This week, Lotus and John tackle an absolute boatload of games news and notes, including:

• Valve's Steam Machine, Frame, and Controller all due in 2026
• Halo Infinite's final update coming this month
• The mishandling of The Game Awards Future Class is another black mark on whatever legacy Geoff Keighley is trying to leave
• Sony's fiscal report shows 40% share of software revenue to live service games
• Marathon apparently coming by the end of March 2026
• Arc Raiders uses AI voices and people are weird about people being weird about it
• Ambrosia Sky suddenly has a complicated release structure for some reason
• The Indie Game Awards are back on December 18th
• The average games industry salary is $142,000 but please do not believe that
• They gave Samus Aran a shitty little sidekick in Metroid Prime 4

Also, John & Lotus played:

• The Meow Wolf Grapevine missing kid ARG
• Dreamfather Loves You
• The Good Old Days
• Skies of Arcadia Legends

We, of course, answer your burning HIVE QUESTIONS from our lovely Discord.