Welcome back to the Kotaku Australia Podcast for Episode 35! It was Halloween when Emily and I recorded this episode, and we used it as an opportunity to talk about some of our favourite scary games, including Amnesia and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem! Meanwhile, I've been playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and I'd like to yell about how good it is for a bit. Thank you for indulging me. A bit of a sad announcement: though the show concludes with Emily and saying we'll see you next week, it turns out we won't. This is the final episode of The Kotaku Australia Podcast. Our aural experiment has come to an end -- for now. We have plans to create more video and pod content in the future, but for now, we are putting this particular project to bed. Where will be pop up next? Who knows. This feed will be come an archive of every episode of the show, and we may update it from time to time in the future when we have an interview or review we feel is podcast worthy. Thank you for listening, for watching, for reviewing, for telling your friends about our show. We're grateful and we've loved making it for you. See you round, Space Cowboy.Get all the gaming news daily on Kotaku Australia!: https://www.kotaku.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, David, Emily and Lauren Rouse from Lifehacker Australia are chatting about Spider-Man 2 and why it's one of the year's best games.

Chantal Ryan of We Have Always Lived In The Forest, lead dev on the upcoming South Australian horror game DarkWeb Streamer, joins Emily and David for a chat about games, her interest in anthropology, and why the internet isn't as fun or weird as it used to be.

David and Emily discuss Payday 3's launch woes, and why it's finally time to go back to Cyberpunk 2077.

Talking points: Mortal Kombat 1, our Final Fantasy VII Rebirth preview, Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 and why early access as a preorder bonus is rubbish.

To celebrate 30 episodes of The Kotaku Australia Podcast, we are dedicating the ENTIRE episode to a brand new format: we've invited some friends over to talk about Starfield. Zac from Gizmodo AU and Lauren from Lifehacker AU join David and Emily to talk about the year's biggest RPG.

This week, we are talking through the opening 40 hours of Starfield! Join us for David's and Emily's thoughts on the latest Bethesda RPG!

David and Gizmodo Australia's Zachariah Kelly chat Starfield, Jumplight Odyssey, Armored Core VI, and Forza Motorsport!

This week on the show, we're talking about Immortals of Aveum, Mortal Kombat 1 and Emily's ongoing adventures in Baldur's Gate 3!

We're talking about anime! Joining us is senior Kotaku Australia anime correspondent Courtney Borrett!