This Week in Gaming

• Paramount Goes After Warner Bros. Discovery + Creators Clash Over AI’s Future

  This Week: Netflix moves to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery as Paramount counters with a hostile takeover affecting major titles like Hogwarts Legacy and Mortal Kombat. Plus, as AI continues to influence games: Dan Houser, Sega, and Todd Howard share their takes. And we’re gearing up for the Game Awards with our guest this week, Parris Lilly. It's This Week in Gaming!

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• Major Hogwarts Legacy 2 News & Why Steam Machine Faces a Tough Launch

  This Week: What's up with Nintendo’s latest studio acquisition, the growing hints that a Hogwarts Legacy single-player sequel is in the works, and why RAM and SSD prices are suddenly spiking. Plus, a major PC parts shortage has Valve’s new Steam Machine facing tough questions about pricing. Then we’re joined by legendary voice actor Roger Craig Smith, the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog and Chris Redfield, who shares about his journey voice acting, his best advice for new actors, and what it’s like returning to Kyle Crane for Dying Light: The Beast after nearly a decade. It’s This Week in Gaming!

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• Battlefield 6 Is 2025’s Best-Seller + Xbox Partner Showcase Reveals

  This Week: We cover all the fresh new trailers and reveals from the Xbox Partner Showcase, then break down how Battlefield 6 has become the best-selling game of 2025. Plus, with awards season underway, we take a look at the biggest winners from this year’s 43rd Annual Golden Joystick Awards, including which game swept the show. And first-time guest Lisa Wallen joins us to talk about the Xbox Partner Showcase, our personal GOTY picks, and how comedy and gaming intersect in her work.

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• Game Awards 2025 Predictions + Huge Zelda & Mario Movie News

  This Week: PlayStation and Xbox have new competition as Valve reenters the hardware game with its newly announced Steam Machine console. PlayStation has revealed two new live-service titles: Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble and Horizon Steel Frontiers. And Nintendo just dropped a brand-new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, along with our first look at the upcoming live-action Legend of Zelda. Plus, The Game Awards nominees are officially here, and Destin Legarie and I break it all down with our biggest predictions and more.

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• Inside Sanatorium: The Indie Card Game Tackling Mental Health

  We’re breaking from our usual format for a special one-off episode! I chat with Sanatorium: A Mental Asylum Simulator creators Sebastian Riedi and Fabian Hunziker about their new card-based indie game set in a 1920s mental asylum and now available on Steam! Hope you'll tune in for my deep dive in how they handled such a sensitive topic, the real history that inspired it, and what’s next for these first-time devs.

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