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 Feb 27, 2020
Thursday Feb 27, 2020
South Australian Senator Stirling Griff wants anime and manga banned because he claims it is child abuse material, how Coronavirus is starting to impact videogames, lots of XBox Series X details including cross-buy, now you've seen the Sonic movie what games should you play, and lots more as Dermie and Jason dive deep into this week's gaming news. #newsgameplus
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Dermie reviews the Sonic movie. Overwatch and Diablo anime style cartoons are coming. Witcher 3 Switch gets cross save with PC. Sony's Playstation 5 will cost 670 AUD just in parts. If games are art then does anybody have the right to alter the artist's (developer's) work? #newsgameplus
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Seasons, DLC and gambling in games. Dermie and Jason deep dive into the latest gaming news.
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Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Dermie and Jason break down all the latest gaming news:
- Dermie gets controversial with why he thinks The Last Of Us 2 will be a disaster.
- Lots of Switch news with big games announced and we throw in some sales figures for the console and Pokemon Sword and Shield.
- E3 has a new format and it is awful.
- Dermie has the synopsis of the Monster Hunter movie that is coming later this year and Jason is not happy with what he hears.
#newsgameplus
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Our podcasts are back for 2020 with Dermie and Jason discussing all the big gaming news:
- Joe Biden wants to regulate videogames because they teach Americans (and only Americans for some reason) how to murder
- Pax Aus dates announced
- High framefrates are better than high resolutions and you can fight XBox head Phil Spencer irl if you disagree
- what does the "strategic partnership" between Activision and Google really mean?
- Dermie is worried that videogames being delayed means he'll be dead before he gets to play them
#newsgameplus
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
In this week's podcast Dermie and Jason talk Xbox Series X, Australia reviewing its videogame classification system, what are PewDiePie's real plans, the new Playstation controller add-on, and our Game Of The Year.
#newsgameplus
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Dermie and Jason bring you all the gaming news for the week:
- Forza now has a Battle Royale mode because all games will eventually have one
- Untitled Goose Game is coming to Game Pass
- Minecraft is finally cross play on PS4
- Rebellion aquires the rights to Bitmap Brothers games - will we finally see Speedball Online?
- Which console is being used to watch porn on and what are its users searching for? The answers may disturb you
- Dermie wants to know why YouTube is being turned into TV to keep advertisers happy instead of the other way round
#newsgameplus
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
This week's gaming news with Dermie and Jason:
- Sony says it will never make a handheld console again
- Riot Games will pay out 10 million dollars because of their ridiculous culture and Dermie compares those allegations to his history in corporate I.T. and consulting
- The Australian videogame industry only has 1,275 full-time employees. Canada's has 48,000 and generates 4 billion dollarydoos. We have a look at some of the numbers
#newsgameplus
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
On this week's gaming news podcast Dermie and Jason occasionally talk about gaming news:
- Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer will be monetised so start saving for costumes
- Battleborn servers will be shut down in January and that has big ramifications for future retro gamers
- Amazon is launching a game streaming service next year
- Half Life Alyx looks great but does VR have a future?
- You can cook eggs on a Google Stadia while watching your bandwidth fly out the window
- Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries is coming and it looks incredible
- Can and should games be political?
#newsgameplus
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
On this week's podcast Dermie and Jason rant about:
- Command & Conquer and Red Alert are being resomethinged for PC
- Half Life Alyx VR sadly does not have a 3 in the title
- The best Halo game is coming to Masterchief Collection and PC
- Project Xcloud is coming to "Other Devices"
- 3 Yakuza games are coming to Xbox Game Pass
- What do we think of the Dorito Pope Game Awards nominees?
- Yu Suzuki may the best game developer many people don't know about
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