A Roguelike Racer?! Carmageddon

2026 is starting off with a bang, crash, boom! Video games are back and so is your host, Andy Bee, covering Carmageddon: Rogue Shift, a new roguelike car combat racer that launches in less than a month. We cover hands-on Arc Raiders gameplay, new additions to Game Pass, and the upcoming reveal of Beast of Reincarnation by Game Freak (yes, of Pocket Monster fame). Find out just what Project Blackbird is, whether you should ever unionize an Ubisoft studio, and we'll hear just what you think the PlayStation Portal is good for in this week's episode.

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Chapter Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:01 - Carmageddon: Rogue Shift Announcement

00:09:29 - Arc Raiders Gameplay & Updates

00:12:05 - Hardspace Shipbreaker & Powerwash Simulator 2

00:14:45 - Ubisoft Halifax Studio Shutdown

00:16:59 - Animal Crossing New Horizons 3.0 Update

00:19:39 - Xbox Game Pass January 2026 Games

00:22:21 - DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined Demo

00:25:29 - Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on Nintendo Switch Online

00:26:53 - Mario Tennis Fever Announcement

00:31:22 - Towerborne Early Access to 1.0 Launch

00:34:32 - 2026 PlayStation 5 Games Preview

00:38:11 - Arc Raiders Anti-Cheat & Item Returns

00:40:01 - Avowed Release & Updates

00:43:19 - Space Marine 2 Dark Angels DLC

00:45:43 - Xbox Developer Direct Announcement

00:47:47 - Beast of Reincarnation by Game Freak

00:50:27 - Microsoft's Project Blackbird Canceled

00:55:50 - Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 & Generative AI

00:58:08 - Community Feedback: PlayStation Portal