Grumpy Gamers

Dony joins us to talk over the worst week for Xbox in recent memory. We talk new games and have played Jedi Survivor as well as Redfall. But the main event is the blocking of the Microsoft/ABK deal by the CMA. Let's talk what it means for Xbox now!

What We've Been Playing:
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Redfall
Surviving the Aftermath

Eddy's back in a 3 person show, as Kirk's busy. Regardless it's action packed with the latest news and recap of the Nintendo Indie World presentation.

What We've Been Playing:
Total War: Warhammer 3
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels

Eddy's got a week off this time. Can Pete leads the charge with the new releases section this week with appropriate vim and vigour? We'll find out. We talk all things Redfall and 30 fps, follow up on EA PGA Tour 2023 chatter from last week, and revisit Warzone DMZ in Season 3. Our feature this week asks what is it about Nintendo that makes them so good?

What We've Been Playing:
Resident Evil 4 Remake
EA PGA Tour 2023
Warzone 2.0: DMZ
Mighty Doom

Kirk's off but the rest of us power through. The ABK deal edges towards a close and PlayStation have some rumoured new hardware on the way. We chat about the Mario movie, playing the new PGA Tour game in the spirit of the Masters, and Eddy sings the praises of Starbound. Our feature discusses jump on and play games for gamers with limited time at the moment!

What We've Been Playing/Watching:
 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Starbound
EA PGA Tour 2023

E3 has been cancelled, the PSVR2 isn't doing so well, but there was a Zelda Nintendo Direct... so it's not all bad. Join us for chats on the latest news and new releases. And we've played Dredge, is it as good as everyone's been saying? Our feature is Eddy's Real Deal part 2, where we play the £1 games Eddy picked for us 2 weeks ago.

What We've Been Playing:
Dredge
F1 Manager
Resident Evil 4

Pete's finally back and order has been resumed. We have a genuine Microsoft ABK deal update, Redfall news and a big new Turtles game is on the horizon. We've played both Resident Evil 4 remake and more Diablo 4. Our feature looks at the biggest games in Q2 2023!

What We've Been Playing:
Diablo 4
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Stalker Anomaly

Pete makes his absence 4 weeks on the trot, we address some constructive feedback, and discuss all the latest gaming news, including the potential PS5 Pro and the ABK deal latest. Ben's played Diablo 4, be prepared to hear about a great game! Our feature has Eddy pick top draw £1 games for the others to play.

What We've Been Playing:
Stalker Anomaly 
Diablo 4 

No Pete, no guests... it's a 3 man pod, law and order thrown to the wind. We talk about Jim Ryan's latest comments on the ABK deal, all the delays going on, and Xbox's terrible start to a generation. We've played the Resident Evil 4 demo and our feature talks about our favourite developers.

What We've Been Playing:
Resident Evil 4
LOU2
Sheltered 2

With Pete away for a 2nd week we have DeadbeatPunk, a.k.a. Christopher Love, a.k.a. host of WTFDYW podcast, back as our guest. A lot of insults flying in this one and we do talk about both Wo Long and Atomic Heart. There's a lot to love. Our feature looks at a few current Game Pass games that you may have missed!

What We've Been Playing:
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Atomic Heart
Pharaoh
Last of Us: Part 2

Pete's away for 3 weeks, so our first guest is the returning Dony. We have the standard weekly ABK deal updates along with big news on Nintendo and E3. Dony and Ben have both finished Hogwarts, we get their final thoughts, and Kirk has finally started LOU2! Our feature recaps the Sony State of Play from last week.

What We've Been Playing:
Hogwarts Legacy
Dead Space
The Forest
Last of Us 2