Welcome back to The Game Informer Show podcast! Last week we reflected on the highlights from 2017, and now it's time to look to the horizon once again and map out the gaming landscape for 2018. Ben Hanson, Kimberley Wallace, Andrew Reiner, and Suriel Vazquez each break down the five games that they're really looking forward to playing in 2018. After some great community emails, we're joined by Kyle Hilliard and Jeff Cork to talk about the final death of the Kinect and celebrate its strange, flailing life by talking about some of the peripheral's highlights.

You can watch the video below, subscribe and listen to the audio on iTunes or Google Play, or listen to episode 381 on SoundCloud. Also, be sure to send your questions to podcast@gameinformer.com for a chance to have them answered on the show and win a prize by becoming Email of the Week!

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To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below...

2:10 - WarGames
6:30 - Anthem
9:50 - Valkyria Chronicles 4
11:20 - Empires Apart
13:00 - Soul Calibur VI
17:30 - Ni No Kuni II
18:50 - Yoshi for Switch
20:10 - Travis Strikes Again
22:35 - God of War
24:30 - Dragon Quest XI
29:35 - A Way Out
30:20 - Red Dead Redemption 2
33:30 - The Last of Us Part 2
36:10 - Kingdom Hearts 3
41:07 - State of Decay 2
43:25 - Dragon Ball FighterZ
47:25 - Jurassic World Evolution
55:50 - Community emails
1:31:30 - Goodbye Kinect