On this week’s show, the crew deals with several major post-scripts from last week’s jam-packed news discussion block. Fortunately, Lotus, Niki, and John are joined by certified GOAT Michael Higham to unpack it all.
- Michael beat Resident Evil Requiem and John played it on Switch 2
- The global storage shortage gets very real with Seagate and Western Digital allocating stock of hard drives through 2026
- Valve is revisiting the timeline of their new hardware suite
- Steam Deck OLED stock is out intermittently in major regions
- Sony and Nintendo both evaluating delays and price hikes for hardware
- TiMi’s Montreal studio closing
- Turns out we were right about pretty much everything we discussed regarding Tencent and Highguard last week
- Microsoft Japan under investigation for monopolistic practices
- Discord delaying age verification amid backlash
- skate developer laying off unknown number of staff
- New York Attorney General suing Valve over loot boxes
- UK Advertising Committee issues enforcement over loot boxes
- Eurogamer hit with layoffs
- Blueprint pitched a Bloodborne remake before its closure
- Pokemon Winds & Waves revealed for 2027 release
- Michael and Niki played Marathon
- Niki and John played Vampire Crawlers
- Niki played Titanium Court
- Michael played Cicadamata
- The crew answers your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our lovely Discord
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