The Lounge

Introductions Housekeeping Whatcha been playing Xbox LOWERING the price of Game Pass!? - https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/04/21/xbox-game-pass-update/ Pearl Abyss gives employees $3.4k bonus after Crimson Desert hits 5M copies sold - https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/pearl-abyss-paid-its-employees-a-5-million-won-bonus-after-crimson-desert-reached-5-million-sales-our-journey-does-not-end-here/ Ass...

Introductions Housekeeping Whatcha been playing Pokopia 2.2m sales and Up $80 physical on Amazon https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-pokopia-launch-sales-announced-confirming-its-off-to-a-strong-start Highguard Shuts Down Today - https://www.theverge.com/games/880206/highguard-shut-down Fortnite is increasing the Price of V-Bucks - https://www.ign.com/articles/the-cost-of-running-fortnite-has-gon...

Our RE9 review with Brady's brother Ryan!

Introductions Housekeeping Whatcha been playing Phil Spencer Retiring, Sarah Bond out as well https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer-retiring-sarah-bond-out-matt-booty-promoted-as-microsoft-ai-exec-asha-sharma-named-new-xbox-boss-exclusive Bluepoint is dead https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-shutting-down-bluepoint-developer-of-demons-souls-remake/ RAM shortages lead to Steam Mach...

Introductions Housekeeping Riot lays off around 80 members of the 2XKO Team less than a month after launch - https://gameinformer.com/2026/02/09/riot-games-is-laying-off-around-80-2xko-employees-three-weeks-after-the-games-launch PlayStation State of Play Announced for 2/12/26 Predictions, Expectations and will Fairgame$ be there? - https://blog.playstation.com/2026/02/09/state-of-play-returns-thi...

2025 is over and Hardcore Casuals is back in full swing, but before we fully get into 2026 we discuss our top 10 games of 2025

Hey we've been gone for a couple months so we decided to talk about what we've been playing since then (mainly Pokémon Legends Z-A)

Introductions Housekeeping Nintendo Indie World Announcements https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-indie-world-showcase-august-2025-everything-announced Xbox Cancels Contraband https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-cancels-xbox-game-pass-day-one-release-contraband/1100-6533776/ Red Octane Has Been Revived https://www.polygon.com/guitar-hero-redoctane-new-rhythm-game/ Nintendo Raising the Pr...

Introductions Housekeeping Nintendo Partner Direct Announcements https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-direct-partner-showcase-july-2025-everything-announced Battlefield 6 Reveal https://www.techradar.com/news/live/battlefield-6-multiplayer-reveal-event Pokémon Presents thoughts https://www.ign.com/articles/pokmon-presents-july-2025-everything-announced Sony Suing Tencent - https://www.ign.com/art...

Introductions Housekeeping Microsoft Lays off 9,000 employees - https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-makes-significant-layoffs-across-gaming-division-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-confirms-in-memo-to-staff https://gamerant.com/xbox-king-200-layoffs-microsoft-using-ai-replacements/ (Update) Subnautica 2 Chaos - https://www.ign.com/articles/former-subnautica-2-leaders-accuse-krafton-of-hindering-games-re...

Introduction What ya been playin? What is Hardcore Casuals? Content plans Future goals Our history with gaming Our top 5 games/series Closing Where to find us Austin: Twitter/Twitch/TikTok - @CinCityRedAngel Brady: Twitter - ItsBardy_ Twitch - ItsBardy TikTok - @bardnrk Hardcore Casuals: YouTube - Hardcore Casuals TikTok - @hardcorecasuals Discord - discord.gg/9xchrseFCQ

Introduction What ya been playin? Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World thoughts Closing Where to find us Austin: Twitter/Twitch/TikTok - @CinCityRedAngel Brady: Twitter - ItsBardy_ Twitch - ItsBardy TikTok - @ItsBardy_ Hardcore Casuals: YouTube - Hardcore Casuals TikTok - @hardcorecasuals Discord - discord.gg/9xchrseFCQ