On episode 213 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Game Informer coming back, Xbox UI showing Steam, and Ubisoft restructuring.

For the main course, we discuss the March 2025 Nintendo Direct. We talk about the Virtual game cards, Metroid Prime 4 and more.

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Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 212 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Assassin’s Creed Shadows review scores and some upcoming game announcements like Space Marine 3 and Powerwash Simulator 2. 

For the main course, we go back in time and recap what games were like 10-20-30 years ago. We take a look at some of the popular games of each time and talk about the good old days.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 211 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we talk about Scopely buying out Pokemon Go for 3.5 billion, EA adding microtransactions in a closed alpha test, and Death Stranding 2 latest trailer. 

For the main course, we talk console wars… Particularly PlayStation and Xbox. The war itself might be mostly over but these companies are still fighting for a space in the industry. What is the current status and what does the future hold?

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

On episode 210 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we start with a discussion on the Pokémon Z-A trailer, then talk a little about the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 reveal announcement and finally we discuss some of the recent games that have launched and how they are being received by critics. 

For the main course, we just talk about Monster Hunter Wilds for like an hour… We discuss why we think it’s good, what has changed from previous titles and what makes it stand out as a good entry point in the series.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 209 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we discuss various gaming related news. We start with a discussion on WB closing down 3 studios, more CEOs and their lovely comments on gaming, RIP Dauntless and Balatro catching a break. 

For the main course, we revisit some predictions we had completely forgotten about. Predictions we made more than 100 episodes ago (that’s roughly 2 years and 8 months). Let’s see how wrong we were… or how right.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 208 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Gilbert and Cesar go over this week's appetizers (gaming news) where we discuss various gaming related news. We start by going over the recent Elden Ring Nightreign network test, with our impressions and answer some questions. Then we discuss the recent Marvel Rivals layoffs, Overwatch 2 bringing back lootboxes, Niantic being sold, and Nintendo removing their gold coins program and adding more patents.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at gamingmeal.bsky.social, X at x.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

On episode 207 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Cesar, Manny, Eric, Myka and Gilbert go over our main course (topic) where we talk about the State of Play and all of the new reveals and announcements. We also did an addendum to our draft, see Myka’s picks. Finally, we go over EA CEO comments and how did PSN to go down for a whole day.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at @gamingmeal.bsky.social, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 206 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Cesar, Manny, Eric, Myka and Gilbert go over our main course (topic) where we discuss the result from our 2024 Fantasy Game Draft and Gaming Predictions to see how good (or bad) we did last year.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: BlueSky at @gamingmeal.bsky.social, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 205 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick, and Cesar go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we discuss the Xbox Developer Direct announcements. Including Ninja Gaiden 4 and a bunch of release dates.

For our main discussion, we then try to predict what will happen for the gaming industry during 2025. Doom and gloom or hopeful predictions? A bit of both. We then plan to revisit this next year to see how good or bad we did.

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Music credit goes to SubspaceAudio, celestialghost8, Worlfgang, and mutkanto.

On episode 204 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Eric, and Gilbert catch up on all of the news that we have missed over the holiday break. We discuss the Sony live service graveyard, some recent AAA and live service news and is increasing game prices good for the industry?

For our main discussion, we talk about the recently announced Nintendo Switch 2. Not much was shown but we speculate a little on what the future holds for Nintendo.

For more information, visit us at www.TheGamingMeal.com and please follow us on socials at: Twitter at www.twitter.com/GamingMeal, Twitch at www.twitch.tv/gamingmeal, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/gaming.meal.14. Thanks for listening, please share and subscribe to the Gaming Meal!

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