July 24, 2025

Level 9.28 - Donkey Kong Is Back With A Vengeance

50 minutes

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Donkey Kong Bananza's big arrival, the newest Pokemon Presents, Animal Crossing rumors, FromSoftware's mysterious new game and much more!

Gaming News - Time code: 2:04

We take a look at Donkey Kong Bananza's UK launch sales and give our early impressions of the game; We speculated on what the newest Pokemon Presents was revealing; A new Animal Crossing rumored to be on the horizon for the Switch 2; FromSoftware reportedly deep in development on something called "FMC"; In the midst of being sued by the founders, Krafton extends the Subnautica 2 bonus period; Yves Guillemot's son named co-CEO of Ubisoft's new subsidiary; The recently laid off staff at King to be replaced by their own AI tools; A new FPS Ghost Recon in development at Ubisoft; Forza Horizon 5 moved an insane 2 million units in a month on PS5.

What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 38:09

DJ & Sean talk about their enjoyment of the DS2 gameplay loop and speculate on what the 2025 GOTY contenders will end up being.

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