On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Sea of Thieves, Helldivers 2, Batman Arkham Knight (final thoughts), Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Kiley - Miside, Resident Evil 7 DLC, Doom Eternal, Hitman

We then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:

• Chinese dev settles with Pokemon company over copyright infringement https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/chinese-mobile-developer-pays-the-pokemon-company-substantial-copyright-infringement-settlement/ 

• More industry layoffs https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/netflix-has-reportedly-laid-off-multiple-workers-at-oxenfree-developer-night-school-studio/ (night school), https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-than-a-dozen-netease-studios-are-reportedly-at-risk-including-nagoshi-quantic-dream-and-grasshopper/ (Netease), https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/avalanche-founders-new-studio-makes-layoffs-but-will-continue-to-work-on-new-ip/ (avalanche)

• Shuhei Yoshida has been talking about Playstation: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/i-had-no-choice-shuhei-yoshida-says-he-had-to-take-playstations-indie-role-or-leave/ (no choice to take indie role), https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps5-japan-studios-closed-because-the-double-a-market-has-disappeared-says-shuhei-yoshida/ (japan studio closure), https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/yoshida-xbox-games-on-ps5-a-win-for-playstation-owners/ (xbox on PS5)

  
  

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Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo

Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Batman Arkham Knight

Kiley - Miside, Resident Evil 7 Chris DLC, DOOM Eternal

We then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:

• Crytek confirm crysis 4 on hold as they lay off 15% of staff https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/crysis-4-is-on-hold-and-its-director-has-left-as-crytek-says-its-laying-off-15-of-its-staff/ 

• Ubisoft outlines their focus for games https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-ceo-says-the-plan-is-to-focus-on-open-world-and-live-service-games-year-after-year/ 

• Playstation state of play https://www.eurogamer.net/state-of-play-february-2025-everything-announced 

• Josef Fares says AI can be bigger than the internet https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ai-game-development-split-fictions-josef-fares-says-developers-should-work-with-and-not-against-technology/ 

  
  

We hope you enjoy the show.

Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces.

You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube 

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Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo

Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Street Fighter 6 (Mai) 

Kiley - Hitman, Doom Eternal, Resident Evil 7 DLC, Miside

We then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:

• PSN went down for 24 hours, Sony apologises with PS+ gift cardhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/psn-is-back-sony-apologies-with-ps-plus-gift-to-all-players/ 

• Sony rejected a pitch for Resistance 4https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-rejected-a-pitch-for-resistance-4-claims-insomniac-founder/ 

• Studio layoffs continuehttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/killer-instinct-studio-iron-galaxy-has-laid-off-66-employees/ - iron galaxy 

• London Minecraft experience is opening in Aprilhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/london-is-getting-an-immersive-minecraft-experience-in-april/ 

• UK government rejects calls to prohibit disabling of live service gameshttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/uk-government-rejects-calls-to-prohibit-disabling-of-live-service-games/ 

• ESA to launch a new trade showhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/e3-organiser-esa-launches-new-event-called-iicon/ 

• Wonder Woman game is in troublehttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-wonder-woman-game-has-reportedly-been-rebooted-and-is-years-away/ 

  
  

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Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal -@JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal onYoutube

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Lonely Mountains Snow Riders, Batman Arkham Knight

Kiley - Hitman, Doom Eternal, Dead Estate

We then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:

We hope you enjoy the show.

Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces.

You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube 

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Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo

Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube 

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Lonely Mountains Snow Riders, Balatro

Kiley - Doom Eternal, Lego Indiana Jones Adventures, Untitled Goose Game, Hitman

We then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:

We hope you enjoy the show.

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Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo

Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube 

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Balatro, Ironfall Invasion

Kiley - Metro 2033 Redux, The Cabin Factory, Hitman, Marvel Rivals

We then discuss the biggest and most thought provoking news stories from the week including:

We hope you enjoy the show.

Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces.

You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube 

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Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo

Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover the games we have been playing this week, including: 

Pete - Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham City, Batman Arkham Origins, Football Manager 2024

Kiley - GRIS, Powerwash Simulator, Resident Evil 7, The Plucky Squire

We then do a discussion on the games releasing in Q1 and Q2 of 2025 and make a few predictions for the year.

Article used for game release schedule: https://www.eurogamer.net/2025-video-game-release-schedule#section-1 

We hope you enjoy the show.

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On this year’s Game of the Year episode, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by previous guests Brent, Nana, Colddeath and Miketendo64 to help draw out the 25 games that have been nominated by everyone for this year’s Game of the Year bracket.

If you haven’t listened to one of our Game of the Year episodes, we explain the format in the opening, as well as the games nominated for the bracket by each person on the panel.

The games nominated for the Game of the Year discussion:

Persona 3 Reload

Star Wars Outlaws

Metaphor: ReFantazio

Outbreak Shades of Horror: Chromatic Split

Path of Exile 2 

Concord 

Ys X: Nordics

Age of Mythology Retold

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket

Endless Ocean Luminous

The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom

Emio The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

Virtua Unlimited Project

New Star GP

Zenless Zone Zero

BOOMEROAD

Squirrel with a gun

Still Wakes The Deep

Thank Goodness You’re Here

Mouth Washing

Helldivers 2

Pine Hearts

Astro Bot

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Plus one mystery game to get drawn later

We talk about the reasons why each game was nominated for the discussion and vote on the games drawn until we eventually crown a Game of the Year for 2024.

We hope you enjoy it.

We would like to thank Brent, Nana, Colddeath and Mike for joining us. You can follow them at the following place:

Brent: https://www.twitch.tv/apophis89 

Nana: https://twitter.com/Nana__Marfo and https://bsky.app/profile/nmarfo.bsky.social 

Colddeath: https://twitter.com/ColdDeath and on the Turn Based Cynics Podcast with Reso https://open.spotify.com/show/3MedMnysz2in6kCGTM4WqY 

Miketendo64: https://twitter.com/miketendo64, https://bsky.app/profile/miketendo64.com, https://miketendo64.com/ and his podcast Game and Chat https://open.spotify.com/show/7IlamOtZtGz6xpL8flDMdE   

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On this Game of the Year introduction episode, host Pete Beckett discusses the format for those who are unfamiliar with our usual GOTY show, talk about the guests joining us this year and reveal the games that have been nominated for the Rapid Reviews Radio Podcast Game of the Year 2024.

Games Nominated:

Brent

CD

Miketendo

Nana

Kiley

Pete

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Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway

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On this Game of the Year introduction episode, host Pete Beckett discusses the format for those who are unfamiliar with our usual GOTY format, talk about the guests joining us this year and reveal the games that have been nominated for the Rapid Reviews Radio Podcast Game of the Year 2024.

We hope you enjoyed the show.

Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Contact us:

Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK

Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/rrradiopodcast.bsky.social 

Email - [email protected]

Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces 

Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde 

Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway

Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube