Welcome to Active Reload! This week James, Grant, and Steven give their reactions to the games shown at the Xbox Developer Direct! From Forza Horizon 7 showing the new setting in Japan. To Fable's new take on Albion, plus, a game where you play as a ceramic pot and try to defeat other players who are also ceramic pots called Kiln! (Double Fine is on that good stuff).

Next, the guys go over Ubisoft's announced "major reset" where they canceled and delayed a bunch of games and did some organizational shifting. Causing a major drop in their share price, but come out with a new vision for their game development cycle. Will it save Ubisoft from itself?

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Welcome to Active Reload! This week it's just James and Grant, and they go down their predictions in the gaming world for 2026! Will the Steam Machine under perform? How will Marathon do with a fresh coat of paint? What to expect from Fable and Xbox as a whole? Those and a bunch more on the predictions' episode of 2026!

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Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James, Grant, and Steven go down their list of their favorite games they played in 2025! Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!

Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James, Grant, and Steven open up the show with the unfortunate passing of video game legend Vince Zampella. The guys discuss the impact his work had on them personally and overall on the industry as a whole.

After that, there was some Rainbow Six Siege hack that made some players rich in R6 credits, then the guys talk about Rainbow Six Mobile.

Ark 2 got another delay that pushed it back to 2028, James poses a question of which game will actually see the light of day first, Ark 2 or Elder Scrolls Six.

Finally, it's a nice long episode of Guess the Game!

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Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant open the show giving their good, bad, and ugly of all the Game Awards reveal trailers!

Next, Marathon got a re-reveal from Bungie with a 23-minute inside look into the development of the upcoming extraction shooter. The guys discuss if the new look, price point, and release date is enough to attract players.

Finally, Nvidia is reportedly planning to cut production by 30-40% of their RTX 50 series GPU's in the first half of 2026. What should we expect from console and PC prices with the possible increase in prices. Never a better time for pre-builts?

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Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James, Grant, and Steve open up the show talking about the purchase Warner Brothers purchase by Netflix (or Paramount). It could have big impacts on a bunch of IP gamers are familiar with.

The "future" of the Tomb Raider franchise will be revealed at the Game Awards according to host Geoff Keighley, the guys discuss what to expect from the next entry in the game.

Speaking of Game Awards, James and Grant give their three reveal predictions for the show, ranking them from likely to possibly to highly unlikely.

Finally, with games releasing this week, James gives one of his more anticipated games of the next few months and is out this week!

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Welcome to Active Reload! This week, James and Grant are joined by a special guest, and they speculate more on the price of the upcoming Steam Machine, could it be priced up to $1,000? What can Valve do to try to pull appeal towards it from other consoles?

After that, Grant breaks down his most underrated games of the year so far.

Finally, the gang wraps up breaking down the games releasing this week.

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Welcome to Active Reload! This week James, Grant, and Steven open up the show going over the Game Awards nominations! Grant is really pining for Arc Raiders even though it literally can't be game of the year. They break down specific nominations and their descriptions, such as what does Art Direction even mean? Plus, their picks for specific categories!

After that, there are some very reputable leaks and rumors that are pointing to the possibility of an actual Half Life 3 announcement. The guys break down how we've come this far and if the meme will actually become reality.

Finally, Black Ops 7 is absolutely bombing according to initial Steam numbers and physical copy sales. With Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 clearly outperforming the FPS Juggernaut, the guys discuss if this will be a turning point for the Call of Duty franchise or if they'll even learn the right lessons from it all.

That and more on this week's episode of Active Reload! Remember to rate, follow, like, and subscribe!