It's been one year since the PS5 and Xbox Series X were launched onto the world so this week Pete and Steve recap the first year of "next gen", what the consoles got right (or wrong), and what we can expect from them as we look forward to year two.

Pete also shares his thoughts on the latest game in the Marvel universe — Guardian's of the Galaxy!

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Pete APOLOGIZES to Steve for what he said about PlayStation and has found a new addiction in Magic the Gathering: Arena. Steve's been fishing in Moonglow Bay and has some hands-on impressions with Cloud Gaming on Xbox Series X and we round out the show BIG OL' BAG of listener mail!

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Pete & Steve played Back 4 Blood together and they're loving what they've seen. Disco Elysium may be one of Steve's GOTY contenders, but its Switch port is a nightmare. Pete is closing in on the end of Metroid Dread, but he's still got a ways to go.

It was also the week that Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe surprised the world with his new game Haunted Chocolatier and in our Talking Point, we ask the question: With God of War coming to Steam, are PC games the future of PlayStation?

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This week Pete and Steve discuss about *that* Kotaku article and what parts emulation and piracy play in video games. We also answer the question “if you could only have one console, which would it be?” and talk about what we've been playing.

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Pete & Steve finally got their hands on Halo Infinite and they can't wait for more! The question is: will Infinite be the game to put Halo back on the map?

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Netflix has entered the battle for Video Game streaming this week with the acquisition of Night School Studio, the team behind games like Oxenfree & After Party!

What does this mean for Night School & the future of games streaming as a whole? PLUS Xbox is making waves in Japan and Sony finally put a ring on Bluepoint's finger!

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Toby Fox surprise-dropped Chapter 2 of Deltarune and Pete has a LOT to say about the latest update to one of his favorite games. Steve has been playing Diablo 2 Resurrected, got into Prey while he waits for DEATHLOOP, and he even got into a few new indies!

And for our main topic, we check in on our predictions for the year and see who is in the lead after last week's Nintendo Direct.

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Arguably Pete's most anticipated game this year, DEATHLOOP, is a critical darling and one of the hottest games on the PS5. But how does it stack up to the rest of the games we've played this year?

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As FlipScreen Games' resident Life is Strange superfan, Pete has been been playing the latest entry in the series but does True Colors live up to his expectations for a Life is Strange game?

Steve, on the other hand, has been spending some time in arcades and getting far too sweaty on Dancing Stage (DDR) machines. We talk about our history with arcades, our favourite arcade games as kids (as well as some modern titles), and we also hear from the community!

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Spider-Man 2 has VENOM, God of War Ragnarok got a trailer AND Insomniac is making a new Wolverine game?! SOMEBODY CHECK ON PETE.

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