The Inside Byte

We finally met each other! We start the show by going into meeting in person for the Sacred Symbols Live (Episode 200) event in Richmond Virginia! Also in this episode... -Super Mario Bros. movie delay -Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse having over 200 characters -Xbox and Bethesda's showcase for June -Tons of incoming Sifu content -Disney Dreamlight Valley being revealed -Sony getting prepped for more acquisitions -Embracer gobbling up more IPs -Monster Hunter Rise having a Sunbreak event very soon -Final Fantasy XVI almost done with development -Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 officially confirmed -Balan Wonderworld lawsuit fiasco Then end the show with the usual -What we're playing/watching! -New Game Watch!

We start the show with talking about a very convincing potential of Game Boy Advance hitting the Nintendo Switch Online service plus our love for the system and its catalog of games. We then get into Gearbox reviving "Tales From the borderlands", Xbox Series X/S seems to continuingly sell higher than PS5 even after the holiday season, VRR arrives on PS5 with some caveats. Also talk a bunch of new game announcements that is bound to please people from all walks in gaming and why The Rock will be playing the book in the upcoming It Takes Two movie. We finish out the show by giving more favorite games of the year with this being from 2005-2001.

We start the show with finally addressing this IGN $20 quick news payout situation, then get into corrections from last episode, Sony investing 1 billion dollars into Epic Games metaverse, Witcher 3 selling over 40 million copies while the current gen patch gets delayed, PS+ being devastating for Oddworld: Soulstorm's Developer, Square Enix now being happy with Guardians of the Galaxy game after Game Pass exposure, Digital Foundry thinking BOTW 2 is being too impressive for original Switch hardware specs and starts our Switch Pro Speculation wheels turning again, then Final Fantasy IX is truly starting to look like it really is getting a remake! We end the show with going 5 years deeper into our main topic.

We start with me gushing over Kingdom Hearts 4 being shown making sure I keep it at the amazing cringe level it deserves. Than we talk on Metroid Dread still continuing to get better with new content, Activision Blizzard converts all QA Testers to full time employees with benefits and increased wages, Max Payne coming back, Days Gone director maybe get a light at the end of the tunnel, PS games expiring, more Unreal Engine 5 news, Xbox Series X/S consoles now being in stock as a regular occurrence, than end the show with more best games from each year discussion with now being from 2015-2011.

In this episode we discuss our love for Nintendo and how they continue to be big pivotal points the industry, PlayStation Spartacus being officially announced even if it's just a toe dip into the subscription world with far too little detail on what we are even getting, E3 being completely canceled this year, and Breath of the Wild's sequel officially not showing up in 2022.

Rudy tries to give his hands on impressions on the steam deck while I bombard him with question, new Battlefield and Witcher already in development, Sony's PlayStation division acquires another studio, then we start an ongoing segment of our rankings of favorite each year starting from 2020-2016.

Solo episode with your favorite person on planet Earth. I droll over Hogwarts Legacy, go over hardcore gaming getting more and more mainstream, Nintendo actually making Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass worth the money after-all, and than get into what I'm playing which includes Rudy's favorite game of all time!

We get into the latest PlayStation State of Play showing(VALKYRIE!!!), PlayStation and Nintendo joining Microsoft and halting all sales in Russia, I describe the wild journey that is Stranger of Paradise, than we get into a debate of what animals we can destroy with just our bare hands!

Many things got pushed back to 2022 and now that were here and big projects are finally being released we are starting to feel the overwhelming amount of incredible content! Horizon Forbidden West, Dying Light 2, KOF XV, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Gran Turismo 7, Elden Ring, Triangle Strategy, Destiny 2 The Witch Queen, Kirby and the Forgotten Land... and we're only in the 3rd month of the year. Crazy things keeps happening in the real world. Resident Evil Remakes of 2 and 3 are getting current gen upgrades along with 7! We still keep obsessively talking Elden Ring. And lastly Crunchyroll gets a big upgrade!

Elden Ring has released and we give our first 10 hour impressions. Some random other gaming stuff happened with some unknown franchise called Pokémon if I remember correctly, but more importantly is Elden Ring. Most of the show is just consumed by Elden Ring talk! Enjoy :P