# Ep 102: Subnautica 2 Smashes Sales Expectations, Leaked Xbox Controllers, More Game Unions

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Podcast: [The VGBees Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vgbees-podcast-6924874)
Published: 2026-05-17T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://vgbees.com/captivate-podcast/ep-102
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Duration seconds: 8861

## Resource

Lotus and John discuss the biggest games news of the week, including Subnautica 2 creating a big bonus problem for KRAFTON's CEO, leaked Xbox controllers, and Marathon 's interesting PVE-focused roadmap. 00:00:00 Intro & Buc-ees Fare 00:10:05 Subnautica 2 's massive sales creates an interesting problem for KRAFTON's CEO 00:13:15 Steam Controllers look bad, feel good, and scream when you drop them 00:21:43 Sony takes huge loss on Bungie acquisition ; Marathon gets new PVE-heavy roadmap 00:30:20 Wizards and Hasbro fail to recognize the new MTG: Arena union 00:33:25 Double Fine is also unionzing 00:35:35 New Xbox controllers were leaked 00:38:45 Microsoft fires executive for ties with Israel Ministry of Defense 00:41:35 Sony says studios are using AI, but we have questions 00:49:10 Tekken producer Harada leads new SNK studio 00:53:05 Niki joins the show on locations to run down news so far 00:54:45 Sega backs off of live services games 00:58:38 GameStop's offer to buy eBay thoroughly, hilariously, decisively rebuffed 01:04:12 Nintendo's fiscal report reveals reasons for Switch 2 price hike 01:07:40 House Hunters is the best hotel television show 01:09:10 The story in Digimon Story: Time Stranger is pretty bad 01:18:10 The crew answers your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our Discord 02:21:50 Reviews & Outro Thanks for listening! Please leave us a review! We'll read it on the show and it helps us out a lot. VGBees is ad-free, AI-free, and completely supported by you! https://vgbees.com/join VGBees is a weekly games media podcast hosted by Niki, John, and Lotus.

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