Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant open the show talking about even more layoffs hitting the industry at Xbox, 1047 Games, Chinese Room, and Build a Rocket Boy. Some despite the release of solid products!

After that depressing news, the guys get into some better news: Rematch! The new game from Sloclap is a blast to play, even with some technical issues, and both the James and Grant go through the things they love and things they would like to see improved on.

Finally, rounding out the news, some quick news on Stellar Blade's stellar performance on PC. EA Sports College Football 26 deep dive and some of the improvements they showcased. And Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is looking like it's going to be another critically claimed masterpiece for Hideo Kojima and his team to hang on the mantle!

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Welcome to Active Reload! It was a slower news week this week in the games world, but then on Tuesday a bunch of breaking news dropped. Bungie announced they would be delaying Marathon, James and Grant talk about what felt like an inevitability for the extraction shooter. Microsoft also confirmed that they are working on new first party hardware in partnership with AMD, something that sounded like the next Xbox would be more of an AMD product with the Xbox logo on it. In smaller news, the voice actors for some of the biggest characters in Red Dead Redemption 2 are teasing some "exciting news" in the Red Dead universe. Could this be the next gen update James bet Grant on a few episodes ago? Finally, Silent Hill is getting a remake from Bloober Team, the same group that remade Silent Hill 2, and all the Silent Hill fans rejoiced at the news. Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!

Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant give their full reactions and takeaways from everything shown at this year's Summer Game Fest! They'll break down their favorite trailers from 007 First Light to ILL to Stranger Than Heaven and everything in between! It's also a pretty big week in releases! Mindseye is getting the bad end of steam reviews, Dune Awakening looks to be a solid Dune game in the base building genre, and a Space Marine remaster is sure to capitalize on all the new fans from its sequel's release! That and more this week on Active Reload! Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!

Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant start off the episode discussing the upcoming release of the Switch 2 and why there feels like a lack of the hype over the new console from Nintendo. It's also time for Summer Games Fest, the guys talk about what to expect from the event, could Arc Raiders and SplitGate 2 be shadow dropped? Are we going to see more from The Witcher 4? How much will IOI show of the new James Bond game? Plus more! Finally, the gang concludes with a discussion on Elden Ring Nightreign and the trust From Software has in their own developers' ideas, plus some more discussion on Star Wars resurgence! Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!

Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant mainly discuss the big story of the week: Bungie getting caught red-handed stealing more artwork from a smaller artist that was put in their upcoming game Marathon. It is not their first time doing this (or their second, or their third) having been caught stealing other artists work in previous games as well. That came out on top of a Forbes report stating that the environment inside the walls at Bungie is at an all-time low. Is this just another bump in the road for an already massive pothole filled highway for Marathon. Is the game doomed to fail before it even gets preorders out? The guys spend most of the episode on that story, but then switch over to something a little bit more positive with a brand new Helldivers update, putting players into more urban locations on Super Earth! Finally, James and Grant go head-to-head on a bet regarding a possible Red Dead Redemption 2 current gen upgrade possibly coming this year. Remember to like, follow, rate, and subscribe!

Welcome to Active Reload! This week James and Grant, (from a brand-new studio!) discuss the Mafia: The Old Country gameplay trailer that was released, but more importantly the price point at release of $50! An attempt to seemingly undercut the competition. Then, the guys discuss the new co-op multiplayer shooter from Remedy, FBC: FireBreak, it got a trailer and release date and James wonders who this game could be for. After that, it's a big week in releases, so the gang talks about what they're most excited for: Doom, The Precinct, and the most Grant game ever: RoadCraft. Check out the video for a look at the brand-new studio, and a new segment at the end of the episode and remember to rate, like, follow, and subscribe!

Welcome to Active Reload! On this week's episode James and Grant breakdown the new Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer, they point out details they caught from multiple watches such as: New wildlife, new vehicles, more hurricane references, and maybe a fight club? The guys also touch on some of the new screenshots Rockstar posted of the new game, as well as some of the character bios that were dropped as well. After that, James talks about some of his early impressions of the second Arc Raiders tech test from the weekend. Then, Gears of War is getting another remaster, but this time it's also coming to PS5, and both Grant and James wished it would've been Gears of War 2, so they could kill that worm again. Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!

Welcome to Active Reload! On this week's episode, James and Grant discuss their early favorite game of the year in Clair Obscure Expedition 33! The game was able to accomplish the impossible task of making James enjoy a turn based strategy game while keeping him entertained! The guys discuss what makes it so much fun and addicting, and why they can't recommend it highly enough. After that, there is some minor news in the cycle, Oblivion remastered released in a shadow drop and is performing well even with its hardware limits. Plus, both Ghost of Yotei and Borderlands 4 got updated release dates. Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!