Insider Gaming Weekly: A Video Game Podcast

Xbox just keeps doing it: put out some good news followed by a major change at the company, usually involving layoffs. This time, they put Activision in charge of Halo, moved World's Edge and Rare under Activision, and put Obsidian under Bethesda.

Welcome to Insider Gaming Weekly, Episode 78 with Mike Straw, Tom Henderson, Grant Taylor-Hill, and Albert Perkins.

Also in this episode, Grant is back from Tokyo Game Show and fills us in on his experience; there's a GTA 6 "Collection" that doesn't include the game...so you can't call it a "Collector's Edition", and there was almost a Legend of Zelda game from Ubisoft starring...Ganondorf.

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There is another round of Grand Theft Auto (GTA) leaks, and its nearly 200GB worth of data.

Welcome to Episode 77 of Insider Gaming Weekly with Mike Straw, Tom Henderson, and Albert Perkins.

Join us this week to talk the latest GTA leaks, the Wardogs controversy surrounding crunch in video game development, and Marathon's latest update being delayed until after GTA 6 releases. Plus there's the good and interesting news of the week!

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A major Steam leak saw dozens of games' achievement lists leaked online, along with plenty of big spoilers.
Welcome to Episode 76 of Insider Gaming Weekly with Mike Straw, Tom Henderson, Grant Taylor-Hill, and Albert Perkins.
Join us this week to talk about the Steam leak, Hideo Kojima leaving PlayStation for Xbox, the disappointing Nintendo Direct, Wardogs' impressive launch, and the recent Fairgame$ footage. Plus, there's always the good news of the week.
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That PlayStation State of Play was something, wasn't it? Was what was shown worth a full showcase, or could the event just have been an email?
Welcome to Episode 75 of Insider Gaming Weekly with Mike Straw, Tom Henderson, and Albert Perkins.
Join us this week to talk the State of Play, the Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) reveal, our thoughts on Gamescom 2026, and even Xbox's decision to add stricter limits on cloud gaming. There have also been some major stories this week that we need to discuss.
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The first major deep dive into Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) is finally coming, and it's airing...on Netflix?

Welcome to Episode 73 of Insider Gaming Weekly with Mike Straw, Grant Taylor-Hill and Albert Perkins.

Join us this week for a jam-packed episode talking GTA 6, whether reveals on Netflix are the future of games media, the Take-Two Earnings report and everything out of the call, and Electronic Arts (EA) officially becoming a private company after its $55 billion sale was finalized on Tuesday.

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