The Inside Byte

Main Topic 0:06:20 Explaining our Anime origins and overall love for the medium. News 0:38:38 - Getting into Hogwarts Legacy's success and personal impressions of our time with the game! - We got an outstanding Nintendo Direct to discuss which includes the best showdrop to exist! - Psychonauts 2's incredible 32 Episode Documentary! Watching/Playing 1:38:13 Dead Space (Remake) New Game Watch! 1:40:...

Welcome to a slightly reworked format to the podcast! Main Topic 0:05:08 Explaining our Harry Potter origins and overall love for the universe. News 0:33:38 - FakE3 2023! - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and The Last Of Us Part I delayed - More LIVE SERVICE game shutdowns - Big PlayStation+ Update Watching/Playing 0:52:50 Theatrhythm Final Bar Line - Demo/Moonstone Island - Demo/Dead Space Remake/Final...

We start the episode by spinning the most SUPER-RADICAL WHEEL OF ALL TIME! Later we get into - Xbox's Developer Direct - GoldenEye 007 is now released! - Ridiculous "The Callisto Protocol" metrics - HBO's The Last of Us renewed for a 2nd season - High on Life/Pentiment/Witcher 3/Beyonetta 3/Dead Space Remake/Hi-Fi Rush - Returning guest, Jesse White, joins us as we go over our "Biggest Moments in...

We start the episode by playing a made up Metacritic game of each of us trying to guess which games of 2023 will score the highest! Later we get into - Forspoken's review discussion - Marvel Avenger's development ending and being removed from stores - Potential bad news for Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - Joseph Staten Departs From 343 Industries - Bayonetta 3/Arcane/Pearl/Final Fantasy/P...

Chase from Volok Games is here to talk about AI Support in game development and in creative fields as a whole but first we discuss what we missed but still want to play from 2022. Later we get into - Are video game production cycles too long - Ubisoft in great despair - Xbox Developer Direct incoming (known to at least have Redfall coverage) - HBO Original: The Last of Us/Final Fantasy VII *Echo-S...

We spend the beginning of the episode by comparing what first party exclusives are bringing to the table for 2023. Later we get into - PlayStation 5 surpassing 30 million units - Matt Reeves' The Batman spin-off show - No plans for the Last Of Us show to go beyond the games - PlayStation unveils Project Leonardo - Final Fantasy VI/Nier Automata's Anime/Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me/Kale...

We spend the first half of the episode by going through the very taxing mindgame of ranking our most anticipated for 2023. Later we get into - Risk of Rain Returns - More Nier Automata incoming - Metal Gear Solid may be coming back - Final Fantasy VI/High on Life/Arrival/Prisoners/Violent Night/Everything Everywhere All at Once and more!

We start the last episode of the year stating our top 5 games each for GOTY. Later we get into listing our top - Animated and live-action telivision show of the year - 5 Albums of the year - Video game flops of the year - Most impactful gaming news of the year and more!

First we get into our Final Fantasy origins and linage as we discuss that the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters are releasing on PlayStation and Switch Later we get into - Over saturation of PlayStation IP on film and television. - Super Nintendo World in Orlando is coming much sooner than expected - New Mega Man Battle Network Collection details - New Armored Core VI details - God of War Ragnarok's c...

First we start with Microsoft's promise to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo for at least 10 years! Than we spend the majority of the episode diving into a "rEal3" type of game show. Biggest examples being - Hidetaka Miyazaki's, Hideo Kokima's, AND Ken Levine's next games revealed Later we get into - Vampire Survivors Mobile - Sonic's creator arrested again - Palworld looking crazier than ever - God...

We start the episode by diving into the overall consensus of The Callisto Protocol Later we get into - Trying to pick our favorite generation of gaming - Nintendo apologizes for and is determined to fix Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Voilet technical issues - The latest Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer thoughts - Monster Hunter Rise arriving on PS, Xbox, and Game Pass - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners/God of W...

We spend the majority of the episode making our predictions for who we think is going to win in each category of the game awards, picking our selected votes for the website's poll, plus giving our own best game in each category. Later we get into - Pokémon's and God of War's latest titles both achieved greatest sales in the history of their platform - Witcher III: Wild Hunt current gen update deep...

The holidays are upon us giving us very little time and space for creating, yet here we are. We start by Tim diving deep into the wonderful mess that is Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Voilet after dozens of hours in gameplay. Later we get into - When is reading too much of an issue when playing video games? - Call of Duty Modern Warfare II unsurprisingly results in insane sales numbers. - Witcher III...

We start by getting into the drama of comparing a GOTY candidate before you finish the game. Later we get into - Kevin Conroy - Mick Gordon’s full statement regarding DOOM Eternal's soundtrack - Final Fantasy XVI's Diversity - Game of the Year Award Nominations - God of War Ragnarok and Tactics Ogre Reborn being top tier gaming and more!

We start by looking at current gen console sales and discussing who we think has the best optics for the year. Later we get into - God of War : Ragnarok reviews and hype levels - PS VR2 price and software on launch window revealed! - PlayStation Plus subscribers falling - The biggest Call of Duty release since Black Ops 2 and more!

We start with Rudy willing something into existence Later we get into - Age of Empires finally hitting consoles - London Studio of PlayStation's next ambitious project - The Callisto Protocol is too violent for Japanese release - The first Witcher game being remade in Unreal Engine 5 and more!

We start the episode with an update on the Hellena Taylor controversy with weirdly expected news from us. Later we switch up the formular to the podcast when we get into - The big game releases of the last week with  - - Gotham Knights  - - Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope  - - New Tales from the Borderlands  - - Persona 5 Royal  - - A Plague Tale: Requiem - God of War Ragn...

We start the episode with 2 news stories that broke minutes before recording with Silent Hill and G4TV Later we get into - The Beyonetta 3 voice actress controversy - Specific Person 3 and 4 release dates and Persona 5 Royal's weird PS5 release - Gotham Knights being locked to 30 FPS on all consoles - Scorn's super split reception and more!

We start the episode by gushing over how wonderfully whimsical The Super Mario Bros. Movie looks! Later we get into - Current gen only, Need For Speed Unbound details  - Another major information dump of Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Voilet - Overwatch 2 is now out and we discuss the issues it brings at release - CD Projekt Red's upcoming roadmap for the many years to come and more!

We start the episode by choosing to head into muddy waters with more Remake and Remaster talk Later we get into - Stadia officially shutting down very soon - Somehow another Skull and Bones Delay - Another big game coming from Koei Tecmo early next year - More key E3 information and more!

We start the episode by choosing to head into muddy waters with She-Hulk talk Later we get into - Cyberpunk 2077's biggest current playerbase is happening now - More animation announcements and reveals - Former PlayStation executive joins Tencent - PSVR2 hype greatly destroyed with 1 new layer now revealed - Do these 10/10 games still hold weight from their original critic. and more!

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!