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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Xbox Developer update
- Amico Spring update
- Sony State of Play from Feb 12
- Phil Spencer retirement
- Wolverine release date

This week Ryan and Rob played:
- Forza Horizon 5
- Helldivers 2
- Belatro
- Vampire Survivors

#xbox #amico #sonystateofplay #philspencer #wolverineps5 #forzahorizon5 #helldivers2 #balatro #vampiresurvivors 

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Our annual top 5 games of 2025 episode features our favourite games of 2025, no remember these are taken from our games we played this year, they did not necessarily come out in 2025.

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Ryan, Rob and Damon go over their predictions from last year to see how they did, then make some new ones for the year ahead.


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The boys are back, this week Ryan, Rob and Damon talk news and games:
- Nintendo Direct September 2025
- X-Box Tokyo Game Show Showcase
- Sony State of Play September 2025
- The sale of EA
- Switch 2 update, how we liking it?

This week Rob, Ryan and Damon Played
- Jump Space
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Sniper Elite 5
- No Man's Sky
- Plucky Squire
- Borderlands 4
- Yooka-Replayee
- Split Fiction
- Mass Effect: Legendary...

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This week Ryan and Rob Discuss the 2025 Summer Games Fest.
#summergamefest2025 
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This week Ryan and Rob talk about the X-box Showcase from the Summer Game Fest.  This is a companion piece to Episode 144
#xboxshowcase2025 #summergamefest2025 

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An companion piece to Episode 144.  Rob and Ryan talk about Sony's state of Play
#stateofplay2025 #summergamefest2025 

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This week Rob and Ryan talk about:
- The Minecraft movie Trailer
- Acclaim back from the dead
- Death Stranding 2 Mega trailer
- Blizzcon
- Niantic selling Pokemon Go and other titles
- The Star Fox spiritual successor
- Konami's Silent Hill event

#minecraftmovie #acclaim #deathstranding2 #blizzcon #niantic #starfox #silenthill 

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- X-box developer direct
- Layoffs at Bioware
- Sony State of Play
- More thoughts on the Switch 2
- discussion on Hall effect joysticks

This week Ryan and Rob Played:
- AdVenture Capitalist
- Marvel Rivals
- Tavern Master
- GTA 5
- The Room 4

and the Retro Talk topic of this week was, "Which retro game did you love playing mainly because of the controls?"

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- The Game Awards winners and losers
- The Game Awards announcements and trailers
- The Amico Winter Holiday Update
- Sony proposes buying From Software
- Switch over takes PS2 in US sales

This week Ryan and Rob have been playing:
- Marvel Rivals
- Helldivers 2
- Full Void
- WWE 2K24
#thegameawards #amico #fromsoftware #sonyplaystation #marvelrivals #helldivers2 #fullvoid #wwe2k24 

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Join the Grumpy crew as they discuss their top 5 favourite games of 2024.

#top5games #balatro #helldivers2 #indianajonesandthegreatcircle #dragonballzkakarot #marvelsmidnightsuns #humanitygame #twopointcampus #chronotrigger #tapetotape #cultofthelamb #slaythespire #unicornoverlord #bloodstainedritualofthenight #frostpunk2 #residentevil0 #rivercitygirls2

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Join the Grumpy crew as they discuss their best and worst stories of 2024, then make their predictions on the year to come (Switch 2 already announced)
#2025predictions #xbox #sonyplaystation #nintendoswitch  

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- 343 studio re-branding
- Nintendo's Alarmo announcement
- the Analogue 3D
- X-box partner showcase
- New Vampire survivor DLC
- Sony shuts down Concord studio
- Nintendo's music app
- Switch 2 will have backwards compatibility

This week Rob and Ryan are playing
- Balatro
- Kung Fu Survivor
- Civilization 6
- Frostpunk 2

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Sony's State of Play from May 30th
- Atari has acquired Intellivision
 - Summer Game Fest Showcase
- X-Box Showcase
- Activision's plans for Call of Duty Black Ops 6 on Gamepass
- PC gaming showcase
- Ubisoft Forward
#sony #stateofplay2024 #atari #intellivision #summergamefest2024 #xbox #xboxshowcase2024 #ubisoftforward 

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Gamescom news and announcments
- Nintendo's Indie and Partner showcase

This week Ryan and Rob played:
- Hellblade 2 - Senua’s saga
- Exit the Gungeon
- Choo choo Survivor
- Super Mario Land
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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Sony and the Concord debacle
- The Playstation 5 Pro announcment
- Playstation's 30th Anniversary
- Sony State of Play
- Minecraft Movie trailer released
- The Last of Us Season 2 trailer dropper on The Last of Us day  (Sept 26)
- Nintendo celebrates its 136 Anniversary
- Blizzard announces third try on a Starcraft shooter
- Gamestop opening retro video game stores

This week Ryan and Rob played:
- Capcom Fighting collection (Super Puzzle Fighter 2 T...

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- March 10 Mario Day
- Happy Birthday X-Box and Super Metroid
- Baulder’s Gate 3 is doing a collaboration with Vampire Surviviors
- Stardew Valley drops huge 1.6 update
- Finalists for 2024 World Video Game Hall Of Fame listed
- Summer Game Fest returning June 7

This week Ryan and Rob played:
- Helldivers 2
- Timberborn
- Slay the Spire
- Commodore 128

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This week Rob and Ryan talk about:
- The gearbox acquisition
- The Fallout TV show 
- Online capabilities of Wii-U and 3DS shut down
- Motive studios working on next Battlefield game
- Triple I initiative showcase
- Keanu voicing Shadow in Sonic 3 movie
- Evercade gigacarts and budget consoles
- Indie world coming April 17

#gearboxpublishing #fallouttvshow #wiiu #3ds #motivestudios #battlefield #TripleIinitiatve #sonic3movie #evercade 

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Nintendo Indie World Direct
- More Switch 2 rumours
- X-Box's Indie showcase
- X-Box Showcase announcement
- The Playstation Helldivers 2 debacle

This week Ryan and Rob have been playing:
- Diablo 4
- Helldivers 2
- SSX 3 (enhanced)
- Peggle Deluxe
- Star Wars Squadrons

#nintendoindieworld #switch2 #xbox #helldivers2 #diablo4 #ssx3 #peggle #starwarssquadrons 

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After a record hiatus (5 weeks!!!!) Ryan and Rob talk about:
- the June Nintendo Direct
- Ubisoft Forward
- X-Box raising Gamepass prices
- Baldurs Gate 3 release date pulled up (they can do that?)
- The X-Box Activision Blizzards merger
- Everybody 1 2 Switch

This week Rob and Ryan played:
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Timberborne
- The Mario Bros Movie
- Forza Horizon 5 Rally Race DLC


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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
-Xbox showcase announced June 11 followed by the Starfield direct
-Evercade Showcase May 31
-Nintendo tells us not to expect a new Switch this year
-Lots of drama in Xbox Activision Blizzard deal
-Tears of the Kingdom sells 10M in 3 days
-Mortal Kombat 1 announced today
-Amico update
-Blizzcon is coming back
-Overwatch 2 road map
-Playstation Showcase happened May 24 

Ryan and Rob are playing:
-Forza Horizon 5 Rally Race DLC
-Hot Wheels Unleashed
-Advance Wars 1 & 2 : R...

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Strafield release date and direct coming soon
- Sony worried that Microsoft will make COD run poorly on PS
- Tears of the Kingdom 10 mins of gameplay
- E3 Cancelled this year
- The Super Mario Bros Movie is a hit
- Nintendo Live announced
- New portable Playstation rumors

This week Rob and Ryan played:
- Bridge Builder Portal edition
- V-Rising
- Diablo 4 Beta
- Valheim (on X-Box Series S)<...

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Diablo 4 Open beta
- The Tetris movie trailer
- Super Mario Bros Movie Direct coming March 9
- Super Mario Bros Movie release date moves up 2 days
- Sony's State of Play
- Forza Horizon 5 announces new expansion
- Capcom spotlight coming March 9

This week Ryan and Rob Played:
- Mario and Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
- Cult of the Lamb
- Hi-Fi Rush

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Amazon possibly buying the rights to Tomb Raider
- Nintendo wins a Joycon class action lawsuit
- Nintendo Switch now 3rd best selling console of all time- The February 8 Nintendo Direct

This week Rob and Ryan Played:
- Raft
- Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moon DLC
- Overwatch 2
- Indie Heroes 2 on Evercade

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
-Xbox had a developer direct 
-Thunderful announces Steam world build 
-Last Friday Goldeneye came out on Switch and Xbox
-Star Wars Jedi: Survivor delayed to April 
-The Big 3 are all skipping E3


This week Rob and Ryan played:
God of War 2018
Plague tale: Innocence
Cult of the Lamb
Raft
Goldeneye
Hi Fi Rush

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This week the Grumpy crew share their predictions for 2023.  they talk about:
- Honorable mentions, games that didn't quite make our top 5's
-  Biggest surprises in gaming in 2022
- Biggest disappointments in gaming in 2022
- Games we are looking forward to in 2023
- Sony Predictions
- Xbox Predictions
- Nintendo Predictions
- Other Gaming predictions

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This week the Grumpy Crew is in the house and they talked about:
- 30th anniversary of Mortal Kombat (October 8) #mortalkombat 
- Happy 16th Birthday to PS3 (November 17) #ps3 
- Happy 17th Birthday to Xbox 360 (November 22) #xbox360 
- November 10 Xbox, November 12 PS5 2 year anniversary #xboxseriesx #ps5 
- RIP G4 #g4 
- Last of us Tv show coming Jan 15 #lastofus 
- PSVR 2 price and release date #psvr2 
- Stadia refunds #stadia 
- The Video Game Awards winners and announcements #videogameawards 
- The ongoing saga of the Xb...

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Last of Us Teaser trailer
- RIP to Stadia
- an Amico update
- Overwatch 2's bumpy launch
- Beyond Good and Evil 2 takes title of longest development period
- Super Mario Bros movie trailer direct
- Uproar about No Mans Sky 4.0 update 
- Nvidia 4090 release

This week Rob and Ryan played:
- Splatoon 3
- Orc's must die 3
- Overwatch 2
- Forza Horizon 5 - 10th Anniversary
- Evercade Jaleco cartridge

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- The Nintendo Direct 
- Sony State of Play
- Retron announces to the Retron GX
- RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 announced
- Portal getting a Ray Tracing upgrade
- EA is making an Iron Man game
- The GTA6 leak
- Ted Lasso being added to Fifa 23

This week Rob and Ryan played:
- Assassins Creed Valhalla
- The Razer Kishi
- You Suck at Parking
- TMNT Cowabunga collection

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- The Evercade EXP Capcom exclusives
- Sony's DualSense Edge
- Playstation and Xbox's war of words over CoD
- Tencent buys shares in Ubisoft and From Software
- The Ubisoft Forward
- Disney's D23 Video game event
- Happy 20th Anniversary Battlefield

This Week Rob and Ryan Played:
- Splatoon 3 - Splatfest Preview event
- Terminator: Resistance
- Faith and Shield Tower Defence
- Into the Breach (Netflix gaming)
- Tinykin<...

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This Week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- New modes found in Super Punch Out after 28 Years
- Street Fighter turned 35
- Sunsoft had a virtual event
- Coleco Turns 40
- The Sonic Frontiers Story Trailer
- Sega Genesis mini 2 North American line up
- Embracer groups buying spree
- Star Wars KOTOR remake ups and downs
- Sega working on 2 new movies, Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone
- Gamescom announcements 
- Sony raising PS5 prices

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This Week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 direct
- Nintendo Direct Mini
- Happy 31st Birthday Sonic
- Diablo Immortal player spends $15,000 to get legendary gem
- Overwatch 2 replacing Overwatch
- The Polium announcement
- Is tea bagging in video games a form of assault?
- God of War Ragnarok release date
- Skull and Bones release date
- Forespoken delayed again

This week Rob and Ryan played:
- Super Blood Hockey
- Fall Guys (Switch...

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- the Lego Bowser set
- the Lego Atari console
- Assassins Creed liberation being removed from Steam
- Bayonetta 3 release date
- Kirby's dream buffet coming soon
- Nintendo buys Dynamo pictures
- Sega Genesis mini 2 coming to North America
- PlayStation acquisition of Bungie finalized
- Details on the new Skate game
- Discord releases on Xbox

This week Rob and Ryan played:
- Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels DLC
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This week Ryan, Rob, and Damon talk about all the presentations going on for the Summer Game Fest:
- Sony State of Play
- Summer Game Fest
- Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase
- Xbox and Bethesda Extended Games Showcase
- Capcom Showcase

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Raven Software unionizing
- EA wanting to be bought or merged
- Microsoft Flight Simulator Top Gun DLC
- Sony State of Play June 2
- Microsoft acknowledges Keystone
- New Evercade coming
- Sonic Frontiers gameplay trailer

This week Rob and Ryan played:-
- Ratchet and Clank: a Rift Apart
- Far: Changing Tides
- V rising
- Pac Man Museum
- Diablo Immortal (IOS)

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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
- Square Enix sells of some of its sub studios
- Video Hall of Fame nominees and inductees
- New York City sues Activision Blizzard
- Nintendo Indie Showcase
- EA and FIFA part ways
- Starfield and Red Fall delayed to 2023
- Sony announces games in their PS Plus revamp
- NVIDIA announces RTX 4090
- Xbox outsells Playstation for the first in Japan
- Xbox patents new way to get physical media onto digital only...

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This week Ryan, Rob and Damon talk about:
- Sonic Origins announcement and the pre-order debacle
- Happy 33rd birthday Game Boy
- Splatoon 3 gets a release date
- Diablo Immortal gets a release date and a new platform
- Variable refresh rate comes to PS5
- Super Mario Bros movie delayed
- Xbox and Bethesda showcase announced
- Microsoft Xbox Sales
- Activision Blizzard stockholders approve the merger
- Ubisoft up for sale?
- Call of Duty's new cheat punishment
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This week Ryan and Rob talk about:
Playstation plus revamp officially announced (review)
Ad placement in game tech being developed by Xbox
Nintendo Game Boy Emulator just leaked
Sega developing big budget Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi
New Wow expansion announced Dragonflight also Classic Wraith of the Lich King announced
Streets of Rage movie coming from John Wick creator
Minecraft movie will star Jason Momoa
Happy 40th Pitfall!
TMNT: Shredders Revenge will feature original cartoon voices


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This week, its just the one Grumpy Old Gamer..but Rob talks about:
Switch adds an update that allows you to create folders
Rockstar announces GTA+
Sierra games makes first new game in 20 years
New Ghostbusters multiplayer 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League delayes to 2023
Unity Demo “Enemies”
Gran Turismo 7 troubles
Playstation plus revamp officially announced
Breath of the Wild 2 delayed to Spring 2023
Fortnite tests and makes permanent no build mode
E3 Completely cancelled this year
April fools posts?
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Ryan and Rob did a live broadcast for this episode.   They talked about:
- How the major console makers are responding to the Ukrainian crisis
- Nintendo delays Advance Wars indefinitely
- God of War series in the works Amazon
- Xbox sales in Japan not been great
- Playstation State of Play
- GTA 5 next gen pricing announced