Gamers Week Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Microsoft has officially announced layoffs of 3,200 people at Xbox, approximately 20% of the Xbox workforce and the fourth such culling since January 2024. --> The world is still reeling from Sony’s announcement last week that it will no longer be creating video game discs starting January 2028, but analysts are saying there is nothing fans can do to c...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Not to be outdone by Xbox’s villain arc, it seems Sony decided to remind the world that it too hates its customer base. We're rounding up the week's awful Sony headlines, including the end of physical disc production for new games in 2028, a rumored $1000+ price tag for PS6, and the official closure of the PlayStation Store on PS3 and Vita. --&g...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> After months of waiting, Valve has finally announced that the Steam Machine, its new living room-friendly PC, will start at $1,049 and go on sale beginning June 29th. --> Rockstar finally answered one of the last big questions around GTA 6: the price. The game will cost $79.99 for the standard edition, and $99.99 for the ultimate edition, with the phys...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Maybe XBOX should have died the hero, but instead, it seems that the gaming giant has finally lived long enough to become the villain. Despite spending the past month shoring up good will with demonstrations that it is listening to fans, this week the company put out enough bad news to last an entire year -- all part of new XBOX boss Asha Sharma's bi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Not-E3 Month continues with Summer Game Fest! Geoff Keighley's annual summer showcase was packed with game reveals, new trailers, and fresh updates on upcoming titles, including Resident Evil Veronica, Mighty Cuphead Adventure, and Final Fantasy VII Revelation. --> Next up was the Xbox Showcase. The show had a number of big reveals, including the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... -->  June's State of Play officially kicked off the summer showcase season with a sneak peek into the future of PlayStation, including Wolverine, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and God of War Laufey. --> New XBOX boss Asha Sharma has reportedly warned staff that “hard choices” are ahead as some worry that XBOX is getting bogged down in relatively po...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... -->  Destiny 2's active development is officially coming to a close, and the news just gets worse as it's reported that Destiny 3 isn't in development, and layoffs are planned at Bungie after the game's final update next month.  --> Riot says "congrats on your $6k paperweights" as a new Valorant anti-cheat update reportedly br...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... -->  Microsoft is continuing its drive to revamp brand XBOX with the launch of a feedback platform that gives fans the chance to vote on community requests. Predictably, the request with the most votes is a return to exclusives.  --> Ahead of the release of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Ubisoft has launched a real-life hunt for a $500,000 trea...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... -->  Online marketplace eBay has rejected an offer from GameStop to buy the company for $55.5 billion, dealing a blow to the video game retailer’s ambitions to create a rival to Amazon.  --> Xbox Game Pass is now included, in truncated form, as part of Discord Nitro. --> Sega has officially canceled its Super Game, which was originally revealed in 2021,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... -->  GameStop has made a $55.5 billion offer to buy eBay, and it remains unclear whether eBay’s board will view GameStop as a credible acquirer for a company four times its size.  --> Sony is expected to pay $7.8 million in PlayStation refunds after a PSN lawsuit settlement gets preliminary approval. --> Reggie Fils-Aimé has opened up about the time an...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... -->  Sony added online DRM to all PS5 and PS4 digital games, causing titles bought after April 2026 to crash and become unplayable if you don’t connect to the internet every 30 days. Then just as suddenly, the company walked it all back. --> Microsoft’s Xbox hardware revenue continues to tumble, with the company revealing a 33 percent decline as part of it...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... -->  In response to lots of negative feedback, Microsoft has cut the price of Xbox Game Pass and announced that Call of Duty titles will no longer be included with the service at launch going forward. --> A Blizzard lawsuit has killed off a huge private World of Warcraft server while a cease and desist ends another. --> This past week was packed to the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... -->  The next generation of PlayStation is claimed to consist of three new devices, launching at the same time between $350 and $1,000, according to popular leaker Moore's Law is Dead in a recent live stream. --> Australian YouTube content creator Karl Jobst is suing Donkey Kong record holder Billy Mitchell for defamation following the conclusion of a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Boutique physical game publisher Limited Run Games is now promising an end to its infamous delayed order deliveries as it throws its old guard under the bus.  --> PlayStation has announced a new contest called The Playerbase, and it will allow winners to have their likenesses scanned to appear in PlayStation games. --> McDonald's has introduced...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> The USPTO has rejected Nintendo’s controversial "summon character and let it fight" Pokémon patent, after it was heavily criticized by IP lawyers last year. --> Sony has announced price increases for PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal, blaming “continued pressures in the global economic landscape.” --> Microsoft has confirmed that its ne...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Epic Games, the multi-billion dollar corporation behind Fortnite, is laying off more than 1,000 employees. CEO Tim Sweeney blames a "downturn in Fortnite engagement" for the move. --> A new report says that 77% of US Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players were aged 30 or older, highlighting Square Enix’s struggle to get young people to care about th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Nvidia announced DLSS 5 at GTC 2026, a new iteration of the company's gaming AI suite that it is describing as "the GPT moment for graphics." --> A judge ruled Monday that video-game publisher Krafton Inc. must reinstate Ted Gill less than a year after ChatGPT suggested the company fire the former CEO to avoid paying out performance bonu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Microsoft has confirmed that the next Xbox is in development. Dubbed Project Helix, the device is described as a “next generation console” that can “play your Xbox and PC games.” --> Monday’s movie-focused Nintendo Direct delivered the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie while revealing new members of its cast – including Donald Glover (a.k....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Just over a month after it launched, the axe has fallen on troubled PvP shooter Highguard. Developer Wildlight Entertainment announced today that the game's next update will be its last, and it will be taken offline on March 12. --> Sony is reportedly abandoning its strategy of bringing its first-party PlayStation games to PC, with the company now...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> A shocking shakeup at Xbox: Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond are out. Asha Sharma (President of Microsoft’s CoreAI) is in, despite having no gaming experience. Game Pass is MIA in talks about Xbox's future, and Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley is predicting that the brand will be "sunsetted." Is this the beginning of the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Video games need to be cheaper to buy. At least, that’s the opinion coming from attendees at the DICE convention in Las Vegas this week, where thousands of video-game makers have been asking each other the same question: What can we learn from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? --> Video game stocks have been getting repeatedly KO’d in recent weeks following...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> PlayStation gave us the first State of Play of the new year, and it was a banger. The 60-minute plus event brought multiple new games, updates, and more across many storied franchises, including Castlevania, God of War, Silent Hill, and more. --> Discord announced on Monday that it’s rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next m...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Publisher Sony has just embraced death and patented its idea for bespoke AI-generated podcasts starring the characters from its games. --> Unity Software Inc. and video game stocks plunged this past Friday on fears of possible artificial intelligence disruption after Google began to roll out Project Genie. --> Variety reported Tuesday that Tongal, a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Ubisoft is following up last week's "portfolio reset" of canceled and delayed games with the announcement that it's exploring eliminating 200 roles at its Paris headquarters through a "voluntary mutual termination agreement," along with a pledge to double down on “player-facing Generative AI.” --> The upcoming Fable reboot...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Even with lots to look forward to, 2026 is steeped in uncertainty. We're discussing predictions for the video game industry in the coming year, including GTA VI, AI use, China, and more. --> A new report from Forbes confirms that upcoming shooter Highguard didn't pay for the final reveal spot at the Game Awards despite other developers having...