528: Will the Switch 2’s price hurt Nintendo?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 528, we answer fan questions about the Nintendo Switch 2, including its price, launch lineup, hardware, and more!
1hr 13m Apr 07, 2025
1hr 13m
528: The Nintendo Switch 2's controversial reveal
On Throwdown Ep. 528, we discuss the Nintendo Switch 2 and its controversial reveal event.
1hr 57m Apr 04, 2025
1hr 57m
527: Which Switch games will come to Switch 2?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 527, we answer questions about the Nintendo Switch 2, Metroid Prime 4, Switch 2 scalpers, GTA6’s promotional strategy, Bandai Namco releasing PlayStation games, old Sega games, studio closures, and more!
1hr 5m Mar 31, 2025
1hr 5m
527: The last Nintendo Switch Direct
On Throwdown Ep. 527, we discuss the Nintendo Direct, the Nintendo Switch 2, Tencent bailing out Ubisoft, PS5 owners buying Xbox games, publishers afraid of GTA6, the Monster Hunter Wilds update, the return of Game Informer, Cristiano Ronaldo in Fatal Fury, and more!
1hr 43m Mar 28, 2025
1hr 43m
526: Will Assassin’s Creed Shadows flop?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 526, we answer questions about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the Xbox handheld, a Bethesda announcement, the God of War collection, the Future Games Shows, game reviews, Steam on Xbox, 3rd party games on Switch, dormant PlayStation franchises, GDC 2025, and more!
1hr 19m Mar 24, 2025
1hr 19m
526: Assassin’s Creed Shadows finally releases
On Throwdown Ep. 526, we discuss the Assassin’s Creed Shadows controversy, Sakurai’s statements about Japanese games, Xbox fans unhappy about ABK acquisition, the Mortal Kombat 2 movie, the God of War TV show, PS5 sales, and more!
1hr 15m Mar 21, 2025
1hr 15m
525: What updates does Monster Hunter Wilds need?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 525, we answer questions about Monster Hunter Wilds, PS5 Pro development, Nintendo Switch 2 sales, Death Stranding 2 Collector’s Edition, GTA6, gaming masterpieces, graphics cards, and more!
1hr 8m Mar 17, 2025
1hr 8m
525: Xbox handheld could arrive this year
On Throwdown Ep. 525, we discuss the reported Xbox handheld, the Nintendo Switch 2’s cost, Space Marines 3, Silent Hill F, Ubisoft’s latest woes, Niantic selling to a Saudi group, FS4 on PS5, Skate’s microtransactions, and more!
1hr 28m Mar 14, 2025
1hr 28m
524: Will Forza Horizon 5 succeed on PS5?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 524, we answer questions about Forza Horizon 5, the next Xbox, Xbox purchasing Activision, the PS3 and Xbox reveal, favorite game studios, Monster Hunter Wilds on handhelds, Death Stranding 2, and more!
1hr 38m Mar 10, 2025
1hr 38m
524: Monster Hunter Wilds sees monstrous sales
On Throwdown Ep. 524, we discuss Monster Hunter Wilds selling 8 million copies, the recent PlayStation layoffs, no more The Last of Us games, Gears of War coming to PS5, the return of Acclaim, the possible return of Scalebound, the new PlayStation beta program, and more!
1hr 14m Mar 07, 2025
1hr 14m
523: Is Monster Hunter Wilds Game of the Year?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 523, we answer questions about Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom delaying Monster Hunter Wilds on PC, Western vs Eastern game development, Bloodborne fans, Xbox’s woes, and more!
1hr 28m Mar 03, 2025
1hr 28m
523: Of Pirates and Monsters
On Throwdown Ep. 523, we discuss Monster Hunter Wilds, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, WB shutting down Monolith Studios, Fable being delayed, AI in Call of Duty, the Assassin’s Creed Shadows leak, Dragon Age: Veilguard being free on PSN, Forza Horizon 5 on PS5, Terminator 2D, and more!
1hr 38m Feb 28, 2025
1hr 38m
522: What is Xbox's future?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 522, we answer questions about Xbox’s future, the new PlayStation management, third-party games on Xbox, AI-generated games, GPUs vs consoles, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, NetEase dropping studios, the PS6, PC gaming, and more!
1hr 7m Feb 24, 2025
1hr 7m
522: Microsoft isn't trying to move players to Xbox
On Throwdown Ep. 522, we discuss Microsoft not trying to move players to Xbox, Xbox wanting to use AI to preserve games, Marvel Rivals staff being laid off, the latest Shuhei Yoshida stories, and more!
1hr 54m Feb 21, 2025
1hr 54m
521: Where have all the PlayStation exclusives gone?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 521, we answer questions about PlayStation exclusives, PlayStation’s leadership, compensation for the PSN outage, Fairgame$, Xbox limitations, console vs. PC gaming, annoying game mechanics, worst forced stealth missions, and more!
1hr 15m Feb 17, 2025
1hr 15m
521: State of Play impressions
On Throwdown Ep. 521, we discuss the PlayStation State of Play, Sony’s financials, South of Midnight, Monster Hunter Wilds, Avowed, Ready at Dawn, Nintendo vs Palworld, and more!
2hr 2m Feb 14, 2025
2hr 2m
520: Does the PSN outage prove digital-only consoles are bad?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 520, we answer questions about the PSN outage, the future of Xbox consoles, the potential Nintendo Switch 2 Lite, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, and more!
58m Feb 10, 2025
58m
520: Rockstar says GTA 6 will release in Fall 2025
On Throwdown Ep. 520, we discuss GTA6's dropping in 2025, the Nintendo Switch 2’s price, the Switch selling 150 million units, the EA CEO saying Dragon Age: Veilguard should’ve been live service, the Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta leak, the Capcom Spotlight, Battlefield, Avowed, and more!
1hr 33m Feb 07, 2025
1hr 33m
519: Will there be another Xbox console?
On Throwdown Your Questions, Ep. 519, we answer questions about Xbox going third-party, Xbox exclusives, Marvel Rivals vs. Concord, anime shooters, Xbox games on PS5 and Switch 2, future handhelds, controversial game publishers, the best open-world design, game titles, action set pieces, and more!
2hr 9m Feb 03, 2025
2hr 9m
519: Xbox has no more exclusives
On Throwdown Ep. 519, we discuss Forza Horizon 5 coming to PS5, Microsoft being the #1 game publisher, the new PlayStation CEO, Sony no longer requiring a PSN account for PC games, the latest Ubisoft fumbles, Bioware’s woes, Silent Hill 2’s success, the next God of War, and more!
1hr 24m Jan 31, 2025
1hr 24m
518: What is an Xbox exclusive?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 518, Xbox exclusives, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Phil Spencer on GTR, Mass Effect 4, long games, game announcements, auto-renewals, the PS Portal, arcade sticks, and more!
1hr 14m Jan 27, 2025
1hr 14m
518: Xbox Developer_Direct brought the heat
On Throwdown Ep. 518, we discuss the Xbox Developer Direct, Xbox games coming to Switch 2, EA’s financial woes, Assassin’s Creed Shadows previews, Ted Price leaving Insomniac Games, GTA6 potentially costing $100, the end of Blu-ray discs, and more!
1hr 49m Jan 24, 2025
1hr 49m
517: Did Nintendo play it safe with the Switch 2?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 517, we answer questions about the Nintendo Switch 2’s design, PlayStation’s live service games, Jim Ryan’s mess, objective game reviews, arcade sticks, best TVs for gaming in 2025, CES 2025, and more!
1hr 49m Jan 20, 2025
1hr 49m
517: Nintendo Switch 2 officially revealed
On Throwdown Ep. 517, we discuss the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer, Shuhei Yoshida’s comments post-Sony, PlayStation’s canceled live service games, and more!
1hr 30m Jan 17, 2025
1hr 30m
516: Will Halo succeed on the Nintendo Switch 2?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 516, we discuss Halo on the Nintendo Switch 2, historic gaming moments, the USA vs. Tencent, SteamOS vs Windows 11 for handhelds, games in 2025, handhelds games, Game Pass Rewards, forgotten genres, Virtua Fighter 6, EVO 2025, and more!
1hr 56m Jan 13, 2025
1hr 56m
516: Nintendo Switch 2 leaks surge during CES 2025
On Throwdown Ep. 516, we discuss the slew of Nintendo Switch 2 leaks, Assassin's Creed: Shadows being delayed again, Palworld dev putting a game on Nintendo Switch despite the lawsuit, the Virtua Fighter concept demo from CES 2025, and more!
1hr 25m Jan 10, 2025
1hr 25m
515: End of the Year AMA Special 2024
This is our big end-of-the-year AMA special. We answer listener-submitted questions about video games, pop culture, and life.
3hr 53m Dec 23, 2024
3hr 53m
515: The Biggest Games and Gaming News of 2024
Welcome to the last episode of Throwdown for 2024! On this show, we discuss everything that happened in gaming this year. This includes the biggest gaming stories and the best and worst games released. We also discuss which games we’re looking forward to in 2025.
2hr 56m Dec 20, 2024
2hr 56m
514: Why is Intergalactic so controversial?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 514, we answer questions about The Game Awards, The Witcher 4, Intergalactic, 2025 games, Elden Ring: Nightreign, Capcom IPs, Virtua Fighter 6, Fortnite, and more!
2hr 46m Dec 16, 2024
2hr 46m
514: The Game Awards 2024 Live Impressions
On Throwdown Ep. 514, we react live to The Game Awards 2024!
4hr 8m Dec 13, 2024
4hr 8m
513: Is Path of Exile 2 better than Diablo 4?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 513, we discuss Secret Level, pulp heroes, real-life video game skills, the next Tekken 8 character, a new Aliens game, Nintendo games going third-party, Star Citizen, Path of Exile 2, Stellar Blade being snubbed at The Game Awards, Monster Hunter Wilds, and more!
1hr 35m Dec 09, 2024
1hr 35m
513: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a great Xbox exclusive
On Throwdown Ep. 513, we discuss Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, PlayStation’s 30th anniversary, the Shawn Layden interview, the Light of Motiram, no Elden Ring 2 in development, XDefiant being canceled, Snoop Dogg at The Game Awards.
1hr 45m Dec 06, 2024
1hr 45m
Does Ubisoft symbolize everything wrong with gaming?
On Throwdown Your Questions, we answer questions about Ubisoft being the worst gaming company, the PS Portal being a suitable Sony handheld, Black Friday buys, gaming headsets, console SSD sizes, cryptic games, satisfying antagonist deaths, E3 encounters, game development, and more!
1hr 56m Dec 02, 2024
1hr 56m
Ubisoft wants Steam to remove concurrent player counts
On this episode of Throwdown, we discuss Ubisoft's desire for Steam to remove concurrent player counts, Kadokawa's desire for Sony to acquire it, Sony’s new handheld, the next Naughty Dog game, Cyberpunk 2077's 30 million-copy sale, PS2's 160 million-unit sale, the end of Mortal Kombat 1, Shohei Yoshida's retirement, and more!
1hr 19m Nov 28, 2024
1hr 19m
512: Are older gamers hard to please?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 512, we answer questions about modern vs older gaming, Xbox Game Pass on PlayStation, the PlayStation Portal, Obsidian working on Fable, the Big 3 at TGA, Secret Level, and more!
1hr 29m Nov 25, 2024
1hr 29m
512: The Game Awards snubs Stellar Blade
On Throwdown Ep. 512, we discuss The Game Awards nominees, Sony’s interest in Kadokawa, Call of Duty on Xbox, PS5 Pro graphical issues, PlayStation Portal, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Steam’s new DLC, the return of Virtua Fighter 5, and more!
1hr 51m Nov 22, 2024
1hr 51m
511: Has Xbox’s “Play Anywhere” strategy failed?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 511, we answer questions about Microsoft selling Xbox, the Nintendo Switch 2, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D, live service games, The Game Awards, PlayStation exclusives, Final Fantasy XVI on PC, PS3 emulation, PSSR updates, Xbox’s Play Anywhere strategy, Street Fighter 6 season 3, and more!
1hr 28m Nov 18, 2024
1hr 28m
511: This is an Xbox
On Throwdown Ep. 511, we discuss Xbox games on PlayStation, Zenimax employees striking against Microsoft, the FTC going after Microsoft (again), Ubisoft’s latest blunders, PS5 Pro scalpers, Lego Horizon Adventures, and more!
1hr 28m Nov 15, 2024
1hr 28m
510: Will we see price drops for consoles?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 510, we answer questions about the Nintendo Switch 2, game scores, streamed games, Spider-Man 2 DLC, Sony’s financial report, console prices, Fallout: London, a Star Wars fighting game, Dragon Age: Veilguard, and more!
1hr 10m Nov 11, 2024
1hr 10m
510: The PS5 Pro has arrived!
On Throwdown Ep. 510, we discuss the PS5 Pro, Nintendo’s latest financial report, the Nintendo Switch 2, Death Stranding on Xbox, the new Virtua Fighter, and more!
1hr 55m Nov 08, 2024
1hr 55m
509: What games will you play on PS5 Pro first?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 509, we answer questions about the PS5 Pro, a disc drive on Xbox Series, gaming discourse, old gaming IPs, Elon Musk’s game, the gaming industry, and more!
1hr 18m Nov 04, 2024
1hr 18m
509: Black Ops 6 is a massive success
On Throwdown Ep. 509, we discuss the launch of Black Ops 6, Sony killing Firewalk Studios, Dragon Age’s “success,” Monster Hunter Wilds, and more!
1hr 45m Nov 01, 2024
1hr 45m
508: What is the next Xbox game coming to PlayStation?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 508, we answer questions about Xbox games on PlayStation, game graphics, gaming handhelds, demo progress, gaming setups, tutorials, gaming controversies, and more!
1hr 40m Oct 28, 2024
1hr 40m
508: Xbox Game Pass could help or hurt Black Ops 6
On Throwdown Ep. 508, Call of Duty on Xbox Game Pass, Prince of Persia team disbanding, Dragon Age: Veilguard, Denuvo trying to clean up its image, Steam Deck not doing annual updates, the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, and more!
1hr 44m Oct 25, 2024
1hr 44m
507: Will there be a Spider-Man 2 stand-alone game?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 507 we answer questions about Spider-Man 2, Black Ops 6, Activision games on Game Pass, Star Citizen, PC achievements, passion for gaming, and more!
1hr 12m Oct 21, 2024
1hr 12m
507: Xbox Partner Preview impressions
On Throwdown Ep. 507, we discuss the Xbox partner preview showcase, more gaming layoffs, Shawn Layden’s latest warning about the gaming industry, the latest Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Steam admitting you don’t own games, and more!
1hr 16m Oct 18, 2024
1hr 16m
506: How severe is the Game Freak hack?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 506, we answer questions about the Game Freak hack, Halo Studios, the Switch 2, PS5 Pro sales, a Concord revamp, Xbox in Saudi Arabia, gaming rigs, PS3 remakes, the next Resident Evil, Castlevania in Unreal Engine 5, fighting games, and more!
1hr 37m Oct 14, 2024
1hr 37m
506: Ubisoft is burning
On Throwdown Ep. 506, we discuss the ongoing Ubisoft drama, Halo on PlayStation, Saudi Arabia eyeing Nintendo, Until Dawn remaking failing, the Nintendo Alarmo, and more!
1hr 17m Oct 11, 2024
1hr 17m
505: Will the new Halo Studios save the franchise?
On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 505, we answer questions about Halo Studios, Tencent acquiring Ubisoft, Star Wars: Outlaws, the PS5 Pro, the Silent Hill 2 Remake, the Diablo IV DLC, Pragmata, the PS6, Nixxes Studios, Xbox Game Pass, fighting games, and more!
1hr 27m Oct 07, 2024
1hr 27m
505: Starfield DLC is a complete failure
On Throwdown Ep. 505, we discuss the Starfield DLC, the latest Xbox disasters, Japanese games failing on Xbox, Ubisoft’s continuing troubles, the latest Suicide Squad expansion, and more!
1hr 33m Oct 04, 2024
1hr 33m