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We Need To Talk About The Scam That Is AI

This week on News Game Plus Dermie and Jason dive into Sony "incentivising" PC players to get PSN, the latest console sales numbers, evidence that nobody is really buying their console for exclusives, why Sean Murray is the hero the gaming industry needs, mods are coming to Hogwarts Legacy, and Dermie unveils ChatNGP.

We Need To Talk About Microsoft Developer Direct

More gaming news from Dermie and Jason The Giant Bear - Microsoft's Developer Direct just dropped and it is amazing, is the Live Service gold rush over at Sony, Tencent owns everything and soon also Ubisoft, Bioware's days are numbered, which Switch games will not run on Switch 2, and a little of science fiction talk for the nerds.

Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Impressions

Dermie and Jason dissect the Switch 2 reveal video and deep dive into the big rumours about what to inspect from Nintendo's new console.

We Need To Talk About the News Game Plus Game Of The Year

Jason and Dermie reveal who the New Game Plus crew voted for 2024 Game Of The Year, Trump is/was in Marvel Rivals, what can we expect from a Helldivers movie, what can we expect from The Last Of Us seasons 2 and 3, Dermie on buying crypto, SteamOS and the return of the Steam Box, is Half-Life 3 finally confirmed, we reveal what the mysterious "C" button on Switch 2 will do, Sonic movies have made a billion dollarydoos, and we ask if Notch still has the hunger to actually make Minecraft 2.

We Need To Talk About Balatro And The Latest Switch 2 Leaks

Dermie and Jason bring you another big week of gaming news - more Switch 2 leaks, Witcher 4 won't run on current gen, what we think of the Game Awards winners, did the Wukong director cry, new game announcements, Microsoft has no idea what they are doing, and the outrageous PEGI rating handed to Balatro.

We Need To Talk About Videogame Franchises In Online Casinos

Dermie and Jason are back with news about a new Steam console, how videogame franchises are being used in online casinos, Japan, retro game news, the latest live service game to die, what can you buy with dollarydoos in Marvel Rivals, and possibly the ultimate question about politics and games.

We Need To Talk About Roblox's Child Labour Problem

Get ready for another big week of gaming news with Dermie and Jason - Ubisoft takes another expensive L, we look at why the gaming industry is making so many bad decisions, Elon Musk and his new AI studio, platforms like Roblox are using children as child labour, and we have a new idea for a game based on recent events.

We Need To Talk About Arcane

Dermie and Jason deep dive into the week's big gaming news - what makes Arcane such a masterpiece (and how did it avoid the usual on-line dramas), Naughty Dog is finally making a new IP, big CD Project Red news, the latest Sonic movie preview, Dermie gives his take on the Australian government's misinformation laws and social media ban, and lots more. Now go watch Arcane. 

We Need To Talk About The Game Awards

In News Game Plus this week we take a close look at what is missing from The Game Awards nominations, Steam is under attack from the usual idiots who hate fun, and the hand-held console wars are about to heat up.

We Need To Talk About Single Player Games

Dermie and Jason are back for another massive week of gaming news - Adam Jensen wants more, GoG is preserving old games, Sony commits to single player games, Warner Bros keeps burning money trying to make a live service game happen, No Man's Sky gets a massive update (and a second chance to add Mass Effect's Normandy to your fleet), Dermie doesn't understand how visual gags on audio podcasts work, and more!