Active Reload: A Video Game Podcast

Welcome to Active Reload! Are you ready to get spooked? Cause the guys are, and with it being October they've decided to introduce a new game called Trash or Treat! Tune in to find out all the details. In the news this week, Ubisoft had a realllllll bad week, from postponing Assassin's Creed Shadows to XDefiant not performing to their expectations, their stock price took a big-time dip to a new lo...

In Active Reload Episode 63, James and Grant take a deep dive into PlayStation's long-forgotten franchises! From Killzone and Bloodborne to Socom, Jet Moto, and Legacy of Kain, they discuss how these beloved titles could make a HUGE comeback and why it's time for Sony to revive them. They also take aim at how out of touch Sony seems to be with its player base, debating what fans really want from P...

This week On Active Reload the boys talk about the NEW battlefield announcement and their experience with recent BF titles. What would Nintendo have to do in order for James and Grant to buy a Switch 2? And the Madden Curse is BACK! plus Notable games releasing this week adn the games the boys are playing!

Welcome to Active Reload! It's an episode that would make the Emperor and the Imperium proud because this week both James and Grant give their glowing reviews for Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2! It's been a hit for Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment, and that begs the question, why don't more franchises go after more AA studios with proven track records? Then, on the opposite side of the s...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week on the show, James and Grant open up with the HUGE news that Concord is being pulled off stores and essentially killed by Sony. Is it precedent setting, what should we expect from Firewalk Studios moving forward? After that, there was some news about Konami sort of, kind of, nudging the idea of what to expect from the next Metal Gear Master Collection. Finally,...

Welcome to Active Reload Episode 59! This week James and Grant start the show discussing the crazy launch disappointment of Concord, it's staggering lack of players at launch and what is next for the game and its company. Then, the guys discuss some of the early reactions to Star Wars Outlaws, and then an examination of the one-year anniversary of Starfield. How far has the game come since launch...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week on the show James and Grant get into everything Gamescom 2024! From very solid trailers (Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Civilization 7) to big announcements (Borderlands 4, New Dying Light) the guys got you covered with everything shown on day one of the conference. There was also a very big announcement outside of Gamescom that has James VERY excited. The guys als...

Welcome to Active Reload! On this week's episode, James and Grant talk a little bit about the Borderland movie, a perfect example on how to NOT make a movie based on a video game and why studios insist on taking big name video games and turn them into something that misses lots of aspects of the source material. After that, the guys discuss the reception of Delta Force: Hawk Ops which becomes the...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant open the show discussing the sad closure of Game Informer magazine, they reflect on their favorite covers from the most popular gaming magazine of its time, as well as their memories of what the magazines used to bring to readers as far as reviews and advertisements. After that, the guys give a top five in a category near and dear to their heart:...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant open up the show talking about the official death of the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Grant has a top five list in remembrance of it's shutting down. They also talk about the Stalker 2 delay as well as the new Quidditch Champions trailer. Finally, the guys discuss the study that was put out by Activision regarding Skill Based Matchmaking or SBMM, that t...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week Grant opens the show talking about his first impressions of Concord during the open beta, is it worth your time? Or will it be dead on arrival? Then, the guys go through the biggest upcoming game releases of the second half of 2024 and which ones they're both most excited for. Finally, they take a look at what is coming out this week as well as what they're play...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant start the episode with their third week of college football talk, but this time they actually played the game! The guys give their first impressions of the game. After that, Grant has been watching gameplay of Concord and with a beta coming out this week Grant gives his expectations about the new 5v5 hero shooter. Then, it's time for notable game...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant open up the show talking a little bit about Elden Ring's DLC Shadow of the Erdtree. Then, EA Sports College Football 25 continues to show some promising features with their dynasty deep dive, James breaks down the new things he saw in the breakdown. After that, it's been two weeks since the since the last episode so the guys have been playing a t...

Welcome to Active Reload episode 51! This week Grant and James talk about the recent Nintendo Direct and how Nintendo constantly knocks it out of the park. But not without criticism. A lot of Nintendo games were announced, like a new Zelda game where you play as Zelda herself for the first time, Metroid Prime 4 finally sees light, plus a lot more! Grant gives his first impressions on console Valor...

Welcome to Active Reload! It's our 50th episode!! The video game gods gifted us with a good week of news for our 50th with Summer Games Fest going on over the weekend, we got a whole bunch of new trailers and games to get excited for and pick apart! James and Grant do that by giving their top five favorite trailers from the show that gave them the most anticipation! After that, the guys go through...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant recap last week's PlayStation State of Play, Sony decided to show off not one, but two 5v5 hero shooters in Concord, and Marvel Rivals! Grant also talks about some of his problems with the Silent Hill Remake. After that, the guys preview the Summer Game Fest that starts this week, with tons of rumors swirling including Gears of War 6, Borderlands...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week on the show, James and Grant start things off by talking about the ongoing Call of Duty Black Ops 6 reveal. The live action trailer includes the likes of fake Bill Clinton, fake Colin Powell, and fake Margaret Thatcher just to name a few! After that, the boys discuss Star Citizen officially crossing the 700 million dollar raised benchmark and both James and Gran...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week it's a big one! We finally have a trailer for the much-anticipated EA Sports College Football 25, James and Grant break down what they saw from the trailer and their expectations following some of the details released in the follow up article. After that, some discussion on the big sale ongoing on the Xbox 360 Marketplace with its incoming shut down. Finally, Gr...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant discuss the BRAND NEW trailer for the next iteration in the Assassins' Creed franchise: Assassin's Creed Shadows! The guys talk about what the trailer shows as well as some of the new additions and changes coming to the game laid out in game director Jonathan Dumont's interview! After that, it was revealed that The Division Heartland was cancelle...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant open the episode discussing the unfortunate situation happening at Bethesda and Microsoft with Microsoft deciding to close the doors at four studios including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. The guys discuss how Microsoft is kind of eating their own words, and how this could be an unfortunate sign of things to come. After that, the guys discus...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant start off the show discussing the massive misstep Escape from Tarkov has seemingly made with the release of the Unheard Edition of the game. The boys discuss why the fans are upset and whether this will open the door for other extraction type shooters. Next, Todd Howard seemingly teased a new development in the Fallout universe that could be on t...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James starts the show off discusses the possibility of purchasing a PC. This get's into a larger discussion about the different ways of buying PC's from parts to pre-built the boys go through which ways are more cost effective and wonder if it's still more cost effective to buy parts instead of buying pre-built anymore. After that, Grant discusses his excitement...

Welcome to Active Reload! This week the boys start off the show discussing the massive success that has been the Fallout TV show, James asks the most important question of all: Has the game adaptation curse finally been killed? After that Grant brings up that The Crew has been taken out of players library's leading to another discussion on game preservation. Then, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has per...

Welcome to Active Reload! The boys are back after contracting cordyceps and the clickers are nowhere to be found. This week Grant and James discuss Apple lifting their ban on game emulators and how it could open the flood gates for tons of classic games being able to be played on Apple devices! That leads to a discussion on games preservation, how emulators have improved the consumer's power to pl...

How is the State of Game-Streaming? Active Reload discusses the state of streaming sites like Twitch, Youtube and Kick. Join James and Grant on the 40th episode of Active Reload. The boys talk about the history and future of Twitch, Dragons Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin and upcoming games this week. Grant gifts Doki Doki Literature Club to James who has no idea what kind of game it is. Mobile gaming...