Ben and Steve are back, and sadly, twiddling their thumbs. Now that their piles of shame are smaller, is there anything new to play? Is 2024 going to be a quiet one?

Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 261, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast!

• (00:00) Welcome!
• (01:40) Review: Banishers Ghosts of New Eden
• (04:30) Review: Mario vs Donkey Kong
• (06:55) Review: Skull and Bones
• (10:35) Is 2024 going to be a quiet year?

Thanks as always for listening, as always, dear listeners!

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Ben and Steve are back in this post-Xbox business update world. The pair discuss what Microsoft announced the during the update... and what they did not.

Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 261, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast!

Required reading

• Four Xbox exclusives are heading to other platforms
• Diablo 4 is the first Activision Blizzard game to head to Xbox Game Pass since its acquisition
• Yes, Xbox is making a next-gen console
• Xbox has had a multiplatform strategy for the last decade, says Phil Spencer
• Xbox Cloud Streaming of your owned games coming later in 2024
• Xbox intends to put Call of Duty on Xbox Game Pass

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Ben and Steve have returned for the first Friendly Fire Show of 2024, and are talking backlogs, new games... and the elephant in the room that is the wait for Xbox's business update.

Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 260, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast!

Here's what to expect this week:

• (00:00) Welcome! How'd you end 2023 and did you get through a backlog?
• (04:10) Palworld
• (06:30) Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
• (13:00) Tekken 8
• (15:00) Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League
• (22:30) Quick news recap: Death Stranding 2, Physint, Xbox rumours... and Xbox's silence, and more layoffs

Thanks as always for listening, dear listeners, and we'll see you in 2024. Have a wonderous end of the year!

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It's the end of the year, so you know what that means: video games award season! Ben and Steve are here to discuss the Game Awards and its GOTY, Baldur's Gate 3.

Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 258, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast!

Here's what to expect this week:

• (00:00) Welcome!
• (02:20) Stevivor’s Game of the Year (GOTY) Awards 2023
• (06:45) The biggest surprises of 2023, including epic shadow drops and redemption arcs
• (14:10) (Un)expected losers... and losses.
• (24:00) Unexpected wins!

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It's the end of the year, so you know what that means: video games award season! Ben and Steve are here to discuss the Game Awards and its GOTY, Baldur's Gate 3.

Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 258, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast!

Here's what to expect this week:

• (0:00) Welcome!
• (5:00) The Game Awards 2023
• (32:15) E3 is cancelled… déjà vu?

See you in a fortnight for our final show of 2023!

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Ben and Steve are back to talk GTA 6's first trailer, the new Avatar game, and Phil Spencer's latest Xbox interview.

Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 257, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast!

Here's what to expect this week:

• Welcome (00:00): We're back after a 2... or 3.. week break!
• GTA 6 first trailer (01:30)
• Avatar Froniters of Pandora review (15:00)
• Phil spoke! (24:00)
• Game Awards 2023 predictions, 12 hours out (32:00)

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Ben and Steve are back to talk the latest CoD, Game Awards 2023 nominations and more.

Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 256, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast!

Here's what to expect this week:

• Welcome: 00:00
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3: 02:00
• The Game Awards 2023 nominations: 17:30
• Mini-reviews (RoboCop Rogue City and Head Bangers): 32:30

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Ben's back, and joined by Steve to discuss the latest in video games -- including a new Zelda movie and games on iPhones -- this week.

Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 255, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast!

Here's what to expect this week:

• Welcome: 00:00
• Small CoD MW3 whinge: 02:40
• Zelda is getting a live action movie: 05:30
• Gaming on the iPhone 15 Pro: 14:00
• Xbox is ruining everything with ads: 24:45

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