Mint is back from break to talk with Al about all the "big" announcements from resident clown Geoff Keighley's not-E3, the Sony State of Play, and the Xbox Showcase. Al also gets a crash course on The Wolf Among Us' Israeli roots (yes this is a real thing)

We discuss how Mixtape is likely only a nostalgic adventure game if you're white, laugh at the GameStop CEO, and crash out over the announcement of the FIFTH Star Fox remake.

Lots of wonderful news this week, plus Al (rightfully) hypes up ARCO and Mint defends the latest character added to Marvel Tokon.

It only took four episodes to branch beyond from video games. In this episode we do a deep dive on The Drama, talk Tifa in Street Fighter, and Mint crashes out about Klay Thompson's raggedy ass.

• After losing its creative director, it looks like Assassin's Creed Hexe has lost its game director now too | Rock Paper Shotgun
• Call of Duty won't hit Xbox Game Pass at launch going forwards, as Microsoft's subscription service gets a price cut | Rock Paper Shotgun
• Street Fighter 6 Season 4 To Reportedly Add Tifa
• "Mythology, by its nature, is told and retold": Hades 2 dev on changing its controversial ending | Rock Paper Shotgun
• Gang Of Dragon Trailer And Nagoshi Studio YouTube Channel Seemingly Deleted
• NieR series 15th anniversary trailer - Gematsu
• Toei Games announces first three published titles - KILLA, HINO, and DEBUG NEPHEMEE - Gematsu
• Japan entertainment giant Toei is forming its own gaming division | VGC
• Remedy's Control now available on iPhone and iPad | Eurogamer.net
• Miyamoto says he finds the critic response to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie "really strange" | GoNintendo
• Shigeru Miyamoto wants Peach's backstory in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie to remain canon in future Nintendo games | Eurogamer.net

Al crashes out about Silent Hill F, Mint reminds the world about Dragon Ball Fusions, and shocking no one, Microsoft is in the news again.

00:00: What we're playing

• Mint:
• Jade Empire
• Dragon Ball Fusion
• Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• Al
• Silent Hill F (Spoilers)
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Dice a Million

1:40:00: The News

• Epic and Disney shenanigans
• The Triple-i Initiative Showcasae
• Fable reportedly pushed back over GTA concerns
• Cowards can hide Xbox Achievements
• Microsoft Game Pass pricing
• Fairgames potentially an extraction shooter?
• Devs accuse Genshin Impact of copying their game
• Lucas Pope no longer revealing game details in fear of AI theft

Note: I (Mint) said that a 50% increase of $30 from $20 was $15. It's $10. I have a Computer Science degree, by the way.

Intro: Condensed Milk (NGA Remix) - cyber milk chan

Outro: Anime Break - Klaus Veen

Valkyria Chronicles baffles Al, Mint grinds through the horrors in Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity, news is discussed, and we argue over whether Star Fox deserves another chance.

0:00: What we're playing

37:00: News

• More Sony price hikes
• Sony and Honda scrap a PlayStation car
• Xbox Partner Preview

1:04:00: The Fighting Game Corner

1:27:00 Back to the News

• Play Mega Man Star Force
• Nintendo-published Switch 2 games get price changes
• Nintendo planning a new Star Fox and Zelda OOT remake

1:40:00: Does Star Fox deserve another new title?

2:06:00: Even more News

• US patent revokes Nintendo's patent on summoning characters
• Star Wars Eclipse's fate is uncertain
• Stellar Blade dev acquires Shinji Mikami's studio

Intro: Condensed Milk (NGA Remix) - cyber milk chan

Outro: Anime Break - Klaus Veen

Al talks about his Steam Next Fest faves (and not so faved), before we go over all the industry news that seemed to happen right after we recorded Episode 0.

0:00: Al's bottom 3 and top 5 Steam Next Fest Demos

• Top 5
• Gunboat God
• Future Knight
• In Falsus
• CICADAMATA"
• Burden Street Station
• Bottom 3
• REPLACED
• Darkhaven
• AUDIOMECH: your music transformed

1:04:00: The news:

• FFIX Animated Series in development
• Highguard Studio shut down
• Ubisoft Studio Red Storm Closes
• Saudi Arabia now owns 10% of Capcom
• The Alex crash-out
• Tomb Raider Studio hit with layoffs
• Copilot getting added to Xbox
• DLSS5 aka Incelshading
• Can Darth Vader say it?
• The Triple-i Initiative

Intro: Condensed Milk (NGA Remix) - cyber milk chan

Outro: Anime Break - Klaus Veen

Talking about the extremely novel idea of doing a podcast in 2026, what sets us apart, and whether Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg was a good game or not.

Intro: Condensed Milk (NGA Remix) - cyber milk chan

Outro: Anime Break - Klaus Veen