This week, Lotus and John tackle an absolute boatload of games news and notes, including:
- Valve’s Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller all due in 2026
- Halo Infinite‘s final update coming this month
- The mishandling of The Game Awards Future Class is another black mark on whatever legacy Geoff Keighley is trying to leave
- Sony’s fiscal report shows 40% share of software revenue to live service games
- Marathon apparently coming by the end of March 2026
- Arc Raiders uses AI voices and people are weird about people being weird about it
- Ambrosia Sky suddenly has a complicated release structure for some reason
- The Indie Game Awards are back on December 18th
- The average games industry salary is $142,000 but please do not believe that
- They gave Samus Aran a shitty little sidekick in Metroid Prime 4
Also, John & Lotus played:
- The Meow Wolf Grapevine missing kid ARG
- Dreamfather Loves You
- The Good Old Days
- Skies of Arcadia Legends
We, of course, answer your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our lovely Discord.