News Game Plus
New Game Plus is a new look take on gaming TV. Incorporating a strong gaming focus, with a healthy dose of related subcultures, NG+ aims to bring you thoughtful reviews, exclusive interviews and event coverage, and the best videos from a range of specialist contributors.
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Episodes
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Dermie and Jason bring you another big week of gaming news:
- Donald Trump is now on Twitch
- The legal case between Randy Pitchford and his lawyer has settled out of court
- Shenmue 3 had gone gold
- Sonic will be in the new Super Monkey Ball game
- Brain Training is coming to Switch
- Cat Quest 2 is coming to consoles
- EA files a patent to encourage micro-transactions
- Pokemon Go Halloween
- Physical boxes for Overwatch Switch only contain a download code
- Plants Versus Zombies Battle For Neighborville
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Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Gaming news doesn't get much bigger than this. Dermie and Jason deep dive into:
- Sony (kind of) announced the Playstation 5
- Blizzard and China - Dermie explains what is really going on
- Why can't Playstations post to Facebook any more?
- Resetera has banned 20% of its users since starting
- Epic is being sued because Fortnite is addictive
- After news that Bully 2 almost got made, Jason explains why the original Bully was Rockstar's best game up until RDR2
- 1 in 5 Aussie game devs make less than minimum wage
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Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Jason is back from Tokyo Game Show to talk about all the big gaming news of the week with Dermie:
- 8 Australian games have been preserved by the National Film and Sound Archive... and Dermie reckons there were better choices
- Why is everybody playing Untitled Goose Game?
- Last Of Us Part 2 will no longer have multiplayer
- Dermie hated Last Of Us Part 1 a lot
- Why would anybody spend $8 per month on Mario Kart on their phone?
- Joycon drift and the Switch Lite
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Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Dermie and New Game Plus Production Manager Jodie Langford talk about this week's gaming news and dinosaurs:
- White phosphorous in Call of Duty
- Steam has to allow games to be resold in France
- Does Epic exclusivity hurt a game when it doesn't sell?
- Why Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass mean app stores are starting again with new rules (while console and PC publishers get worse)
- Ballarat developer Alderon Games is making a dinosaur MMO
- More dinosaurs
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Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Dermie is joined by New Game Plus host Megan Webber to talk about the news from week 2 of September 2019:
- Tokyo Game Show
- E3 is now an influencer festival for some reason
- Apple Arcade is the latest game subscription service with a game-changing feature that hardly anybody is talking about
- Rockstar adds yet another game launcher to your PC
- Two new game developers are opening in Melbourne
- Madfest 2019
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Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Dermie is joined by Dan Chlebowczyk - from CouchWarriors and Battle Arena Melbourne, and a board member of the Esports Gaming Association of Australia - to talk about the news that kicked off September 2019:
- Civilization now has a battle royale mode
- Is it a cross or an x button... and do we care?
- Weird new Switch peripheral brings back memories of Wii Fit
- SNES games are now on Switch and the first lot are pretty damn good
- Overwatch coming to Switch but is there cross save?
- The NeoGeo joystick makes Dermie and Dan wish for a Sega version (with Virtua Fighter Kids)
- Sony is releasing Battle Royale 2 with a Playstation roster of characters and we ask why can't games like this dethrone Smash?
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Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Dermie is joined by Jeremy Ray - Junglist from Good Game, 5 Inch Floppy and currently managing editor of Fandom - for a special edition of News Game Plus. Jeremy shares his thoughts on:
- Gambling and lootboxes in videogames and has it gone too far?
- What is an esport? Do all competitive games qualify?
- Gambling in esports
- Drugs in esports
Also:
- Nick Kyrgios tells Trump to hold his beer and blames videogames for him losing tennis matches
- Bordomlands 3 DLC
- Ubisoft boss says Steam's business model is unrealistic and doesn't reflect the world today
- Telltale games is back (kind of) and it reminds Dermie of when Commodore went broke
- Fortress Melbourne
This is the biggest News Game Plus podcast yet. Enjoy.
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Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Dermie and Jason look at all the gaming news that wraps up August 2019:
- 6 CS:GO esports competitors arrested for match fixing face 10 years jail
- The PS5 was designed by Cylons
- Nancy, Steve and the Demigorgon from Stranger things are coming to Dead By Daylight
- Warner Bros opens a new studio for mobile games
- Bethesday makes some completely outlandish claims
- Everything is overrated
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Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Dermie and Jason look at all the gaming news of week three of August 2019:
- Old people should play videogames instead of pokies
- Boredomlands 3 Denuvo DRM on Epic Store
- Resetera and industry bullying
- 4 player Bubble Bobble is coming to Switch
- Dermie rants a lot
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Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Dermie and Jason look at all the gaming news of week two of August 2019:
- A new Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare game is coming
- DayZ refused classification because of joints
- Fortnight champion swatted live on Twitch
- Tumblr sold to WordPress
- Ninja's Twitch page shenanigans
- Epic joins Nintendo, Sony and MS in disclosing loot box odds
- Namco releases Tekken music on Spotify
Check out this for links to the Tekken music:
https://www.newgameplus.tv/blogs/latest/namco-sounds-comes-to-streaming-debuts-with-tekken
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