The Inside Byte

We start the show with getting into our very fresh thoughts of the GTA VI leak that happened hours before recording! Later we get into - Splatoon 3 being the fastest selling video game in Japan's history - Konami's well known IP renewal now revealed - Nintendo's September 2022 Direct - Sony's September 2022 State of Play - Xbox's TGS showcase - The Sims 4 going free to play and more!

We start the show checking in on the state of PlayStation's Premium (top) tier of PlayStation Plus Later we get into - Jim Ryan's response to Call of Duty's exclusivity - Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play predictions - Assassin's Creed blowout - 343's studio lead leaving?!? - Rudy's wish from last week getting granted and more!

We start the show by going a bit off the rails and discussing the struggles of starting the school year in teaching Later we get into - Splitgate 1.0 finally arriving but with a twist - Big Cyberpunk 2077 news! - Microsoft confirms 2 big updates to Game Pass - Lots of Halo Infinite news and more!

This episode mainly about highlighting the overwhelming amount of games shown during Gamescom. To be more specific, we discuss over 40 titles! Later we get into - PS5 Price Increase - First teaser trailer for The Last of Us HBO TV Series - Destiny 2 Lightfall - New game being created by Ninja Gaiden alumni and more!

We start the show with being amazed by the glorious release of Rollerdrome! Later we get into - Knights of the Old Rebublic Remake is back to looking like a real possiblity - A big PlayStation IP is now on Game Pass - Embracer continues to embrace, this time hitting far too close to my heart - A free to play game is somehow the best selling video game for July - We go over the system exclusives fo...

We start the show with Tim getting into the pros and cons of the PS Vita in 2022. Later we get into - The Splatoon 3 Direct - Another gauntlet of delays - Another FREAKING Forspoken trailer! - Sony talking on Call of Duty exclusivity and more!

We start the show with some more Rudy's Round Robin spins Later we get into - Oculus "Meta" Quest 2 is now $100 more MSRP as of the start of this month - The Pokémon Company revealed a ton of new details surrounding the first fully open-world RPG in the Pokémon franchise, Scarlet and Violet - Newly released Nintendo and Capcom sales figures - Tactics Ogre: Reborn - Xbox Cloud Gaming hourly usage i...

We start the show getting into the change in "Nerd Culture". Later we get into - Two big Bloomberg reports - - One on Grand Theft Auto 6 staring a female protagonist and a more progressive studio culture that no longer "punches down" - - The second being big news on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic  - Nier Automata's secret room - Mario Kart 8's 2nd Wave incoming - People already messin...

We start the show getting into the intensity that is this Last of Us Remake. Later we get into - Obsidian's Grounded getting an animated series - Daredevil: Born Again announced alongside other Marvel news - Discord weirdly hits Xbox before PlayStation even after previous deals with Sony - More game delays and cancelations - The release schedule insanity of October and more!

At the start of the show, Tim talks about his initial impressions of the Steam Deck and why it's greatly impressing him! Later we get into - MultiVersus Open Beta on all platforms coming soon - Big news to the upcoming Skate game by EA - Nintendo starts "Nintendo Pictures" - A new loyalty program called PlayStation Stars - Bayonetta 3 finally gets a release date and its just right around the corne...

We start the show will a good ol' fashioned Rudy's Round Robin then its off to discussing God of War Ragnarok coming this year! Later we get into - Valkyrie Elysium's release for September and November plus a bonus game?!? - Sea of Stars and Forspoken Delays - Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis heading to PlayStation - A big Bungie lead joining 343 to help with Halo and more!

Nintendo pulls a page from Sony with FAKE3 and broadcasted a 3rd party direct so we start the show with that! (Which included one of the best announcements of the year for me personally!) Later we get into - Atari's 50th anniversary celebration - Blizzard Acquires Spellbreak development team for help on WoW - Star Ocean : The Divine Force new reveals - New developments on PS+ and Games with Gold -...

Rudy is out on a cruise this week so I have Daniel from Current Gen Podcast here with me to go over the current gaming landscape and also to dig into the predictions of where the future of Final Fantasy VII is going. First we go into the first game exclusive to Netflix subscribers, Miyazaki's next project is in the final stages, A Plague Tale's sequel gets a release date, another wild Overwatch 2...

Final Fantasy VII content is now in the forefront of gaming media yet again and Tim can't stop mesmerizing over it. But before we start drooling over new content incoming we go over other current updates in the medium as we reach the ending of Fake3. Stalker 2 gets a very heart-wrenching dev diary, Resident Evil Village has lots of content incoming, new details on Starfield that better maps out th...

We go deep into the Xbox/Bethesda Showcase which for me is one of the best showcases we got since that 2015 PlayStation E3 of Dreams! Lots of very big reveals which fully cement my recent discussions on Xbox going big for Japan and Japan fully embracing them for the first time in history and we also finally get a Starfield gameplay revealing that went more into depth than expected! Also if you che...

FakE3 is upon us! We just got a 3rd party/PSVR2 State of Play from Sony that was far better than we expected so we go deep into that! Then because the only "Real E3" part of this summer is Microsoft doing a normal E3 type showcase on Sunday June 12, we give a very in-depth predictions bit for that showcase. Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet got a second trailer and a new website which both give l...

Sadly no E3 is happening this year but we still try to dissect what gaming news is happening in the first half of June including a State of Play but only on 3rd party and PS VR2 content. There will be lots of shows but will there be any of substantial substance besides the Xbox/Bethesda showcase? Later we discuss PlayStation set on overcoming the supply constraint issue and their plan to even surp...

All PS+ new tiered games at launch are revealed and man is there is a ton to dissect here! Is this satisfactory for launch? Can this stand toe to toe with Game Pass? What new things does it bring that Xbox Game Pass cannot? After those discussions we get into a 2nd Death Stranding being revealed awkwardly, a very insanely unexpected news story on Xbox doing great in Japan and Series S systems are...

With the 2nd half of 2022 looking bleak for Sony and now Microsoft, the focus shifts on Nintendo to supply the games! We start with discussing Starfield and Redfall's delay, then get into the next Nintendo Switch and Elden Ring sales milestones, Mario Strikers Battle League right around the corner, the possibility of the next Burnout game is setting up beautifully, plus Gotham Knights ditching las...

While Tim is out on vacation, Rudy steps in to fill the episode with fun and games!

We finally met each other! We start the show by going into meeting in person for the Sacred Symbols Live (Episode 200) event in Richmond Virginia! Also in this episode... -Super Mario Bros. movie delay -Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse having over 200 characters -Xbox and Bethesda's showcase for June -Tons of incoming Sifu content -Disney Dreamlight Valley being revealed -Sony getting prepped f...

We start the show with talking about a very convincing potential of Game Boy Advance hitting the Nintendo Switch Online service plus our love for the system and its catalog of games. We then get into Gearbox reviving "Tales From the borderlands", Xbox Series X/S seems to continuingly sell higher than PS5 even after the holiday season, VRR arrives on PS5 with some caveats. Also talk a bunch of new...

We start the show with finally addressing this IGN $20 quick news payout situation, then get into corrections from last episode, Sony investing 1 billion dollars into Epic Games metaverse, Witcher 3 selling over 40 million copies while the current gen patch gets delayed, PS+ being devastating for Oddworld: Soulstorm's Developer, Square Enix now being happy with Guardians of the Galaxy game after G...

We start with me gushing over Kingdom Hearts 4 being shown making sure I keep it at the amazing cringe level it deserves. Than we talk on Metroid Dread still continuing to get better with new content, Activision Blizzard converts all QA Testers to full time employees with benefits and increased wages, Max Payne coming back, Days Gone director maybe get a light at the end of the tunnel, PS games ex...

In this episode we discuss our love for Nintendo and how they continue to be big pivotal points the industry, PlayStation Spartacus being officially announced even if it's just a toe dip into the subscription world with far too little detail on what we are even getting, E3 being completely canceled this year, and Breath of the Wild's sequel officially not showing up in 2022.