The VGBees Podcast

With Lotus on the International Space Station this week, John and Niki wasted no time discussing these completely relevant topics:
Moisturizer
Haircare
Peloton
Tchoukball

Okay but they did get down to the most important games news of the week, including:
The Highguard team quit their shadowdrop plans to take a slot at The Game Awards
Could Geoff not fill the last slot of the evening?
What does it mean for next year's pricing for trailer space?
Why Highguard's reworked launch strategy might not pay off
Why the Highguard preview event could've worked in their favor with a different strategy
Dr Disrespect lied about attending the Highguard preview event
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 missed expectations as Paradox is down year over year in operating profit
Jeffrey Epstein was banned from Xbox Live in 2013
Peloton lays off 11% of its staff amid AI failures
Should we kill the CEOs in our heads?

This week, Niki, John, and Lotus confront the biggest gaming stories of the week, including:
Ubisoft's major reorg, including game cancelations and new structures
Tencent getting into podcasts, which we're sure will go great
Marathon gets a release date and a surprising collector's edition
Capcom experiments with generative AI to stop being creative
Fable takes a baffling stance on morality in the year 2026
Highguard is out so very soon

We played:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Séance at Blake Manor
Poco
TR-49

Also, we answer your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our lovely Discord.

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John set out to dissect the price sensitivity opus laid out by Peak's devs in an interview with Stephen Totilo. Is eight bucks really five bucks? This and much more, including:
AGDQ's haul and interesting future
Hytale's long path to Early Access
Meta's VR investment goes toe up
Steam Community Awards face major changes
Spry Fox spinning out of Netflix
Inverse & The Verge see games-related layoffs
Steam rewrites their generative AI disclosure rules

We played:
Animal Crossing New Horizons
Angeline Era
Type Help

Also, your burning HIVE QUESTIONS are answered from our lovely Discord.

This week, Lotus, Niki, and John are back and ready to tackle the first fresh news of 2026, including:
The passing of Sega cofounder David Rosen
Discord files for an IPO
New Life is Strange is leaked to ratings site
Jason Schreier causes Take-Two's stock price go down, kinda
Minecraft getting new baby animals
Larian's CEO still doesn't seem to understand Gen AI
Independent Games Festival nominees announced

We played:
Vital Shell

Also, your burning HIVE QUESTIONS are answered straight from our lovely Discord.

This week, John, Niki, and Lotus stare down the barrel of a very slow gaming news week, so they tackle some additional stuff, too, including:
Twitter's Gen AI CSAM and sexual violence catastrophe
Microsoft's CEO begging us to stop calling Gen AI "slop"
GOG cofounder buys GOG from CD PROJEKT (which he also cofounded)
GPUs are going to get even more expensive
Splitgate sequel is not going very well

We played:
Formless Star, the follow-up to sublime Franken
Final Fantasy IX, perhaps the best of the entire franchise

We also answer your burning HIVE QUESTIONS straight from our lovely Discord.