Matt & Daren seize a rare opportunity to record together in the same room to bring you a little extra for your ears during the Holiday period. Matt gets his hands on Daren's shiny gear, including next gen consoles Xbox One & PlayStation 4. The games they played together were Rogue Legacy, Forza Motorsport 5, RESOGUN and of course some knobbing about in Playroom.

Merry Christmas everyone! The Midlife Gamer Podcast will return in 2014.

Dark Souls, Forza Motorsport 5, Twitching with Playroom, Peggle 2, Some Zelda game Legend of Zela: A Link to the Past and Rogue Legacy.

News - VGX 2013, with new announcement trailers for No Man's Sky, Tails From the Borderlands and Game of Thrones.  The latest Nintendo Direct brings us a new Zelda game "Hyrule Warriors", more characters coming to Super Smash Brothers, Wii Sports Club get golf, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze gets a release date, a new level for Mario Kart 8, Dr Luigi is out in January and NES Remix comes to the eShop.

A new free to play Star Wars: Attack Squadrons coming next year for the PC, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition dated for the latest consoles, Assassin's Creed 4 DLC out now, Minecraft now available on the PS3, Need for Speed Rivals gets the new Ford Mustang for free, Dead Rising 3 upcoming DLC detailed, the next Games with Gold titles listed, Forza 5 drops in game car prices, the original Tomb Raider coming iOS devices, Apple list their top selling titles for 2013, updates on the Playstation Plus Instant Game Collection and YouTube uploaders hit by content claims

Ni no Kuni, World of Tanks, an in depth discussion around Daren's early experience with the PlayStation 4 hardware with Killzone Shadowfall, Assassin's Creed IV, Resogun and Contrast.

All sorts of new shiny including the Xbox One, GTA V, Forza Motorsport 5 and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

News - PlayStation 4 strong sales numbers along with reported hardware issues and Twitch banning users due to sexy video time. Xbox One TV playback, no Twitch broadcasting at launch and disc drive issues. Nintendo offering free copies of Super Mario 3D land, GTA Online Beach Bum DLC now available, Assassin's Creed 4 on the PS4 gets an update with more P's, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD delayed, PlayStation Plus updates, Lego takes on the Hobbit franchise, Fallout 4 and Bully registered

Sir, You Are Being Hunted, Final Fantasy 7, Device 6, Deer Hunter 2014, Bejewled and the new jam - Anime.

News - PlayStation 4 and its day one patch, pixel counters analyse Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4, Batman: Arkham Origins causing users some headaches, South Park The Stick of Truth delayed, The Walking Dead season 2 is confirmed and coming later this year, Halo Spartan Assault coming to consoles, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z coming out this year, Soul Caliber 2 HD online dated, Games with Gold releases updated, Charlie Brooker producing a new games TV show, Blizzard re-release their classic Blackthorne for free and Deadly Premonition experiences issues (and fix) on PC.

Diablo 3, Thomas was Alone, The Stanley Parable, more World of Tanks and a new addiction.

News - Delays for Watch Dogs, The Crew and Driveclub, GAME locking you in for next gen hands on time, some choice PS3 games being remastered for PS4, Microsoft extend their Games with Gold program, Titanfall release dated and GTA Online players get a cash injection.

Tales of Eurogamer , GTA V, GTA Online, World of Tanks and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.

News - Steam Machine announced along with Steam Controller with beta details, Watch Dogs requires a 64bit version of Windows, Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition coming to further platforms, Microsoft secures timed exclusivity for Battlefield 4 DLC, all previous Assassin's Creed games coming out as a single Heritage edition, PS4 controllers to work at launch with PC's and Star Wars: Tiny Death Star coming soon.

Grand Theft Auto V, Card Hunter and Ribbon Hero 2.

News - Valve reveal their new Operating System and detail the Steam Family Sharing program.  GTAV breaks all sales records, Sony announce their PS3 to PS4 game upgrade plan, PS4 to support HDMI gameplay capture, Wii Sports HD coming to Wii U, Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies coming to 3DS, Blizzard are to cull the Diablo 3 auction house and Wii Karaoke U comes to Europe.

World of Tanks, the completion of Saints Row 4 and One Finger Death Punch

News - PS Vita TV is a thing, Sony releasing a PS Vita 2000 in Japan, Nintendo announce the 2DS, Xbox One gets a release date, Microsoft updates their Xbox Live rewards program, Dark Souls 2 beta coming to PS3, Sony looking to give us a VR headset, PS Vita version of Rayman Legends missing content, Deadly Premonition Directors Cut heading to Steam and Apple announce their new iPhones.

Join us as we celebrate the milestone 200th numbered episode. We're joined by Community Manager Adam Edwards (Adamski_UK). We look back across the last 5 years and into the future, while we spread/feel the love the only way Midlife Gamers can. Some things change, some stay the same. But we won't spoil anything here, just kick back, relax, and enjoy the show. We've been playing Plants vs. Zombies 2, Saints Row 4, Second Life, Borderlands 2, Bioshock Infinite, Starborn Wanderers, Picross, World of Tanks