The Inside Byte

In this episode Tim is going over the business update podcast drop of thE BigGeST XBoX NEWZZ EVa@! *he also gushes over the Rebirth demo

News - Discussing the future of Xbox due to rumors of no more upcoming Xbox consoles - 2024's Amazing PlayStation State of Play - Review Round Up Granblue Fantasy ReLink Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Person 3 Reload - Super Nintendo World coming to Orlando in 2025 Watching/Playing Persona 3 Reload/Scavengers Reign/Final Fantasy XVI

Main Topic 0:10:05 Tekken 8/Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth/Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Review Round Up News 0:19:44 - Pokémon Company's Statement on Palworld - Horizon Forbidden West Coming to PC in March - Advent Children Coming to a Theater Near You Watching/Playing 0:43:55 Final Fantasy XVI/Severance/One Piece

News - Xbox Developer Direct - Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl Finally Launches In September - Foamstars Launches In February As A PlayStation Plus Monthly Game - The Elder Scrolls: Castles Is A New Mobile Game From The Team Behind Fallout Shelter Watching/Playing Final Fantasy XVI/Spider-Man 2/Palworld/Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

News 0:02:52 - Top 20 Game Sales of 2023 - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail - Apple's Vision Pro Headset Launching Soon - Last of Us Season 2 Casting - 27th D.I.C.E. Awards - Golden Sun now out on Switch! Watching/Playing 1:23:31 Demon Slayer/Spider-Man 2/Final Fantasy XVI/Granblue Fantasy: Relink

Main Topic 0:04:00 Defining what the genre of Role Playing Game means to us. 1. Leveling 2. Weapon or Armor Customization 3. Ability Progression 4. Focus on Narrative 5. Questing News 0:26:22 - Max Mayne passes away at 65 - The Day Before - Insomniac ransomware hack - Bobby Kotick officially stepping down - 2024's Plan for Starfield - 13 year old Willis Gibson conquers Tetris Watching/Playing...

We spend the entire episode talking nothing but what our top 10 games of 2023 were and why they were such special experiences!

Main Topic 0:01:55 2023 Year End Review News 0:29:52 - The Last of Us Online CANCELED! - E3 is now officially over - Platinum Games Co-Founder Hideki Kamiya Reveals Why He Left The Studio - Season of Revelry DLC for Lords of the Fallen - Hereditary Film Distributor A24 Is Partnering With Kojima Productions For Death Stranding Movie - The One Piece Watching/Playing  0:57:02 The Messenger/Alan Wake...

Main Topic/News 0:01:11 Discussing The Game Awards Announcements and Winners ADDRESSING OUR STEAM LIBRARIES 0:56:12 Watching/Playing  1:08:45 Super Mario RPG/Nier Automata Anime/One Piece/Final Fantasy

Main Topic Discussing the latest GTA VI trailer "drop". News  0:14:35 - Shadow the Hedgehog - Dragon's Dogma 2 New Trailer and Release Date - Fallout TV Series - Destiny 2 The Final Shape ADDRESSING OUR STEAM LIBRARIES 0:33:12 Watching/Playing  0:50:37 Super Mario RPG/Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Main Topic  0:02:32 Going through the generations of gaming from NES to today. News  0:44:45 - Cult of the Lamb big free update incoming - Killer Instinct Anniversary Edition - Jet Force Gemini coming to Switch - Life is Strange surpasses 20 million players ADDRESSING OUR STEAM LIBRARIES 0:51:45 Watching/Playing  1:12:20 Invincible Season 2/Zelda TotK/Scott Pilgrim Takes Off/Super Mario RPG

Main Topic  0:01:55 Discussing our thoughts and predictions on The Game Awards! News  0:41:26 - Unreleased GBA Game incoming over 20 years later - More Layoffs - Witcher 3: Wild Hunt official mod support - Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Watching/Playing  0:42:32 Alan Wake/Super Mario RPG

Disclaimer: Episode sounds like *%&# Main Topic  0:04:38 Overall End of 2023 with Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED thoughts. News  0:26:27 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Final Update - GTA VI being shown next month - Sony Has Delayed Half Of Its Planned PlayStation Live Service Games - Nintendo Announces Live-Action Zelda Movie - Sales Figures Watching/Playing  0:42:32 Alan Wake/Invincible Season 2

Main Topic  0:00:19 Alan Wake II News  0:19:54 - Fortnite Season OG - Lies of P New DLC and Sequel - New 3D Sonic - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC Coming to a Close - Last of Us Season 2 Watching/Playing  0:32:14 Alan Wake/Star Ocean The Second Story R/Spider-Man 2 New Game Watch!  0:39:58

Main Topic  0:01:39 Reflecting back on our top Halloween/Horror related content. News  0:15:56 - Alan Wake II Review Round-Up - METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER's First In-Engine Look - Wolverine Game Set in the Same Universe as Marvel's Spider-Man Watching/Playing  0:38:34 Super Mario Wonder/Alan Wake II New Game Watch!  0:55:00

Main Topic  0:02:48 Why Nintendo was and is still important both in our hearts and in the industry at large! News  0:21:06 - New .hack// Material Incoming! - Starfield Was the Best Selling Game of September - Halo Infinite Season 5 - Netflix Price Increase Yet Again - Ghostrunner 2 Review Round-Up Watching/Playing  0:55:23 Super Mario Wonder/Cocoon New Game Watch!  1:16:59

Main Topic  0:02:20 Review Round-Up - Forza Motorsport - Cocoon - Sonic Superstars - Lords of the Fallen - Assassin's Creed Mirage - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 News  0:31:20 - Microsoft Has Officially Acquired Activision Blizzard For $69 Billion - Unity CEO John Riccitiello Resigns - Ubisoft Indefinitely Delays XDefiant Preseason Launch - Sony Announces New Slim PlayStation 5 Models With Remova...

Main Topic 0:04:12 Revisiting Games for DLC News  0:06:05 - What we would do as Sony Interactive Entertainment's CEO - Last Of Us Multiplayer Game On Ice" - Epic Games Lays Off Over 800 Employees - Counter-Strike 2 Is Suddenly Now Available - Teardown Hits PS5 And Xbox Series X/S This November Watching/Playing  0:54:32 Telltale: The Expanse/Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways

Understand the Importance of Ahsoka's Journey, You Will

News  0:01:23 - New PlayStation CEO - Xbox's Tokyo Game Show - Rockstar's New Subscription - Metal Gear Solid 1080/30 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth New Game Watch!  0:42:24

Main Topic 0:00:25 In Depth Starfield Game Discussion w/ Nate Bacon Brief Overall General Thoughts The controversial reception amongst players and critics The start of the game and “bad” onboarding What else we like about the game What else we don’t like about the game Upcoming content and console modding Final Thoughts News 1:11:25 - Nintendo Direct - PlayStation State of Play - Unity Controversy...

Main Topic 0:02:09 Hot Takes News 0:17:21 - PS Plus Gets Significant Price Increases Next Week - Nintendo Reportedly Demoed Switch Successor To Devs At Gamescom - Game Delays - No DLC For Tears Of The Kingdom - Saints Row Developer Volition Games Has Been Shut Down Watching/Playing 0:48:53 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon/Starfield New Game Watch! 1:10:39

Deep Dive into Starfield  0:04:46 - 0:35:00 Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct  0:35:15 - 0:41:57 New Game Watch!  0:44:05 *Due to Starfield's release we are having a unique format this week

Main Topic  0:03:25 News  0:16:44 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct INCOMING - Starfield's PC specifications - PlayStation Portal - Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox Version Set for 2023 - Shawn Ashmore in Alan Wake 2 - Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 New Details Watching/Playing  0:51:23 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon New Game Watch!  1:00:12

Main Topic  0:01:51 Yep! Baldur's Gate 3 lives up to the hype. Rudy’s Questions Journey to BG III: From Bioware to Larian High Critical Reception What makes this different from past RPGs, why the big splash?  News  0:24:02 - Game Pass Popping Off - Some Last Minute Starfield Related Announcements - Gamescom 2023 Stand-Outs so Far - Atari 2600+ - Ubisoft to Manage Xbox Game Pass Streaming in th...