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PlayStation has unveiled their long-awaited Game Pass competitor and it honestly looks pretty decent (although it might cost more than you'd like). What We're Playing Cliff: Tunic, Going Under, Guardians of the Galaxy Colby: BOTW, Kraken Academy!! News PlayStation Unveils Project Spartacus Netflix of Games? Maybe Not. Who Is Paying Money to Play GTA Online? Netflix Bought a New Studio and I Can’t...

This week the bad news is for indie devs, with two reports calling out toxic behavior at four beloved indie studios. What We're Playing Cliff: Kentucky Route Zero, Tunic Colby: Young Souls, BotW, Bowser’s Fury News Maybe Video Games Were a Bad Idea? This is a Very Smart Way to Solve a Very Stupid Problem Fortnite Turned Off Building I'm Into, Oh Murders and Executions Mostly The Wii and DS eShops...

Congrats to Activision Blizzard for being investigated for something besides sexual harassment! I mean, it's for insider trading, which is also bad, but it's nice to at least see something different.  What We're Playing Cliff: The Artful Escape, Kentucky Route Zero Colby: Super Mario World 3D, Young Souls, Breath of the Wild Dylan: Sea of Thieves News Hey, Blizzard is Being Investigated for S...

[CW: Suicide] The family of Kerri Moynihan has filed a wrongful death suit against Activision Blizzard, claiming that sexual harassment at the company was to blame for her suicide in 2017. What We're Playing Cliff: Far: Changing Tides, The Artful Escape Colby: Children of Morta Dylan: The Sinking City, Sea of Thieves News Activision Just Can’t Find Time to Hire Women Activision Adds Another Lawsui...

Valve's Gabe Newall definitely isn't against the idea of Game Pass coming to Steam, which is potentially great news for new Steam Deck owners (or folks that hate multiple launchers). What We're Playing Cliff: Nobody Saves the World, Telling Lies, Contrast Colby: Infernax, Unsighted Dylan: The Sinking City News Valve Isn’t Against Putting Game Pass on Steam I Believe Greg Miller Got It Right 2k and...

The folks at Hello Games aren't giving away any secrets (which is smart considering their history) but say there is still more No Man's Sky coming even after 19 major updates! What We're Playing Cliff: Nobody Saves the World Colby: Super Mario 3D World, Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth - Record of Lodoss War, Infernax Dylan: Pokémon Legends: Arceus News Apparently, No Man’s Sky Isn’t Finished Every Gam...

Indie Publisher and Developer Team 17 apparently has a sexual harassment and crunch issue, all while paying incredibly low wages. Quite the combination. What We're Playing Cliff: Nobody Saves the World, Lost Ark Colby: Dreamscaper News Team 17 Staff Talks About How Terrible Working There Is Y’all Need to Be More Careful in VR America's Army Surrenders Xbox is Already Starting to Reveal Their Activ...

The consumer side of Stadia is effectively dead, while Google tries to convince other companies they want to pay to use Stadia to stream their games. What We're Playing Cliff: Nobody Saves the World, The Falconeer Colby: Olija, Dreamscaper News Google Should Just Put Stadia Out of Its Misery Steam Deck Might Get a Boose from AMD PlayStation Wants to Get into Live Service Games The Switch Has Outso...

Sony makes a small $3.6 billion purchase of their own, buying formerly Microsoft-owned Bungie, developers of both the Halo and Destiny franchises. What We're Playing Cliff: Unpacking, Gorogoa, Nobody Saves the World, Star Wars Galaxies Colby: Anvil: Vault Breaker, Inscription, Nobody Saves the World, Super Mario World, Super Mario Bros., Kirby’s Adventures, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island Dyla...

The big news in February is probably Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring, but don't pass up some very solid-looking indie games! Life is Strange Remastered Collection (PS5, Xbox X/S, PS 4, Xbox One, PC) - February 1 - $40 The Waylanders (PC) - February 2 - $35 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes And Punishments (Switch) - February 3 - $30 Dying Light 2: Stay Human (PS5, Xbox X/S, PS 4, Xbox One, PC) - Febru...

Activision Blizzard's continued mishandling of the Raven Software QA situation might actually cause the formation of the first AAA game studio union, something the game industry desperately needs. What We're Playing Cliff: The Gunk, Anvil, Gorogoa Colby: Anvil, Inscryption, Super Mario World, Nobody Saves the World Dylan: The Witcher 3 News Activision Blizzard Might Have Caused the First AAA Game...

In a deal that is shocking to everyone, Microsoft is purchasing Activision Blizzard in a deal that is sending shockwaves through the gaming industry. What We're Playing Cliff: Superliminal, Stories Untold, Observation Colby: Anvil Dylan: Wild Rift News So Xbox Did Something PlayStation Might Be Embracing BC The Reason PS Games Are Coming to PC is Because Studios Kept Asking Can’t Get a PS5? How Do...

Apparently you can buy all of Bethesda and Star Wars and still not quite buy a Farmville. What We're Playing Cliff: Superliminal Colby: Anvil, Inscryption, The Gunk, Wildfire News That’s a Lot of Farms  E3 Cancels In Person Event, Might Cancel Completely  Why Would Anyone Want to Play a 500 Hour Game?  Fallout is Getting the TV Treatment  Getting Screenshots Off of the Switch S...

Perfectly timed for the pandemic, you can finally lick a screen and see exactly what the food you cooked in Breath of the Wild tastes like. What We're Playing Cliff: Anvil, Far Cry 6 Colby: Anvil Dylan: Wild Rift, The Witcher 3 News COVID and Lickable Screens, Together At Last! Samsung Announced Their Streaming Based Gaming Hub Square Enix Embraces The Blockchain Alienware Project Nyx Sounds Very...

- Monster Hunter Rise (PC) – January 12 - $60 - Astroneer (Switch) – January 13 - $30 - The Anacrusis - January 13 - $30/GPO - God Of War (PC) – January 14  – $60 - Rainbow Six Extraction (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC) – January 20 - $40 - Windjammers 2 (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia, PC) – January 20 - ???/GP - Pupperazzi - Janu...

2021 is almost over, which means it's time to pick our favorite games that came out this year! What We're Playing Cliff: Far Cry, Halo Infinite Colby:Halo Infinite, Anvil Dylan: Wild Rift News - GOTY - Riot Settles Their Lawsuit for a Cool $100 million - Sonic is Getting the Lego Treatment - GTA Trilogy Owners Get A Free Game - Maybe Planning a School Shooting Level is a Bad Idea - Steam’s Best of...

Calling it the "Mass Exodus", senior folks are leaving Ubisoft at a rate that is starting to affect game development milestones. Who knew that being a dumpster fire might have consequences? What We're Playing Cliff: Far Cry 6, Anvil Colby: Halo, Anvil Dylan: Wild Rift News - Ubisoft is Bleeding Talent - Nintendo is Planning on Having Overloaded Servers, Plan Ahead - Hades is the First Video Game t...

Things aren't sounding great at Bungie, where too much crunch, rampant sexism and bad HR are causing issues for the creators of Destiny. What We're Playing Dylan: I watched Arcane, Wild Rift Colby: Trigger Witch, Halo Infinite Cliff: 12 Minutes News Peter Molyneux is Making a Blockchain Game We Welcome Bungie to the List of Gaming Companies that Desperately Need a Union Top Songs on Console Spotif...

PlayStation is working on Project Sparticus, their "Game Pass" competitor. But to us, it really sounds like they are just rebranding PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now without any real changes. What We're Playing Colby:  Kingdom Two Crowns, Archvale, Hades, Trigger Witch, Generation Zero Cliff: Far Cry 6, Kingdoms: Two Crowns, Generation Zero Dylan: GTA: San Andreas, Deep Rock Galactic News...

What We're Playing Colby:  Kingdom Two Crowns Cliff: Far Cry 6, Kingdom Two Crowns Dylan: GTA: San Andreas News Halo Infinite Has a Cheating Problem Epic Games Now Has Over 1000 Games You Can Stream Epic Buys Harmonix Cyberpunk 2077 Might Actually Be Good Now The Xbox One S Might Be the Perfect Console This Christmas There Are Some Secret Game Pass Games You Can Play on PC Want to Bury Your B...

Fights In Tight Spaces (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC) – December 2 Solar Ash (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC) – December 2 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac) – December 7 Halo Infinite (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC) – December 8 Loop Hero (Switch) – December 9 Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX (Switch, PC, iOS) – December 9 Wytchwood (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S...

Console Locked DLC Sure Is(n't) Worth It episode 259_mixdown.mp3 What We're Playing Colby:  Doom 3, Exo One, Kingdom Two Crowns, Stories Untold Cliff: Death’s Door, Golf Club: Wasteland Dylan: GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Halo: Infinite Multiplayer (for 10 minutes) Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ News New Spiderman DLC is Only Multiplayer Blizzard is Spiraling The Original...

What We're Playing Colby:  Zookeeper World, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Nexomon: Extinction Cliff: Forza 5, Psychonauts 2 Dylan: GTA 3, GTA Vice City News Blizzard is Literally a Dumpster Fire at This Point and Bobby Kotick Has Got to Go The 2021 Game Awards Have Been Announced Don’t Worry About MS, Game Pass is Doing Just Fine Go Hang Out at WDW in MineCraft Xbox Adds a Ton of Backward Compa...

What We're Playing Colby:  RDR2, Flynn: Son of Crimson, Unpacking, Backbone, Paint the Town Red, Back4Blood, Zookeeper World Cliff: Back 4 Blood, Psychonauts 2, Stardew Valley Hans: Minecraft, Fall Guys, Apex Legends, Overwatch, Back 4 Blood, Cycle:Frontier, and Mandalorian Pinball Extra Life Total: $3,865 You can still donate at: https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ Huge Shoutout to: Hans Ca...

What We're Playing Colby: Red Dead Redemption 2, Flynn Son of Crimson Cliff: Psychonauts 2, Moonglow Bay Dylan: Back 4 Blood Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ News I’m Sure This WIll Fix Things Luigi is Getting His Own Lego Set If You Own a PC You May Never Have to Buy a Playstation Again Stadia is Testing Time-Limited Demos You Can Play Geforce Now On Xbox Questions DA VINSTER (Vinn...