The BRB UK Podcast is a British gaming podcast from Big Red Barrel, offering a UK-focused perspective on gaming news and reviews. Hosted by Dan, Tim and Coleman, it covers the week’s releases, industry updates and opinions from a British angle. The show is aimed at listeners who want gaming coverage that reflects the UK scene rather than US-dominated news.
Episodes
Goodbye Tim
Owner of Big Red Barrel and friend to all
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BRB UK 668: Free Hat!
Dragon Quest VII is Reimagined, while Valheim is revisited. strikes and layoffs dominate the headlines, with spider mechs thrown in for good measure
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BRB UK 667: T-Rex on a Escalator!
Super Woden: Rally Edge, Mario Kart World, and Donkey Kong Bananza, plus a Partner Showcase to pick apart, a delayed Steam Machine, and GTA 6 is on track
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BRB UK 666: Milky Milky
Earth Must Die sets the tone, followed by Ubisoft shake-ups, vanished VR mods, DLC oddities in Monster Hunter Wilds, and New World heading for shutdown
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BRB UK 665: Anthem’s Swan Song
Back tackling the backlog and learning, again, that free time is fiction. Also on the docket: Anthem shutting down, Rockstar in court, Ubisoft cuts more staff, Kotick being Kotick, and the AI row in game development
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BRB UK 664: A Very 360 Anniversary Special
Taking a look back at the games, late nights, and shared memories that defined one of gaming’s best console generations
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BRB UK 663: Reckless Optimism in 2026
Taking a look ahead to 2026 with a run through the Ones to Watch. Try to keep your hype in check and temper expectations… because we won't
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BRB UK 662: From Underworld to Open Road
It’s time to stop circling and make the calls. We're locking in our final Game of the Year picks for 2025!
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BRB UK 661: Emergency! Paging Dr. Beat!
Skate Story, Rhythm Doctor, Marathon reappears, id Software unionises, Terminator: Survivors delayed, plus highlights from The Game Awards 2025
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BRB UK 660: The Monopath Less Travelled
Octopath Traveller 0, Where Winds Meet, Marvel Tokon, Harada steps down, Black Flag remake gets a name and new Postal title is canceled
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BRB UK 659: Cosmic Clobbering
Marvel Cosmic Invasion, a weird status for The Game Awards, Marathon’s art-theft dispute ends and Aerith has had enough
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BRB UK 658: Grotty Gamblers
Constance, Sektori, CloverPit and Tim's big Black Friday purchase
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BRB UK 657: The Séance of Burnt Peanut
The Séance of Blake Manor, more Lumines Arise, Game Awards Nominations, and what's left for gaming in 2025?
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BRB UK 656: GabeCube
Outer Worlds 2, Lumines Arise, Rush: Apex Edition Vale's New Hardware and Rockstar Shenanigans
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BRB UK 655: Super Zeroes
Dispatch, Sweet Surrender VR, Nintendo goes back to court and Judgement Day isn't coming just yet
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BRB UK 654: Amigo Froth Milt
Lumines Arise, Battlefield 6, Yooka-Replaylee, Xbox's push for larger profits, and the PlayStation-Tencent legal scrap continues
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BRB UK 653: Inserted Dominance
Ball x Pit, Hades II, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, No Man’s Sky Voyagers, and Borderlands 4
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BRB UK 652: Fog, Frost and Fighting Ghosts
Ghost of Yōtei, Silent Hill f, Hell is Us, and the console release of Frostpunk 2
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BRB UK 651: Guns, Bugs and Demons
Borderlands 4, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hell is Us, Nintendo Direct and Randy F'N Pitchford
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BRB UK 650: Delta Reloaded Revengeance
Fresh Tracks, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Gears of War: Reloaded and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
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BRB UK 649: Herds and Blades
Heardling, Sword of the Sea, more layoffs at Crystal Dynamics, Atari pick up some Ubisoft gems and No Man's Sky Voyagers launches
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BRB UK 648: Train Set Radio
The Rogue Prince of Persia and the best of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
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BRB UK 647: Ice in Cider
Mafia: The Old Country, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Hell is Us, mass layoffs at Bithell Games and Subnautica 2’s legal issues
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BRB UK 646: Big Sheppard
Hell Clock, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Stop Killing Games hits 1.4 million signatures and League of Legend's AI trailer
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BRB UK 645: Reddy Mercury
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, My Friendly Neighbourhood, and it's PlayStation vs the multiplatform market and Tencent
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BRB UK 644: Gromit is a Pokémon
Hell Clock, Pokémon Presents, The Outer Worlds 2's surprise price drop, and The Chinese Room goes independent
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BRB UK 643: Return to the Grind
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, Bionic Bay, The Legend of Zelda movie finds its heroes and ZeniMax Union's responds
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BRB UK 642: Stranding and Downsizing
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Bionic Bay, The Alters, Cleared Hot, and Microsoft's layoffs
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BRB UK 641: A Little Altered
The alters, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, EA Sports FC 25, Maraton's delay, Nexus Mod's leadership change and Borderland 4 price issues
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BRB UK 640: Summer Game Mess 2025
Summer Game Fest 2025, Xbox Games Showcase livestreams, Mixtape, Atomic Heart 2, Resident Evil Requiem and Clockwork Revolution
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BRB UK 639: James Bond Jr.
Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny, TMNT: Tactical Takedown, UKGE 2025, Witcher 4 and State of Play
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BRB UK 638: Sneaky Trains and Sabotage Claims
The Siege and the Sandfox, Monster Train 2, EA cancels another big title, and Build a Rocket Boy calls shenanigans over MindsEye coverage
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BRB UK 637: The Dumb Ages?
Doom: The Dark Ages, Bungie plagiarism claims, Darth Vader joins the AI Dark Side, and Stellar Blade faces the Ban Hammer
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BRB UK 636: Potboy!
The Midnight Walk, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra delayed, Oblivion Remastered issues and the FTC loses to Microsoft
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BRB UK 635: Expédition Trente-Trois
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Borderlands 4 State of Play, Lost Soul Aside gets delayed and EA cuts 300 Jobs
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BRB UK 634: Ooh… Shiny Jank!
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, The Blue Prince, Marathon and Ghost of Yōtei gets a release date
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BRB UK 633: 5318008
The Blue Prince, Skull and Bones' Season Two, Star Wars: Zero Company and more The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered leaks
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BRB UK 632: The Tale of Two-Toed Tim
Oh, baby, we gettin' down in the nitty gritty of that big ol' Bayou with Coleman and Tim for some of that South of Midnight. Yes, indeedy, ya'll better believe it!
It's been a quiet week while all focus is drawn to the Nintendo Switch 2 in all its glory and controversies this week, but we've still managed to muster up some points of interest to keep you satisfied.
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BRB UK 631: Mice Controls
Atomfall and absolutely everything we now know about the Nintendo Switch 2
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BRB UK 630: Shinobis, Samurais and… Mullets?
Assassin's Creed Shadows, Mullet Madjack, Nintendo Direct and the resurrection of Game Informer
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BRB UK 629: Time to Play the Game?
WWE 2K25, Hollow Knight: Silksong rumors, Star Wars game news and are we getting an Oblivion Remake?
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BRB UK 628: Rise of AI-Loy
Split Fiction, New Death Stranding 2: On The Beach Trailer, Niantic Sells up and Sony's AI Aloy
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BRB UK 627: A Bit Twee
A Game About Digging A Hole, Monster Hunter Wilds, PlayStation lay-offs and the return of Acclaim
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BRB UK 626: YAARkuza!
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Avowed, Pokemon Presents and the ID@Xbox Showcase
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BRB UK 625: Mushroomhead
Avowed, revisiting Onimusha: Warlords, the Seige X tease and Niantic possibly selling their games division
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BRB UK 624: Baby’s First RPG
Eternal Strands, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, No Man’s Sky and PlayStation's State of Play
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BRB UK 623: Survivor Like
Death Howel, Death Howl, Achilles Survivor, a new Battlefield game and another attempt at the Sleeping Dogs movie
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BRB UK 622: Hanging with the Gais
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, everything from Xbox’s Developer Direct and Herman Hulst gets Demoted
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BRB UK 621: It’s All Downhill!
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, cancellations form PlayStation and an Until Daw movie trailer
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BRB UK 620: Grab My Joy-Con!
It's the Nintendo 2 Switch 2 Furious… how exciting
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BRB UK 619: The Three Amigas
Let's talk about games baby, Amiga for you and me
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BRB UK 618: Snakes, Pirates & Hydra
Do you want to know which games we're all excited for? Well, tough! We've dedicated a show to just that
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BRB UK 617: Eclectic Picks of 2024
Are you interested in knowing some of our favourite games of the year? Then this is the show for you
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BRB UK 616: Good Ones are Good, Bad Ones are Bad!
Somehow… The Great British Debate has survived!
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BRB UK 615: Yank’Em in the Crevice!
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, The Spirit of the Samurai and Behemoth
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BRB UK 614: Dirty ROM Boys
Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, Death Stranding and Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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BRB UK 613: Top of the Blocks?
LEGO Horizon Adventures, Sony's potential purchase of FromSoftware, Valve's new leaked controllers and The Game Awards 2024 nominations
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BRB UK 612: Just Shoe It!
Metal Slug Tactics, Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct, Nintendo Sueing, Ubisoft being Sued and Nuts?
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BRB UK 611: Hench LEGO
Windblown, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Death Stranding's suprise port and checking in on GTA 6
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BRB UK 610: Finger Physics
Batman: Arkham Shadow, Ys X: Nordics, Sonic X Shadow Generations and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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BRB UK 609: Smoke Jaguar
Mechwarrior 5 Clans, Neva, Bethesda’s first Fallout Day, the potential return of Rayman and another announcement from Fntastic
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BRB UK 608: Dragon Balls
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Lunark and the announcment of Destiny: Rising
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BRB UK 607: Mud Pups
Max Mustard, Vessel of Hatred, Ubisoft's finacial woes and… a Nintendo clock?
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BRB UK 606: Fntastic 2.0
Warside, Balatro, Rrujinx shuts down and the return of Fntastic
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BRB UK 605: Skanky Dragons
What's that? Blighted Dragons, you say? Well, we're going to judge them by their looks anyway
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BRB UK 604: Hollobobby
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, The Plucky Squire, Hollwbody and Gori: Cuddly Carnage
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BRB UK 603: ASBO Bot
Astro Bot, Star Wars Outlaws, PlayStation 5 Pro and more lay offs over at Microsoft
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BRB UK 602: Gonecord
Holonet Unlimited, Star Wars Outlaws, Visions of Mana, more industry layoffs and the Death of Concord
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BRB UK 601: King of the Gobbos
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Tactical Breach Wizards, UKTC's Leicester 1k Star Wars: Unlimited Tournament and Nintendo's Indie World/Partner Showcase
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BRB UK 600: Moonfaker
AKA: Dice Another Day, No Time to Dice or You Only Live Dice
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BRB UK 599: Smacky Bum Bum
We're hopping on a bus T'Barnsworth this week, won't you join us for some Peans?
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BRB UK 598: Battalion Britches
Kicking open the door and stopping all of the violations with the help of our magical Fox
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BRB UK 597: Legend of the Fidget Sword
It's dangerous to go to a town centre in Warwickshire alone… take this
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BRB UK 596: The Thang
What horrors await you in this North Sea based oil rig? The Scottish!
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BRB UK 595: Duckstiny
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads! Unless they're vertical, of course
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BRB UK 594: High-Orktane!
It's time to get Krumpin' because WE GOTS THA BOMB
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BRB UK 593: Tim Joins the Deek Club
He has finally dipped his toe into the shallow end of the PC gaming pool
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BRB UK 592: Jeff the Shinobi
Fear the mighty Jeff II, joined by the terrifying Bob
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BRB UK 591: Lady Hades
Sacrebleu! It's all gone a bit French this week
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BRB UK 590: A Tale of WASD and Crabs
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