John Romero is making a new game! Get Diablo 4 free in exchange for a tattoo!! Yakuza Like a Dragon 2 is happening!!! Discord on Xbox, Netflix loses 1 millions subs, MCU talks Phase 5 and 6, oh my god all the news!!!

We all have a date with Bayonetta!! But not for a while. While we wait for that, Nintendo's trying to keep your Switch from heating up this summer, Konami does the bare minimum for Metal Gear's 35th anniversary, Ubisoft forces us to wonder about digital copies of games, and much more!

We're back after a short break! And we have now shortage of news, including the God of War release date reveal, the new edition of the Switch OLED, E3 will return under new management, Heroes of the Storm going into maintenance mode, the famous Halo 2 E3 demo becoming playable, and more!

Bronson's out of town this week, so Aaron's taking the helm with Jesse and Emily to talk about the game industry's reactions to Roe v Wade being stricken down in the US, to the ups and downs in Activision/Blizzard's world, to what's going on with Sonic, and oh so much more!

Side note: If you are in the US, please look into doing what you can to help in the fight for abortion rights by donating money and other support to pro-choice causes, such as the organizations provided in our show today, https://abortionfunds.org/ and https://reproductiverights.org/

All the news happened at and around Summer Games Fest last week, so Bronson and Aaron cover all the announcements that happened, from Summer Games Fest proper, to Xbox/Bethesda, to Capcom, Square Enix, and more!

It's Sunday at Summer Games Fest this episode, and since Xbox decided to stream their conference the same time we do our show, we decided to watch the whole thing! How did Xbox do? Only one way to find out! (Note: Most of this episode is watching the conference and commenting on it, so please check the VOD on our Twitch or YouTube pages for the full experience)

On an otherwise slow news week, PlayStation kicks off our summer of games festivities with their State of Play, and Mr and Mrs Nasty Boots themselves join us to talk about it! We also go through our favorite games of every PlayStation console, and there is so much discussion to be had there. Did your favorite PS game make our lists? You'll have to listen to find out!

This week we discuss some news regarding the new PlayStation Plus, some Game Pass drama to counterbalance the PS news, Phil Spencer and Microsoft recognizing a union(?!), a new Sly Cooper, and more!

This week we're joined by HiFlyGuyKai and Kilam_Softly of the Triumvirate (the_triumviratettv on Twitch), and we're reviewing the sample of the new PlayStation Plus, Netflix's 150 layoffs, the ActiBlizz sale taking a notable step forward, God of War: Ragnarok's accessibility features, Saudi Arabia now owning 5% of Nintendo, and more!

This episode we cover the delay of Starfield and Firefall to next year, and what that means for Xbox's release schedule for the coming year and beyond. We also talk about the discontinuation of the iPod, our weekly check-in with Activision/Blizzard, Gotham Knights drops releases for last gen consoles, and more!