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A twice-weekly news show about games, gaming culture, gamers, and video games. Run by gamers from Linus Media Group.

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  • Today · 11 min

    Nintendo Takes Down 217 Switch GitHub Repos, GTA 6 Targets 30 FPS on PS5 Pro, Big Walk AI Controversy + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/8oCC4 Timestamps: 0:00 Nintendo DMCAs PicoFly modchip firmware 2:03 GTA 6 targets 30 FPS on consoles 3:42 IGF judges reject Big Walk over AI 6:34 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:45 Ocarina of Time remake sales 7:34 PS5 crosses 100 million units 8:27 Steam Deck shows average frame rates 8:54 Call of Duty player gets flight evacuated 9:41 GTA 6 South Korea rating 10:45 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • November 6 · 10 min

    Ocarina of Time Remake Tops Metacritic, Switch Cartridge Chip Maker Quits, AI Games Slow Steam Approvals + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/XoejM Timestamps: 0:00 Ocarina of Time remake launches to rave reviews 1:44 Nintendo’s cartridge supplier exits ROM business 3:06 Steam review delays blamed on AI games 5:02 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:09 The Elder Scrolls VI gets a name 6:08 Sega ALL.Net hack takes Japanese arcades offline 6:50 Guild Wars gets first expansion in nearly 20 years 7:21 Sony offers $400 PS5 trade-ins 8:04 Xbox’s alligator console giveaway 8:52 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • October 30 · 9 min

    Switch 2 Exclusives Run on PC, Mass Effect Fans Buy Times Square Billboard, Tim Sweeney Slams Steam AI Labels + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/x011s Timestamps: 0:00 Switch 2 exclusives running on PC 1:25 Fans campaign to save Mass Effect 2:28 Steam devs extorted, Tim Sweeney defends AI 5:19 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:32 Fake PS5 emulators steal passwords 6:03 Roblox scraper hammers NSFW model site 6:49 New Meta Quest emulator for PC VR 7:12 PS5 hypervisor bug earns $50K bounty 7:53 South Park airs new GTA 6 gameplay 8:29 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • October 23 · 8 min

    Switch 2 Gets First Jailbreak, EA Shuts Down BioWare and Cuts 400 Jobs, Xbox Helix Could Cost Up to $1,800 + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/J3MaW Timestamps: 0:00 Switch 2 jailbroken with AI 1:27 EA is shutting down BioWare 2:41 Next-gen Xbox price leak 4:42 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:52 Xbox 360 Blades dashboard in a browser 5:24 PS5 firmware patch 6:08 FSR 4.1 comes to Xbox 6:43 AI slop floods Steam Next Fest 7:14 Castlevania’s hot dad 7:46 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • October 16 · 10 min

    Sony Can't Kill PS5 Piracy Store, Xbox Labs Embraces AI Game Ports, DLSS 5 Gets 2x Faster + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/HC9BQ Timestamps: 0:00 Sony shuts down PS5 knockoff store 2:03 Microsoft forms Xbox Labs 3:41 Nvidia’s DLSS 5 gets faster 5:43 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:54 GTA 6 leaker quits, PC release report 6:56 Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster 7:34 Steam beats Epic’s launcher 8:10 AI driving demo costs $1,000 a day 8:49 Game Freak’s weather laundry RPG 9:40 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • October 9 · 7 min

    New 24-Minute GTA 6 Leak, Google and Unity Vibe-Code Games, Minecraft Switch 2 Upgrade Is Digital-Only + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/bsKwb Timestamps: 0:00 GTA 6 leak gets revealing 1:07 Google and Unity bring vibe-coded games 2:12 Minecraft Switch 2 upgrade skips physical owners 4:12 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:18 Star Wars Zero Company devs return 4:45 Xbox goes Hollywood 5:16 GameStop hikes refurbished PS5 Pro prices6:01 Best Buy Ocarina of Time midnight launches 6:30 Fortnite player arrested over threats 7:00 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • October 2 · 9 min

    EU KIDS Act Threatens Private Servers, EU Targets In-Game Currencies, PS5 Jailbreak Runs Switch Games + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/IhpS1 Timestamps: 0:00 EU Kids Act threatens Stop Killing Games 1:46 EU cracks down on virtual currencies 2:56 PS5 jailbreak and emulation progress 5:08 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:14 Xbox Disc to Digital goes live 5:39 Halo CE ported to browser and 3DS 6:17 Sony Japan's PS5 Pro lottery 6:59 AI-built Minecraft crossover mods 7:48 Sony patents NFC DualSense 8:21 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 25 · 11 min

    Control Resonant Launches to Strong Reviews, Xbox Hands Halo to Activision, Epic Sued for €100M Over Fortnite + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/55oDz Timestamps: 0:00 Control Resonant launches 1:53 Xbox layoffs and Halo moves to Activision 3:20 Dutch class action against Epic over Fortnite 5:39 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:56 Microsoft patents mid-game ads 6:52 Call of Duty values cheat economy at $8.5B 7:41 People Playground malware shuts down Workshop 8:31 Bulkhead CEO says games should cost more 9:12 CS2 adds pet chickens 10:07 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 17 · 8 min

    Kojima's Physint Casts Bill Skarsgard, MindsEye Studio Shuts Down, New StarCraft Is a Shooter + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/ghotQ Timestamps: 0:00 Tokyo Game Show 2026 1:27 Build A Rocket Boy shutting down 2:35 BlizzCon announcements 4:37 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:50 PS5 Linux mod dev quits 5:27 Marvel's Wolverine reception 5:54 Valve reverses Nighthawks rating 6:24 Sony kills Last of Us 2 mod 6:53 Bloodborne umbrella 7:21 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 11 · 9 min

    Nintendo Turns Tariff Refunds Into a Sale, Ocarina of Time Remake Divides Fans, Xbox Picks Up Kojima’s Physint + more!

    Sources: https://lmg.gg/pBjEv 0:00 Nintendo's sale and Direct announcements 1:48 Ocarina of Time remake revealed 3:02 Xbox rescues Kojima's Physint 5:29 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:40 Steam leaks unannounced game achievements 6:14 No Man's Sky's massive Cosmos update 6:40 Wardogs' launch overwhelms Steam 7:13 Ubisoft tests skipping Ubisoft Connect 7:40 IKEA adds a talking shelf to Skyrim 8:09 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 4 · 10 min

    Sony's State of Play Overrun by Disc Demands, GTA 6 Locked to 30 FPS on Consoles, GTA 6 Leaker Rug Pulls $250K + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/RVfnc Timestamps: 0:00 Sony's State of Play and angry customers 2:17 GTA 6 hype, leaks, and lawsuits 4:52 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:06 Nexus Mods acquires SteamDB 5:51 CS2 slur tracker 6:41 Activision goes after cheat sellers 7:29 Resident Evil is too scary for Hideki Kamiya 8:23 A cow plays EVE Online 9:13 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 21 · 8 min

    Hackers Leak GTA 6 Gameplay, Senators Probe Roblox Child Safety, Star Citizen Demo Falls Apart Live + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/StKt2 Timestamps: 0:00 GTA 6 gameplay leaked 1:21 Senate investigates Roblox 2:31 Star Citizen's Siege of Orison stream 5:01 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:09 Saber Interactive AI disclosure 5:36 Turn Games pulled from PlayStation 6:19 Mattel Game Studios 6:52 Horizon Hunters Gathering reboot 7:18 Super Mario Bros. world record 7:56 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 14 · 10 min

    Twitch AI Training On by Default, Saber to Add Rideshare Stimulator AI Label, Giant Rat Protests Xbox Layoffs + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/Vib61 Timestamps: 0:00 Twitch opts users into AI training 1:37 Saber Interactive AI allegations 3:31 Elder Scrolls 6 and the Bethesda rat protest 5:35 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:02 Stop Killing Games joins Sony lawsuit 7:07 Pokemon cutting off Pokemon Bank 7:51 Lord of the Rings: War in the North Legacy Edition 8:26 Destiny 2 Project Sunrise mod 9:05 Big Walk sells a million copies 9:50 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • August 7 · 10 min

    Next Xbox May Play Every Xbox Game Ever, Nintendo Keeps Tariff Refunds, GTA 6 Preview Goes Netflix Exclusive + more!

    News Sources: https://lmg.gg/CFSwu Timestamps: 0:00 Xbox backwards compatibility pitch 2:29 Nintendo Tariff refunds 3:42 GTA 6 Netflix premiere 5:20 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:02 Halo Studios layoffs 6:48 Roblox market value drop 7:24 Pokemon Company lawsuit 8:17 Nintendo earthquake relief 8:51 Marvel's Wolverine ESRB rating 9:35 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 31 · 11 min

    PSN and Xbox Outages, One Underscore Changes a Man’s Life, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Emulator Hits PC + more!

    News sources: https://lmg.gg/jGl21 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:47 Man jailed over a missing underscore 3:14 Modders unlock Xbox 360 emulation on PC 5:51 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:02 GOG Galaxy is coming to Linux 6:54 EA CEO gets a $38 million payday 7:40 Minecraft raises its system requirements 8:20 GTA Online blocks gambling in Australia 9:33 Paralives redesigns its babies 10:18 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 24 · 10 min

    Nintendo Fights Tariff Refunds, Original Xbox Games Come to PC, Free Xbox Cloud Gaming Gets Ads + more!

    News sources: https://lmg.gg/RJvo3 Timestamps: 0:00 Nintendo fights customer refunds 1:30 Classic Xbox games come to PC 2:53 Free Xbox Cloud Gaming gets ads 5:17 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:32 Bethesda outlines Fallout’s future 6:17 Steam upgrades wishlists and gifting 7:02 UK candidate demands Shenmue 4 7:42 Jim the raccoon invades gaming 8:20 Miyamoto wants everyone to have a Mii 9:03 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 17 · 9 min

    PlayStation Disc Backlash, PS5 Emulation Progress, Microsoft Account Shenanigans + more!

    News sources: https://lmg.gg/lYtls Timestamps: 0:00 Sony’s disc-free future fuels emulation 1:07 PlayStation fans fight back 2:15 Microsoft account disasters 4:34 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:42 Halo cancels another multiplayer game 5:29 Steam games become physical cartridges 6:04 Black Flag treasure hunt beaten early 6:45 GTA 6 hacker moved to prison 7:35 Gaming achievements can pay tuition 8:07 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 10 · 9 min

    Xbox Layoffs Hit Bethesda, PlayStation Disc Backlash Grows, Chinese Game Account Inheritance + more!

    Sources: https://lmg.gg/qiBJq Timestamps: 0:00 Xbox Layoffs Hit Bethesda 1:25 Sony Disc Backlash Gets Bigger 2:57 China Lets Players Inherit Game Accounts 5:22 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:31 Steam Refunds Hit Short Games 6:03 Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resync Launches 6:43 Half-Life 2 Runs in a Browser 7:21 Minecraft Finally Adds Sitting 8:00 Level-5 Pays Employees for Game Knowledge 8:30 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • July 3 · 8 min

    Sony Ends PlayStation Discs, ESA Fights Stop Killing Games, Subnautica 2 Settles + more!

    Timestamps: 0:00 Sony Ends PlayStation Discs 1:39 Protect Our Games Act Fails 2:56 Subnautica 2 Lawsuit Settled 4:07 Sponsor 4:42 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:52 Destiny 2 Disables Broken Gear 5:21 Metroid Ravenous Rumor 5:56 Sega Chaos Hunt Uses Data for AI 6:24 Video Game Workers Union Hardship Fund 6:55 The Odyssey Gets a Roblox Tie-In 7:33 Credits News sources: https://lmg.gg/uC4Da Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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