GOTY Prediction, Horizon Reboot, Mortal Shell 2 Review

About this episode

The episode discusses GOTY predictions, the Horizon reboot, and reviews Mortal Shell 2, along with insights from D23 and community questions.

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard unpack the lay of the land for our 2026 GOTY before the onslaught of games releasing in September. Then we discuss the Bloomberg story about Guerrilla Games rebooting the multiplayer Horizon Hunters Gathering based on poor feedback and Jacob shares some praise for the new Elden Ring-like Mortal Shell 2. Then things get deadly serious as we bring freelancer extraordinaire Hayes Madsen in to dissect everything revealed about D23 about Kingdom Hearts IV. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch the video version here - https://youtu.be/kY3ouSfx8hM Follow Hayes on Bluesky here - https://bsky.app/profile/solfleet.bsky.social Learn more about MinnMax's PAX panels and meetup - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/posts/come-to-minnmaxs-165858157 Vote for The Deepets Dive in The Great September Showdown - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/posts/vote-for-deepest-166923531 Help support MinnMax's supporters…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard

Guest: Hayes Madsen

Topics covered

• Game of the Year predictions
• Horizon reboot
• Mortal Shell 2 review
• D23 announcements
• Community questions

Keywords

• GOTY
• Horizon
• Mortal Shell 2
• D23
• Kingdom Hearts IV
• video games
• Patreon

Sponsors

iam8bit, Brooklyn Bedding, ProtonVPN

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Guerrilla Games, Bloomberg

Products: Horizon Hunters Gathering, Mortal Shell 2

Books & works: Elden Ring, Kingdom Hearts IV

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