2025 Year in Review - Easy Allies Podcast - Jan 2, 2026

The Easy Allies Podcast

Easy Allies

Leisure, Video Games

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Ep 508 - We wave goodbye to 2025 as we look back at some of the struggles and triumphs that defined the year. Become a patron to get the extended cut: https://www.patreon.com/posts/146478379 00:00 - Intro 02:39 - GTA VI Delays 05:09 - Saudi Arabia Plans to Buy EA 07:13 - Switch 2 Launch 14:43 - The Game Awards 17:31 - AI Controversies 22:40 - Voice Actors Strike Ends 23:30 - Mass Layoffs 25:43 - Games That Bombed 27:50 - 2025 Year-to-Date Sales Report 42:19 - Indies 59:00 - Accessibility / New IPs / Switch 2 Upgrades 01:00:40 - TGA Reveals 01:03:26 - L&R: Industry Shifts 01:14:25 - L&R: Disproportionate Attention 01:31:30 - L&R: Replaying Old Games 01:41:55 - Or Wars and Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.4	Sign up for your £1 per month trial at shopify.
0:26.7	Shopify. Hi. and welcome to the Easy Allies Podcast. I am Ila Hink joined.
0:54.9	We are Easy Allies, and I am joined by Sophia Harris.
0:58.2	Hello.
0:59.4	And Michael Huber.
1:01.9	Yo.
1:03.3	And Damiani, Michael Domiani.
1:06.7	How's it going?
1:07.8	And Damiani's cats.
1:11.1	We were just informed they're in Zoomie's mode now.
1:13.8	Yeah.
1:14.8	What's that?
1:16.0	Oh.
1:17.3	You can look up at the camera?
1:19.5	Oh my God.
1:20.4	We got tricks here.
1:21.5	No.
1:21.9	Laser pointer.
1:22.7	Almost.
1:23.0	Almost.
1:23.9	Laser pointer directly into the lens.
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