International 2015, DOTA 2, Oculus Rift, Tony Hawk 5, Destiny, Super Mario Maker, Gunjack, Eco, Tower 57, Poi, Everspace

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Category:Gaming -- posted at: 7:02pm AEDT

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