The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

Double Fine shows us that a lighthouse can walk! Ball X Pit illustrated the various ways to merge your balls with other balls! Ninja Gaiden 4 shows the perils of merging Platinum’s sensibilities with the legacy of Ninja Gaiden! The ROG Xbox Ally X is out and it’s a computer! Is this the future of Xbox? If so they’ve got a lot of work to do… Also: Mindseye hits the BBC, Smash TV might be for sale, and more.

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The PlayStation 6! The Xbox 5? Let’s catch up a bit on some next-generation hardware leaks. Also: Battlefield 6 is out and it’s cool! Plus: The final days of Windows 10, Absolum, Netflix gets into video games (again), The Union needs The Benz (to formally apologize), and your emails on what you plan to do about this Game Pass price hike.

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Xbox turns Game Pass upside-down and the deal seems bad. Did Call of Duty on Game Pass really cost $300 million? No, right? Do you care about Fortnite Crew? Also: The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta, Marathon gets a new test, PlayStation: The Concert gets canceled, and meanwhile there’s Nintendo over here, just posting random videos to the internet for some reason. What the heck is happening around here???

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Electronic Arts delivers exciting news about its future. Nintendo delivers exciting news about its future! Xbox delivers… but not to Costco? Also: Ghost of Yotei, Megabonk, and much, much more.

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Ben Pack joins us to discuss how he’s been playing games with a broken wrist and the great/poor choices he’s been making in games during that time. Also: Let’s talk about Hell is Us, Don’t Die Collect Loot, Unfair Flips, Yet Another Xbox Price Hike, physical prizes for earning PlayStation trophies, tactical sprinting, and more.

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Silly me, I thought we’d get through a Gearbox launch without getting a fresh round of Gearbox’s leadership acting up on social media. Let’s talk about the game, the reaction to the way the game performs, and the reaction to the reaction of the way the game performs. Also: Virtual Boy is back, you sickos! Plus Skate is out today, there are rumblings of an impending Valve announcement, and your e-mails!

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Let’s talk about the evolving nature of video game difficulty! Also: Borderlands 4 is out soon, let’s talk a little bit about that but mostly about the nature of that franchise! And more, including the anniversaries of the PlayStation and Dreamcast launches! Plus: Hollow Knight: Silksong, another potential reason for Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Sega calling the cops, preserving video games after the end of civilization, the weird history of publishers withholding review copies, and more!

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Skate is on its way back with an early access release on the horizon. Let's talk about it! Also: Shinobi is back, Mortal Kombat II's been delayed, Call of Duty: The Movie has been announced, Perfect Dark almost got saved until it didn't, and more!

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Big day for old games around these parts with the release of Gears of War: Reloaded and Metal Gear Solid Delta, but hey, don’t forget about Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary! Also: Void Breaker, details on the upcoming Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, Skate gets a date, Sony wants more iconic franchises mere years after shuttering the studios that used to make those, Acclaim gets closer to announcing games, and more!

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This week the podcast got broken into two parts because the Gamescom Opening Night Live stream happened in the middle of it! So let’s start with some talk about Battlefield 6’s beta and my time with Drag x Drive, then we’ll come back and talk about Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Skate’s rotating soundtrack, Resident Evil Requiem, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, all these free-to-play-looking games that got announced and immediately forgotten, the state of Louisiana’s lawsuit against Roblox, New Jersey’s lawsuit against Discord, and more!

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The Battlefield 6 beta’s first open beta weekend has come and gone, what did you think? Let’s talk about it! Also: How young is too young to get your ears pierced? Plus: Xbox seems to walk away from Contraband, Nightdive does a Nightdive thing to Heretic and Hexen, Sony CFO talks about the PlayStation live service story so far, don’t expect Dragon Age remasters anytime soon, and the weird info behind access to Switch 2 devkits.

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Jeff plays a claw machine for his kids and NOBODY WINS. Also: Evo news wrap-up, Pokemon Friends, the supposed specs of the PlayStation 6, Battlefield 6’s anti-cheat hoops, gaming coverage on TV, and more!

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Let’s talk about Fumes, it’s in Early Access! Also: Shadow Labyrinth, IGN’s big user study, the Roblox nightmare, the new PS5 firmware beta, Donkey Kong, Sony going after Tencent’s Horizon: Zero Dawn clone, and yes, even more.

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Donkey Kong Bananza is out and it’s outstanding! Let’s talk about fur colors and digging and the best way to shout OH BANANA. Also: Atari is making a bright yellow 2600 to celebrate Pac-Man, Yves blames Star Wars, Warframe on Switch 2 is waiting on devkits, EA plans Battlefield 6 reveal, the final word on No Limit and Cash Money, the Mortal Kombat 2 movie, “retro” games, the original value of the Neo Geo, and more!

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Finally, the world’s leading Bounty Bob podcast is back on the air! Let’s talk about Missile Command Delta, Delta Force, AEW All-In Texas, custom servers for Sea of Thieves, the future of Need for Speed, the very idea of a Donkey Kong movie, the Subnautica 2 mess, and more.

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Tony Hawk returns and he’s brought a big batch of new music with him. Let’s talk about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, replacing DualSense Edge stick modules, The Feet Descendant, the status of Romero Games following its publisher bailing out on them, a follow-up on the Xbox layoffs, EA’s apparent plans for Battlefield, covering the Sega Saturn, fruit in video games, and much more!

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Nintendo warns Canada about a price increase, Xbox is probably bracing for layoffs, Buck Bumble is in the news, reading world chat in horny games, the point of VR, the nightmare we’ve found ourselves in as systems stack on top of systems which stack on top of pity systems, and more.

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Ben Pack joins the show and we discuss Death Stranding 2, Elden Ring: Nightreign, Grok, FBC Firebreak’s launch week changes, upcoming Xbox layoffs, the unavailability of Metroid Prime 2 and Gex Trilogy, and who should play Duke Nukem in whatever Duke Nukem nightmare Adi Shankar ends up creating.

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Let’s Talk Tron! Tron: Catalyst is out, so is FBC: Firebreak. And hey, how about some MindsEye, the Gex Trilogy, and Stellar Blade on PC? In the news, Marathon gets delayed, Sony talks PlayStation 6, Xbox commits to AMD and Windows, PlayStation handheld specs leak, and way more!

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This week I’m joined by professional Mr. Do! fan, Sebmal, to discuss the last week in games, from State of Play to Showcase to Day of the Devs to Summer Game Fest and… oh, right, Nintendo released a new game playing machine of some kind? Let’s talk about Mario Kart World and all the other games available for that thing!

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Hey, the Switch 2 is out tomorrow night. That feels soon! Let’s talk about how we got here and how this launch and review situation compares to the PS5 and the Xbox 360, which had a wild behind-the-scenes situation that we thought was going to derail the whole launch. Also: James Bond revealed, D&D game announced, Xbox handheld derailed, and more.

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Splitgate 2 hits open beta! PS5 Pro gets a discount! Hellblade 2 gets haptics! Also the weird streaming retrogame thing Xbox put out isn’t awesome, the Switch 2 backwards compatibility list is shaping up, Fortnite on your phone, and more. And more!

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A terrifying ratings board leak hangs over this show like an illness, but don’t let that get you down! Let’s talk about Capcom Fighting Collection 2, A Minecraft Movie, Deadzone: Rogue, Nintendo’s Switch 1 games running better on Switch 2, Bungie’s Marathon situation, Fortnite in the App Store, Fairgames, and more.

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Doom is out, Capcom’s selling a lot of digital games, and Giant Bomb Co-Owner Dan Ryckert joins us to discuss Death Stranding 2, the passing of ECW icon Sabu, anime podcasts, and the what it’s like to own a video game website in the year 2025.

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Grand Theft Auto VI gets delayed and then gets a new trailer. Meanwhile, Gears of War is on its way to the PlayStation 5. Is that still weird, or have you gotten used to it yet? Also, let’s sum up some of this Giant Bomb stuff.

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A lot has happened between Oblivion and Oblivion Remastered. Let’s chart that course a bit while also discussing Forza Horizon 5 on PlayStation 5, the Marathon Alpha, the Switch 2 pre-order debacle, FBC Firebreak, Russia seizing game developers, Discord’s CEO swap, and more.

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Some big new releases this week are here, let’s talk about Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Manion 3, and the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster. Also: Switch 2 accessory prices are up and they want to make an OutRun movie?

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Want to know where to buy a sick Chinese saxophone? I mean, who doesn’t, right? Tiktok gets into the trade war business while we wait for more Switch 2 pre-order details. Sony raises the price of the PlayStation 5 in some territories, Indiana Jones hits PS5, Ubisoft’s new colorblindness tools seem off, and we discuss Capcom Fighting Collection 2.

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It’s been just about a week since the Switch 2 was formally unveiled, how are we all feeling about it? Obviously there’s a lot of little tidbits to sift through and tariffs to fret about, so let’s go through it. Also: I’ve been playing a little Blue Prince!

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We’re less than 24 hours away from the big reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, so let’s talk about that along with some of the recent announcements the company made about Rhythm Heaven, Tomodachi Life, and Metroid Prime 4. Also: Ubisoft spins out its biggest properties, Star Wars gets an X-COM, Fatal Fury gets a soccer star, and more. Also: Disneyland.

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Let’s talk about some truly gross-looking stuff: Nubby’s Number Factory, Psycho Patrol R, and Bam Margera! Also: will there be another Persona 4 remake? Are the Half-Life 3 sickos right this time? How many software tiers will exist for the Switch 2’s 2025 release schedule????

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I played some Assassin’s Creed Shadows and ONE WEIRD THING is preventing me from… OK, it’s a colorblindness thing. Now you know. But there’s more to discuss! Also: more Dave Matthews Band discussion than anyone could ever want, Microsoft’s gaming AI tool, the impending closure of Spectre Divide, and more.

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Jeff is joined by Jason Blundell, who has worked on everything from Call of Duty to Catwoman over the course of his career. We’ll talk about his time at Nokia, where he approved N-Gage concepts, some Call of Duty Zombies easter eggs, ECTS, spending summers at Psygnosis, and find out a bit about what he’s getting up to these days.

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Death Stranding 2 gets its release date, we hear a bit more about Xbox’s potential plans for future hardware, Tony Hawk 4 clarified, WWE 2K25 on PC feels like a forgotten version of the game, and LET RICH GALLUP BUY A SUIT.

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Some folks—including professional wrestler, Jeff Jarrett—have come together to revive the Acclaim name as an indie publisher. Weird! Also: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 becomes official, PSVR2 gets a price cut, and a new Terminator game looks pretty cool! Plus your emails!

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Warner cancels Wonder Woman and shuts down three studios, NetEase looks to make more cuts, Tony Hawk’s coming back with a couple more remakes, Microsoft tests some AI stuff… also Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves beta impressions, a little Monster Hunter Wilds talk, and more!

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After a mess of visits and rain delays and bad scheduling, the time is now. Today is the day. Faster internet for me. But enough about that, let’s talk about how cool Avowed is. Also: more Tony Hawk remasters on the way, insane Marvel Rivals layoff news, Days Gone’s getting remastered, and more.

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Spider-Man 2 gets patches on PC, PSN goes down and up, Warner tries to figure it all out, Football Manager takes an extra year, Eternal Strands, the impact of the Atari Jaguar, Nintendo’s shadowy ways, and more.

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I managed to find a new flavor of energy drink out there in my travels, so let’s give that a try before we get into Tokyo Xtreme Racer, the Treyarch co-founder that flew that drone, the end of Multiversus, Horizon finally coming to PlayStation 5, the future of Need for Speed, and why I’m not a bigger player in the rumors and leaks space.

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Adam Boyes joins us to talk about his time at companies like PlayStation, Capcom, and Iron Galaxy as well as his new operation, Vivrato. We’ll talk about the various challenges facing game developers these days and how Adam intends to help. Also: Virtua Fighter 5 hits PC, Ninja Gaiden 4 gets announced, People Can Fly jumps onto another Gears prequel, and more!

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After spending the last several days thinking about the Switch 2, I have some thoughts about the device, its capabilities, and its place in the market. Let’s discuss these joycon mouses, what that could mean for the future of mech games, and more. Also: Sony cans a multiplayer God of War game, a Horizon MMO, and more? Weird week.

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Wirecutter’s Arthur Gies joins us to discuss his time at CES getting up close and personal with the next batch of handheld PCs. Also: Is the Switch 2 about to be announced? Probably? Let’s talk about that, Ubisoft’s future, Sony’s QuakeWorld patent, and more!

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CES is upon us, which can mean only one thing: new announcements for a bunch of trash no one wants or needs! Oh, wait, there are also new graphics cards and handheld gaming machines getting announced, too. So three things! Honestly, that’s better than CES has sounded in years, let’s talk about it. Also: my Game of the Year for 2024, the Switch 2 leaks, your emails, and much more!

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Whoops, I accidentally got into Warframe. Even crazier? I think I might actually understand it now. I’ll tell you about my forays into that, we’ll talk a bit about the very little news happening out there, and then a mess of emails ranging from the wackos who think this was a bad year for video games to the best Transformers.

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Three will enter, two will leave! Let’s talk about next-generation console strategies. Also: the average person probably plays way fewer Steam games than you do, Xbox needs an overlay, Sega’s got plans for your subscription dollars, and the Sonic lyrics guy has lived and learned about the contracts he signed back in the day.

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Capcom makes big announcements at The Game Awards and now I can’t help but wonder what other older franchises they’ll revisit. Let’s talk about that, Onimusha, Okami 2, the other announcements from last week, Virtua Fighter 5 on PC, the form factor of the Switch 2, Christmas presents, and more!

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launches, Path of Exile 2 has a bumpy Early Access debut, XDefiant shuts down, Suicide Squad gets an offline mode, and someone uses the phrase “I AM EXCITE” on social media. It’s a wild week, let’s talk about it!

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We’re nearing the end of the year, but there are still a small handful of new games left to be released! Let’s talk briefly about Delta Force while also covering 30 years of the PlayStation, a new interactive Watch Dogs audio show, Riot’s plans to act against streamers acting toxic off-platform, NASCAR, and more.

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Jeff embarks on the journey of creating a Steam Family while also telling you about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Also: PlayStation Portal gets more useful just in time for a fresh batch of reports about a proper, portable PlayStation 5. Xbox Avatars get taken out back and shot, Flight Simulator has a rough takeoff, Star Wars Outlaws and other Ubisoft games are incompatible with the latest version of Windows, rhythm game arcade cabinets sound like a total scam, and more!

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The nominees for The Game Awards have been announced, let’s look ‘em over! Also: details on the new Call of Duty Warzone update, a tantalizing Control 2 update, Sony gets more anime, some PS5 Pro games are looking worse (for now), and this podcast is not an Xbox.

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Phil Spencer talks handhelds, Bethesda workers strike, Tetris Forever talk, PlayStation 5 Pro capture woes, and yes, another long list of names to read aloud! It’s Wednesday! The power is back!!!

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Sony offers a list of PS5 Pro games, Nintendo cuts forecasts while reminding us that Mario Kart is, like, the most popular game they make, start your own instant record collection for just 500 bones, some talk about the way reviews used to get assigned, and way more on this week’s installment of this show!

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 joins the list of people and entities that want to check out your ears. Also: Survey says there’s a new Jackbox game! In the news: Concord developer shuttered, Animal Crossing cuts loose, Something Something Tim Walz Dreamcast Something Something, and more!

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It’s always fun when Nintendo makes something weird, even if the game isn’t great. Will this “Rockstock” thing be any good? Heck, who knows! But at least they’re doing something weird. Let’s talk about that along with Webfishing, Blindfire, AA games, Spider-Man 2 on PC, grindcore, and more!

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Sound the Alarmo, it’s time for another podcast. While you wave your arms around in the general direction of the clock, I’ll tell you about Dragon Age DRM, Call of Duty in the Cloud, the new Tron game coming next year, and your electronic mails!

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What game do you think Halo Studios is working on? Let’s talk about it! Also: Silent Hill 2, Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO, the Diablo IV expansion, Ken Kaniff from CT, Xbox’s new dev outreach, the delisting of LittleBigPlanet 3, and more.

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Tony Hawk claims he’s not done with video games! Also: the 30th Anniversary PlayStation Pre-Order Process (you know, the 30APSPOP), GI Joe: Wrath of Cobra,. the new Mortal Kombat 1 expansion, Assassin’s Creed delayed while Star Wars Outlaws and Xdefiant underperform, the future of AEW games, and more.

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You’ll need more than 25 meat if you want to listen to this entire show! It’s time to break down what makes UFO 50 so incredible! Also let’s talk about the surprisingly cool Yars Rising along with the news, including limited edition PlayStations, Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit, God of War’s PSN requirements, and a very mysterious new Nintendo device.

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Enough of this silly PlayStation 5 Pro talk, it’s time to live in the now! It’s time to move on to the PlayStation 6! We’ll also talk about the first game announced for Nintendo’s next Switch, layoffs at Xbox, this entire Annapurna Interactive mess, the next game in the Battlefield franchise, skate., Tony Hawk, Flappy Bird, and BattleTech centers!

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The PlayStation 5 Pro is unveiled! Are you ready to feel the POWER of PSSR? Let's also talk about Astro Bot, What The Car?, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, and somehow even more things than that!

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Concord gets removed from sale and prepped for refunds just two weeks after its launch. Meanwhile, the Black Ops 6 beta is lewd, Annapurna ties up with Remedy, the PS5 Pro could be right around the corner, and the true meaning of Nintendo’s Seal of Quality. Also some Halo talk here for episode One One Seven because why not?

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Ben Pack joins to discuss Star Wars Outlaws, Concord, Deadlock, Avowed, the state of the union, and more!

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Two parts merge together as we discuss the news of the week up front, like Black Myth: Wukong breaking some Steam records and Adam Boyes stepping down at Iron Galaxy. Then we discuss Gamescom Opening Night Live show, where Peter Molyneux resurfaced with a brand new video game??? Also Indiana Jones is coming to PS5 and Borderlands 4 is official now. Hey! VIdeo games!

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Jeff is back this week to discuss Thank Goodness You’re Here! Also he spends some time likening a current free-to-play game to smoking cigarettes. In the news: a bunch of streamers invest in a new shooter? Krafton picks up Tango Gameworks! Facebook shuts down a studio responsible for one of VR’s coolest games! The Borderlands movie is apparently bad? Looking into this, this seems impossible.

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After dealing with an increasingly faulty monitor, I’ve replaced it! Let’s talk about the power of 360hz displays. Also: If the AI bubble pops, what will that mean for graphics cards? In the news: Bungie layoffs, the abrupt Game Informer shutdown, Peter Moore is doin’ fine, and another round of Half-Life rumor madness is upon us! Also: Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop for 3DS???

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Jeff accidentally becomes one of those weird leverless controller zealots. Also: Kunitsu-gami: Path of the Goddess, the actors strike comes to video games, World of Warcraft becomes a union shop, skill-based matchmaking is (still) the way and the light, the future of Twitch, PSVR2 gets a price cut ahead of its PC debut, and more!

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Let’s talk about the dark and wonderful world of Clickolding. Oh, also the darker and also wonderful world of Warframe, NES World Championships, and the new release of SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom. In the news, someone at Capcom says “SNK” out loud, digital games dominate sales, the FTC talks mess about these Game Pass changes, Halo (the TV show) gets canned, and NetherRealm lays off its mobile team.

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Xbox raises prices and shuffles up their subscription offering in a crummy way while saying it’ll lead to a better service in the future. Also: thoughts on the Concord beta, the future of Driver, PlayStation’s list for ChinaJoy, WWE Superstars in Call of Duty, and more Banjo-Kazooie talk than you get most weeks. Subscribe now!

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If Nexon’s latest free-to-play shooter sticks around for a year or more, maybe I’ll remember the name of it. Maybe not. Let’s cover that, Zenless Zone Zero, A PS2 Game Called Rolling, as well as the news! PlayStation at TGS! The next Like A Dragon game will… surprise us? All that and more.

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Capcom makes more zombie games, Nintendo intends to make more Switch 2s, and Xbox wants to make more cloud users. More Crazy Taxi reboot details! Also a discussion of Street Uni X, NeoSprint, Cosmic Smash VRS, FragPunk, that WCW documentary that Vice just ran, and more!

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Will anyone ever get to the bottom of this whole Banana thing? Jeff has been staring at it for awhile and has some further (final?) thoughts. Also: Atari 50 gets more games, Gamescom plans revealed, Matt Booty talks Tango, Dr. Disrespect says “no crimes were committed,” and we get to that Dipset email that was mentioned last week. Real rollercoaster of a show.

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Nintendo’s DIrect is over with, let’s pick up the pieces and discuss Metroid Prime 4, the new Legend Zelda Starring Zelda game, Capcom’s new Marvel collection, Starfield’s paid mods, the future of Fallout, and, via your emails, a long discussion of esports.

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The week-ish of new game news has come to an end. Let’s talk about everything that surfaced at the big press conferences, from Black Ops 6 to Perfect Dark, Gears of War: E-DAY to Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and more! Also: time spent with Bodycam, Destiny 2, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, and more.

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Let’s talk about Concord, Astro Bot, and the other stuff shown last week at PlayStation’s State of Play. Also: a preview of what to expect from Friday’s Summer Game Fest event, the Xbox showcase, and more. Let’s also cover some games, like Selaco, Arctic Eggs, and MultiVersus!

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Arthur Gies from Wirecutter joins as we discuss this year’s Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Showcase, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, The Rogue Prince of Persia, the future of the non-Intellivision Amico, a supposed Doom prequel, the future of FIFA video games, the state of games media, and way, way more.

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Let’s talk all about Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, which is out now. Also: Diablo IV’s loot overhaul, Mullet Madjack, RetroArch on iOS, Ghost of Tsushima on PC, Sakurai’s Saga: Fast Start Times, Microsoft’s AI laptop ambitions and what that might mean for the future of Xbox, and a game that isn’t NBA Jam… but it sure looks like it wants to be NBA Jam.

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PlayStation gets not one but two CEOs! Square Enix forms a three-year plan! Animal Well! Xbox looks a little lost out there! Also: I must’ve entered some kind of fugue state and before I knew what was going on I had reinstalled Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint and played like seven hours of it?

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Hades II is out in Early Access, let’s talk about it! Also: Xbox shuts down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and more? The Helldivers 2 PSN fiasco gets recapped, XDefiant gets a launch date, and your emails!

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We talk about hitting 33333333333 in Tekken 8, as well as Stellar Blade’s frustrating animation stuff, the absolute joy of playing Minishoot’ Adventures, and Xbox’s upcoming summer showcase event with Call of Duty, Gears of War, and more. Also Square’s out there canceling more games? I’ll also take your emails! And read them!

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Embracer splits into three separate companies! Hades II Technical Test Talk Today! Horizon OS (no, not that one, the other one)! LittleBigPlanet pulls the plug! Dynowarz: Destuction of Sponylous on your iPhone? El Paso Elsewhere on the silver screen???? A wild week awaits you on this week’s installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show!

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Keanu lands the role of a lifetime! Meanwhile Lawbreakers is back? Nintendo makes an enemy out of my daughter, Fallout 4 gets fixed after all these years, and a man gets arrested for hacking Pokemon games. Also: Clicker Arena isn’t enough of a clicker to be called a clicker and people are unhappy about it! Cheech & Chong Watch 2024 continues on this week’s installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show Hosted By Jeff Gerstmann!

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The 3DS and Wii U servers have been pulled offline for good, but Cheech & Chong are coming to Call of Duty, so everything is going to be juuuuust fiiiiiine. Also: the next Battlefield game gets more developers, Microsoft planning for more backwards compatibility, Roblox probably planning to media train more of its executives, and more of the week in video game news!

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Embracer sells Gearbox to Take-Two and says it’s done with its restructuring… does that mean they’re going to start buying stuff all over again? Also: Eddy Gordo hits Tekken 8, Guild Wars 3 officially confirmed, Jim Ryan retires, and a lot of talk about where all of this stuff is heading over the next few years.

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The Atari 400 Mini is out this week and I’ve been messing around with it a bit, so let’s talk about the golden era of Atari’s 8-bit home computer products. Also: Are third-party publishers looking to ditch Xbox? How about a little Dragon’s Dogma 2 talk? Oh, and some Horizon Forbidden West since that’s out on PC now, along with a new Call of Duty release for phones.

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Let’s talk about the recently released Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story! Also these leaked PlayStation 5 Pro specs are apparently the real deal. Also: Sony Supposedly Pauses PSVR2 Production, Saber splits, South Korea notices a devkit, Denuvo: still bad, and more on this week’s installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show!

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Jeff sinks into Sixty Four’s world of big black cubes. Also, new Contra! MultiVersus makes its re-entry as Warner attempts to delist a bunch of other games! The future of consoles according to Peter Moore and Shawn Layden! EA’s flimsy-sounding plans for AI! And more!

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Here’s the final analysis of the new GameScent device and its various smells. Also: Balatro, WWE2K24, EA’s latest round of layoffs, studios going indie, and Nintendo’s Yuzu lawsuit.

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It’s time to dig deep into the Sir Mix-A-Lot catalog, but first we’ll get into some Skull & Bones, a little Last Epoch, the PlayStation layoffs, Ninja Five-0, those Xbox games coming to Switch and PS5, and more.

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This week there are a ton of games to talk about, like Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, Helskate, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Let’s also talk about the far-flung future and the next-generation of consoles, from the latest PS5 Pro talk to whatever the heck Xbox is going to do next. Don’t wait for the Helldivers 2 servers to be up to listen to this one, you might never make it!

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The Xbox business update gets scheduled for later this week, so let’s talk about the few new developments in that whole thing that have happened over the last week. We’ll also cover the latest Switch 2 reports about backwards compatibility and custom hardware, Disney’s Fortnite-fueled metaverse, Helldivers 2, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, and… at the end Jeff gets mad about Minecraft.

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It’s starting to look a lot like Xbox games are going to appear on PlayStation and Switch. Let’s walk through what we do know, what we don’t know, and what we think we might know as we sit at the edge of next week’s Xbox “business update.” Also: Death Stranding 2, Kojima returns to action-espionage even if it isn’t Metal Gear Solid, new guitars, and more!

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Tekken 8 is out, let’s talk about it! Suicide Squad was subject to a bunch of review-related shenanigans, let’s talk about that, too! Also: Microsoft lays off 1,900 people, Embracer cuts another 97 folks, and a lot of discussion of “Goku” and “Vegeta.”

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Let’s try to talk about Palworld without morphing into copyright cops or armchair lawyers in the process! Also: 2023 sales data, Riot’s layoffs, the future of the game industry, “two years of pain,” and much more!

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Foamstars gets a date, as does STALKER 2. Smite 2’s announced, Halo’s battle royale is (probably) canceled, GAME gets out of used GAMEs, and a brief review of Retro-Bit’s Saturn Pro controller, which Jeff bought to… play N64 games? Join the madness as SCART cables and scalers once again enter the conversation! Also your emails????

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Let’s wade through the muck a bit and discuss these rumors of Xbox bringing Sea of Thieves—or maybe way more—to other game platforms. Also, the muck of CES (it’s TVs. It’s always TVs)! Twitch’s upcoming enhanced broadcast beta! A Fortnite car! Ice-T! More!

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Jeff Gerstmann returns for 2024 with his review of the CRKD Nitro Deck, a little talk about Tekken 8’s bizarre colorblind options, that Quest 2 “price drop,” the imminent onset of CES, and your emails!

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Sony and Discovery reach a deal to keep some of the worst-sounding television shows on the planet from disappearing out of your libraries! Spider-Man 2 was expensive to make, what does that mean for games, if anything? Rockstar and Nvidia hacker sentenced! Bobby bounces! 2024 rear trigger plans! And more!

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Let’s talk about the end of The Last of Us Online, Insomniac’s situation, the Death Stranding movie, Spring Breakers, almost buying another Xbox, remembering Godus, uninstalling The Finals, and more.

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The ESA is officially calling E3 dead and I don’t believe it for a minute… but I’d probably believe it for at least the next few years. Let’s go over that whole thing and then get into all these huge Fortnite expansions like Lego Fortnite, then we’ll talk Sebil Engineering, The Game Awards, Sega’s batch of announcements, The Day Before debacle, and Epic’s victory in court over Google.

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Let’s talk about the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer and then get into the end of the Call of Duty DMZ “beta,” Sony and Discovery’s long list of questionable television shows that you are no longer allowed to digitally own, new games in Atari 50, Eminem, another route to get PC VR in your Quest, and more.

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