The time has finally come! Join us for the Plug N Play Podcast's first ever Game of the Year Award Show! Biggest news story of the year, best narrative, best soundtrack, guilty please and more! And of course, the Top 5 Best Games of the Year!

Who will win? Who will lose? Only one way to find out as we dive back into this good and sometimes even great year for gaming!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

7:19 - Best Narrative

14:40 - Best Moment

23:02 - Best Soundtrack

28:16- Biggest Guilty Pleasure

34:01 - Biggest Regret

38:57 - Most Anticipated Thing of 2025

42:30 - Biggest Disappointment

47:57 - Biggest News Story of the Year

1:02:09 - Best Game from a Previous Year

Top 5:

1:07:38 - #5

1:12:30 - #4

1:16:30 - #3

1:20:16 - #2

1:24:34 - #1

The Plug N Play Podcast welcomes you to the new year with the exciting and highly anticipated Fantasy Critic League results! Find out the winners and losers as we go through a detailed examination of all the moves made throughout the year and crown a winner!

Impressions are also back with Indiana Jones: The Great Circle! Find out if this highly reviewed title is worthy of the praise and if Xbox finally got a win this year.

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Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

17:11 - Fantasy Critic Overview (Winners and Losers)

27:47 - Cam's List

47:00 - Alexis' List

1:14:38 - Henry's List

Impressions:

1:42:33 - Indiana Jones: The Great Circle

Happy holidays to you and yours from the Plug N Play Podcast! On this Christmasy episode of the podcast, Henry gives thanks for all the presents that The Game Awards provided! Join him as he unwraps all the awards and announcements as you light your menorah or sing another carol by the fire.

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Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:21 - Secret Level show impressions

14:25 - Sony acquires more stake in Kadokawa

19:00 - Game Award winners

1:02:44 - Game Award announcements

Impressions:

None :(

The holiday season begins for the Plug N Play Podcast in earnest with many video gamey things to discuss and ponder upon. This week's main focus is on the ongoing collapse of one of the biggest publishers in games: Ubisoft. Will big daddy Tencent finally get them in their clutches? Also play along in trying to predict the winners of all the categories in the upcoming Game Awards! Can you out predict this lone podcaster?

Impressions this week focus on Killer Frequency and the newest installment of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's single player campaign. Will this one blow your socks off or keep your socks firmly in place?

Feel free to send us a question at plugnplaypodcast1@gmail.com for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:37 - Shuhei Yoshida leaving PlayStation after 31 years

5:58 - Ubisoft continues to flounder; Tecent potential takeover, layoffs and studio closures, xDefinant shutting down, Beyond Good and Evil 2 woes

25:52 - Game Award winner predictions

Impressions:

1:06:58- Killer Frequency

1:13:43- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 single player campaign

Henry returns from his trip to Japan on this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast. With the news piling up, he discusses Concord's studio offically being shut down, the future of Xbox, Wolverine's Creative Director moving over to Perfect Dark, The Game Award's GOTY nominees and more!

Impressions also abound with discussions on Death Note, Dead Island 2, Road 96, Alan Wake 2: The Lakehouse DLC and Princess Peach: Showtime! But the real question is: were any of these games worth his time!?

Feel free to send us a question at plugnplaypodcast1@gmail.com for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

21:35 - Ubisoft shuts down Prince of Persia: Lost Crown studio

27:27 - Mulitversus blamed for Warner Brother's gaming division underperforming

35:33 - Borderlands movie boosted gaming sales

39:43 - Phil Spencer interview on future of Xbox

54:59 - Sony trying to buy Kodokawa (FromSoftware owners)

59:55 - Wolverine Creative Director leaves for Xbox's Perfect Dark

1:06:20- Concord's studio officially shut down

1:15:46- The Game Award's GOTY nominees revealed

Impressions:

1:36:12- Death Note

1:50:21- Dead Island 2

1:58:38- Road 96

2:10:41- Alan Wake 2; The Lakehouse DLC

2:17:51- Princess Peach: Showtime

On this overly spooky episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry revives the spookiest news of the evening including Pokemon leaks at GameFreak, layoffs at Bandai Namco, the death of LittleBigPlanet and Netflix's AAA studio, and the Xbox Partner Showcase.

And even spookier impressions of this month's spookiest horror games. Featuring Dead Space Remake and The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me. Listener beware, you're in for a scary good podcast!

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Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Spooky Intro

5:00 - LittleBigPlanet 3 delisted

11:15 - Xbox Partner Showcase

49:05 - Bandai Namco layoffs and game cancellations

57:11 - Pokemon GameFreak leaks

1:01:51- Netflix shuts down their AAA studio

Impressions:

1:09:02- Dead Space Remake

1:35:31- The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

On this impressions heavy episode of the Plug N Play Podcast, Henry goes through the new Sony State of Play including the Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster and Ghost of Yotei announcements! He also continues to point out the death spiral the Ubisoft seems to be in recently with their recent delay of Asssassin's Creed Shadows.

The impressions are on fire this week with The Plucky Squire, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, Gotham Knights, and the highly anticipated Metaphor Refantazio demo! Does it live up to the reviews? Join us and find out.

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Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:33 - Sony State of Play

1:00:08 - Ubisoft addresses concerns and delays Assassin's Creed Shadows

Impressions:

1:18:25- Sword Art Online

1:20:51- Gotham Knights

1:24:25- Doki Doki Literature Club Plus

1:32:45- The Plucky Squire

1:41:37- Metaphor Refantazio Demo

On this episode of the Plug N Play Podcast Henry dives deep into the recent and controversial announcement of the PS5 Pro! Is is the worst thing since my parent's divorce or is it completely overblown?

We also get into Nintendo suing Palworld, Annapurna Interactive's staff all resigning, more details on Concord's demise and impressions on this year's highest reviewed game: Astro Bot!

Feel free to send us a question at plugnplaypodcast1@gmail.com for a chance to have it read out on the show!

Keep track of our ongoing Fantasy Critic League - https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/04e81707-8041-4550-b18b-8e7f10768f02/2024?inviteCode=c70c2125-9beb-45a9-8b42-cde373ee234d

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

5:53 - Concord's Budget and Director Resigns

19:08 - Annapurna Interactive's entire staff resigns

25:55 - Ubisoft's stock tanks after letter from investor

36:34 - Nintendo Sues Palword

51:31- PS5 Pro Announcement and Backlash

Impressions:

1:35:13- Astro Bot