Middle-Earth Games Are Back on the Menu Boys!

About this episode

The Punching Up crew discusses various gaming topics including a new Middle-earth game and the latest in the Mario franchise.

This week the Punching Up crew discusses Warhorses’ new projects, including a game set in Middle-earth, Dragon Quest Direct, the new Mario Movie release, Crazy Taxi, and more!Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.0:00:00 - Intro0:25:53 - Dragon Quest Stream0:34:26 - Warhorse Working on Middle-earth Game0:46:29 - Next Mario Movie release0:50:49 - SEGA teasing Crazy Taxi0:54:13 - Nintendo Wants to Produce More Switches0:58:23 - What We’re Playing1:10:55 - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine Anniversary Stream1:17:27 - Unreal Engine 6 Announced1:20:16 - Closing Questions1:43:30 - BBQ Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• Middle-earth game
• Dragon Quest Direct
• Mario Movie
• Crazy Taxi
• Nintendo Switch production

Keywords

• Middle-earth
• Warhorse
• Dragon Quest
• Mario Movie
• Crazy Taxi
• Nintendo
• The Witcher 3
• Unreal Engine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Unreal Engine, Warhorse

Products: Middle-earth, Dragon Quest, Mario Movie, Crazy Taxi, Nintendo

Books & works: The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine

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