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  • Tanked Up 302 – We’ve acquired another episode!

    07/02/2022
    It’s our weekly topic episode, and we are talking the big, and I mean BIG, acquisitions. Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard-King for 69 (nice) bill, Sony nabbed Bungie for 3.6 billion, and most importantly the New York Times broke through and got Wordle for ”low-six-figures”. We talk around it all, but...

  • Which studios could be next for PlayStation?

    03/02/2022
    Everyone’s on a buying spree in the gaming world. Embracer Group has been snapping up studios, Tencent has been putting its fingers in as many pies as possible, EA owns Codemasters and all the racing games and Microsoft has made potentially the biggest purchase in gaming history picking up...

  • TUP10 Revisited – Adam 2021

    31/12/2021
    I recently joined Ben, Lucy & Aadil on Tanked Up for episode 295. One of the main topics for that was what I have dubbed “my TUP10”. However, my list of cool things from the year didn’t go entirely to plan. My own arbitrary rules for putting together my...

  • After Playing Iki Island

    30/08/2021
    Having liberated Iki island from the talons of the Eagle Tribe, I can’t help but think about what comes next. Of course, I have already made some suggestions for what could come next; You can find those here. The pertinent question, now that I’ve finished the Iki island expansion,...

  • After Iki

    20/08/2021
    Jin Sakai the ‘Ghost of Tsushima‘ is making his way to the neighbouring Iki island. He will face the Mongol invaders there just as he did on his home island. It’s unlikely that the series will end there even if Jin’s story does. It’s a franchise kind of world,...

  • Samurai Warriors 5 – Impressions

    27/07/2021
    My time with Samurai Warriors 5, the latest Musou/Warriors style game from Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force, has been a mostly enjoyable one. At the time of writing I’m 12 hours in, I’ve messed around with a few different modes and characters and completed 4 chapters of Nobunanga’s Path. One...

  • Ghost of Tsushima – One year on

    17/07/2021
    We are one year on from another of Sony’s big exclusive games of 2020 so Ben and Adam get together to discuss Ghost of Tsushima. They cover their lasting impressions, what made the game great, the new Director’s Cut edition and Iki Island DLC, and finish on what they...

  • The Last of Us Part III – Exploring Ideas

    26/06/2021
    Following Lucy and Ben’s discussion one year on from The Last of Us Part II they explore and discuss what they want from Part III (If it ever exists). They run through possible story ideas, which characters may be the focus and whether it could be a ‘The Last...

  • The Last of Us Part II – One year on

    19/06/2021
    We are one year on from the release of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II; one of, subjectively, 2020’s best games. Lucy and Ben get together to discuss the game and the lasting effects it has had on them. The whole game is discussed so, spoilers. ​...