The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

Xbox cuts 1,600 jobs. PlayStation announces plans to exit the game disc business. Jeff buys an Ayn Thor and uses it to play Mr. Do! on two screens at once. Dark times, friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Cage takes on yet another new and exciting role, everyone braces for layoffs, Dead or Alive 6 gets re-released for some weird reason, the Steam Machine lottery happened (?), Star Fox 64 gets remade yet again, and more! There’s never been a better time to play (Nintendo 64) video games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big anniversaries this week for the N64 and for Quake! Let's talk about those, also the FUTURE OF SCIENCE, the future of Unreal Engine, a review of the Beitong Pangu, the Steam Machine, goblinAmerica, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some hands-on reporting from the worlds of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, Turok Origins, Stranger Than Fiction, and Sprawl Zero. Also: last week’s “Xbox has to make some tough choices” talk turns into this week’s “massive layoff and studio closure” talk. EA gets (back) into in-game advertising. Commodore makes an expensive cell phone? Sure, why not? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

Nintendo’s Direct aired this morning and it seems like we’re all-the-way done with announcements for this year’s Summer Game Fest window of events. Let’s talk about everything that happened from PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox along with third-party stuff like Control Resonant, Crazy Taxi, Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re on the precipice of new video games! Let’s talk a bit about that along with Mina the Hollower, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, PlayStation fight sticks, Fable’s delay, the wild new Steam Deck price, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Destiny 2 is headed for more of a maintenance-style mode, Rocket League’s going to get updated with Unreal Engine 6, the new Modern Warfare is coming, James Bond has returned, Yoshi has also returned, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mr. Do! finally joins the Arcade Archives series and there is much rejoicing! Also: Forza Horizon 6, PSN prices go up, Lego 2K Drive goes away, some Xbox controllers leak, and Nintendo wants to bring some kind of WarioWare knockoff to your phone? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sega cancels the SUPER GAME, PlayStation exec sees bright future from third-parties, Harada starts a new studio, Tezuka retires, Angry Birds goes into the Hall, Steam Controller talk, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Steam Controller goes on sale and scalpers run wild, Invincible VS is out, Xbox Mode hits Windows 11, Call of Duty to skip PS4, Capcom seems to think you might want more Pragmata someday, and more! EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/jeffgerstmann Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Saros is out, let’s talk about it. So is Kiln, from Double Fine! In the news, Xbox is keeping its options open, Sega tries out a new catchphrase, MMOs on Switch 2, piracy is still (not) a threat, and more! EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/jeffgerstmann Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Austin Walker is here so we can finally get some Marathon talk on this podcast! Also, he’s got a new tabletop RPG in the works called Realis! We’ll also talk about Call of Duty leaving Game Pass, Splatoon Raiders, Pragmata, Jay & Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch, Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced, AD&D, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

VGC’s Jordan Middler is here to discuss the VGC and Pokemon Champions! Also we’ve both played Pragmata and have some things to say about Grand Theft Auto 6, the PlayStation 6, Fable, what review discs look like across regions, and all sorts of other very important video game and/or energy drink topics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can you believe they went and made 200 of these things? Let’s talk about the important video games of the day, such as Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Jaws for the NES! Also: the next Garry’s Mod gets a release date, a look at Logitech’s Pro X2 Superstrike, the true depths of Roblox, and more. One thing to pack, five ways to power! Get 10% Off @Ridge with code JEFFG at https://www. Ridge.com/JEFFG...

PlayStation 5 prices skyrocket while Nintendo tries out some new pricing for its physical game cards. Can anyone afford any of this anymore? Also: talk of an Ocarina of Time remake along with a new Star Fox hits the internet. Xbox confirms E-Day, Rec Room heads for a shutdown, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let’s talk a bit about Marathon’s Cryo Archive weekend, Crimson Desert, DRIV3R, Epic’s massive layoffs, PlayStation pulling a grand opening/grand closing sort of thing, Switch 2 manufacturing, how leadership changes lead to strategy shifts, Borderlands 4 performance boost, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The talking flower from Super Mario Wonder now exists in physical form. Terrifying! Also: Marathon is still extremely great, PSSR gets an update, Nvidia does some astoundingly dumb stuff, Starfield heads to PS5 with new content, Subnautica 2 leadership changes back, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marathon has me in a real chokehold, let’s talk about how cool this game is. Also, let’s talk about how cool Pokémon Pokopia is! Cool games! In the news, Nintendo wants a refund, a bunch of questionable Xbox rumors are everywhere now, GDC gets underway, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adam Boyes (Vivrato, PlayStation, Iron Galaxy) joins us to discuss the finer art of extraction in Arc Raiders. We’re also talking a lot about the Marathon Server Slam and how that’s really turning me around on this whole “extraction” thing. Also: highlights from the Steam Next Fest including Awaysis, some Resident Evil 9 talk, the grand opening and grand closing of Highguard, the state of the indu...

A wild week in news as Xbox honcho Phil Spencer retires and is set to be replaced by someone from one of Microsoft’s AI divisions. What does this mean for the future of Xbox? Also: Sony shutters Bluepoint Games, Evo expands, and my son got way into Knack? Aw man. Use code 50jeff to get $50 off plus free shipping on your first order at goodchop.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

Jeff is fresh (?) back from Las Vegas with some thoughts about the future of video games. Also: interviews with Greg Kasavin, Amir Rao, Evan Wells, and Chris Kohler recorded moments after their wins at the DICE awards! Then we’ll get into the news, including layoffs for 2XKO and HIghguard, the new God of War game, PlayStation’s latest State of Play, the threat (?) of a new Metal Gear, and more! Le...

Another Nintendo Direct has come and gone, let’s talk about the third-party games on display. Also: Sony officially announces the multiplayer Horizon game, Epic wants to be on the next Xbox on day 1, Baldur’s Gate is coming to TV, and the MindsEye saboteurs are… going to get theirs? Plus some more talk about the future of video games and your emails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...

We’ve been talking about it so much that I finally had to try Bazzite out for myself, let’s talk about some of the early impressions of that! Also: Apex ditches the Switch, 2K announces way too many different editions of this year’s WWE game, Sony gets a patent on AI podcasts that tell you you’re bad at games, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Out of Action is out on Early Access and it’s neat, let’s talk about it! Also: Highguard, the talk around HIghguard, and the talk around the talk around Highguard. Exhausting. Hey, Nintendo’s going to release some unreleased Virtual Boy games! That’s bananas! Also: Xbox Developer Direct, some recent chatter about the PlayStation 6, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

Playing Astro Bot with the kids leads me to the next natural evolution… replaying Super Mario Bros. Special. Pretty direct cause and effect, there, really. Also: is it just me or is Microsoft kind of messing up at everything right now? Far Cry games now run at 60fps, New World gives an eviction notice to players, and lots of “Roblox is a crime” talk from you in the emails section. Get 50% off 1 mo...