Microsoft Layoffs, Helldivers 2 Xbox Hype and Subnautica 2 Woes (TWIG) - Gaming Podcast

Video Gamers Podcast

Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Gaming hosts Josh, Ryan, and John are back with another jam-packed episode, set down your video games and listen up. This week we’re diving headfirst into the biggest stories shaking up the gaming world. Microsoft has dropped another round of layoffs—what does this mean for the future of Xbox and the company’s long-term gaming strategy? We’re also talking about the Helldivers 2 bombshell: it’s finally coming to Xbox! Is this the cross-platform move fans have been begging for, or is backup arriving too late to make waves? We break down what this means for the co-op shooter and how it fits into the broader video games landscape. Plus, there’s trouble beneath the gaming surface of Subnautica 2. With news of internal studio struggles and development delays, fans are starting to worry if this highly anticipated sequel will sink or swim. All that and more on this week’s episode of the Video Gamers Podcast! Thanks to our MYTHIC supporters: Redletter, Disratory, Ol’Jake, Gaius and Phelps Thanks to our Legendary Supporters: HypnoticPyro, Patrick and PeopleWonder Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/videogamerspod Join our Gaming Community: ⁠https://discord.gg/Dsx2rgEEbz⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/⁠ Follow us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod⁠ Subscribe to us on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VideoGamersPod?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Visit us on the web: ⁠https://videogamerspod.com/⁠ Follow us on Twitch: ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/videogamerspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Rated T for Teen.
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0:26.4	Pre-order Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 and play the Foundry demo.
0:45.5	Hello. Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the video gamers podcast.
0:50.3	Nothing is ever dull in the video game industry, that's for sure.
0:56.0	We've got some pretty giant happenings to discuss from the creators of Subnautica getting canned to Microsoft laying off the population of a small third world country to Held Iris 2 coming to Xbox.
1:03.5	It's been a wild week for gaming news. But before we get to all that, some introductions are in order.
1:10.1	I am your host Josh. And joining me he's the host with
1:15.4	the most the guy we'd never even think about doing this show without what wait wait sorry one second
1:21.4	oh oh he's been let go oh man this just got awkward. It's the former host formerly known as Ryan.
1:32.7	Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's my, I'd better get a good severance package. That's all I know.
1:38.5	Yeah. Sorry, there's no money involved in this podcast for any of us guys.
1:45.0	All right, a big hug.
1:45.5	That's all. All right.
1:45.9	Fair.
1:46.7	And joining us, ever the entrepreneur.
1:50.2	He's opened up a studio on how to properly salute your fellow helldivers, how to dive
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