What's up everybody welcome to IZN Game Scoop I'm your host Damon Hadfield joining me in this week are Tina Amini.

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Sam Claiborne.

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Justin Davis.

And special guest joining us this week specifically joining Tina this week is John Davidson publisher of IGN.com

And also once upon a time was editor and chief of electronic gaming monthly a publication we revisit often on this show of course John that you spent lots of time at what official PlayStation magazine and metacritic and rolling stone and then eventually ended up back at here at IGN.

I think you've been with us for a few years now.

Oh my gosh time flies. Welcome to the show it's long overdue and I think it's only fitting that since we have you here we dig up one of the old.

EGM issues that you presided over and we have that ready to go waiting in the wings but first we find ourselves on the cusp of event season.

Spide the fact that there is no e3 happening video game publishers still want to tell you about the games they have coming out later in the year and into next year so got IGN summer of gaming going on for its what third year Tina.

Third straight running on all month long and that the sort of umbrella include all the events so we've got summer game fest happening on Thursday June 9th.

The Xbox and Bethesda showcases on Sunday June 12th and then there are other events here and there sort of scattered in between so we.

We've been with IGN expo on June 10th.

Sorry the IGN expo on June 10th yes that's an important date that is an important date thank you for reminding me so we begin with an email from one of our listeners so let's check in with the listeners.

Hey listeners all right. You can always reach us. You can always reach us at the email address gamescube at IGN.com just like Nick from Indiana did.

Nick says with reveal season right around the corner I'm curious what games everyone is most excited to learn more about.

Are there any dream reveals you might believe beyond the horizon I personally would love to see anything anything on the next title in the star wars.

Jedi fall in order series even if it might still be a ways out and even though it's my belief God of War ragnarok will be delayed I'm still anxious to finally get a firm release date so it showcases like Xbox Bethesda and I just summer of gaming beginning to take shape what is that one game you can't wait to hopefully hear more about.

Let's start with the aforementioned God of War ragnarok so it does not have an event planned or announce as of this taping as of 235 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday May 26 although that could change at any moment although we did see today some encouraging news that God of War ragnarok is still on track to be released this year because it was rated in South Korea which usually means you don't but I mean why would the game be rated in South Korea.

If it were still if we were nowhere near being completion maybe they're just only going to release it there.

Yes that would be a big twist just a bold just a touch launch.

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