This 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, and Bungie's unvaulting of Destiny 2 content.

00:00:00 Intro & Niki's big trip

00:14:30 Xbox's latest layoffs and consolidations

00:50:42 Undead Labs goes independent; State of Decay 3 still aiming for 2027 release

00:56:55 World's Edge loses half staff and one upcoming project

00:58:34 King union wins their collective bargaining agreement; will avoid strike

01:01:11 A sudden discussion about cigarettes and food waste

01:09:25 The People Make Games Bobby Kotick story

01:17:30 Tim Schafer opens up a bit about Microsoft turmoil

01:21:35 Bungie isn't done with Desinty after all

01:41:40 Lotus finished Roman Sands RE:Build

01:47:47 How Niki made their Annie's Mac n Cheese

01:50:32 Niki played Control Resonant and loves that it is divisive

02:05:45 The Travis Scott track on the GTA6 soundtrack is pretty good

02:07:00 HIVE QUESTIONS

02:46:30 Outro

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