CrossGen Friends

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller give a summary of the Game Informer cover story on GTA VI (which Joe did subscribe to!) and discuss their thoughts, excitement, and skepticism, plus Byron is obsessed with Control Resonant, and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has taken over Joe's life!

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1wu6cfk/european_authorities_launch_enforcement_actions/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/remarkable-sony-reveals-new-ps5-upscaler-tech-qssr/

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the the XBOX reset, Destiny restart, the future of graphics, and auto-leveling! Byron is finished Beast of Reincarnation and started Control Resonant. Joe finished Blood of Dawnwalker and started Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, and more!

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/22/continuing-our-reset/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/we-intend-to-earn-back-your-trust-bungie-announces-plans-to-bring-back-destiny-2-and-improve-marathon/

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/industry-vet-who-worked-on-ultima-online-says-the-next-big-thing-needs-to-have-sh-tty-graphics-to-escape-the-doom-of-rising-development-costs/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/final-fantasy-revelation-will-let-players-automatically-raise-their-characters-level-to-skip-grinding/

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the dichotomy between the stagnant, flailing Western games industry versus the stable, successful Eastern games industry! Plus, Joe gives extensive thoughts on The Blood of Dawnwalker, Byron started Metroid Dread, and more!

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-last-of-us-game-director-apologizes-for-god-of-war-laufey-criticism-points-finger-at-industry-leaders-for-triple-a-stagnation/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/cd-projekt-reds-move-from-redengine-to-ue5-for-the-witcher-4-wasnt-because-of-cyberpunks-launch-co-ceo-says/

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/japanese-companies-like-nintendo-capcom-and-konami-are-healthier-because-they-have-smaller-teams-dont-have-frequent-layoffs-and-dont-pay-executives-usd30-million-says-expert/

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/japanese-companies-like-nintendo-capcom-and-konami-are-healthier-because-they-have-smaller-teams-dont-have-frequent-layoffs-and-dont-pay-executives-usd30-million-says-expert/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mindseye-studio-build-a-rocket-boy-may-be-closing-down-according-to-reports/

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the remake of The Legend of Zelda, The Ocarina of Time, drama between Sony and Hideo Kojima, Steam Achievement leak, and news out of Blizzcon.

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFfiTEr2yc

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-studio-is-already-looking-for-a-lead-writer-to-start-work-on-the-sequel/

https://x.com/DawnwalkerGame/status/2096246835388027235

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-11/hideo-kojima-s-physint-video-game-dropped-by-playstation-goes-to-xbox?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4OTEzMzY2NSwiZXhwIjoxNzg5NzM4NDY1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTDdDOVdLSVVQVEIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.fyrTke3aUIkJk3LwiBfR7JiNr0phfE51dlEql1RcXZ4&leadSource=article-gifting

https://x.com/WilliamRAguilar/status/2098540425632227785

https://www.gematsu.com/2026/09/persona-6-kingdom-hearts-iv-and-other-steam-achievements-surface-in-large-scale-leak

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa is joined by absolutely no one! Joe talks all by himself for an hour and twenty minutes about Sony's State of Plays, Xbox's botch of cloud gaming, the pause of The Witcher 1 Remake, and more! Plus, he goes on a bit of a diatribe about the perception of gaming in wider society.

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-confirms-zelda-40th-anniversary-direct/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-is-capping-cloud-gaming-to-15-hours-and-charging-for-extra-playtime/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-witcher-remake-is-waiting-on-the-witcher-4-to-continue-development/

https://www.polygon.com/fable-game-length-interview-xbox/

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the Disney D23, Kingdom Hearts IV, Elder Scrolls VI, opting out, more Beast of Reincarnation, and where do you want to live?

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/08/26/your-discs-now-also-digital/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-heartbreaking-numerous-gamescom-devs-say-their-equipment-was-stolen/

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-witcher-3-remastered-launches-september-free-upgrade-for-all-owners

https://www.ign.com/articles/cd-projekt-red-enlisted-modder-to-help-make-the-witcher-3-look-better-than-ever-in-new-remaster

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/everything-shown-at-the-grand-theft-auto-6-netflix-special/

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa is joined by two very special guests: Lord Cognito of the Iron Lords Podcast and Ebontis of Ebontis! The trio cover the GTA VI leaks, the new studio, Black Pony Immersive, from Arkane veterans, Ebontis played Mortal Shell 2, and more!

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gta-6-gameplay-allegedly-leaks-ahead-of-planned-netflix-reveal/

https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/arkane-veterans-harvey-smith-and

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the Disney D23, Kingdom Hearts IV, Elder Scrolls VI, opting out, more Beast of Reincarnation, and where do you want to live?

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/beast-of-reincarnation-director-apologizes-for-not-providing-a-sufficiently-enjoyable-experience-but-promises-game-freak-is-working-on-it/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/kingdom-hearts-d23-blowout-confirms-anime-series-release-window-and-more/

https://xcancel.com/asha_shar/status/2087258678000779664#m

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/if-it-was-opt-in-nobody-would-opt-in-twitch-is-using-streamers-content-to-train-generative-ai-by-default/

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct in detail, chat about the rumored layoffs now that EA's acquisition is complete, and Byron has played Beast of Reincarnation!

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://www.ign.com/articles/fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-nintendo-direct-updating-live

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-says-physical-games-still-account-for-385-of-its-software-sales-following-sonys-decision-to-kill-ps5-discs

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/an-extended-look-at-gta-6-is-coming-to-netflix-later-this-month/

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1vgal94/saudiacquired_ea_is_reportedly_planning_to_make/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ghost-recon-wildlands-gets-free-update-adding-last-rites-mission-4k60-support-and-predator-content-removed-in-2020/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/assassins-creed-valhallas-director-has-returned-to-ubisoft-is-now-game-director-for-the-assassins-creed-brand/

Welcome to CrossGen Friends! In this episode, Joe La Russa and Byron Miller discuss the XBOX outage, Sharma's road to profitability, Beast of Reincarnation, Corsair Cove, and what we're watching.

Intro music created by Jack Miller!

News Story/Topics Links:

https://x.com/scottvanvliet/status/2081892395218841974#m

https://www.theverge.com/games/973520/xbox-ceo-memo-one-year-growth

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/were-going-to-cautiously-move-this-forward-sony-says-it-hears-playstation-disc-backlash-but-will-continue-its-plans/

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/capcom-expects-95-percent-of-its-game-sales-to-be-digital-in-the-next-year-and-its-pretty-much-already-there-thanks-largely-to-pc-gaming/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-dragon-age-remaster-trilogy-is-unlikely-because-nobody-who-knows-the-old-engine-is-left-producer-says/