We're not quite ready to unveil our favourite games of 2025, so instead it's time to look ahead to 2026! We count down our most anticipated video games of 2026 plus we also catch up on a bunch of things we have been playing over the holidays including Terminator 2D: No Fate, Windswept, Arc Raiders, Once Upon a Katamari, Dispatch, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Earthbound and Nubby's Number Factory.

We convene immediately after The Game Awards to share our thoughts on this year's show and the fact that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won pretty much everything plus we also discuss all the big announcements and trailers including Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, Tomb Raider Catalyst and more.

We give our initial thoughts after a few hours with the long-awaited Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and indulge in some speculation about potential announcements at The Game Awards plus we also discuss Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Neon Inferno, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Revenge of the Savage Planet, Dispatch and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.

We recap some of the announcements from the Xbox Partner Preview for November 2025 and discuss a bunch of games we've been playing recently including Silent Hill f, Kirby Air Riders, Voidtrain, Absolum, Hades II, Dispatch and Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked.

We get hyped for Steam's new hardware announcement as they shake up the console war and we react to The Game Awards nominations plus we also discuss Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Egging On, Possessor(s), MotionRec, Herdling and more ARC Raiders.

With the nominations for The Game Awards just around the corner we speculate on this year's potential GOTY nominees and discuss the GTA VI delay plus we also run down quite a few new games we've been playing including ARC Raiders, The Seance of Blake Manor, Absolum, Death by Scrolling, The Rogue: Prince of Persia and The Outer Worlds 2.

Jay Cheel joins us to discuss the newly released PowerWash Simulator 2 and the Halo: Campaign Evolved announcement plus we also talk Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Look Outside, Demeo, Heroes of Might & Magic III, Ghost Town, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted and Space Quest IV.

We catch up on a LOT of geeming starting with group discussions on Keeper and Ball x Pit followed by individual thoughts on Battlefield 6, Absolum, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Donkey Kong Bananza, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants DLC and a handful of Steam Next Fest demos.

We react to the latest Xbox Game Pass pricing changes and offer up first impressions of Ghost of Yotei plus we also discuss Hell is Us, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Shadows of Doubt and Lego Voyagers.

We give our full rundown of the latest Sony State of Play including new trailers for Saros and Marvel's Wolverine plus we also touch on some other TGS news and discuss Borderlands 4, Mafia: The Old Country, Baby Steps and Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.