The Crossplay Cooperative

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Three lads from NZ try to justify thousands of hours of spent playing video games since the 90s. The Crossplay Cooperative examines games industry news and unpacks the ups and downs of your favourite pastime.

  1. 9h ago

    The Crossplay Cooperative E014 - Big Walk, Bigger Talk.

    Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative! In this episode we talk about tiny solitaire games, unhinged CEOS, awkward livestreams, GTA VI leaks and Aotearoa's Office of Film and Literature Classification.  Cheers for listening! SOCIALS Facebook Instagram Youtube The Lads Try... (Gameplay Series)   00:04:06 - Intro   NEWS 00:07:48 - Steam admits hardware user data breach 00:15:50 - Hayden Panettiere, voice of Kingdom Hearts’ Kairi and Until Dawn’s Sam tragically passes away. 00:18:20 - Star Citizen livestream absolute chaos/failure. 00:34:01 - Tiny Sol is a tiny solitaire game that loads from a QR code! 00:38:52 - Saber Interactive CEO runs his mouth. Apologises. Still a dick though. 01:01:14 - Too AI music. Particularly cowboy shit and angry viking stuff! 01:05:00 - But emo is back baby! 01:08:05 - GTA VI leeks. (No typo) 01:13:30 - Fired Rockstar employees don’t want you to boycott the game! 01:21:30 - Halloween game banned in Australia and New Zealand. But then unbanned digitally in New Zealand! 01:26:20 - Asha Sharma gets a visit from Ratatouille’s cousin while visiting Bethesda. 01:38:28 - Sean Murray is a wonderful human and we need to protect him at all costs.   NOW PLAYING 01:46:52 - Sandcastle (A literal sandbox simulator!) 01:51:13 - Road 96 (Roguelike walking sim adventure) 02:03:50 - Returnal (Roguelike shooter) 02:11:28 - Nomad Drive (Survival roadtrip/friendslop) 02:14:30 - Rise of the Ronin (Open world samurai game) 02:27:08 - Big Walk (Multiplayer awesomeness/puzzle game) (Potential spoilers!)   FANTASY CRITIC 03:02:00

  2. Aug 7

    The Crossplay Cooperative E013 - Sorry, Wolverine's What?!

    Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative! In this episode we talk about Derrières, overpaid CEOs, Matt Damon, Asha Sharma's (or maybe Nate's) 4 'C's, a certain horrific Palworld revelation and a whole bunch more. Pretty sure this is still a gaming podcast?   Cheers for listening!  Oooh and check out our Lads try... gameplay series on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6I1OUx9teQ&t=558s   Socials https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586405401915 https://www.instagram.com/the_crossplay_co_operative/ https://www.youtube.com/@TheCrossplayCooperative TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Cold open - Butt chat 00:07:56 - Intro   NEWS 00:09:40 - EA CEO paid way too much in the aftermath of layoffs 00:17:20 - Double Fine lays off 23 staff after going independent 00:22:07 - Bethesda’s new drip (in logo form) 00:24:02 - Rumours of Dave Bautista being cast as new Kratos 00:31:00 - Microsoft addresses online service downtime. 00:38:40 - Asha Sharma outlines ambitious growth plan in the form of 4 ‘C’s. Spoiler: Constipation isn’t one of the C’s. 00:40:00 - Len guesses the 4 ‘C’s. Fails  00:56:28 - Xbox looks to launch their disc2digital feature soon. 01:07:50 - Palworld mmo announced! Plot twist: It’s on mobile… :/ 01:12:58 - Why is there no split-screen multiplayer on Halo Campaign Evolved? 01:25:04 - D&D x World of Warcraft coming in hot! MTG implications and Pathfinder chat 01:32:20 - Rockstar’s alleged union busting: Update 01:43:40 - AI’s place in art. Deep dive.   NOW PLAYING 02:06:30 - Typeslingers (Mavis Beacon teaches shooting) 02:13:20 - Palworld (“Totally not” Pokémon with guns, slavery and disassembling) 02:24:30 - Species: Unknown (FPS Lads vs Aliens sim) 02:36:30 - TYR (Tactical hero tank mulitplayer shooter) 02:42:50 - Star Wars: Outlaws (3rd person AAA open world Star Wars game. FR) 02:50:10 - Hail To The Rainbow (Atmospheric post-apocalyptic FPS/Dave’s Kryptonite) 02:56:38 - Blind FPS Games (Literally games that have no visual interface!) 03:15:01 - Flow of War (Retro Styled RTS) 03:19:46 - The Quarry (Interactive Horror adventure game)

  3. Jul 24

    The Crossplay Cooperative E012 - We Built this Podcast in a Cave! With a Box of Scraps!!

    Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative! In this episode we talk about quite a lot actually. Asha Sharma's new role in the US government, Mexico gets ready to sue Sony, Neill Blomkamp's new AI film, throw in a bit of Marvel chat and a whole lot more. We also get stuck into what we've been playing and have a quick chat about our new Let's Play YouTube series. Cheers for listening! SOCIALS https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586405401915 https://www.instagram.com/the_crossplay_co_operative/ https://www.youtube.com/@TheCrossplayCooperative   TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Cold open 00:02:07 - Intro 00:03:40 - Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is getting  00:15:08 - Former PlayStation Boss, Shawn Layden ain’t foolin’. Pick a lane  . 00:20:45 - Bethesda Update. 00:32:00 - Microsoft, please don’t ruin Minecraft!!  00:45:30 - Mexican lawmakers fights back against Sony’s decision to stop releasing physical games. 00:55:27 - Chinese courts rule that games libraries + microtransations should be able to be passed on. 01:02:51 - Cyberpunk reaches 40 million copies sold. 01:06:25 - DC have announced a new fighting game which is free-to-play... mobile exclusive. 01:12:00 - Doomsday trailer isn’t holding back. But will it be good? (MCU chat) 01:21:00 - Palworld ain’t doing AI, cos players don’t want it according to studio communications head. 01:24:00 - AI usage lines in the sand 01:39:11 - District 9 director drops new full AI short film.  01:54:40 - Three years of stats for AI usage on steam. Yikes! 02:03:28 - Stardew Valley MTG secret lair. NOW PLAYING 02:09:40 - About Fishing (Real weird fishing adventure) 02:21:20 - Moldrise (Yucky timeloop horror game) 02:26:00 - Palworld “Pokemon but like, better in every conceivable way.” 02:36:00 - Rose and Locket (Kiwi made stylistic twin stick side-scrolling shooter) 02:46:47 - Triple Threat from Nate: Returnal, Armored Core, Demon Souls.  03:04:35 - Borderlands 4 (Looter shooter) 03:14:30 - Dust Front (Old school RTS) 03:19:30 - Invokyr (Jumanji, the video game, but not) FANTASY CRITIC 03:26:30 -

  4. Jul 10

    The Crossplay Cooperative E011 - Friendsweat Can't Even Save Us Now

    Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative! We're sans Nate this week, but we plow on for this particularly grim episode! We talk about the death of physical media for PlayStation, huge layoff news and the culling of several Microsoft studio, my disappointment at GTA 6's performance on consoles and a whole lot more.   On the bright side, there are some killer games coming soon. SOCIALS https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586405401915 https://www.instagram.com/the_crossplay_co_operative/ TIMESTAMPS   00:00:00 - Cold open 00:01:15 - Intro   NEWS 00:03:10 - PlayStation ends physical media production in Jan 2028. 00:16:58 - PlayStation 6 very ikely to be released in 2028 at the earliest. 00:22:00 - Sony not willing to make significant loses on PS6. Will be expensive! 00:26:40 - Microsoft layoff 1600, 1600 more to come. 4 studios dropped. 00:32:50 - Obsidian gets really hurt by layoffs. 00:35:40 - Id has basically been gutted. (Editor’s note: Big rant coming next ep!) 00:42:50 - The cuts effect more than just those laid off directly, IO reports. 00:44:00 - Is the AAA space imploding? 00:57:01 - NC announces first game recommending 64gb RAM 01:00:08 - RAM manufacturers being sued for price fixing. 01:05:41 - GTA 6 @ 60fps? Unlikely according to Digital Foundry 01:12:58 -  Subnautica legal drama settled as reinstated CEO/AI enthusiast resigns volunteerily 01:15:02 - Metroid Ravenous temporarily listed. New game incoming? 01:19:20 - New game: Mouthwashing will be a triumph in friendsweating (Sorry Nate!)   NOW PLAYING 01:26:10 - Corsair Cove (Pirate themed city builder) 01:32:05 - Terratech Legion (Roguelike, vehicle builder) 01:36:40 - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Anime visual novel/RTS mecha strategy game) 01:43:00 - Screenbound (2D/3D Platformer puzzler) 01:50:03 - Dragon’s Crown (Sidescrolling action RPG) 01:53:03 - Windrunners (2D Dogfighting shooter) 01:57:36 - Moldwasher (2D Cozy cleaning puzzler) 02:04:30 - Moldrise (Yucky 1st person survival roguelike) 02:09:32 - Rose and Locket (Stylistic Kiwi 2D shooter platformer) 02:12:20 - Returnal (Roguelike 3rd person shooter) 02:15:29 - Zerospace (RTS/RPG) 02:20:15 - Cozy Game Restoration (Cozy puzzler) 02:22:40 - Restory (Cozy puzzler) 02:29:45 - Order of the Sinking Star (Sokoban puzzle game) 02:36:00 - Empire in Decay (Roguelike deckbuilder, but chess) 02:40:00 - Tom Lander (Totally bizzare brainbending droneflight game) 02:43:20 - Blood Dungeon (Loose af platforming autoshooter) 02:44:43 - Boy and Deer (Platform puzzle game) 02:49:48 - Toem 2 (Chill puzzle game) 02:54:48 - Object Impermanence (1st person puzzler)   02:58:30 - Final thoughts on the current game industry.

  5. Jun 26

    The Crossplay Cooperative E010 - Mate Baiting About Town

    Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative! We've hit episode 10, so of course it's our longest episode yet! Huge shout out to everyone who's downloaded, given us feedback and listened to us bang on. We massively appreciate it :) In this episode we have our first listener topic and chat about the role of narrative in video games. We also have a big dive into the concerning issues within Microsoft and mourn the loss of a couple of games industry figures.    So stick around and listen! Also, hit us up with your opening question or topic! We'd love to have that as an opener for the episode. SOCIALS https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586405401915 https://www.instagram.com/the_crossplay_co_operative/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Cold open 00:06:00 - Intro 00:07:50 - Listener Topic! Thanks Maaaate!   NEWS 00:30:25 - “YouTube Monetizes Xbox better than we do” 00:37:13 - Xbox Studios brace for closures 00:40:10 - Ninja Theory closure planned before Senua announcement. 00:42:31 - Xbox to fastrack major franchise titles. 00:49:22 - Key Xbox staff leave. 00:52:15 - Halo won’t need PSPlus account for couch coop. 00:56:26 - Epic tries to save the news for this week. Fails. 01:05:44 - RIP Bobby Prince. Doom composer. Legend. 01:11:05 - RIP Claude Guillemot. Co-founder of Ubisoft. 01:14:32 - Getting down with the Steam Machine! 01:24:08 - Rocks  tar devs finally form their union.   NOW PLAYING Full Party! 01:30:15 - Everything is a roguelike deckbuilder with a side of mushrooms and  01:32:00 - Empulse 01:36:34 - Over The Hill 01:43:35 - The Mound - Call of Cthulu 02:02:42 - Deep Dish Dungeon 02:09:32 - Serious Sam Scatterverse 02:15:21 - BOMBANANA   Len 02:22:00 - Call of Duty Black Ops 7. 02:26:40 - Alan Wake 2 02:29:39 - Echoes of Mystralia 02:31:12 - Trash Day * 02:32:31 - Goosiest (YouTuber) 02:34:20 - Lennybarn (YouTuber) 02:38:21 - Samara Weaving   Dave 02:39:59 - Bio Eden * 02:43:45 - Rivage 02:51:28 - The Lift   Nate 03:02:25 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 03:14:48 - Valor Mortis 03:22:55 - About Fishing 03:30:51 - Iron Nest 03:43:11 - End!

  6. Jun 12

    The Crossplay Cooperative E009 - Ain't No Party Like A Showcase Party

    Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative Join us every second Friday (NZ) to keep up to date with our favourite bits of recent gaming news and thoughts. In this episode we attempt to go over all of the showcases over the past weekend and discuss announcements from Sony, Xbox, Nintendo and dozens of other publishers + dev. It's... a lot! We also talk about Friend-slop, AI controversy with one of these announcements, violence in games and a lot more. Massive shout out if you've joined us along the way. We hope you enjoy! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Cold open 00:04:49 - Intro   SONY STATE OF PLAY (Highlights) 00:06:42 - Wolverine 00:14:50 - Rayman Legends Retold 00:17:22 - Bancho The Chef 00:18:08 - Kemuri 00:20:14 - The Lost Wild (Not to be confused with Dino Crisis Remake) 00:24:08 - Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered 00:26:57 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword 00:31:08 - Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve 00:36:40 - Control Resonance 00:46:02 - Obligatory Marathon mention! 00:47:20 - Until Dawn 2 00:50:25 - God of War: Laufey   SUMMER GAME FEST 00:56:29 - Resident Evil Veronica 00:57:39 - Mighty Cup Head Adventures 00:59:58 - Gen Atlas 01:03:30 - Blood Message 01:06:50 - HAEX? HAYEX? HEEEXX?? 01:10:54 - Mortal Shell II 01:20:02 - TMNT - Ronin 01:22:40 - Gundam Rogue Orbit 01:26:37 - Crossfire 01:30:25 - Guild Wars 3 01:35:41 - Amsterdam 1666 01:50:47 - Hot Wheels - Infinite Rush 01:53:47 - Stellar Blade Bloodrain 01:58:35 - Street Fighter 6 (Tifa announced as a character) 01:58:17 - Final Fantasy VII Revelation   XBOX SHOWCASE 02:06:58 - Fable 02:07:48 - Halo Campaign Evolved 02:10:00 - State of Decay 3 02:11:55 - Metro 2039 02:14:44 - Bad Magpie 02:15:15 - Senua. a.k.a Sensua :D 02:17:08 - Asha Sharma Fanclub Chat 02:18:47 - Valor Mortis 02:21:05 - Persona 6 02:22:53 - Spyro: A Realm Beyond 02:24:38 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 02:29:10 - Gears of War: E-Day   PC GAMING SHOW 02:32:07 - Serious Sam - Shatterverse 02:33:33 - There Are No Ghosts At The Grand 02:34:29 - Another Door 02:35:55 - Cassette Beast 2002 02:36:50 - 2 Fights 2 Tight Space 02:37:00 - Stronghold 4 02:39:08 - Wardog 02:43:12 - Rivage 02:46:44 - Total War: Warhammer 40k 02:48:40 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers 02:53:05 - Into The Wind   NINTENDO DIRECT 02:53:48 - Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave 02:54:15 - Lies of P: Complete Edition 02:55:01 - Final Fantasy Resonance 02:55:59 - The Duskbloods 02:56:52 - Kingdom Hearts 4 02:57:37 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake   DAY OF THE DEVS 03:00:02 - Screenbound 03:01:01 - Into The Unwell 03:03:32 - Dreadmoor 03:05:57 - Lazy River 03:07:50 - Slap Out Of It   WHOLESOME DIRECT 03:09:59 - TOEM 2 03:12:05 - Hidden Folks 2 FUTURE GAMES SHOW 03:14:22 - Exodus  END!

  7. May 29

    The Crossplay Cooperative E008 - You're a Wizard, Davo! Not the coastal varietal.

    Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative Join us every second Friday (NZ) to keep up to date with our favourite bits of recent gaming news and thoughts. In this episode we talk about wizards (some good, some bad), a whole lot of Warhammer, Sony mis-steps, the end of Destiny 2 and whole lot more. As always, this may just save your life. But probably not.   TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Cold open 00:06:48 - Intro 00:08:24 - What games we reckon should be a movie   NEWS 00:20:21 - Zak Cregger’s Resident Evil trailer 00:26:18 - IO Interactive’s 007 First Light getting great reviews 00:32:28 - Dave has engines! Unreal 6 engine revealed via sweet grass tech in Rocket League. 00:42:27 - Warhammer 40k Chaosgate Deathwatch announced. 00:54:37 - The Gamer dropping scummy pay-per-session contracts. 01:00:23 - Two new unannounced Xbox controllers announced 01:07:16 -  Playstation podcaster, Colin Moriarty’s PSN account hacked. Security fiasco exposed. 01:20:50 - Subnautica 2 devs don’t want you to kill the fishies. 01:31:14 - Destiny 2 development comes to a close. 01:40:20 - Sony no longer porting first party games to PC. 01:47:30 - Warhorse Studios announce an RPG set in Middle Earth. 01:54:14 - Correction! Black Flag will NOT have modern day sequences. 01:57:26 - Wizards of the Coast union busting. Ew! 02:12:55 - Showcases incoming! We give our Control: Resonance predictions.   NOW PLAYING 02:19:00 - Mortal Kombat 1 (PS5) 02:24:00 - The Crew: Motorfest (PS5) 02:26:46 - Dead Island 2 (PS5) 02:30:07 - Warhammer: Chaosgate Daemonhunters (PS5) 02:30:55 - Subnautica: Below Zero (PS5) 02:32:50 - Alan Wake I+II (PS5)   - Len promises to play Alan Wake 1 by next episode - Dave promises to play some OG Marathon   02:35:09 - Boltgun II Demo (PC) 02:41:09 - Warhammer Survivors (PC) 02:44:55 - Rune Dice a.k.a Dave crack (PC) 02:51:20 - Dungeon Baller (PC) 02:58:08 - Slay the Spire 2 (PC) 02:59:10 - Clair Obscure (PS5) Nate’s in a race to the finish line! 03:11:00 - Marathon (PC) 02:12:15 - Silksong (PC) 02:19:13 - Nate Teases a genre of game for next episode (PC)   FANTASY CRITIC 02:21:40 - Updates Socials https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586405401915 https://www.instagram.com/the_crossplay_co_operative/ Apparently I didn't actually make a Tiktok account. Lol. - Len   List of Showcases via Polygon Event Date Time (EDT) Time (NZT) Sony State of Play Tuesday, June 2 5 p.m. 9am (Wed) Summer Game Fest Friday, June 5 5 p.m. 9am (Sat) Day of the Devs Friday, June 5 7 p.m. 11am (Sat) Wholesome Direct Saturday, June 6 12 p.m. 4am (Sun) Story-Rich Showcase Saturday, June 6 1 p.m. 5am (Sun) Future Games Show Saturday, June 6 3 p.m. 7am (Sun) Xbox Games Showcase Sunday, June 7 1 p.m. 5am (Mon) PC Gaming Show Sunday, June 7 3 p.m. 7am (Mon)

  8. May 15

    The Crossplay Cooperative E007 - Everything Are Leaking

    Welcome to The Crossplay Cooperative! In this episode we talk about leaky things, game perfume, GTA VI's crazy minimum expectations, gamers having sooks, among other riveting chat! We also get into what we've been jamming over the last two weeks, including my quick review of Mixtape, and get a bit vulny as we reminisce about games that punched us right in the feels! Massively important. xoxo   TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Cold open 00:00:50 - Intro   NEWS 00:03:16 - Everything (including Dave) is leaking! 00:11:11 - Kingdom Come’s scent collab!? 00:18:37 - Gamespot CEO wants to buy Ebay. Laughed out of the room. 00:26:52 - RGG Studio’s Stranger Than Heaven looks promising. 00:35:40 - Nate’s more excited about Stranger Than Heaven than GTA VI… 00:35:46 - …And then we proceed to spend the next 12 minutes talking about GTA VI! 00:47:00 - Sony’s AI plans 00:56:55 - Asha Sharma removes  Co-Pilot. Installs other ex-AI execs? Bring back bing! 01:02:00 - Helldivers 2 community having a sook. As per. 01:11:50 - Bungie continues to cause Sony issues. 01:23:46 - Unity reports revenue increase after 2023 brain explosion. Still reporting huge losses. 01:26:00 - Godot killing it though! 01:34:11 - Subnautica 2 dives into early access. 01:40:08 - Sidenote: Dave the Diver rules. 01:42:40 - Directive 8020 getting decent reviews. 01:46:46 - What are Truck Kun tho? 01:50:40 - NZ Games Festival   NOW PLAYING 01:57:51 - Starfield (PS5) 02:03:01 - Mixtape Review (PS5) - Len   02:21:44 - Sidequest! Games moments/experiences that gave us the feels.   02:31:11 - Brigador Killers (PC) 02:37:14 - DAICE (PC) 02:45:11 - Clair Obscur: 33 Expedition Update! (PS5) 02:53:11 - Iron Lung (PC)   03:03:06 - Wheelmates Demo (PC) 03:07:56 - Project: Doors (PC) 03:16:11   - Outro

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Three lads from NZ try to justify thousands of hours of spent playing video games since the 90s. The Crossplay Cooperative examines games industry news and unpacks the ups and downs of your favourite pastime.

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    2026
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