NOWPLAYING Video game music

Ouuuh, que c'est excitant. En 2026, tout ça devient sérieux, moi je vous le dis. En plus de l'enrichissement de mon site NWPL.ING, j'ai décidé de mener une refonte du format mixtape. Le concept reste le même : braquer le projecteur sur le meilleur de la VGM des 30 derniers jours. Sauf que maintenant… il parle !

NOWPLAYING devient un un "vrai" podcast, dans lequel je prends la parole pour vous parler des morceaux que je choisis. Ne m'en tenez pas trop rigueur pour cet épisode 0. Je suis encore très couillon, pas hyper à l'aise, et je suis sûr que je peux faire plein de choses pour améliorer la captation audio. Mais, j'en suis content moi, de cette première.

C'est un bon exercice pour moi, à plus d'un titre. D'abord parce que je souhaite incarner un peu plus mon "média", et aussi parce que ça me donne une excuse d'aller me renseigner un peu plus sur les morceaux que je choisis de vous passer. Enfin, c'est une bouffée d'air frais qui va me sortir du cadre un peu trop strict que je m'étais imposé dans la sélection des tracks. Bref, tout le monde y gagne… je crois !

J'espère que cette nouvelle formule vous plaira. Prenez quelques secondes pour me dire ce que vous en avez pensé en commentaires ! D'avance, un grand merci.

La sélection du mois

(00:00:00) Evil Tonight
"Florence", Peter Reid Jones
(00:04:26) Love and Deepspace
"Drenched in Night", Love and Deepspace
(00:07:31) Orc Massage
"Track A", g3ntlebreeze
(00:11:11) Hundred Line
"Brief Respite", Masafumi Takada
(00:14:20) Project Sekai Colorful Stage
"Another Street", プロジェクトセカイ
(00:17:40) Bits & Bops
"Bop's Lounge", Tempo Lab, Zorsy
(00:20:54) News Tower
"Strollin' Up Broadway", Bart van de Sande, Jack van de Ven
(00:24:41) Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
"Sophisticated Fight -Quick Battle-", Falcom Sound Team jdk
(00:27:04) Wuthering Waves
"Hot Night Inspiration", Wuthering Waves, Minase
(00:29:54) Hytale
"Beyond the Biomes", Alejandro AT, Hytale Music
(00:32:18) MIO: Memories in Orbit
"Surrounded", Nicolas Gueguen
(00:35:21) Cult of the Lamb
"Shamura", River Boy
(00:37:51) 2XKO
"Brighter Beatdown (Teemo Champion Theme)", 2XKO, Jesse Zuretti
(00:42:02) Ace Combat X
"Kingshill", PROJECT ACES, Bandai Namco Game Music
(00:47:36) The King is Watching
"Rebirth - Alternative", Innata Vita
(00:50:10) Megabonk
"Calm Bonks", Miguelangell960
(00:53:14) Immortal Until
"Dunes", Carles Roch
(00:56:56) Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
"I just wanted to spend some time with you", Uluç
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And here's your last mixtape of 2025! Crazy to think I've been doing this for almost four years now. Rest assured that I'll keep following VGM news in 2026, too! As a Christmas gift, this very last episode of 2025 is available for free. If you can, please consider supporting my work over at Patreon!

Enjoy your holidays, and take care!

Credits
(00:00:07) Drakengard 3
"A Better End", MONACA
(00:02:24) Puzzle Parasite
"Hide and Seek", Cameron Paxton
(00:05:23) Dispatch
"Do or D.I.", Andrew Arcadi
(00:08:28) Angeline Era
"A Sudajii's Shade, Noon Sky Drifting By (World Map)", Melos Han-Tani
(00:12:19) Atelier Resteriana
"Forgotten Alchemy", 稲毛謙介
(00:15:10) Skate Story
"Midferno", John Fio
(00:19:04) Beyond R: Rule Ripper
"Lime", Sonos Vitae
(00:22:04) Wuthering Waves
"The Life of a Stranger Things Investigator", Wuthering Waves, YokoJZ
(00:23:29) Punishing Gray Raven
"Funky Cruising - From Punishing Gray Raven: Babylonia Gameplay", Punishing Gray Raven, Vanguard Sound, RabbitJ
(00:26:10) Trauma Team
"Cool Beauty", ATLUS GAME MUSIC
(00:29:30) Rematch
"Cloud", Remi Gallego
(00:31:49) Myths are 100% true
"HOW 2 DOWNLOAD 'SILL AND THE CITY'! (STILL WORKS 20XY)", Mudeth
(00:33:59) Beat Saber
"Monday Not Sick Anymore", Lindsey Stirling
(00:37:35) Storm Lancers
"Shadow of the Goliath", Steve Pardo, ProbablyMonsters, Christopher Wilson
(00:40:30) Final Fantasy XIV
"Everything Burns (feat. Beartooth)", Tom Morello, Beartooth
(00:43:27) QQQBeats!!!
"Black Priestess", REDALiCE
(00:47:12) Sektori
"The Source (Extended Mix)", Tommy Baynen
(00:51:10) Sonic Racing: Crossworld
"Kronos Island ("Stars falling" Remix)", Tomoya Ohtani
(00:53:18) Eschaton: Battle For Eternity
"Ending Credits (Hero Of Tomorrow)", Aaron Lehnen
(00:56:07) Light Up The Town
"Carol of the Bean", Benjamin Squires
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New month, new music… and new jingle! Once again, I partnered up with Zenibuka, who composed a new introduction to my podcasts. It's a little bit longer, and spans a wider variety of genres, similar to what I do with the mixtapes, actually! I hope you'll like it. Now, let's get into it!

Credits & timestamps

(00:00:04) Escape From Hadrian's Wall
"Idolatry", Ryan Felberbaum
(00:03:39) Possessor(s)
"Form (Mall)", Joel Corelitz, Azuria Sky
(00:06:51) ARC Raiders
"ARC Raiders (II)", Patrik Andrén, Johan Söderqvist, Embark Studios
(00:09:33) Windblown
"10:19 The Rift Child", Danger
(00:14:40) Skate Story
"Emptylands - Edit", Blood Cultures
(00:21:49) Diablo IV
"Blood is the Law", What So Not, Lucille Croft
(00:23:56) Hyperbeat
"Centr", Chancellor John Wallin
(00:26:00) Astrina Afterglow Archive
"ASTRINA: Afterglow Archive", はがね
(00:28:30) WipeOut
"DOH-T - Mantra Remix", CoLD SToRAGE, Mantra
(00:32:21) Neon Inferno
"Fatal Overture", Qwesta, Retroware Sound Team
(00:36:03) BIRDCAGE
"CRADLE - Stage 3", Epoch
(00:38:59) Legends of Dragaea
"Final Boss", g3ntlebreeze
(00:41:17) Once Upon a KATAMARI
"ICE CUBE SOUL", 塊魂 シリーズ SOUND TEAM, Bandai Namco Game Music
(00:45:50) maimai DX
"Remnants of Turing", Frums
(00:47:59) MORSELS
"Daisy Chain", Sam Webster
(00:50:08) Candy Crush
"Upside Down (Candy Crush)", Thundercat
(00:53:30) Where Winds Meet
"逍遙樂_清河", Where Winds Meet, Yida
(00:56:36) Duet Night Abyss
"Florescence Unmet", The Misty Corvus
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I took a week off, so please excuse the absence of some of the bangers from mid-October. I promise I'll make it up to you in November. Anyway, here's your monthly VGM mixtape with a pretty big chunk of vocal tracks, actually! Please enjoy.

Credits

(00:00:04) Eclipsium
"And over and over and…", Hudson Bikichky
(00:08:40) Etheria
"Silent Night", Chaoyue Lee
(00:10:43) Lies of P: Overture
"Lisrim", Onoken
(00:14:27) Absolum
"Green River", Gareth Coker
(00:17:28) Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
"Freedom of This Life", Kazuki Yanagawa
(00:20:16) Dragon Sleuth Brittany
"Mike's Machine Shop X", g3ntlebreeze
(00:22:42) Battle Suit Aces
"Metropolis", insaneintherainmusic
(00:25:43) Bubsy 4D
"Bubsy 4D (Main Theme)", Fat Bard
(00:27:46) SMART PACHISLOT BABEL
"Babel Blues", Universal Sound Team
(00:29:25) DAEMON X MACHINA TITANIC SCION
"Bullet", Mitsuhiro Kitadani
(00:32:41) SULFUR
"Caves 3 / Break the Bank", Perfect Random, SPECTRE
(00:35:27) Ball x Pit
"Liminal x Desert", Amos Roddy
(00:39:22) Easy Delivery Co
"Sunset Logistics", pr0te
(00:43:30) Stellar Blade
"Don't Forget Me - Youngjee Remix", Youngjee Lee
(00:46:02) R2BEAT
"Awaken", Kimjunseo
(00:48:44) Delta Force
"SPOTLIGHT HUNTER - Delta Force x Arknights", SIENA
(00:51:34) Zenless Zone Zero
"DAMIDAMI", Sihan, HOYO-MiX
(00:54:36) AFK Journey
"Whisper Within - Isabella Theme Song", Matilda Stray, Alec Justice
(00:57:44) Hades II
"Time Belongs to Us (Crossroads Mix)", Darren Korb
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Vren! I don't know about you, but I think I'll remember Silksong's music more than the actual game — I dropped it, because it's so mean to me. Other than that, here's to another incredible month for video game music. Please enjoy this hour of pure bliss. Just know that I'm particularly proud of this one. Hope you'll like it!

Credits:

(00:00:04) Eternal Sonata
"Fact, Faith and Truth", Motoi Sakuraba
(00:04:09) Ryder
"The Gallop of the Bolthorn", Arlin Tawzer
(00:07:12) Honor of Kings
"The Brightness of Dawn", Zhang Yuhan, Laurent Courbier
(00:10:15) Hollow Knight: Silksong
"Choral Chambers", Christopher Larkin
(00:12:53) LEGO Voyagers
"One Day We Will Become Astronauts", Henrik Lindstrand
(00:17:24) Locomoto
"Marigold", R Von
(00:19:50) Toree Saturn: The Red Mix
"Cooking", Tiny Squid
(00:23:59) The Rogue Prince of Persia
"The Great Persian War", ASADI
(00:27:28) Space Adventure Cobra
"Funky Nachi", Jong
(00:30:43) Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile
"Concrete Pulse", Abigoba
(00:35:12) Fractured Core
"Uncertain Fight", bear
(00:38:44) The Finals S8
"Veni Vidi Vici 2011", Embark Studios
(00:42:13) Garena Free Fire
"I", Satta Rojanagatanyoo
(00:45:10) Valorant
"Last Shot", templuv, 347aidan
(00:48:16) Minecraft
"Labyrinthine (meganeko remix)", Lena Raine, Meganeko
(00:51:55) Heredity
"Sinistroot Shiver", Mario Sello Nuñez
(00:54:43) 7 Days
"Alone in a World Full of People I Don't Recognize", David Karapetyan
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