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Ep 126: Microsoft Offers Voluntary Layoffs to 60,000, GameMaker Going Free for Commercial Use
Episode 126
Sunday, 1 November, 2026
This week, John, Niki, and Lotus cover a busy week of games news, including Microsoft offering voluntary layoffs to 60,000, GameMaker going free for commercial use in 2027, and Anthropic's solemn vow not to allow Claude to simply plagiarize a video game idea.00:00:00 Intros & voting time00:10:55 Another few thoughts on BioWare's closure00:18:25 Eric Bauza passes away at the age of 4600:20:16 GameMaker going free for commercial use00:25:32 WB Games begins shadow layoff procedures00:36:10 Microsoft offering voluntary layoffs to 60,00000:40:52 Sucker Punch lays off 24 after success of Ghost of Yotei00:49:56 Dark Messiah of Might & Magic getting robust new fan-made edition00:53:30 Discord now has Discoverable Servers; is bad00:58:25 Celeste and Towerfall leaving Xbox over BDS concerns00:59:43 Anthropic's odd, potentially meaningless guardrail for games plagiarists01:04:30 Is John taking a portable games console on his trip?01:07:22 When is the VGBees Cheesecake Factory episode coming?01:09:00 What's the most interesting burger you've ever had?01:10:49 Vegan dishes posing as non-vegan dishes01:15:55 What's the worst burger you've ever had?01:20:22 If all food cost the same, what would you eat more of?01:21:22 Which has the better vertical slice: cake or lasagna?01:23:37 What would your Star Wars Galactic Racer identity be?01:28:00 Which food is worst for eventually leftovers?01:29:32 What's the biggest audiences you've ever presented to?01:32:37 What's the best game to play with a partner, both short and long-term?01:37:56 Excluding AI, name a company that's cooked but doesn't know it yet?01:39:18 What warning are you slapping on this episode of VGBees?01:40:25 When is VGBees' Top 100 Games list coming?01:41:34 Are there any good games based on horror films?01:48:54 What's the next franchise to torpedo its goodwill with Roblox?01:51:17 What's the most "of X country's culture" a game has ever been?01:52:31 VGBees Scary Media & Things Corner02:00:08 What illegal items have you smuggled onto a plane?02:01:48 Okay, what is John playing on his AYN Thor?02:07:25 OutroThanks for listening!Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a lot.VGBees is ad-free, AI-free, and completely supported by you! https://vgbees.com/joinVGBees is a weekly games media podcast hosted by Niki, John, and Lotus.
