4Player Podcast #861 - Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword (The 2025 Awards Show)
4Player Podcast
Nick Henderson
4.8 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 216 minutes
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Summary
Please be aware that this episode delves into spoilers for some of the year's biggest games (Especially Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Silent Hill f, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, ROUTINE, Death Stranding 2, and more). We did our best to provide ample warning before each spoiler so proceed with caution and be ready to skip ahead if you would prefer to avoid spoilers.
Our 2025 Award Categories:
- Best World Design / Level Design **SPOILER WARNING** (7:38)
- Best Storytelling **SPOILER WARNING** (25:20)
- Best Gaming Moment **SPOILER WARNING** (53:20)
- Wild Card Award #1 (1:18:00)
- BREAK: Best Soundtrack Samples from Ed (Hollow Knight Silksong) & Krispy (Skin Deep) (1:34:30)
- Best New Enemy / Boss Design **SPOILER WARNING** (1:37:00)
- Best New Character **SPOILER WARNING** (1:57:50)
- Biggest Surprise **SPOILER WARNING** (2:20:20)
- Wild Card Award #2 (2:38:00)
- BREAK: Best Soundtrack Samples from Brad (Metroid Prime 4) & Chris Davis (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) (2:54:15)
- Biggest Disappointment (2:55:50)
- I Won't Quit You, I Promise (3:09:45)
- The 2025 Spotlight Award (3:20:00)
- Outro / Best Soundtrack Sample from Nick (Kingdom Come Deliverance 2) (3:33:48)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, Nick here. You're listening to the official podcast of 4Player Network.com, a weekly live show about video games. |
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| 0:43.1 | Time to talk about the latest and greatest in the world of video games. |
| 0:46.0 | Let's get started. |
| 0:58.1 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to four-player podcast. |
| 1:02.6 | This is episode 861, I believe. |
| 1:05.7 | It's January 16th, 2026. |
| 1:09.2 | I'm your host, Nick Henderson, joined tonight by Brad Simons. |
| 1:10.1 | Hello. Christopher Guthr Brad Simons. Hello. |
| 1:12.4 | Christopher Guthridge. |
| 1:13.5 | Hello. |
| 1:15.6 | Ed Mitchell. |
| 1:16.9 | Hello. |
| 1:17.5 | Good evening. |
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