Videogame Roundtable

TJ and Jonah go alone this episode, as they discuss un-E3 showcases! The news includes: Xbox Ally X revealed Sony State of Play Summer Game Fest Wholesome Direct PC Gaming Show Xbox Games Show What was your favorite game of the shows?

The guys discuss Dune: Awakening's endgame deep desert area has a PvE zone, PowerWash Simulator goes underground, overground in final free content update, Persona 4 voice actor confirms a remake is in development, EA Sports College Football 26 adds cross-play Dynasty, 300 coaches and trophy rooms, Star Wars Battlefront 2 breaks its concurrent player count record on Steam, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD...

The guys discuss FTC finally dropping appeal against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Metaphor: ReFantazio coming to Game Pass. The news includes: Larian insists it did not accidentally leak Divinity: Original Sin 3 Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution announced ConcernedApe "hopes" to release Haunted Chocolatier within the next five years Elden Ring Nightreign could receive two pl...

This episode is half-length, but still has the guys talking about Bam Margera being officially confirmed for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, the Original Stalker trilogy getting an Enhanced Edition upgrade on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, and Atlus teases next Persona game, livestream this week. The news items includes: Valve issues statement refuting claims of a Steam data security breach Ubisoft mov...

[Audio issues] The guys talk about the new trailer for Doom: The Dark Ages, which reveals the medieval equivalent of the BFG is a huge crossbow, Another Crab's Treasure getting a huge 'Year Of The Crab' update, Devolver Digital revealing Cult of the Lamb is its best-selling IP at around $90 million in revenue. The news includes: Star Wars Zero Company gets first trailer with 2026 release window Ga...

[Reupload] Sorry for the audio issues in this episode. In this episode, the guys discuss Ubisoft's defense against The Crew lawsuit (you don't actually own your games), Bowser telling Nintendo fans "Don’t want the Switch 2? Just buy a Switch 1!", Marathon won't require a PlayStation Network account on PC and Xbox, and Endless Legend 2 comes to Steam Early Access in summer 2025. The news includes:...

[This podcast upload was corrupted. Reuploaded.] The news this week: Elon Musk's estranged daughter weighs in on his pro gamer claims: 'He was a Bronze Torbjörn main. He was fucking dogshit', Palworld decides it wasn't April fooling after all, is actually making a visual novel dating sim where you can, uh, 'dismember and eat' some of its cast, Death Stranding has crossed 20 million players since l...

[This podcast upload was corrupted. Reuploaded.] The news this week: The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered's PC specs and features detailed, as Sony reiterates no PSN account required, EA Sports College Football 26 to increase NIL payouts to $1,500, Palworld update 0.5.0 patch notes bring crossplay to the game, Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says 'it's a tragedy' his 2013 immigration sim now feels s...

Some of the minor news discussed include Defiance coming back 4 years after servers were shut down, BlizzCon 2025 not happening, Moon Studios going full indie, buying No Rest For the Wicked's publishing rights from Take-Two and Final Fantasy 16 PC version removing Denuvo Anti-tamper DRM. The Gaming Flashback is 2015's Bloodborne. The news includes: Humble Games Showcase Killing Floor 3 delayed to...

This week, the guys discuss the fact that Cities: Skylines 2's asset editor is remaining a distant dream as Colossal Order is still working on it but says it's 'proven more technically challenging than initially anticipated', Western Digital sold their SSDs to SanDisk, and Naughty Dog boss says "don't bet" on there being a The Last of Us Part 3. The news includes: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 offi...

The guys discuss the week's goings-on, including Diablo speedrun sleuths proving a 15-year world record was fake after reverse-engineering the game and failing to replicate the run in 2.2 billion possible randomized dungeons, Call of Duty's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover costing $90, Valve releasing the Team Fortress 2 source code, and a mystery Tony Hawk remaster mentioned by pro skater i...

This episode was recorded on January 10, 2015, and was guest hosted by former Joystiq editor Andrew Yoon. He tragically passed away three weeks later. Here are the original podcast notes: This week's episode of Gaming Podcast has a special guest co-host, Andrew Yoon, formerly of Joystiq and currently in card game and video game development. The Gaming Flashback is the one that started them all: LE...

The guys discuss a ton of topics off the cuff. They talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct airing on April 2, the PSN crash, lots of negative Civilization 7 reactions, Phasmophobia hitting 22m total sales, PlayStation and Steam quietly removing shovelware, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake selling and Dragon Quest 12 confirmed to still be in development. Let us know what you think.

This week, there's no notes, just talking about the current events, such as Microsoft's multiplatform strategy and the new games that have come out, especially Foundation, a city-builder in the style of The Settlers. Let us know what you think.

This week, Nintendo reveals the Switch 2 teaser video and Hello Kitty and Friends DLC has been released for Minecraft. Fun! The news also includes: Retailer lists "New 3D Mario" and "Legend of Zelda Remake/Remaster" under 2025 games Horizon's unannounced MMO has been quietly cancelled Nintendo Switch 2 rumored to get at least 5 Xbox games Let us know what you think.

With Scott:   With TJ:   This episode was done twice -- the Scott version can be seen in the first video. The podcast uses the version with TJ. Feel free to compare both. Both episodes start with the blockbuster news of Nintendo breaking silence on Switch 2 leaks. The other news includes:   Microsoft announces Xbox Developer Direct Switch 2 reportedly getting Halo and another big Xbox game, with M...

This podcast just has the guys talking about the games they're looking forward to in 2025. It's shockingly longer than expected. What game(s) are you looking forward to in 2025?

Jordan's back, as the four of us discuss topics like the fact No Man's Sky has reached a Very Positive rating on Steam, Russian disinformation is trying to spark a boycott of Stalker 2 by claiming it's going to draft you into the war in Ukraine somehow, a new Pokémon project in the works with Wallace and Gromit maker Aardman and Sony confirms interest in buying FromSoftware. In other news: Vision...

If you want to watch the live version of the podcast, check the video above. Google to sell Chrome AND be banned from re-entering the browser market for five years, recommends US Department of Justice, Stalker 2 sells over a million copies, Steam has changed its policy on DLC content and season passes, so now players are entitled to proper compensation if future plans fall through ("Customers will...

Another podcast live on YouTube. You can check the original broadcast here. Stalker 2 needs 150GB of SSD space, the makers of Black Mesa reveal their new project, which has absolutely nothing to do with Half-Life; Rogue Point is a co-op tactical shooter set in a world ruled not by aliens, but by corporations. Stellar Blade's Nier: Automata DLC drops later this month and Microsoft has now confirmed...

Yes, we recorded this episode live on YouTube. We spoke about Minecraft dropping VR support next year, Ubisoft Montpellier disbanded, Obsidian saying choices both big and small will matter in Avowed, ColdRidge - a game about cowboys doing 4x-style exploration -- hits release, and Yakuza Kiwami has sold far over studio director's expectations on Switch. The news includes: Metaphor: ReFantazio direc...

There's a ton of discussions, such as Xbox Cloud Gaming will reportedly let players stream any game in their library from November, Russia straight-up bans Discord for enabling 'terrorist and extremist purposes', Killing Floor 3's dynamic tech makes zed heads 'flower' when you shoot them, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will get a Nuketown map, Brazil lifts ban on X following Elon Musk's compliance with...

Among the discussions are the original 1997 Backyard Baseball finally coming to Steam, the original Horizon Zero Dawn removed from Epic Games Store, Hi-Fi Rush 2 already in development six months when Krafton acquired Tango Gameworks and Mario + Rabbids director and Red Dead Redemption lead designer found new studio Day 4 Night. The news includes: Everything revealed in State of Play September 202...

In this podcast, they discuss Skyrim lead designer saying it will be 'almost impossible' for Elder Scrolls 6 to meet fan expectations, Minecraft is ditching PSVR support next year, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered rated for PS5 and PC, and Dead by Daylight PvE spin-off Project T being canceled after "unsatisfactory" player testing. The news includes: Square Enix confirms lower-than-expected Final Fant...

Concord got canceled after only two weeks, Balatro hits the iOS App Store and Android's Google Play on September 26, EVE players are in revolt over CCP's blockchain plans and a year after outraging developers, blowing up its reputation, and saying goodbye to its CEO, Unity decides 'Runtime Fees' are a bad idea so it's getting rid of them. Oh, and the PS5 Pro is $700. And it's Friday the 13th. Othe...