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News Game Plus

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New Game Plus is a new look take on gaming TV. Incorporating a strong gaming focus, with a healthy dose of related subcultures, NG+ aims to bring you thoughtful reviews, exclusive interviews and event coverage, and the best videos from a range of specialist contributors.
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Episodes

Back in the saddle

Dermie and Jason discuss Nintendo's latest direct, the influence of WB on the re-release of Multiversus and more as we shake the rust off after the break.

Jun 28, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 2

News Game Plus Rebirth

Dermie and Jason reunite to discuss the former E3 window and what it's become, as well as gaming IP TV shows and what becomes of Steam after GabeN.

Jun 17, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 1

News Game Plus Podcast 83 - How Do Numbers Even Work?

Dermie and Jason pull apart another big week in gaming news: - Why Gamepass is a parent's best friend - Why in-game chat is dead - Results of the IGEA report about gaming during lockdown - Minecraft is coming to Gamepass (but Caves and Cliffs is still in limbo) - We tried Xcloud and game streaming on Australian internet and it was not awful - FarCry and fighting chickens #newsgameplus more

Nov 28, 2021•1 hr 24 min

News Game Plus Podcsast 81 - Bad Sony Edition

More game news with Dermie and Jason: - Dermie loves his reconditioned Gameboy Advance with backlit screen - Will Sportsball Fans and Esports ever get along? - Why you should get your child a Switch instead of letting them play iPad games - The dirty tricks that social media platforms are using to protecting their turf - MSM finally did a (half) decent story about videogames - Epic lawsuit reveals Sony's cross-play shenanigans - Sony got an awful Esports gambling-related patent - Seriously it is...

Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 14 min

News Game Plus Podcast 80

Catch up on all the videogame news with Dermie and Jason: - Titanfall trolls Polygon and gets popular again - A Chinese man was arrested for threatening to kill the Genshin Impact devs because they removed his favourite bunny costumes - Sega selling NFTs - Sony Playstation sales numbers - Fortnite makes almost half its money from Playstation players - Esports and gambling ads shows the continual lack of imagination in tech and gaming spaces - Epic refusing to put Fornite on xCloud because it's a...

Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 4 min

News Game Plus Podcast 79 - the mostly Sony edition

Dermie and Jason are back for another dose of videogame news: - Industry personal moves - XBox Live Gold no longer required to play rubbish games like Fortnite - PS3 and Vita stores no longer being closed - Sony patents A.I. that will finish hard levels for you - Knuckles will be in the Sonic 2 movie probably because Sega no longer makes the third episode of Sonic things any more - Sony is paying devs to keep their games off GamePass - Sony is also paying devs to not allow cross-play - Sonic gam...

Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 4 min

News Game Plus Podcast 78

Dermie and Jason are back with the an in-depth take on the big gaming news: - Minecraft Cave and Cliffs update is now coming in 2 parts and Dermie thinks Microsoft has a problem - Square Enix says it is not for sale - Oxenfree 2 announced (play the first one now if you haven't) - PS5 can now save games to USB but as usual because it is Sony there is a big catch - More games get FPS boosts including Crysis because your console isn't hot enough - Ubisoft is shutting down some game servers - Avenge...

Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 8 min

News Game Plus Podcast 77

Dermie and Jason look at another big week of videogame news: - Peter Dutton is blaming Grand Theft Auto for sexism - Ghost of Tsushima is getting a movie - Among Us is coming to GamePass - Cancel Culture is after Six Days in Fallujah, but Dermie reckons everybody is looking in the wrong direction - EA Play now part of GamePass PC - Which games got an FPS boost on Xbox Series S & X ? - Will Pikmin AR succeed where Minecraft AR failed? - One day in the future when your PS4 battery dies your ga...

Apr 30, 2021•1 hr

News Game Plus Podcast 76

Another massive week of gaming news gets pulled apart and mocked by Dermie and Jason: - Will Halo Infinite be open world? - Dermie explains how Elite Dangerous destroyed itself and became no fun - How political will Six Days In Fallujah actually be? - Denuvo DRM is being used in PS5 games for some reason - Take 2 CEO reckons gamers want to pay more money for games #newsgameplus lots more

Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 6 min

News Game Plus Podcast 75 - Mario In Charge Edition

Another big week of gaming news means another big podcast. Dermie and Jason deep dive into: - anti-union ads on Twitch - are videogame controversies looking in the wrong place for things to get upset about? - Harry Potter - Cyberpunk 2077 can not be played in 4K on any existing GPU - Diablo save files - Sony is dead in Japan; Nintendo is in charge now - Switch 4K rumours #newsgameplus more

Apr 08, 2021•59 min

News Game Plus Podcast 74 - People Behaving Badly Edition

Dermie and Jason update you on another massive week in gaming news: - Lots of Pokemon announcements - Is the PS5's speedy new hard drive too speedy for its own good? - A Division movie is coming - Harry Potter game shenanigans - Anthem is dead but will anybody notice? - Epic settles a class action in V-Bucks as if that is real money now - Apple demands all Steam's sales info and Steam says GTFO fite me IRL #newsgameplus more

Mar 10, 2021•55 min

News Game Plus Podcast 73 - The Last Of Pedro Edition

We're back after being grounded again. This week Dermie and Jason catch up on 2 big weeks of gaming news: - Xbox Series X backward compatibility gets even better - Splatoon 3 is coming to Switch - Fall Guys is coming to Switch and Xbox - Bungie has a new IP coming in 2025 - Diablo 2 is being remastered - Last year's Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 announcements were exactly what we thought they were at the time - The Last Of Us TV show gets its 2 main actors - Sony's PS5 game pricing is suicidal - The ...

Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 13 min

News Game Plus Podcast 72 - Stonks Edition

Everybody was talking stonks this week so Dermie and Jason got their Trading Places vibe on and joined in: - we have the latest stats about employment in the Australia videogame industry - AMD says PS5 and Xbox Series X shortages will continue for the first half of this year - Gamestonk #newsgameplus more

Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 16 min

News Game Plus Podcast 71 - Sleep Deprived Edition

Dermie and Jason get stuck into the latest 2021 videogame news and there is a lot to cover: - Resident Evil Village will set a world record for going Rule 34 - You don't need Xbox Gold to play Fortnite but you should because it is a bad game - Vicarious Visions merges into Blizzard - Melbourne dev Big Ant purchased by Nacom - An open world Star Wars game is coming from the team that made The Division - Minecraft Earth getting shut down because we were all grounded - Optus and Telstra have one jo...

Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 3 min

News Game Plus Podcast 70 - 2020 Rewind Part 2

In the second part of our 2020 Rewind, Dermie and Jason revisit all the big videogame stories from the post-apocalyptic, locked-down version of 2020, and look at how everything actually turned out. #newsgameplus

Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 22 min

News Game Plus Podcast 69 Dude - 2020 Rewind Part 1

In the first part of our 2020 Rewind, Dermie and Jason revisit all the big videogame stories from before the world was grounded. Remember the carefree days when we had announcements like Pax Aus dates or when E3 was still a thing? Good times. #newsgameplus

Dec 29, 2020•1 hr 11 min

News Game Plus Podcast 68 - Cyberpunk Edition

Another week of massive gaming news with Dermie and Jason: - What the hell is going on with Cyberpunk 2077? - Fortnite is stealing ideas again - it's only a matter of time before they start a podcast called News Game Plus - EA wins the auction for Codemasters on Ebay - Telstra reckons they can make your games go faster - We need to talk about Devotion and China #newsgameplus

Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min

News Game Plus Podcast 66

Dermie and Jason are back with the week's big gaming news. All your favourite segments are here - Pants Watch, Twitter Is Full Of Dickheads, and Jason Has Bad Taste In Movies. Now guaranteed to have at least 20% videogame related content!! #newsgameplus

Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min

News Game Plus Podcast 65

Dermie and Jason are back for another irreverent take on the latest news in videogames... - Avengers is yet to turn a profit for Square Enix - xCloud streaming could be coming to smart TVs as an app - Cyberpunk 2077 is now only delaying DLC announcements - Fortnite has a monthly subscription - Tim Sweeney does it again #newsgameplus

Dec 04, 2020•54 min

The New Game Plus TV Podcast - Nov 26 2020

Don reviews Destiny 2 Beyond Light, Meg reviews Bugsnax, Jason reviews Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity and Em reviews Spider-Man Miles Morales!

Nov 29, 2020•1 hr 36 min

News Game Plus Podcast 64 - Schadenfreude Edition

Dermie and Jason take another irreverent look at the week's big gaming news: - Is Square Enix selling its IPs to Ubisoft after their Avengers disaster? - More PS5 Bugs - Cyberpunk 2077 - The best and worst videogame movies - Activision Blizzard casualising staff - Esports and The Game Awards #newsgameplus

Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 9 min

News Game Plus Podcast 63 - No Pants Edition

Dermie and Jason take another irreverent look at the week's big gaming news: - Fake News and smoking Xboxes - PS5 Bugs - Take 2 buying Codemasters - No 1440 mode in PS5 unless you ask nice - Twitch DMCA shenanigans #newsgameplus

Nov 19, 2020•42 min

News Game Plus Podcast 62

We're back to recording live in person. Dermie and Jason take an irreverent look at the week's big gaming news: - Mass Effect is getting a Legendary Edition and a new game - Sony shuts down a company making replacement wings for the PS5 - Kinect is even deaderer now - Tom Holland as Nathan Drake - A Stadia creative director is trying to get himself fired - Streaming services on the new consoles - Jason answers viewer questions about his new Xbox Series X - Baby Yoda makes a guest appearance but ...

Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 2 min

News Game Plus #61 - Monsters and Military

Dermie and Jason talk about something sportsball TV coverage gets away with that videogames wouldn't, the new Monster Hunter movie, Sega's 60th anniversary giveaways, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series backward compatibility, changing history in games to make us feel better, and the disturbing ramifications of requiring a Facebook login to use an Oculus headset. #newsgameplus

Oct 19, 2020•52 min
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