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DLSS 5 Mod Breakthroughs, Beat Survival Review & PS Rough State of Play | EGP 348

EGP 348 brings Gray, Hans and Matt together for PlayStation disappointment, DLSS 5 experimentation, indie game reviews and a deep dive into gaming laptops. The crew reacts to Sony’s latest State of Play, debates PlayStation exclusives, digital ownership and whether clicking “Buy” should actually mean you own your game. Then DLSS 5 takes center stage as Hans shares his own testing, while the guys discuss huge performance penalties, VRAM usage, user-controlled neural-rendering sliders, DLSS 5 Swapper, OptiScaler improvements and modders repeatedly unlocking features Nvidia would rather keep restricted. Matt gives first impressions of the military sandbox War Dogs before reviewing the wonderfully strange zombie-and-alien survival game Beat Survival. Hans finally delivers his long-awaited desktop-vs-gaming-laptop comparison, including performance, noise, cooling and whether high-end laptops have become legitimate desktop replacements. The show closes with three Nvidia-themed “truth, the whole truth” trivia questions. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.com www.extremegamingpodcast.com info@extremegamingpodcast.com

Castlevania Returns, Witcher 3 Remastered & DLSS 5 Takes Over

EGP 347 this week is a two-man show with Gray and Hans, and Hans has just returned from Gamescom 2026 with plenty to report. He shares firsthand impressions of the massive crowds, huge booths, cosplay scene, indie areas and his long-awaited hands-on time with the new Castlevania, while Gray digs into the surprise reveal of The Witcher 3 Remastered and everything CD Projekt Red is changing. The guys also cover Crazy Taxi, Gears of War: E-Day, Star Wars: Zero Company, Age of Empires, retro gaming’s continued resurgence, laptop-heavy hardware booths and the realities of modern PC pricing. Later, the discussion turns to the massive Valve/Steam archive leak, RTX 5090 performance rumors, repasting an aging RTX 2080 Ti, and the leaked DLSS 5 developer build. Gray and Hans debate whether AI-driven graphics are genuinely transformative, overhyped, or simply inevitable—and why sliders may be the key to making DLSS 5 work. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.com info@extremegamingpodcast.com

PC Gaming Gets Pricier, Top Gun Battlefield, Twitch AI, Xeneon Edge

EGP 345 covers another week of gaming news, hardware insanity and industry weirdness. The crew discusses Twitch quietly opting streamers into generative-AI training, leaked Zelda 40th-anniversary hardware, the confirmation of Hogwarts Legacy 2, and Gray’s deep dive into the Corsair XENEON EDGE and his animated Elite Dangerous Stream Deck setup. The guys also dig into the new Battlefield 6 x Top Gun crossover, with Carrier Strike, Wake Island-style combat and returning Top Gun: Maverick actors. PC hardware prices remain a major concern as GPU costs climb, entry-level cards get squeezed and Intel warns the mainstream market is “taking a beating.” Hans previews what he hopes to see at Gamescom 2026, while the crew also covers a possible Simpsons Hit & Run revival, modded 20GB RTX 3080s, GTA 6 reshaping the 2026 release calendar, Gears of War: E-Day’s strong beta numbers and the growing backlash against generative AI in games. The show closes with entertainment-crossover trivia. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast

EA Goes Private, GTA 6 Goes Netflix & Nvidia Goes AI Crazy

Extreme Gaming Podcast 344 is packed with gaming news, hardware arguments, retro nostalgia, and a few inevitable detours. The crew discusses Take-Two’s enormous GTA 6 expectations, Quake’s 30th anniversary, PS5 Pro’s PSSR 2.0 update, Nvidia DLSS 5, and the latest GTA 6/Netflix rumors. Gray digs into Roblox’s massive valuation drop and a strange new diamond-powered quantum-computing claim, while Matt returns to Project Zomboid and explains why its brutal survival mechanics and community mods keep pulling him back. Terminator: Survivors also resurfaces with major changes, including the removal of co-op. Later, the guys tackle Xbox backward compatibility on PC, EA’s $55 billion buyout, Microsoft’s Windows 11 RAM recommendations, No Man’s Sky’s tenth anniversary, Doom on Evercade, Xbox expansion-storage prices, future TSMC chip technology, Steam’s latest hardware survey, and another extended AMD/X3D debate. The show closes with three EA-themed trivia questions. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast Info@extremegamingpodcast.com #podcast #games #EGP

Gears of War: E-Day, Xbox News & This Week’s PC Hardware Chaos | EGP 343

This week on the Extreme Gaming Podcast, Gray, Trev, Hans and Matt cover Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 potentially coming to Switch 2, the return of Crazy Taxi, GTA 6’s region-locked PlayStation codes and another painful wave of GPU, RAM and console price increases. The crew also examines new gaming announcements from San Diego Comic-Con, including future God of War plans, Marvel’s Wolverine, Star Wars: Zero Company and Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2. Hans finally receives his long-awaited opportunity to unload on AMD’s X3D chips, one-percent-low performance and the reviewers he believes failed to highlight the problem. Matt reviews the slow-moving Seafarer: The Ship Sim and the far more affecting War Angels demo. The episode wraps with Steam Machine upgrades, Xbox Series X price hikes, the future of physical discs, Gears of War: E-Day and a Gears-themed trivia showdown. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast Info@extremegamingpodcast.com #podcast #games #EGP

GTA 6 Is About to Print Billions!

This week on the Extreme Gaming Podcast, Gray returns from Scotland, Matt returns to the show, Hans eventually escapes traffic, and Trev tries to keep the whole operation from sinking faster than a badly managed submarine. The crew discusses the possible return of Ghost Recon Wildlands, the continuing collapse of physical game sales, DLSS 5 customization, Nvidia’s expanding ARM support, GTA 6’s staggering preorder projections, and Bethesda insisting that The Elder Scrolls VI is progressing exactly as planned—which apparently means taking forever. Also covered: Amazon’s plans for future James Bond games, another Tomb Raider delay, Xbox bringing classic games to PC, free cloud gaming supported by ads, AMD’s long-term AM5 roadmap, and the increasingly brutal cost of RAM and SSDs. Matt reviews Sonar and Low-Budget Repairs, while the episode concludes with James Bond game trivia, half a Golden Gun, and the usual amount of chaos. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.com

Why The Latest Steam Machine Review Scores Might Surprise You

In this episode, we pull back the curtain on the overlooked numbers, sneaky strategies, and technical innovations shaping how Sony and others approach PC gaming. If you're tired of waiting for the next big PC port, or puzzled why some have sold millions yet still seem hesitant, this is your essential inside info. Whether you’re a hardcore gamer, a modder, or just curious how massive hits are quietly transforming the landscape, this episode is packed with insights that matter now. Don’t miss out—hit play and see why the future of gaming is more connected—and more surprising—than ever. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast #podcast #gamingpodcast #steammachine #valve #podcasting

The Shocking Reality Behind Xbox's Massive Job Cuts and Studio Closures

Most gamers don't realize how rapidly AI is transforming the way we play—and the massive shifts happening behind the scenes. In this episode of the Extreme Gaming Podcast, Trev and Gray dive into the shocking layoffs at Microsoft, the questionable future of beloved studios like id Software, and how AI-powered upscaling like DLSS and FSR are revolutionizing graphics—with AMD now challenging NVIDIA's dominance by pushing 8X frame generation. Gray reveals how industry giants are trimming staff and cutting costs while strategically moving towards Unreal Engine or licensing IP instead of developing new titles. You’ll discover why studios like Bethesda, Ed Software, and even Rockstar are making controversial decisions that could shape gaming's future for years. Plus, we unpack the latest in hardware— from the insane price of new RTX 5090 graphics cards to the rise of SteamOS and dual-booting gaming on the PC.

The Last Days of Game Discs

This week on the Extreme Gaming Podcast, Gray, Trev, and Hans somehow start with Scotland, World Cup misery, Irn-Bru, and “getting your jollies out,” then quickly descend into the usual gaming chaos. Episode 339 covers failed game preservation legislation, a PC game briefly asking for 64GB of RAM, GTA 6 possibly coming to Switch 2, the first prebuilt SteamOS gaming PC, GPU prices turning into disaster monitoring, and Xbox insisting everything is fine while looking suspiciously surrounded by flames. The crew also digs into Sony’s move away from physical PlayStation discs, Xbox’s disc-to-digital idea, Game Pass fatigue, major Xbox layoffs and studio divestments, July game releases including Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced and Halo: Campaign Evolved, plus Rockstar accusations involving pay inequity, crunch, and bonuses. Also: ultrawide monitor drama, haggis, 3D printers, and Hans still hating AMD. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast.com

SteamOS Saves PC Gaming?

This week on the Extreme Gaming Podcast, Trev and Gray dive into another cheerful little episode of “why is everything in gaming getting more expensive?” Xbox prices are going up again, PS5 sales are dropping hard, RAM prices are apparently entering their villain era, and GTA 6 may be the thing that causes console shortages anyway. Lovely. The guys also dig into SteamOS coming to broader PCs, the future of Linux gaming, Sony possibly backing away from PC ports, GTA 6’s $80 price tag and code-in-a-box nonsense, physical discs becoming an endangered species, and whether the PS6 could end up dangerously close to the $1,000 mark. Plus: ultrawide monitor chat, Windows customization, Nintendo Switch 2 doing Nintendo things, Wolverine getting an actual disc, and indie developers deciding that if Nintendo won’t make Star Fox, they’ll make it themselves. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast

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