Abxy Cast

After a brief delay to celebrate our moms, the ABXY Cast returns to discuss video games and the latest MCU film, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. This week we're joined by Tylor's roommate, Austin! More video game developers get embraced by consolidation, Fortnite comes back to the iPhone and Xbox games stopped working for some players. But who are we kidding: we really just want to talk about the latest Doctor Strange movie. All this and more on the latest ABXY Cast! Please note: while we give a few non-spoiler takes during the opening segments of the podcast, we do fully indulge spoilers from 1:45:00 to 2:41:30. If you'd like to avoid spoilers, please skip this section of the podcast or go see the movie before listening! We highly recommend coming back and listening to this section after you've seen the movie because we have some fun takes and funny moments!

After ANOTHER week off due to mental breakdowns and scheduling conflicts, the crew returns to bash NFTs and discuss two weeks of news. Ubisoft has killed 90 games and might be on the market. Activision-Blizzard hemorrhage users after revenues tank. Sony joins Microsoft in considering ads in F2P games while rolling out new details of the "new" PlayStation Plus. Meanwhile, Xbox had it's best March ever and announces the first official post-E3 games event in June. All that and more on a Vin Diesel and tangent packed episode of the ABXY Cast.

After a painful (for Tylor, at least) week off, the team returns for another episode of the ABXY Cast. We didn't get much time to play games, so we dispense with the normal what we've been playing and instead talk blue crystal and wizards before diving into two weeks worth of news. Virtual pets, new Kingdom Hearts, ads in your free to play games, and we discover the actual financial cost of sexual harassment in the workplace. Plus we actually have multiple listener questions to answer, although we we're briefly thwarted by technical glitches. All that and more on the this week's ABXY Cast!

Another week, another podcast. While Ariel is on vacation, Chase and Tylor discuss the latest entry in the Borderlands franchise: Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. Does the D&D-inspired spin on the Borderlands formula live up to the heights of the franchises past? Or does it share company with the likes of the Pre-Sequel (shudders). On the news front, PlayStation finally reveals what we've all been expecting: three new PlayStation Plus tiers and the phasing out of PlayStation Now. Is it a good deal? Or does Microsoft still have the upper hand in game streaming services... or both? Games get delayed, E3 gets cancelled and one of Chase's most anticipated games enters development hell. All that and more (plus a listener question!) on this week's episode of the ABXY Cast!

It's low energy PlayStation central on this week's ABXY Cast. The crew gets back together on another late Sunday night to discuss the latest in the world of video games. Tylor discovers a new game he loves, and it turns out to be a Souls-like: Tunic. Chase played more NBA 2K in honor of March Madness and Ariel played more Sims, only to discover the dark underbelly of the Sims community. Will she keep playing after learning the horrors people unleash on their pet Sims? On the news side of the podcast, PlayStation acquires more studios, tries to un-screw Gran Turismo and may launch their Game Pass competitor in the coming weeks. Multiple game consoles get updates, Snoop Dogg comes to Call of Duty, Fortnite nixes building and a steady listener breaks news. All this and more on this week's ABXY Cast.

The ABXY Cast returns, groggy and unfocused after one hell of a time change. After a long discussion about Monopoly (the board game, not Microsoft buying Activision), we manage to find some time to talk about the latest video game news. Gran Turismo 7 shit its pants, Hogwarts Legacy finally shows off gameplay, Microsoft brings the Xbox SSD secret sauce to PC and claims to have improved Xbox Cloud Gaming on iOS. Meanwhile Google says Steam is coming (soon) to ChromeOS and EA cancels EA Play. E3 is probably next. All that and plenty of sleep deprived tangents on the latest episode of the ABXY Cast!

It's a new week and that means it's time for another installment of the ABXY Cast, this time with a brand new voice: Ariel.  We talk about the ups and downs of two back-to-back nights of Mario Party, Tylor's continued crawling through the wide - possibly too wide - world of Horizon: Forbidden West, Ariel's history with real video games and Chase's continued quest to get all the achievements in 7 Days to Die, fun be damned! In the news, PlayStation joins the growing list of companies pulling out (hehe) of Russia, Halo Infinite's co-op is delayed AGAIN, Valve fixes Elden Ring on SteamOS, and Blizzard is still working on bringing out Overwatch 2 - and a beta is coming this April. Boy do we have a lot to say about that "sequel."  All this and more on this week's episode of the ABXY Cast!

It's #SockO'clock on this week's ABXY Cast. Chase goes to Texas, Tylor splits his time between the Forbidden West and the lonely world of Hyrule, and the video game industry backs Ukraine in the ongoing conflict. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet get announced and we're introduced to three new, totally adorable starters. OMG They're so cute!!! Amazon's streaming service comes out of beta while Bungie goes all in on being anti-Steam Deck, while Valve hints at a future Steam/Xbox Game Pass partnership. All that and more on the latest episode of the ABXY Cast!

Video game news gets sidelined by real world events, but that doesn't mean we have nothing to talk about. Tylor takes his first steps into the Forbidden West and Chase goes zombie hunting after giving up on Tarkov. Call of Duty may stop deploying annually, PSVR2 looks like a VR headset (who would've guessed) and EA may actually be breaking up with FIFA. And listeners ask: Steam Deck or Switch, toilet device of choice? All that and more on this weeks shorter episode of the ABXY Cast! Note: We are posting resources where our listeners can help support relief efforts for the people of Ukraine on the official ABXY Cast Twitter account. If you are interested in providing support, please check our socials for links to various organizations!

Ubisoft sucks. Battlefield sucks. EA sucks. Nintendo sucks. But you know what doesn’t suck? Lost Ark, Nic Cage and Levi ‘Daddy’ Ackerman. Join us on a news light, feels heavy episode of the ABXY Cast. 

We're back ON TIME for another round! Tylor beats Miles Morales. Chase keeps hate playing Tarkov. We dive into some of the big announcements of Nintendo's latest Direct and ask: does Nintendo know September is in the SECOND half of the year? Mario Kart gets boosted and Wii Sports gets sequeled. Microsoft maybe commits to keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation, kind of. Early Steam Deck reviews beg the question: is this the perfect toilet gaming device? And we finally get a listener question about when you might be able to get your hands on a new console (spoiler alert: probably not anytime soon). All that and more on this week's episode of the ABXY Cast! NOTE: We are aware of some mic clipping issues on Tylor's audio. This was due to an issue with NVIDIA Broadcast on his computer that we believe we have addressed for future episodes.

The ABXY Cast returns just as the entire video game industry begins to eat itself. Microsoft buys Activision, Sony buys Bungie, the New York Times buys... Wordle? We also spend some time talking about some of our most anticipated games of the year. So strap in as we relaunch this podcast with a bang.

It's been awhile, but you deserve to know what happened and what's going on.

After a small break to celebrate rogue bunnies kidnapping unborn chickens, the boys return (Mat is back!) to talk about all the latest in the world of entertainment. Which basically means we're going to talk about Avengers: Endgame. We've seen it, but the real question you have is what did we think? Also, Microsoft unveils their all-digital Xbox, Sony puts the first pieces in place for the next-gen with an early PS5 info-dump, and Tylor once again rails into the Epic Games Store - it's almost a tradition at this point.  All that and more on the ABXY Cast.

This week's highly delayed episode finally arrives, and there's a suspicious lack of many things: no Mat, no news and no off-mic shenanigans. But on-mic shenanigans do occur as we discuss PSN name changes finally arriving, Xbox combining Gold and Game Pass and Tylor continues his multi-episode crusade against the Epic Games Store.

Elder Scrolls: Blades launches for some, Google unveils the "future" of gaming, the Epic Games Store continues bribing developers and pissing off gamers, and PAX East was a dud. All that and more on the ABXY Cast. 

A slow news week ends just before Division 2 releases. Rather than talk just about video games, the guys decide to talk about Pokemon Go! related misdemeanors, Black Friday, backlogs and streaming services. All that and more on the ABXY Cast.

Ubisoft and Massive master the fundamentals of the looter shooter. Bad Iron Man game Anthem continues to disappoint. The next-gen of consoles is around the corner and potentially disk-less. All that and more on the ABXY Cast.

On the inaugural episode of the ABXY Cast, three video game nerds dive into the latest releases, news and rumors in the video game world. BioWare's latest game is here, EA's got a Fortnite killer, Pokemon on Switch and Xbox is making some waves in the rumor mill. All that and more on the ABXY Cast. 

Join us on February 28th, 2019 for the premiere of the ABXY Cast! Follow us on Twitter at @abxycast or send us an email at podcast@abxycast.com.