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This week on News Game Plus Dermie and Jason dive into Sony "incentivising" PC players to get PSN, the latest console sales numbers, evidence that nobody is really buying their console for exclusives, why Sean Murray is the hero the gaming industry needs, mods are coming to Hogwarts Legacy, and Dermie unveils ChatNGP.

More gaming news from Dermie and Jason The Giant Bear - Microsoft's Developer Direct just dropped and it is amazing, is the Live Service gold rush over at Sony, Tencent owns everything and soon also Ubisoft, Bioware's days are numbered, which Switch games will not run on Switch 2, and a little of science fiction talk for the nerds.

Dermie and Jason dissect the Switch 2 reveal video and deep dive into the big rumours about what to inspect from Nintendo's new console.

Jason and Dermie reveal who the New Game Plus crew voted for 2024 Game Of The Year, Trump is/was in Marvel Rivals, what can we expect from a Helldivers movie, what can we expect from The Last Of Us seasons 2 and 3, Dermie on buying crypto, SteamOS and the return of the Steam Box, is Half-Life 3 finally confirmed, we reveal what the mysterious "C" button on Switch 2 will do, Sonic movies have made...

Dermie and Jason bring you another big week of gaming news - more Switch 2 leaks, Witcher 4 won't run on current gen, what we think of the Game Awards winners, did the Wukong director cry, new game announcements, Microsoft has no idea what they are doing, and the outrageous PEGI rating handed to Balatro.

Dermie and Jason are back with news about a new Steam console, how videogame franchises are being used in online casinos, Japan, retro game news, the latest live service game to die, what can you buy with dollarydoos in Marvel Rivals, and possibly the ultimate question about politics and games.

Get ready for another big week of gaming news with Dermie and Jason - Ubisoft takes another expensive L, we look at why the gaming industry is making so many bad decisions, Elon Musk and his new AI studio, platforms like Roblox are using children as child labour, and we have a new idea for a game based on recent events.

Dermie and Jason deep dive into the week's big gaming news - what makes Arcane such a masterpiece (and how did it avoid the usual on-line dramas), Naughty Dog is finally making a new IP, big CD Project Red news, the latest Sonic movie preview, Dermie gives his take on the Australian government's misinformation laws and social media ban, and lots more. Now go watch Arcane. 

In News Game Plus this week we take a close look at what is missing from The Game Awards nominations, Steam is under attack from the usual idiots who hate fun, and the hand-held console wars are about to heat up.

Dermie and Jason are back for another massive week of gaming news - Adam Jensen wants more, GoG is preserving old games, Sony commits to single player games, Warner Bros keeps burning money trying to make a live service game happen, No Man's Sky gets a massive update (and a second chance to add Mass Effect's Normandy to your fleet), Dermie doesn't understand how visual gags on audio podcasts work,...

To celebrate the US election, high value males Jake Dermie and Logan Jason try brocasting with deep dives into lazy writing, videogame preservation, Switch 2 backward compatibility, a new study suggests that women might prefer sexualised characters in games, what's your bodycount, buy our crypto, we used to like Coffeezilla before he exposed our rug pulls, buy our lead-based food product, and more...

In this spooky Halloween edition of News Game Plus Jason and Dermie discuss the Nintendo Music app, conservative US commentator Glenn Beck banned his daughters from dating gamers, the Vatican has released an anime mascot, Trip Hawkins on the current state of game development, and the United Nations is very concerned about the impact of Japanese media on gender violence and women.

More gaming news with Dermie and Jason - is Microsoft stealing Skyblock from its creator, Halo dev hates guns, why nerds love science fiction, more modern retro games coming to Evercade, Analog's new 4K HDMI FPGA N64 console is a beauty, and we deep dive into ex-Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Shawn Layden's comments about the current state of gaming.

This week Dermie and Jason analyse the week's big gaming news including why you should be watching CrackerMilk, PAX Aus, the modern retro game scene, the current Palworld situation, Nintendo making alarm clocks, Steam Deck officially coming to Australia, videogame media being racist against Black Myth Wukong again, the AAA industry's jump to Unreal Engine, a new Halo studio, and Dermie asks what t...

In this episode Dermie and Jason look into the latest Helldivers update, the reason Nintendo has finally sued Palworld, Steam's new Family sharing system, the return of Flappy Bird, Google's AI powered Doom, and discuss EA's investor presentation about how they are using AI to power their game development.

In this episode Dermie and Jason look console prices and the PS5 Pro, the developers of Stray all quit, Dr Disrespect might be a dickhead, Nikocado Avocado's dramatic weight loss, and CD Project Red is making more new TV shows. And same gaming news.

In this episode Dermie and Jason discuss the Minecraft Movie trailer, Concord's cancellation, why Denuvo is a terrible idea for Civ 7, ads on Netflix, better movie endings, some up-coming remasters, and the racist treatment of Black Myth: Wukong in videogame media.

In this episode Dermie and Jason talk about the potential of Valve's new game, big changes to Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, expensive DLC, Civilisation 7, remastered Sonic Generations with Shadow, why young people did not understand Duke Nukem, and Nintendo's new Museum in Japan.

This week Dermie and Jason discuss all the recent videogame news including breakdancing, the Borderlands movie, the new Minecraft Bedrock modding system, Microsoft buying Valve, and the real reason why so many developers are being sacked.

In this week's gaming news Dermie and Jason look at some AAA games that failed miserably on mobile and ask why.

Dermie and Jason cover the big gaming news of the week including Gamepass, Helldivers, the new Sword Art Online game, and Evercade retro consoles.

In this episode Dermie and Jason continue their quest to get cancelled by discussing the Dr Disrespect situation.

Dermie and Jason discuss Nintendo's latest direct, the influence of WB on the re-release of Multiversus and more as we shake the rust off after the break.

Dermie and Jason reunite to discuss the former E3 window and what it's become, as well as gaming IP TV shows and what becomes of Steam after GabeN.

Dermie and Jason pull apart another big week in gaming news: - Why Gamepass is a parent's best friend - Why in-game chat is dead - Results of the IGEA report about gaming during lockdown - Minecraft is coming to Gamepass (but Caves and Cliffs is still in limbo) - We tried Xcloud and game streaming on Australian internet and it was not awful - FarCry and fighting chickens #newsgameplus more