The Game Professors

Join the Professors as we break down a massive lineup of gaming news! We start with the wild Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced photo mode and Call of Duty's Gilded Ruin camo race. Then, we dive into the wild true story of a Skyrim fan jailed due to a syntax error, followed by LG's sneaky monitor adware controversy. We also examine GTA 6's physical edition region locks and high price tag compared to annual sports titles. Next up ...

Join the Professors as we dive into the sudden recasting of Kratos in the live-action God of War series and the latest Xbox hardware sales. Next, we break down a massive World of Warcraft scandal where a GM allegedly abused developer powers to cheat in a Mythic+ dungeon!

We also examine Nintendo's messy week of tariff lawsuits and patent rejections, while Palworld smashes milestones. Then, we unpack Troy Baker’s defense of the...

Join the Professors as Heru and Plague tackle a wild story of a gaming PC saving its owner from a stray bullet, before breaking down the surprise PlayStation ports of Black Ops 1 & 2. Things heat up with Apple’s massive lawsuit against OpenAI over stolen hardware secrets! We unpack the greedy launches of AC Black Flag Resynced and College Football 27, covering studio strikes and microtransaction boycotts. Plus, we dig int...

Join the Professors as we dive into Meccha Chameleon's wild auto-paint cheating epidemic and say our goodbyes to Mario Kart Tour. Next, we explore NBCUniversal's rumored gaming pivot, SAND's massive Early Access success, and Microsoft's leaked web-only Copilot OS. We then break down the catastrophic $200M failure of Suicide Squad and clear up the Steam Machine "Red Line of Death" panic while geeking out over modern controller and s...

Join the Professors as we kick things off discussing the passing of Ubisoft's co-founder and the wild tale of Mexico's vigilante "Batman." We then dive into the latest sales data showing current-gen consoles tanking while the Switch 2 dominates, along with the looming tech "RAMpocalypse." Next, we tackle Sony's massive shift: their controversial push into live service games, deleting digital movies from libraries, and the rumored e...

Join the Professors for Course 34! We kick things off with a quick-hit news rundown as we dig into Hideo Kojima’s terrifying teaser for OD and its cryptic "safety-net" system. Next, we dissect Steam's absurd $999.99 walking simulator stunt and the absolute sales explosion of Meccha Chameleon. Then, we break down GTA 6 setting a new $79.99 price ceiling with its controversial disc-less box strategy, followed by a look at Marve...

Join the Professors as they unpack a major Steam Workshop malware issue hitting Wallpaper Engine, plus some wholesome Valve customer service wins. Next, we break down Epic's ambitious, AI-heavy vision for Unreal Engine 6 before looking at the explosive success of Meccha Chameleon and Arc Raiders' new modes. We also dissect the bittersweet reality of Destiny 2 thriving just as Marathon fumbles into massive Bungie layoffs. Finally, w...

Join the Professors as they dive into Ace Combat 8's extreme visual realism and maybe receive classified specs. Next, we analyze Path of Exile 2's wild new Martyr mechanic that has players deleting maxed characters for the community. Then, we look at the new tech behind NVIDIA and Microsoft's RTX Spark platform, alongside Epic's sudden Unreal Engine 6 reveal. We also cover a heartwarming 2004 WoW relic found on a dad's old account,...

Join the Professors as they unpack a few missed weeks in gaming hardware and culture! We kick things off with Valve’s 2026 Steam Controller charging puck hazard and the legendary customer service response to a delay. Next, we dive into the new Xbox and Discord Nitro subscription alliance before breaking down the massive news of Bungie sunsetting active development on Destiny 2. Then, we analyze the weirdest design and gamepla...

Join the Professors as we dive into the "Steamy" drama in Far Far West and Valve's strict stance on in-game review requests. We discuss Project Theseus, which brings the classic 2001 Xbox dashboard natively to PC, and whether or not custom launchers could be compatible with steam. We tackle the chaos of the 2026 Steam Controller sell-out and cover Sony’s $7.85 million monopoly settlement. Plague heads to the moon to analyze t...

Join the Professors for a look at some wild gaming news this week. We start with a breakdown of "Digital Diogenes" on Steam, examining the world's #1 collector and the reality of owning 43,000 games. We then explore Valve’s new Steam Deck telemetry tools before shifting to Intel’s GPU retreat and AMD’s retail dominance. Next, we look at Toyota’s $3,100 luxury office chair and the new 2026 Steam Controller. W...

Join the Professors for Course #28! We get into the corporate fallout of Sony’s live-service mandate, Shuhei Yoshida’s exit, and the harsh financial reality of Bungie’s Marathon. We also take an in-depth look at Microsoft’s major Game Pass price cuts as Microsoft's new gaming CEO gives us a win!

We start the day with Bloomberg’s leak of a Disney extraction shooter and the "free game" paradox at the Epic...

Join the Professors as we dive into the major production leaks for the Elden Ring movie and Amazon’s "non-gamer" rewrites for the Mass Effect series. We break down the Take-Two AI layoffs, the Chinese RAM market collapse, and why the Steam Deck 2 is likely targeting 2028. We also check out Valve’s new SteamGPT support and the weird NVIDIA DLSS 5 copyright strike drama. Finally, we get technical with the CIA’s "Gho...

Join the Professors for Course #26 as we kick things off with Disney considering an Epic acquisition and an incredible flea market find in Edinburgh. We check the historical numbers and discuss the death of "walled gardens" and the staggering decline of console exclusives. We break down Sony’s shocking PS5 price hikes and early PS6 hardware leaks involving AI texture compression. We also cover the 2026 RAM market crash, the F...

Join the Professors for a deep dive into the biggest shifts in gaming and tech! We start with a discussion on the rumored Netflix-Xbox subscription alliance and Micron's 300GB shoving more Ram into our cars making the"Supercomputer on Wheels." From there, we track the chronological fallout at Epic Games with their recent layoffs and the removal of three Fortnite modes. We then take a look at the recent release Crimson Desert and it...

Join the Professors as we dive into a packed course on the latest gaming chaos. We start with an in-depth look at Marathon’s uphill battle for profitability and the concerns surfacing at Bungie. Next, we navigate Starfield’s leap to PlayStation 5 and the game-changing "Free Lanes" flight update. We then break down how Sandfall Interactive defied AAA norms by using 95% Blueprints for their latest hit before tackling the ...

Join the Professors for Course #23! We start with our most in-depth dives yet: the sudden 45-day death of Highguard and its relation to Marathon. Nintendo's strategic acquisition of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore. We then break down Capcom crushing on PC hard while Sony reportedly pulls the plug on single-player PC ports. The US government blocks a 2D game for being "too realistic," for the simulation that exists in the game. ...

Join the Professors for Course #22 as we grade the week's biggest gaming disasters! We kick off with Hideki Kamiya’s viral curse on story leakers and the "legal evolution" of a Pokémon shop that got robbed and then bullied by Nintendo. We go inside xAI’s "war rooms" where Elon Musk is forcing Grok to grind League of Legends before tackling the absolute chaos at Xbox following Phil Spencer’s retirement and Asha Sha...

Join the Professors as we deep-dive into the massive PlayStation State of Play, the breakout hit Mewgenics, and our time as superhero dispatchers in Dispatch! We start with the announcement of a game that Heru has been dying to play, also the God of War trilogy remake, and MGS Master Collection Vol. 2. Then we tackle an apparent Steam Deck shortage and the HDD "Price Apocalypse." We analyze the Sons of Sparta controversy, Square En...