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Jeff Gerstmann brings his extreme knowledge of video games, the video game industry, and energy drinks to you each and every week.

The Jeff Gerstmann Show - A Podcast About Video Games

Xbox turns Game Pass upside-down and the deal seems bad. Did Call of Duty on Game Pass really cost $300 million? No, right? Do you care about Fortnite Crew? Also: The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta, Marathon gets a new test, PlayStation: The Concert gets canceled, and meanwhile there’s Nintendo over here, just posting random videos to the internet for some reason. What the heck is happening around here???

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174: Yesterday’s Price is Not Today’s Price

Let’s talk about the evolving nature of video game difficulty! Also: Borderlands 4 is out soon, let’s talk a little bit about that but mostly about the nature of that franchise! And more, including the anniversaries of the PlayStation and Dreamcast launches! Plus: Hollow Knight: Silksong, another potential reason for Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Sega calling the cops, preserving video games after the end of civilization, the weird history of publishers withholding review copies, and more!
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170: Optionally Hard

Skate is on its way back with an early access release on the horizon. Let's talk about it! Also: Shinobi is back, Mortal Kombat II's been delayed, Call of Duty: The Movie has been announced, Perfect Dark almost got saved until it didn't, and more!

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169: Know the Ledge

Ben Pack joins us to discuss how he’s been playing games with a broken wrist and the great/poor choices he’s been making in games during that time. Also: Let’s talk about Hell is Us, Don’t Die Collect Loot, Unfair Flips, Yet Another Xbox Price Hike, physical prizes for earning PlayStation trophies, tactical sprinting, and more.

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172: Ghost Rewards

Silly me, I thought we’d get through a Gearbox launch without getting a fresh round of Gearbox’s leadership acting up on social media. Let’s talk about the game, the reaction to the way the game performs, and the reaction to the reaction of the way the game performs. Also: Virtual Boy is back, you sickos! Plus Skate is out today, there are rumblings of an impending Valve announcement, and your e-mails!

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171: A Premium Podcast Made For Premium Gamers

Electronic Arts delivers exciting news about its future. Nintendo delivers exciting news about its future! Xbox delivers… but not to Costco? Also: Ghost of Yotei, Megabonk, and much, much more.

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173: Exciting News About Our Future!

The Battlefield 6 beta’s first open beta weekend has come and gone, what did you think? Let’s talk about it! Also: How young is too young to get your ears pierced? Plus: Xbox seems to walk away from Contraband, Nightdive does a Nightdive thing to Heretic and Hexen, Sony CFO talks about the PlayStation live service story so far, don’t expect Dragon Age remasters anytime soon, and the weird info behind access to Switch 2 devkits.

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166: Battlefield 6 Beta Gets Big Numbers

This week the podcast got broken into two parts because the Gamescom Opening Night Live stream happened in the middle of it! So let’s start with some talk about Battlefield 6’s beta and my time with Drag x Drive, then we’ll come back and talk about Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Skate’s rotating soundtrack, Resident Evil Requiem, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, all these free-to-play-looking games that got announced and immediately forgotten, the state of Louisiana’s lawsuit against Roblox, New Jersey’s lawsuit against Discord, and more!

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167: Drag x Drive, Gamescom Opening Night Live, Roblox Lawsuits, More!

Jeff plays a claw machine for his kids and NOBODY WINS. Also: Evo news wrap-up, Pokemon Friends, the supposed specs of the PlayStation 6, Battlefield 6’s anti-cheat hoops, gaming coverage on TV, and more!

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165: The Claw Machine of Dreams

Let’s talk about Fumes, it’s in Early Access! Also: Shadow Labyrinth, IGN’s big user study, the Roblox nightmare, the new PS5 firmware beta, Donkey Kong, Sony going after Tencent’s Horizon: Zero Dawn clone, and yes, even more.

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164: $70 is the New $80

It’s a big week for big sequels, so we’re going to spend a lot of this show talking about Street Fighter 6 and Diablo IV. Also… remember that PlayStation Showcase? Let’s recap that a bit and also talk about Embracer’s big dip, Dolphin’s chances of making Steam, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, and more.

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052: Video Games Are So Back

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