And at a Versus Player record of 3 hours! Our 2017 Game of the Year podcast is up and it's our most epic podcast yet! Our favourite will probably surprise you (it's not the game in the image!). Not only do we talk about our favourite games, gaming moments, stories, score and mutliplayer, but we also give our pick of Xbox Games with Gold and PS+ games, most disappointing games, pile of shame, older games we played for the first time in 2017 and our most anticipated 2018 releases. Beyond games, we chat about the best of TV, movies and nerdy tech and toys. Thanks to everyone who wrote in and was part of the conversation. Scoorey, Brendoss, Swire, Jen Payne, Aidos, themajor, Ben S and Roy, you are champions! We'd love it if you let us know your thoughts of our picks in the comment section below, or you can write in to goty@www.versusplayer.com. You can check out "GOTY 2017 and you" here and at all the usual podcast joints (iTunes, etc). Happy gaming!

Play along yourself and pick your favourites of the year The upcoming VERSUS PLAYER podcast will be our Game of the Year (GOTY) 2017 episode. This time around we thought it would be fun to have our listeners and readers be part of the show too. The hope here is that we get a few comments below (or emails sent to goty@www.versusplayer.com) and we can share and discuss your favourites on the podcast. So what you'll find below are the categories that we'll be going through in the podcast. Feel free to give your picks for any or all of the categories. Jono, Jase and I will give up to a top 3 in each category (and honourable mentions in some cases). The categories are: Picks of Xbox Live Games with Gold games Picks of PS+ Instant Game Collection games Favourite game not released in 2017 that we played in 2017 for the first time Favourite gaming moments (experience, level, surprises, etc.) Favourite story Favourite music/score Favourite multiplayer GAME OF THE YEAR Most disappointing/worst game Game released in 2017 that we missed but really, really want to play Favourite movies Favourite TV shows Favourite nerdy purchases (collectables, toys, Lego, game collector's editions, board games, tech, etc.) Most anticipated 2018 games We'll also start off the podcast by looking over a few of the big…