The VGBees Podcast
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About this podcast
Host and founder of VGBees, John Warren, is joined every week by cohosts Niki Grayson and Lotus for candid, funny, and enlightening conversations about the video games industry and video games medium (two very different things).
Every week, The VGBees Podcast will explore trends and touchpoints you need to know in order to have the most well-rounded idea of what's going on in games.
Explore vgbees.com after each episode for notes on each episode as well as written pieces by our collaborators and guests.
We all have to work together to build a brighter future for games, so Join The Honey Hive today!
The VGBees Podcast is produced by Jordan Mallory with thumbnail art by LB Hunktears.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 138 episodes
- Ep 126: Microsoft Offers Voluntary Layoffs to 60,000, GameMaker Going Free for Commercial Use · 2 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 126This week, John, Niki, and Lotus cover a busy week of games news, including Microsoft offering voluntary layoffs to 60,000, GameMaker going free for commercial use in 2027, and…
- Ep 125: BioWare Shuts Down, Steam Next Fest Demos Removed Out of AI Cloning Fears · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 125This week, Lotus and John (complete with the worst sinus infection you've ever heard, sorry) dove right into the biggest news stories of the week, including the closure of…
- Ep 124: Epic Goes Full AI, GTAVI on PC Q1 2027, Ubisoft Studio Closures · 2 h 35 min · Season 1 Episode 124This week, John, Niki, and (for about an hour, at least) Lotus ponder what makes a good games outlet name. Also, perhaps more importantly, Epic's full-throttle commitment to AI…
- Ep 123: Double Fine's Union Misfire, Skydance Board, Bit Reactor Returns Furloughed Workers · 3 h 22 min · Season 1 Episode 123This week, Lotus, Niki, and John dove very deep into the surprisingly busy week of games news, including Kotaku's fascinating report about Double Fine's union misfire, Bobby…
- Ep 122: Mike Tomlin's Minecraft City, 2XKO's Targeted Concurrent Figure, Dressmaker Impressions · 2 h 55 min · Season 1 Episode 122On this week's episode, the crew handle a slow news week by going very, very deep on Mike Tomlin's Minecraft city, 2XKO's missed concurrent player target, and impressions of…
- Ep 121: New Xbox Layoffs, Activision Making Next Halo, Bungie Reviving Destiny · 2 h 49 min · Season 1 Episode 121This week, Lotus, John, and Niki tackle a very busy week of games news, including a new round of Xbox layoffs, Xbox studio consolidation, Activision making the next Halo game…
- Ep 120: Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, BlizzCon 2026, Roblox Standalone Games · 2 h 48 min · Season 1 Episode 120This 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 from…
- Ep 119: Ocarina of Time Remake, Sony Drops Kojima, Blizzard's Massive Union Contract · 2 h 45 min · Season 1 Episode 119This 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 just…
- Ep 118: Star Wars Zero Company Furloughs, Xbox Cloud Limits, Pablo Torre & Games Journalism · 1 h 39 min · Season 1 Episode 118This 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 hosts…
- Ep 117: GTA6 Revealed, Witcher 3 Remastered, Star Citizen's Squadron 42 Delayed Again · 1 h 55 min · Season 1 Episode 117This 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 Witcher 3…
- Ep 116: GTA6 Leaks, 2XKO Ending Development, Twitch's GenAI Training · 2 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 116This 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, and the…
- Ep 115: Saber CEO's Outburst, Netflix Closes Studios, Star Wars Zero Company Impressions · 2 h 26 min · Season 1 Episode 115This 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 look at…
- Ep 114: Big Walk Impressions, Devolver Digital Going Private, GTA6 Exclusive Look at Netflix · 3 h 15 min · Season 1 Episode 114This 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 incredibly…
- Ep 113: Xbox Down $1.7b, Tencent's Latest Misfire, Splatoon Raiders Impressions · 2 h 44 min · Season 1 Episode 113This 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…
- Ep 112: Marvel Tokon Open Beta Impressions, Unity 7 Announced, EU Approves EA Sale · 2 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 112This 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 Chapter 5…
- Ep 111: Xbox Jingles Fallout Keys, LATAM ID@Xbox Team Dismantled, God of War Recasts Kratos · 2 h 38 min · Season 1 Episode 111This 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…
- The VGBees Interview: Joe Is Hungry · 1 h 20 min · Season 1Last 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 to have…
- Ep 110: Mass Xbox Layoffs Begin, Id Software Decimated, Obsidian Focusing on Fallout · 2 h 9 min · Season 1 Episode 110This 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 Talk…
- The VGBees Interview: Phil Salvador, Library Director at Video Game History Foundation · 1 h 28 min · Season 1Hey! 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 games…
- Ep 109: Sony Discontinuing Physical Discs, Closing PS3/Vita Stores, IOI Laying Off Staff After Xbox Shakeup · 2 h 51 min · Season 1 Episode 109This 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 potential for…
