This week we recap our highlights from fake E3 2025, and we give our initial impressions of the Switch 2!

[News of the Week]

• FAKE E3 2025

• • 007 First Light

  • The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

  • Big Walk

  • Atomic Heart 2 / The Cube

  • Resident Evil 9 (Requiem)

  • Aniimo

  • ROG Xbox Ally - (Silksong)

  • Outer Worlds 2

  • Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

  • The Blood of Dawnwalker

  • Beast of Reincarnation

  • Clockwork Revolution

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  Switch 2 Launch

• • First Impressions

  
  

  [What We’re Playing/Watching]

  • Taskmaster

  • Mission Impossible

  • Clarkson’s Farm

  
  

We return after several weeks off, just in time to talk about what we’re expecting to see at Summer Games Fest. We recorded this episode on Saturday, and referenced our prediction that we’d see the upcoming Bond game at Summer Games Fest. Then, of course, before the episode could go up, they revealed the name of the game. So if you’re wondering why we don’t acknowledge the fact. That’s why!

Then we get into our thoughts on Doom The Dark Ages, and Aaron talks about his recent trip to Wisconsin, in which he stopped at House on the Rock.

[News of the Week]

• GTA 6 delayed to May 26, 2026

• Microsoft raises prices of consoles, accessories and first party games

• Gears of War reloaded coming to PlayStation 5

• Hell is Us previews

[Features]

• Predictions for the Summer Games Fest

• • This year includes 60+ partners, including Nintendo

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• House on the Rock

• Taskmaster

We’re back! After a several week hiatus, we return to discuss the chaos that was the Nintendo Switch 2 preorders. We also talk about the Oblivion Remaster, the Marathon alpha, and a new game called Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

[News of the Week]

• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor to go 1.0 in September

• Star Wars XCOM-like game name revealed

• • Star Wars Zero Company trailer

• Mario Kart World Direct

• • Press release with the details

• Oblivion remastered revealed

• Pre-ordering the Switch 2

• Marathon Alpha

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• First Contact

• Oblivion Remastered

• Clair Obscur Expedition 33

• Marvel Rivals Season 2

Starside Chat Episode 180

On this week’s episode, we’re going over all the details about the Switch 2, including the games that were announced.

Starside Chat Episode 179

On this week’s episode we talk about the latest Nintendo Direct, the things going on at Ubisoft, and a slew of upcoming games. Then we dive into what we’ve been playing and reading lately.

[News of the Week]

• Nintendo Direct

• • Nintendo Today app

  • Virtual Game Cards

  • Metroid Prime 4

  • Tomodachi Life

  • Shadow Labyrinth

• Ubisoft deal with Tencent

• Ubisoft to release Prince of Persia The Lost Crown on iOS and Android

• Monument Valley 1, 2 and 3 coming to console

• King of Meat looks like Mario Maker meets Fall Guys

• Images of Star Wars XCOM-like game leak

• Game Informer is back

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7:Rebirth

• Balatro

• Zero Minus Ten
  

Episode 178

This week we talk about the rumored Xbox handheld console, a rumored Star Wars tactics game, and the latest Silksong release date rumors. Then we get into what we’re playing and watching, including Aaron’s progress in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and a solo card game Zach has been playing.

[News of the Week]

• Xbox rumored to release handheld console this year

• Star Wars tactics game?

• Game Informer posts cryptic message

• • GTA 6 related?

• Minecraft Live

• • Vibrant

  • Ghast

  • Action Figure

• Silksong release date rumor

• New Katamari

• Possible Switch 2 launch leak?

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Severance season 2 finale

• FF7:Rebirth - Golden Saucer

• Marvel Rivals

• Chivalry 2

• Scoundrel - a solo dungeon crawler card game

On this week’s episode, we talk about some of the latest games industry news that caught our eye, and we dive into the games we’re playing lately - which includes Aaron’s progress in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

[News of the Week]

• Neil Druckmann says don’t bet on there being more “Last of Us”

• Monster Hunter Wilds tops 8 million in 3 days

• Kaizen: A Factory Story

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Doom Deluxe Edition

• Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition - Switch release

• Titanfall Developer Cancels Unannounced Multiplayer FPS Project

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• FF7: Rebirth

• Chivalry 2

• Marvel Rivals

• Monster Hunter Wilds

Starside Chat Episode 176 - Monster Hunter Wilds, Top 5 Podcast Games

This week, in the absence of a lot of gaming-related news to talk about, we each give our top picks for games you can play while listening to podcasts. Then Zach gives early impressions on Monster Hunter Wilds!

[News of the Week]

• A new Katamari on the way?

• New Terminator 2 Game

• WB closes Monolith

[Games out this week]

• Monster Hunter Wilds

[Features]

• Top 5 Podcast games

[What We’re Playing/Watching]

• Apex Legends

• Monster Hunter Wilds

• Marvel Rivals

• Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

• Timecop