The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

Microsoft rebrands Xbox Live Gold, the Famicom turns 40, Jeff tells the story about that Penny Arcade comic strip and the potential job offer that came afterwards, and we’re also talkin’ Xenotilt, Exoprimal, and Diablo IV’s upcoming Season 1 all on this week’s edition of The Jeff Gerstmann Show.

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The latest energy drink news collides with the latest video game news as we talk about Chuck Schumer’s attempts to stop Logan Paul’s energy drink as well as the next UFC game, Black Panther, Sega of America’s new union, Yuji Naka’s prison sentence, and the startling lack of access to classic games in these modern times.

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Gollum has done it again! We’ll cover the fallout from the Lord of the Rings stuff, as well as Mars First Logistics, AEW Fight Forever, the future of the GoXLR, another three years of mania, a touch of news, your emails, and… there’s a can of Hard Monster sitting here, so let’s find out about that.

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Jeff decided he had to find out about the Asus ROG Ally for himself so he went out and bought one. How is it? Find out inside! We’ll also discuss the Mortal Kombat 1 stress test, last week’s Nintendo Direct, the future of physical video games, Xbox (not) buying Bungie again, and the most frightening energy drink in the history of this program.

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Jeff nukes a lobby in Combat Master, finishes Street Fighter 6’s World Tour, and wraps-up Diablo IV’s campaign. But let’s also talk about Metal Gear Solid 4 running on an Xbox 360, the future of Halo, Nintendo’s next hardware, and the lasting value of actual game journalism.

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SGF2023 is over and it’s time to talk about Starfield, Alan Wake 2, Mortal Kombat 1, the new Prince of Persia, the potential of Foamstars, Remnant 2, Embracer’s brutal restructuring, the FTC’s moves on Microsoft, and maybe even that Avatar game. Sivako!

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Yesterday I was able to spend a few minutes catching up with Ed Boon and discussing his next game, Mortal Kombat 1. It's been a long time! In fact, I don't think I've seen Ed since the reveal event for the previous game, Mortal Kombat 11. We get into why it took so long to get this game announced and ready as well as an extremely light discussion about features in the game that have yet to leak, Street Fighter 6's modern controls, the Mortal Kombat timeline, and more!

Hope you enjoy it! I've also got a bunch of gameplay footage and I'll be uploading that to YouTube at some point here, as well.

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Let’s catch up with Street Fighter 6 and Diablo IV while also talking about some Slayers X and Halls of Torment. Then we’ll get into Apple’s new virtual reality headset and how that has to be one of the silliest presentations I’ve seen in a long, long time. We’ll also discuss the 1-2 Switch sequel, Yuji Naka behind bars, Nintendo’s hardware, and more!

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It’s a big week for big sequels, so we’re going to spend a lot of this show talking about Street Fighter 6 and Diablo IV. Also… remember that PlayStation Showcase? Let’s recap that a bit and also talk about Embracer’s big dip, Dolphin’s chances of making Steam, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, and more.

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The haunted computer strikes in the middle of the night, but we’ve recovered in time to talk about Tears of the Kingdom, a little Lego 2K Drive, the future of Overwatch, this AEW: Fight Forever release date, the popularity of PlayStation VR2, and, yes, the latest moves from Intellivision and the Amico… brand? Amico Home?

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Is the next Mortal Kombat going to be the first Mortal Kombat? Can we build a Subway inside of Tears of the Kingdom and make Koroks make us hot sandwiches for the rest of eternity? Why does this show air on Tuesday, anyway? All of these questions and many more are answered within this, the 50th episode of this podcast!

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What if Scorpion was dummy thicc? What’s up with Xbox? Two equally weighty questions that we’ll spend the bulk of the show discussing.

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With Redfall coming in mediocre and the UK moving to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Microsoft, what’s next for the Xbox brand? Feels a little dicey, to be honest. We’ll also cover the buggy launch of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the endearing jank of Combat Master, that Gran Turismo movie trailer, the future of Titanfall, the allure of Bluesky over Twitter and the silliness of a Vampire Survivors animated series.

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Atari buys another pile of old games, Epic loses to Apple on appeal, and we discuss XDefiant, the new Street Fighter 6 news, the future of Nintendo films, Sega’s unionization efforts, fairness in fighting game tournaments, how NDAs and embargoes worked back in the day, and way more!

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This week we’re talking about Sega’s purchase of Angry Birds and how that can only mean that Billy Hatcher’s return is nigh. We’ll also get into North Dakota’s take on Sony’s exclusivity arrangements, the state of Halo, the potential… return? Of LawBreakers? As well as Mr. Sun’s Hatbox, Eminem’s recent output, Jeff’s love of Tron, and how wrestling reporters and video game reporters are kind of the same thing sometimes.

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This Mario movie is smashing all types of records while people seem decidedly mixed on it. Should I take my daughter to see it or would she have an absolute meltdown in a movie theater? We’ll also discuss Terra Nil, Crime Boss: Rockay City, Crab Champions, Nintendo’s new live show, the end of Dreams, and way more.

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Jeff’s back from the city of Los Angeles to talk about his time with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and his time watching Wrestlemania 39. A new Trackmania season begins, Meet Your Maker is out, and E3 is… dead? Sleeping? We’ll also talk about monetizing VR Teens, the BAFTAs, and what we actually want out of the future of video games.

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Dave Lang of Iron Galaxy Studios joins us to discuss the shutdown of Rumbleverse, the development mindset of WCW Backstage Assault, AI tools in game dev, and that Macklemore single. We'll also discuss Resident Evil 4, ths simple pleasures of Hitman, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the impending shutdown of MultiVersus, and more!

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We talk a bit about the end of Bad Company while also getting into the latest Need for Speed addition, letting catboys subsidize your gaming, the latest entries into the Video Game Hall of Fame, the Diablo IV beta, Trackmania on consoles, the latest album from 100 gecs, and how to properly spell esports.

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We’re talking Dead Cells Castlevania this week along with what it took to finally get Jeff to uninstall Destiny 2. Starfield’s got a date, Sony’s got a batch of new reasons why Microsoft shouldn’t own Activision, and newly unearthed footage of Spaceworld 2000 leads to a jersey discussion.

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Let’s reconvene and discuss Counter-Strike 2, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Facebook’s VR price cut its future headsets, the Austrian court system, Cities Skyline 2, that “impossible” Killzone 2 trailer, and the art of dusting out your PC.

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Let’s discuss the future of Mortal Kombat as well as Nintendo skipping out on E3, Konami potentially showing up at E3, a list of web domains owned by NBC Universal, IO Interactive’s next moves, and way more! Today! On The Jeff Gerstmann Show! 

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Sony’s new headset is just about out and Jeff has spent hours climbing and driving and shooting and… well, pretty much just those three things. He’s here to talk about the quality of the headset, its games, as well as Returnal on PC, Blizzard’s internal woes, the shakeup at Firaxis, just how dope Northern State truly was, and more!

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Jeff went off and played some Atari Jaguar CD games and has lived to tell the gruesome tale, but first we’ll talk about Metroid Prime getting Remastered, the true viability of Microsoft’s Game Pass, the new Cosmic Smash, the magic of Kirby’s Tilt ‘n’ Tumble, Girl Scout cookies, and more!

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Is it true that you have to get way into Rush if you want to move to Canada? We’ll attempt to find out as we discuss Hi-Fi Rush, Meet Your Maker, that incredible-looking Tekken 8 trailer, the future of Street Fighter, the end of Rumbleverse, the end of all onine games, some delisting of Xbox 360 games, Sir Tim Schafer’s royal royalness, and even more hits from our digital future! The podcast is go!

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It’s time to celebrate the best games of 2022 in this extra-long, ad-free presentation! Brought to you by Patreon Dot Com Slash Jeff Gerstmann! We’re also covering the news about E3 2023 as well as discussing some new releases like Dead Space, Forspoken, and Pizza Tower! This podcast literally has it all.

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After close to a week with LG’s new 240hz OLED monitor, Jeff Gerstmann has some thoughts. He also has some thoughts about Microsoft’s layoffs and Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in AI, some more Ubisoft talk, and the upcoming end of Marvel’s Avengers support.

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Ubisoft is back in the news as the company cancels more games and manages to delay Skull and Bones yet again. Let’s speculate wildly about Beyond Good & Evil 2, marvel at the ongoing situation over at Motorsport Games, and eyeball Sony’s hottest downloads for 2022. Also: my bad slippers dream. All this and more!

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Strange things are afoot in the Deathverse this week as Jeff Gerstmann comes to you live from his brand-new water park to discuss PlayStation movies, the MSX, Forza Motorsport, the end of Oculus Quest 1 support, and both versions of Syndicate.

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Twitch Website is on fire and we must turn to alternative means for streaming on this first podcast of 2023. We’ll talk about playing Unreal Tournament maps inside of Halo Infinite, visiting a fake K-Mart, some Hitman consolidation, and the ongoing disaster happening around video card pricing and availability as Nvidia plans to launch yet another GPU this week. This week? This week!

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It’s the last podcast of 2022! Everyone else has closed up shop for the rest of the year, so news is slight, but let’s talk about the upcoming games of 2023, the dark underbelly of idle games, this unfortunate port of The Rumble Fish 2, the power of Hyper Gunsport, and more!

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Glenn Rubenstein joins Jeff Gerstmann to discuss a pivotal moment in their shared history as well as a gigantic moment for the culture: the 1993 release of the soundtrack to the film Judgment Night. Also discussed: Son Doobie from Funkdoobiest.

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Jeff reports in after another weekend with Street Fighter 6, brags about all the guns he leveled up in MW2, then gets into the dark patterns of Fortnite, free two-day delivery on the next Tomb Raider, the end of Ash Ketchum, and the battery life on the DualSense Edge. All that! And more!

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Jeff Gerstmann returns to discuss installing a new graphics card and how putting a 4090 in his machine revealed an insidious software issue. Then we’ll talk monitors, RTX Remix, The Game Awards, the latest in the ongoing merger wars, and the very idea of NINE Bayonetta games??? That seems like a lot of Bayonetta games.

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Last week was a pretty big week for new games, so let’s discuss Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Need for Speed Unbound, and The Callisto Protocol. We’ll also spend some time talking about Elevator Action Returns, that ol’ Goat Simulator 3, and the news! Fortnite is on the latest technology, Microsoft wants to get this Activision deal done already, and apparently NetherRealm isn’t announcing a new game at The Game Awards this week. Nuts!

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Jeff Gerstmann is faced with a sudden and unexpected dilemma: how does one entertain two boys, one aged six and the other aged nine? Listen as he grapples with this topic (Combat????) while also discussing Astlibra Revision, Quake with raytracing, the Splinter Cell radio drama, Australian lootboxes, and the “seedy underbelly” of E3.

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It’s Thanksgiving week and we’re on one over here at The Jeff Gerstmann Show. Let’s talk about the frantic weirdness of Call of Duty’s new DMZ mode, a bit of the Warzone 2.0, and hey, how about some Evil West? Was Yuji Naka SET UP?????? Let’s discuss! Also a fair amount of wrestling talk now that AEW Fight Forever has been pushed to 2023 as well as Kenny Omega’s SNK boss vibes as he gets ready for Wrestle Kingdom.

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Digital Eclipse’s Mike Mika joins us to discuss the process of digging in the crates and building Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection, as well as his time developing Intellivision Amico games and much, much more. We’re also talking about McPixel 3, Sonic Frontiers, Control 2, Street Fighter 6, and The Game Awards nominees. Also more???? Dang, that’s a podcast.

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Happy Sonic Tuesday to all who celebrate. Let’s talk about Sonic Frontiers, God of War: Ragnarok, the state of Halo Infinite, AEW Fight Forever (not) coming to Game Pass on Day 1, Arcade Paradise’s new cabinets, the process of dumping Neo Geo Pocket Color carts, the snow festival, and yes, the wild price of the PlayStation VR2.

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Are Xbox prices going up? Are PSN engagement numbers falling? Is the sky falling? Is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II's SBMM ruining the entire video game industry? And where, exactly, is LaBron James? Solve all of these mysteries today on the latest installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show.

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It's time to go deep as we discuss the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II campaign, a little hands-on time with God of War: Ragnarok, those Gotham Knights, the 83 new Silent Hill games, and, heck, I guess we got into some other stuff somewhere along the way, too.

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Noclip’s Danny O’Dwyer joins us to discuss the rapidly changing media landscape, the Bayonetta 3 voice actor scandal, that new Mortal Kombat they just announced, repackaging old games for a new audience, Facebook’s new VR acquisitions, and more! 

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Longtime friend of the show Dave Snider joins us to talk about the rise of Dave Games, his increasing addiction to flight sims, and Linux on the Desktop? Is it finally time for Linux on the Desktop??? We're also covering Street Fighter 6, Overwatch 2, Brazil's take on the Microsoft/Activision deal, and much, much more.

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Jeff Gerstmann survived, and now he’s back to tell you all about the next Cyberpunk game, The Finals playtest, the abysmal gameplay of Hentai Survivors, some more Google Stadia fallout, the end of OnRush, and the absolute evils of Cocomelon. Oh, also a boatload of game music talk courtesy of the Gerstmann Advisory Panel! What a show!

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Well, me and the family have been laid up with everybody’s favorite illness this week, and we’re still making our way through it. Even recording this short hour of talk took it out of me, which really caught me by surprise. Also catching me by surprise this week is the end of Google Stadia, which happened while I was recording. Nice when that works out. There’s also some game talk and other news, as well as a hot BONUS in the form of an extended chunk of the first episode of the Patreon-exclusive podcast, Game Boyz II Men! I hope you enjoy the bonus and I hope to be back enough next week to put on a proper Tuesday show. See ya soon.

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OK, you distract the janitor when he goes for out for his lunch break. While he’s distracted, I’ll reach down and clone his security card. Then we’ll bust into the school later that night and change our grades and never have to go to summer school ever again! Let’s also talk about these insane new Nvidia 4090 cards, that Grand Theft Auto 6 leak, the Modern Warfare 2 beta, the horrors of Hyper Demon, PSVR2, and hecka more!

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The fall harvest season is upon us, which must mean it’s time for Nintendo to announce 62 new farming games! We’re also talking about Splatoon 3, the ongoing issues that still make Cyberpunk 2077 a drag, this weird GoldenEye announcement, Babylon’s Fall’s Fall, and, somehow, the rise of the influencer era and what it meant for video game coverage.

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Splitgate gets into the good news/bad news zone, SOCOM gets a “loving homage” on Steam, and why using AI for QA probably won’t solve all the problems, all on this week’s installment of The Jeff Gerstmann Show!

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Everything was going great until Pac-Man came along and messed it all up. Let's talk about Pac-Man World Re-Pac, the rising price of the PlayStation 5, Denuvo on the Switch, the future of the Steam Deck, and the future of FTR in AEW Fight Forever!

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Saints Row is out today and we need to talk about it. Then we'll briefly touch on some Dead Island 2, Arcade Paradise, the sheer joy of Midnight Fight Express, and Sega's plans for Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone movies?

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