Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast

The Nintendo Switch 2 is changing everything, Battlefield's Battle Royal mode has been datamined, and there's a game from a classic franchise being pitched. It's Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for April 3, 2025.

Insider Gaming's Mike Straw, Grant Taylor-Hill, and Albert Perkins give their thoughts on Nintendo's pricing decision for the Switch 2 and its games. There's also a rumor about a beloved franchise getting a third installment that the guys just aren't sure they want to believe is real. Also, why can't Game of Thrones have good video games?

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Ubisoft is making major changes with Tencent, Nintendo holds its last Switch 1 Direct, and GTA 6 needs to make a release date decision. It’s Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for March 28, 2025.

Mike, Grant, and Albert are joined for the full episode by Tom Henderson this week to talk about the biggest news from a busy week in gaming. They also talk about whether Call of Duty Warzone can be saved with Season 3, Tom's trip to GDC 2025 in San Francisco, and exclusively reveal a new game in development from an unexpected IP.

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Welcome everyone to Insider Gaming Weekly for March 21, 2025. This week Mike, Grant, and Albert talk about the new PlayStation Studio, Assassin's Creed Shadows, and video game hardware sales.

The guys also discuss a problem that's been plaguing the gaming industry lately, and that's the targeted harassment of developers over games. It's a major problem that needs to stop. But how?

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Welcome, everyone, to Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for March 14, 2025. This week we bring to you a very special edition of the show with one of the creators of Call of Duty's skill-based matchmaking, Charlie Olson.

Grant and Tom had the opportunity to sit down with Charlie to get to the nitty-gritty of the system and answer some of your burning questions. From king is ping to adding bots into Call of Duty, this is one episode that you don't want to miss.

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Welcome, everyone, to Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for March 7, 2025. In this week's episode: Far Cry's multiplayer game has been restarted, another developer seems finished, and the future of Call of Duty is up in the air.

Mike, Grant, and Albert also continue the battle for supremacy on the trivia board. Meanwhile, Tom joins the show to give his thoughts on Call of Duty's future and the latest in gaming rumors.

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Welcome everyone to Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for February 28, 2025. In this week's episode: Warner Bros. Games Implodes, Delta Force is "too hard", and Sony is being sued.

Mike, Grant, Albert, and Tom also discuss a topic that's been making the rounds lately and that's how much blame should be put on games media for the state of the industry and the struggles currently facing many studios. Tom is a lso here to tease new games and stories coming soon to Insider Gaming.

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Welcome everyone to Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for February 21, 2025. In this week's episode: Rainbow Six Siege X has been revealed but don't call it Rainbow Six Siege 2; Ubisoft is confident in Assassin's Creed Shadows, but should they be?

Mike, Grant, and Albert also discuss a common question within the gaming industry: Do people put too much emphasis on a game's graphics and visuals over actual gameplay and substance?

And Tom is back from his trip to DICE to talk about what's coming up and hint at some future plans for Insider Gaming.

Welcome everyone to Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for February 14, 2025. In this week’s episode: PlayStation Network went down and Sony said nothing, and there was a State of Play that left everyone a bit underwhelmed.

Mike, Grant, and Albert also take a trip down memory lane look back at games they wish they could experience for the first time again. And Mike also has an exclusive update on the state of the exclusive NFL license with EA.

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Welcome to Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for February 7, 2025. In this week's episode: MultiVersus is shutting down, Battlefield is cooking, and Grand Theft Auto 6 is still planned for this year.

Mike, Grant, and Albert also get the Bragging Rights trivia contest underway with...underwhelming results. And Tom Henderson joins as we bring the latest on Sony Santa Monica's plans for the God of War franchise as well as talk about what we think and hope we'll see at the next PlayStation State of Play event.

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Welcome everyone to Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast for January 31, 2025. In this week’s episode: Xbox is doubling down on multiplatform, Battlefield doesn’t want to screw up again, and the layoffs continue across the games industry.

Mike, Grant, and Albert also play quick gaming trivia that Grant may or may not have been prepared for. Oh, and Tom Henderson joins to talk about the latest gaming rumors and speculation.

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It's the debut edition of Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast. Mike Straw, Grant Taylor-Hill, and Albert Perkins talk the Xbox Developer Direct, Assassin's Creed Shadows previews, Dragon Age's shortcomings, and even dive into the latest rumors with Tom Henderson.

Oh, and we find out what classic franchise Grant has never played...

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TIMESTAMPS (0:00) Intro (1:33) What are you playing?/Games that don't grab us (8:50) Xbox Dev Direct (Ninja Gaiden 4) (16:30) South of Midnight (21:13) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (23:23) DOOM: The Dark Ages (32:40) Assassin's Creed Shadows Previews (41:30) Dragon Age: The Veilguard falls below expectations (48:20) Game Sound Competition (49:42) Rumors with Tom Henderson (1:05:27) Outro

Introducing Insider Gaming Weekly - A Video Game Podcast.

Join Insider Gaming senior editors Mike Straw and Grant Taylor-Hill along with senior producer Albert Perkins each and every Friday as they break down the hottest gaming topics, explore industry news, and dive into the biggest rumors with exclusive insight from Insider Gaming Editor-in-Chief, Tom Henderson.

If you’re passionate about gaming and want to stay ahead of the curve, this is the show for you. Don’t miss Insider Gaming Weekly each and every Friday wherever you get your podcasts, and we'll see you on the Inside