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VGC: The Video Game Podcast, hosted by Video Games Chronicle reporters Jordan Middler, Andy Robinson and Chris Scullion, who each week will be joined by an expert voice to discuss the biggest stories and talking points in video games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
VGC makes gaming news legible through informed disagreement, specific examples and a group dynamic that welcomes productive detours.
VGC: The Video Game Podcast turns current gaming news into a lively group conversation, with Jordan Middler, Andy Robinson and Chris Scullion moving easily between corporate decisions, new hardware and the games they have been playing.
Xbox strategy sits beside life-size Mareep plush proportions on your entirely reasonable list of gaming concerns.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A fan interview that wanders through plushes, favorites, and shelf-worthiness without losing its easy chemistry.
Jordan Middler talks with Jenny Nicholson in a way that suits VGC well: plushes, Eeveelutions, favorite evolutions, and the kind of shelf judgment that only Pokemon can inspire.
Loose, funny platform talk that still lands on something real.
VGC spends this episode on Xbox's next console and the platform strategy under it, then keeps circling the harder questions around first-party pressure, revenue incentives, and why changes like this take years to show up in public.
A bleak games industry roundup that stays lively because the hosts keep pressing on the mess.
This episode stays on the latest rough patch in games publishing: more media job losses, another Ubisoft reshuffle, and the same old churn around Xbox management. The panel keeps it brisk and a little bitter, which helps.
A lively games podcast that wanders, but mostly in a good way.
This VGC episode keeps moving, even when it drifts from the Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer into energy drinks, banana-flavoured oddities, and then a run through Xbox, PlayStation, and Sunset Overdrive.
A festive catch-up that wanders from holiday chaos into lively games talk without feeling overly polished.
VGC does what it does best here: a year-ahead catch-up that starts loose and stays loose, with games, football, gifts, and whatever else turns up.
Game Informer's editors review new releases and debrief hands-on previews from events like Summer Game Fest.
Host Jordan Middler interviews creator Jenny Nicholson for a special episode celebrating Pokemon's 30th anniversary, diving into childhood memories of Pokemon fandom, vintage merchandise, and cultural differences in how fans engaged with the franchise.
The hosts discuss Microsoft's announcement of Project Helix, a PC-console hybrid for Xbox, debating its market appeal and challenges.
The hosts discuss major gaming industry news, including Asha Sharma replacing Phil Spencer as Microsoft Gaming CEO, with debates on her AI background and Xbox's future.
The hosts debate the artistic merit of the Super Mario Bros.
The hosts of VGC podcast catch up after the festive break, sharing personal stories about New Year's traditions, cooking gadgets, and viral food trends before diving into detailed discussions of the games they played, including Hades 2 and WWE 2K25, and nostalgic memories of attending wrestling events as kids.
Sony is closing Bluepoint Games, maker of the Demon's Souls remake, five years after buying it and with about 70 employees losing their jobs, according to Bloomberg.
Episode 152 of VGC opens with Jordan Middler, Chris Scullion and Andy Robinson recapping The Game Awards, where they say Expedition 33 had won its fifth award and the room was asking "can we just go to the bar now." They then cover Circana's report of 1.6 million US hardware units in November 2025 and a 27% drop in hardware spending to $695 million.
Pokémon Pokopia sold 2.2 million copies in four days, over 1 million of them in Japan, and the hosts argue Nintendo underestimated demand for a Switch 2 exclusive.
Chris Scullion says he is '99% behind' an online theory that the Game Awards statue is Sega's Altered Beast, even though it was not among the five Sega revivals (Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio).
The Xbox Developer Direct on January 22nd will show Forza Horizon 6, Fable and Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation, and the hosts debate whether Playground Games can ship two big games in one year.
Chris Scullion theorises that Dispatch ships censored on Switch and Switch 2 because one eShop binary must satisfy Japan's ratings board, unlike CD Projekt Red's separate Japan-only Cyberpunk 2077 build.
VGC episode 151 recaps The Game Awards the morning after, with Jordan Mithler and Chris Scullion both on roughly four hours of sleep after a show they say "never needs to be three hours".
VGC's Jordan visited Housemarque's Helsinki studio, played three hours of Saros, and interviewed director Gregory Loudon and art director Simone Silvestri.
Jordan Midler, Chris Dring and Andy Robinson open episode 165 of VGC with Dring's one-year anniversary of The Game Business and a Zelda cardigan bought in San Francisco.
VGC episode 156 reacts to the Xbox Developer Direct, which confirmed Forza Horizon 6 for 19 May with a premium edition offering four days of early access.
VGC hosts Jordan Middler, Chris Scullion and Andy Robinson open with Lego's first Pokémon sets, including the $650 (£580), 6,838-piece Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise statue arriving February 27th.
VGC episode 164 centres on Nvidia's DLSS 5, which uses an AI model to add 'photo real lighting and materials' and drew widespread criticism after Monday's reveal.
VGC episode 158 covers Nintendo Switch 2's 17.37 million units sold in seven months, set against a holiday quarter of 7.01 million versus Switch 1's 7.2 million.
VGC episode 159 covers the PlayStation State of Play, including the God of War trilogy remake, a shadow-dropped 2D God of War spin-off at £24, and Castlevania: Belmont's Curse.
VGC's Patreon drive for episode 150 hit its first goal within 20 to 30 minutes, unlocking dozens of bonus strands and a planned 2026 VGC Live show in Glasgow.