Highs (and Lows) of Summer Game Fest 2026 | Firelink Podcast

About this episode

The hosts discuss their favorite games from Summer Game Fest and address recent layoffs in the gaming industry.

This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about their favorite games of Summer Game Fest, refresh their Fantasy Critic draft, and bemoan yet another round of layoffs at Ubisoft and Xbox. Second Wind is fully independent, employee-owned and fan-funded. Consider supporting us on Patreon for as little as $1/month at patreon.com/SecondWindGroup

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick, KC, Marty

Topics covered

• Summer Game Fest
• video games
• Fantasy Critic
• layoffs
• Ubisoft
• Xbox

Keywords

• Summer Game Fest
• video games
• Fantasy Critic
• Ubisoft
• Xbox
• layoffs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ubisoft, Xbox

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