It’s always fun when Nintendo makes something weird, even if the game isn’t great. Will this “Rockstock” thing be any good? Heck, who knows! But at least they’re doing something weird. Let’s talk about that along with Webfishing, Blindfire, AA games, Spider-Man 2 on PC, grindcore, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sound the Alarmo, it’s time for another podcast. While you wave your arms around in the general direction of the clock, I’ll tell you about Dragon Age DRM, Call of Duty in the Cloud, the new Tron game coming next year, and your electronic mails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What game do you think Halo Studios is working on? Let’s talk about it! Also: Silent Hill 2, Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO, the Diablo IV expansion, Ken Kaniff from CT, Xbox’s new dev outreach, the delisting of LittleBigPlanet 3, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Hawk claims he’s not done with video games! Also: the 30th Anniversary PlayStation Pre-Order Process (you know, the 30APSPOP), GI Joe: Wrath of Cobra,. the new Mortal Kombat 1 expansion, Assassin’s Creed delayed while Star Wars Outlaws and Xdefiant underperform, the future of AEW games, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ll need more than 25 meat if you want to listen to this entire show! It’s time to break down what makes UFO 50 so incredible! Also let’s talk about the surprisingly cool Yars Rising along with the news, including limited edition PlayStations, Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit, God of War’s PSN requirements, and a very mysterious new Nintendo device. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enough of this silly PlayStation 5 Pro talk, it’s time to live in the now! It’s time to move on to the PlayStation 6! We’ll also talk about the first game announced for Nintendo’s next Switch, layoffs at Xbox, this entire Annapurna Interactive mess, the next game in the Battlefield franchise, skate., Tony Hawk, Flappy Bird, and BattleTech centers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The PlayStation 5 Pro is unveiled! Are you ready to feel the POWER of PSSR? Let's also talk about Astro Bot, What The Car?, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, and somehow even more things than that! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Concord gets removed from sale and prepped for refunds just two weeks after its launch. Meanwhile, the Black Ops 6 beta is lewd, Annapurna ties up with Remedy, the PS5 Pro could be right around the corner, and the true meaning of Nintendo’s Seal of Quality. Also some Halo talk here for episode One One Seven because why not? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Pack joins to discuss Star Wars Outlaws, Concord, Deadlock, Avowed, the state of the union, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two parts merge together as we discuss the news of the week up front, like Black Myth: Wukong breaking some Steam records and Adam Boyes stepping down at Iron Galaxy. Then we discuss Gamescom Opening Night Live show, where Peter Molyneux resurfaced with a brand new video game??? Also Indiana Jones is coming to PS5 and Borderlands 4 is official now. Hey! VIdeo games!

Jeff is back this week to discuss Thank Goodness You’re Here! Also he spends some time likening a current free-to-play game to smoking cigarettes. In the news: a bunch of streamers invest in a new shooter? Krafton picks up Tango Gameworks! Facebook shuts down a studio responsible for one of VR’s coolest games! The Borderlands movie is apparently bad? Looking into this, this seems impossible.

After dealing with an increasingly faulty monitor, I’ve replaced it! Let’s talk about the power of 360hz displays. Also: If the AI bubble pops, what will that mean for graphics cards? In the news: Bungie layoffs, the abrupt Game Informer shutdown, Peter Moore is doin’ fine, and another round of Half-Life rumor madness is upon us! Also: Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop for 3DS???

Jeff accidentally becomes one of those weird leverless controller zealots. Also: Kunitsu-gami: Path of the Goddess, the actors strike comes to video games, World of Warcraft becomes a union shop, skill-based matchmaking is (still) the way and the light, the future of Twitch, PSVR2 gets a price cut ahead of its PC debut, and more!

Let’s talk about the dark and wonderful world of Clickolding. Oh, also the darker and also wonderful world of Warframe, NES World Championships, and the new release of SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom. In the news, someone at Capcom says “SNK” out loud, digital games dominate sales, the FTC talks mess about these Game Pass changes, Halo (the TV show) gets canned, and NetherRealm lays off its mobile team.

Xbox raises prices and shuffles up their subscription offering in a crummy way while saying it’ll lead to a better service in the future. Also: thoughts on the Concord beta, the future of Driver, PlayStation’s list for ChinaJoy, WWE Superstars in Call of Duty, and more Banjo-Kazooie talk than you get most weeks. Subscribe now!

If Nexon’s latest free-to-play shooter sticks around for a year or more, maybe I’ll remember the name of it. Maybe not. Let’s cover that, Zenless Zone Zero, A PS2 Game Called Rolling, as well as the news! PlayStation at TGS! The next Like A Dragon game will… surprise us? All that and more.

Capcom makes more zombie games, Nintendo intends to make more Switch 2s, and Xbox wants to make more cloud users. More Crazy Taxi reboot details! Also a discussion of Street Uni X, NeoSprint, Cosmic Smash VRS, FragPunk, that WCW documentary that Vice just ran, and more!

Will anyone ever get to the bottom of this whole Banana thing? Jeff has been staring at it for awhile and has some further (final?) thoughts. Also: Atari 50 gets more games, Gamescom plans revealed, Matt Booty talks Tango, Dr. Disrespect says “no crimes were committed,” and we get to that Dipset email that was mentioned last week. Real rollercoaster of a show.

Nintendo’s DIrect is over with, let’s pick up the pieces and discuss Metroid Prime 4, the new Legend Zelda Starring Zelda game, Capcom’s new Marvel collection, Starfield’s paid mods, the future of Fallout, and, via your emails, a long discussion of esports.

The week-ish of new game news has come to an end. Let’s talk about everything that surfaced at the big press conferences, from Black Ops 6 to Perfect Dark, Gears of War: E-DAY to Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and more! Also: time spent with Bodycam, Destiny 2, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, and more. Get ad-free episodes on Patreon! https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Let’s talk about Concord, Astro Bot, and the other stuff shown last week at PlayStation’s State of Play. Also: a preview of what to expect from Friday’s Summer Game Fest event, the Xbox showcase, and more. Let’s also cover some games, like Selaco, Arctic Eggs, and MultiVersus! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Arthur Gies from Wirecutter joins as we discuss this year’s Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Showcase, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, The Rogue Prince of Persia, the future of the non-Intellivision Amico, a supposed Doom prequel, the future of FIFA video games, the state of games media, and way, way more.Find Arthur online at https://twitch.tv/aegies today! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Let’s talk all about Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, which is out now. Also: Diablo IV’s loot overhaul, Mullet Madjack, RetroArch on iOS, Ghost of Tsushima on PC, Sakurai’s Saga: Fast Start Times, Microsoft’s AI laptop ambitions and what that might mean for the future of Xbox, and a game that isn’t NBA Jam… but it sure looks like it wants to be NBA Jam. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

PlayStation gets not one but two CEOs! Square Enix forms a three-year plan! Animal Well! Xbox looks a little lost out there! Also: I must’ve entered some kind of fugue state and before I knew what was going on I had reinstalled Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint and played like seven hours of it? Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Hades II is out in Early Access, let’s talk about it! Also: Xbox shuts down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and more? The Helldivers 2 PSN fiasco gets recapped, XDefiant gets a launch date, and your emails! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

We talk about hitting 33333333333 in Tekken 8, as well as Stellar Blade’s frustrating animation stuff, the absolute joy of playing Minishoot’ Adventures, and Xbox’s upcoming summer showcase event with Call of Duty, Gears of War, and more. Also Square’s out there canceling more games? I’ll also take your emails! And read them! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Embracer splits into three separate companies! Hades II Technical Test Talk Today! Horizon OS (no, not that one, the other one)! LittleBigPlanet pulls the plug! Dynowarz: Destuction of Sponylous on your iPhone? El Paso Elsewhere on the silver screen???? A wild week awaits you on this week’s installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Keanu lands the role of a lifetime! Meanwhile Lawbreakers is back? Nintendo makes an enemy out of my daughter, Fallout 4 gets fixed after all these years, and a man gets arrested for hacking Pokemon games. Also: Clicker Arena isn’t enough of a clicker to be called a clicker and people are unhappy about it! Cheech & Chong Watch 2024 continues on this week’s installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show Hosted By Jeff Gerstmann! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

The 3DS and Wii U servers have been pulled offline for good, but Cheech & Chong are coming to Call of Duty, so everything is going to be juuuuust fiiiiiine. Also: the next Battlefield game gets more developers, Microsoft planning for more backwards compatibility, Roblox probably planning to media train more of its executives, and more of the week in video game news! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Embracer sells Gearbox to Take-Two and says it’s done with its restructuring… does that mean they’re going to start buying stuff all over again? Also: Eddy Gordo hits Tekken 8, Guild Wars 3 officially confirmed, Jim Ryan retires, and a lot of talk about where all of this stuff is heading over the next few years. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

The Atari 400 Mini is out this week and I’ve been messing around with it a bit, so let’s talk about the golden era of Atari’s 8-bit home computer products. Also: Are third-party publishers looking to ditch Xbox? How about a little Dragon’s Dogma 2 talk? Oh, and some Horizon Forbidden West since that’s out on PC now, along with a new Call of Duty release for phones. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Let’s talk about the recently released Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story! Also these leaked PlayStation 5 Pro specs are apparently the real deal. Also: Sony Supposedly Pauses PSVR2 Production, Saber splits, South Korea notices a devkit, Denuvo: still bad, and more on this week’s installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Jeff sinks into Sixty Four’s world of big black cubes. Also, new Contra! MultiVersus makes its re-entry as Warner attempts to delist a bunch of other games! The future of consoles according to Peter Moore and Shawn Layden! EA’s flimsy-sounding plans for AI! And more!Get the show ad-free at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann  Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Here’s the final analysis of the new GameScent device and its various smells. Also: Balatro, WWE2K24, EA’s latest round of layoffs, studios going indie, and Nintendo’s Yuzu lawsuit. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

It’s time to dig deep into the Sir Mix-A-Lot catalog, but first we’ll get into some Skull & Bones, a little Last Epoch, the PlayStation layoffs, Ninja Five-0, those Xbox games coming to Switch and PS5, and more. Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

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 make it! Get ad-free podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

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 podcasts, bonus shows and more over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

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 over on Patreon!Support the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

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

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

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 the show at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

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

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!

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!

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 saga, the end of Wii U online support, the end of John Riccitiello’s time at Unity, and the end of the big, bulky PlayStation 5.

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 strategy, the cancelation of Hyenas, and more!

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... something. My son's got a fever, my daughter doesn't. We ended up sending my wife out in an attempt to keep her from getting sick, which so far has worked out. But the sickness is lingering. I haven't come down with anything yet and... yeah, I don't know. The person who was going to watch the kids while we go to the hospital is someone we really don't want to get covid, so now we're faced with trying to ascertain what, exactly, these kids have and deciding if the existing plan is still good or not. So far the tests have been negative. Seems likely that my wife will go into proper labor today, but hey, who knows. Either way, I'll be out of range for a little bit while we get all this stuff done. Wasn't expecting this last-minute illness in the plans, but it'll all be fine in the end.

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!

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!

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!

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!

I've spent around 20 or 25 hours with the PC version of Starfield. Here's where I'm at with it so far.

Gamescom comes and Gamescom goes, the new PSP is formally announced and priced, Baldur’s Gate 3 gets waived onto Xbox earlier than anticipated, oh, and also Armored Core VI, The Making of Karateka, Immortals of Aveum, AEW Fight Forever’s Stadium Stampede mode, and Whisker Squadron: Survivor are discussed! Also your questions about everything from Famitsu to Minivans!

It’s almost time for Gamescom Opening Night Live, so let’s cover some of the news that’s already happening in the pre-Gamescom era, like the way Microsoft is lining up Ubisoft to take over cloud operations for the Activision Blizzard lineup. Or how about Charles Martinet! That guy’s not going to voice Mario anymore? That’s weird! Plus some Xenotilt and Immortals of Aveum talk, all on this densely packed episode of The Jeff Gerstmann Show!

Embracer’s secret not-partner revealed! Quake II discussed! GTA roleplayers, nervously optimistic! A new South Park game? The Baldur’s Gate 3 discussion, discussed! All that and more on another jam-packed installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show!

Fighting game news out of Evo like City of the Wolves, Reptile, and Ninja Turtles get discussed! Let’s also talk about the Payday 3 beta, Viewfinder, my new endeavor to rank every NES game released in the US of A, the future of Modern Warfare, Red Dead Remaster, and more.

Well, we’ve got two news stories discussing new hardware, so it must be that weird mid-point in the cycle. Let’s discuss Nintendo’s potential Switch 2 and the PlayStation 5 Pro. We’ll also talk about Disney Illusion Island, Ratchet & Clank on PC, Remnant 2’s hidden class, and more!

Diablo IV’s season is upon us and people are… unhappy! In other news, Ubisoft complies with data regulations, the ESRB wants to use your face to protect your kids, Blizzard wants Overwatch 2 on Steam, and Jeff wants John Cena in Mortal Kombat 1. We’re left wanting on this week’s edition of the program!

Microsoft rebrands Xbox Live Gold, the Famicom turns 40, Jeff tells the story about that Penny Arcade comic strip and the potential job offer that came afterwards, and we’re also talkin’ Xenotilt, Exoprimal, and Diablo IV’s upcoming Season 1 all on this week’s edition of The Jeff Gerstmann Show.

The latest energy drink news collides with the latest video game news as we talk about Chuck Schumer’s attempts to stop Logan Paul’s energy drink as well as the next UFC game, Black Panther, Sega of America’s new union, Yuji Naka’s prison sentence, and the startling lack of access to classic games in these modern times.

Gollum has done it again! We’ll cover the fallout from the Lord of the Rings stuff, as well as Mars First Logistics, AEW Fight Forever, the future of the GoXLR, another three years of mania, a touch of news, your emails, and… there’s a can of Hard Monster sitting here, so let’s find out about that.

Jeff decided he had to find out about the Asus ROG Ally for himself so he went out and bought one. How is it? Find out inside! We’ll also discuss the Mortal Kombat 1 stress test, last week’s Nintendo Direct, the future of physical video games, Xbox (not) buying Bungie again, and the most frightening energy drink in the history of this program.

Jeff nukes a lobby in Combat Master, finishes Street Fighter 6’s World Tour, and wraps-up Diablo IV’s campaign. But let’s also talk about Metal Gear Solid 4 running on an Xbox 360, the future of Halo, Nintendo’s next hardware, and the lasting value of actual game journalism.

SGF2023 is over and it’s time to talk about Starfield, Alan Wake 2, Mortal Kombat 1, the new Prince of Persia, the potential of Foamstars, Remnant 2, Embracer’s brutal restructuring, the FTC’s moves on Microsoft, and maybe even that Avatar game. Sivako!

Yesterday I was able to spend a few minutes catching up with Ed Boon and discussing his next game, Mortal Kombat 1. It's been a long time! In fact, I don't think I've seen Ed since the reveal event for the previous game, Mortal Kombat 11. We get into why it took so long to get this game announced and ready as well as an extremely light discussion about features in the game that have yet to leak, Street Fighter 6's modern controls, the Mortal Kombat timeline, and more!Hope you enjoy it! I've also got a bunch of gameplay footage and I'll be uploading that to YouTube at some point here, as well.

Let’s catch up with Street Fighter 6 and Diablo IV while also talking about some Slayers X and Halls of Torment. Then we’ll get into Apple’s new virtual reality headset and how that has to be one of the silliest presentations I’ve seen in a long, long time. We’ll also discuss the 1-2 Switch sequel, Yuji Naka behind bars, Nintendo’s hardware, and more!

It’s a big week for big sequels, so we’re going to spend a lot of this show talking about Street Fighter 6 and Diablo IV. Also… remember that PlayStation Showcase? Let’s recap that a bit and also talk about Embracer’s big dip, Dolphin’s chances of making Steam, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, and more.

The haunted computer strikes in the middle of the night, but we’ve recovered in time to talk about Tears of the Kingdom, a little Lego 2K Drive, the future of Overwatch, this AEW: Fight Forever release date, the popularity of PlayStation VR2, and, yes, the latest moves from Intellivision and the Amico… brand? Amico Home?

Is the next Mortal Kombat going to be the first Mortal Kombat? Can we build a Subway inside of Tears of the Kingdom and make Koroks make us hot sandwiches for the rest of eternity? Why does this show air on Tuesday, anyway? All of these questions and many more are answered within this, the 50th episode of this podcast!

What if Scorpion was dummy thicc? What’s up with Xbox? Two equally weighty questions that we’ll spend the bulk of the show discussing.

With Redfall coming in mediocre and the UK moving to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Microsoft, what’s next for the Xbox brand? Feels a little dicey, to be honest. We’ll also cover the buggy launch of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the endearing jank of Combat Master, that Gran Turismo movie trailer, the future of Titanfall, the allure of Bluesky over Twitter and the silliness of a Vampire Survivors animated series.

Atari buys another pile of old games, Epic loses to Apple on appeal, and we discuss XDefiant, the new Street Fighter 6 news, the future of Nintendo films, Sega’s unionization efforts, fairness in fighting game tournaments, how NDAs and embargoes worked back in the day, and way more!

This week we’re talking about Sega’s purchase of Angry Birds and how that can only mean that Billy Hatcher’s return is nigh. We’ll also get into North Dakota’s take on Sony’s exclusivity arrangements, the state of Halo, the potential… return? Of LawBreakers? As well as Mr. Sun’s Hatbox, Eminem’s recent output, Jeff’s love of Tron, and how wrestling reporters and video game reporters are kind of the same thing sometimes.

This Mario movie is smashing all types of records while people seem decidedly mixed on it. Should I take my daughter to see it or would she have an absolute meltdown in a movie theater? We’ll also discuss Terra Nil, Crime Boss: Rockay City, Crab Champions, Nintendo’s new live show, the end of Dreams, and way more.

Jeff’s back from the city of Los Angeles to talk about his time with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and his time watching Wrestlemania 39. A new Trackmania season begins, Meet Your Maker is out, and E3 is… dead? Sleeping? We’ll also talk about monetizing VR Teens, the BAFTAs, and what we actually want out of the future of video games.Get your first month of BlueChew for free with $5 shipping by visiting bluechew.com and using the offer code JEFF!

Dave Lang of Iron Galaxy Studios joins us to discuss the shutdown of Rumbleverse, the development mindset of WCW Backstage Assault, AI tools in game dev, and that Macklemore single. We'll also discuss Resident Evil 4, ths simple pleasures of Hitman, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the impending shutdown of MultiVersus, and more!

We talk a bit about the end of Bad Company while also getting into the latest Need for Speed addition, letting catboys subsidize your gaming, the latest entries into the Video Game Hall of Fame, the Diablo IV beta, Trackmania on consoles, the latest album from 100 gecs, and how to properly spell esports.

We’re talking Dead Cells Castlevania this week along with what it took to finally get Jeff to uninstall Destiny 2. Starfield’s got a date, Sony’s got a batch of new reasons why Microsoft shouldn’t own Activision, and newly unearthed footage of Spaceworld 2000 leads to a jersey discussion.

Let’s reconvene and discuss Counter-Strike 2, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Facebook’s VR price cut its future headsets, the Austrian court system, Cities Skyline 2, that “impossible” Killzone 2 trailer, and the art of dusting out your PC.

Let’s discuss the future of Mortal Kombat as well as Nintendo skipping out on E3, Konami potentially showing up at E3, a list of web domains owned by NBC Universal, IO Interactive’s next moves, and way more! Today! On The Jeff Gerstmann Show! 

Sony’s new headset is just about out and Jeff has spent hours climbing and driving and shooting and… well, pretty much just those three things. He’s here to talk about the quality of the headset, its games, as well as Returnal on PC, Blizzard’s internal woes, the shakeup at Firaxis, just how dope Northern State truly was, and more!

Jeff went off and played some Atari Jaguar CD games and has lived to tell the gruesome tale, but first we’ll talk about Metroid Prime getting Remastered, the true viability of Microsoft’s Game Pass, the new Cosmic Smash, the magic of Kirby’s Tilt ‘n’ Tumble, Girl Scout cookies, and more!

Is it true that you have to get way into Rush if you want to move to Canada? We’ll attempt to find out as we discuss Hi-Fi Rush, Meet Your Maker, that incredible-looking Tekken 8 trailer, the future of Street Fighter, the end of Rumbleverse, the end of all onine games, some delisting of Xbox 360 games, Sir Tim Schafer’s royal royalness, and even more hits from our digital future! The podcast is go!

It’s time to celebrate the best games of 2022 in this extra-long, ad-free presentation! Brought to you by Patreon Dot Com Slash Jeff Gerstmann! We’re also covering the news about E3 2023 as well as discussing some new releases like Dead Space, Forspoken, and Pizza Tower! This podcast literally has it all.

After close to a week with LG’s new 240hz OLED monitor, Jeff Gerstmann has some thoughts. He also has some thoughts about Microsoft’s layoffs and Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in AI, some more Ubisoft talk, and the upcoming end of Marvel’s Avengers support.

Ubisoft is back in the news as the company cancels more games and manages to delay Skull and Bones yet again. Let’s speculate wildly about Beyond Good & Evil 2, marvel at the ongoing situation over at Motorsport Games, and eyeball Sony’s hottest downloads for 2022. Also: my bad slippers dream. All this and more!

Strange things are afoot in the Deathverse this week as Jeff Gerstmann comes to you live from his brand-new water park to discuss PlayStation movies, the MSX, Forza Motorsport, the end of Oculus Quest 1 support, and both versions of Syndicate.

Twitch Website is on fire and we must turn to alternative means for streaming on this first podcast of 2023. We’ll talk about playing Unreal Tournament maps inside of Halo Infinite, visiting a fake K-Mart, some Hitman consolidation, and the ongoing disaster happening around video card pricing and availability as Nvidia plans to launch yet another GPU this week. This week? This week!

It’s the last podcast of 2022! Everyone else has closed up shop for the rest of the year, so news is slight, but let’s talk about the upcoming games of 2023, the dark underbelly of idle games, this unfortunate port of The Rumble Fish 2, the power of Hyper Gunsport, and more!

Get the rest on Patreon! http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmannGlenn Rubenstein joins Jeff Gerstmann to discuss a pivotal moment in their shared history as well as a gigantic moment for the culture: the 1993 release of the soundtrack to the film Judgment Night. Also discussed: Son Doobie from Funkdoobiest.

Jeff reports in after another weekend with Street Fighter 6, brags about all the guns he leveled up in MW2, then gets into the dark patterns of Fortnite, free two-day delivery on the next Tomb Raider, the end of Ash Ketchum, and the battery life on the DualSense Edge. All that! And more!

Jeff Gerstmann returns to discuss installing a new graphics card and how putting a 4090 in his machine revealed an insidious software issue. Then we’ll talk monitors, RTX Remix, The Game Awards, the latest in the ongoing merger wars, and the very idea of NINE Bayonetta games??? That seems like a lot of Bayonetta games.

Last week was a pretty big week for new games, so let’s discuss Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Need for Speed Unbound, and The Callisto Protocol. We’ll also spend some time talking about Elevator Action Returns, that ol’ Goat Simulator 3, and the news! Fortnite is on the latest technology, Microsoft wants to get this Activision deal done already, and apparently NetherRealm isn’t announcing a new game at The Game Awards this week. Nuts!

Jeff Gerstmann is faced with a sudden and unexpected dilemma: how does one entertain two boys, one aged six and the other aged nine? Listen as he grapples with this topic (Combat????) while also discussing Astlibra Revision, Quake with raytracing, the Splinter Cell radio drama, Australian lootboxes, and the “seedy underbelly” of E3.

It’s Thanksgiving week and we’re on one over here at The Jeff Gerstmann Show. Let’s talk about the frantic weirdness of Call of Duty’s new DMZ mode, a bit of the Warzone 2.0, and hey, how about some Evil West? Was Yuji Naka SET UP?????? Let’s discuss! Also a fair amount of wrestling talk now that AEW Fight Forever has been pushed to 2023 as well as Kenny Omega’s SNK boss vibes as he gets ready for Wrestle Kingdom.Visit https://backblaze.com/JEFF for a fully-featured, no credit card required trial of Backblaze.Get your first month of Bluechew for free (plus shipping) by going to http://bluechew.com/JEFF and using offer code JEFF.Get $50 off your very own Lomi at http://lomi.com/JEFF and use offer code JEFF.

Digital Eclipse’s Mike Mika joins us to discuss the process of digging in the crates and building Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection, as well as his time developing Intellivision Amico games and much, much more. We’re also talking about McPixel 3, Sonic Frontiers, Control 2, Street Fighter 6, and The Game Awards nominees. Also more???? Dang, that’s a podcast.

Happy Sonic Tuesday to all who celebrate. Let’s talk about Sonic Frontiers, God of War: Ragnarok, the state of Halo Infinite, AEW Fight Forever (not) coming to Game Pass on Day 1, Arcade Paradise’s new cabinets, the process of dumping Neo Geo Pocket Color carts, the snow festival, and yes, the wild price of the PlayStation VR2.

Are Xbox prices going up? Are PSN engagement numbers falling? Is the sky falling? Is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II's SBMM ruining the entire video game industry? And where, exactly, is LaBron James? Solve all of these mysteries today on the latest installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show.Get over 40% off and THREE FREE TOWELS at trymiracle.com/JEFF and use the offer code JEFFGet 100 free blades with the purchase of any handle at hensonshaving.com/JEFF with the offer code JEFF - be sure to add the blades to your cart!

Go ad-free! http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmannIt's time to go deep as we discuss the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II campaign, a little hands-on time with God of War: Ragnarok, those Gotham Knights, the 83 new Silent Hill games, and, heck, I guess we got into some other stuff somewhere along the way, too.Thanks to our sponsors!Back up your PC or Mac with Backblaze for only $7/month: http://backblaze.com/jeffGet two years of razor blades for free with the purchase of a razor at https://hensonshaving.com/jeff

Go ad-free: http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann Noclip’s Danny O’Dwyer joins us to discuss the rapidly changing media landscape, the Bayonetta 3 voice actor scandal, that new Mortal Kombat they just announced, repackaging old games for a new audience, Facebook’s new VR acquisitions, and more! Thanks to our sponsors! Get 40% your order and get three free towels by visiting http://trymiracle.com/JEFF and using the promo code JEFF

Ad-free shows! http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmannLongtime friend of the show Dave Snider joins us to talk about the rise of Dave Games, his increasing addiction to flight sims, and Linux on the Desktop? Is it finally time for Linux on the Desktop??? We're also covering Street Fighter 6, Overwatch 2, Brazil's take on the Microsoft/Activision deal, and much, much more.Thanks to our sponsors!Get 20% off your entire order at Rhone by visting rhone.com/JEFF and using the promo code JEFF!

Go ad-free today! http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmannJeff Gerstmann survived, and now he’s back to tell you all about the next Cyberpunk game, The Finals playtest, the abysmal gameplay of Hentai Survivors, some more Google Stadia fallout, the end of OnRush, and the absolute evils of Cocomelon. Oh, also a boatload of game music talk courtesy of the Gerstmann Advisory Panel! What a show!Thanks to our sponsors!Get 20% off your entire order at Rhone by visting rhone.com/JEFF and using the promo code JEFF!Get 40% off and THREE FREE TOWELS from Miracle Brand by visiting trymiracle.com/JEFF and using the promo code JEFF!

Get an ad-free show at Patreon: https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmannWell, me and the family have been laid up with everybody’s favorite illness this week, and we’re still making our way through it. Even recording this short hour of talk took it out of me, which really caught me by surprise. Also catching me by surprise this week is the end of Google Stadia, which happened while I was recording. Nice when that works out. There’s also some game talk and other news, as well as a hot BONUS in the form of an extended chunk of the first episode of the Patreon-exclusive podcast, Game Boyz II Men! I hope you enjoy the bonus and I hope to be back enough next week to put on a proper Tuesday show. See ya soon.

Get an ad-free version of this show at http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmannOK, you distract the janitor when he goes for out for his lunch break. While he’s distracted, I’ll reach down and clone his security card. Then we’ll bust into the school later that night and change our grades and never have to go to summer school ever again! Let’s also talk about these insane new Nvidia 4090 cards, that Grand Theft Auto 6 leak, the Modern Warfare 2 beta, the horrors of Hyper Demon, PSVR2, and hecka more!Thanks to our sponsors!ZBIOTICS: Get 15% off your first order by visiting zbiotics.com/JEFF and using the code JEFF at checkout.MIRACLE BRAND: Get 40% off and THREE FREE TOWELS at trymiracle.com/JEFF and use the offer code JEFF at checkout.

The fall harvest season is upon us, which must mean it’s time for Nintendo to announce 62 new farming games! We’re also talking about Splatoon 3, the ongoing issues that still make Cyberpunk 2077 a drag, this weird GoldenEye announcement, Babylon’s Fall’s Fall, and, somehow, the rise of the influencer era and what it meant for video game coverage.Get an ad-free version of this show at http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann today!Thanks to our sponsors!Get 25% off and a 7-day free trial of Blinkist by visiting http://blinkist.com/JEFFG and using the code JEFFG at checkout!Get 15% off your first order at Zbiotics by visting http://zbiotics.com/JEFF and using the code JEFF at checkout!

Splitgate gets into the good news/bad news zone, SOCOM gets a “loving homage” on Steam, and why using AI for QA probably won’t solve all the problems, all on this week’s installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show!Head over to http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann to get an ad-free version of this show!Thanks to our sponsors!Download Speedify today at https://speedify.com/jeff/ Get your first month of BlueChew for FREE: Visit bluechew.com and use the code JEFF

Everything was going great until Pac-Man came along and messed it all up. Let's talk about Pac-Man World Re-Pac, the rising price of the PlayStation 5, Denuvo on the Switch, the future of the Steam Deck, and the future of FTR in AEW Fight Forever!Thanks to our sponsors!Get 15% off your first order of Zbiotics: Visit zbiotics.com/jeff and use the code JEFFGet 40% off and three free towels at Miracle Brand when you visit https://trymiracle.com/jeff and use the promo code JEFF at checkout!Get an ad-free version of this show by signing up over at patreon.com/jeffgerstmann today!

Saints Row is out today and we need to talk about it. Then we'll briefly touch on some Dead Island 2, Arcade Paradise, the sheer joy of Midnight Fight Express, and Sega's plans for Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone movies?Thanks to our sponsors!Feals: Become a member today and save 50% off your first order of Focus Melts and get free shipping by going to http://feals.com/jeff and using the offer code JEFF at checkout.Get 15% off your first order of Zbiotics: Visit zbiotics.com/jeff and use the code JEFFGet an ad-free version of this show by signing up over at patreon.com/jeffgerstmann today!

The main problem with Goku doing all the Fortnite dances, honestly, is that real Goku wouldn't be coordinated enough to actually perform any of the dances. Let's talk about the magic of Fortnite, Gremlins in MultiVersus, the launch of Rumbleverse, this new attempt to bring back the original NFL Blitz arcade games, Rollerdrome, ADACA, Spider-Man Remasters, and more!Get an ad-free version of this podcast today at https://patreon.com/jeffgerstmannThanks to our sponsors!Get 40% off and three free towels at Miracle Brand when you visit https://trymiracle.com/jeff and use the promo code JEFF at checkout!Get your first month of BlueChew for FREE: Visit bluechew.com and use the code JEFF

World Wide Web Developer Ben Pack joins the show to discuss just how good MultiVersus is, Evo 2022, all that new rollback netcode, Pac-Man The Movie, all these battle passes, the Xbox Game Pass Family Plan, Harada's next move, the worst Elden Ring DLC name of all time, Street Fighter 6, feet, and more!Thanks to our sponsors!Feals: Become a member today and save 50% off your first order of Focus Melts and get free shipping by going to http://feals.com/jeff and using the offer code JEFF at checkout.

Jeff Gerstmann doesn't have his Atari Hotels shirt and this, friends, simply will not stand. Your votes determined the live outcome of this three-month merch fiasco. Also we're talking Grand Theft Auto VI, Trackmania servers, the future of Mortal Kombat, and... do you think Sony will raise the price of the PlayStation 5? No, right? R... right?Thanks to our sponsors!Get 40% off and three free towels at Miracle Brand when you visit https://trymiracle.com/jeff and use the promo code JEFF at checkout!

Jeff Gerstmann and Glenn Rubenstein have been in and around the game industry since the early 1990s. And now, for the first time, they'll get into that history. Here, in the intro episode, we set up how Glenn got his start writing for a newspaper in the first place and the disturbingly bad video game that nearly derailed this friendship before it ever got started!Future episodes of Game Boyz II Men will appear exclusively on Patreon for folks at the Co-Conspirator tier or higher! Find out more at http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann

Xbox gets a Discord integration, Ubisoft gets to cancel a few games, and somehow virtual reality just got more expensive? What? Also your final word on Stray along with some hot talk on MultiVersus, Ex-Zodiac, Live A Live, and more! This podcast is a podcast!Get an ad-free version of this show and much, much more over on Pateron!

It's been so long since John Riccitiello has come up on a podcast that I practically forgot how to spell his name! But here we are, and now I remember exactly where all the I's go. Let's talk about Unity and Escape Academy and Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium and Warframe... and Soulframe??? Also: Bay Area Hip-Hop and Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun, the perfect match! Thanks to our sponsors!Get 40% off and three free towels at Miracle Brand when you visit https://trymiracle.com/jeff and use the promo code JEFF at checkout!Get 20% off your Speedify order and a seven-day free trial by going to https://speedify.com/jeff/ and using the promo code JEFF at checkout!

E3 is back on the menu as ReedPop steps in to help run the show, Jeff Gerstmann offers his thoughts on the Exoprimal beta, the Klonoa reissue, and the sheer audacity of shipping a God of War Ragnarok collector's edition version of a game that comes with a SteelBook case but doesn't actually come with a game disc to put in it.Get an ad-free version of this podcast, bonus shows, and more over at http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmannThanks to our sponsors!Get 20% off your Speedify order and a seven-day free trial by going to https://speedify.com/jeff/ and using the promo code JEFF at checkout!Get five dollars off your Magic Spoon order by visiting http://magicspoon.com/jeff and using the promo code JEFF at checkout!

Jeff reviews the Steam Deck, digs into some Last Call BBS, talks up DNF Duel, and gets into the news, including that Skate 4 trailer, the new Atari compilation, Zero Wing coming to the Switch, and that stupid blockchain console that's been making the rounds. Also Asher Roth is discussed? Are we going to have to start a hip-hop podcast around here?Find out more about the show over on Patreon! http://patreon.com/jeffgerstmann/

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