Swapping Joysticks Ben Austwick & Ed Nightingale

We chat about the latest production of Romeo & Juliet featuring Tom Holland, Animal Well, Ed's playthrough of Dark Souls Remastered, that vile, misogynistic clip from Valorant, and some breaking news about GTA6.
Plus, we chat about what you've been playing!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - Romeo & Juliet with Tom Holland
00:36:44 - The EDGE Game
00:44:57 - Animal Well
00:51:11 - Elden Ring & Dark Souls Remastered
01:07:37 - What you've been playing
01:11:35 - GTA6 release date - BREAKING NEWS
01:18:57 - Assassin's Creed Shadows reveal
01:28:02 - Square Enix financials
01:30:56 - Helldivers 2 sales
01:32:30 - Zelda and Animal Crossing Lego
01:34:35 - Dead by Daylight new stuff and Twitch shirts
01:38:55 - VALORANT streamer gets vile abuse & AI moderation
01:50:38 - Outro

Hades was shadow dropped and Ed has played it, Ben gives an update on his Elden Ring playthrough, and we have a long discussion about Microsoft, Phil Spencer, and the future of Xbox. 
Plus, we chat about what you've been playing!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:07:37 - Microsoft/Bethesda Layoffs
00:46:10 - Frontier's new games!
00:49:44 - Elden Ring
00:46:18 - Stellar Blade & FFXIV
00:58:55 - Hades 2
01:11:11 - What you've been playing
01:18:08 - Outro

Right, we're back to regular weekly episodes now that Ben's had his root canal. There's a lot to catch up on including the Elden Ring Symphony Concert at the Royal Albert Hall and Stellar Blade controversy. Also, Ben's been playing Manor Lords and a pretty fun tennis game!
Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and all things gaming and streaming in the news!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:52 - Elden Ring Symphonic Adventure
00:22:12 - Ben's root canal
00:26:44 - Top Spin 2K25
00:36:21 - Stellar Blade
00:57:30 - Manor Lords
01:12:08 - FFXIV update
01:15:14 - What you've been playing
01:19:03 - What's in the news (Xbox Direct, Fallout, Dungeons of Hinterberg)
01:30:18 - Outro
 
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Ep 132: We're joined by acclaimed actor Abubakar Salim, voice of Bayek in Assassin's Creed Origins and man behind the brand new game Tales of Kenzera: Zau. Listen as we discuss his journey making this game, what inspired him, and what the future holds. Plus, a whole lot of everything else!
 
▼ Abubakar's links ▼
● Follow on Twitter - https://twitter.com/abzybabzy
● Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/abzysalim
 
▼ Surgent Studios' links ▼
● Follow on Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/surgentstudios
● Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/surgentstudios 

It's been a busy two weeks with a special trip to a Fallout on Prime screening, Ed's been pacing the red carpet at the BAFTA Games Awards, and we've both played a bit of Final Fantasy XIV!
Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and all things gaming and streaming in the news!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:48 - BAFTA Games Awards
00:43:02 - Fallout TV show on Amazon Prime
00:59:51 - Persona 3 (and a bit of Persona 5)
01:05:40 - Final Fantasy XIV
01:13:30 - What you've been playing
01:23:49 - FFXVI crossover event in FFXIV
01:26:25 - Outro

We may have chatted about Dragon's Dogma 2 a fair bit last week, but now Ben's played it constantly for the past couple of days, we've got a lot more to talk about. Ed's been playing Final Fantasy V and we explain what we got up to over the last week!
Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and all things gaming and streaming in the news!
00:00:00 - Intro & our past week
00:17:52 - Dragon's Dogma 2
00:41:40 - Final Fantasy V
00:51:14 - What you've been playing
01:00:16 - Gaming news (inc. Monster Hunter Wilds, Twitch ToS, Digital-only Xbox Series X)
01:06:02 - Outro