What We're Playing

Cliff: Baldur’s Gate 3

Colby: Spray Paint Simulator, Crypt Custodian, PowerWash Simulator

News

Duke Nukem: The Series

Questions

JoelColeslaw: How does one re-introduce themselves to a podcast after a 16 16-month hiatus? What have you been up to? How has Colby been crowned the King of Simulator games? Does taco snobbery have a place here yet? Any plans for ExtraLife?

Xbox Game Pass

• EA Sports FC 25 (via EA Play) – Cloud, Console, PC – June 12

• The Alters – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S – June 13

• FBC: Firebreak – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S – June 17

• Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time – Console & PC – June 17

• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die – Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S – June 17

• Star Trucker (Xbox Series X|S) – June 18

• Wildfrost (Console) – June 18

• Volcano Princess (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 24

• Rematch (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – June 19

• Against the Storm – (Platform unspecified) – June 26

• Warcraft I: Remastered (PC) – June 26

• Warcraft II: Remastered (PC) – June 26

• Warcraft III: Reforged (PC) – June 26

• Call of Duty: WWII (Console and PC) – June 30

• Little Nightmares II (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 1

• Legend of Mana (Console) – July 2

• Trials of Mana (Console) – July 2

• Ultimate Chicken Horse (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 3

• The Ascent (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 8

• Minami Lane (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 9

• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 11

• High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 15

Humble Bundle

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/summer-splash

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/2k-classic-trilogies-mafia-x-bioshock

What We're Playing
Cliff:

• Blue Prints

• Dungeons of Hinterburg
  

News
Xbox Showcase

• ROG Xbox Ally

• ROG Xbox Ally X

• Clockwork Revolution

• Grounded 2

• Keeper

• The Outer Worlds 2

• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4

• Aniimo

• Aphelion

• At Fate’s End

• Beast of Reincarnation

• Cronos: The New Dawn

• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

• Final Fantasy XVI

• Planet of Lana II

• Super Meat Boy 3D

• There Are No Ghosts at The Grand

  
  

Indie Highlight

• Easy Delivery Co: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3293010/Easy_Delivery_Co/

• Recesses: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3087810/Recesses/

Xbox Game Pass Additions

• Baldur’s Gate – June 5

• Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions – June 5

• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition – June 10

• Barbie Project Friendship – June 11

• Kingdom: Two Crowns – June 11

• EA Sports FC 25 – June 12

• The Alters – June 13

• FBC: Firebreak – June 17

• Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time – June 17

• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die – June 17

• Against the Storm – June 26

What We're Playing

Cliff: Doom: The Dark Ages, American Arcadia

Colby: Crime Scene Cleaner!!!

Dylan: Montana

News

Nintendo Game Chat Will Require a Subscription and a Phone Number

Indie Highlight

• Shroom & Gloom (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3271280/Shroom_and_Gloom/)

• Relic Abyss (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3017760/Relic_Abyss/)

Questions

Goopknight — It’s a bit early, but any picks for GOTY yet?

Cheap/Free Games

Xbox Game Pass

• Monster Train 2 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 21

• Creatures of Ava (Xbox Series X|S) – May 22

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (Xbox Series X|S) – May 22

• Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) EA Play – May 22

• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 27

• To a T (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 28

• Metaphor ReFantazio (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 29

• Spray Paint Simulator (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 29

• Crypt Custodian (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 3

• Symphonia (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 3

• The Alters - June 13

• FBC: Firebreak - June 17

• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die - June 17

• Rematch - June 19

• Against the Storm - June 26

Humble Bundle

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/tid-breakthrough-games-with-links-to-diabetes-community

What We're Playing

Cliff: Avowed, South of Midnight, Expedition 33, Dredge, Forever Skies

Colby: AC Shadows

Indie Highlight

POGOPPL (demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640220/POGOPPL/)

Beyond Sunset (demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1665260/Beyond_Sunset/)

NewsWe discuss price increases on Xbox and Switch.Questions

Princess_Megan: What are your thoughts on the Nintendo Switch 2? Including system capabilities, games, and price when compared to not only the original, but also other consoles?

DA VINSTER (Vinny): Crazy to see where we were gaming-wise from the beginning of Byte Me to now. Console gaming has gotten more pricey, games are getting more expensive, etc. What are your overall thoughts on console prices going up, game prices going up, and have your gaming habits changed at all since then? I know a few people who are moving over to PC gaming since.

Rich Deacon:

Will you buy the new switch, now, later, or never?

How much is too much to pay for fancy mac and cheese?Cheap/Free Games

Xbox Game Pass

• Dredge (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)

• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 7

• Dungeons of Hinterberg (Console) – May 7

• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (Xbox Series X|S) – May 7

• Metal Slug Tactics (Console) – May 7

• Revenge of the Savage Planet (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 8

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 8

• Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Cloud and Console) – May 13

• DOOM: The Dark Ages (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 15

• Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 16

• Firefighting Simulator: The Squad (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20

• Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 20

Humble Bundle

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/xbox-games-studio-bundle

Usually, I talk about video games here, but everyone needs to go to AZ and visit Bedrock City, because apparently it's still open!

What We're Playing

Cliff: Diablo 4

Colby: Diablo 4, Indivisible, Adventures of Pip

Dylan: Helldivers 2

News

• Lawbreakers is Back!

• PS5 Pro Games Are Coming

• Outlaws is Locking Missions Behind Season Pass

• Don’t Forget to Tip Your Game Devs

Questions

• Joe Coleslaw: Podcast Follow Up Question: are you sure there is going to be an episode this week?

• Did anyone catch the eclipse? What are some once in an IRL lifetime events you've experienced?

• QuackMike: I'm late to the leak, but how do people feel about Sony & Insomniac having exclusive rights to X-Men until 2035 in relation to the X-Men 97 show and their introduction to the MCU in a few years?

• mansock: Do you like sand?

• Princess_Megan: Will you adopt me and take me to cool places?

• Primefan13: Thoughts on sea of thieves being on PlayStation?

Cheap/Free Games

Epic Games

• The Big Con

• Town of Salem 2:
  

Xbox Game Pass

• Harold Halibut – April 16th
  

PlayStations Plus

• Immortals of Aveum (PS5)

• Minecraft Legends (PS4, PS5)

• Skul: The Hero Slayer (PS4)
  

PlayStation Plus

• Animal Well | PS5

• Tales of Kenzera: Zau | PS5

• Dave the Diver | PS4 + PS5

• Oddballers | PS4

• Construction Simulator | PS4 + PS5

• The Crew 2 | PS4

• Raji: An Ancient Epic | PS4 + PS5

• LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame | PS4

• Nour: Play With Your Food | PS4 + PS5

• Deliver Us Mars | PS4 + PS5

• LEGO Marvel's Avengers | PS4

• Miasma Chronicles | PS5

• Stray Blade | PS5

PlayStation Plus Classics Games

• Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare | PS4 + PS5

• Star Wars: Rebel Assault 2: The Hidden Empire | PS4 + PS5

• MediEvil | PS4 + PS5

Humble Bundle

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/devious-deckbuilders

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/virtual-realities-mystery-mayhem

Prime Gaming

• Fallout 76

• Chivalry 2 (Available April 4 through Epic Games Store)

• Faraway 2: Jungle Escape (Available April 4 through Amazon Games App)

• Black Desert (Available April 4 through Black Desert Online Launcher)

• Drawn: Trail of Shadows (Available April 11 through Amazon Games App)

• Faraway 3: Arctic Escape (Available April 11 through Amazon Games App)

• Fallout 76 (Available April 11 Through Microsoft Store Code on PC and Xbox Code on Xbox)

• Demon's Tilt (Available April 11 Through Epic Games Store)

• Rose Riddle: The Fairy Tale Detective Collector's Edition (Available April 18 Through Legacy Games Code)

• Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space (Available April 18 Through Amazon Games App)

• Living Legends: Fallen Sky (Available April 25 Through Amazon Games App)

• Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness (Available April 25 Through Amazon Games App)

• Tiny Robots Recharged (Available April 25 Through Amazon Games App)

Patreon

• Alan Schulte

• Joe Cole Jr.

• Anonymous

• Rich Deacon

Extra Life

• https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/

Nintendo Online

• Wrecking Crew '98

• SUPER R-TYPE

• Amazing Hebereke

Ubisoft is calling this the future of gaming, we are less convinced.

What We're Playing

Cliff: Baldur's Gate

Colby: Final Fantasy 6, Tales of Arise

Dylan: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

News

The FUTURE of Video Games

New Parental Controls for Steam

Finishing Every Mario Maker Level

The PS5 Pro is Coming

Game Pass for Minecraft

Billionaires Calling Each Other Names

Questions

Primefan13: Thoughts on the Doom games?

Cheap/Free Games

Epic Games

• Call of the Wild: The Angler

• Atom Eve

Xbox Game Pass

• Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview) (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)

• MLB The Show 24 (Cloud and Console)

• The Quarry (Cloud and Console) – March 20

• Evil West (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 21

• Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC) – March 26

• Diablo IV (Console and PC) – March 28

• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 28

• Open Roads (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 28

• Ark: Survival Ascended (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S) – April 1

• F1 23 (Cloud) EA Play – April 2

• Superhot: Mind Control Delete (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 2
  

PlayStation Plus

• Destiny 2: The Witch Queen

• Sifu

• Hello Neighbor 2

• EA Sports F1 23
  

Humble Bundle

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/humble-heroines-action-adventure-intrigue

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/spring-into-learning-complete-humongous-collection

• https://www.humblebundle.com/games/plaion-hits-saints-row-red-faction-collection

Prime Gaming

• Pearls of Atlantis: The Cove (Available March 21 through Legacy Games Code)

• Bus Simulator 21: Next Stop (Available March 28 Through Amazon Games App)

• Through the Darkest of Times (Available March 28 Through Amazon Games App)

• Bridge to Another World: Secrets of the Nutcracker (Available March 28 Through Amazon Games App)

Patreon

• Alan Schulte

• Joe Cole Jr.

• Anonymous

• Rich Deacon

Extra Life

• https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/

We talk about all of the Xbox news from the last week and how it might impact the Xbox's future.

• Cliff: Baldur’s Gate 3
• Colby: Persona 3, Monster Sanctuary

• The Future is Xbox! I Mean, the Future Has to Be Something I Guess?
• There Are a Lot of Game Pass Subs
• We Are About to See a Bunch of New-ish Systems
• Finally, a Reason to Buy a PlayStation Portal
• Fallout is Getting a Very Cool Special Edition

• Mansocks: What is the best video game movie or TV show adaption (and you can't say TLOU)?
• Princess_Megan: Why does Microsoft hate cross play? This popped up again during a conversation I was having with the IT Manager. We both play ESO occasionally, but on different platforms so we can't play together. It seems like an easy thing to set up now that Microsoft basically owns all of the game publishing companies

• Super Meat Boy Forever!

• Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Tales of Arise (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Bluey: The Videogame (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 22
• Maneater (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 27
• Madden NFL 24 (Cloud) EA Play – February 27
• Indivisible (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 28
• Space Engineers (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 29
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 5
• Diablo IV - March 28

• Need for Speed Unbound | PS5
• The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition | PS5
• Tales of Arise | PS4 + PS5
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla | PS4 + PS5
• LEGO Worlds | PS4
• LEGO Jurassic World | PS4
• Roguebook | PS4 + PS5
• Rogue Lords | PS4
• Tales of Zestiria | PS4

• Resistance: Retribution | PS4 + PS5
• Jet Rider 2 (originally released as Jet Moto 2 in the US) | PS4 + PS5
• Tales of Symphonia | PS4 + PS5
• Tales of Vesperia | PS4 + PS5

• Destiny 2: The Story So Far
• IGN Fan Fest 24

• Blade Assault (Available February 22 through Amazon Games App)
• Gravitar: Recharged (Available February 29th through Epic Games Store)

• Alan Schulte
• Joe Cole Jr.
• Anonymous
• Rich Deacon

Extra Life Donation Link

• Cliff: Baldurs Gate 3
• Colby: Elden Ring, Persona 3

Everything Isn’t Great with the Dead Cells Team

Some Xbox Games Might Not Be Just Xbox Games for Long

Physical Games Aren’t as Expensive As I Thought

Subnautica 2 is Getting 4 Player Coop

• *monotone screaming*: I don’t have anything video game related, but what is your ideal bagel sandwich combination
• Rich Deacon:

VR gaming feels like its flat and has lost momentum (Correct me if I am wrong). Do you feel it's going to claim a large stake of gaming in the future?

Would you rather be unable to eat chocolate for the rest of your life or be unable to eat cheese for the rest of your life?

Dakar Desert Rally is the biggest off-road rally racing adventure ever developed. Experience the speed and excitement of the largest rally race on the planet, featuring a wide variety of licensed vehicles from motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs.

• Resident Evil 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 13
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 14
• A Little To The Left (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 15
• PlateUp! – Feb 15th
• Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 20

• Mindbending Masterpieces
• Mega Man Franchise Pack
• Controllerd Chaos
• Exceptional Indie Allies

• Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders - Collector's Edition (Available February 15th through Legacy Games Code)
• Tempest 4000 (Available February 15th through Amazon Games App)
• Blade Assault (Available February 22 through Amazon Games App)
• Gravitar: Recharged (Available February 29th through Epic Games Store)

• Alan Schulte
• Joe Cole Jr.
• Anonymous
• Rich Deacon

Extra Life Donation Page