This week, Niki and John have a lot to chat about in and around a busy few days in video games, including:

• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate's huge price hike
• interpreting the latest in Microsoft's non-plan
• Obsidian bearing the brunt of Microsoft's decision-making
• Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia are taking EA private
• Seumas McNally Award Winner Consume Me's greatness
• Wheel of Fortune on the PlayStation 5
• Hades II is simply wonderful to play
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles gets an apology from John
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 continues the odd but welcome tradition of cutting room floor direct sequels

All of this and your BURNING HIVE QUESTIONS from our Discord.