Videogame Roundtable
GameStooge’s regular podcast, ”Videogame Roundtable”
Episodes
The guys discuss Path of Exile 2's 'biggest expansion ever', Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 coming this summer, and Sony recording a $766 million impairment loss against Bungie for the 2025 financial year. The Gaming Flashback is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. News includes:
- Nintendo announces Switch 2 price increase
- PlayStation is partnering with Bandai Namco for a "collaborative initiative" focused on generative AI
- Atari...
This week, Australia wants to know how Valve is combating 'extreme-right communities' on Steam and the Gaming Flashback is Overcooked. The news includes:
- Slay the Spire 2 devs weren't going to make a sequel
- Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99
- Two Point Museum Arty-Facts DLC brings artistic curation in May 2026
- New retro console smashes annual target after just 24 hours of pre-orders
Let us know what you...
This episode is only 30 minutes, as not much is going on. The guys react to CCP adding a non-PvP zone to EVE Online, Shuhei Yoshida saying Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him, and the Slay the Spire 2 dev rejecting the concept of deadlines.
Let us know what you think.
Gaming Flashback: The Binding of Isaac.
- Palworld: More Than Just Pals is real
- Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney apologises and seemingly rectifies life insurance situation of laid off worker with terminal brain cancer
- State of Decay 3 opens up Alpha testing
- Xbox Games Showcase 2026 promises "huge" game news and a dedicated Gears of War: E-Day segment
Let us know what you think.
Reupload.
- Microsoft Developer Direct
- Square Enix was Metacritic’s No. 1 ranked publisher last year, thanks to 9 ‘good’ games
- EA Is Ending Support for Its Most Controversial Battlefield Game
- Slay the Spire 2 has already earned more than Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2 on Steam, apparently
- Sony announces major price hikes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and Portal
Let us know what you think.
This week's podcast covers Nioh 3 crossing 1 million units sold to become the series' fastest-selling game, Resident Evil Requiem has surpassing 5m copies sold in less than a week, and Discord delaying its global age verification rollout and cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification vendor. This week's Gaming Flashback is Shovel Knight. The news includes:
- Sony was ready to approve a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware tu...
In this episode, Nioh 3 gets its first big post-launch patch on Steam and PlayStation 5, and XCOM 2 is the Gaming Flashback. News items:
- Every big announcement from PlayStation’s February State of Play
- Bloomberg claims 'rampant AI demand for memory' is forcing Sony to consider pushing back the launch of its next-gen PlayStation as far back as 2029
- More evidence of that Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake surfaces
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In this episode, Blizzard unveils a major Overwatch 2 revamp, Pokémon will kick off its 30th anniversary celebrations with Jigglypuff, 7 years after it was pulled from Steam Poker Night at the Inventory is coming back in March, and Eric Barone says Haunted Chocolatier will be out when it's good and ready. News includes:
- Nintendo Partner Direct
- "No possibility" of an uncensored physical version of Dispatch on Switch
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Vampire Crawlers getting PC and Xbox demo on February 23, and the Gaming Flashback is Jonathan Blow's The Witness. The guys also cover the Xbox Developer Direct. The news includes:
- Ubisoft closes two studios and cancelled six projects
- Marathon soars to Steam's Top Sellers after release date reveal
- Nintendo president is 'carefully considering the situation' around memory prices as research firm predicts Switch 2 price hike ...
It's the beginning of 2026, and the crew discusses their favorite and best games of 2026, and the Gaming Flashback is none other than Pokemon Go, which is still alive and well 10 years later.
Here is Episode 264: Pokemon No!, as promised.
This is the final episode of 2025, and the guys discuss the games they played that was the best, the games they played that was their favorite, and the older games they've been replaying. Also, the new Videogame Crash of the 2020's. Let us know what you think.
The guys talk about Dave the Diver finally arriving on Xbox Series X/S, Krafton CEO allegedly asking AI to "brainstorm ways to avoid paying" earnout bonus to Subnautica 2 devs and the Xbox Partner Preview. The Gaming Flashback is the indie megahit Undertale. More news:
- Cities: Skylines development moves to Iceflake Studios (from Shacknews)
- Marathon playtest is coming in December
Let us know what you think.
This week the guys discuss Rockstar is now under pressure from UK Parliament as protests grow and 220 employees demand fired workers be reinstated, new Red Dead Redemption rating suggests remaster on the way to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch 2, PS6 launch “later than expected” and region-locked, LEGO The Legend of Zelda set coming in 2026 (the actual LEGO, not a videogame). The Gaming History is all about the classic JRPG ...
The news includes: Firaxis announces, “Today, we confirmed we're testing dramatic changes to Legacy Paths, and continuous play as one Civ through all the Ages", Baldur's Gate 3 is about to become an Xbox Play Anywhere game. Jonah and T.J. have a long discussion of the games they're playing. This week features a Gaming Flashback: Master of Orion II The rest of the news includes:
- Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit suffers a b...
The news items include: EA and NFL extend Madden license til 2030 – NFLPA still far apart, former Battlefield 6 campaign boss calls out EA for leaving him and other developers out of the credits after closing his studio in 2024, Ubisoft has come up with a new way to avoid saying the word 'layoffs,' with a 'voluntary career transition program' offer that some employees won't be able to refuse, 'Pacifist Battlefield completed', P...
The guys talk about Skate Story is finally releasing in December, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is getting a New Game+ mode and some new duds in a free update, Might and Magic: Olden Era is delayed to 2026, a Minecraft Movie sequel is coming in July 23, 2027, and Cities: Skylines 2's big Bridges and Ports expansion is finally almost here. News includes:
- Helldivers 2 developers blame HDDs for the PC version's file size...
This week, there's a lot of discussion about the Tokyo Game Show, Epic pulling controversial Peacemaker dance emote, and Minecraft entering The Copper Age. News:
- EA to be acquired by Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55bn
- Halo Studios revealing more on next projects at next month's World Championship event
Let us know what you think.
No real itinerary here. Just relaxed chatter about games and news. Let us know what you think.
There's a Silksong in the air, with lots of SIlksong. But despite the Silksong, we have other non-Silksong stuff, including Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage closed beta kicking off on September 11. The news includes:
- Hollow Knight: Silksong causes server chaos on Xbox, Steam, and Nintendo as platforms grind to a halt
- 42,000 Pokémon TCG Phantasmal Flames products have been swiped by a scalper group
- Former PS5 console e...
This week's episode the trio discussed Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot summoned to court in former employee harassment case, Paradox 'making adjustments' to Bloodlines 2's Toreador and Lasombra DLC, Sean Murray says the Earth-sized planet in Light No Fire will have 'real oceans', Crusader Kings 3's new DLC has a release date, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says "I think they could charge $200" for Borderlands 4, and Triangle Strategy ...
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