{"id":24647,"date":"2022-09-01T04:49:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=24647"},"modified":"2022-09-01T04:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:49:24","slug":"the-players-club-podcast-ep-111-the-best-games-of-opening-night-live-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=24647","title":{"rendered":"The Player&#8217;s Club Podcast Ep 111: The Best Games of Opening Night Live 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-attachment-id=\"24650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?attachment_id=24650\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?fit=3840%2C2160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3840,2160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Players-Club-Ep-111\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?fit=1080%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?resize=1080%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?resize=1080%2C608&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Players-Club-Ep-111.png?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You ready for this, Playa?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome back to the Club! This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ejsponge61\">Emmett Watkins Jr<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAllanMuir\/\">Allan Muir<\/a> are back to talk about all of the most exciting reveals and announcements of Opening Night Live during Gamescom 2022. We talk about completely new projects like Everwhere, long-awaited sequels like Dead Island 2, and a lot more! We even take some time to get nervous about the NEW Tales from the Borderlands game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, in the Whatcha Playin segment, Al talks about their time with Saints Row, Emmett talks about his time with Bloons TD 6, and both talk about their time with Midnight Fight Express.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to the show on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/los-harrow-games\/id1440699489\">iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1JL6h6RpSc4z7zscRVc6pq\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/29RP\">Pocket Casts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83NGIyNWQ4L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz\">Google Podcasts<\/a>, on this article, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/vgutvpodcasts\/episodes\/The-Players-Club-Podcast-Ep-93-Activisions-Still-Actin-Up-and-Kirbys-Still-Suckin-Up-e1h9919\">m<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/spotifyanchor-web.app.link\/e\/TktABulNXsb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ore<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/74b25d8\/podcast\/play\/56916668\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-7-31%2Fe18e9942-d9e3-7030-87ab-1c7bfcc8eb8b.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Timestamps<ul><li>TOTS: Opening Night Live 07:03<\/li><li>Everywhere 12:40<\/li><li>Atlas Fallen 18:59<\/li><li>The Callisto Protocol 24:16<\/li><li>High On Life 34:50<\/li><li>Dead Island 2 38:31<\/li><li>NEW Tales from the Borderlands 54:34<\/li><li>Lightning Round 01:03:20<\/li><li>Whatcha Playin 01:08:16<\/li><li>Saints Row 01:08:21<\/li><li>Bloons TD 6 01:25:36<\/li><li>Midnight Fight Express 01:34:24<\/li><li>Housekeeping 01:44:41<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Housekeeping:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sp03keYr0SU\">Dinosaurs and Betrayals &#8211; Allan Plays Yu-Gi-Oh! 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