Actually it was out a few days ago. No review from me unfortunately as I can’t do VR, it’s currently £24.99 on the Metaquest Store (Meta Store?), there’s a delay in the version coming to Steam but it’s coming soon.

Don’t worry though, we’ll have a video review of Fortress Challenge: Fort Boyard out June 27th (two days before series 35 premieres on France 2).

Edit: It’s out on Steam now.

Next week’s Korean Netflix Fun is Agents of Mystery which drops June 18th, where a team of Korean celebrities “are tasked with getting to the bottom of unsolvable cases occurring in mysterious locations,” which basically means messing about completing challenges in really neat looking sets with some sort of throughline connecting them all. From the trailer it feels like a tighter version of early Netflix hit Busted, and it looks like it might be really fun. Also it’s being directed by Jung Jong-yeon of The Genius and Devil’s Plan fame, although this is probably a bit closer to his Great Escape series.

Great news! Game Show Network in the US premiered Beat the Bridge last night and they’ve put up an episode – a different one – on Youtube. Pretty much all strategy has been removed, there’s basically no risk until someone makes two mistakes, it’s only getting the third that ends the round and halves the money which the rest of the team can mitigate with their emergency button. Pathfinding is not an issue, it’s basically a set of seven (plus replacement) Dis or Dat (or Dother) questions throughout, the final is closer to the end game from Trivia Murder Party in its writing than the original, rather than statements it’s “which of X, Y or Z fits the category?” Charitably we will say there’s not much messing about, they fit four bridges and the final within a 20-minute runtime, less than half the UK one, so you’re getting quite a lot of questions and decision making at a decent clip. Cameron Matheson is, er, enthusiastic. The money is quite irritating in that the values on offer aren’t quite round and most of them don’t divide neatly between three people unless you get the $15,000 maximum, uniquely figured out to be aggravating to contestants and viewers alike.

No I’ve no idea why the thumbnail shows a different team to the one playing either.

I’ve heard it’s a bit like Race Across The World meets The Traitors!!!!! I mean, it’s like neither of those shows, but still.

You’ve got until 31st August to apply, filming takes place October/November.

If you’re at a loss for something to watch this weekend it’s the annual charity 24 Hour Gameshow Marathon for Child’s Play, starting 5pm UK on Saturday. The link to the Twitch stream, the donation page and the line-up can be found at gameshowmarathon.com, there are a couple of interesting sounding combos I’ll be looking out for, Canadian classic The Mad Dash (really hope they’ve got a proper set for that) followed by The Bank Job, and a bit later The Floor followed by Tipping Point. All those in the back half with added exhaustion jeopardy (normal Jeopardy! is 10pm UK).

The CW’s forthcoming adaptations of Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble are recording at Television Centre 18-23rd June and 2nd-7th July and interestingly they’re after paid audience members, three sessions a day, £50 a session. The fact they’re recording three hour-long (I think) shows a day suggest it won’t get too onerous or too out of hand, probs 3 hrs once they know what they’re doing. If any of that is interesting to you you can apply for tickets via SRO. Neither have hosts officially named yet, although LeVar Burton has been associated with Triv in the recent past.

People have asked if these shows being recorded here mean we have domestic versions on the cards: not as far as I know, the US has a habit recently of filming shows in other territories to save a bit of money particularly Ireland and Australia. How much they’re saving by coming to London of all places will probably remain a mystery.

Edit: Triv is LeVar Burton and Scrabble is Raven-Symoné, thanks Aaron.

But! The first date for Deal or No Deal 2024 has been released and it’s June 24th, Maidstone, tickets ApplauseStore.