Episode 147 of the Vitamin G Podcast once again finds our panel down a member. Are Japanese games made by non-Japanese developers a fair representation of Japanese culture? Is trouble brewing at Playground Games? Find out all of this and more on this Weeks VGP!

Vitamin G Podcast Episode 146 finds the full panel reunited for the first time in a long time with the return of KOFI! Gran Turismo 7 has gotten a lot of bad press this past week. Moon Studio, the developers behind the Ori series, has not been purchased, and the reason why may shock you. Everyone seems to be running from The Initiative in droves. Lastly, Sony makes a new studio purchase!                                                                                                                        

With Dante MIA again, Omar once again assumes command of the Good Ship VGP. State of Play just happened and the panel shares its thoughts on the game presentation. While Elden Ring is a gaming darling, a story has come out that Developers from FromSoftware are not very happy with their current conditions. Xbox has an Indie show this week!

In this life, Respect is earned, not given. Should devs automatically be given respect with the recent trend in gaming to ship broken and buggy games and then fix them later? The War in Ukraine is affecting Russian gamers and leaving them left out in the cold. God of War may be getting a TV show! 

This just in! Super Smash Brothers will not be at EVO this year! Game Pass may be making its way to another platform: Steam! Is the media biased towards FromSoftware? Find out this week! 

The Fighting Game Community has gotten great news: Street Fighter 6 is COMING! Guardians of the Galaxy is not selling as well as it should. Horizon Forbidden West is selling like Hot Cakes! 

Vitamin G Podcast volume 141 discusses a mysterious Capcom announcement, Martha is Dead is censored on PlayStation, and Critics have a Score problem with their reviews. 

Platinum games is trying their hand in the Games as a Service arena. Halo players are abandoning the game due to lack of content. The developer of Dying Light 2 blames the Series S hardware for the game's graphics and performance shortcomings. Xbox continues to sell like a rock in Japan. 

Whereas last week saw a collosal move by Microsoft to buy Activision, this week Sony has thrown a counter-punch in Purchasing Bungie! Destiny is now under Sony control. Also, reviewers are receiving review copies late. Is this affecting the ability to release a quality review? 

A shot heard AROUND THE WORLD! Microsoft is purchasing Activision-Blizzard for $68.7 BILLION!!!! What happens with the IPs? Will Call of Duty FINALLY be Exclusive? Tencent has an issue with people of color.