Welcome to the Insider Gaming Weekly podcast for July 10, 2025! In this episode, Mike Straw, Tom Henderson, Albert Perkins and Grant Taylor-Hill dive into the latest stories from around the gaming world.This week's show includes:🎮 What We're Playing – Quick updates on our current favorite games.🕹️ Nintendo's Bold Idea: Can Nintendo really speed up game development without losing quality? Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa shares his vision amid rising costs. Is faster game dev in 2025 a realistic dream or a pipe dream?🎮 Xbox Game Pass Debate: Arkane founders and industry insiders weigh in on whether Game Pass is hurting or helping the gaming industry. What’s the real impact on developers and gamers?🐠 Subnautica 2 Delayed: Just before a massive $250 million payout, Subnautica 2’s launch gets pushed to 2026. Leadership shake-ups and Krafton’s official reasons behind the delay—what’s the real story?🍽️ Bitesize Bits: Quick updates on the Tarkov wipe controversy and the latest EA Madden news from Mike

Microsoft has cut hundreds of jobs across its Xbox division, including teams at Bethesda, Turn 10, Halo Studios, and more. What does this mean for the future of Xbox?In this week's episode of Insider Gaming Weekly, Mike Straw, Albert Perkins, Tom Henderson, and Grant Taylor-Hill break down everything we know about the recent layoffs, the internal memo from Phil Spencer, what led to this moment, and where Xbox goes from here.We discuss:• Which teams were impacted• Why the cuts happened now• What Phil Spencer and leadership are saying internally• What this means for Xbox Game Studios and upcoming releases• Whether this signals a shift in Xbox’s long-term strategy🎮 Subscribe to Insider Gaming for the latest gaming news that you need to know about.

There is a lot of speculation on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X and the next-gen Xbox regarding their prices, but what will they really cost? Also, will Sony actually make a bid to buy Warner Bros. Games' properties? Other topics include:- Mindseye is a disaster- PlayStation 6 is a priority- Battlefield 6 is in Alpha- Marathon DelayedIt's Insider Gaming Weekly with Mike Straw, Grant Taylor-Hill, Albert Perkins, and Tom Henderson!If you enjoy the show, please consider subscribing and leave a rating and review. You can also submit questions for future shows and your feedback to ⁠podcast@insider-gaming.com⁠.

It's Insider Gaming Weekly for June 12, 2025. Mike Straw, Tom Henderson, Grant Taylor-Hill, and Albert Perkins talk Summer Game Fest, Xbox Games Showcase, Play Days, Los Angeles and so much more.

What was the game of the weekend; What Xbox is doing right; The Nintendo Switch 2's success; and what is PlayStation doing?

Tune in for the best news and opinions in the world of video game news.

EA has cancelled its Black Panther game, the publisher has shut down another studio with even more layoffs possible, and it's time for predictions for Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase. It's Insider Gaming Weekly LIVE for May 29, 2025!

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Xbox is having success as a third-party publisher, things are getting worse for Bungie and Marathon, and Randy Pitchford is tone-deaf. It's Insider Gaming Weekly LIVE for May 22, 2025!Plus Assassin's Creed DLC plans, Stellar Blade news, and more Star Citizen concerns. All this and more as Mike Straw, Grant Taylor-Hill, Albert Perkins, and Tom Henderson bring you everything you need to know about in this week's Insider Gaming Weekly!If you enjoy the show, please consider subscribing wherever, and leave a rating and review. You can also submit questions for future shows and your feedback to ⁠podcast@insider-gaming.com⁠.

Welcome to Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast. This week, Albert, Grant, and Tom battle through the news without a sick Mike (get well soon, Mike!). But fear not, as there's still great discussions to be had!This week's topics include:➤ GTA 6 Trailer 2 Reactions and will it be delayed again?➤ Call of Duty clamps down on cheating... again➤ Ubisoft delays its major IPs to focus on quality➤ Fortnite Mobile continues its battle against Apple➤ AND SO MUCH MORE!Join Mike Straw, Grant Taylor-Hill, Albert Perkins, and Tom Henderson as they talk the latest in gaming you need to know and answer your questions!It’s Insider Gaming Weekly!If you enjoy the show, please consider subscribing wherever you listen to your favorite shows (links below), and leave a rating and review. You can also submit questions for future shows and your feedback to ⁠podcast@insider-gaming.com⁠.--------------------------------------------*Subscribe Today*Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZUR0ce...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...--------------------------------------------*General Timestamps*0:00 – Intro3:05 – What Have We Been Playing?9:43 – GTA Trailer 215:08 – Will GTA 6 be Delayed Again?29:28 – Call of Duty is C&D'ing Cheat Providers39:32 – Ubisoft is Delaying its Major IPs52:13 – Apple is Still Playing Funny Buggers on Fortnite53:36 – Steam was Hacked?54:58 – Apex Legends is Dying58:23 – Clair Obscur DLC Update1:01:03 – Marathon Accused of Plagiarizing Art1:03:13 – Ubisoft Statement on Charlie Guillemot Returning1:08:53 – Wrapping Up

It's Insider Gaming Weekly LIVE for May 1, 2025. This week, EA has major layoffs and game cancellations and Xbox decides people have too much money and should pay more for their games and years-old hardware.

There's also colleagues that have lost their jobs that we need to talk about.Plus an exclusive update on the NFL video game license and could Codemasters be in trouble? All this and more as Mike Straw, Grant Taylor-Hill, Albert Perkins and Tom Henderson bring you everything you need to know about in this week's Insider Gaming Weekly!If you enjoy the show, please consider subscribing and leave a rating and review. You can also submit questions for future shows and your feedback to ⁠podcast@insider-gaming.com⁠.