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Welcome to Active Reload! Hosted by James Timberlake & Grant Yuhre, this podcast is all about video games! From Microsoft to Nintendo to PC, each week the guys will dish their opinions on the biggest video game news and topics! As well as top five lists, recommendations, and what they're playing at the moment! Posted every week, this is your go-to show for all your gaming discussions!
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Welcome to Active Reload! This week James, Grant, and Steven break down the new trailer and gameplay reveal of Halo Campaign Evolved, the remake to Halo Combat Evolved. James and Grant both have some mixed feelings about it, and they share their pros and cons!Next, Valve pushed out one seemingly tiny update that wiped three billion dollars out of the Counter Strike skin marketplace overnight! The guys talk about the aftermath of the crash and if we're going to see any course correction from Valve.Finally, Bethesda celebrated their "Fallout Day" last week with some announcements, but a lot of them were pretty disappointing given the rumors that have been swirling around about possible remakes to the beloved Fallout 3 and New Vegas. The guys discuss if any Fallout fans should still hold out hope for the rumors to become reality.Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James, Grant, and Steve talk more about Battlefield 6 and the massive success it is having with it reaching over 7 million copies sold in the first three days!ARC Raiders also saw insane success, reaching 189,668 concurrent players on Steam during its Server Slam, which would make it the biggest extraction shooter in the platform's history, and it's not even out yet!It's also a big release week in the industry with Ninja Gaiden 4, Dispatch, Jurassic World Evolution 3, and of course the insanely massive gigantic release of PowerWash Simulator 2! The guys breakdown the releases and what they're excited for!Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Relaod! This week, James and Grant (mainly Grant) open the episode by talking about Battlefield 6! Grant gives his good, bad, and ugly after his time with it. Then, the guys discuss Remedy's profit warning to investors due to "weak sales" from FBC: Firebreak. The show was wondering who this game was for when it was first announced and Remedy seemingly never got an answer to that question. Also, does this have a bigger impact on the games as service model as a whole?Finally, is Pokémon officially back?! Pokémon Legends Z-A is here, and it is getting very good reviews, the gang discusses their fond, albeit limited memories of the series, but mainly reminisce on Pokémon Go.Subscribe to the Active Reload YouTube channel to watch all these episodes live!Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe
Welcome to Active Reload! On this week's episode, James and Grant open the giving their Borderlands 4 impressions, as well as reacting to Randy Pitchford seemingly getting flustered by fans who are upset with the performance issues of the game. Even though the game is fun, has this been kind of a mess for Gearbox?Next, the Wolverine game there has been one single trailer for, lives! A report has slated it for a 2026 release, with a possible solo Venom speed off coming after. Is it too late for fans to be excited about the new Insomniac release in the Spider-verse?Finally, the guys go through a big release week, including Dying Light: The Beast, and Frostpunk 2!Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! On this week's episode, James and Grant go over MachineGames studio head Jerk Gustafson's comments regarding the possibility of a third installment in the mainline Wolfenstein series. Could a third game be on the horizon?It has officially been one year since the Concord release that shook the industry with it's subsequent shuttering. Has Sony learned anything from the debacle? Could there be more situations like it in the future?Roundhill Investments did a deep dive into the gaming industries revenue over the past decade and came up with some substantial numbers, with mobile games being far and away the highest revenue generating market in the industry. The guys discuss what that means for the future and how we got to this point. Don't you guy's have phones?Finally, it's coming up on the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros and a Nintendo Direct is scheduled for the date. What does Nintendo have up it's sleeve for the plumber brothers? The gang discusses.Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! It's a slow news week, but there are some items that slipped through. Bungie is looking for play testers to play Marathon for 30 days straight, and they're willing to pay $500 for them to do it! The guys discuss if they've ever seen anything like this before.Also, CD Projekt Red is teasing something in Cyberpunk with some in game statements being issued by a character on Twitter. What could be coming up in Night City?Finally, it's a packed week for game releases from Metal Eden to Cronos to Hell is Us there are a bunch of big releases. James and Grant break them down and talk about which ones they're excited to play most.Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James, Grant, and Steve open the show talking about the announcement of longtime Bungie CEO Pete Parsons leaving the company. What is Parsons legacy given the much more recent struggles at the company?Next, Skate got an early access release date with a new trailer. There is some negative discourse around it, but both the James and Grant are excited to see it in September.Finally, an official 1.0 release for Escape from Tarkov was announced with a new trailer as well. Grant talks about the eight-year road it has taken to get to the release point and how much different the game looks from its origins, both good and bad.Then the guys wrap things up with the release calendar over the next week, their early thoughts on Gears of War Reloaded, and wrap up with Guess the Game!Like, follow, rate, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James, Grant, and Steve go over the announcements at opening night of Gamescom 2025. A new Call of Duty Black Ops 7 gets a full reveal, Silksong is finally playable for the first time, and Lego Batman steals the show!Plus, Halo is officially partnering with Halo for a new warbond that is exclusively Halo ODST themed.Delta Force is coming to console and Black Myth Wukong is coming to Xbox, Grant and Steve get you prepared for the new releases.Finally, there is some the guys discuss their favorite parts of the Harry Potter and Uncharted Movies, as well as play guess the game!
Welcome to Active Reload! On this week's episode, after a long hiatus, the guys can finally talk about the Battlefield 6 beta! They give their loves, likes, dislikes, and hates, as well as what they want to see in the next beta test!Next, Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox later this month and with the release the Arrowhead Game Studios team is teasing a massive collaboration with Halo (seemingly ODST related) that has Xbox and Halo fans clamoring.Finally, the guys wrap things up with the games releasing this week and what they've been playing over the last few weeks!Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant open up the show discussing the new Battlefield reveal coming this week as well as the leak of the game officially getting its title, Battlefield 6 (wow!).Saber Interactive released a pretty cool trailer for their upcoming Hellraiser game with partnership from Clive Barker.Microsoft quietly revealed they removed the movies and TV section from their store on all their platforms, from Xbox to the Microsoft website. The guys take a trip down memory lane to watch part of the Xbox One reveal to see their vision at the time of the all-in-one machine and how much it's changed since then.There are some credible rumors that FromSoftware could be on the verge of releasing another single player game within the next year. James breaks down what it could be, Dark Souls? Armored Core? Sekiro?Finally, the return of Guess That Game!
Welcome to Active Reload! After a two-week hiatus, James and Grant are back, and they open the show talking about the big announcement of Helldivers 2 officially making its way over to Xbox. The guys discuss the impact it should have on Xbox and how Microsoft was using the announcement to kind of sneak the other recent news of more layoffs under the rug. Also, there is some VERY juicy and interesting drama going down at the offices of Subnautica and Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds, who was purchased by Krafton. James breaks down how an alleged $250 million bonus package for the Subnautica developer may have been the cause of the Subnautica 2 delay and the release of some of the companies core founders.Finally, there are some big games coming out this week, including Donkey Kong Bananza, which is getting huge rave reviews and looks to be another massive masterpiece from Nintendo.Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant open the show talking about the small amount of news that there has been this week, mainly some news regarding a new college basketball game from EA and 2K.However, the main entrée for this week is not one, but TWO top 5's from each of our hosts. Grant gives his top five favorite games that other people seem to dislike. And in honor of a big food weekend, James gives his top five foods in video games that look the tastiest!After that, the guys discuss a couple of releases for this week, including a highly anticipated game for both of them: Mecha BREAK.Finally, James finally finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and gives his final thoughts on one of his favorite games of the year.
Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant open the show talking about even more layoffs hitting the industry at Xbox, 1047 Games, Chinese Room, and Build a Rocket Boy. Some despite the release of solid products!After that depressing news, the guys get into some better news: Rematch! The new game from Sloclap is a blast to play, even with some technical issues, and both the James and Grant go through the things they love and things they would like to see improved on.Finally, rounding out the news, some quick news on Stellar Blade's stellar performance on PC. EA Sports College Football 26 deep dive and some of the improvements they showcased. And Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is looking like it's going to be another critically claimed masterpiece for Hideo Kojima and his team to hang on the mantle!Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! It was a slower news week this week in the games world, but then on Tuesday a bunch of breaking news dropped. Bungie announced they would be delaying Marathon, James and Grant talk about what felt like an inevitability for the extraction shooter. Microsoft also confirmed that they are working on new first party hardware in partnership with AMD, something that sounded like the next Xbox would be more of an AMD product with the Xbox logo on it. In smaller news, the voice actors for some of the biggest characters in Red Dead Redemption 2 are teasing some "exciting news" in the Red Dead universe. Could this be the next gen update James bet Grant on a few episodes ago? Finally, Silent Hill is getting a remake from Bloober Team, the same group that remade Silent Hill 2, and all the Silent Hill fans rejoiced at the news. Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant give their full reactions and takeaways from everything shown at this year's Summer Game Fest! They'll break down their favorite trailers from 007 First Light to ILL to Stranger Than Heaven and everything in between! It's also a pretty big week in releases! Mindseye is getting the bad end of steam reviews, Dune Awakening looks to be a solid Dune game in the base building genre, and a Space Marine remaster is sure to capitalize on all the new fans from its sequel's release! That and more this week on Active Reload! Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant start off the episode discussing the upcoming release of the Switch 2 and why there feels like a lack of the hype over the new console from Nintendo. It's also time for Summer Games Fest, the guys talk about what to expect from the event, could Arc Raiders and SplitGate 2 be shadow dropped? Are we going to see more from The Witcher 4? How much will IOI show of the new James Bond game? Plus more! Finally, the gang concludes with a discussion on Elden Ring Nightreign and the trust From Software has in their own developers' ideas, plus some more discussion on Star Wars resurgence! Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant mainly discuss the big story of the week: Bungie getting caught red-handed stealing more artwork from a smaller artist that was put in their upcoming game Marathon. It is not their first time doing this (or their second, or their third) having been caught stealing other artists work in previous games as well. That came out on top of a Forbes report stating that the environment inside the walls at Bungie is at an all-time low. Is this just another bump in the road for an already massive pothole filled highway for Marathon. Is the game doomed to fail before it even gets preorders out? The guys spend most of the episode on that story, but then switch over to something a little bit more positive with a brand new Helldivers update, putting players into more urban locations on Super Earth! Finally, James and Grant go head-to-head on a bet regarding a possible Red Dead Redemption 2 current gen upgrade possibly coming this year. Remember to like, follow, rate, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant, (from a brand-new studio!) discuss the Mafia: The Old Country gameplay trailer that was released, but more importantly the price point at release of $50! An attempt to seemingly undercut the competition. Then, the guys discuss the new co-op multiplayer shooter from Remedy, FBC: FireBreak, it got a trailer and release date and James wonders who this game could be for. After that, it's a big week in releases, so the gang talks about what they're most excited for: Doom, The Precinct, and the most Grant game ever: RoadCraft. Check out the video for a look at the brand-new studio, and a new segment at the end of the episode and remember to rate, like, follow, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! On this week's episode James and Grant breakdown the new Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer, they point out details they caught from multiple watches such as: New wildlife, new vehicles, more hurricane references, and maybe a fight club? The guys also touch on some of the new screenshots Rockstar posted of the new game, as well as some of the character bios that were dropped as well. After that, James talks about some of his early impressions of the second Arc Raiders tech test from the weekend. Then, Gears of War is getting another remaster, but this time it's also coming to PS5, and both Grant and James wished it would've been Gears of War 2, so they could kill that worm again. Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
Welcome to Active Reload! On this week's episode, James and Grant discuss their early favorite game of the year in Clair Obscure Expedition 33! The game was able to accomplish the impossible task of making James enjoy a turn based strategy game while keeping him entertained! The guys discuss what makes it so much fun and addicting, and why they can't recommend it highly enough. After that, there is some minor news in the cycle, Oblivion remastered released in a shadow drop and is performing well even with its hardware limits. Plus, both Ghost of Yotei and Borderlands 4 got updated release dates. Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!
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