The Bobby Blackwolf Show - June 28, 2026
We talk more about the FIFA World Cup and the matches I attended in Atlanta.
Jersey Jack Pinball has announced a new pinball machine based on Sonic The Hedgehog, and the headlines once again focus on the high price of owning pinball. Find a pinball arcade near you and request it so you can play it for just a dollar or two!
The Steam Machine has launched with a price much higher than Valve initially intended due to the RAM and storage shortages.
Valve has released a new version of SteamOS that can now run on any AMD desktop - for free.
Grand Theft Auto VI will not release with a physical edition on consoles, and it came out later that it will NEVER launch with a physical edition.
Then we talk to Jamie from OLR IIDX about Transformers Pinball and the 24th anniversary of Orange Lounge Radio.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - June 21, 2026
I went to two World Cup matches this week, so we start the show talking about sports and the cultural exchange that is happening.
We remember Bobby Prince, the composer who worked on many 90's era DOS games like Doom and Commander Keen. He passed away at the age of 81.
Xbox is possibly closing Double Fine, Compulsion Games, and Ninja Theory, in order to "reset" the business.
Unreal Engine 6 will be removing blueprints and C++ and replacing them with new technologies that are more friendly for LLM's. They are also wanting to bring every UE6 game into the Fortnite ecosystem.
Then we talk to Jamie about Pokemon and Transformers pinball.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - June 14, 2026
Valve will no longer sell physical gift cards in retail locations because of scammers using the cards to steal innocent people's money.
Xbox has said that more layoffs and studio closures are coming to "reset" the business.
The ESA says that the No Fakes act that is currently going through congress to regulate "digital replicas" will "destroy the game industry". This leads into a discussion of how much actors get paid - even in TV and film.
Then we talk to Jamie from OLR about Dead by Daylight announcements.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - June 7, 2026
Summer Game Fest was this week, so we talk about the games that Sony, Microsoft, and third parties showed at this Not-E3 week. Included in this is the whiplash of 1666: Amsterdam between the trailer and the playable prologue, the difference between Tupac's estate and his family, and my hopeful take on Persona 6's direction.
Crazy Taxi: World Tour was also announced, but has a disclaimer that generative AI was used in the assets, which makes it a non-starter for many fans.
The Switch 2 will get a redesign in Europe that allows for an easily replaceable battery due to new EU regulations. Don't expect this design to come to the US, but any new Switch (such as a lite or OLED model) will most likely have the same feature.
Then we talk to OLR about Summer Game Fest.
The Bobby Blackwolf Show - May 24, 2026
The Doom soundtrack has been inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry!
Stern Pinball has announced their new pinball machine based on the Transformers cartoon series, and why you don't need to spend thousands of dollars to play it.
Sony has announced that they will no longer be porting their single-player games to PC, keeping them PS5 exclusive.
Then we talk about more thoughts on Forza Horizon 6 as the seasonal objectives start coming in.
Then we talk to Jamie from OLR about Momocon's vtuber meet and greet setup and the Transformers Pinball.
