On episode 230 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Sony… A lot. It’s all Sony news. Sony is suing Tencent, they also opened at least one interesting job position and Microsoft is dominating the PlayStation best-selling charts.

For our main course, we make predictions for the upcoming Nintendo Partner Direct for July 2025 and also the EVO Championships.

We then talk about what we are playing in our digestif and end with some desserts.

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On episode 229 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about The Outer Worlds 2 dropping its price to $69.99 and the Circana US sales for June 2025.

For our main course, we discuss a paper about improving matchmaking for player engagement. We then talk about Donkey Kong Bananza in our digestif (what are we playing segment).

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!

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On episode 228 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny, Erick and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Nintendo Vouchers going away, Xbox ROG Ally price leaks, and Zelda + Link actor announcements.

For our main course, we pick which games we would bring to a deserted island. Got plenty of time on your hands? Which games do we think could keep you busy under such circumstances? It might very well be quantity over quality in terms of game content.

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!

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On episode 227 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Manny and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Esports, particularly the League of Legends MSI tournament and the impact of fearless draft.

For our main course, we discuss all of the recent Microsoft cuts. Jobs lost. Projects and games canceled. Entire studios shuttered. It’s a graveyard. Why do we think they did what they did and what is the impact on the industry it is causing? Let’s find out.

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!

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On episode 226 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) talking about Monster Hunter Wilds game reviews hitting "Overwhelmingly Negative" on Steam and an aggregated gaming library coming to the Xbox PC app.

For our main course, we go over a middle of 2025 gaming checkpoint and checkout the best games of the year so far, and preview the rest of the upcoming games for 2025.

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!

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On episode 225 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Eric, Manny and Myka go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) talking about the Microsoft and AMD partnership for Xbox hardware, 

Bungie delaying Marathon, and the Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct. 

For our main course, we go over our impressions of the Switch 2 hardware and Mario Kart World.

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 224 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka, Gilbert and Cesar go over all of the reveals from the past week. Hours upon hours of reveals. There’s not enough time to cover them all, but we do our best to cover the most exciting stuff. From Resident Evil Requiem to Call of Duty Black Ops 7.

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!

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Gaming Meal Episode 223 - PlayStation State of Play June 2025

On episode 223 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka and Cthulhu go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we give our impressions on Elden Ring Nightreign, recap the Top 10 Arcade Games with Cesar, make some Summer Games Fest predictions and chat about that Witcher 4 Unreal tech demo.

For our main course, we go over the Sony PlayStation State of Play from June 2025. We had an awesome show… Well, at least most of us seem to think that was the case and we go into that as well.

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!

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On episode 222 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny, Myka and Gilbert go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we discuss Jade Raymond’s sudden departure from Haven Studios and some Microsoft rumors around Xbox emulation and Steam integration.

For our main course, we discuss the best arcade games and actually list a Top 10. We had to argue and defend why certain picks are better than others but that’s normal for this type of discourse. Tune in to see what we think are the Top 10 best arcade games of all time.

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!

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On episode 221 of the Gaming Meal Podcast, Erick, Manny and Cesar go over this week's appetizer (gaming news) where we talk about Sony considering raising prices across the board and Square Enix ‘refocusing’ on quality over quantity as a company.

For our main course, we discuss gaming white whales. The most obvious example being Half-Life 3 which has been anxiously anticipated for decades (yes, plural) and it still doesn’t exist. We also talk about seemingly dead IP’s like Bloodborne and games that have been in development for a long time (we think) like the next BioShock.

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!

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