Extreme Gaming Podcast

Gray, Trev, and Hans tackle next-generation console rumours, Xbox’s studio shake-ups, and GTA 6’s expanding world—including a pricey merchandise collection that somehow forgets the game.The Witcher 3 remaster takes centre stage, with discussion of path tracing, accessibility improvements, and whether unofficial DLSS 5 mods make an already beautiful game worth replaying. Hans has now tested DLSS 5 across roughly 70 games, while another modder has squeezed neural rendering into a web browser.The crew also debates PS5 jailbreaks, emulation, physical media, and Meta’s ambitious VR glasses. Elsewhere, it’s Starfield’s uncertain sequel prospects, Microsoft’s in-game advertising patent, Fallout 76’s roadmap, AI-assisted graphics development, and The Division 2’s proposed crossplay rollout and new expansion.God of War’s Faye adventure rounds out the news before Witcher trivia produces questionable pronunciation and a disputed answer. Naturally. It’s another packed episode of gaming news, hardware frustration, enthusiastic PC tinkering and a healthy dose of fun.discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.comwww.extremegamingpodcast.cominfo@extremegamingpodcast.com

Episode 350 brings the full EGP crew together for a packed milestone show. Bungie promises to restore vaulted Destiny 2 content, prompting discussion about rebuilding trust, Destiny 3 and whether Marathon should survive. The team also examines War Dogs’ unexpected success, rising PC hardware costs, Xbox restructuring, Game Pass cloud limits and the eye-watering price of Valve’s Steam Frame.The Hot Shots include unofficial DLSS 5 experiments, RTX 60-series delays and PlayStation 6 rumours. Matt samples Road Diner Simulator before exploring The Commission, an ambitious GTA V roleplay project that drags Los Santos back to 1975. Hans somehow finds a Switch 2 for €150, while GTA 6 multiplayer and its enormous soundtrack enter the rumour mill.Finally, it’s Gears of War: E-Day PC specs, a strangely scented RTX 5070 and three increasingly difficult Gears trivia questions. Just another perfectly normal episode, lol.discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.comwww.extremegamingpodcast.cominfo@extremegamingpodcast.com

DLSS 5 takes center stage as Gray, Trev, and Hans examine the rapidly expanding world of unofficial neural-rendering mods. They compare DLSS 5 Autopilot, Swapper, Neural Upstream, frame generation, performance costs, slider controls, and Hans’ experiences testing the technology across dozens of games.The crew also discusses Sony’s argument that digital purchases are licenses rather than ownership, GTA 6 boosting console sales, Nintendo finally adding docked VRR to Switch 2, and the approach of Valheim 1.0. Plus: The Witcher 3’s free path-tracing upgrade, EA’s leaked Iron Man footage, outrageous RTX 5090 prices, the Ocarina of Time remake, Xbox rescuing Kojima’s PHYSINT, NVIDIA Pair turning home PCs into a local AI cluster, and Blizzard announcing a StarCraft shooter and Diablo V years in advance.It’s another packed episode of gaming news, hardware frustration, questionable business decisions, enthusiastic PC tinkering and a healthy dose of fun.discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.comwww.extremegamingpodcast.cominfo@extremegamingpodcast.com

EGP 348 brings Gray, Hans and Matt together for PlayStation disappointment, DLSS 5 experimentation, indie game reviews and a deep dive into gaming laptops.The crew reacts to Sony’s latest State of Play, debates PlayStation exclusives, digital ownership and whether clicking “Buy” should actually mean you own your game. Then DLSS 5 takes center stage as Hans shares his own testing, while the guys discuss huge performance penalties, VRAM usage, user-controlled neural-rendering sliders, DLSS 5 Swapper, OptiScaler improvements and modders repeatedly unlocking features Nvidia would rather keep restricted.Matt gives first impressions of the military sandbox War Dogs before reviewing the wonderfully strange zombie-and-alien survival game Beat Survival. Hans finally delivers his long-awaited desktop-vs-gaming-laptop comparison, including performance, noise, cooling and whether high-end laptops have become legitimate desktop replacements.The show closes with three Nvidia-themed “truth, the whole truth” trivia questions.discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.comwww.extremegamingpodcast.cominfo@extremegamingpodcast.com

EGP 347 this week is a two-man show with Gray and Hans, and Hans has just returned from Gamescom 2026 with plenty to report. He shares firsthand impressions of the massive crowds, huge booths, cosplay scene, indie areas and his long-awaited hands-on time with the new Castlevania, while Gray digs into the surprise reveal of The Witcher 3 Remastered and everything CD Projekt Red is changing.The guys also cover Crazy Taxi, Gears of War: E-Day, Star Wars: Zero Company, Age of Empires, retro gaming’s continued resurgence, laptop-heavy hardware booths and the realities of modern PC pricing.Later, the discussion turns to the massive Valve/Steam archive leak, RTX 5090 performance rumors, repasting an aging RTX 2080 Ti, and the leaked DLSS 5 developer build. Gray and Hans debate whether AI-driven graphics are genuinely transformative, overhyped, or simply inevitable—and why sliders may be the key to making DLSS 5 work.discord.gg/[email protected]