Gamers Week Podcast
Video games are fun. Video game news should be, too. Join Blue, Ryan, and Donnie as we analyze the week's best, worst, and weirdest gaming headlines. New episodes every Friday!
Episodes
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--> 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 ri...
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--> 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 ...
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--> 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.
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--> 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...
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--> 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.
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--> 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...
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--> 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 ...
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--> 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...
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--> Microsoft began its fiscal year Wednesday by laying off thousands of employees, expanding one of the largest runs of layoffs in the company’s history.
--> Video game spending has taken a nose dive among Gen Z, according to data from American research group Circana.
--> The AI startup Runway, which recently partnered with AMC Networks, is now trying to break into the gaming i...
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--> Third-party games have reportedly struggled to sell on Nintendo Switch 2 at launch, with one publisher claiming that its game has sold “below our lowest estimates”.
--> Fan-favorite rhythm game Beat Saber is ending support for PlayStation consoles, and for many players, this feels very much like the final nail in the coffin for PlayStation's VR aspirations.
--> The limi...
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--> Microsoft has confirmed a “strategic multi-year partnership” with AMD for the next generation of Xbox.
--> Borderlands 4 preorders are finally live, and the base game is priced at $70, not $80 as previously feared.
--> The Silent Hill remake is officially in development at Bloober Team.
--> A bizarre butt-controlled fighting game has received an unexpected buff on Swi...
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--> Summer Game Fest 2025 included 15 individual events running from June 3-9. Here are the biggest announcements, including Resident Evil Requiem, Scott Pilgrim EX, the ROG Xbox Ally, and more.
--> Reports have surfaced of GameStop stores carelessly stapling receipts right through the packaging of brand new Switch 2s and into the console's screen.
--> Zotac is making good ...
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--> The summer gaming reveal season is upon us, with PlayStation swooping in at the last second with a new State of Play livestream and introducing us to titles like Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement, Nioh 3, and Marvel Tokou: Fighting Souls
--> Nintendo has reportedly begun shipping Switch 2 branded 'Out of Stock' signs to retailers before the console has even gone on sal...
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--> In its third round of layoffs this year alone, EA has canceled its single-player Black Panther game and shut down developer Cliffhanger Games.
--> A24 is doubling down on its foray into video game adaptations with live-action productions of Elden Ring and Death Stranding.
--> Microsoft has announced Retro Classics with Game Pass, a collaboration with Antstream Arcade to brin...
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--> Last week, when a Twitter user expressed concern over the upcoming Borderlands 4 potentially being $80 (a price point hasn't been set just yet), Gearbox head Randy Pitchford responded, "If you’re a real fan, you’ll find a way to make it happen."
--> Star Wars’ infamous villain Darth Vader has been turned into an AI in Fortnite, and users have already got it saying ra...
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--> Nintendo has revised its Account Agreement and Account Privacy Policy to tighten the rules on emulation and piracy, and the company now says it has the right to brick your console if it thinks you’ve broken the agreement.
--> The video game companies negotiating a new contract with SAG-AFTRA have issued a “best, last and final” offer to the actors union, which removes some key stic...
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--> Microsoft has announced that it is raising the prices of its Xbox consoles globally and has also announced that it will charge $80 for games starting later this year.
--> Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed out of 2025 as Rockstar confirms a May 26, 2026 release date, but what does that mean for the games industry this year?
--> Just a few months after reportedly cancelling ...
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--> Nintendo’s delayed Switch 2 preorders finally kicked off in the US at 12AM ET on Thursday, April 24th, and everything went to hell almost immediately.
--> The founder of Discord has announced that he will be stepping down as CEO and will be replaced by Humam Sakhnini, who was previously Chief Strategy Officer at Activision Blizzard.
--> Layoff Fest 2K25 continues as EA annou...
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--> Bethesda has finally revealed the worst-kept secret in video games... The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
--> Pocketpair has presented a comprehensive, multi-argument defense against Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit with a response that references a variety of games, ranging from Octopath Traveler to Far Cry 5.
--> Tragedy strikes as Hollywood has run out of video game...
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--> Ubisoft has now filed a response to the lawsuit over the shut down of online game The Crew and makes multiple claims as to why the suit should be dismissed, including that the plaintiffs knew what they were getting into because of "the explicit warnings on The Crew's packaging that plaintiffs were obtaining a limited license to access the game."
--> Discord has adde...
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