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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDoor Jeff Gerstmann | QCODE

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me…

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho…

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDoor Jeff Gerstmann | QCODE

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. Reverse hair loss with @iRestorelaser and get $…

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. …

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! …

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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? Learn more about your ad…

Ben Pack joins to discuss Star Wars Outlaws, Concord, Deadlock, Avowed, the state of the union, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDoor Jeff Gerstmann | QCODE

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.…

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 ba…

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…

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! Learn more about y…

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…

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! Learn more about your…

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi…

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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 rollercoaste…

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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. Get ad-free episodes on Patreon! https://patreon.…

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! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the …