Forza Motorsport is nearly upon us and Jeff has spent a little time with an early version of the game. We’ll also talk about what Unity is up to, Nintendo’s new developer demos, Steam’s 20th birthday, plumbers, Gearbox, and more!

067: The Wheels Have Never Been Rounder

Jeff Gerstmann brings his extreme knowledge of video games, the video game industry, and energy drinks to you each and every week.

Technology

Tech News

Podcasting

Gadgets

Software How-To

Video Games

Games & Hobbies

Hobbies

Leisure

Arthur Gies from Wirecutter joins as we discuss this year’s Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Showcase, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, The Rogue Prince of Persia, the future of the non-Intellivision Amico, a supposed Doom prequel, the future of FIFA video games, the state of games media, and way, way more.

103: Arsenio Hall in Zombies Mode

Let’s talk all about Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, which is out now. Also: Diablo IV’s loot overhaul, Mullet Madjack, RetroArch on iOS, Ghost of Tsushima on PC, Sakurai’s Saga: Fast Start Times, Microsoft’s AI laptop ambitions and what that might mean for the future of Xbox, and a game that isn’t NBA Jam… but it sure looks like it wants to be NBA Jam.

102: Hellblade II

PlayStation gets not one but two CEOs! Square Enix forms a three-year plan! Animal Well! Xbox looks a little lost out there! Also: I must’ve entered some kind of fugue state and before I knew what was going on I had reinstalled Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint and played like seven hours of it?

101: Has Xbox Hit Its Breakpoint?

Hades II is out in Early Access, let’s talk about it! Also: Xbox shuts down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and more? The Helldivers 2 PSN fiasco gets recapped, XDefiant gets a launch date, and your emails!

100: Buy A Studio, Close A Studio

We talk about hitting 33333333333 in Tekken 8, as well as Stellar Blade’s frustrating animation stuff, the absolute joy of playing Minishoot’ Adventures, and Xbox’s upcoming summer showcase event with Call of Duty, Gears of War, and more. Also Square’s out there canceling more games? I’ll also take your emails! And read them!

067: The Wheels Have Never Been Rounder

Download our free app to listen on your phone