GameHounds

Good lord, will someone just slap the president of EA. Better yet, just slap the whole board of directors. Black Panther scuttled, studio shuttered. Do these people even know what they're doing? Oh that's right: Nestling up to the teat of shareholders. That tracks. Also, Nightreign doing well despite mixed reviews, GeoGuessr dev revolt does the trick, and Atlas learns the hard way to not piss off a very famous VO Actor after you tell him there's a remake coming.

Well, we can now officially retire the banner. The Microsoft-Activision Shitshow has finally ended, and Microsoft can now officially rake in all that sweet, sweet cash with no chance of retribution. Also, Lego officially get the "Asshole of the Year" award.

For the fourth... yes, FOURTH... time now, Bungie has been caught red-handed stealing art for their games. Why does this keep happening? Well, apparently, it's an ex-employee, or so we're supposed to believe. Meanwhile, Fortnight's Darth Vadar chatbot is going about as well as you might expect, Warner Bros' gaming revenue is going EXACTLY as badly as we expected, and Kojima announces a world starting,... holy crap, it's in two weeks!!! ALEXA, BUY AIRLINE TICKETS NAO!

Beyond the fact that every publisher is now scrambling to fill the September date Rockstar just abandoned, investors are losing their shit, and the GTA subreddit gets locked down. Everybody, kiss your children and your spouses and pray we all survive!

SPECIAL GUEST: HOLY GOALIE with a review of the Oblivion Remake -- from a self-admitted Skyrim fanboy who HATED Oblivion the first time around. Good lord. The only thing as UNsurprising as the Oblivion Remake becoming a total juggernaut for gaming this month is how badly Blizzard's former chief is so INCREDIBLY out of touch with gaming! Oblivion Remake wasn't going to be a BIG DEAL?!?! WHAAAATTT?????

Edie goes away for a couple of weeks and the whole gaming world loses its damn mind! Nintendo delays the Switch 2 preorders in the USA because... tariffs. Then it cancels some preorders because... tariffs. And then they change prices on peripherals because of... you guessed it! Tariffs! This whole world-trade chaos is wrecking havoc on the game industry, and it looks to not be stopping anytime soon.

Yes, Edie's beau was one of the unlucky 17. She has no insight, and she doesn't want to, but we will talk about those layoffs, what it's like to be part of a video game layoff (from the inside), and of course all the other news, including how, after their former c-suite buddies (literally) screwed their young, female employees, the Guilmonster family is now screwing over all their stockholders.

Is this really a thing about to happen? And do you really want their shitty Copilot AI in your game? Well, buckle up, buttercup, because it seems like you're getting em. Also... Edie gets walked in on.

There's quite the story about why we were unceremoniously dark last week. Edie shares it. Also, we talk more developers without jobs and WB cancelling games, closing studios, and locking the best new game mechanic in decades in a safe so no one can use it.

Thanks Corey Wallace for the title name. Because it's sad, it's bullshit, and it's MS's Nutella or whatever his name is.