🎮 GAMERCHAT PODCAST | THIS WEEK IN GAMING

Welcome back to GamerChat Podcast! 🎙️

This week, we’re talking about everything from our latest gaming sessions and keeping ourselves healthy, to the biggest gaming news across PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and the wider industry.

🔥 HEALTH IS WEALTH

• 💪 Gym updates
• 🧠 Mental health check-in
• 🎮 Balancing gaming & real life

🎮 WHAT HAVE WE BEEN PLAYING?

• HALO: Campaign Evolved — PLATINUMED 🏆
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword

📰 THE GAMING NEWS

🌍 3RD-PARTY NEWS

• 👻 Phantom Blade Zero — 11 minutes of new footage arrives August 11, with pre-orders going live across PSN, Steam and Epic Games Store, plus an unexpected announcement.
• 🔥 Fortnite: Chapter OVERRIDE launches August 20 and is rumoured to connect to the wider gaming universe.
• 🇮🇹 Mafia: The Old Country — Man of Honor expansion arrives August 14.
• 💿 Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick discusses the industry's move toward digital and believes game streaming could grow dramatically over the next three years.
• 🎬 Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premieres on Netflix.
• 🧟 Resident Evil Veronica reaches 2 million wishlists.
• 💰 EA's reported move toward going private and its growing debt raise questions about potential cost-cutting and layoffs.
• 🏢 Could EA sell BioWare and other IP following the reported Saudi-backed takeover?
• ⚔️ Final Fantasy VII Revelation gets a new look at Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 25.
• 🎁 Ghost Recon Future Soldier is FREE on the Ubisoft Store until August 13.
• 🏜️ Dune: Awakening has officially gone gold.

🍄 NINTENDO

• 🎬 The late Sam Neill is set to appear in The Legend of Zelda in his final onscreen performance.
• 🐗 Uli Latukefu reportedly lands the role of Ganondorf in Sony & Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda movie.
• 📊 Star Fox and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book reportedly sold under 1 million units as of June 30, 2026.
• 🎮 Nintendo Switch 2 has reportedly sold 23.68 million consoles to date.

🟢 XBOX

• 🎮 The next Xbox console reportedly supports all five generations of Xbox games, according to a leaked memo.
• 🐺 RUMOUR: A Wolfenstein 2009 remaster could surprise-drop during QuakeCon 2026.
• 💿 Xbox's reported disc-to-digital program could allow physical discs to grant transferable digital licences.
• 🏆 Xbox Platinum — what's going on?

🔵 PLAYSTATION

• 🦸 ESRB says Marvel's Wolverine will feature in-game purchases.
• ⚔️ Dave Bautista is reportedly in talks to play Kratos in the God of War TV series.
• 💿 New PS5 packaging reportedly warns that games released after January 2028 will be digital-only.

🔥 PLUS PLENTY MORE GAMING CHAT, OPINIONS, DEBATES & COMMUNITY DISCUSSION!

What are you most looking forward to this week? 👇

Let us know your thoughts in the comments and join the conversation!

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