Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, Castlevania Belmont's Curse, Resident Evil and more – Geekoholics Anonymous Video Game Podcast 549

On this weeks episode we blab about the following Games and topics:

Hosts - Rico & Joe

• Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
• Castlevania Belmont's Curse
• Control Resonant
• Escape Together Backrooms
• Street Fighter 6
• RV There Yet
• Disney Dreamlight Valley - Halloween

News:
Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Witcher 3 Remastered patch addressing "various lighting adjustments" rolls out
• Kena: Scars of Kosmora has been delayed until next year, Ember Lab announces
• Former Halo lead suggests three ways Activision could revive the legendary series, and urges the company to hire laid off Bungie staff
• The Division studio Massive expands to take control of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, and a new IP, in Ubisoft's most recent reorganisation

Nintendo

• Zelda 40th Anniversary Concert tickets go on sale in Europe this week, as Nintendo says more countries are coming

PlayStation

• Sources: Naughty Dog is working on Uncharted 5

Xbox

• Xbox's disc-to-digital feature rolls out for Series consoles and Xbox One, allowing you to digitise your game-disc collection

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: System Shock 2, Buried Stars
• Here are our PS Plus monthly games for October 2026

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• Backrooms
• Resident Evil
• Transformers Pinball

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts – Dayne, Joe

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Gears of War E-Day
• Dreamlight Valley

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• Star Wars Zero Company staff 'returning to work' after being furloughed pre-release
• GTA 6 rating pulled after revealing sex scenes and drug use
• Memory maker warns shortages will get worse in 2027, as CEO celebrates 'much higher prices'

Nintendo

• Nintendo releases free Hello, Peach! and Hello, Luigi! apps for children, joining its Mario and Yoshi ones

PlayStation

• GameStop hikes used PS5 Pro price to $1400 as GTA 6 demand looms
• Sources: Ape Escape revival in the works from Sonic Mania team
• Sony reveals new PS5 upscaler tech, QSSR

Xbox

• Footage of Microsoft's now-dead Perfect Dark revival appears online
• Xbox CEO speaks more about next-gen Project Helix as a 'family of devices'
• The Coalition used the SSD on Xbox Series S as makeshift RAM to help Gears of War E-Day run smoothly on it
• Hellblade studio Ninja Theory has started laying off staff, following Xbox's announcement that it faces closure

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Out of Sight, Terrascape

Free 4 All

• Lanterns
• Mayday
• Ghost in the Shell 2026

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Jacob, Joe

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Final Fantasy Resonance
• Scaled Earth Pre Alpha
• Gears of War Eday
• Modern Warfare 4

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• EA is closing BioWare and cancelling the next Mass Effect
• 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"
• Hellraiser Revival studio had an 'unofficial goal' to be 'banned, unrated, or restricted' somewhere in the world
• EA Sports FC and Pokémon Go age ratings bumped to 16 in PEGI loot box crackdown
• Kojima says 'walking simulator' comments about Death Stranding prove social media can form hivemind narratives
• Steam is introducing Achievement Sets, designed to improve the achievement earning experience
• Beyond Good & Evil 2 reportedly still in development 18 years after being announced, now a "solo-first" adventure

PlayStation

• PlayStation 6's memory costs alone exceed $680 per console, it's claimed

Xbox

• Fortune does a puff piece on Asha Sharma
• Xbox Series X/S and Xbox ROG Ally X are getting AMD FSR 4.1 upscaling to improve performance

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Home: A Unique Horror Adventure, Sker Ritual

Free 4 All

• VisionQuest
• Street Fighter
• Widows Bay

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Jacob

Whatcha Been Playing?

• Wolverine
• Crimson Moon

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• The Witcher 3 Remastered will also turn the Xbox version into a Play Anywhere title, making the PC version available too
• Sega wanted to cancel the entire Sonic series but the first movie saved it
• Bungie announces plans to bring back Destiny 2 and improve Marathon
• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will let players raise their character's level automatically to skip grinding
• Discord launches controversial age-verification system "using the most privacy-preserving approach we could build" months after first delay

Nintendo

• 007 First Light was delayed on Switch 2 for a third time to let players experience it 'as fully as possible', IO says
  

PlayStation

• Hideo Kojima says Sony told him Physint was being cancelled over a Zoom call

Xbox

• Xbox officially announces more layoffs and widespread changes to its entire studio structure

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Astrea: Six Sided Oracles, MechaBellum
• A demo of Castlevania Belmont's Curse has been officially announced

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• Fantastic Beasts Trilogy
• Transformers Movie (40th Anniversary)
• Ted Lasso season 4

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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Hosts - Dayne, Jacob

Whatcha Been Playing?

• SpeedRunners 2

• Dave the Diver

• Tried the Twitch - Crimson Desert demo (failed)

• Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Jacob Demo)

• Metal Gear Solid 4

News:

Cross Platform / PC / Misc

• SNK's NeoGeo AES re-release delayed by nearly a year due to components shortage

• Capcom has another hit on its hands as Onimusha sells 1 million in a day

• Here's everything Konami announced in its latest showcase

• Almost 1,900 Blizzard workers vote through a "historic" union contract securing protections against layoffs and gen-AI

• Nearly a decade on, legendary director Hideki Kamiya says he's "100% serious" about reviving Xbox's canned Scalebound

Nintendo

• Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct

• Nintendo Direct: Here's everything announced during Nintendo's presentation

PlayStation

• PlayStation State of Play: All the news from today's Japan live stream

Xbox

• Xbox is capping cloud gaming to 15 hours and charging for extra playtime

PSA's:

• Epic Games Store Freebies: Astral Ascent, Luftrausers

Free 4 All

• Toxic Avenger (2023)

• Toxic Crusaders (TV Show)

• Coyote Vs Acme

Intro/Outro Music: Geeky Beat – @johnsbernardo

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