It’s a special live episode because before we even begin the show, we sit down with Aarsal and react to Nintendo’s special ‘Zelda’ Direct, and we’re pretty pleased with what we saw! After that, it’s straight into Headlines, our twice-weekly news focused show, as we talk through the reveal of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time!On this Episode: Headlines | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Direct Reaction

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Arrives This November
• The Legend of Zelda Limited Edition Nintendo Switch 2 Console Revealed
• Forza Horizon 6 PS5 Port to be Delayed into 2027, Per New Report
• Mewgenics is Out Now on Consoles
• Sony Plan Return for Killzone Franchise, per New Report
• Capcom’s New Onimusha Game Sells Over 1M Copies on Launch Day
• And more!

The excellent toy-like arcade racing foundations of the Hot Wheels Unleashed series by Milestone are now being brought into four bright, acrobatic and exciting open world islands for players to explore. Is it any good? Let's find out with our Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Review!

Exodus is the Mass Effect-style Sci-fi RPG I have been waiting for. Wizards of the Coast flew us out to Austin, Texas, a few weeks ago to play a 90-ish-minute hands-on demo. Through microgravity, with ‘alien’ powers on his side, I controlled Jun Aslan in a mission on a space station full of Awoken frogs, and I loved it.Our Exodus hands-on Preview!

Speedrunners 2: King of Speed is something I’ve been looking foward to for a while. The original is one of my friendship group’s top couch co-op/LAN Party games, so the idea of a bigger, prettier sequel with more players and more ways to troll each other should have been an easy win. Unfortunately, while the core Speedrunners experience remains every bit as brilliant as the original, much of what has been built around it feels unnecessary.

Or Speedrunners 2 Review!

If you’re an old grey-beard like me, you’ll probably remember flash games. One of the more popular ones was N from the team at Metanet Software, which led us to N+ in 2008 and then N++in 2015. I played them all a fair bit and now, the team at Metanet are back with a new instalment. I went hands-on at Gamescom, and I thought we could all take a nice trip down memory lane together. Our N+∞X2 hands-on preview.

We got roughly 20 minutes of playtime with Alien Deathstorm at Gamescom 2026. Rebellion, most famous for its Sniper Elite franchise, has put its spin on an Aliens-inspired game, with a fun shooter that made a solid first impression.

We're back from Gamescom, and while we're sure Nick has assuredly missed us, we're not quite sure he's going to enjoy us talking about all the games he's yet to play. Still, it's nice to catch up, right? It's the DayOne Show Episode 329!

As always, we start the show diving into what we've been playing. While Nick's been playing the usual suspects, he's also been checking out Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol.2, which makes for a nice change.

Reviews!

When it comes to Jon, Jesse and Aarsal, well - in truth, we have far too many previews and reviews to reasonably feature in detail here, but as the crew are back from Gamescom, we sure do talk about a few of them! First up, the reviews from the last week or so - Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Orbitals, Blood Dungeon, Speedrunners 2: King of Speed, Crimson Moon and most recently Halloween: The Game. Phew!

Previews!

On the preview front, we've got plenty out already, and more on the way - but for now, you can tuck into these beauties - Gears of War: E-Day Campaign, Metro 2039, Fable, Tides of Annihilation, State of Decay 3, Crusader Kings 3: By God Alone & Silk and Silver, Alien Deathstorm, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, N+∞X2, Anno 117: Pax Romana - Dawn of the Delta and last but not least, Exodus! Not bad, right?

And the news!

In news, we've chat about Asha Sharma's BBC interview and the Xbox Helix 'Family of devices' and have a little chat about just what that could mean, exactly. Team Green have also announced a limit to cloud streaming hours per month, which has generated a fair bit of discussion alongside their disc-to-digital program, which is now live for Xbox insiders. We also chat about the big Netflix GTA6 reveal, the recent teases for Starcraft with Blizzcon looming. Sony's recent State of Play Double bill and plenty more.

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Thursday has arrived and with it, a chunky Sony State of Play! Viewers that joined us live can enjoy a longer episode of Headlines as we reacted to the show, followed by a normal episode of our twice-weekly news focused show straight afterwards!

On this Episode: Headlines | Sony’s September State of Play

• Everything Shown at the PlayStation State of Play
• We played The Expanse: Osiris Reborn and have some thoughts!
• Nexon Reportedly Licensing StarCraft IP from Blizzard for Sequel
• Our review for Halloween: The Game is now live, and unfortunately, it’s in rough shape
• Xbox Game Pass reveals their first drop of games for September Wave 1 which brings Speedrunners 2, Black Ops: Cold War
• All this and more!

During Gamescom 2026, Playground Games showed us more Fable, and in a couple of ways. One, a live demonstration for fans at the Xbox booth, the other, a hands-on with the game as we got to experience Fable’s seamless mix of melee, magic and ranged combat. Jon wrote up this Fable | Hands-on Preview

Genghis reunites with a couple of classics. Our Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2 | Review