This week! Industry layoffs and game cancelations continue, the acquisition sprees of recent years start to unwind themselves, Helldivers 2 is an awesome video game, the Atari 2600+ is pure nostalgia, and much, much more. Join us, won't you?

Links of interest:

• More layoffs - EA, Sony, Deck Nine, Supermassive

• Twisted Metal game canceled

• Toys For Bob Goes Independent

• Saber Interactive buys itself back

• Gearbox might be next

• Remedy gets rights to Control back from 505 Games

• Meta Quest+ gets Game Catalog

• Helldivers 2

• Atari 2600+

• Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page

• The Player One Podcast t-shirt

• The Player One Podcast mug

• ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic

• Player One Podcast Discord

• Greg Streams on Twitch

• Sega's Civil War - Generation 16 #129

• Add us in Apple Podcasts

Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids.

Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast.

Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com.

Running time: 1:15:03

If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment.

Doing This For How Long? Aftershow

Patrons, this week we dive into an EGM Review Quiz based upon games featured in the March 1997 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. Game names are blanked out, and Greg/Phil have to guess, with guest Rich Grisham offering bonus points! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to [email protected]! Thanks for your support!

This week! A Nintendo Partner Showcase hits and brings some awesome games with it, Microsoft's first multiplatform games are made official, Like A Dragon, Contra: Operation Galuga, Helldivers 2, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, and much, much more. Join us, won't you?

Links of interest:

• Licensed to Ill

• Columbia House

• Picross S+ Feb. 29

• Nintendo Partner Direct

• HiFi Rush out March 19

• Sea of Thieves is releasing on PS5 on April 30

• Rare games added to NSO

• Japan got Mother 3 on GBA NSO

• Llamasoft Gold Master Series out March 13

• Sony working on PC support for PS VR2

• HUMANITY announced for Meta Quest

• Yakuza: Like A Dragon

• Suika Game Multi-Player Mode Expansion Pack

• Contra: Operation Galuga

• Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On

• Helldivers 2

• Balatro

• Fortnite Festival

• Tomb Raider I-III Remastered

• Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page

• The Player One Podcast t-shirt

• The Player One Podcast mug

• ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic

• Player One Podcast Discord

• Greg Streams on Twitch

• Sega's Civil War - Generation 16 #129

• Add us in Apple Podcasts

Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids.

Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast.

Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com.

Running time: 1:40:11

If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment.

Tastes Like Starlight Aftershow

For this week's Aftershow we've got a Jeopardy quiz from hacker alias Chrixter all about Sega's advertising/slogans. Should be a breeze cuz we've got Sega-fan Sewart on our side, right? Thanks for supporting the show! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to [email protected]!

This week! Microsoft's business update, rumors of a Switch 2 delay to 2025 and a new Astro Bot game, plus Silent Hill: The Short Message, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Helldivers 2, Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, and much, much more. Join us, won't you?

Links of interest:

• Xbox's Promise to Bring More Games to More Players Around the World

• Microsoft to bring 4 games to other platforms

• The rumored games

• New hardware is coming

• Nintendo Partner Direct this week maybe

• Switch 2 not until early 2025

• Alan Wake 2 Remedy's fastest-selling game

• New Astro Bot game?

• Silent Hill: The Short Message

• Tomb Raider I II IIII Remaster

• Helldivers 2

• Banishers: Ghost of New Eden

• Mario Vs. Donkey Kong

• Skull & Bones

• Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page

• The Player One Podcast t-shirt

• The Player One Podcast mug

• ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic

• Player One Podcast Discord

• Greg Streams on Twitch

• Sega's Civil War - Generation 16 #129

• Add us in Apple Podcasts

Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids.

Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast.

Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com.

Running time: 1:32:55

If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment.

When A Game's Not Easy Enough Aftershow

It's Jeopardy time once again, this time a game from hacker alias A Hind D. No particular theme, just video game Jeopardy in its pure form. Thank you for your support—if you have a game we can play on the Aftershow, email it to [email protected].

This week! Xbox lines up multiplatform strategy, Skull & Bones is quadruple-A, TMNT in Fortnite, Helldivers 2 is Starship Troopers, Silent Hill: A Short Message, Goodboy Galaxy, Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, and much, much more. Join us, won't you?

Links of interest:

• Love in this Club Rockafire Explosion

• Starfield, Indy, more to go multiplatform?

• Microsoft to offer update on their strategy this week

• Xbox won't stop making consoles

• PS5 outsold Xbox 2 to 1

• Skull and Bones is "AAAA" says Guillemot

• TMNT event in Fortnite

• Disney invests in Epic, Fortnite

• Helldivers 2 is PlayStation's biggest Steam launch

• Starship Troopers trailer

• Skull & Bones

• Pacific Drive

• Rotwood

• Silent Hill: A Short Message

• Alan Wake II

• Clockwork Knight

• Goodboy Galaxy: Chapter Zero Demo

• Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord

• Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page

• The Player One Podcast t-shirt

• The Player One Podcast mug

• ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic

• Player One Podcast Discord

• Greg Streams on Twitch

• Sega's Civil War - Generation 16 #129

• Add us in Apple Podcasts

Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids.

Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast.

Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com.

Running time: 1:29:58

If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment.

Fore! Aftershow

In this Aftershow you'll find a Jeopardy from hacker alias Chrixter. Can our hosts make sense of various slogans and advertising taglines used in Nintendo products over the years? It's tougher than you think! And if you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, please email it to [email protected]. Thanks for your support!

This week! Hifi Rush tips off Xbox multiplatform strategy, Celeste 64, the State of Play, Alan Wake jump scares, Minecraft Godzilla, Tekken 8, Brotato, and much, much more. Join us, won't you?

Links of interest:

• Celeste 64

• Hifi Rush multiplatform t-shirts

• Sonic x Shadow Generations

• Stellar Blade

• Ken Levine's Judas

• Until Dawn remaster

• Dave the Diver x Godzilla

• State of Play wrap-up

• Alan Wake patch turns down jump scares

• Tekken 8

• Minecraft Godzilla

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

• Brotato

• BEAST (Apple Arcade)

• Pepper Grinder

• Mario Vs. Donkey Kong

• Alan Wake II

• Advance Wars 1+2

• Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page

• The Player One Podcast t-shirt

• The Player One Podcast mug

• ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic

• Player One Podcast Discord

• Greg Streams on Twitch

• Sega's Civil War - Generation 16 #129

• Add us in Apple Podcasts

Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids.

Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast.

Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com.

Running time: 1:41:38

If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment.

Scope Out These Creeps Aftershow

On ye olden Aftershow this week, we've got a grab bag Jeopardy quiz from listener and frequent quiz-sender Zach Miller. Take a listen! And then if you fancy yourself a game-maker and have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to [email protected]! Thanks again for your support!