Plug N Play Podcast - Video Game News and Reviews

The time has finally come! Join us for the Plug N Play Podcast's second ever Game of the Year Award Show! Biggest news story of the year, best narrative, best soundtrack, guilty please and more! And of course, the Top 5 Best Games of the Year!

Who will win? Who will lose? Only one way to find out as we dive back into this good and sometimes even great year for gaming!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

12:09 - Best Narrative

19:24 - Best Moment

26:02 - Best Soundtrack

31:23- Biggest Guilty Pleasure 

36:50 - Biggest Regret 

43:59 - Most Anticipated Thing of 2026

49:24 - Oh Yeah, That Came Out This Year 

58:05 - Most Overrated 

1:06:04 - Biggest Disappointment

1:16:09 - Biggest News Story of the Year 

1:34:38 - Best Game from a Previous Year 

Top 5:

1:43:51 - #5

1:45:06 - #4

1:53:18 - #3

1:58:41 - #2

2:04:11 - #1

On this merry episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry reviews ALL the game announcements and winners/losers of The Game Awards! Brain Flemmings steps down from Sucker Punch, and is it wrong to use AI in game development? Regardless, all of your favorite studios already are...

Impressions this week are focused around Despelote! A unique indie game with a divisive user and critic score and an ending that surprised me! But is it right for YOU? Tune in to find out!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Plug N Play Podcast!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:50 - User Comment Corner

13:54 - Game Award Winners

37:58 - Game Award Announcements

1:40:15 - Brian Flemming leaves Sucker Punch

1:43:15 - AI controversies abound in game development

Impressions:

1:58:39 - Despelote

On this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry dives into the potential impact of the Netflix acquisition of Warner Brothers and their games division, if Mina the Hollower will be the end of Yacht Club Games, Embracer makes a surprise cameo for the show, and will AI be the end of us all? Tune in to find out!

Impressions this week are discovering how bad I am at fighting games with Mortal Kombat 1 and trying to determine how to even classify Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:42 - User Comment Corner

19:11 - Netflix buys Warner Brothers

30:22 - Yacht Club Games thinks Mina could be the end

35:40 - Embracer sells more studios

40:29 - Is AI ruining everything?

Impressions:

1:15:45 - Mortal Kombat 1

1:31:57 - Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip

On this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry goes through EVERY game covered in the recent Sony Japan and Xbox presentations! As well as his thoughts on the new Valve hardware, the price and who is it even for!? And of course, all the hubbub around The Game Award Nominees. Who got snubbed, who will win, and is Megabonk a Debut Indie Game?! Tune in to find out.

Impressions this week are all bite sized with Devolver's platformer Pepper Grinder, Kodaka's Death Come True, and the narrative adventure of Arctic Awakening! Gear up for some good eatin', partner!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:36 - User Comment Corner

6:53 - Sony Japan Partner Presentation

34:33 - Microsoft Xbox Partner Presentation

55:23 - Valve's new Steam hardware reveal

1:11:11 - The Game Awards Nominees

Impressions:

1:55:00 - Pepper Grinder

1:58:52 - Death Come True

2:07:08 - Arctic Awakening

On this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry discusses the recent GTA VI delay yet again along with their accompanying union busting allegations, Halo coming to Xbox and officially signalling the end of the console war, Amazon ditching their MMO development, Remedy's CEO stepping down, and Assassin's Creed head refuting claims by Ubisoft management. Lots to cover over the time off!

Impressions this week go back to Ghost of Yotei. Do the final hours turn the tide and remedy the issues Henry had? Only one way to find out!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

10:58 - User Comment Corner

19:39 - GTA VI delayed to November 2026 amongst union busting allegation

29:03 - Halo: Combat Evolved comes to PlayStation day 1

49:08 - Remedy CEO steps down after recent game's failure

56:44 - Amazon stops all MMO development and lays of 14,000

1:07:09 - Assassin's Creed lead refutes Ubisoft's claims of him quitting

Impressions:

1:14:58 - Ghost of Yotei

On this special episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry goes through the past decade of Game of the Year Nominees and Winners! Who was snubbed? What wins were well deserved? Why was Hollow Knight not even nominated the year it came out? And most importantly: who will be the nominees for THIS year!?! Tune in to find out the answers to all these burning questions and more!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

9:25 - 2014

14:52 - 2015

19:30 - 2016

26:04 - 2017

34:08 - 2018

41:50 - 2019

49:30 - 2020

58:08 - 2021

1:03:37 - 2022

1:11:33 - 2023

1:19:51 - 2024

1:27:26 - 2025 GOTY Predictions

On this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry decides if Xbox has completely given up by raising Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions by a whopping 50%, EA's public buyout at the hands of Saudi Arabia, Ubisoft cancelling a controversial Assassin's Creed set in the Civil War, and more!

Impressions this week touch on the initial several hours of Ghost of Yotei. Is it a worthy successor or just more of the same? As well as Dreams of Anther, a surreal, dreamlike game from the director of Pixel Junk Eden! Thanks to Pirate PR for the review code!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

11:15 - Xbox increases Game Pass Ultimate by 50%

34:11 - EA bought out by Saudi Arabia for $55 billion

45:16 - 60% of gamers by two or less games a year

50:24 - Ubisoft cancelled Civil War era Assassin's Creed

59:25 - Ghost of Yotei

1:17:17 - Dreams of Another

On this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry delves into the weebish world of Tokyo Game Show. We go through every game shown at Sony's State of Play and determine if the hype is warranted. We also go into The King of Crashout's (Randy Pitchford) thoughts on Borderlands 4's poor performance, Xbox raising prices on consoles AGAIN, and Doug Bowser stepping down at Nintendo of America president. What a week for news indeed!

Impressions this week are all about Persona Studio's new IP: Metaphor Rephantazio. Can this new game become the king of JRPGs? Tune in to the deep dive on the game to find out!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:16 - Sony State of Play from Tokyo Game Show

45:09 - Randy Pitchford's twitter crashout over Borderlands 4 performance

56:05 - Microsoft raises prices on Xbox AGAIN

1:01:02 - Doug Bowser steps down as Nintendo of America president

1:04:45 - A chance to give Sony more money for earning trophies in Ghost of Tsushima

Impressions:

1:11:22 - Metaphor Rephantazio

Silksong! Nintendo Direct! What a time to be a gamer! Join Henry on this episode as we delve into the recent controversial relase of Hollow Knight: Silksong and we delve into EVERY game from the recent Nintendo Direct. We also briefly go over Perfect Dark's failed saving throw, IO Interactive stepping away from publishing after Mindseye's failure, and Roblox requiring age verification.

Impressions this week focus on the crushingly hard rhythm game: Rift of the Necrodancer! Is the difficulty something that is worth getting through? Or is it such an obstacle that it makes the game a complete pass? Join in on the conversation to find out!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:24 - Take Two considers to revive Perfect Dark

6:31 - IO Interactive moves away from publishing after Mindeye's colossal failure

10:19 - All Roblox players will require age verification

15:15 - Hollow Knight: Silksong's troubled release

31:00 - Nintendo Direct

Impressions:

1:52:00 - Rift of the Necrodancer

On this Gamescom heavy episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry goes over ALL the major, and several not so major, announcements at Gamescom Opening Night Live. We also talk about the PS5 console price hikes and Atari buying out some older Ubisoft IP to round out the news.

Impressions this week include the Trails of the Sky 1st Chapter demo and the new arrival of Sword of the Sea from the Art Director of the indie darling, Journey. Does it live up to the lofty expectations of an 89 on Metacritic? Tune in to find out!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:58 - Twisted Metal Season 2 impressions

6:13 - Gamescom Opening Night Live

1:15:08 - PS5 Console prices increase

1:18:18 - Atari acquires old Ubisoft IPs

Impressions:

1:24:40 - Trails of the Sky 1st Chapter demo

1:32:30 - Sword of the Sea