Gamers Week Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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. --...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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 th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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 wit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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 unio...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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 af...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> 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.&...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Following an uproar after last week's Direct, Nintendo execs have acknowledged the cost of its upcoming Switch 2 console and games and explained the reason behind the higher price point. --> A Minecraft Movie is shattering expectations at the box office. --> Microsoft has created a playable "interactive space inspired" by Quake II usi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Nintendo finally unveiled so much of what we've been waiting for about the Nintendo Switch 2. We breakdown all the big reveals in the Switch 2 Direct, including Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and the price controversy. --> An Australian court has ordered YouTuber Karl Jobst to pay damages to celebrity arcade gamer Billy Mitchell, relating...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Game Informer is now backed by blockchain developer Gunzilla Games, the studio behind the upcoming NFT battle royale Off The Grid. --> New rumors state Nintendo is planning to launch the Switch 2 in June and that the company will supposedly implement a three-phase plan for its Switch 2 software, with first-party titles getting top priority. --> Afte...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> “Don't let your kids be on Roblox,” said the Roblox CEO, speaking to BBC News, before comparing himself to Walt Disney and declaring the platform “the future of communication.” --> Konami aired its latest Silent Hill Transmission broadcast just last week, sharing more details about the upcoming Silent Hill f. --> A team of researchers at The Oh...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> A new leak from an anonymous tipster has revealed PlayStation maker Sony is working on AI-driven characters, including Aloy from the Horizon series. --> A new report claims that the next console from Xbox might not be a traditional console at all, and that it might be targeting a 2027 launch. --> The World Video Game Hall of Fame has revealed this y...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> After plenty of rumors, Activision finally confirmed Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 are back and getting remade from the ground up. --> Acclaim, the US game publisher that enjoyed success in the 1990s, is being resurrected. --> Walmart is going all-in on "gamified shopping" — starting with its own video game. --> Palworld dev Pocketp...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Warner Bros. has announced that it is shutting down three studios and that development of the Wonder Woman game “will not move forward.” --> Twitch has announced plans to implement a 100-hour storage limit for all highlights and uploads for all users. --> The Street Fighter movie has found its director in Kitao Sakurai, perhaps best known for writin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> GameStop announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its operations in France and Canada, and the company's CEO is pointing a finger at the “wokeness” of the two countries. --> A little over two months after its hugely successful launch, the US-based developers behind Marvel Rivals, including its game director, have reportedly been hit with layoffs. -...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> A brand-new State of Play arrived this week, giving us an exciting look at the future of PS5 with a ton of games, including Saros, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Directive 8020, and more. --> The Entertainment Software Association, the trade group that represents the video games industry, is making a new conference after the collapse of E3. --> The good...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> MultiVersus, the Warner Bros. IP platform fighter from Player First Games, is coming to an end on May 30. --> Meta chief technology officer Andrew "Boz" Bosworth said in an internal memo that the company's Reality Labs division needs to turn things around in a big way in 2025, or else its whole venture into mixed and virtual reality coul...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said its brand identity is "evolving" now that keeping first-party games exclusive to its own platform is no longer "a path" for the company. --> PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst appears to have gotten a slight demotion as he is no longer the co-CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. --> Tickets fo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Following the spectacular flameout of Concord in September 2024, Sony has now confirmed the cancelation of two more of its planned live-service games.  --> Arrowhead boss Shams Jorjani wants to get as many A-listers as possible for the Helldivers 2 film “as long as they all get killed violently.” --> Balatro has passed 5 million copies sold as the d...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> FINALLY! Nintendo officially revealed the Switch 2 in a brief trailer on January 16.  --> Veteran investment analyst and researcher Matthew Ball said "there is hope" that Take-Two will price GTA 6 at "$80 or even $100," which could prove to be a turning point for the video game industry. --> Razer has released a backseat gaming A...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Sony has unveiled its new conceptual technology designed to ramp up immersion by sticking players inside a TV box and squirting smells into the room. --> During Sony's CES 2025 press conference, the company announced film adaptations of both Helldivers 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn, while Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is becoming an anime. --> Nintendo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Sega is considering launching its own Netflix-like subscription service for video games. --> Take-Two Interactive still hasn't revealed the GTA 6 release date, and other publishers are reportedly refusing to commit to 2025 until they know they can avoid it. --> Grand Theft Hamlet (a machinima movie that takes place entirely within the world of...