The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

This week there are a ton of games to talk about, like Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, Helskate, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Let’s also talk about the far-flung future and the next-generation of consoles, from the latest PS5 Pro talk to whatever the heck Xbox is going to do next. Don’t wait for the Helldivers 2 servers to be up to listen to this one, you might never ma...

The Xbox business update gets scheduled for later this week, so let’s talk about the few new developments in that whole thing that have happened over the last week. We’ll also cover the latest Switch 2 reports about backwards compatibility and custom hardware, Disney’s Fortnite-fueled metaverse, Helldivers 2, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, and… at the end Jeff gets mad about Minecraft. Get ad-free podc...

It’s starting to look a lot like Xbox games are going to appear on PlayStation and Switch. Let’s walk through what we do know, what we don’t know, and what we think we might know as we sit at the edge of next week’s Xbox “business update.” Also: Death Stranding 2, Kojima returns to action-espionage even if it isn’t Metal Gear Solid, new guitars, and more! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more...

Tekken 8 is out, let’s talk about it! Suicide Squad was subject to a bunch of review-related shenanigans, let’s talk about that, too! Also: Microsoft lays off 1,900 people, Embracer cuts another 97 folks, and a lot of discussion of “Goku” and “Vegeta.” Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Learn more about your ad choices....

Let’s try to talk about Palworld without morphing into copyright cops or armchair lawyers in the process! Also: 2023 sales data, Riot’s layoffs, the future of the game industry, “two years of pain,” and much more! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Foamstars gets a date, as does STALKER 2. Smite 2’s announced, Halo’s battle royale is (probably) canceled, GAME gets out of used GAMEs, and a brief review of Retro-Bit’s Saturn Pro controller, which Jeff bought to… play N64 games? Join the madness as SCART cables and scalers once again enter the conversation! Also your emails???? Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support...

Let’s wade through the muck a bit and discuss these rumors of Xbox bringing Sea of Thieves—or maybe way more—to other game platforms. Also, the muck of CES (it’s TVs. It’s always TVs)! Twitch’s upcoming enhanced broadcast beta! A Fortnite car! Ice-T! More! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Learn more about your ad choi...

Jeff Gerstmann returns for 2024 with his review of the CRKD Nitro Deck, a little talk about Tekken 8’s bizarre colorblind options, that Quest 2 “price drop,” the imminent onset of CES, and your emails! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sony and Discovery reach a deal to keep some of the worst-sounding television shows on the planet from disappearing out of your libraries! Spider-Man 2 was expensive to make, what does that mean for games, if anything? Rockstar and Nvidia hacker sentenced! Bobby bounces! 2024 rear trigger plans! And more! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patre...

Let’s talk about the end of The Last of Us Online, Insomniac’s situation, the Death Stranding movie, Spring Breakers, almost buying another Xbox, remembering Godus, uninstalling The Finals, and more. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ESA is officially calling E3 dead and I don’t believe it for a minute… but I’d probably believe it for at least the next few years. Let’s go over that whole thing and then get into all these huge Fortnite expansions like Lego Fortnite, then we’ll talk Sebil Engineering, The Game Awards, Sega’s batch of announcements, The Day Before debacle, and Epic’s victory in court over Google. Get ad-free...

Let’s talk about the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer and then get into the end of the Call of Duty DMZ “beta,” Sony and Discovery’s long list of questionable television shows that you are no longer allowed to digitally own, new games in Atari 50, Eminem, another route to get PC VR in your Quest, and more. Get it ad-free at http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more ove...

What is indie? I don’t know, no one does. Forget about it. Let’s talk about that OLED Steam Deck, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Bungie’s Destiny 2 delay, Starfield’s sad Steam review responses, KillZone Shadowfall, CM Punk, and hey… who the heck is going to buy Eurogamer and GI.biz? You? Is it you? Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstman...

Ben Pack, joins us this week to discuss Counter-Strike 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, the new Steam Deck OLED, Super Mario Wonder, Wonder Woman, the launch of the PlayStation 4, FCF, and what life is like now that he’s the interim CEO of OpenAI. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

The Game Awards has unveiled this year’s nominees, so let’s take a look at that. Also: How about Puzzmo, the new daily puzzle page from Zach Gage and crew? We’ll also go over the entirety of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, the new OLED Steam Deck, Remedy’s move out of free-to-play, a GTA6 letter from Rockstar, and your emails! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support t...

A new Robocop game with dialogue trees? Sure! Sure, what the heck, why not? Let’s talk a bit about that along with the disappointing new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III campaign, the continued brilliance of Alan Wake 2, The Glory Society, the future of Destiny, the next Nintendo device, escaping The Escapist, and more. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show a...

Let’s take a break from returning all of these bootleg controllers to the stores we bought them from to enjoy a podcast about Alan Wake 2, PS5 drive pairing, Nintendo’s tournament regulations, Bungie’s layoffs, the Digital Eclipse acquisition, The Finals, and more. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Learn more about you...

The show is here and it’s time to talk about Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Let’s also delve into the new Metal Gear Solid collection while discussing the franchise’s place in history. We’ll also cover some of the layoffs at PlayStation studios, Xbox’s next steps, and the different ways in which Discovery feels like an impossible problem to solve in this day and age. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows a...

Jeff’s back from the hospital with a fresh batch of harrowing tales from the world of childbirth! He’s also got some low-rent energy drink as well as details of his time with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Forza Motorsport, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III beta, those Intellivision Amico games that are burning up the Steam charts, and more. We’ll also talk about the end of the Microsoft/Activision sag...

The show they said could never exist… now available for your listening enjoyment! Due to the stop ‘n’ start nature of labor, we’re still not at the hospital yet! This baby will be here before too long, but while things are both extremely quiet and extremely tense, let’s get a podcast in and discuss the layoffs at Epic, the quality of El Paso, Elsewhere, Jim Ryan’s departure, PlayStation’s overall...

This post originally said "if you're seeing this, it means I'm heading to the hospital to watch my wife have a baby! Be back soon, wish us luck, all that good stuff." That's not 100% accurate, but it's close enough. Yesterday my wife started contractions, signaling that we're nearing the end of the road on this whole having a baby thing. Around the same time, both of our kids came down with... som...

A continued look at some leaked Xbox emails, Capcom weighs in on the acquisition talk of yesteryear, Unity keeps digging… also, the Cyberpunk 2077 DLC is out now along with more talk of F-Zero 99, El Paso, Elsewhere, the future of The Calisto Protocol, the next Steam Deck, and more! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Le...

Unity continues fumbling around as it burns up whatever goodwill it had left in the game development community! Meanwhile, a zillion documents about upcoming Xbox hardware leak out… is this the end of physical media in green boxes? Also Mortal Kombat 1, Titanfall 2, F-Zero 99? That’s a lot of numbers! There ain’t no need to get your face wet, push play on this episode immediately! Get ad-free podc...

Forza Motorsport is nearly upon us and Jeff has spent a little time with an early version of the game. We’ll also talk about what Unity is up to, Nintendo’s new developer demos, Steam’s 20th birthday, plumbers, Gearbox, and more! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

Starfield is here and after spending another 10 hours or so with it since last we spoke, it’s starting to look a little rough around the edges, so let’s catch up on that! Then we’ll talk about Sega’s Hyenas, s&box, the closure of Volition, the PlayStation Plus Price Hike, and more! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon! Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Lea...