Lotus and John discuss the biggest games news of the week, including Subnautica 2 creating a big bonus problem for KRAFTON's CEO, leaked Xbox controllers, and Marathon's interesting PVE-focused roadmap.

00:00:00 Intro & Buc-ees Fare

00:10:05 Subnautica 2's massive sales creates an interesting problem for KRAFTON's CEO

00:13:15 Steam Controllers look bad, feel good, and scream when you drop them

00:21:43 Sony takes huge loss on Bungie acquisition; Marathon gets new PVE-heavy roadmap

00:30:20 Wizards and Hasbro fail to recognize the new MTG: Arena union

00:33:25 Double Fine is also unionzing

00:35:35 New Xbox controllers were leaked

00:38:45 Microsoft fires executive for ties with Israel Ministry of Defense

00:41:35 Sony says studios are using AI, but we have questions

00:49:10 Tekken producer Harada leads new SNK studio

00:53:05 Niki joins the show on locations to run down news so far

00:54:45 Sega backs off of live services games

00:58:38 GameStop's offer to buy eBay thoroughly, hilariously, decisively rebuffed

01:04:12 Nintendo's fiscal report reveals reasons for Switch 2 price hike

01:07:40 House Hunters is the best hotel television show

01:09:10 The story in Digimon Story: Time Stranger is pretty bad

01:18:10 The crew answers your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our Discord

02:21:50 Reviews & Outro

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VGBees is a weekly games media podcast hosted by Niki, John, and Lotus.