Happy holidays from The Game Informer Show! We’re bringing the holiday cheer and taking a deep dive into everything we learned about Horizon Forbidden West as part of our latest cover trip. After that, we bring on a huge rotating crew of GI editors to talk about their favorite games of the year, including Halo Infinite, Metroid Dread, and so much more! As always, we finish another bumping show with a fun round of Listener Questions, this time with a festive theme.
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Check out the timestamps below to jump to a particular point in the discussion:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:58 – Horizon Forbidden West Cover
00:25:23 – GI Editor Top 10 Lists
00:25:57 – Marcus Stewart’s Top 10
00:39:55 – Kim Wallace’s Top 10
00:53:41 – Ben Reeves’ Top 10
01:09:53 – Blake Hester’s Top 10
01:26:16 – Dan Tack’s Top 10
01:41:38 – Wes LeBlanc’s Top 10
01:52:23 – Housekeeping
01:56:12 – Listener Questions
Topic Of The Show:
Horizon Forbidden West is this month’s cover story and we’re going big on today’s episode of the podcast. Join the Alexes as they bring on Kimberely “Kstar” Wallace and Marcus Stewart to regale us about the time they spent with developer Guerrilla Games! The two go over all the new features they saw, including discussions of the new mechanical monstrosities Aloy will be fighting, what’s going on since the original game, and so much more. We also go over the game’s new crafting system and how it weaves more heavily into the different armor Aloy will dawn in Forbidden West. If you’re excited about Guerrilla’s next game, this is one you won’t want to miss!
Check out our Horizon cover reveal here.
Editor Top 10 Lists:
The year is finally coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean we’re done talking about how many amazing games there are! We’re bringing a huge rotating cast of GI characters, including Marcus, Kim, Reeves, Tack, and Blake, to talk about how they ranked tremendous titles such as Resident Evil Village, Metroid Dread, and a ton more. Did we all agree on Halo Infinite as Game of the Year 2021? Does Tack have some games on his list that no one has heard of? You’ll just have to tune in to find out!
Check out our official Game Informer Top 10 here.
Listener Questions:
We’ve got a festive round of Listener Questions for your enjoyment, and this week we’re chopping it up about what games we’d give loved ones for Christmas and what our favorite holiday memory entails.
Read their questions below, or submit your own via the Official Game Informer Community Discord or by emailing us at Podcast@GameInformer.com:
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