#36: South of Midnight Preview, Our Favourite Switch Games
This week, Jamie and Brad discuss our hands-on preview of South of Midnight, PAX Australia 2025, the PSN outage, and our favourite Nintendo Switch games.The NextPlay Podcast is brought to you each week by the NextPlay team. Join us as we discuss the latest gaming news, reviews, and topics of discussion in the gaming world.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Intro00:40 - What we've been playing03:07 - South of Midnight hands-on Preview20:18 - PAX Aus 2025 dates announced28:19 - PSN Outage32:22 - Our favourite Nintendo Switch games1:01:27 - The NextPlay Game Corner (Name the Game)1:02:29 - OutroNextPlay http://next-play.com.auFacebook: http://facebook.com/nextplayauX: http://twitter.com/nextplayauFollow Brad: https://bsky.app/profile/bradgoodwin.bsky.social http://twitter.com/brad_expFollow Berto: @pause_gamer on InstagramFollow Jamie: http://twitter.com/jamiex66
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#35 - Fable Coming To PS5? MultiVersus Shutting Down!
This week, Jamie, Brad, and Berto discuss some recent layoffs at EA, an update on the Sleeping Dogs movie, Forza Horizon and Fable coming to PlayStation, and MultiVersus is shutting down.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:25 - Intro
00:59 - What we've been playing
04:50 - Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Review
06:17 - Sniper Elite 5: Resistance Review
07:50 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard developers layed off
25:38 - Sleeping Dogs film on the way
32:50 - Forza 5 Horizon coming to PS5, rumours that Fable is coming to PS5 day one
45:15 - MultiVersus is shutting down
56:25 - Games we're excited for in February 2025
1:00:11 - The NextPlay Game Corner
1:12:23 - Outro
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#34: Is 2025 The Year For Xbox? - The NextPlay Podcast
This week Jamie, Brad, Berto, and Ben discuss our Final Fantasy VII Rebirth PC review, Synduality Echo of Ada Review, and share their thoughts on the Xbox Developer Direct including Ninja Gaiden 4, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and DOOM: The Dark Ages.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:25 - Intro
01:20 - What we've been playing
08:55 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PC) Review
14:06 - Synduality Echo of Ada Review
33:33 - Xbox Developer Direct reactions
33:53 - Ninja Gaiden 4 announcement reactions
40:31 - Ninja Gaiden 2 Black announcement reactions
46:40 - South of Midnight story trailer reactions
52:30 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 trailer reactions
1:00:59 - DOOM: The Dark Ages trailer reactions
1:07:12 - Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy story is completed
1:14:34 - Unknown 9 series cancelled
1:21:07 - Earthblade has been cancelled
1:27:16 - The NextPlay Game Corner
1:39:44 - Outro
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#33: Our Nintendo Switch 2 Reactions And 2025 Predictions! - The NextPlay Podcast
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This week Jamie, Brad, and Berto, discuss their thoughts on the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, make their gaming predictions for 2025, and reaction to The Blood of Dawnwalker trailer and Until Dawn movie trailer.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:24 - Intro
00:54 - What we've been playing
11:15 - Content shoutouts
16:27 - What Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo have coming in 2025
24:28 - Our 2025 Predictions
32:27 - Nintendo Switch 2 Trailer Reactions
42:23 - The Blood of Dawnwalker announced and reactions
48:13 - Until Dawn movie trailer reactions
54:00 - Xbox Developer Direct 2025 discussion
1:03:13 - The NextPlay Game Corner
1:13:12 - Outro
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#32: The Witcher 4, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Reactions - The NextPlay Podcast
This week Hannah, Brad, Berto, and Jamie discuss the winners and announcements out of The Game Awards 2024, their PlayStation Wrap-Ups and Spotify Wrappeds, and share what games they're most excited about in 2025.
The NextPlay Podcast is brought to you each week by the NextPlay team. Join us as we discuss the latest gaming news, reviews, and topics of discussion in the gaming world.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Name the Game
01:42 - What have we been playing?
17:01 - The Game Awards 2024 winners
28:16 - The Game Awards 2024 announcements
59:58 - Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet reactions
1:04:27 - The Witcher 4 reactions
1:12:32 - ELDEN RING Nightreign reactions
1:15:25 - The Game Awards 2024 review
1:26:13 - Our PS Wrap-Ups, Xbox Wrappeds, Spotify Wrappeds
1:43:23 - Games we're excited for in 2025
1:50:16 - Name the Game Answer
1:52:30 - Outro
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