CrossGen Friends

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the Switch price increases and cart availability, Sony killing a live service Ratchet and Clank, more Bioware news, and a mess of Falcon Punch News. Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/biowares-final-days-to-feature-in-upcoming-documentary/ www.ign.c...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the AI policy of Steam as related to the game clones, discuss Disney's Food and Wine Festival in detail, and cover the rumors of The Elder Scrolls VI being revealed soon! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/114349/valve-responds-to-steam-devs-getting-extortion...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa is joined by very special guest and attorney extraordinaire: Rick Hoeg of Hoeg Law! The pair go into a very deep discussion over the closure of BioWare, cover the takeover of Miami by GTA VI's marketing, and go over all the games Hoeg is playing! Plus, a bunch of tangents from two fellas who love to talk! Intro music created by Jack Miller...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller talk about new XBOX LABS, Steam's new achievements, Assassin's Creed in China, and nVidia killing the RTX 5090. In the wildcard, Byron preps Joe for Epcot Food and Wine. Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/steam-is-introducing-achievement-sets-designed-to-im...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller review Forza sales numbers, talk about Ultima returning to Lord British, investigate PS5 jailbreak and emulation on the PC, and discuss Cyberpunk the show. Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.techspot.com/news/114037-new-ps5-jailbreak-works-almost-every-firmware-version.html https://www...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller give a summary of the Game Informer cover story on GTA VI (which Joe did subscribe to!) and discuss their thoughts, excitement, and skepticism, plus Byron is obsessed with Control Resonant, and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has taken over Joe's life! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.r...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the the XBOX reset, Destiny restart, the future of graphics, and auto-leveling! Byron is finished Beast of Reincarnation and started Control Resonant. Joe finished Blood of Dawnwalker and started Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://news.xbox.c...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the dichotomy between the stagnant, flailing Western games industry versus the stable, successful Eastern games industry! Plus, Joe gives extensive thoughts on The Blood of Dawnwalker, Byron started Metroid Dread, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the remake of The Legend of Zelda, The Ocarina of Time, drama between Sony and Hideo Kojima, Steam Achievement leak, and news out of Blizzcon. Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFfiTEr2yc https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-stu...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa is joined by absolutely no one! Joe talks all by himself for an hour and twenty minutes about Sony's State of Plays, Xbox's botch of cloud gaming, the pause of The Witcher 1 Remake, and more! Plus, he goes on a bit of a diatribe about the perception of gaming in wider society. Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: ht...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the Disney D23, Kingdom Hearts IV, Elder Scrolls VI, opting out, more Beast of Reincarnation, and where do you want to live? Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/08/26/your-discs-now-also-digital/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-heartbreaking-num...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa is joined by two very special guests: Lord Cognito of the Iron Lords Podcast and Ebontis of Ebontis! The trio cover the GTA VI leaks, the new studio, Black Pony Immersive, from Arkane veterans, Ebontis played Mortal Shell 2, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gta-...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the Disney D23, Kingdom Hearts IV, Elder Scrolls VI, opting out, more Beast of Reincarnation, and where do you want to live? Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/beast-of-reincarnation-director-apologizes-for-not-providing-a-sufficiently-enjoyable-experie...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct in detail, chat about the rumored layoffs now that EA's acquisition is complete, and Byron has played Beast of Reincarnation! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.ign.com/articles/fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-nintendo-direct-updating...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the XBOX outage, Sharma's road to profitability, Beast of Reincarnation, Corsair Cove, and what we're watching. Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://x.com/scottvanvliet/status/2081892395218841974#m https://www.theverge.com/games/973520/xbox-ceo-memo-one-year-growth https://www.videog...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the PSN outage, XBOX "backwards" compatibility, the Nintendo tariff suit, and why Squeenix can't make them like they used to. Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.ign.com/articles/sonys-nightmare-month-gets-worse-as-playstation-network-goes-down-leaving-fans-unable-to-play-digita...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the insane situation regarding Microsoft restoring a stolen account, Byron brings some spyware in TVs to the table, the pair talk about the future of Bethesda, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller talk in detail about the Xbox layoffs, discuss the positives and negatives of the Switch 2's replaceable battery redesign, chat about how reviews impact them, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://gameluster.com/xbox-studio-spinoff-layoffs-microsoft-reset/ https://www.theguardian.co...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller talk about Sony dropping support for physical game discs and a suit against the RAM cartel. Byron's trying to finish off Forza achievements and dipping his toes back into Cyberpunk 2077, Joe is trying Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes and playing an old, old Dragon Ball game. If the worst happens, the pair discuss what the...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller, Joe talks a lot about Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties after finally platinuming the game, Byron's back to only playing Forza Horizon 6, the pair discuss the generally horrible state of everything in the games industry, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://seasonedgaming.com/2026/06/23...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the impending Xbox layoffs and studio closures, Joe talks a lot about Yakuza Kiwami 3, Byron finally played something other than Forza Horizon 6, the pair discuss closed studios they would like to see revived, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller cover the massive Xbox Summer Showcase and Nintendo Direct, Joe talks about some of the hands-on demos from Summer Game Fest, Byron can't stop playing Forza, the pair discuss dead franchises they wish would return, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links: https://seasonedgaming.com/2026/06/13/...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller cover Summer Game Fest and Play Days after Joe's two days at the show, discuss the lackluster State of Play after all the hype, cover Xbox's return to exclusives and Forza sales, and more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-ceo-says-platforms-must-have-...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the absolutely insane Steam Deck price increase, Joe salivates over a new Witcher 3 expansion announcement, and Byron expresses his deep love of Forza Horizon 6! Please let us know if you like our new intro style! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links https://seasonedgaming.com/2026/05/27/prev...

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and very special guest Lockmort discuss Joe's time playing Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy's closed beta, wax poetic about their love of cRPGs, go over the various PlayStation news, cover Warhorse's new games being announced, and much more! Intro music created by Jack Miller! News Story/Topics Links https://news.instant-gaming.com/en/article...