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All of Eurogamer's podcasts under one roof. Subscribe here for the weekly Newscast show, the in-depth interview series One-to-One, and the occasional one-off. Newscast is hosted by Eurogamer editor-in-chief Tom Phillips, and discusses the biggest goings-on in games. And One-to-One is hosted by associate editor Bertie Purchese, who finds fascinating people from around the world of games to talk to. Find out more about supporting Eurogamer on the website: https://www.eurogamer.net/subscribe

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Newscast: Where do superhero games go next, after their live-service stumbles?

May 02 2024 34 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, following the announcement of a new Batman Arkham game for Meta Quest VR headsets, we talk about the future of superheroes in video games. At a time when superhero films feel at risk of real burnout, could similar happen in the video game space as well? And are we already seeing that, with repeated flops such as Marvel's Avengers, Gotham Knights

Newscast: Video game TV and movie adaptations that need to happen next

Apr 18 2024 33 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, after the success of Amazon's Fallout TV series, we discuss the TV and movie adapatations of video games we'd love to see next. Not every video game series fits an adaptation, and even the ones which do might need some work. You need to adapt the game's story well - such as in HBO's The Last of Us - or find space to tell your own narrative witho

Newscast: Will we buy PlayStation 5 Pro?

Apr 04 2024 28 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the unannounced but widely-expected PlayStation 5 Pro, which looks set to launch later this year. With the PS5 Pro technical specs now out in the wild, there's been plenty of discussion around what these might mean for PlayStation games running on Sony's cutting-edge hardware. But even with improvements, are we tempted by what is like

Newscast: If Larian's not making Baldur's Gate 4, which developer might?

Mar 28 2024 31 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss who might pick up the baton and develop a potential Baldur's Gate 4 - now that BG3 studio Larian has confirmed it is leaving the franchise behind. The rights to Baldur's Gate of course belong to Wizards of the Coast, who are free to enlist another studio to make further games in the Dungeons and Dragons universe - and even use Larian'

Newscast: Behind the headlines of GDC, a cautious sense of hope

Mar 25 2024 40 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we digest the last seven days of headlines from GDC 2024 - a conference that was unsurprisingly coloured by the past 18 months of industry turmoil. Eurogamer's Chris Tapsell was there, and joins us today to report back on what was being said on the ground. From this side of the pond, we saw the widespread anger at mass layoffs and the scepticism

Newscast: Where does Nintendo go next for the Super Mario Bros. Movie 2?

Mar 15 2024 27 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we talk about where Nintendo can take its moustachioed mascot next when he returns for the Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel. We heard confirmation of a second Mario film this week, though notably it was not confirmed this would be "The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2". Mario and friends will return, of course (the first film's billion dollar box office

Newscast: Will Pokémon Legends: Z-A be a Switch 2 launch title?

Feb 28 2024 34 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the shocking news that the next big Pokémon game is mysteriously set to arrive in 2025. Hey, that sounds a lot like the intro to last week's episode, when we were discussing Switch 2! Say, could Pokémon Legends: Z-A also be set to arrive on Nintendo's next console? It's been a long time since Nintendo didn't launch a major Pokémon

Who is qualified to make a world? In search of the magic of maps

Feb 27 2024 57 mins

Which is your favourite game map? Is there one that comes to mind straight away? Maps hold a curious kind of magic, but what is it? For this month's super-feature, our Bertie Purchese tries to find out. He speaks map-makers, game-makers, and people at the British Library, as he tries to pin-point what it is about maps that appeals to us. He also manages to follow the creation of on

Newscast: Why will Nintendo Switch 2 now launch in 2025?

Feb 22 2024 34 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the reports that Nintendo Switch 2 will now launch in 2025, later than its previously-expected arrival towards the end of this year. Nintendo itself is yet to say anything certain about its inevitable Switch successor, but its steady path towards launch has been tracked by numerous reports. Now, we discuss how this latest news unfolde

Newscast: What did we think of Microsoft's multiplatform Xbox soft launch?

Feb 16 2024 36 mins

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss Microsoft's business update that brought us confirmation Xbox will launch four console exclusives - for now - on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. But why did Microsoft choose not to name those four games (even though Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Grounded and Sea of Thieves were immediately reported to be the titles in question)? What happen