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SIFTER is honoured at the Samsung Australian IT Journalism awards

Plus we still give you all the video games releasing this week.

SIFTER was highly commended at the 2025 Samsung IT Journalism awards in the Best Independent Category, Gianni Di Giovanni picked up an award for his work outside of SIFTER as well.

RELEASE RADAR

  • CROC: LEGEND OF THE GOBBOS REMASTERED - 2 April 2025 - PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch
  • LAST OF US PART II: REMASTERED - 3 April 2025 - PC
  • SAND - 3 April 2025 - PC

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SIFTER is produced by Kyle Pauletto, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Courtney Smith, Adam Christou and Chris Button. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Thanks to Audio Technica Australia and Apple for their support of SIFTER.

TRANSCRIPT

FIONA: Hi I’m Fiona Bartholomaeus

KYLE: and I’m Kyle Pauletto

FIONA: Welcome to Walkthrough, which is normally SIFTER’s weekly recap on the biggest news in video games. 

KYLE: This week though we’ve been out at the IT Journalism awards so we don’t have a full episode for you but we’ve collected up a bitesized episode of just pure undiluted columbian grade release radar, so you know what you can play this week.

FIONA: And speaking of the Lizzies, the team had a fun night and we walked away with being highly commended for Best Independent Coverage. Huge congratulations to the team.

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PROMO: Join the SIFTER community on Discord at sifter.com.au/discord

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FIONA: Here are the games coming out this week for Sunday 30th of March. Let’s go!

KYLE: Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Remastered will arrive on the 2nd of April, this classic 3D Platformer is a big playstation 1 era nostalgia hit, and look forward to a review from Courtney on sifter.com.au when it arrives on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC.

FIONA: Head back to the gruesome world of The Last of US Part II: Remastered, this time on PC just in time for the next season of the TV show. That’s why it’s coming out, no need to pretend otherwise. You can find that one on Steam on the 3rd of April.

KYLE: And finally the PVPVE extraction shooter SAND is coming to early access, build your own diesel punk walking mech and trek off across the dunes, in a world that has completely dried out. Find that on PC on the 3rd of April too

PROMO: Articles to read, videos to watch and podcasts to listen to on sifter.com.au

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FIONA: This has been Walkthrough by SIFTER, my name is Fiona Bartholomaeus.

KYLE: And my name is Kyle Pauletto, thank you so much for listening. 

FIONA: We’ll be back with a full episode next week, but make sure you have a look at SIFTER on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube shorts if you like your videos bitesized and vertical. You can find us on @ sifterHQ on all those platforms, so search for @ sifterHQ on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube shorts for heaps of cool short form vids. 

KYLE: SIFTER is produced by myself, Kyle Pauletto, Adam Christou, Courtney Smith and Chris Button. The episode is edited by both Senior Producer Mitch Loh and Gianni Di Giovanni who is SIFTER’s Executive Producer and also Walkthrough’s script editor.

FIONA: Thanks to Brian Fairbanks from Salty Dog Sounds for composing the Walkthrough theme tune, and Audio Technica Australia and Apple for their support of SIFTER’s podcasts.

KYLE: We’ll be back with more news next Sunday.

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The Last Of Us Part II Remastered

PlayStation 5
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Developer:
Naughty Dog
Publisher:
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Release Date:
January 19, 2024
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