The VGBees Podcast

Ep 115: Saber CEO's Outburst, Netflix Closes Studios, Star Wars Zero Company Impressions

August 16, 2026·2h 25m
Episode Description from the Publisher

This week, John and Niki are joined by Jesse Vitelli, fresh off a five day subathon on his Twitch channel after being laid off at Restart.Run. Together, they take a hard look at Matt Karch's history of odd behavior, Netflix's most recent studio closures, and Star Wars Zero Company.00:00:00 Intro & Raising Cane's talk00:11:25 Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch did something very weird and has done many weird things previously to this new weird thing00:34:14 Netflix closes Night School, Moonloot, and lays off others00:41:35 Restart.Run's remaining leadership releases a bizarre statement00:48:23 Pokémon Pokopia sold five million copies00:54:00 Take-Two looks to be getting deeper into simulation sports00:56:00 Wolverine & Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave previews dropped01:11:20 South of Midnight now listed as self-published, but is that the whole story?01:12:55 Esoteric Ebb serves the best of Disco Elysium without some of the baggage01:20:30 Knytt Classic is a faithful update of a 2006 freeware standout01:23:27 Niki's in the Splatoon Raiders endgame now01:26:55 Star Wars Zero Company is a lot more than a new XCOM01:47:00 HIVE QUESTIONS02:20:55 OutroThanks for listening!Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a lot.

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