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 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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Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Dermie and Jason look at all the gaming news of the first week of August 2019:
- cross save in games
- Ninja switch to Mixer
- Ghostbusters remastered
- The data leak that doxxed journos who went to E3
- Ooblets, Epic Store and idiots everywhere
- Videogames and violence
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Friday Aug 02, 2019
Friday Aug 02, 2019
Dermie and Jason look at all the gaming news to kick off August 2019:
- The login screen of Doom
- Switch sales compared with other consoles
- EVO
- Smash Ultimate
- Fortnite
- Dermie explains why fathers should play more videogames with their sons
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Thursday Jul 25, 2019
Thursday Jul 25, 2019
Dermie and Jason discuss the big gaming news of week four of July 2019:
- Belle Delphine kicked off Instagram
- Defiant Development closing down
- Throwing cats on Twitch
- Tetris Effect VR on Epic store needs Steam to run
- Nintendo fixing JoyCon drift for free
- GTA in-game casino and other videogame gambling related shenanigans
- Tencent developing a Pokemon game
- A new Xbox dashboard is coming but we just want Blade back
- Kyoto Animation studio fire
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Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Dermie and Jason discuss the big gaming news of week three of July 2019:
- Another Switch plus new Joycon colours
- No Man's Sky producer's comments and is the customer always right?
- Apex Legends banning players who play with a cheater
- The biggest entertainment franchises of all time and why a drop in Gundam sales hurts Namco Bandai on the sharemarket
- Dermie likes the cartoon version of Pacific Rim
Crinji's Zed Games podcast can be found here:
https://www.zedgamesau.net/
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Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Dermie and Jason discuss the big gaming news of week 2 of July 2019:
- Nintendo Switch Mini impressions
- Why so many stories about the NBN all of a sudden?
- MrDeadMoth
- The Sega Saturn was released 24 years ago this week
- Dermie's wife is a bigger troll than him
- Belle Delphine's bathwater
- Are memes art?
This video is related to our discussion about MrDeadMoth:
https://www.newgameplus.tv/videos/serious_business/domestic-violence-and-online-threats-serious-business-with-homelessness-networker-andrew-edgar
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Thursday Jul 04, 2019
Thursday Jul 04, 2019
Dermie and Jason discuss the big gaming news to kick off July 2019:
- Google has gone mad
- Nintendo will not be censoring games
- Should Mordhau devs censor their players?
- Who is the Donald Trump of the videogame industry?
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