This week's episode is full of excitement, adventure, grand strategy, and chores. We dig into the new Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker expansion, try out the new season of Fall Guys, get narrative in the early access strategy game Wartales, and take things out of boxes to figure out where to put them with Unpacking. New releases, a couple of radswitchandpcandxboxgametitles.com, deals and freebies, plus Sony's Game Pass competitor, FTC blocks Nvidia, the DICE are rolling at EA, and speed run news! Cozy up with some hot cocoa and listen! Intro: "Main Menu" - Wartales Outro: "Unpacking a Life" - Unpacking, by Jeff van Dyck feat. Wren Brier Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

This week's episode gets a little risque, and a little befuddled, and that's the worst kind of risque. This week we make overtures toward Astalon: Tears of the Earth, Going Down/Under, Grand Theft Auto 5, Ultima Online Outlands, and Hammerting. Lots of sales are happening, but you know that. Game Pass and PS+ info, Golden Joystick Awards winners, speed run news, and more! How YOU doin? Intro: "Artereis (Subterranea theme) Rock Remix" - Astalon Tears of the Earth, by Purple Hat Music Outro: "omegaccino" - Going Under, by Felix Peaslee Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

This week at least one of us observes the season of eating in-game, except it's Ultima Online Outlands. The rest of us played Final Fantasy VII First Soldier, GTA5, LoL Wild Rift and Transformers Tactical Arena. We also cover the Game Awards nominees, more corporate opinions on the Activision Blizzard scandals, and the guys pick their Sega scents to hit the town. Plus, new releases and sales abound! Speed run news! You can bring the turkey leg with you, so come listen! Intro: "Match Results" - Final Fantasy VII First Soldier Outro: "It Begins (Early Game)" - League of Legends Wild Rift, by Brendon Williams Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

Watch out everyone because we're back with a full crew and a full spread of video game coolness to excite and entertain you. This week we get behind the wheel of Forza Horizon 5 and discuss the relative merits of festival culture. We roll the dice with Solasta: Crown of the Magister and investigate the ins and outs of live simulated tabletop gaming. We play Battlefield 2042 and talk about whether games should be released complete and functional! And FF14. Plus, PS5 and Xbox are a year old! Halo Infinite surprise multiplayer drop! Tomorrow Children comes back from the dead! Unity buys Weta Digital! Speedrun news, new releases, and more! Kick it with the GameBytes Show crew, dawg! Intro: "Nocturna" - Forza 5 Horizon, by Camo & Krooked Outro: "Heroes of Solasta" - Solasta: Crown of the Magister, by Maxime Herve Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

This week we're a man down but we are bringing all the classic GameBytes stuff you crave, such as: Castlevania Lords of Shadow game club, Hunt Showdown, Cyberpunk 2077, and more! Plus things you don't like, such as: no Jerod, and Mario Party stuff. We kick it over to the news for Animal Crossing's 2.0 update, Ubisoft's 35th anniversary and conscientious objectors, NFTs, and more! New releases, news speedrun and TONS of charisma. It's just how we are. Intro: "Looking Ahead! (Mario Party 3)" - Mario Party Superstars Outro: "Death is a Bird Flying" - Hunt Shodown Harvest event, by Port Sulphur Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

On our newest podcast episode we discuss the mysterious shooty paradox of Deathloop, figure out whether we are living Swery65's The Good Life, get lost in the Sands of Aura, and build more connective tissue in Final Fantasy XIV. We cover the new releases, freebies, and subscription spiffs, and we cover the news! Playstation PC, Ubisoft gets into the blockchain, and Nintendo has Bowser waterboarded by the FBI. Intro: "Updaam Throwdown Extended" - Deathloop, by Tom Salta Outro: "The Good Life Theme Song" - The Good Life, by The Bad Lives Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

This week's show deals with some comedy (The Procession to Calvary), some questionable comedy (Disco Elysium), a comedy of errors (Final Fantasy XIV registration), a comedy of Ultima Online Outlands is on the show again. We cover the performance of Xbox Game Pass on the company's goals chart, Facebook's rebranding, Uncharted gets a movie trailer, and a bunch more! Speed run news, freebies and other cool GameBytes stuff everywhere! Intro: "The Stars and Stripes Forever" - John Philip Sousa, The Procession to Calvary Outro: "End Credits" - Disco Elysium, by Sea Power Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

This week video game life spills over into real life as we compare Blood Bowl 2 skills to peewee sports, we learn about heavy metal on the eve of Brutal Legend, and learn some lawn management to prepare for the Animal Crossing New Horizons update. We expect there will be practical applications for Back 4 Blood and Age of Darkness eventually. We also cover the new releases like Crysis Remastered Trilogy and Jackbox Party Pack 8, deals and freebies, and news! What's up with Nintendo's Switch Online expansion pack? How is Google countersuing in the style of Apple? Steam bans NFTs, and EA makes a big sports change. Intro: "Ruins" - Brutal Legend, by Peter McConnell Outro: "The Shelter" - A Plague Tale: Innocence Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

We return this week to the New World, but is it still shiny? We take to the skies with Aeronautica Imperialis, and we delight in the art and music of Astria Ascending. The news of the video game world includes legal woes, company restructuring, a look at at the New Horizon in Animal Crossing, and more! New releases, freebies, and our news speedrun! Intro: "Arena Theme" - Astria Ascending, by Hitoshi Sakimoto Outro: "Everfall Settlement" - New World, by Ramin Djawadi Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont

This week we walk that fine line between fantasy maritime crafting and techno-anime as we navigate the games we played, and we bring you all the new releases you want to scope out! We discuss Amazon Games' new MMO, New World. Scarlet Nexus is a game that stands on the shoulders of the Fabula Nova Crystalis series, but is it just another big dumb giant babies? Plus, we dig into news of game events going ahead or shutting down, more Activision Blizzard lawsuits, Capcom hearts PC, and the next Valve Index is possibly master of its own destiny. Speed run news, and more! Intro: "Nagi Boss Battle" - Scarlet Nexus, by Hayata Takeda Outro: "Everfall" - The New World, by Ramin Djawadi Subscribe on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamebytesshow/ Check out our Discord community at https://discord.gg/ZTzKH8y Podcast audio produced by Jeremy Lamont