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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Ben, Matt James, and Justin Charity break down the bombshell news about Electronic Arts being sold for $55 billion, Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass price hike, and the showdown between ‘Battlefield’ and ‘Call of Duty.’ Then Ben, Matt, and Daniel Chin share their spoiler-free reviews of the new spiritual sequel to ‘Ghost of Tsushima,’ the PlayStation 5 exclusive ‘Ghost of Yotei.’ EA is being acquired (01:43) Microsoft Xbox Game Pass price increase (14:04) 'Call of Duty' vs. 'Battlefield' (28:29) 'Ghost of Yotei' reactions (35:58) Host: Ben Lindbergh Guests: Matt James, Justin Charity, and Daniel Chin Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse, your nexus feed for all things fandom.
0:20.6	I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor for The Ringer, button mash host, and Ghost of Gaming
0:25.6	Podcasts, which in my case refers to my complexion, joining me at the top of this pod, as is
0:32.0	often the case.
0:32.9	Matt James, deputy art director for The Ringer is here.
0:36.4	Hello, Matt.
0:37.2	Hey, Ben. You're looking less. Hello, Matt. Hey, Ben.
0:37.8	You're looking less white today, actually.
0:40.8	Don't ghost yourself that hard.
0:44.6	The lighting must be deceptive.
0:46.9	I know it's October, but, you know, you're not as if I've gotten any sun lately,
0:51.7	or that if I had, it would have affected my paleness whatsoever.
0:55.2	But he made it sound like you're in dolezal type situation. You're looking less white today.
1:02.6	Not sounding any less white, of course. But we are also joined today by Justin Charity, who is a senior
1:09.5	staff writer for the ringer and has been away
1:12.3	for a bit and hasn't been with us for a while. We have missed you. Welcome back, Charity.
1:16.3	Yeah, I had a kid, so I'm like extra senior. They should put more senior.
1:20.2	They sprinkle more senior than ever.
1:22.2	Yeah. Well, it took a massive acquisition to bring you back to this podcast. You yourself are a massive acquisition for butmash or reacquisition in this case.
1:33.6	Daniel Chin will also be with us in just a bit to talk about the latest acclaimed game of 2025 Ghost of Yote, which came out on PS5 last week.
1:43.1	But before we talk Yote, let's get down to business, the business of gaming.
1:48.2	And if you're not as interested in industry news as you are in actual game discussion,
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