Gamescom 2025, Donkey Kong Bananza, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Sword of the Sea, The Rogue Prince of Persia & more!

Apologies for our time away from the airwaves, but we've had a pretty hectic summer to contend with, and that's not even including the carnage caused by Mr Donkey Kong in his debut Switch 2 offering: Donkey Kong Bananza. We've also had summer sales dropping the price of Ubisoft's latest Assassination adventure, Assassin's Creed Shadows, to an acceptable enough price for both Rob and Will to compare notes on it, while the Rogue Prince of Persia finally emerges from early access and Giant Squid's aquatic surfing odyssey, Sword of the Sea, arrives on PlayStation Plus Extra in all it's haptic-fuelled glory.But before all that there's the ten-ton elephant of Gamescom to get through, with well over 100 games featured across the various presentations hosted by Keighley, Future & co there is a whole mess of things to try and process, so allow us to dig out the highlights on this back-to-school edition of the #NOTplaying Podcast!Contact us on Email at: [email protected] us on Twitter/X/whatever: @notplayingpodIf you're listening on iTunes or Spotify, please give us a review!Music kindly provided by Miracle of Sound https://www.youtube.com/miracleofsoundIf you like movies & TV, why not checkout the #NOTwatching Podcast