About this episode

The episode discusses recent news in the gaming industry, including Xbox layoffs, Fallout franchise updates, and the recasting of Kratos in the God of War show.

This week, Niki, Lotus, and John discuss the extremely convenient news dump regarding beloved games in the Fallout franchise, other Xbox teams facing decimation in the initial layoffs, and the God of War show's choice to recast its Kratos. 00:00:00 Intro, new dog, blood stuff, & kidneys 00:22:53 Latin America ID@Xbox teams decimated by layoffs 00:32:48 Inside look at Xbox layoffs from people experiencing it 00:33:48 Fallout deluge of information to distract people from the layoffs 00:46:18 CWA files lawsuits alleging Xbox mishandling of layoffs 00:49:50 College Football 27 removes microtransactions from single player mode 01:03:40 ZA/UM to lay off 32 after slow sales of ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies 01:05:00 God of War show to recast Kratos after injury to Ryan Hurst 01:15:15 Update on Niki's NAS 01:30:40 Update on Niki & NBA 2K26 1:40:40 HIVE QUESTIONS 02:32:30 Outro & Interview Shows! Thanks for listening! Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a lot. VGBees is ad-free, AI-free, and completely supported by you! https://vgbees.com/join VGBees is a weekly games media podcast hosted by Niki, John, and Lotus.

People in this episode

Hosts: Niki, Lotus, John

Topics covered

• Xbox layoffs
• Fallout franchise news
• God of War recasting
• Latin America gaming
• video game industry news

Keywords

• Xbox
• Fallout
• God of War
• layoffs
• video games
• gaming news
• Latin America

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CWA, ZA/UM

Products: God of War, NBA 2K26, College Football 27

Books & works: ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies

Places: Latin America

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