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In episode 20 we discuss the Cyberpunk 2077 crunch drama and the dickhead journalists making up false news.

Sony finally announces the PS5 backwards compatibility in detail and it's good news.
Plus, Western Digital officially announce the first compatible SSD expansion for the PS5.

The sad state of Marvel's Avengers and its future. Will the Spider-Man update save it in 5 months?

Mortal Kombat 11 finally announces a new DLC character pack, and the rumour from last week is true. Rambo!

A very cool Ghost of Tsushima update has landed. Plus don't forget to get the Legends update this weekend!

Sega Game Gear Micro is the smallest and most expensive piece of plastic ever.

Some details on Mario 35, the battle royal style game, which has a timed release.

Lawsuit filed against Microsoft regarding their Xbox Elite Controllers.
Plus a lawsuit against an Indian man for trademarking the PS5 name. Sony aren't going to be gentle.

Plus the usual stuff! Enjoy and subscribe!

In episode 19 we go over the PlayStation 5 teardown video, plus cover a whole bunch of PS news, including the PS Trophy Levels and final PS5 HDD storage size after the OS and updates... it might upset and concern you.

JB Hi-Fi and their strange rules regarding gift cards and console pre-orders (it sounds like we hate on JB hard in this episode, but we both shop there and like the store in general. Although, we will call out any company for doing stupid shit, no matter what).

Some general Xbox Series X updates, including its apparent overheating issues. Hot enough to cook an egg on?

Game news and updates: Ghosts of Tsushima: Legends, Cyberpunk 2077 and Godfall.

Games Radar "Golden Joystick" (lol) Awards coming soon, voting is now live.

Over 200,000 players banned from Call of Duty severs for cheating. A lot more to come.
Plus the usual rumours and drama.

A fair bit of course language in this episode, including the casual use of the "C word", just to warn you.

In episode 18 we chat about the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 pre-order mayhem and what needs to change in the future.

Ubisoft gets a warning from Monster Energy Drink in regards to their upcoming game 'Gods + Monsters', which resulted in the name of the game being changed. We're unimpressed to say the least.

CD Projekt Red have announced that they're going to shorten the length of Cyberpunk 2077. Who's to blame will make you angry.

A few PS5 launch day game install sizes have been confirmed. Not as big as you'd expect.

Nintendo have finally discontinued the 3DS after almost 10 years of being in production. But it's not all bad news for the 3DS mega fans.

Microsoft throw a couple of dollars around and buys a small company. And when I say a few dollars, I mean a few billion!

A new game streaming service launched called Amazon Luna. Risky after what happened to Google Stadia?

Plus rumours and more!

In Episode 17 we cover the latest PlayStation 5 Livestream, which included pricing, release dates, launch games and more. Plus we chat about the absolute chaos that followed when retailers took it upon themselves to accept pre-orders no less than an hour after the livestream. This resulted in a lot of sad and angry gamers.

A special Dungeons & Dragons event happening over the weekend of September 18 - 20. Over 1000 players and special guests to appear. A D&D fan's wet dream!

Nintendo banning usernames with words that are deemed offensive to the sensitive crowd. So, a username with the words "Nazi" or "Slave" (things of that nature), will be removed. Not the account, just the username.

Ubisoft making donations to the NAACP.

Some news regarding Cyberpunk 2077 and Super Mario 3D All-Stars.

Prices for the Xbox Series X SDD expansion cards have been leaked... and it's not pretty.

Adam chats about a Netflix show he's been enjoying called 'High Score' - which is all about the history of video games.

Plus rumours and more!

Episode 16! The Xbox Series X and recently confirmed Series S now have official pricing and release dates, as well as pre-order dates. Come on Sony, what are you doing?

The latest on Cyberpunk 2077. Including the in-game micro-transactions and online mode drama, the next #NightCityWire episode and the Trauma Team comic books.

Dramas with Apple users and Fortnite. The war between Apple and Epic Games continues.

Latest news with Grand Theft Auto V, Silent Hill and Madden 21.

IGN reporting on false news, telling lies about the PS5. One of the programmers for PS5 rips them a new one. Nice and brutal.

The latest on Gamestop and the Worldwide store closing saga. They have already been wiped clear from Scandinavia.

Pre-orders go live for the 25K Gold, 18K Rose Gold and Platinum plated PlayStation 5 consoles and accessories. Damn, they look beautiful!

Nintendo to increase Switch production, and word leaks of a new Switch system on the horizon. Next Gen Switch? Or just an updated model?

Plus a whole bunch more news, drama and rumours!

In episode 15 we cover the Super Mario Bros 35th Anniversary Direct event that dropped out of nowhere (stick around until the end of the episode to hear about that).

Some general gaming news featuring Cyberpunk 2077, Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War, Marvel's Avengers, Hello Games (makers of No Man's Sky), WB Games, The Witcher Mobile Game 'Monster Slayer', Madden 21, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Remastered, Doom: Eternal DLC 'Ancient Gods', Project Zero / Silent Hill.

Gamescon 2020 opening night.

Sony to port more PlayStation Exclusives to PC - Horizon: Zero Dawn on PC has been fixed... apparently. 

New shoes from Puma celebrating the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros - which were accidentally leaked by Foot Locker early.

The next Sony PlayStation 'State of Play' event.

And more!

In episode 14 we talk about PS5 pre-orders on the official Sony website.
Drama with 343 Industries and why they are messing around with an 11 year old game (plus Halo: Infinite delays and drama).

The Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War trailer was dropped the other day and was instantly banned in China for showing half a second of footage from the Tiananmen Square protests. Footage gets deleted - more knee bending?

The Suicide Squad trailer was dropped at the DC Fandome event and confirmed what everyone was speculating... is Superman evil? Hell yes he is.

We chat about the EA Games lawsuit in regards to loot boxes being a form of gambling.

Plus a whole bunch more and the usual dramas and rumours!

*Some of this news may be fairly old. This episode was recorded last week, but we didn't get around to editing and posting it due to having work and family.

In Episode 13 we chat about the delay with 343 Industries' upcoming Halo game and the effects it may have on the Xbox Series X/S launch.
Chris has a bitch about an Xbox Fanboy who was spreading misinformation about the PlayStation 5 to make the Xbox Series X seem better - which saw him banned from several websites.

Sucker Punch dropped bombshell on everyone and announced Ghost of Tsushima: Legends - which will be an epic online co-op DLC. Coming in Spring (Fall for our North American friends) - completely FREE for all Ghost of Tsushima owners!

The battery size for the DualSense was leaked this week, showing that it's almost 50% bigger than the DualShock 4 battery.
PlayStation VR2 updates/rumours. Adam dreams about his ideal VR Headset.

Drama with Call of Duty: Warzone.
Drama with Spider-Man and Marvel's Avengers.
Drama with Red Dead Redemption 2: Online - dead horses, vanishing horses, stuff on fire, weird bald man appearing and disappearing.

The huge Apple, Google and Fortnight drama. Epic Games looking to take both companies to court

Cyberpunk 2077 online Poll results.

And more!

In episode 12 we go over the recent PlayStation State of Play event and the new Cyberpunk 2077 #NightCityWire episode.
Dr. Disrespect's epic return on YouTube, a recent next gen survey put out by IGN with some very interesting questions, Ryan Reynolds helping disabled gamers with custom controllers, Developer CEOs seeking payrises, plus game testers being underpaid.

We chat about the recent Xbox Series X controller leak, with the box showing that it is compatible with the Series X/S. Which all but confirms the Series S console.

Gameplay footage leaked for a new Need For Speed game.
A last minute update added in by Adam while he was editing, which was Halo: Infinite being delayed until sometime in 2021.

Plus general news, drama and rumours.

Episode 11! We cover a whole bunch of PlayStation 5 news and updates - including backwards compatible hardware, discuss some drama happening with Ghost of Tsushima (and the latest software update). The upcoming PS4 8.0 firmware update and beta testing.

We go over the whole Internet crying about Joe Rogan's comments on gamers and what he really meant.

We talk about Halo: Infinite not looking as good as we expected, plus we discuss Xbox's plan to support last generation and why it's probably not a good idea.

And like always we go over the latest rumours and dramas!