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Gamers Week Podcast
Gamers Week Podcast
193 episodes
4 days ago
Send us a text In this episode... --> The biggest night in gaming sees hypeman Geoff Keighly dish out shiny awards to the best games of the past 12 months -- including indie sensation Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which walked away with nine awards. Of course, the Game Awards also means hours’ worth of game announcements and trailers to sort through, such as Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, two new Tomb Raider projects, Mega Man: Dual Override, and Larian Studio's bizarre debut trailer ...
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Send us a text In this episode... --> The biggest night in gaming sees hypeman Geoff Keighly dish out shiny awards to the best games of the past 12 months -- including indie sensation Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which walked away with nine awards. Of course, the Game Awards also means hours’ worth of game announcements and trailers to sort through, such as Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, two new Tomb Raider projects, Mega Man: Dual Override, and Larian Studio's bizarre debut trailer ...
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Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 192 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wins Game Of The Year 2025
Send us a text In this episode... --> The biggest night in gaming sees hypeman Geoff Keighly dish out shiny awards to the best games of the past 12 months -- including indie sensation Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which walked away with nine awards. Of course, the Game Awards also means hours’ worth of game announcements and trailers to sort through, such as Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, two new Tomb Raider projects, Mega Man: Dual Override, and Larian Studio's bizarre debut trailer ...
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4 days ago
1 hour 27 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 191 - Saudi Arabia Will Own 93% Of EA If Buyout Goes Through
Send us a text In this episode... --> It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4% of EA if the buyout goes through, effectively giving the country control of the entire company. --> GameStop has highlighted its recent payout of more than $30,000 for a rare Pokémon card as evidence that the company’s trade-in program offers fair value — while simultaneously admitting the card had actually been worth at least $3,000 more. --> Microsoft has teamed up with rubber footwear brand Crocs ...
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1 week ago
1 hour 13 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 190 - The Game Awards 2025 Nominees & Predictions
Send us a text In this episode... --> The nominees for the 2025 Game Awards have been revealed, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is up for 12 awards, making it the most nominated game in the awards’ history. --> While the world elsewhere celebrates the best that gaming had to offer in 2025, review curation site Metacritic has released its list of the worst games of 2025. --> Sony has issued a number of DMCA notices against a fan project working to bring Concord back ...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 23 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 189 - Grand Theft Auto 6 Delayed Yet Again, Rockstar Accused Of Union Busting
Send us a text In this episode... --> Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two Interactive has now announced that Grand Theft Auto 6 is delayed once again to November 16, 2026. Meanwhile, the company fired 30-40 employees in a move that the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain claimed was "blatant" and "ruthless" union busting. --> Valve Corp. is plunging deeper into the console wars with the unveiling of the Steam Machine, a new cubical device designed for playing PC games ...
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1 month ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 188 - EA Promises To Retain Creative Control Despite Sale To Saudi Arabia
Send us a text In this episode... --> EA is claiming it will retain creative control despite its sale to Saudi Arabia. --> The director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office has ordered a rare patent re-examination after Nintendo was granted a US patent on summoning mechanics. --> Rapper Soulja Boy is back at it with the SouljaGame Flip, another rebranded retro handheld that is definitely not a Retroid Pocket Flip 2. --> Also: Top 3 New Releases, Trivia We love our spon...
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1 month ago
1 hour 13 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 187 - The Next Xbox Console Will Be A PC
Send us a text In this episode... --> A new report has revealed details on Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox console, which is allegedly a console / PC hybrid that will play PlayStation games released on PC via Steam. --> Microsoft executives have been pressuring the Xbox division to achieve profit margins of 30% -- almost twice the industry average. --> Amazon's AI-powered layoff of 14,000 employees will see "significant" cuts made to its game division. --> A high school in Japan i...
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1 month ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 186 - Close To You: Nintendo Flexes Animation Chops With Mysterious Short Film
Send us a text In this episode... --> The internet is buzzing over Nintendo's mysterious new Pikmin-focused short film, "Close To You." --> A new report says that "hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players" are keeping the games industry afloat. --> Sonic the Hedgehog will lend his super speed to the Olympic Games in 2026 and beyond thanks to a new partnership between SEGA and The International Olympic Committee. --> The voice behind Mortal Kombat's "Toasty!" is retiring. ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 9 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 185 - Electronic Arts Is Being Acquired For $55 Billion
Send us a text In this episode... --> Electronic Arts is being acquired for $55 billion by an investor consortium consisting of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. --> Microsoft has announced another Xbox Game Pass price hike, with the Ultimate tier increasing 50% to $30/month. --> Resident Evil: Requiem’s devs say they can’t tell if the game is actually scary anymore. --> Also: Top 3 New Releases, Not-So-Gaming History 101 W...
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2 months ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 184 - Wolverine Gameplay At Sony State Of Play
Send us a text In this episode... --> Sony held its latest State of Play showcase to detail what’s coming next for the platform, including a first look at gameplay for the much-anticipated Wolverine game. --> If you got Ghost of Tsushima's platinum trophy, congratulations – PlayStation's Franchise Rewards program would now like $70 for your commemorative merch. --> The adaptation you've been waiting for since 1996 is finally here – Bop It! is now a videogame. --> Also:...
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2 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes

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Episode 183 - Nintendo Direct September 2025
Send us a text In this episode... --> Nintendo held a huge Direct last Friday, with nearly a whole hour of information on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch games. --> Randy Pitchford's chronic tweeting syndrome strikes again as the Gearbox CEO goes on the offensive against critics of Borderland 4’s PC performance. --> Valve sure seems to be on the verge of announcing a new piece of gaming hardware, but don't get your hopes up for a Steam Deck 2. --> Also: Top 3 New Relea...
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2 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 182 - Is Hollow Knight: Silksong Too Difficult?
Send us a text In this episode... --> Hollow Knight: Silksong’s reviews are slowly eroding as players find it “too difficult.” --> Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you. --> Grand Theft Auto 6 could potentially be the first "AAAAA game." --> The new Street Fighter movie, which has been in the works since 2023, now has a cast and a release date. --> Also: Top 3 New Releases, Nostalgia 101 We love our sponsors! Please help us su...
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3 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 181 - 007 First Light State Of Play
Send us a text In this episode... --> IO Interactive, developers of the much-beloved Hitman series, showed off its latest title, 007 First Light, during a special September State of Play. --> The Call of Duty video game series is finally getting a Hollywood movie, thanks to a deal between Activision and Paramount. --> Hollow Knight: Silksong's $20 price tag is making some indie developers believe the game is so cheap that it will hurt the pricing options of other indie games. -...
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3 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 180 - Nintendo Is Gatekeeping Switch 2 Dev Kits
Send us a text In this episode... --> A fresh report has detailed the difficulties faced by some developers keen to launch games for Switch 2 — but who remain unable to do so due to a lack of Nintendo support. --> PlayStation boss Herman Hulst has said that live service failures are good for the development of their future attempts. --> The announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date has created a ripple effect in the indie game community with several titles that wer...
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3 months ago
1 hour 9 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 179 - Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
Send us a text In this episode... --> Gamescom Opening Night Live marks the start of the gaming convention in Cologne, and it’s always packed full of announcements, trailers and gameplay reveals. We're discussing all the highlights from the show. --> Animal rights organisation Peta has urged Nintendo to redesign the popular Cow character in Mario Kart World. --> David Hayter — who for many years gave Snake his signature gruff voice — has finally "forgiven" series creator Hideo Kojima...
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3 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 178 - Battlefield 6 Wants To "Bootstomp" Call Of Duty
Send us a text In this episode... --> EA is calling the Battlefield 6 open beta its biggest ever, and Weekend 1 just wrapped up with a peak of 521,079 players, which is also an all-time peak for the entire Battlefield series. --> Nintendo has contacted the organizers of RTA, one of Japan's largest speedrunning charity events, to put a stop to the event's "unauthorized use" of Nintendo IP. --> Nintendo's wading into the baby and toddler market with a new toy, clothing, and gener...
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4 months ago
1 hour 13 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 177 - Visa And Mastercard Deny Censorship Allegations Over Adult Video Games
Send us a text In this episode... --> Visa and Mastercard are refuting censorship allegations after forcing storefronts to remove adult video games. Valve says otherwise. --> The BioShock remake has been cancelled as BioShock 4 has reportedly failed to meet review standards. --> A short-lived Nintendo fan survey asked for your opinions on buying digital games instead of boxed copies, and offered a chance for you to provide feedback on the Switch 2's Game-Key Cards. --> According t...
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4 months ago
1 hour 13 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 176 - Roblox The Dating App???
Send us a text In this episode... --> The Roblox CEO has officially horrified every parent alive by announcing his ambition that the platform become a dating hub, despite the fact that roughly 40% of its users are under the age of 13. --> Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Tencent over its upcoming game Light of Motiram, with Sony saying it is a "slavish clone" of the Horizon series. --> It only took 24 hours after the UK's Online Safety Act went into fu...
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4 months ago
1 hour 28 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 175 - Xbox Backtracks On $80 Video Games
Send us a text In this episode... --> Just weeks after confirming The Outer Worlds 2 will be the first Microsoft game to retail for $80, Microsoft has reversed the decision, revealing the highly-anticipated sequel will now launch for $69.99 in keeping with typical AAA pricing. --> Despite donning a hat proclaiming "Make FPS Great Again" at Summer Game Fest earlier this year, studio founder Ian Proulx and 1047 Games are putting Splitgate 2 back into the beta box. --> Hellraiser is fin...
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4 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 174 - Steam Turns Its Back On Adult-Only Video Games
Send us a text In this episode... --> Valve has introduced new - and worryingly vague - guidelines aimed at the adult-only game development community, and some are worried they could be used to target LGBTQIA+ content as corporations buckle to appease the US government's continuing attack on queer rights. --> Following the Federal Bureau of Investigation's widely reported seizure of pirate ROM site Nsw2u.com last week, the US government agency has confirmed the move was part of an opera...
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5 months ago
1 hour 16 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Episode 173 - Xbox Game Pass Is "Damaging The Industry"
Send us a text In this episode... --> Among the waves of fallout from Microsoft’s layoff of 9,000 employees last week, Xbox Game Pass has now come under fire for its “unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade.” --> Last week, Stop Killing Games - the consumer-driven initiative demanding games publishers leave their titles in a playable state once support is terminated - surpassed 1m signatures. But now, EU industry body Video Games Europe has weig...
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5 months ago
1 hour 19 minutes

Gamers Week Podcast
Send us a text In this episode... --> The biggest night in gaming sees hypeman Geoff Keighly dish out shiny awards to the best games of the past 12 months -- including indie sensation Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which walked away with nine awards. Of course, the Game Awards also means hours’ worth of game announcements and trailers to sort through, such as Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, two new Tomb Raider projects, Mega Man: Dual Override, and Larian Studio's bizarre debut trailer ...