Big Hops Into the New Year - Easy Allies Podcast - Jan 9, 2026

The Easy Allies Podcast

Easy Allies

Leisure, Video Games

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2026

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Ep 509 - We're back from the holidays with stories to tell and games to discuss, including our thoughts on Witcher 3 DLC rumors, Big Hops, Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined, Hades II, and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Become a patron to get the extended cut: https://www.patreon.com/posts/extended-big-new-147795937 00:00 - Intro 17:53 - James Bond Delay 24:22 - Vince Zampella Passed Away 27:46 - GOG Under New Ownership (Sorta) 30:21 - Witcher 3 Expansion Rumors 37:50 - Ubisoft Shutters Halifax Studio 40:04 - DICE Awards Nominations 42:59 - Tomb Raider Cast Reveal 45:41 - A Word From Our Sponsors 47:34 - My One Thing 57:24 - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Impressions 01:17:05 - Hades II Impressions 01:27:39 - Big Hops Impressions 01:32:00 - Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined Demo Impressions 01:49:34 - L&R: Challenge Modes / Mods 01:52:41 - L&R: Avatar: Fire & Ash 02:01:38 - L&R: Video Game Language 02:08:40 - Bets 02:20:34 - Closing Go to https://www.shopify.com/allies for a one-dollar-per-month trial period to grow your business–no matter what stage you’re in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why do growing businesses love working in Slack?
0:02.8	Let's ask Christia Ari Bikes.
0:04.6	Running things in Slack saves me so much time.
0:07.3	AI summaries save 97 minutes per week.
0:10.4	What say you?
0:11.4	Rocks from Gosney.
0:12.4	Slack helps us build community.
0:13.9	It helps us build connection.
0:15.2	Your partners, vendors and customers all in one place.
0:18.3	Take us on home, Ashley from Carraway.
0:20.3	If we did have Slack tomorrow, I would explode.
0:23.4	Well, let's not let that happen.
0:25.1	Visit Slack.com slash podcast touber, joined by Daniel Blum. to the brand new year 2026 Easy Allies Podcast.
0:55.4	I am Michael Huber, joined by Daniel Bloodworth.
0:58.8	The returning Daniel Bloodworth.
1:00.2	Hello, hello.
1:01.4	We got Robomiani.
1:03.6	Hello, hello, hello.
1:05.6	Making it all happen in the control room, Dawn Casanova.
1:09.9	Hello as well.
1:11.6	What is up everybody?
1:13.6	Before we get into it, let's talk about our holiday.
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