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We're rounding out the week by bringing in Tam to talk about Shadow of the Erdtree and Lucy to talk about Tales of the Shire! After that, the Mount Rushmore of British game studios (innit)!

This week, Bakalar, Grubb, Dan, Mike and Shawn get together to tell you all about their time exploring Pinball Spire, blowing up balls/nuts/nards in Sniper Elite 5, and playing a whole slew of Steam Next Fest Demos. After that, their full thoughts on the latest Nintendo Direct, more news, and EMAILS!

Jeff Grubb has brought the GB at Nite couch again to sunny Los Angeles, but this time we put it on a stage in front of a live audience! We've assembled some surprises, fun, and some heavy hitters for these segments on the couch!Segment 1: Brad Shoemaker, Mary Kish, Jason Schreier, John Drake, Patrick Klepek, Matt RorieSegment 2: Parris Lilly, Elyse WIllems, Ify Nwadiwe, Alanah PearceSegment 3: Tom Caswell, Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain, Emma Fyffe, Mike Minotti, Niki Grayson, Bailey Meyers, Jan Ochoa

Jeff Grubb and the whole Giant Bomb crew have brought a couch to Los Angeles for Summer Game Fest! Let’s fill it with friends and shenanigans in and around the industry.Segment 1: Simon Dasan, Seth Rosen, Sam WinklerSegment 2: Jake Steinberg, Jason Fanelli, Mark Medina, Taylor Cocke, Geuillermo LeozSegment 3: Dash Oshry, Casper Van Dien, Celia Bee, David Kim, Ash Thukral, Trey PowellSegment 4: THE NASTY BOYS - Charlie Wacholz, Jesse Vitelli, Alex Van Aken, Eric Van Allen, Moises Taveras, Kenneth Shepard, Michael Higham, John Carson, Ryan TatumSegment 5: Louise Blain, Crista Castro, Bryan Singh, Jurge Cruz-Alvarez, John Warren, Rayme VinsonSegment 6: Greg Miller, Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., SnowbikeMike, Andy Cortez, Dan Ryckert, Mike Minotti

WE'VE LOADED UP THE COUCH WITH NOTHING BUT SUPERSTARS TO HELP CELEBRATE GEOFF KEIGHLEY'S SUMMER BIRTHDAY OF GAMES!Segment 1: and Mike Minotti, Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain | BACK ROW: Niki Grayson, Dan RyckertSegment 2: Tom Caswell, Jake Dekker, Lexi Luddy | BACK ROW: Jill Grodt, Kurt IndovinaSegment 3: Emma Fyffe, Wout van Halderen, Tom Ohle | BACK ROW: Del Walker, Ronell CrawfordSegment 4: Ash Parrish, Alex, Joey Ferris | BACK ROW: Peter Hunt Szpytek, Diego Arguello

Grubb, Dan, Mike, and Niki got hands-on (and off) previews of Astro Bot, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and more at Summer Game Fest, so Shawn joins them to get all the juicy details just for you!

We'll have a BCR later this week to properly discus the games that we saw at Summer Game Fest! For now we're going to rest up and recuperate from the wild weekend of Nite SHows!

HEY! GIANT BOMB AT NITE IS ON 6/9 AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!https://bit.ly/gbatniteWe also chat about Mike's time with the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree impressions, Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip, some more time with Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and more games! We also go over our hopes and predictions over what's coming this week during Summer Game Fest and the other happenings in games right now.

This week we recount Jan's misadventures backpacking for the first time, TurboShawn tells us all about his journey at Combo Breaker this year, we chat about Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, bumping our heads as we figure out Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the hottest news in games, emails about side hustles and more!

This week we're all getting little sweet treats of ice cream while we chat about Cryptmaster, Dread Delusion, checking out the PC port of Ghost of Tsushima, and we get into our feelings on Senua's Saga: Hellblade II. We get all the way into news like GTA 6 coming out with a timeline, 2K bringing back a beloved franchise, Xbox reportedly greenlighting Ninja Theory's next game, and much more!