Game Buoy Podcast Episode 198A – Castlevania Remake: Belmont’s Curse (A-Side)
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Ahoy, mateys, and welcome to the GAMEBUOY.ORG video game podcast – your port of call for gaming news and views that maybe aren’t on your radar, but most definitely should be! On the A-side of this episode, recorded Sunday, October 25, 2026, Captain Spike and First Mate Slaggy McWaggy discuss gaming news from September and October 2026!
For this week’s Discussion Topic, What’s Up, and Social Links, please listen to the B-side of this episode!
HOT TOPIC IS THE WAY THAT WE RHYME
- EA cancels new Mass Effect, closes BioWare after being bought by Saudi Arabia | GamesRadar+
- Mass Effect 5 Trailer Leaks Online With ‘Mass Effect: Universe’ Title, Reveals Returning Characters and Much More
- Mass Effect 5 Trailer Reportedly Ready to Go Before BioWare Closure
- Mass Effect Fans Call for EA Boycott as Petition to Save BioWare’s Canceled Game Garners More than 75,000 Signatures
- EA killing BioWare could lead to Mass Effect and Dragon Age rights being sold, former lead says, but they could just as easily “bury them in the vault”
- BioWare’s Closure Reportedly Won’t Affect The Mass Effect TV Show – Kotaku
- EA cancels unannounced The Sims project, trims the Skate team and reportedly plans to lay off 400 workers: “We’re the number one publisher in Western HD gaming” | Eurogamer.net
- Xbox lays off 268 employees as Halo, Rare, and World’s Edge move to Activision, Obsidian Entertainment moves to Betheseda Softworks, and Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios merge – Gematsu
- Report: Arkane Studios has until November 13 to find a buyer [Update] – Gematsu
- The Switch 2 Has Been Jailbroken For The First Time
- PS5 Exploit So Bad That Hacker Was Afraid To Release It Patched
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby’s First U.S. Concert Gets Canceled Because Of Trump [Update] – Kotaku
- European age-ratings body PEGI begins raising age-limit of loot box games, like EA Sports FC, to 16 | Eurogamer.net
- BALL x PIT expansion ‘Risen Ballbylon’ announced – Gematsu
RELEASE UPDATES
- Jujutsu Kaisen Rumble: Survivaton Game Delayed to 2027
- Culdcept BEGINS for PC launches October 28
- Cities: Skylines – Expanded Edition coming to Switch 2 on October 28 alongside new content – Gematsu
- MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls DLC character Phoenix Cyclops launches November 2 – Gematsu
- MARVEL Cosmic Invasion DLC ‘The Siege of Castle Doom’ launches November 10 – Gematsu
- Warhammer Survivors launches November 10 – Gematsu
- Rayman Legends Retold delayed to December 3 – Gematsu
- Terranigma RPG’s Trailer Reveals January 14 Release
- Earth Defense Force 6 for Switch 2 launches January 28, 2027 – Gematsu
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction launches February 4, 2027 – Gematsu
- Ys VIII: Lacrimosa Of Dana Game Gets Switch 2 Release on February 25 – News
RETRO RELEASE UPDATES
- Console Archives Crazy Climber – September 17
- Console Archives Karate Champ – September 24
- Console Archives Chack’n Pop – October 1
- Console Archives Ripple Island – October 8
- Console Archives The Drug Store – October 15
- Console Archives Raiden Project – October 22
- Arcade Archives Mr. Do!’s Castle – September 17
- Arcade Archives 2 Xevious 3D/G – September 24
- Arcade Archives Balloon Bomber – October 1
- Arcade Archives Fighting Golf – October 8
- Arcade Archives Thundercade – October 15
- Arcade Archives Ace Driver Victory Lap – October 22
- NSO (GBA) – 10-13-26 – Monster Rancher Advance
- NSO (GBA) – 10-13-26 – METAL SLUG ADVANCE
- NSO (GBA) – 10-13-26 – Kururin Paradise
- NSO (GB) – 10-23-26 – Mole Mania
- NSO (GB) – 10-23-26 – Revenge of the Gator
- NSO (GB) – 10-23-26 – Avenging Spirit
CULTURE CLUB
- The non-gamer CEO racing to save Microsoft’s Xbox | Fortune
- Report claims next Xbox is targeting 2028 and could cost between $1,200 and $1,800 | VGC
- Xbox COO and ex-Minecraft boss leaves Microsoft after just 3 months in the role
- Xbox’s first chief operating officer Helen Chiang leaves Microsoft just three months into the job | Eurogamer.net
- Xbox reveals pricing for cloud gaming limits, starting at $3.99 for 10 hours | GamesIndustry.biz
- Xbox Reportedly Emailing Users To ‘Trade In Your Console To Best Buy’
- With Minecraft and Diablo shows already on the way, Netflix reportedly offered Xbox $500m for a bigger film and TV deal | Eurogamer.net
- Big Walk Devs Say The Game Won’t Come To Xbox In Accordance With The BDS Boycott – Kotaku
- PS6 price update is bad news for millions of gamers
- PS5 Exploit So Bad That Hacker Was Afraid To Release It Patched
- The Switch 2 Has Been Jailbroken For The First Time
- Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto to receive Japan’s Order of Culture award | GamesIndustry.biz
- Nintendo executive confirms company has “no plans to ditch physical games” | Eurogamer.net
- Capcom and Square Enix Suffer Online Attacks As Hackers Access Player Data
- Valve dev mentions rumored Half-Life game HLX at a presentation, coworker immediately calls him out: “Nice work”
- Star Wars: Zero Company studio is bringing “as many people back as possible” after furloughing “most” of its developers | Eurogamer.net
- Control Resonant becomes the fastest-selling game in Remedy’s history, outpacing Alan Wake 2 and the original Control | Eurogamer.net
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
- Bungie to restore vaulted Destiny 2 content, evolve Marathon – Gematsu
- Bungie plans to share first details about surprise ‘unvaulting’ of Destiny 2 content soon | Eurogamer.net
- 1st 2 Lufia SNES RPGs Get Collection in 2027
- Gundam Blitz Order Mobile Game Announced
- Arc System Works Opens New Studio Takumi on November 2 – News
- Edia Re-Releases Falcom’s Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes I & II Games – News
- Psikyo Memories announced for PS5, Switch 2 – Gematsu
- Toshinden Collection announced for PS5, Switch 2, and PC – Gematsu
- Psychic Force 2012 coming to PS5, Switch, and PC in 2027 – Gematsu
- Pokémon Is Finally Opening Official Stores Outside Of Asia, Starting With London – Kotaku
- Beyond Good & Evil 2 reportedly still in development 18 years after being announced, now a “solo-first” adventure | Eurogamer.net
- Analogue is reviving its Mega SG and Super Nt consoles, and they’ll play all your old Sega and Nintendo cartridges with some modern enhancements | Eurogamer.net
- Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave gets its first wave of DLC today, and an expansion pass to include it | Eurogamer.net
SO CONTROVERSIAL
- Jagex cancels RuneScape Reignited less than two weeks after it was announced, due to “a ton” of player feedback | Eurogamer.net
- Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Lead Writer Says The MMO Being Left Out Of BioWare’s Goodbye Message Is ‘Heartbreaking’
- FBI investigating theft of more than 6000 PSA-graded trading cards, including almost 3000 Pokémon cards | Eurogamer.net
- Ex-Call of Duty designer “who survived the crunch” in order to launch Black Ops 1 & 2 calls out executives “raking it in” from sales of remasters | Eurogamer.net
- Steam Next Fest Has Become A Massive Disaster And A Grim Look At The Future
- Epic Games reportedly delays Star Wars and Marvel shooter, as the Fortnite maker embraces “AI-accelerated development” | Eurogamer.net
SLOP WATCH
- Total War: Shogun 2’s ‘Enhanced’ Version Removes Original, Is Buggy, Kneecaps Mod Support And Has Dogshit AI Art
- Creative Assembly Finally Addresses The Shogun 2 Remaster Disaster By Pointing Fingers
- Epic wants to pay you $50,000 to vibe code an AI slop game
- The latest game from the creator of Dragon Quest was made in ‘about 30 minutes’ with AI | VGC
- SonicFox, Forever A Real One, Pulls Out Of Event That Used Gen AI
- Devs Shouldn’t Have To Protect Their Games, Valve Should Be Protecting Their Shopfront
- Masahiro Sakurai Says Gaming Needs Originality Or It ‘Will Die Slowly’ – Kotaku
- Xbox announces what sounds like a generative AI-focused game-making department, Xbox Labs, while avoiding mentioning AI
DOOM AND GLOOM
- Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced was a big hit, and now it’s time for big layoffs at the studio that made it | PC Gamer
- Digital Bros cancels Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness, Directorate Novitiate – Gematsu
- Heart Machine lays off “nearly everyone at the studio” following cancellation of unannounced title – Gematsu
- Dune: Awakening studio faces layoffs as it restructures following console release | Eurogamer.net
- Riot Games has announced the end League of Legends Classic as an on-going mode, just three months after its release | Eurogamer.net
- Zero Escape and The Hundred Line co-creator’s new studio “might literally crash into a million pieces” after the cancellation of its next game | Eurogamer.net
RUMOR HAS IT
- Xbox Reportedly Plans To Release New Gaming Handheld In 2027 Despite Ongoing Turf Battles With Windows
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines remaster rumoured, with leaker insisting it’s not a remake | Eurogamer.net
- GTA 6’s PC release date is set for “Q1 2027”, per a new report | Eurogamer.net
SMASH HIT
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