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
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Another massive week of gaming news gets pulled apart and mocked by Dermie and Jason:
- Will Halo Infinite be open world?
- Dermie explains how Elite Dangerous destroyed itself and became no fun
- How political will Six Days In Fallujah actually be?
- Denuvo DRM is being used in PS5 games for some reason
- Take 2 CEO reckons gamers want to pay more money for games
#newsgameplus lots more
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Another big week of gaming news means another big podcast. Dermie and Jason deep dive into:
- anti-union ads on Twitch
- are videogame controversies looking in the wrong place for things to get upset about?
- Harry Potter
- Cyberpunk 2077 can not be played in 4K on any existing GPU
- Diablo save files
- Sony is dead in Japan; Nintendo is in charge now
- Switch 4K rumours
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Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Dermie and Jason update you on another massive week in gaming news:
- Lots of Pokemon announcements
- Is the PS5's speedy new hard drive too speedy for its own good?
- A Division movie is coming
- Harry Potter game shenanigans
- Anthem is dead but will anybody notice?
- Epic settles a class action in V-Bucks as if that is real money now
- Apple demands all Steam's sales info and Steam says GTFO fite me IRL
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Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Thursday Feb 25, 2021
We're back after being grounded again. This week Dermie and Jason catch up on 2 big weeks of gaming news:
- Xbox Series X backward compatibility gets even better
- Splatoon 3 is coming to Switch
- Fall Guys is coming to Switch and Xbox
- Bungie has a new IP coming in 2025
- Diablo 2 is being remastered
- Last year's Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 announcements were exactly what we thought they were at the time
- The Last Of Us TV show gets its 2 main actors
- Sony's PS5 game pricing is suicidal
- The Sonic 2 movie is official
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Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Everybody was talking stonks this week so Dermie and Jason got their Trading Places vibe on and joined in:
- we have the latest stats about employment in the Australia videogame industry
- AMD says PS5 and Xbox Series X shortages will continue for the first half of this year
- Gamestonk
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Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Dermie and Jason get stuck into the latest 2021 videogame news and there is a lot to cover:
- Resident Evil Village will set a world record for going Rule 34
- You don't need Xbox Gold to play Fortnite but you should because it is a bad game
- Vicarious Visions merges into Blizzard
- Melbourne dev Big Ant purchased by Nacom
- An open world Star Wars game is coming from the team that made The Division
- Minecraft Earth getting shut down because we were all grounded
- Optus and Telstra have one job but they want game streaming services to do it for them
#newsgameplus and more
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
In the second part of our 2020 Rewind, Dermie and Jason revisit all the big videogame stories from the post-apocalyptic, locked-down version of 2020, and look at how everything actually turned out.
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Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
In the first part of our 2020 Rewind, Dermie and Jason revisit all the big videogame stories from before the world was grounded. Remember the carefree days when we had announcements like Pax Aus dates or when E3 was still a thing? Good times.
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Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Another week of massive gaming news with Dermie and Jason:
- What the hell is going on with Cyberpunk 2077?
- Fortnite is stealing ideas again - it's only a matter of time before they start a podcast called News Game Plus
- EA wins the auction for Codemasters on Ebay
- Telstra reckons they can make your games go faster
- We need to talk about Devotion and China
#newsgameplus
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Dermie and Jason are back with the week's big gaming news. All your favourite segments are here - Pants Watch, Twitter Is Full Of Dickheads, and Jason Has Bad Taste In Movies. Now guaranteed to have at least 20% videogame related content!!
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