The VGBees Podcast

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Ep 120: Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, BlizzCon 2026, Roblox Standalone Games

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This week, Niki, John, and Lotus discussed the biggest news stories of the week, including a look at Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, numerous head-scratching announcements

Sep 20
2 h 48 min

Ep 119: Ocarina of Time Remake, Sony Drops Kojima, Blizzard's Massive Union Contract

This week, John, Niki, and Lotus dove into both Nintendo Directs, the stunning news that Sony is dropping Hideo Kojima's next projects, and Blizzard's new union formation

Sep 13
2 h 45 min

Ep 118: Star Wars Zero Company Furloughs, Xbox Cloud Limits, Pablo Torre & Games Journalism

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John discuss the Star Wars Zero Company furloughs, the new limits on Xbox Cloud for Game Pass, and the explosive Pablo Torre stories have the

Sep 6
1 h 39 min

Ep 117: GTA6 Revealed, Witcher 3 Remastered, Star Citizen's Squadron 42 Delayed Again

This week, Niki, John, and Lotus did their homework on the bizarrely-edited Grand Theft Auto VI reveal on Netflix and also dove into Gamescom announcements, like The Witc

Aug 30
1 h 55 min

Ep 116: GTA6 Leaks, 2XKO Ending Development, Twitch's GenAI Training

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John tackled a jam-packed week of surprising news, including Riot ending 2XKO's development, Twitch's surprise auto-opt-in for GenAI training,

Aug 23
2 h 10 min

Ep 115: Saber CEO's Outburst, Netflix Closes Studios, Star Wars Zero Company Impressions

This week, John and Niki are joined by Jesse Vitelli, fresh off a five day subathon on his Twitch channel after being laid off at Restart.Run. Together, they take a hard

Aug 16
2 h 26 min

Ep 114: Big Walk Impressions, Devolver Digital Going Private, GTA6 Exclusive Look at Netflix

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John discuss their very enjoyable time together with Big Walk, Devolver Digital's move off of the London Stock Exchange, and Netflix's incredi

Aug 9
3 h 15 min

Ep 113: Xbox Down $1.7b, Tencent's Latest Misfire, Splatoon Raiders Impressions

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John discuss Xbox's 7% revenue decrease year over year, Tencent's alleged "Grand Theft Auto killer" Last Sentinel facing major problems, and i

Aug 2
2 h 44 min

Ep 112: Marvel Tokon Open Beta Impressions, Unity 7 Announced, EU Approves EA Sale

This week, John, Lotus, and Niki discuss the Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls open beta, Unity 7's announcement and features, EA's approved sale to the PIF, and Deltarune Chap

Jul 26
2 h 18 min

Ep 111: Xbox Jingles Fallout Keys, LATAM ID@Xbox Team Dismantled, God of War Recasts Kratos

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 in

Jul 19
2 h 38 min

The VGBees Interview: Joe Is Hungry

Last year, we chatted with Joe from hit YouTube channel Joe Is Hungry. Now that we have this fun new interview format show officially on the feed, I decided it was time t

Jul 16
1 h 20 min

Ep 110: Mass Xbox Layoffs Begin, Id Software Decimated, Obsidian Focusing on Fallout

This week, Niki, Lotus, and John address the sweeping, disastrous layoffs and closures stemming from the "reset" Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has started. 00:00:00 Intro & Cup T

Jul 12
2 h 09 min

The VGBees Interview: Phil Salvador, Library Director at Video Game History Foundation

Hey! It's a brand new show here on The VGBees Podcast feed. We'll be taking the time every once in a while to sit down and go deep with interesting figures around the gam

Jul 10
1 h 28 min

Ep 109: Sony Discontinuing Physical Discs, Closing PS3/Vita Stores, IOI Laying Off Staff After Xbox Shakeup

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John dive deep into the end of physical discs for Sony (and likely Xbox), the impending closures of the PS3/Vita digital stores, and the poten

Jul 5
2 h 51 min

Ep 108: GTA6 Pricing, Xbox Price Hike, Steam Machine Details

This week, John and Niki discuss the biggest news of the gaming week, including Grand Theft Auto VI edition details, Steam Machine details, and more price hikes for Xbox

Jun 28
2 h 02 min

Ep 107: Xbox Studios Facing Closure, EA's New Ad Platform, UK Teen Social Ban

This week, John, Niki, and Lotus go very long on this week's seismic Xbox news, including the numerous studio closures on the table, key departures, and Microsoft CEO's S

Jun 21
2 h 19 min

Ep 106: Xbox Preparing Layoffs, Nintendo Direct, Pokemon Go Military Defense Data

Lotus, Niki, and John recovered from Summer Game Fest 2026 and reconvened (in home studios, not John's car) to discuss an extremely busy news week, including Xbox prepari

Jun 14
2 h 47 min

VGBees SGF 2026 Post-Show Debrief

Join Niki and John from Los Angeles as they debrief from a lively Summer Game Fest 2026. At this point, most embargoes were still in effect, but we hope you enjoy discus

Jun 13
23 min

Ep 105: Summer Game Fest 2026 Showcase, Tupac, Final Fantasy VII Revelation

Folks, our schedules were so packed that John & Niki had to join Lotus from the car again. Sorry! This week, it's all about Summer Game Fest 2026 Showcase, which featured

Jun 7
1 h 38 min

Ep 104: Witcher 3 DLC, Steam Deck Price Hikes, & 007 First Light w/ Jeff Gerstmann

John and Lotus are joined this week by Jeff Gerstmann to discuss the week's biggest games news, including: The Witcher 3's surprising expansion coming in 2027, Steam Deck

May 31
3 h 08 min

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Honest and smart discussions about all things video games (and occasionally sports). John and Niki are terrific hosts, and are funny in a way that provides blessed reprieve during the end times. I always look forward to new episodes, and every guest they’ve had so far has been absolutely killer.

scifibrarian · May 2025

Great conversations that take a deeper dive into the culture surrounding video games culture. Great Rolodex of guests on the latest stint as well.

Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat · Apr 2025

This and other hot, hot takes await you within. Seriously, though, Y’ALL: this is one my favorite “hang-out” podcasts; John and Niki have such a good rapport they can easily entertain for 2-3 hours no sweat, not to mention a murderers’ row of killer guests. I might be drunk, but in vino Veritas, so BACK OFF

p0lyph0nic · Apr 2025

I listen to a lot of gaming podcasts and I find a lot have the buzz but not the sting, and others have a lot of sting but no buzz. VGBees is appropriately named because it has both, a little of the buzz and a little of the sting, a bit of both if you will. A rare find in today’s world. No mug in their merch shop as of leaving this review, though

LJTheWay1987 · Aug 2024

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