Game Bytes Show

Back after a bit of a break, but refreshed and hitting the game news at full strength, it's little old us! This week, rumors of the next Switch possibly to be released this fall. Netflix doubles down on games. A grand old couple of gaming comes out of retirement. Who is joining forces at conventions and who is opting out of conventions entirely. A competitor to the DLSS graphics revolution. Sony brings more to PC, and Valve still toying with hardware and paying the price. Plus, new releases, and a lot of good discussion! Join us!! Intro: "Nate's Theme" - Uncharted 4, by Henry Jackman Outro: "Main Menu" - Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries, by Sean Kolton Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

Although we played a variety of video games this week which included space travel, joyous platforming, a delightful vignette of the best parts of a storied video game franchise and more, we cast all of this aside and ask the important question: how big is the lady? The games we scramble over to answer this question include Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Resident Evil 8 Village, and Lair of the Clockwork God. Intro: "Urias Boss Music" - Resident Evil Village, by Shusaku Uchiyama Outro: "Title Theme" - Lair of the Clockwork God, by Tobey Evans Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

In this news-stuffed episode of the GameBytes Show podcast, we discuss exactly where all those former Blizzard people have been going with the formation of a new studio. Final Fantasy 14 Fanfest produces several announcements (and a bunch of job-class discussion), new DualSense controllers, Destiny 2's premature crossplay, Game Center CX adds new "retro" platforms, Pokemon show up in another new music video, and more! New releases, and has Stadia ended IN SHAME yet? The doomsday clock is still ticking! Intro: "Star Prince" - Retro Game Challenge, by Koji Yamada & Naoto Ouba Outro: "Electric" - Katy Perry Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

This week's news is business up front, party in the back! A lot of moving and shaking is going on in the law and business of video games. Suit is brought against Sony for ITS storefront Monopoly. Tencent negotiates to keep its shares in US companies. Blizzard loses players, but makes money. Google Stadia hemorrhages more developers. World records are broken. Plus, the lawsuit that just keeps on giving. And we all talk about those times that we or others have lost consciousness abruptly. Intro: "Fools Rhythm" - Borderlands 3, by Two Fingers Outro: "High Scores" - Tetris NES Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

In this week's games we played, Jerod definitely DOES or definitely does NOT return to some weird Ultima Online legacy servers that might be different or not different from the previous ones. Dale commands the finest hotel chain in all of ancient and modern Hebrew Japan, and Jeremy revisits the "weird-heads-with-cloaks" parts of TRON and a little CRT swordplay in Narita Boy. Intro: "Narita Boy Theme" - Narita Boy, by Salvinsky Outro: "History of the Bell City" - Ultima Online Renaissance (ocremix) Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

We held the video game news podcast back a day for the important event of new video game news. And we think you'll agree it was worth it. This week we eavesdrop on the testimony of Tim Sweeney in the ongoing Epic Games vs Apple lawsuit, we chastise Sony for its crossplay demands, we then retract everything and bow down as Sony buys a minority stake in Discord (and therefore, in us?), we report on IO Interactive's remored fantasy game, and more. Do you want the Queen's golden Wii? You can have it! Plus, new releases and freebies galore! Intro: "Blushing Beach" - New Pokemon Snap Outro: "Alien Ship" - McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

In this episode we return to some old comforts and explore some new frontiers. First, LeGrande does a bit of both by getting to the end of the main campaign in Final Fantasy 14--a first for the podcast! We explore how the elegant player-level system creates an evenly-spread sheet of marbles. Dale gets back into Blood Bowl 2 and actually learns how to play the game, simultaneously becoming many of your favorite characters from [sports movie]. Finally, Jeremy traverses new worlds of water and milk in Astro Aqua Kitty, and he gushes over the sequel to one of his favorite little indie gems. Intro: "Get It On" - Blood Bowl 2, Outro: "Dropsite" - Astro Aqua Kitty, by Mark Day & Cody Carpenter Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

The news of the week is hopeful as Game Pass beta comes to Windows and iOS, Xbox Live Gold requirements are removed from F2P games, PS Vita and PS3 stores receive a stay of execution, Sony launches a video service, and lots of games sell lots of copies. Plus, Valve finally fixed that bug that stopped 3 of you from logging into Steam, Atelier games are everywhere, and we foist things on our children as is our way. Intro: "DOTA" - Basshunter Outro: "A Fertile Wood at Heart" - Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, by James Currier & Ryan Borbone Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

Time to catch up with the video game news of this week! On this episode we discover Epic's answer to Roblox, called Core. PS5 is the fastest seller. Nintendo trots out some indies. Sony gets into Epic, Bioshock 4, another Amazon Game Studios cancelation, and more! Plus we take a close look at the MMO genre to investigate what it would take to bring us back into a persistent online game world! Intro: "Execution Grounds" - Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection Outro: "Fant M" - Lost Vikings 2 Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

The GameBytes show delivers that gamey flavor this week (no fee required) with the sweet taste of Final Fantasy 14, the savory Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch, and the bizarro fusion-cuisine flavor of Paper Beast. Don't forget to be thinking about taxes on this Ides of April! Intro: "Sea of Clouds Day Theme (Lost in the Clouds )" - Final Fantasy 14, by Masayoshi Soken Outro: "Parade" - Paper Best, by TsuShiMaMiRe Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont