Stevivor's Friendly Fire Show

Ben and Steve are back, and sadly, twiddling their thumbs. Now that their piles of shame are smaller, is there anything new to play? Is 2024 going to be a quiet one? Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 261, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! (00:00) Welcome! (01:40) Review: Banishers Ghosts of New Eden (04:30) Review: Mario vs Donkey Kong (06:55) Review: Skull and Bones (10:35) Is 2...

Ben and Steve are back in this post-Xbox business update world. The pair discuss what Microsoft announced the during the update... and what they did not. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 261, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Required reading Four Xbox exclusives are heading to other platforms Diablo 4  is the first Activision Blizzard game to head to Xbox Game Pass since its ac...

Ben and Steve have returned for the first Friendly Fire Show of 2024, and are talking backlogs, new games... and the elephant in the room that is the wait for Xbox's business update. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 260, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Welcome! How'd you end 2023 and did you get through a backlog? (04:10) Pa...

It's the end of the year, so you know what that means: video games award season! Ben and Steve are here to discuss the Game Awards and its GOTY,  Baldur's Gate 3 . Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 258, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Welcome! (02:20) Stevivor’s Game of the Year (GOTY) Awards 2023 (06:45) The biggest surprise...

It's the end of the year, so you know what that means: video games award season! Ben and Steve are here to discuss the Game Awards and its GOTY,  Baldur's Gate 3 . Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 258, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (0:00) Welcome! (5:00) The Game Awards 2023 (32:15) E3 is cancelled… déjà vu? See you in a fortnight...

Ben and Steve are back to talk GTA 6 's first trailer, the new Avatar game, and Phil Spencer's latest Xbox interview. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 257, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: Welcome (00:00): We're back after a 2... or 3.. week break! GTA 6 first trailer (01:30) Avatar Froniters of Pandora review (15:00) Phil spoke!...

Ben and Steve are back to talk the latest CoD , Game Awards 2023 nominations and more. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 256, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: Welcome: 00:00 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 : 02:00 The Game Awards 2023 nominations:  17:30 Mini-reviews (RoboCop Rogue City and Head Bangers): 32:30 We’re always keen for your feedba...

Ben's back, and joined by Steve to discuss the latest in video games -- including a new Zelda movie and games on iPhones -- this week. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 255, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: Welcome: 00:00 Small CoD MW3 whinge: 02:40 Zelda is getting a live action movie : 05:30 Gaming on the iPhone 15 Pro : 14:00 Xbox is r...

Steve is joined by long-time Stevivor writer Matt 'Ponk' Gosper to talk Alan Wake 2 in clearly defined spoiler-free and spoiler-filled segements. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 254, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: Alan Wake 2 .   Nothing else. Spoiler-free section:  00:00 - 27:50 Spoiler-filled section:  27:50 until the end! Here&...

Ben and Steve are back and talking all things  Spider-Man 2 . Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 253, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: Spider-Man 2 .  Nothing else. Here's our  Spider-Man 2  review if you'd like to read it as well . We’re always keen for your feedback, so feel free to take to the comments area or social media #friendly...

Ben and Steve are back and talking all things  Super Mario Bros Wonder , Star Trek Infinite   and even a throwback to the site's namesake  Survivor Castaway Island . Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 252, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Welcome (and Ben's bachlelor party) (05:15) THE BIG REVIEW: Super Mario Bros Wonder review...

Ben and Steve are back and talking all things sports, including hockey, cricket, football and car racing. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 251, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Welcome! (01:50) NHL 24 and  EA Sports FC 24 (15:00) Forza Motorsport (23:50) Cricket 24 We’re always keen for your feedback, so feel free to take to the comm...

Ben and Steve are back and talking all things  Assassin's Creed  this week, including  Assassin's Creed Mirage . Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 250, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Welcome; we made it to 250 episodes! (00:30) Assassin's Creed series recap (22:00) Assassin's Creed Mirage review (34:00) Resident Evil...

There's no shortage of news right now and Ben and Steve on top of it all, recapping recent Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play livestreams. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 249, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Welcome; we've actually been playing some games! (00:45) Nintendo Direct (07:00) PlayStation State of Play...

Ben and Steve return for another week, this time talking leaked documents... that Microsoft leaked itself. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 248, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (0:00) Xbox leaked its future plans for years (2:30) Mid-gen Series X Refresh (9:00) New controller - basically a DualSense, including motion sensors and haptic feed...

Ben and Steve are back and are very excited to talk about September's biggest game (so far):  Starfield . Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 247, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Starfield! You can also check out Jay's review here . https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/friendlyfireshow/episodes/New-Xbox-Home-removes-the-best...

We're about to embark on big journeys... and Ben and Steve are also trying to figure out if a video game console fits into those equations. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 246, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Intros (00:40) Ben's preparing to go to Bali -- should he take a gaming device? (07:30) Steve reviewed the ROG Ally...

New games are old again! Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 245, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Intros (04:00) Baldur's Gate 3 is killing it with super high Steam numbers for a deep RPG (7:00) Stray Gods review (09:30) Atlas Fallen review (12:00) Rockstar is porting Red Dead Redemption to Switch and PS4 (20:30) This year's CO...

There's a new game that we've played! Sorta. Ben and Steve meet up to talk Pikmin 4, Everspace 2 and Exoprimal. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 244, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Hello! (01:45) Pikmin 4 ( here's our review ) (7:30) Speaking of Pikmin 4 , it's been 10 years since the last one... (15:00) New stuff S...

Xbox Live Gold is no more -- so it's up to Ben and Steve to detail what's happened, and what was good about Live in the first place. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 243, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week: (00:00) Hello! (02:15) Xbox Live Gold becomes Xbox Game Pass Core (21:12) Xbox Live Gold: in memoriam We’re always keen for your fe...

We're in a bit of a new release slump, but that doesn't mean there's nothing for Ben and Steve to talk about. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 242, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week. Welcome (0:00) We're still playing Final Fantasy 16 and Diablo 4 over this quiet period 9 in 10 games before 2010 are unobtainable (2:00) What doe...

Ben and Steve are back to talk sleeping and acquisitions. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 241, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week. It's Amazon Prime Day (0:00) Well, it was. Ben's tried Pokemon Sleep! (7:30) An open beta was just offered on Android Microsoft clears a hurdle in its acquisition of Activision Blizzard (14:30) Microsoft be...

Ben and Steve are back to talk  Final Fantasy 16  and Microsoft price hikes. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 240, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week. Final Fantasy XVI (0:00) We're both playing it! Ben's a bit further ahead than Steve... Microsoft has increased its prices (26:45) The Xbox Series X is up $50 AUD; Game Pass is up $1 AUD...

Ben and Steve are back on a regular cadence, wrapping up Summer Game Fest. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 239, Stevivor's long-running (and usually) weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week. (0:00) Super Mario Wonder and Super Mario RPG remake (16:00) Steve and Ben try to do recaps and then pick an overall winner (24:30) Cricket 24 : Meant to be out for The Ashes now, del...

Ben and Steve are back to talk about the games they've been playing (since they last updated listeners back in April). Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 238, Stevivor's long-running (and usually) weekly video games podcast! Here's what to expect this week. Zelda Tears of the Kingdom  (0:00) We're back again! (00:40) Ben's still playing it -- and struggling to play anything else   S...