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Aug 24, 2026 1 hr 24 min

GTA6 Leak Fallout & Mass Effect's Uncertain Future

from Destiny Digest

THIS WEEK: Danfinity and Tiddly break down this week's biggest gaming story: the CyberLeek's ongoing GTA 6 leaks and Take-Two's legal scramble to shut them down. We also unpack BioWare's uncertain future after EA's $55 billion buyout, immersive sim veteran Harvey Smith's new studio, and Success for Double Fine & Compulsion Games post Microsoft. | SOURCES | IGN - GTA 6 Leaker Releases More Gameplay Videos Despite Rockstar Owner Take-Two's Microsoft and Discord Subpoenas by Wesley Yin-Poole IGN - Mass Effect 5 and BioWare's Future Uncertain Following Buyout, Former EA Manager Now Says by Tom Phillips PC Gamer - Dishonored Co-Creator Harvey Smith Launches a New Studio and It Literally Has the Word 'Immersive' in the Name by Andy Chalk GamesBeat - Compulsion Games Pulls Off Management Buyout and Separates From Xbox by Dean Takahashi Kotaku - Psychonauts Dev Now Owns All Its Games and Publishing Rights by Rebekah Valentine Need a Rez is a weekly podcast covering the latest news and reviews in the world of video games. Hosted by Danfinity, EpicDan22, BonafideHiro, Eseipha, Samikat and Tiddly. New episodes go live every Monday on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Watch live every Sunday at 6:30 PM ET on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/needarezpod Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@needarezpod Visit our website: https://needarez.com Follow us on Twitter/X: https://x.com/needarezpod Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/needarez.com Follow Danfinity: https://danfinity.gg Follow Tiddly: https://bsky.app/profile/tiddly.bsky.social The 'Need A Rez' Theme was written and produced by Andrew Gomez. Find his work here: https://linktr.ee/andrewj_gomez Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!

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Chapters

  1. 0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
  2. 2:42 Tiddly's Week: Cali Trip & Slay the Spire 2
  3. 4:29 Rivals Meta & Tiddly's Watchlist
  4. 9:33 Outer Wilds
  5. 13:31 On the Radar: Fable & 40K Dark Heresy
  6. 17:46 The Suffering List: Dark Souls & Baby Steps
  7. 20:41 Big Walk Comms Bugs
  8. 26:11 Psychonauts 2, TV Talk & Fall Lineup
  9. 32:37 GTA 6's CyberLeek Leaks
  10. 43:37 Mass Effect 5 & BioWare's Future
  11. 57:47 New Studio from Dishonored Dev
  12. 1:03:00 Compulsion & Double Fine Futures
  13. 1:07:30 Community Q+A
  14. 1:20:46 Outro

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