Morning Arcade Show

The Morning Arcade Show is back! After a long break, Buddycat and Ashen return to catch up on gaming news, what they've been playing, and what's next for the show.

We've got a lot of games to talk about, including Final Fantasy VII Remake, Aion 2, Boltgun 2, Garfield Escape from Monday, Final Fantasy resonance, Sonic Crossworlds, Wild Guns, Star Ocean 3 and plenty more.

Topics covered:

• We're back! Show updates and what's next
• Ashen's D&D table with a built-in screen
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2
• Epic Games and Linux gaming
• Fortnite on Linux
• GTA 6 PC release speculation
• Zelda amiibo and Ocarina of Time remake rumors
• Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail wrap-up
• What we've been playing, including FFVII Remake and Aion 2
• Name That Tune: 80s Arcade Edition
• This Week in the 90s

Join Buddycat and Ashen every Tuesday for gaming news, first impressions, and discussions about whatever games have caught our attention.

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Discord: https://buddycat.site/discord

Hosts:

@BuddycatGG

@AshenShugura

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This week on The Morning Arcade Show, we discuss Xbox's major service outage, break down our favorite reveals from FFXIV Berlin Fan Fest, and talk about The Witcher 3's delayed expansion. We also cover Halo: Campaign Evolved, Beast of Reincarnation from the Pokémon developers, EverQuest Legends, Palworld's upcoming trading card game, Rayman Origins Enhanced, and why Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon continues to impress us with its post-launch support. If you're looking for a deep dive into everything announced at FFXIV Berlin Fan Fest, be sure to check out our Final Fantasy podcast, Chewin the Fat Cat, where we cover every major reveal in detail. Topics this week include: • Xbox service outage • Old Xbox games coming to PC • FFXIV Berlin Fan Fest highlights • Halo: Campaign Evolved • Beast of Reincarnation • EverQuest Legends • Palworld Trading Card Game • The Witcher 3 expansion delayed to 2027 • Rayman Origins Enhanced • Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon free DLC • CrossCode • Streets of Rage 4 • Final Fantasy XIV • Crisis Core Reunion • Dragon Sword Awakening • Moss • Name That Game Tune • This Week in the 90s Website: Buddycat.gg Discord: buddycat.site/discord Hosts: BuddycatGG (@BuddycatGG) Ashen (@AshenShugura)

Welcome to The Morning Arcade Show, a weekly gaming podcast where Buddycat and Ashen discuss gaming news, industry trends, and the games we've been playing.

This week we discuss the latest developments in the Stop Killing Games movement as similar legislation gains attention in Brazil, including the growing conversation around game preservation and ownership. We also talk about more Xbox and Microsoft drama involving Obsidian, Fallout, and id Software, plus Games Done Quick removing SNK games from future events.

We also cover some fun gaming finds, including the leaked LEGO Donkey Kong Arcade Machine and the Hallmark PlayStation 2 ornament that brings back the iconic startup sound.

In the games we've been playing, Buddycat talks about Cuphead, Deadlock, Palworld 1.0, and finally beating the original Final Fantasy VII. Ash shares thoughts on Night Swarm, CastleMania, and more.

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This week we played Fatekeeper, Echoes of Aincrad, Night Swarm, Final Fantasy VII and XIV.

We also talk about all the drama going on with Sony and Microsoft. Other Subjects Include the Steam Refund Gate with Paddle Paddle Paddle.

And of course we cant do a show without at least mentioning the critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online, which offers an exceptionally generous free trial that allows you to play through the base game (A Realm Reborn) and the first three major expansions (Heavensward, Stormblood, and NOW Shadowbringers) up to level 80 with no restriction on playtime.

We also play a game of Name That (gaming) Tune and take a look back at what happened this week in the 90s.

Join our discord at buddycat.site/discord

Find the latest episodes, streams or contact us at buddycat.gg

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@buggycatgg and @AshenShugura

Here are the links mentioned in the podcast:

Sign the Sony petition: https://share.google/0EXwhitq3rUsIsqoa

The Project RPG thing Ash Talked about: https://evildojo.itch.io/projectrpg

Thanks so so much for checking out our show! This week we Play the new Star Fox and talk about GTA 6 locking game behind deluxe edition, the new old Everquest, Guild Wars reforged now on phone, PS6 prices, Steam prices, Switch Prices, Lots of prices.

We also talk about all the games we played including Adventures of Elliot, Wild Arms, FF7 OG, Disneyland Adventures and more.

And of course we cant do a show without at least mentioning the critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online, which offers an exceptionally generous free trial that allows you to play through the base game (A Realm Reborn) and the first three major expansions (Heavensward, Stormblood, and NOW Shadowbringers) up to level 80 with no restriction on playtime.

We also play a game of Name That (gaming) Tune and take a look back at what happened this week in the 90s.

Join our discord at buddycat.site/discord

Find the latest episodes, streams or contact us at buddycat.gg

You can also find our live streams over on the other platform

@buggycatgg and @AshenShugura

This week Ashen Platinumed another game and talk about whats going on in the gaming world including the new Steam Machine, Dragons's Dogma 2 ditching micro transactions and Grand Theft Auto 5 giving free updates to the enhanced edition for Xbox and PlayStation.

We also talk about the games we played including Adventures of Elliot, Xenobade Chronicles X, Wild Arms. Buddy hit some demos from Steam Next Fest including Cat Secretary, Dimraeth, and Fallosophy. Spyro the Dragon was also played.

And of course we cant do a show without at least mentioning the critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online, which offers an exceptionally generous free trial that allows you to play through the base game (A Realm Reborn) and the first three major expansions (Heavensward, Stormblood, and NOW Shadowbringers) up to level 80 with no restriction on playtime.

We also play a game of Name That (gaming) Tune and take a look back at what happened this week in the 90s.

Join our discord at buddycat.site/discord

Find the latest episodes, streams or contact us at buddycat.gg

You can also find our live streams over on the other platform

@buggycatgg and @AshenShugura

Buddy and Ashen each share their TOP 5 most anticipated games list from this weekend's reveals. What reveals? The Summer Games Showcase, Sony State of Play, Nintendo Direct and The Xbox Games Thing or whatever it was called. We also talk about some runners up and just general stuff that happened this weekend.

Games we played and talked about include Fable, God of War, Spyro the Dragon, Monster Hunter, Gravity Circuit, Clockwork Revolution, Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake, Persona 6, Persona 4, and so so much more. So many games this week.

We also play a game of Name That (gaming) Tune and take a look back at what happened this week in the 90s.

And of course we cant do a show without at least mentioning the critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online, which offers an exceptionally generous free trial that allows you to play through the base game (A Realm Reborn) and the first three major expansions (Heavensward, Stormblood, and NOW Shadowbringers) up to level 80 with no restriction on playtime.

Find the latest episodes, streams and info at buddycat.gg

You can also find our live streams over on the other platform

@buggycatgg and @AshenShugura

Bonus Episode:

Ash, Buddy and guest Hozaho cover the Xbox Games Showcase for June 2026. Games include Fable, Gears of War, Elderscrolls Online, Doom dark Ages, Persona 6, New Spyro the Dragon and so much more. Please enjoy

You can also check out out regular podcast Morning Arcade Show and our New Final Fantasy XIV Podcast "Chewing the Fat Cat" pretty much anywhere.

All episodes are recorded live

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Bonus Episode:

Ash and Buddy cover the Sony State of Play for June 2026. Games include Wolverine, God of War: Laufey, Until Dawn 2, Marvel Fighting souls, Silent Hill: Townfall, Onimushu: Way of the Sword and more

All episodes are recorded live

buddycat.gg for more

This week on Morning Arcade Show we talk about a bunch of video games we played including Mina The Hollower, No Mans Sky, V Rising (again), Hand of Doom, Super Meat Boy 3D, Path of Exile 2, Chaos Bane and probably more we forgot.

We also cover some of the news going around the gaming world like The upcoming Sony State of Play, Steam Deck price hike, New Dragon Quest XII, Witcher 3 Songs of the Past, Fable delayed by GTA6 and more.

And of course we cant do a show without at least mentioning the critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online, which offers an exceptionally generous free trial that allows you to play through the base game (A Realm Reborn) and the first three major expansions (Heavensward, Stormblood, and NOW Shadowbringers) up to level 80 with no restriction on playtime.

We also play a game of Name That (gaming) Tune and take a look back at what happened this week in the 90s.

Find the latest episodes, streams and info at buddycat.gg

You can also find our live streams over on the other platform

Link to the Goobbhue game from community legend K1r4n8:

https://games.k1r4n8.net/run-gobu-run/

@buggycatgg and @AshenShugura