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On this week’s episode of\u00a0The Game Informer Show,<\/em>\u00a0we discuss a handful of the games we’ve been playing recently, including\u00a0Little Nightmares II<\/a>, Valheim<\/a>,\u00a0Nioh 2 Remastered – The Complete Edition<\/a>,\u00a0Rocksmith 2014<\/a>.\u00a0Then we spend some time breaking down Nintendo’s recent Direct and reflect on the Splatoon 3 reveal and other announcements. It’s a full show, but we make time for another\u00a0fantastic round of community emails. So please join Brian Shea (@BrianPShea<\/a>), Dan Tack (@dantack<\/a>), Alex Stadnik (@Studnik76<\/a>), and Ben Reeves (@Benjaminreeves<\/a>) for another wild and ever-entertaining episode!<\/p>\n

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00:00:00 \u2013 Introduction
\n00:01:22\u00a0\u2013 Valheim
\n00:08:08\u00a0\u2013 Nioh 2\u00a0\u2013 The Complete Edition
\n00:10:51\u00a0\u2013 Little Nightmares II
\n00:20:24\u00a0\u2013 Final Fantasy X
\n00:21:32\u00a0\u2013 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
\n00:23:17\u00a0\u2013 Rocksmith 2014
\n00:27:04\u00a0\u2013 Nintendo Direct Impressions
\n00:29:47\u00a0\u2013 Mario Golf Super Rush
\n00:30:48\u00a0\u2013 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD
\n00:34:43\u00a0\u2013 Splatoon 3
\n00:35:41\u00a0\u2013 Project Triangle Strategy
\n00:41:01\u00a0\u2013 Still Hope For Zelda 35th Anniversary?
\n00:42:01\u00a0\u2013 Where is Metroid?
\n00:44:49\u00a0\u2013 Recapping the Rest of the Direct
\n00:53:51\u00a0\u2013 Community Emails<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Click here to watch embedded media On this week’s episode of\u00a0The Game Informer Show,\u00a0we discuss a handful of the games we’ve been playing recently, including\u00a0Little Nightmares II, Valheim,\u00a0Nioh 2 Remastered – The Complete Edition,\u00a0Rocksmith 2014.\u00a0Then we spend some time breaking down Nintendo’s recent Direct and reflect on the Splatoon 3 reveal and other announcements. It’s a full show, but we make time for another\u00a0fantastic round of community emails. So please join Brian Shea (@BrianPShea), Dan Tack (@dantack), Alex Stadnik (@Studnik76), and Ben Reeves (@Benjaminreeves) for another wild and ever-entertaining episode! Thanks for listening! Please make sure to leave feedback below and\u00a0share the episode if you enjoyed it. You can watch the video above, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes\u00a0or Google Play,\u00a0listen\u00a0on SoundCloud,\u00a0stream it…<\/p>\n

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