Metal Gear Solid Delta Review, Plus Battlefield 6 Open Beta And More

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

The summer is slowly waning, and an autumn packed with new video games fast approaches. Join Alex, Kyle, Charles, and Eric as they take a look at some of the first big games of 2025's latter half, from Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater to early impressions of Battlefield 6 through its open beta.

There's also some details on the strange sports game Drag x Drive from Nintendo, the gorgeous blade-skater Sword of the Sea, the charming indie puzzler Is This Seat Taken?, and our reactions to Gamescom Opening Night Live. We must stress: this was recorded before the Hollow Knight Silksong broadcast, so enjoy a few speculative guesses at what it might have been, preserved in amber for our audience.Subscribe to Game Informer Magazine: https://gameinformer.com/subscribeFollow our hosts on social media:

Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken)
Kyle Hilliard (@kylehilliard)
Charles Harte (@chuckduck365)
Eric Van Allen (@seamoosi)

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00:00 - Intro
03:36 - Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
15:31 - Sword of the Sea
30:23 - Drag x Drive
42:33 - Battlefield 6 Open Beta
1:01:00 - Is This Seat Taken?
1:20:41 - Gamescom Opening Night Live reactions

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome back to the Game Informer show, a weekly podcast covering the
0:18.8	video game industry. Join us every episode for discussion about the latest gaming news, reviews, and exclusive
0:24.4	reveals alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.
0:28.8	I'm one of your hosts today, Alex Van Aiken.
0:31.4	I am joined by Charles Hart.
0:34.6	How you doing, Charles?
0:35.9	I'm doing great.
0:36.6	I was the first guest introduced today. I don't know that's ever happened for, except maybe the one episode I did alone with Kyle. Yeah, how's that feel? You feel good? Yeah, I'm like top billing. I'm like the first, and like cast in order of appearance, it's Alice Van Aiken and then Charles Hart. Like, we're in the. Well, I'm knowing that it's that important to you, I will make a note in the future to make sure this isn't the last time, Charles. It made, it made plenty of sense before, you know, it was never like a regular host, but I know I'm like a regular host and I just can't, this is cool. You know, it's just cool. Growth, evolution evolution you know uh
1:12.8	Kyle Hilliard
1:13.7	how you doing
1:14.4	hey how's it going
1:15.9	I can't believe I was second
1:17.5	I'm frankly offended
1:18.9	honestly
1:19.6	yeah I'll like to hear
1:21.4	who's coming in third
1:22.5	which I believe
1:24.4	not to spoil it
1:25.2	but I think this is my first time
1:26.6	podcasting with full-time
1:28.3	staffer.
1:30.5	Eric Van Allen.
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