Borderlands 3 is ready for crossplay on all systems, but 2K isn't going to release it for the PlayStation, most likely because of Sony's insistence of payments to balance out microtransactions. Borderlands 3 is Getting Crossplay, But Not on PS5 Fortnite is Getting Mistborn Crossover? Far Cry 6 is Actually Political Minecraft Has Been Shouting out 4chan for 10 Years? FidelityFX Super Resolution is Coming to A Lot of Places Sierra-Online (Or Something Like It) Might Be Making a Comeback Questions ...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 237
It looks like Valve is going to enter the handheld market with a Switch-like device that will play Steam games. We talk about whether or not that is something that folks actually want. Twitch Adds 350 New Twitch Tags Netflix Might Be Making Games AMD’s Version of DLSS Could Be Amazing 20-Year Xbox Easter Egg Revealed What We're Playing Colby: Tesla Vs Lovecraft, The Avengers, Subnautica Cliff: Stardew, The Wild at Heart Dylan: Baldur’s Gate 3, Knockout City, Biomutant Questions DA VINSTER: Do yo...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 236
GTA 5 is getting released...again. This time an "expanded and enhanced" version is coming to Xbox Series X/S and PS5. More Video Game News Rambo and John McClane Coming to Warzone All nVidia 30 Series Cards Coming with Crypto Limiters VR Games Are Getting DLSS Support Twitch Subs Are Going to Start Costing Less in Other Countries Sony Files Patent for Betting on eSports What We're Playing Colby: Zombie Army 4, Livelock, Tesla vs Lovecraft, The Avengers Cliff: Stardew Valley, Spiritfarer, Rain on...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Microsoft is making it easier to get a Series X, Quick Resume is even getting even faster and they do these things even though each Xbox that gets sold costs them money. Other Video Game News Ubisoft Might Be Pivoting to More F2P Games Steam is Getting Sued. So is Sony! Roblox is Huge Good Guy Sonic What We're Playing Colby: Monster Sanctuary, Zombie Army 4, Rain on Your Parade, King of Seas, Livelock Cliff: Spiritfarer, Stardew Valley Dylan: New Pokémon Snap Questions Elfsawrath52: What's your ...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Fall Guys isn't going to make it to Xbox or Switch this summer, but the delay does mean we are getting cross-play when it does come out! Other Video Game News Valorant is Going to Start Recording Voice Chat to Find Racists Overwatch Gained 10 Million Players Last Year Cyberpunk 2077 Bosses Get Huge Bonuses 74 More Xbox Games are Getting FPS Boosts What We're Playing Colby: Monster Sanctuary, Dead Army 4 Cliff: Spiritfarer, Stardew, Second Extinction Dylan: New Pokémon Snap Questions DA VINSTER (...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 233
Sony has patented an AI that will learn to play just like you (or hopefully slightly better than you.) Great for bathroom breaks and tough bosses hopefully! Other Video Game News PlayStation Now is Streaming at 1080p Now More Games are Getting the Series X FPS Boost iOS Now Supports Your Fancy PS5 and Series X Controllers Save the World Still Isn’t Free You Can Own a Golden Wii Made for a Queen What We're Playing Colby: Lots of Monster Sanctuary Cliff: SpiritFarer, Stardew Valley Dylan: Bloons T...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 231
xCloud is coming to iOS and I personally feel that I should have gotten an invite by now. What We're Playing Colby: Deiland Pocket Planet, Rain on Your Parade Cliff: Spiritfarer , What the Dub?! Other Gaming News Xbox Will No Longer Require Xbox Live to Play F2P Online Games Sony F***ed Around and Found Out Xbox Mini Fridges are Real and I Want One Sony Has Sold A LOT of PS5s Max Payne 3 and LA Noire’s DLC is Now Free on PC Xbox is Getting New Quick Resume Features Questions DA VINSTER (Vinny): ...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 21 min
The PlayStation 5 can now use a USB drive for backing up huge games off your tiny hard drive, but still can't play them off of it. Other Video Game News Vermintide 2 Is Becoming a Roguelike for Free Ubisoft is Closing Down the Online Servers for Ten Games Is Your Hard Drive Space Disappearing? Hey Alexa, Download My GamePass Games Epic is Losing SO Much Money Giving Away Games What We're Playing Colby: Cozy Grove, Zombie Army 4, Iconoclasts, Genesis Noir, Solo: Islands of the Heart Cliff: Rounds...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 30 min
E3 is going all digital this year, which honestly will probably not changes E3 at all for the majority of people that aren't journalists. Other Video Game News Mass Effect is Getting a Few Changes in It’s Re-Release Noise Cancellation for Everyone! Apparently, nVidia is Going to Make More 1650’s What We're Playing Colby: Moonlighter, Winding Worlds, SongPop Party, Cozy Grove, Cattails, Risk of Rain, Iconoclasts Cliff: Spiritfarer, Narita Boy Dylan: Clu Clu Land Questions DA VINSTER (Vinny): What...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 31 min
If your backlog isn't big enough already, Game Pass is getting a huge infusion of games this year from the ID@Xbox program. Amnesia: Rebirth is Just “Moody” Now I Honestly Had Forgotten That Cyberpunk 2077 Wasn’t on the Playstation Store Enlisted, A New 100 Player WW2 Game is Hitting Open Beta Next Month Bleep Looks Like the PlayStation Stores Are Shutting Down What We're Playing Colby: Monster Sanctuary, Moonlighter Cliff: Wreckfest, Feynx Rising Questions DA VINSTER : We're getting a mortal Ko...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Outriders (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Stadia) – April 1 - $60/GP Oddworld: Soulstorm (PlayStation, PC) – April 6 - $50 Star Wars Republic Commando (PS4, Switch) – April 6 - $15 Cozy Grove (PC, Xbox, PlayStation, iOS, Switch) - April 7 - $15 MLB The Show 21 (PlayStation, Xbox) – April 20 - $60 Nier Replicant ver. 1.22474487139 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) – April 23 - $60 Judgment (PS5, Xbox Series X|S) – April 23 - $40 Remastered Yakusa game Total War: Rome Remastered (PC) – April 29 - $30 New Poké...
Apr 01, 2021•13 min
There's a pretty solid-looking rumor going around that Sony is going to dump the PS4, Vita and PSP online stores, which we decided is...bad. Other Video Game News Rumor is Microsoft Might Be Buying Discord Rumor is The New Switch Might Support DLSS Steam’s Remote Play Together is Easier Than Ever A Flood of PS2 Prototypes Were Just Released Geforce Now Hits 10 Million Subs and Doubles Its Price Go Buy Disco Elysium PlayStation Owners If You Want Mario, You Don’t Have Much Time What We're Playing...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 224
Apparently, when you get laid off from Activision Blizzard you get 90 days of severance, a year of insurance and... Other Video Game News EA Play is Coming to Game Pass...Finally! Good Guy Rockstar Bethesda Games Getting FPS Boost on Series X Google Play Store Reduces Dev Fees Rust Loses EU Data After Fire What We're Playing Colby: Monster Sanctuary Cliff: Fenyx Rising, Spiritfarer Questions DA VINSTER: With the recent finalization of the Bethesda deal with Xbox, seeing all the games coming to G...
Mar 18, 2021•1 hr 27 min
It looks like we'll be seeing a new Nintendo Switch this year, with a fancy 7" OLED screen and docked 4k output. Will you be making the upgrade? Other Video Game News Hogwarts Legacy Lead Designer is Leaving WB Hope You’ve Held On To Your Diablo 2 Saves Xbox is Getting a New Web Browser What We're Playing Colby: Spiritfarer, Far Cry Primal Cliff: Haven Dylan: A Boy and His Blob Questions SweatySpookz: Question for the show: In your guys’ opinion, what makes a good streamer & what do you enjo...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 225
In a surprise announcement, Epic Games has purchased Fall Guys developers Mediatonic. Other Video Game News State of Decay Devs Agrees That It’s Always Ok to Punch Nazis xCloud Could Be Streaming in 1080 Soon What We're Playing Cliff: Desperados 3, Maneater Questions DA VINSTER (Vinny): Mediatonic purchased by Epic Games. How do you see this going for Fall Guys? Pros and Cons? Do we see the same crossover potential that we have in Fortnite with Fall Guys. F3ar13: If gambling money is involved, w...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 224
I can't say this enough, go watch the trailer for Balan Wonderworld. There aren't enough drugs in the world to have it make sense. Harvest Moon: One World (PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – March 2 - $50 Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PS5) – March 2 - $60 Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (PC) – March 3 - $40? Apex Legends (Switch) – March 9 - F2P Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch) – March 12 - $40 Kingdoms Of Amalur: Re-Reckoning (Switch) – March 16 - $40 Marvel's Avengers (PlayStation...
Mar 04, 2021•14 min
Apparently, Grand Theft Auto 5 is causing a rash of carjackings in 2021, eight years after it was released. And because of that, the Deer Hunter games might soon be illegal in Chicago. Other Video Game News Stardew Valley Has a Board Game and It’s Available Now Days Gone is Coming to PC PlayStation VR 2 Officially Confirmed Google, ID and Bungie Are Getting Sued Because of Stadia The Geforce 3060 Will Limit Mining What We're Playing Colby: Crashlands, Spiritfarer, Roombo: First Blood, One Leaves...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Nintendo had its first Direct in a long while and announced some cool stuff...and some other stuff. Other Video Game News Microsoft is Doing Even Cooler Stuff with Accessibility Xbox BC is Making Games Run Even Faster Update Your Game While You Sleep xCloud is Coming (to iOS) Stadia is Writing Its Own Punchlines Now What We're Playing Colby: Crashlands, Bartlow’s Dread Machine, Wilmot’s Warehouse, Mekorama Cliff: The Medium, Sundered Dylan: Immortals Fenyx Rising Questions DA VINSTER (Vinny): Cl...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 222
Is there any way that we could ban console scalping and not screw it up somehow? Probably not. Other Video Game News The UK is On It’s Way to Banning Console Scalping Literally Who Doesn’t Own GTA 5 at This Point? Anthem Might Be Dead at This Point GoldenEye Almost Came Out on the Xbox 360 Some Company Called Embracer Bought Gearbox PS5 Controllers are Drifting and Getting Them Fixed Can Be a Pain Your New Series X/S Controller Has a Hidden Feature What We're Playing Colby: Crashlands Cliff: The...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 221
Google has announced the shutdown of both of their internal studios that were making games for Stadia in what will probably be known eventually as foreshadowing. Other Video Game News A New Lawsuit Claims That Valve is Price Fixing The Mass Effect Legendary Edition Isn’t Coming to Next Gen Consoles Marvel's Avengers Is Finally Getting a Next Gen Update...Probably Scalpers Sold a LOT of PS5s Wanna a TV and a Console In Your Car? What We're Playing Colby: Summer in Mara, Haven, Donut County, Crash...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 39 min
GameStop stock is being manipulated in a ton of really dumb ways, but at least hedge funds are the ones mostly paying for it. Other Video Game News Tencent is Going on a Buying Spree and They May Not Be Done A Diablo 2 Remaster is in the Works What We're Playing Colby: Star Wars Squadrons, Jydge, Haven, Summer in Mara Cliff: CrossCode Dylan: Cyberpunk, Vermintide 2 Questions SweatySpookz: Question for the show: In 2020 when covid first began, what would you do to keep a positive mind frame? Not ...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 42 min
Cyberpunk 2077 problems just keep getting worse between no next-gen update until the second half of 2021, a new expose by Jason Schreier and yet another lawsuit. Other Video Game News Having You Been Gaming More This Year? So Has Literally Everyone Else. Arcade1up Announce New Games at CES What We're Playing Colby: What the Golf, Summer in Mara, Star Wars Squadrons, Jydge Cliff: CrossCode IT’S HANS BISH!: Tarkov. Questions DA VINSTER: What are your top three standout music tracks from games? Cli...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 218
All Star Wars games are going to live under the Lucasfilm Games Label from now on, including a new Star Wars game from Ubisoft and an Indiana Jones game from MachineGames. Other Video Game News Ubisoft is Making an Open-World Star Wars Game Bethesda is Making an Indiana Jones Game with Todd Howard at the Helm CD Project Red Could be Facing a HEFTY Fine Microsoft Once Tried to Buy Nintendo. It Did Not Go Well Duncan Jones Wrote an Entire Script for a Full Throttle Movie Old Tech Let Hitman Trilog...
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 217
Epic bought themselves an almost 1 million square foot mall that they are going to make into their headquarters. The Dead Rising jokes almost right themselves. Other Video Game News Minecraft Earth is Shutting Down This Summer Slay the Spire is Coming to the Real World Breath of the Wild Characters Are Actually Miis Want Some Xbox Rumors? What We're Playing Colby: Snow Runner Cliff: Cat Quest 2, CrossCode Dylan: Cyberpunk Extra Life https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/ $5,731 Questions DA VINSTE...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 214
CDPR is getting sued by their own investors for not disclosing that "Cyberpunk 2077 was virtually unplayable on the current-generation Xbox or PlayStation systems due to an enormous number of bugs." That's probably bad. Other Video Game News Play Your PC Games on the Go Kayne West Tried to Make a Game with Nintendo Tencent Acquires Warframe Developer What We're Playing Colby: Snow Runner, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Cat Quest 2 Cliff: Crosscode, Maneater, Tetris Effect: Connected Dylan: Cyberpun...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 215
This episode is a little strange because there isn't a news section, because a) there wasn't much news and b) Cliff didn't have time to write show notes. But we still managed to ramble on for 85 minutes, so... First off, big shoutout to our patrons (because I forgot to do it during the show). Huge thanks to: Alan Schulte Austin Palmer Joe Cole Jr. John Tippens Sean Palmer What We're Playing Colby: Snow Runner, CrossCode Cliff: Xbox Series X, Call of the Sea Dylan: Cyberpunk Questions DA VINSTER ...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 214
It's been a week of ups and downs for Cyberpunk 2077. The good news? If you have a PC and a 3070 the game is great. The bad news? Pretty much everything else. EA Play Coming to Game Pass PC Has Been Delayed Remember How We Were Surprised That Codemasters Was Only Worth $770 Million? Among Us Coming To the Switch with Cross-Play Someone in Parliament Must Have Wanted a PS5 Stern releases another band themed Pinball for old people Arcade1Up’s Zen virtual pinball tables delayed into next year Atari...
Dec 17, 2020•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 213
Halo has a release date. And by that I mean, they narrowed it down to a season? Better than nothing I suppose. Other Video Game News Halo Announces a Release Quarter and Other Goodies If You Suffer From Epilepsy, Maybe Don’t Play Cyberpunk Destiny 2 Gets Next Gen Updates...and Eventually Cross-Play xCloud Coming to iOS and PC in Spring 2021 You Can Now Get a Little Extra Mileage Out of Forza Horizons 4 Sea of Thieves is Getting Seasons and Battle Passes Twitch Has Removed the Tag Blind Playthrou...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 212
PlayStation users are getting their accounts banned for effectively robbing a house and leaving a business card behind. Other Video Game News MS Addresses Questions About One X Performance Prince of Saudi Arabia Looking to Buy SNK The Xbox Series S is a Really Solid Emulator MS Flight Sim Is Getting Official VR Support Nobody Seems to Know What “Other” Space is on the PS5 Who Wants to Sneak Into Japan in February? Let’s Talk About the Game Awards What You're Playing Colby: Far Cry 3, Sky Force R...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 211
It's the holiday season, which means almost nothing is coming out this month, with one very, very big exception! Yes, it's Puyo Puyo Tetris 2! Chronos: Before the Ashes (PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch) - December 1 - $30 Empire of Sin (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – 1st December - $40 Sam & Max Save the World Remastered (PC, Switch) – December 2 - $20 Immortals Fenyx Rising (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Switch, PC) - December 3 - $60 Dragon Quest XI S: Definitive Edition (PC, PS4, Xbox One) –...
Dec 01, 2020•15 min
