Geekoholics Anonymous Video Game Podcast

Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, Castlevania Belmont's Curse, Resident Evil and more – Geekoholics Anonymous Video Game Podcast 549

On this weeks episode we blab about the following Games and topics:

Hosts - Rico & Joe

• Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
• Castlevania Belmont's Curse
• Control Resonant
• Escape Together Backrooms
• Street Fighter 6
• RV There Yet
• Disney Dreamlight Valley - Halloween

News: Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Witcher 3 Remastered patch addressing "various lighting adjustments" rolls out
• Kena: Scars of Kosmora has been delayed until next year, Ember Lab announces
• Former Halo lead suggests three ways Activision could revive the legendary series, and urges the company to hire laid off Bungie staff
• The Division studio Massive expands to take control of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, and a new IP, in Ubisoft's most recent reorganisation

Nintendo

• Zelda 40th Anniversary Concert tickets go on sale in Europe this week, as Nintendo says more countries are coming

PlayStation

• Sources: Naughty Dog is working on Uncharted 5

Xbox

• Xbox's disc-to-digital feature rolls out for Series consoles and Xbox One, allowing you to digitise your game-disc collection

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: System Shock 2, Buried Stars
• Here are our PS Plus monthly games for October 2026

Free 4 All

• Backrooms
• Resident Evil
• Transformers Pinball

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Jacob

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Wolverine
• Crimson Moon

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• The Witcher 3 Remastered will also turn the Xbox version into a Play Anywhere title, making the PC version available too
• Sega wanted to cancel the entire Sonic series but the first movie saved it
• Bungie announces plans to bring back Destiny 2 and improve Marathon
• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will let players raise their character's level automatically to skip grinding
• Discord launches controversial age-verification system "using the most privacy-preserving approach we could build" months after first delay

Nintendo

• 007 First Light was delayed on Switch 2 for a third time to let players experience it 'as fully as possible', IO says

PlayStation

• Hideo Kojima says Sony told him Physint was being cancelled over a Zoom call

Xbox

• Xbox officially announces more layoffs and widespread changes to its entire studio structure

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Astrea: Six Sided Oracles, MechaBellum
• A demo of Castlevania Belmont's Curse has been officially announced

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• Fantastic Beasts Trilogy
• Transformers Movie (40th Anniversary)
• Ted Lasso season 4

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Jacob, Rico

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Wolverine
• RuneScape Dragonwilds
• Onimusha
• Dave the Diver

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• The head of Nightdive Studios appears to be teasing a remaster of GameCube cult classic Eternal Darkness
• In less than a week Wardogs sells 2 million copies and achieves over 400k concurrent players
• A 9-year-old Minecraft YouTuber ran up a $118,000 ad bill using his dad's company credit card
• Phantasy Star Online is now fully playable in your web browser via PSO Reborn
• Lies of P studio Neowiz has filed a trademark for Wonders of O, an apparent Wizard of Oz themed sequel
• Sega is turning more of its games into movies with Netflix
• Ubisoft delays Rayman Legends Retold weeks before planned release
• BlizzCon 2026: Every announcement from Blizzard's opening ceremony
• Blizzard announced Diablo and StarCraft games that are years away 'to show confidence'

Nintendo

• Switch 2 system update adds VRR support when docked, Switch 2 to Switch 2 system transfer and more

PlayStation

• Sony responds after PC games including Helldivers 2 disappear in UK
• PlayStation reportedly cancelled Kojima's Physint because Death Stranding failed to meet expectations

Xbox

• Asha Sharma 'has been personally responding to Xbox users' support tickets'

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Mindcop, Shogun Showdown
• For Honor is free to own for a limited time on Ubisoft Connect
• Amazon Prime's 9 'free' games for September include Doom Eternal and High on Life

Free 4 All

• Lanterns

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Hosts - Dayne, Jacob

Whatcha Been Playing?

• SpeedRunners 2

• Dave the Diver

• Tried the Twitch - Crimson Desert demo (failed)

• Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Jacob Demo)

• Metal Gear Solid 4

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• SNK's NeoGeo AES re-release delayed by nearly a year due to components shortage

• Capcom has another hit on its hands as Onimusha sells 1 million in a day

• Here's everything Konami announced in its latest showcase

• Almost 1,900 Blizzard workers vote through a "historic" union contract securing protections against layoffs and gen-AI

• Nearly a decade on, legendary director Hideki Kamiya says he's "100% serious" about reviving Xbox's canned Scalebound

Nintendo

• Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct

• Nintendo Direct: Here's everything announced during Nintendo's presentation

PlayStation

• PlayStation State of Play: All the news from today's Japan live stream

Xbox

• Xbox is capping cloud gaming to 15 hours and charging for extra playtime

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Astral Ascent, Luftrausers

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• Toxic Avenger (2023)

• Toxic Crusaders (TV Show)

• Coyote Vs Acme

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Jacob

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Dave the Diver

• Cleared Hot (Early Access)

• Beast of Reincarnation

• The Blood of the Dawnwalker

• Slayblade Demo

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Hideki Kamiya says game preservation matters more to him than whether games are physical or digital

• Crimson Desert has a new streaming demo which lets you try it out instantly via Twitch

• Around 80% of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was reportedly furloughed weeks before its release

• EA confirms leaked Iron Man game footage is real

• An unofficial PC port of Blue Dragon, a JRPG from the creators of Final Fantasy and Dragon Ball, is now available

• Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement is delayed to 2027

Nintendo

• Nintendo adds three more NES games to Switch Online

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe gets a free Switch 2 update adding an eight-player split-screen mode

PlayStation

• Sony says 'reasonable consumers' know they don't own the digital games they buy

Xbox

• Fable's main quest will take 'around 15-20 hours' to beat, Xbox says

• Project Helix will be a 'family of devices,' Xbox CEO confirms

• Xbox confirms the disc-to-digital feature will launch for beta testers this month

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Alone with You

• Capcom and Konami have both announced showcases for this month

• PlayStation has confirmed its next State of Play

Free 4 All

• Sicario

• Luke Cage, Daredevil season 2, Iron Fist

• The Greatest Showman

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Hosts – Dayne, Jacob

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Wild Blue Skies
• Agent 64:Spies Never Die
• Pro Jank Football
• Marvel Tokon Fighters
• Mystfall Hunter

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Ex Dishonored Devs Start new Studio
• Launching PS6 and Xbox Helix at $1,000 could lead to a nearly 40% drop in sales over five years, analyst warns
• Deus Ex creator Warren Spector is retiring from game development
• Fortnite officially reveals Sora, Crash, Spyro, Mega Man, Persona and other gaming crossovers for its next season
• Tetsuya Nomura promises players Kingdom Hearts 4 will not be delayed
• 2K unveils 'ambitious' new sports studio stuffed with EA Sports FIFA talent
• Netflix is shutting down Oxenfree studio Night School, six weeks after its last game was released
• Darksiders 4 and a new Kingdom Come are planned by the end of March 2028

Nintendo

• New information on Switch 2 Diablo 4 port emerges, including release date and DLC inclusion
• Pokémon Bank will shut down in February 2027, with players advised to transfer data to Pokémon Home

PlayStation

• Horizon Hunters Gathering is reportedly being overhauled after poor testing feedback
• Uncharted had dynamic difficulty because it was too short

Xbox

• The Original Xbox Is Back, And This Time You Have To Build It Yourself

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Cardpocolypse, Albion Online, Epic Mage Bundle (DLC)

Free 4 All

• The Odessey
• Spider-Man Brand New Day
• Marvel TV – Daredevil S1, Jessica Jones S1, Luke Cage S1 https://marvelwatchlist.com/
• Lanterns E1
• Joker

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Joe

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Halo Campaign Evolved - Completed
• Battlefield 6
• More Splatoon Raiders

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Supermassive Games is laying off up to 75 staff 'to ensure sustainability'
• Fortnite confirms that Sonic is coming to its next season, Override
• Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says there's currently no interest in selling the company to Netflix or anyone else.
• The $100 Ultimate Edition of GTA 6 is selling more pre-orders than the $80 Standard Edition, Take-Two CEO says
• Halloween The Game has been banned in Australia and New Zealand because players can smoke weed in it
• Hello Games CEO Sean Murray thanks players on No Man's Sky's 10th anniversary
• New free Quake campaign from MachineGames available now for the 30th Anniversary
• Smilegate will rescue Lost Ark's western servers, as Amazon ditches support while retreating from MMO development
• Marvel Tōkon's dire PC performance improved massively by new patch, drastically reducing CPU use and stutters

Nintendo

• Aliens: Fireteam Elite's cloud version on Switch has been shut down, making it unplayable for those who bought it
• Crimson Desert getting a Switch 2 release, and Pearl Abyss sees "significant potential" for multiplayer, with "live service operation models" mentioned

PlayStation

• PlayStation reveals limited edition Wolverine PS5 console, controllers and console covers
• Big Walk has sold more than one million copies, not counting PlayStation Plus downloads

Xbox

• Xbox promises that the causes of the recent outage, which rendered even game discs unplayable, have been fixed
• Limited Edition XBOX Wireless Controllers

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Caravan Sandwitch

Free 4 All

• The Odyssey IMAX 70mm
• Ghost In The Shell on prime

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts – Dayne, Rico

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Dave the Diver
• Halo: Campaign Evolved
• Beast of Reincarnation

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Electronic Arts completes its acquisition deal, is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF
• EA could be set for 'mass layoffs' as it aims to cut costs following Saudi acquisition
• Marvel Rivals' next update will reduce the game's install size by up to 40 GB
• Ubisoft's NFT RPG Champions Tactics is shutting down
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla director makes sudden return to Ubisoft, and will lead the series moving forward

PlayStation

• Sony says they are not seeing an impact on their business from the disc removal backlash
• Sony is reportedly putting warning labels on PS5s about decision to ditch discs

Xbox

• Microsoft wants Helix to play Every Xbox game ever made
• Xbox Europe and UK Price increase finally revealed

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Beacon Pines, We Were Here Together

Free 4 All

• Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra
• Spider-Man Brand New Day
• The Odyssey

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Joe

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced

• Halo Campaign Evolved

• Splatoon Raiders

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Double Fine has laid off 23 staff after going independent

• Crazy Taxi World Tour is getting a closed network test in September, applications open now

• Clair Obscur studio says it wants to bring it to Switch 2 but it's 'way too early to announce anything'

• A Dragon Age remaster trilogy is unlikely

• Capcom reports another strong quarter as Resident Evil Requiem passes 8 million sold and Pragmata hits 2.5 million

• EU approves Saudi Arabia's $55bn acquisition of EA, clearing path for largest private leveraged buyout of all time

PlayStation

• PlayStation confirms God of War Laufey release date

• Angry PlayStation Fans Propose PS5 Blackout in Protest of Sony's Disc Decision

Xbox

• Xbox says it's aware of 'major outages' when signing in and launching games, and is 'working to mitigate the issue'

• Xbox has started testing the option to stream games for free with ads at the start

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: OTXO, Sol Cesto

• PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for August

Free 4 All

• Supergirl

• 2 mystery action movies

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Jacob

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Fogpeircer

• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

• Forza Horizon Italian Exotics Season

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Gamescom's exhibition space has completely sold out for the first time

• EA Sports FC has correctly predicted the FIFA World Cup winner for the fifth time in a row

• Marathon's director confirms he's quit Bungie, four months after launch

• Sony killing physical games 'doesn't matter at all,' says GameStop CEO

• Palworld has sold over 30m copies already

• Valve Steam Machine engineer says component prices are still rising, potentially paving the way for a price increase

Nintendo

• Miyamoto says at least three Nintendo games were created with the Mario movies in mind

• Nintendo says it shouldn't have to pay back players if it gets tariff refunds from the US government

PlayStation

• Only seven PlayStation games have sold more than 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, analyst says

Xbox

• Xbox Backward Compatibility launches on PC

• Xbox VP of engineering leaves just three months after moving over from Microsoft's CoreAI team

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: ForeTales

• Players can apply to join the network test for FromSoftware's Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods today

Free 4 All

• Steam Machine Build Update

• Spider-Man: No Way Home (4K Blu-ray)

• TRON: Ares D+

• Scott Pilgrim Vs the World (4K Blu-ray)

• Face/Off 4K