086: The Most Negative Run of Previews I’ve Ever Read

099: The Mashima Zaibatsu: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

155 min listen

098: Six Arms to Embrace You: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

177 min listen

097: Shadow the Hedgehog = John Wick: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

178 min listen

096: What Did You Play Online On Your 3DS and Wii U?: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

175 min listen

095: Are You Ready To Be Embraced Again?: 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. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

177 min listen

094: The Sims Movie Should Be A Snuff Film: 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. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

186 min listen

093: Dunston Checks In: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

179 min listen

092: What Does A New Contra Game Need, Anyway?: 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 Shaun Layden! EA’s flimsy-sounding plans for AI! And more! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

183 min listen

091: Smell of the Game: 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. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

177 min listen

090: Baby Got Back vs. Put ‘Em On The Glass: 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. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

180 min listen

089: The Largest Technical Leap You Will Have Ever Seen: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

180 min listen

088: Oh, Also, I’m Somehow Mad About Minecraft: 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. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

174 min listen

087: Blinx The Time Sweeper on PS5? I’m Outraged!!!: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

184 min listen

085: Punching a Sheep Again and Again: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

174 min listen

084: Shrink (Pop): 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???? by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

192 min listen

083: Xbox and PlayStation Living Together! Mass Hysteria!: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

189 min listen

082: An Absolute Screamer: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

165 min listen

081: Your Episodes of Animal Black Ops Are Safe… For Now: 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! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

113 min listen

080: Don’t Make A Live Service Game Unless You Wanna Be A Live Service Studio: 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. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

146 min listen

079: The Principality of Sweeney: 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. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

188 min listen

078: That GTA6 Trailer’s Out: 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. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

167 min listen

077: Best Indie Podcast: What is indie? I don’t know, no one does. Forget about it. Let’s talk about that OLED Steam Deck, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Bungie’s Destiny 2 delay, Starfield’s sad Steam review responses, KillZone Shadowfall, CM Punk, and hey… who the heck is going to buy Eurogamer and GI.biz? You? Is it you? by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

133 min listen

076: Ben Pack Smokes Mid: Ben Pack joins us this week to discuss Counter-Strike 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, the new Steam Deck OLED, Super Mario Wonder, Wonder Woman, the launch of the PlayStation 4, FCF, and what life is like now that he’s the interim CEO of OpenAI. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

132 min listen

075: None/All of These Games Are RPGs: The Game Awards has unveiled this year’s nominees, so let’s take a look at that. Also: How about Puzzmo, the new daily puzzle page from Zach Gage and crew? We’ll also go over the entirety of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, the new OLED Steam Deck, Remedy’s move out of free-to-play, a GTA6 letter from Rockstar, and your emails! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

171 min listen

074: There Will Be… Trouble: A new Robocop game with dialogue trees? Sure! Sure, what the heck, why not? Let’s talk a bit about that along with the disappointing new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III campaign, the continued brilliance of Alan Wake 2, The Glory Society, the future of Destiny, the next Nintendo device, escaping The Escapist, and more. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

181 min listen

Using Unauthorized Accessories Compromises Your Podcasting Experience: Let’s take a break from returning all of these bootleg controllers to the stores we bought them from to enjoy a podcast about Alan Wake 2, PS5 drive pairing, Nintendo’s tournament regulations, Bungie’s layoffs, the Digital Eclipse acquisition, The Finals, and more. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

147 min listen

072: Lookin’ For A Skin Deal: The show is here and it’s time to talk about Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Let’s also delve into the new Metal Gear Solid collection while discussing the franchise’s place in history. We’ll also cover some of the layoffs at PlayStation studios, Xbox’s next steps, and the different ways in which Discovery feels like an impossible problem to solve in this day and age. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

195 min listen

071: And Baby Makes Five: Jeff’s back from the hospital with a fresh batch of harrowing tales from the world of childbirth! He’s also got some low-rent energy drink as well as details of his time with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Forza Motorsport, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III beta, those Intellivision Amico games that are burning up the Steam charts, and more. We’ll also talk about the end of the Microsoft/Activision saga, the end of Wii U online support, the end of John Riccitiello’s time at Unity, and the end of the big, bulky PlayStation 5. by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

182 min listen

070: Special Monday Edition!: The show they said could never exist… now available for your listening enjoyment! Due to the stop ‘n’ start nature of labor, we’re still not at the hospital yet! This baby will be here before too long, but while things are both extremely quiet and extremely tense, let’s get a podcast in and discuss the layoffs at Epic, the quality of El Paso, Elsewhere, Jim Ryan’s departure, PlayStation’s overall strategy, the cancelation of Hyenas, and more! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

156 min listen

Bonus: Baby Time: If you're seeing this, it means I'm heading to the hospital to watch my wife have a baby! Holy smokes! by The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

7 min listen

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