The VGBees Podcast

John and Niki take a deep dive into a very strong Nintendo Direct, featuring discussion of:The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomMario & Luigi: BrothershipMetroid Prime 4: BeyondMarvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade ClassicsThe New Denpa MenLater, they're joined by writer, author, and budding miniature painting YouTuber Merritt K to chat everything Warhammer 40,000, including:What's in the heads of the guys from Space Marine 2?Do Space Marines have balls?Why did the Squats go away?and much more!Don't forget to Join the Hive!

Niki and John are joined this week by Game Informer associate editor and MinnMax contributor Charles Harte. All three were all in Los Angeles to cover Summer Game Fest 2024 and came away feeling mostly energized by what they saw and played.Covered in this episode:- LEGO Horizon Adventures- Wanderstop- Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind- Skate- Fable- Doom: The Dark Ages- South of Midnight- Gears of War E-Day- Dragon Age: The Veilguard- Monster Hunter Wilds- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess- Fear the Spotlight- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves- Hyper Light Breaker

On the eve of SGF, John posted up in his downtown Los Angeles hotel room to talk to himself for roughly 40 minutes. Niki's busy getting ready for Giant Bomb's extremely busy weekend and John's trying to get a website launched, so please enjoy this more low-key second episode before we go deep on everything going on with SGF.Topics covered:Dragon Age: Dreadwolf has a new name and it's pretty badMicrosoft's rumored handheldThe $200M disaster of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice LeagueThanks for being here! See you next week!

John & Niki are officially back in the saddle talking what it means to be back working in games media after a hiatus!TL;DR, they're both excited to be doing this again together.This week, our hosts are eaten up with what makes a game "finished" in 2024 and does it even matter? Hades 2 is certainly big for an Early Access game, but how does it evolve between now and 1.0?John's wondering what was up with that weird Neil Druckmann interview and Niki's just asking questions about that very unfortunately Destiny 2 leak.If you can believe it, another massive publishing company is getting in bed with AI for reasons that make sense (if you're a suit who doesn't care about the majesty of human creativity).Also discussed:The Rogue Prince of PersiaWildermyth's bow and exitWhat we expect to see at Summer Game FestHead to VGBees to sign up to be informed when the site launches! We'll have tons of SGF coverage!