Episode 261 - The Xmas Party

On this special. Pete Beckett chairs and hosts the panel, with special guests and best friends of the channel, Miketendo64, Nana Marfo, Brent and Gawny7789 to help see in the holiday period with our Christmas party.We initial speak about the games we have been playing, cover the news stories from the week including: November hardware sales hit lowest in US since 95 https://xboxera.com/2025/12/17/us-hardware-november-sales-see-lowest-totals-since-1995/ Actress playing Joanna Dark in cancelled Perfect Dark reboot talks about how far along in development game was https://www.thegamer.com/joanna-dark-perfect-dark-reboot-cancellation-details/ Larian studios head confirms they use generative AI in development https://www.gamesindustry.biz/larian-ceo-clarifies-studio-is-not-replacing-concept-artists-with-ai We then finish with a fun quiz going over some of the news stories from 2025.We hope you enjoy the episode.Thank you again to Nana, Mike, Brent and Gawny for coming on the podcast. You can follow them on the following:Nana: https://x.com/Nana__Marfo, https://nmarfoblogs.wordpress.com/ Miketendo64: https://www.youtube.com/@Miketendo64 https://www.youtube.com/@GameNChatM64 https://miketendo64.com/ https://x.com/miketendo64 Brent: https://twitch.tv/deaddropstudios and add him on Xbox Apophis1989Gawny: https://www.youtube.com/@Gawny7789 https://x.com/Gawny7789 Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAwayMusic by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube