Graveyard Shift Gaming Adam & Chris

PlayStation buys Haven Studios. Plus, Jim Ryan says that the studio buying spree is far from over. Capcom next? Maybe Sega? Maybe Konami?

PlayStation Plus Premium won't be available in Australia. Instead we will get PS Plus "Deluxe".

The original Doom from 1993 gets a ray tracing mod. It looks pretty awesome.

The Witcher 4 has been announced. CD Projekt Red also says they'll be dropping RED Engine and opting for Unreal Engine 5, plus they'll be working with Epic Games for the next entry in the series.

E3 2022 is cancelled again.

The Halo TV Series receives a lot of criticism... gamers are furious.

Activision Blizzard drops vax mandates for employees. Good news!
Plus the latest drama with old mate Bobby. Potential payout of $400 million?  Bad news!

We share some Elden Ring group passwords to help with getting more runes (in-game currency). These passwords will give you access to several multiplayer groups, usually with thousands of other players, and you'll get cool stuff every time someone beats a boss.
Also, we discuss the latest Elden Ring update and go over what was fixed or changed.

The makers of Until Dawn, Supermassive Games, have announced a new horror game called The Quarry. They have also said they'll be remaking Until Dawn eventually. The Quarry won't be tied into the "Dark Pictures Anthology" series of games.

Another Super Nintendo World will opening in The USA sometime soon, making it the 3rd one to be built over there. We daydream about visiting.

Grand Theft Auto V (Next Gen) flops pretty hard. Fans are mad and have been saying "nothing has changed and it's simply a cash grab".

Sniper Elite 5 announced / new trailer out.

Russian gamers fight back against the banning of gaming products in their country.

Hogwarts Legacy... finally.

Elden Ring Stories - As the weeks go by, more strange stories are coming out about Elden Ring. Last week it was people selling in-game items on eBay, this week... well, you need to listen.

There won't be a Call of Duty game in 2023.

We cover the March State of Play Stream, which showed one particular game that got both of us pretty excited.

Bobby Kotick up to his old tricks again.

Gran Turismo microtransactions go from around $5 per car, up to $40 in the newest game.

Forspoken gets delayed.

A man destroys his life over a Pokemon card. 3 years of prison, $100,000 in fines and more... just for a rare Charizard card.

The Rarest Pokemon card has recently sold in auction - fetching $900,000.

Phil Spencer says something a little silly we don't agree with.

A YouTube channel has discovered that the newest PS5 DualSense controllers (the blue, pink and purple), have upgraded, stronger internal components. 

A recent torture test on a Switch OLED Model has shown that the updated screen is of really high quality and extremely resistant to screen burn-in/ghosting.

Amazon in talks with Sony to develop a God of War TV Series.

Uncharted (the movie) cracks over $100 million at the box office. Sony announces there will be more movies to come.

Rest in Peace to Mr. Shane Warne - An Aussie National Treasure.

Gran Turismo 7 released last week and has been met with praise. So much so, it is the highest rated GT game since the good old PS1 and PS2 days.

PlayStation Plus "Spartacus" looks like it will be released very soon, Adam explains why.

Cry babies demand that Elden Ring be updated with an Easy Mode.
Also, people are selling 1 million of the Elden Ring in-game currency for $50 on eBay.

A disgusting man kidnaps a young girl after grooming her on the popular kids game Roblox. Get caught. Goes to jail.

Grand Theft Auto 5 (next gen upgrade) price gets leaked and people are pissed. Adam and Chris have a good old rant.

Returnal gets nominated for 8 awards at BAFTA.

Twisted Metal (TV Show) will begin filming soon. NBC confirms which streaming service it will be on. It's not good.

A bunch of Sony dev kits and prototypes get sent out around the world and people start to speculate what they might be. Adam goes into full fantasy dream land.

Back 4 Blood announces next DLC.

The war in Ukraine. Some companies donate (like Sony), some companies virtue signal (like CD Projekt Red and EA). Adam rants.

What we're playing + more Elden Ring chats.

Elden Ring is finally out and we have a lot to say. Good things, bad things, happy things, sad things... this game has it all. But do we love it?

PlayStation Stuff:
Sony reveals the PlayStation VR2 and controllers - and it looks really awesome.
PlayStation Australia is giving away 126 PS5 consoles.
Martha is Dead is being censored on PS4 and PS5 - we know what is being cut and altered.
Horizon Forbidden West gets review bombed by Xbox fanboys.
Aloy (from Horizon) has been feature in and on the front cover of Vanity Fair Italy.
PS5 software update.

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet have been officially announced.

The Capcom countdown disaster and Street Fighter 6 gets announced... but people are pissed.

More NFTs.

And more!

Sony is censoring games again, this time it's a game called Martha is Dead. The boys have a rant about censorship and discuss where in the company this censoring is coming from.

Nintendo eShop is closing on the 3DS and Wii U soon - gamers are furious. The active player count on the 3DS is still very high and people are expressing their concerns.

Capcom has a timer on their website - it's counting down and apparently when it's finished, a game will be revealed. Adam shares his prediction. Cough Street Fighter Cough.

EA have officially come out and explained why Battlefield 2042 is so crap. Their reason will make you sick and angry (rant warning).

Sony increases the prices for games in second and third world countries due to people using VPNs to gain access to cheaper prices.

Cyberpunk 2077 Next-Gen Update: Adam gives his initial thoughts and opinion on the update. Be warned, another rant lies ahead.

Paramount Pictures and Sega announce more Sonic the Hedgehog movies and spin-off TV shows. Keep your eye out for our official Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie review (coming early April 2022).

Mario Kart 9 rumours.

Horizon Forbidden West news: the game is out now, but some people got their hands on it sooner, including a streamer who thought it would be a good idea to stream it on Twitch. As you'd expect, it ended badly for him.
Lego has announced a Horizon Forbidden West Lego set. Which will stand almost 14 inches tall and have over 1000 pieces.

Rebel Wolves - a new development studio has been created by an ex-CDPR dev who we've spoken about in a past episode (E49). They're already working on a "Triple A, Epic Dark Fantasy RPG". We'll be keeping a close eye on this.

Food Truck Simulator: The ultimate sim game. The peak of sim gaming.

What we're playing / Elden Ring hype.