This week, Niki treats John and Lotus to the first ever VGBees Podcast Edition of Scam Text Theatre! After this momentous occasion, the crew turns its sights to the biggest news of the week, including:

1. Larian's CEO decides to drag his company into a gen AI quagmire
2. People Make Games boycott Xbox (and transforms John's thinking in the process)
3. League of Legends is getting a massive rework
4. Naughty Dog is already crunching on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
5. JK Rowling likely to pocket a ton of royalty dollars on the Harry Potter x Fortnite collab
6. Physical games and hardware had its worst month in basically forever
7. and more!

We played:

1. Pokemon Legends: Z-A
2. Q-Up
3. POCO
4. Deadlock

Also, we answer your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our wonderful Discord.