007 First Light Cover + Resident Evil Requiem w/ Giant Bomb’s Jan Ochoa

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

It's a stacked episode of The Game Informer Show this week, so we've got our pal Jan Ochoa from Giant Bomb here to help break it all down. First up, Brian is back and ready to share all that he learned about 007 First Light on our latest cover story trip to IO Interactive.

Then, Jan and Wesley break down their impressions of Resident Evil Requiem after seeing the latest in Capcom's survival horror series. And lastly, Wes dives deep into Code Vein II, to unpack whether Bandai Namco's Souls-alike moves the genre forward.

The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Friday for chats about your favorite titles – past and present – alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.

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00:00 - Intro
05:03 - 007 First Light Cover Story
37:36 - Resident Evil Requiem
58:39 - Code Vein 2

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the Game Informer Show, a weekly podcast covering the video game
0:12.5	game industry. Join us each and every week for a discussion of the latest gaming news,
0:17.6	reviews and exclusive reveals with Game Informer staff, and special guests from
0:21.7	around the industry.
0:23.0	I'm your host, Marcus Stewart.
0:24.6	I'm joined by the News Hound, Wesley LeBlanc.
0:27.6	Hello.
0:28.6	Hello, hello.
0:30.0	I'm back from the eternal perils of review hell for a game we will talk about soon.
0:37.8	And also joining us is the GI Spy Who Loved Me, Brian Shea. How are you?
0:44.7	I'll take it. I will take that intro. I'm good. A little under the weather, but good otherwise.
0:50.5	Okay. And joining us a special guest, Giant Bombs' own, Jan Ochoa. Hello, sir.
0:57.4	Hello, thanks for having me, guys. Very happy to be here.
1:01.4	Yes, first time on the G.I. Show been wanting to get you on for a while. Happy to have you. How are you doing?
1:06.4	I'm doing well as well as you can be right now. I'm ready to talk about video games and ready to hang out with y'all. Hell yeah. We're going to talk about video games and video game accessories. Maybe, I don't know. But listen, I wanted to make a King of a Hill reference. I don't get to talk about King of the Hill as much as you guys think that I would like to believe it or not. Let's start a King of the Hill podcast.
1:28.8	Side project.
1:29.9	Hey, I started watching King of the Hill for the first time recently.
1:33.7	Guys, we're on to something.
1:35.1	Yeah.
1:35.3	Okay. Do you like it so far?
1:37.5	Yes. Yes. I think Bobby Hill is a generational character.
1:42.0	Okay. Give us all your King of a Hill hot takes right here.
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