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 from BlizzCon, and the news that Roblox is working toward a future providing standalone games to multiple platforms.

00:00:00 Intro & sorting through John's will

00:11:30 BlizzCon 2026: games that might not come out and what will we do with three World of Warcraft SKUs?

00:25:30 King's unionized workers are about to strike, which prompted a very deep conversation about the nature of monetized free to play mobile games

01:00:00 Roblox is going to release standalone games among other worrisome updates

01:04:40 Hyper Light Drifter's Heart Machine is facing closure after publishing pull

01:08:55 Game Developer dot com facing staff shakeup; IGN lays off many long-tenured staff

01:12:25 Resident Evil solidifies Zach Cregger as one of horror's best active directors

01:26:42 Niki bought a PlayStation Portal

01:37:40 Lotus' time so far with Roman Sands RE:Build

01:50:35 Carly Rae Jepsen's new double album is out; John watches the Barenaked Ladies rendition of "O Canada"

02:00:00 HIVE QUESTIONS

02:42:42 Outro

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