A belated Happy New Year as we get stuck into the first podcast of 2015, and Matt's last official Game Buzz as Senior Editor. We talk about some of the games we're looking forward to over the next twelve (well, eleven now) months; we discover Brendan has the deep, sexy voice of a Preston-born Johnny Cash; things get weird when Lord Shaxx goes full on Game of Thrones; and we get a little misty-eyed towards the end as the team see Matt on his merry way with a kazoo and a song.

Game Buzz Extra | Sexy Guardians and New Horizons. Recorded 3rd February, 2015.

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With 2014 almost over and the news mill very much closed for now - and also because the Dealspwn team are no doubt still recovering from the turkey-eating marathon that is Christmas - we wanted to do something special for this week's edition of the Game Buzz. So, over the last few weeks we dived "arse first" into the archives to find some of our favourite highlights from over the last 12 months to share with you all.

In other words, prepare for lots of blue-sky thinking, plenty of corpsing, some declarations of love, and surprise endings of the most loud kind in a very special episode of the Game Buzz!

Game Buzz Extra | The Best of 2014. Recorded 20th December, 2014.

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What was the Worst Game of 2014? How about the biggest Early Access Success Story? Which game will take home the LOL Gong in their ROFLcopter, and who's going to leave with the Jeremy Soule Award?

From Badass Moments to Buggy Botches, it's time for this year's Alternative GOTY Awards, and to finally answer the question, Who Won 2014?

Game Buzz | Episode 101 - The Alternative Awards: Who Won 2014? Recorded 19th December, 2014.

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Holy balls, we made it to 100 episodes! Yay!

Unfortunately, we were being so utterly professional that we forgot this podcast was in fact our century milestone. So there's no cake. Booo!

There is, however, a great big natter about the PlayStation Experience, Street Fighter exclusivity, Final Fantasy VII, the disappointment also know as The Crew, and winning weeks for Microsoft and Nintendo.

We'll get some cake in for the next one.

Game Buzz | Episode 100 - Ubisoft Killed Tiny Tim. Recorded 12th December, 2014.

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This has made us all feel very old, you know.

Twenty years of PlayStation is a milestone that deserves to be celebrated. And to think that the original PlayStation might never have come about had Nintendo not made the most colossal douche-move of their existence.

Of the course of nearly an hour, we look back on our first dealings with Sony's little grey box of tricks, and reflect on the gaming experiences that have stayed with us over the years. We pick apart the top ten PSOne games list I ran a few days back, and look at some of the titles that didn't quite make the grade, before looking at the legacy of the original PlayStation and how, even twenty years ago, Sony were espousing their #4thePlayers mentality.

This week, we break down the Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens teaser trailer and reflect on a manic Black Friday before looking ahead to a weekend of deals and some hot tips for Cyber Monday.

Game Buzz | Episode 99 - Black Friday and the Lightsaber Claymore. Recorded 28th November, 2014.

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With the PS4 and Xbox One both one year old, we take a look at this first full year of the new generation, and also ask which console gamers be picking up this Christmas.

Game Buzz | Episode 98 - Happy Birthday New-Gen! Recorded 21st November, 2014.

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On this week's show, we talk about Assassin's Creed: Unity, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and Warlords of Draenor. We chat about publishers releasing broken games and the "release now, patch later" culture that seems to be prevalent these asking what can be done to stop the madness.

Game Buzz | Episode 97 - Stop Releasing Broken Games! Recorded 14th November, 2014.

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On this week's show, we talk about the latest Ubisoft fiasco, we chat about what we'd like to see from a new-gen Mass Effect collection, and we have a big, fat Halo love fest.

Game Buzz | Episode 96 - Which is the best Halo game? Recorded 7th November, 2014.

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This week, we talk about Denis Dyack's comeback and who he should form the worst superteam ever with Uwe Boll, we take a look at the new PS4 update the significance of Share Play, we lambast Driveclub some more, and rejoice in a great week for Star Wars fans.

Game Buzz | Episode 95 - Prepare to Dyack. Recorded 31st October, 2014.

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This week, we talk about Carbine's staff layoffs and whether or not WildStar can bounce back from a troubling couple of months, Carl drops the lowdown on Dreamfall Chapters and we ask if it's suitable for newcomers, Jon gushes about the power of wang, and I wonder if Shinji Mikami has lost his edge.

Game Buzz | Episode 94 - Is WildStar Doomed? Recorded 17th October, 2014.

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This week, we deal with Driveclub's latest woes and ask how big games sites can justify early reviews for online games, we chat about Microsoft's continued defence of their indie parity clause, and we take a look at the announcement for the rather controversial Hatred.

Game Buzz | Episode 93 - Driveclub Is A Shambles. Recorded 17th October, 2014.

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This week, we talk about Driveclub's shambolic development period and release, we look further at the latest controversy surrounding Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed: Unity, and we discuss what makes a next-gen game.

Game Buzz | Episode 92 - Driveclub Is A Shambles. Recorded 10th October, 2014.

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Another week, another Ubisoft story that has caused uproar and division, aided once again by statements from the publisher that only make things worse. This week, Sony fans are up in arms because Assassin's Creed: Unity will be released across Xbox One and PS4 running at 900p and 30fps.

For comparison's sake, Unity's predecessor -- Black Flag -- enjoyed a fairly equal release itself, but it wasn't long before the game was patched on PS4 to take advantage of that system's potential, and upgraded to 1080p/30fps with an additional free patch, with the Xbox One version stuck at the launch 900p/30fps.

There was disparity for Watch Dogs as well, running at 900p on PlayStation 4 and 792p on Xbox One.

Here, however, Ubisoft have opted for parity, apparently in order to "avoid all the debates and stuff," senior producer Vincent Pontbriand told VideoGamer in an interview. "Technically we're CPU-bound. The GPUs are really powerful, obviously the graphics look pretty good, but it's the CPU [that] has to process the AI, the number of NPCs we have on screen, all these systems running in parallel."

Except it's done the complete opposite. A hashtag has emerged (all movements have hashtags these days) -- #PS4NoParity -- from fans accusing Ubisoft of dumbing the game down on Sony's platform to achieve console parity (Ubisoft have since refuted that notion). The ire from PS4 owners is somewhat understandable, consoles are an investment after all, and if you can only afford one, you want to try and make sure it's the best one, with the expectation that games will be optimised for the £300-400 machine you just bought. Of course, it's entirely possible that Ubisoft felt that this might be the correct move for the game -- trying to locate a graphical sweet spot that would please everybody while ensuring that all of Unity's systems could run smoothly and without compromise.

But we're not in the business of making excuses for publishing leviathans with triple-A titles coming out of their pores.

This week, we ask if the Kickstarter bubble has finally burst, celebrate Star Citizen's latest benchmark, and ask just who is to blame for Destiny's awful voiceacting?

Game Buzz | Episode 91 - Has Kickstarter's Bubble Burst? Recorded 3rd October, 2014.

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Our Game Buzz podcast this week sees us lament the death of the loot cave and argue that nerfing it solves the symptom rather than one of Destiny's biggest problems, we take a look at the omnishambles that has been Spacebase DF-9, and also deal with the news that Project Titan has, after seven years mired in development hell, finally been axed by Blizzard.

Game Buzz | Episode 90 - Can Destiny Be Fixed, And WTF Is Up With Spacebase? Recorded 26th September, 2014.

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This week's Game Buzz sees us chat about Microsoft's acquisition of Mojang and Minecraft, and what the future might hold for both the studio and its wildly popular IP under new management. Now that Jon's had a chance to get cracking in Destiny, we also have a natter about Carl's review and the ongoing mix of feelings that Destiny manages to provoke.

Game Buzz | Episode 89 - Minecraft's Destiny. Recorded 19th September, 2014.

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This week's Game Buzz sees us take a gander at Nintendo's new new 3DS and attempt to understand its confusing branding and odd design choices, Jon explains in fowl detail how to chat up birds, I forget how to use words in describing Bayonetta 2's bonkers magnificence, we choose our favourite Batman film (and talk about Arkham Knight), and Carl might finally be about to buy a new-gen console.

Game Buzz | Episode 88 - Pigeon Paramours, Console Confusion, and Carl's Big Choice. Recorded 22nd August, 2014.

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It's time for the Gamescom post-mortem, prepare yourselves for awards, arguments, and accolades as we get stuck into the best and the worst of this year's show.

And a discussion about beards.

Game Buzz | Episode 87 - The 2014 Gamescom Awards. Recorded 22nd August, 2014.

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This week's podcast is all about getting ready for Gamescom. We take a look at some of our pre-show picks before everything goes slightly off of the rails and Carl whips out his kazoo.

Game Buzz | Episode 86 - Gamescom, Quantum Lake, and Kazoo Solos. Recorded 7th August, 2014.

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