Eurogamer Podcasts

Summer Game Fest brought plenty of announcements though few genuine surprises.  Eurogamer's news team shares their favourites, rates the night overall, and provides you with their best impressions of the Clickers from The Last of Us. Tom Phillips hosts, joined by Eurogamer news reporters Ed Nightingale and Victoria Kennedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And how will Xbox cope without Starfield this year? Eurogamer Newscast features our team of news reporters discussing the week's biggest headlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Newscast is a weekly show in which the Eurogamer news team pick apart the major talking points in news that week.   This week, we're talking about FIFA - or from next year, EA Sports FC. The breakup of FIFA and EA has sparked numerous headlines this week, as both sides have claimed the deal is good for them.   But behind all the bluster, what do we think EA Sports FC will really look like in future? And does FIFA stand any chance of coming up with a rival game developed in time for next year? Joining me to discuss all of that are Eurogamer news reporters Victoria Kennedy and Ishraq Subhan, plus resident footy fan Wesley Yin-Poole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find out more about supporting Eurogamer here: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe   It's Overwatch 2 week but not quite the week Blizzard will have imagined. The servers haven't worked, there are huge queues to play in the evening, and even when people can log in, there are overly complicated character unlock systems and bolshy Battle Passes to contend with. It's not entirely clear what's new in this second game when you can play it, either.   Overwatch 2 is overwhelmingly Overwatch. It's the same conclusion Edwin Evans-Thirlwell came to in a quick impressions piece published this week while he works on his full review. And it's hard not to agree with him. Faced with the same maps and the same characters, Overwatch 2 feels like the same game so many of us will have played so many times before. The differences are there, though, and given time, they make themselves felt.    Overwatch 2 is the talking point of the week, then, and I've invited Edwin onto Weekly to talk about it. My other guest this week is news reporter Victoria Kennedy, who joins us to talk about Gotham Knights, Moonbreaker and CD Projekt Red as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Were you fortunate enough to make it down to EGX London this year? It was this past weekend, and, if you ask me, there was a nice vibe around the place. It was nice to be back playing games together relatively unimpeded by the pandemic, and the show is feeling much more like its old self again. But what caught our eye there?   That's what I'm talking to my two Weekly guests Martin Robinson and Liv Ngan about today. What did Liv think of Wo Long, did Martin like Street Fighter 6, and why was everyone talking about new card game Wildfrost?   Elsewhere in today's show, I catch us up on some of the reviews we've missed while we've been away - sorry for the gap in our programming, but I've had some time off - before getting onto what will probably be the hot topic of the week: the FIFA 23 review. It's the final FIFA-branded game, and there's a lot to both like, and loathe, about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eurogamer premium supporters get these episodes first. Find out more here: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe   Our Chris is back from Gamescom and he's pooped, yet despite that, it sounds as though he had a nice time. Who needs all the hullabaloo when a quieter event allows smaller games some air?    In today's episode of Weekly, Chris takes us back there, to Gamescom 2022, sharing what it was like on the show floor, as well as the games that caught his eye and the gossip he heard. It's particularly entertaining to hear about his meeting with Callisto Protocol boss Glen Schofield, who seems to have left quite an impression - an impression Chris delightfully re-enacts.   We also dive into the big review of the week, Immortality, which Chris wrote. This is the new game from Her Story and Telling Lies developer Sam Barlow, so it arrives with anticipation. And it seems it dazzlingly lives up to it. And here we hear why.   Also on Weekly: Liv Ngan, our work experience reporter, making her show debut. She tells us what she thought of Gamescom - she's a huge Dead Space fan so she's excited for Callisto Protocol - and what she thinks of working at Eurogamer. Gulp.   All that plus a speedy look around the site at everything else going on. It's The Last of Us - Part 1 PS5 remake week, so there's loads of coverage to be had.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eurogamer supporters get Weekly and One-to-one before everyone else. Find out more here: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe   It's another Weekly, the podcast show where we - the writers of Eurogamer - recap what's been going on on the website for you.    Joining me today are news reporter Victoria Kennedy, who you'll recognise from the Newscast, and the Strandmon of features, Christian Donlan.   This week, we're revelling in the superbness of Roll7's new game Rollerdrome, we're delving into musical episodic adventure We Are OFK, and we're wondering about the accessibility potential of the PS5 DualSense pad and the fancy rumble features. We're diving into Sea of Thieves, splash!, years after release, and then whizzing around the bigger headlines this week.    Relax as we bring you up to speed - gosh that sounds naughty - on Eurogamer goings-on. See you again on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find out more about supporting Eurogamer here: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe   Today on Weekly, the show that recaps the week for you, we hear from news reporter Ed Nightingale about Two-Point Campus, the new management game in which you run a university. And he likes it. And we hear from features editor Christian Donlan about the adorably stylish action RPG Cult of the Lamb, which he reviewed, as well as the game he's currently reviewing: Arcade Paradise. And it's Arcade Paradise he sounds particularly excited about. It's a game about running a laundrette but also about running an arcade within it. Sounds unusual? It is. But also, potentially, brilliant.   That plus a rundown of all the other features and videos and news around the site that caught host Bertie's eye.   That was Weekly. We'll see you next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another Friday, another Weekly - the show where we recap the week on Eurogamer for you. Remember, premium supporters listen from Friday whereas everyone else listens from Monday.   Today, we've got former Eurogamer writer Emma Kent back! And it turns out that since moving on from Eurogamer, she's rediscovered a passion for football. And she's thrown herself so fully into it that she'll soon be in the FA Cup!    She's also been turning out some great pieces for us, including two two State of the Game pieces - one on Valheim and one, more recently, on Red Dead Online. And it's that that we dive into first today.    We hear more from Christian Donlan about the two games he reviewed this week, Hindsight and Hard West 2. Hindsight being the exploration of memory and grief that follows a woman returning to her family home following her mother's death; and Hard West 2 being the cowboys meets XCOM game with a few formula-exaggerating ideas of its own. And they're both great.   I talk a bit about South of the Circle, meanwhile, the game with superb acting that impressed me this week; we get into MultiVersus, the Smash Bros.-alike with Warner Bros. characters; and I really like the look of The Mortuary Assistant, which Zoe and Ian take a closer look at this week. All that plus our thoughts of Fortnite years on, an exciting Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 VR remake, and a rundown of the news that stood out to me this week.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another week ends, meaning it's time for another Weekly, the quick-talking podcast where we recap the week on Eurogamer for you. Remember, premium supporters of Eurogamer get episodes on Friday whereas everyone else listens from Monday. Find out more here: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe   Today on Weekly, Martin Robinson dives into Xenoblade Chronicles 3, a game he's just rated Essential and spent the last month playing. What's so good about it? And can I play it if I haven't played the others? We hear it from the horse's mouth. (Note: Martin is not actually a horse.)   Christian Donlan, meanwhile, takes us into the world of Rollderdrome, which looks to be another banger from London-based OlliOlli developer Roll7 - how does it do it? This game is a rollerskates shooter where you need to pull off tricks to power your combat. Donlan is very into it.    He's also quite into GTA Online, which he dipped into yesterday to try the new Paper Trail missions.   Also: I recall what it was like meeting Zzap!64 and GTA legend Gary Penn, who has some incredible stories to tell; and I give my thoughts on Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2, which was re-released with some improvements this week. We also talk Grand Theft Auto 6, following the Bloomberg/Schrier exposé earlier this week; and about Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the remake of which has been postponed, seemingly, forever.   All that plus all of the other features, news and videos from around the site that caught my eye this week. This was Weekly and we'll see you next week.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well look who we've got on Weekly today: it's Ian Higton all the way over from YouTube land, where everyone communicates in video. He's here to talk about virtual reality as often as he can, as well as tell us about changes on the Eurogamer video team. Aoife, if you didn't know, is off on maternity leave. Good luck, Aoife!   Also joining me today is guides editor Lottie Lynn who reviewed the game everyone's meowing about this week: Stray. Have you and your pet played it yet?    Meanwhile, I talk more about the other big game that came out this week, As Dusk Falls, which I really liked, and we dig into Valheim 'a few years later' following Emma's State of the Game piece about it.   That plus some Saints Row chat, some Stanley Parable chat, a bit of Halo Infinite co-op chat, and a rundown of all the headlines that caught my eye around the site this week. Can Ian resist buying a Lego Atari 2600? We find out.   Weekly is a roundup show that catches you up with the week on Eurogamer and discusses some of the bigger topics in more depth. Premium supporters of the site get the episodes first, on Friday, whereas everyone else listens from Monday.   Find out more here: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Weekly time, the podcast show where we recap the week on Eurogamer for you. Remember premium supporters get these episodes every Friday, whereas everyone else listens from Monday.   To find out more about becoming a premium subscriber, head over to Eurogamer: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe   Today on Weekly, I'm joined by editor in chief Martin Robinson and features editor Christian Donlan. We talk about the amazing space pictures pumped back from the James Webb telescope this week, which Christian is very excited about, and we dive into the Mothmen legend and new game Mothmen 1966, which again, Christian is very excited about.   Elsewhere, we take a look at the hulking beast that is Grand Theft Auto Online, we dip into Company of Heroes 3, and talk about the upcoming cinematic game As Dusk Falls, which I'm very excited about. And of course we whizz through all the other videos, features and news that stood out on the site this week.   I hope you enjoy the show.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to another Weekly, the show where we recap Eurogamer for you.   Remember, premium supporters of Eurogamer get these episodes every Friday, when they're freshest. Everyone else listens from Monday.   Today on Weekly, I'm joined by reviews editor Chris Tapsell and managing editor Matt Reynolds - no relation to Ryan Reynolds - and our major talking point is our brand new State of the Game series. Maybe you've seen Chris' League of Legends piece, or the Final Fantasy 14 piece we published yesterday.   The idea is to revisit games that have seen a bit of life, been out in the wilds of the world for a few years - or many years as the case may be. How have they changed? Are they better? What state are they in? They are the kinds of questions the series hopes to answer.   It's a great opportunity for us to dive into games that sometimes pass us by - games like League of Legends, which Chris has been itching to write about for years, or games like Final Fantasy 14, which is somehow, eight years into its life, having its most prosperous era ever. And there are plenty more.   Elsewhere, we take a closer look at Pokémon Go (an ideal candidate for that State of the Game series), which turned six years old this summer. Can you believe it? I still remember the excitement of spotting people playing it in the park. People, outside, playing video. It was, and still is, remarkable.   Matt Reyolds knows the game very well. He can still remember the shambolic first Go Fest event he went to in Chicago. But Go Fest returned after an extended three-year COVID break this year in Berlin, and our Tom Phillips went to see what it was like.   I also talk a bit more about being a judge for the Green Game Jam this year, which I really enjoyed and I was encouraged by, but I'd love to see more big gaming companies taking part next year.    All that plus a whistle-stop tour of the news - God of War: Ragnarok is actually coming out this year! - and other features, reviews and videos, that caught our eye on the site this week.   I'm Bertie, this was Weekly, we'll see you next week.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the Weekly show, we're talking Pride Week, as well as recapping the rest of Eurogamer for you.   My guests wrote some of the wonderful pieces we've published as part of Pride Week. They are show newcomers Ed Nightingale, a news reporter on Eurogamer - who you'll recognise from the Newscast - and, all the way from tabletop land, Dicebreaker senior staff writer Alex Meehan. Alex often writes the Dicebreaker Recommends posts you see on Eurogamer each month.   Ed helped organise Pride Week this year so we begin with his thoughts on it, before moving onto his interview with the first openly trans eSports caster, Eli "Captain Fluke". She's blazing a trail in the Rainbow Six Siege and Valorant worlds and helping power a self-fulfilling loop of change there.   Alex, meanwhile, wrote about how a visual novel game called Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers provided her with a safe space to enjoy her sexuality away from the preconceptions and pressure sometimes attached to it. She also wrote about loud and proud tabletop RPG Thirsty Sword Lesbians, calling it "a glorious escape from inhibition".   Pride Week has been brilliant and there are still some pieces to come. My  podcast interview with BioWare/Dragon Age legend David Gaider is among them and will be made available to everyone later today. A big shout out to Matt Wales for putting the whole week together, and to Lottie Lynn and Ed for helping him.   Also on Weekly, we talk about super-exciting new Devolver game Cult of the Lamb, which I've just fallen in love with; we take a closer look at  timeline-altering horror game Eternal Threads, which Vikki has just reviewed; and we whisk through the recent Nintendo Direct, singling out the announcements that stood out to us. Ed manages to also talk about Lady D stepping on him again as he looks forward to Resident Evil Village DLC Shadows of Rose. That, plus everything else that caught my eye around the site this week.   I'm Bertie, this was Weekly, and we'll see you next week.   Eurogamer supporters get Weekly episodes every Friday, ahead of everyone else. They also get One-to-one episodes two weeks early, plus a whole host of other benefits. To find out more about becoming a Eurogamer supporter, head over to the Eurogamer website: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Weekly time, which means strap in while we recap Eurogamer this week for you. All you have to do is press play. I know, I know, we're spoiling you - you don't even have to read the site any more (note: you definitely do).   My guests today are Martin "the chief" Robinson and Chris "the brain" Tapsell, and we've got a lot to talk about. There's the whole PlayStation Plus relaunch, for starters. Is it any good? Chris has thoughts, as you might have already read, and Martin has plenty too.    Chris also has plenty to say about a game he reviewed this week called Milky Way Star - The Vampire Prince, which is a niche kind of visual novel but sounds fascinating when explained. Meanwhile, Martin explains the charms of musou games, as we talk Fire Emblem: Three Hopes, then tells us about his candid interview with DICE about what's next for Battlefield 2042 after its disastrous launch. He's a big fan and suffice to say, he's enthused.   All that plus some chit-chat about Creative Assembly's new game Hyenas, which we're on the fence about; Yuji Naka hanging out with Michael Jackson, which, yeah; plus lots more feature, news and video talk besides.   Weekly is released every Friday for supporters and everyone else listens from Monday. I hope you enjoy the show. We'll see you next week.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's episode five of Weekly, our podcast show in which we recap the week on Eurogamer for you. We know you're busy so don't worry, we've got your back.   Remember, premium supporters of Eurogamer get these episodes every Friday, whereas everyone else listens from the following Monday. Find out more about supporting us here: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe   My guests this week are features editor Christian Donlan and guides editor Lottie Lynn, and Donlan's cat Milton who wasn't invited but came along anyway.   In episode five we take a closer look at the PC Gaming Show and Capcom Showcase, which came at the tail-end of the Summer Game Fest bonanza, and we dive deeper into our thoughts on remade Turtles game Shredder's Revenge; the superb new Olli Olli World expansion Void Riders; and we get all catty about Stray, a cyberpunky game about a being cat and which is shaping up to be one of the most promising titles this year.   On top of that, we talk a bit about our reviews for Neon White, Please Fix the Road, and Deathrun TV, concluding that good grief, games are really good at the moment; we take a look at what the Eurogamer Video team has been up to; we try to understand what Digital Foundry has been up to; and we take a look at all of the other headlines that have stood out to us this week. Warning: contains the words "Fallout 5" and "Movie adaptations of games".   All of Eurogamer's Summer Game Fest coverage is here: https://www.eurogamer.net/e3-2022-guide-conference-schedule-times-dates-streams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to weekly, a show where we recap the week in games on Eurogamer for you, whisking through the reviews, news, features and videos that stood out.   This week we look back at Summer Game Fest, the moment the Xbox/Bethesda conference wraps. We talk about what's been announced and what our highlights have been. And we're joined live from LA by Martin Robinson who's been at the physical incarnation of the show. Features editor Christian Donlan also joins us for the show.   Don't forget to check out our written round-ups of everything that happened at Summer Game Fest over on the Eurogamer website: https://www.eurogamer.net/e3-2022-guide-conference-schedule-times-dates-streams#section-8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the third episode of Weekly, our newish show where we recap the week on Eurogamer for you. We look at reviews and features, news and videos, and pull out some of the talking points from the week.   Those alking points this week are the PlayStation Plus relaunch, which we don't dwell on because the Newscast tackles it in much more detail. But we do dwell on the new Evil Dead game, which we've been playing, and Warner Bros.' new Smash Bros.' (how many brothers can there be?) game Multiversus, which we've also been playing. Are either of them any good?   My guests this week are Eurogamer editor in chief Martin Robinson and, for the first time, the wonderful Christian Donlan, our features editor here.   Eurogamer premium supporters get these Weekly recaps first, every Friday, and everyone else listens from the following Monday. We hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weekly recaps the week on Eurogamer for you. We look at the notable news, reviews, features and videos you might have missed. Don't have time? Don't worry, we've got your back.     Weekly is hosted by Eurogamer veteran Bertie Purchese and features a rotating roster assembled from the Eurogamer team and beyond.   Supporters of the Eurogamer website get these episodes every Friday, a few days before everyone else. See the website for how to subscribe. Talking points this week: Starfield delayed: https://www.eurogamer.net/starfield-and-redfall-delayed-to-2023 EA ditching the FIFA brand: https://www.eurogamer.net/after-almost-30-years-ea-is-officially-ditching-the-fifa-brand-1 Nintendo's Indie showcase: https://www.eurogamer.net/all-the-big-announcements-from-nintendo-indie-world Microsoft's brilliant new accessibility peripherals: https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-unveils-new-accessibility-focused-adaptive-accessories-range Unconvincing Gotham Knight footage: https://www.eurogamer.net/new-gotham-knights-reveal-debuts-nightwing-and-red-hood-gameplay Ian plays Elden Ring in VR and it's as eye-popping as you expect: https://www.eurogamer.net/exploring-elden-ring-in-first-person-vr-is-a-real-game-changer What's Microsoft going to do about Xbox DRM that stopped people playing games they owned? https://www.eurogamer.net/microsofts-dodgy-drm-comes-into-the-limelight-and-no-ones-smiling F1 breaking America is great, but it raises big questions for the sport and series going forwards: https://www.eurogamer.net/codemasters-f1-series-faces-the-same-balancing-act-as-the-sport Loot River is great: https://www.eurogamer.net/loot-river-review-the-dungeon-crawl-reconfigured For everything else, see: Eurogamer video: https://www.youtube.com/c/eurogamer/videos Digital Foundry: https://www.eurogamer.net/digital-foundry And Eurogamer: https://www.eurogamer.net/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weekly recaps the week on Eurogamer for you. We look at the notable news, reviews, features and videos you might have missed. Don't have time? Don't worry, we've got your back.     Weekly is hosted by Eurogamer veteran Bertie Purchese and features a rotating roster assembled from the Eurogamer team and beyond.     Supporters of the Eurogamer website get these episodes every Friday, a few days before everyone else. See the website for more information about how to subscribe: https://www.eurogamer.net/   Some of the talking points this week: Square Enix sells studios and IP alarmingly cheap:  https://www.eurogamer.net/square-enix-sells-off-western-studios-and-ip-including-tomb-raider-and-deus-ex The old Tomb Raider trilogy was great: https://www.eurogamer.net/remembering-crystal-dynamics-original-tomb-raider-trilogy Reggie Fils-Aime doesn't like GameBoy Micro but we do: https://www.eurogamer.net/game-boy-micro-was-a-nonstarter-reggie-fils-aime-warned-nintendo What the hell is weird pub game Toads: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-joy-of-toads-and-the-fight-for-east-sussexs-world-championships Ian plays Elden Ring upside down for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kviGIQeP1ak Citizen Sleeper review: https://www.eurogamer.net/citizen-sleeper-review-a-gentle-cerebral-game-of-belonging-and-survival Switch Sports review:  https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-switch-sports-review-online-or-local-its-a-treat King Arthur: Knight's Tale review:  https://www.eurogamer.net/king-arthur-knights-tale-review-nice-ideas-cant-lift-a-trudgy-core Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Demonhunters review: https://www.eurogamer.net/warhammer-40000-chaos-gate-daemonhunters-review-rich-raucous-space-marine-strategy   For everything else, see Eurogamer. Thank you. See you in a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices