WULFF DEN Podcast - Weekly Gaming Recap

WULFF DEN

Video Games news and opinions from WULFF DEN's own Bob Wulff. Joined by his brother Will (and sometimes guests!) this is the hard hitting, often accidentally uninformed podcast you're looking for. New episodes every Wednesday.

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Yesterday · 1 hr 34 min
How disc to digital will work (probably) - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 288
• Intro 0:00 • Super Mario Sunshine Finally Coming to Switch Online 2:26 • Two Unreleased Virtual Boy Games Coming to Switch Online 7:55 • August PlayStation Plus Games Announced 9:30 • Sony Finally Responds to Physical Media Backlash 13:17 • Sony Talking to Retail Partners About the Digital Transition 23:00 • Xbox Disc-to-Digital Roadmap Leaks 28:00 • The Backlog 48:37• GOG Coming to Linux 55:42 • 4GB Graphics Cards Are Back 1:00:52 • Dave Bautista Could Be TV's New Kratos 1:05:40 • Guillermo del Toro Wants More Checkpoints for Older Players 1:12:05 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:17:23 • Q&A 1:18:13 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on August 4, 2026
July 29 · 1 hr 44 min
"But PC games are all digital too?" - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 287
• Intro 0:00• PC is all digital so what’s wrong with PlayStation going all digital? 2:49• PlayStation Network Outage Reminds Players of the Benefits of Physical Media 31:15• Xbox Also Suffers Major Network Outage 35:15• Sony Knew Ending Physical Discs Would Be Divisive 43:45• Microsoft Bringing Original Xbox Games to PC 55:25• Switch 2 & PS5 Sales Drop While Xbox Sales Rise 1:07:00• Steam Deck Sales Down 82% Following Price Hike 1:17:33• Hasbro Reveals The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Figures 1:26:30• TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:28:55• Q&A ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast👕W U L F F D E N A P P A R E L 👕http://wulffdenapparel.com📷 Always up-to-date equipment list https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t3MwEQLfrMmXvk4qDueL0Sv5PO3WnTM4H-KdU6yNXgs/edit?tab=t.0#bookmark=id.efbz908i65yd💬Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/wulffden📸Instagram: http://instagram.com/thewulffdenpodcast📱TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@wulffdenpodcast🎮Twitch: http://twitch.tv/wulffden💸Donations are NEVER necessary, but always appreciatedhttps://youtube.streamlabs.com/wulffden🎧Rate us on Apple Podcast: http://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wulff-den-podcast-weekly-gaming-recap/id1536805217🎧Or listen to this on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0WSmRLLtEOTHsyBIZjSpKB📬PO BOX:Wulff Den696 Old Bethpage Rd # 508Old Bethpage, NY 11804🐦Twitter [Bob]: http://twitter.com/bobwulff🐦Twitter [Will]: http://twitter.com/WillWulffDamnIt🐦Twitter [WulffDen]: http://twitter.com/thewulffden📸Instagram: http://instagram.com/thewulffden🔷Facebook: http://facebook.com/wulffden
July 22 · 1 hr 47 min
Nintendo can have refunds but YOU can't - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 286
• Intro [Will gets a Switch 2] 0:00 • Switch 2 Customers Have No Right to Tariff Refunds, Says Nintendo 5:25 • New Joy-Con Images Reveal Removable Batteries 22:10 • The Backlog [Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled] 28:21 • Steam Machines Will Get More Expensive 35:23 • Valve Will Continue Selling Steam Deck LCD Batteries 45:18 • Only Seven PlayStation Games Sold More Than 100,000 Physical Copies This Year 47:05 • Marvel's Wolverine Trailer Hit With Physical Media Backlash 52:30 • Analogue 3D Update 55:15 • GameStop CEO Says Physical Games Don't Matter 58:28 • GameStop Now Owns 10% of eBay 1:00:04 • Xbox Committed to Making Exclusivity More Clear 1:05:05 • PC Gamer Creates Physical Copies of Steam Games 1:10:40 • Todd Howard Comments on Reddit 1:14:30 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:20:55 • Q&A 1:25:18 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on July 21, 2021
July 15 · 1 hr 43 min
If buying is not ownership… - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 285
THE NINTENDO SWITCH 2 DEAL AMAZON https://amzn.to/4gEu5TU BEST BUY https://go.magik.ly/ml/3wt4y/ • Intro 0:00 • The Legality of Piracy 1:40 • The Backlog (Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow) 29:40 • Obsidian Cancels Avowed 2, Shifts Focus to a New Fallout Game. Halo Multiplayer Project also Canceled 38:15 • id Software Cut in Half, New Game Pitches Rejected 46:35 • Compulsion Games Looking for Work After Escaping Xbox 49:25 • Asha Sharma Named Advisor to U.S. Federal Reserve Productivity Task Force 51:10 • Lenovo Ditches Game Boy-Style Handheld 55:15 • Game Workers Protest Outside MindsEye Studio 1:00:40 • Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 & 2 Released on PS4/PS5 as Bare-Bones Ports 1:04:05 • Mario Kart Tour Shutting Down 1:08:20 • God of War: Laufey Will Get a Physical Release 1:12:01 • Nintendo Exploring an OLED Switch 2, Concerned About Price 1:13:22 • Switch 2 Game Bundle Discounted by $49 1:16:42 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:23:00 • Q&A 1:23:35 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on July 10, 2026
July 8 · 1 hr 34 min
You will own nothing - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 284
July PlayStation Plus 0:00 Sony Ending Physical Game Production 5:25 Xbox Looking Into Disc-to-Digital Conversion 18:10 Sony Closing PS3 & PS Vita Stores 28:00 Sony Tells Developers They Can Still Make Discs for Older Games 35:25 Kojima Saddened by Sony Going All-Digital 36:50 Backlog (Mario Bros NES) 41:13 Switch Online Games 46:28 Big Restructuring & Layoffs at Xbox 47:30 Nintendo Announces New Switch 2 Models for Europe 1:01:10 Nintendo Stops Selling Switch 1 in Europe 1:05:30 Metroid Ravenous 1:07:42 Steam Machine Red Light of Death Isn't Serious 1:10:30 Tweet of the Week 1:13:55 Q&A 1:16:50 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on July 7, 2026
July 1 · 1 hr 47 min
The GTAVI Price Controversey - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 283
• Intro 0:00 • GTA 6 Price, Versions, GTA+ Forced Subscription, and More 1:40 • The Backlog [Sonic Gems Collection for GAMECUBE] 27:45 • New Switch 2 Screen 34:43 • Xbox Gets Another Price Hike 39:42 • Xbox Upheaval Summarized 43:17 • PS6 Looking Beyond the Living Room / Won’t Be Sold at a Significant Loss 1:00:07 • Nintendo Raising Employee Salaries by 10% 1:10:00 • Splatoon Raiders Direct 1:10:40 • Lawsuit Brought Against RAM Companies for Colluding 1:11:50 • ESA Claims Minecraft Servers Are Illegal 1:15:00 • GameStop CEO Still Trying to Buy eBay 1:18:52 • Tweet of the Week 1:21:20 • Q&A 1:23:00 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on June 30, 2026
June 24 · 1 hr 48 min
Steam Machine price - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 282
• Steam Machine Prices Revealed 0:00 • Valve Will Let You Build Your Own Steam Machine 29:35 • Backlog 34:56 • Halo Campaign Evolved PS Plus Requirements 42:12 • GTA VI Cover Art / Preorder Date Revealed 48:48 • $3,000 SanDisk SSD for PS5 53:20 • Brand New Day Suit Coming to Spider-Man 2 for Free 58:00 • Epic Games Store Relaunch 1:02:50 • Sega Considered Ending the Sonic Series 1:06:10 • Stop Killing Games Setback 1:09:45 • Dispatch Censorship Changes 1:13:30 • Todd Howard Gives Update on Arkane’s Blade Game 1:18:37 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:20:00 • Q&A 1:22:12 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on June 23, 2026
June 17 · 1 hr 28 min
Ocarina of Time Remake or Reimagining? w/ BeatEmUps WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 281
• Intro 0:00 • Ocarina of Time Remake Description Leaked 2:22 • Elliot, StarFox, Rhythm Heaven all coming out soon14:40 • Backlog 22:32 • Xbox: Next 100 Days 28:28 • Microsoft Considers Spinning Off Xbox, Speeding Up Game Development 45:00 • Key Members of Xbox Leave 51:03 • Several Xbox Studios Fighting to Avoid Shutdown 54:40 • Halo Climbs PS5 Sales Charts 1:01:15 • Switch 1 eShop Updated, No Longer Slow 1:07:04 • Tweet of the Week 1:13:30 • Q&A 1:15:30 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on June 16, 2026
June 10 · 1 hr 55 min
Ocarina of Time Remake and all of the amazing announcements this week - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 280
• Intro 0:00 • Nintendo Direct 6/9 1:30 • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake 24:26 • Summer Game Fest 6/5 32:27 • Xbox Showcase 57:52 • Backlog 1:24:10 • First Light Sequel Will Come From Amazon 1:32:45 • Strauss Zelnick Added to WWE 2K26 1:37:10 • Valve Confirms Steam Machine / Steam Frame Coming This Summer 1:38:37 • Tweet of the Week 1:40:10 • Q&A 1:42:24 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on June 9, 2026
June 3 · 2 hr 2 min
LOTS of new PC handhelds just announced - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 279
• Intro 0:00 • Donkey Kong 64 Added to Switch Online 3:35 • Gravity Circuit Is Free on Steam 5:10 • ASUS Announces New Xbox ROG Ally 8:54 • Intel Arc G3 / Acer Predator Atlas 8 20:55 • NVIDIA’s ARM Chip 32:37 • Microsoft’s First Computer to Use the New NVIDIA Chip • Backlog 48:12 • State of Play 6/2 57:03 • PlayStation First-Party Sales Decline for Fifth Straight Year 1:17:26 • Steam Deck Price Increases 1:22:50 • 007 First Light and Mina the Hollower 1:32:40 • Misc 1:42:20 • Tweet of the Week 1:46:02• Q&A 1:47:45 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on June 2, 2026
May 27 · 1 hr 55 min
oh yeah sure an A.I. Game Boy - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 278
• Intro 0:00 • June PlayStation Plus 04:55 • BallXpit Free for Switch Online 07:05 • AI Game Boy 08:35 • Bungie Announces the End of Destiny 2 20:00 • Most Bungie Employees Didn’t Know About Destiny 2’s Fate 30:05 • Backlog: Virtua Fighter 2 (Genesis) 38:50 • Embracer Group Splits Up 49:28 • Hasbro Spent $1 Billion on Video Games 54:37 • Valve’s Loot Box Defense: “People Like Surprises” 59:20 • Microsoft Canceled Game Pass Family Plan Because of EA 1:12:33 • Sony Announces June State of Play — You Can Buy Tickets 1:22:22 • Rocket League Gets Refreshed With Unreal Engine 6 1:24:50 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:33:17 • Q&A 1:35:20 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on May 26, 2026
May 20 · 1 hr 50 min
SONY doesn't want you to play their games on PC anymore - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 277
• Intro 0:00 • New Switch Online Virtual Boy Games 2:50 • Sony’s Abandonment of PC Gaming Is Official 6:58 • PS Plus Price Increase 17:55 • Xbox Launches Fan Feedback Site 27:30 • THE BACKLOG: The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 43:30 • Nintendo Hints at More Games to Come 58:45 • Nintendo Announces New Mobile Game 1:03:38 • Capcom Has Record Sales, 93% Digital 1:05:00 • Saros Struggling With Sales 1:09:38 • New Xbox Controllers Leaked 1:15:50 • Amazon Forces Studio to Use AI, Then Shuts It Down 1:21:32 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:30:18 • Q&A 1:32:55 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on May 19, 2026
May 17 · 1 hr 52 min
Star Fox is good - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 276
• Intro 0:00 • New Star Fox Game Randomly Announced 4:25 • Switch 2 Price Increase 18:40 • Steam Controller 28:38 • Mixtape 37:33 • THE BACKLOG 1:00:35 • 62% of Hardcore Players No Longer Buy Full-Priced Games 1:07:42 • Take-Two Says Switch 2 Isn’t Its Primary Platform 1:11:50 • GameStop CEO Launches eBay Auction to pay for eBay 1:16:01 • Lego Batman Leaks 1:33:48 • Forza Horizon 6 Leaks 1:35:10 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:39:42 • Q&A 1:40:44 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on May 12, 2026
May 6 · 1 hr 45 min
So is XBOX an AI company or what? - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 275
• Intro 0:00 • May PlayStation Plus Games 03:08 • Steam Controller 05:07 • Asha Sharma Adds More AI Leadership to Xbox, Then Removes Copilot 13:51 • Call of Duty Finally Ditching PS4 and Xbox One 26:18 • Exclusives Are Still the #1 Reason People Buy Consoles 34:06 • Backlog 38:02 • Bank of America Says GTA 6 Should Cost $80 47:18 • Take-Two CEO Explains Why GTA 6 Is Console-First 53:25 • Sonic Advanture 2 Green Hill Zone drama 59:23 • Reggie Says Amazon Wanted Nintendo to Break the Law 01:07:15 • First Trailer for New Resident Evil Movie 01:11:04 • MindsEye Developer Speaks Out About Studio Chaos 01:15:50 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 01:25:38 • Q&A 01:27:52 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on May 5, 2026
April 29 · 1 hr 47 min
PlayStation is the first to lock down you digital purchases - WULFF DEN Podcast w/ @WatchReDirect
• Intro 0:00 • Surprise DRM added to PS games 4:30 • Steam Controller available May 4th 24:40 • Nintendo sued by fans over tariff refunds 41:35 • Asha Sharma’s declaration for the future of Xbox 47:35 • Xbox and Discord team up 53:45 • Atari acquired ps1 emulator makers 57:38 • Final Fantasy XIV coming to switch 2, requires second subscription 1:00:40 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:06:27 • Q&A 1:07:38 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on April 28, 2026
April 22 · 1 hr 57 min
Finally, some good prices. - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 273
• Intro 0:00 • Game Pass Price Changes 2:33 • Is Project Helix a First-Party or Third-Party Console? 14:10 • AYN Thor and Legion Go S price increases 22:08 • Backlog 32:50 • BAFTA Game Awards Winners 42:25 • Stop Killing Games Movement Speaks at EU Parliament 45:40 • Fortnite Adds Karaoke and Drums with Laufey Update 52:45 • Former PlayStation Lead Explains Firing 58:35 • YouTuber Reconstructs Nintendo’s First Arcade Cabinet 1:02:42 • Polymega Remix Launching Soon 1:06:08 • Street Fighter Movie Trailer Released 1:13:56 • 007 First Light Theme by Lana Del Rey Revealed 1:16:00 • Troy Baker Wants to Start a Game Studio 1:18:47 • Build A Rocket Boy Employees Sue Company 1:24:50 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:28:45 • Q&A 1:29:40 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on April 21, 2026
April 15 · 1 hr 52 min
Every single Rumored and Confirmed Switch 2 game for 2026 - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 272
• Intro 0:00 • New Switch Online NES Games 1:48 • Confirmed Switch 2 Games 4:15 • Rumored Switch 2 Games 17:05 • BACKLOG - Ms Splosion Man 36:53 • Mario Movie 43:14 • Pokémon Champions 57:25 • Amazon Luna Ending Support for Third-Party Stores 1:00:46 • Asha Sharma Says Game Pass Is Too Expensive 1:07:00 • FAA Wants Gamers to Become Air Traffic Controllers 1:17:00 • Epic Making Disney Shooter 1:22:25 • Rockstar Hacked 1:26:45 • Naughty Dog Reflects on Crunch Culture 1:28:20 • Hasbro Reveals Marvel Rivals Figures 1:32:30 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:37:45• Q&A 1:38:27 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on April 14, 2026
April 8 · 1 hr 58 min
The worst games we've ever played - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 271
• Intro 0:00 • April PlayStation Plus Games 1:05 • April Amazon Prime Games 3:27 • The Worst Games We Own (according to AI which is wrong) 6:37 • THE BACKLOG 50:34 • Lenovo Legion Go 2 Price Increase 58:18 • Xbox Ally X Sale 1:02:18 • RG Rotate 1:09:28 • Stormgate Multiplayer Shuts Down Due to AI 1:12:16 • Is Baby Steps Secretly Uncharted 5? 1:17:55 • Is Naughty Dog Teasing Uncharted 5? 1:20:15 • Original Resident Evil Trilogy Hits Steam with DRM 1:22:06 • Sony Introduces Playerbase Feature 1:24:40 • Nvidia DLSS 5 Video Taken Down by Copyright Claim 1:27:53 • Nintendo Announces New Switch 2 Bundle 1:31:05 • Sony Delisting Shovelware from PlayStation Store 1:36:56 • Mass Effect TV Show Rewritten for Non-Gamers 1:38:50 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:42:20 • Q&A 1:43:35 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally Streamed on April 7, 2026
April 1 · 1 hr 51 min
How many times are we going to talk about Price Hikes? - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 270
• Intro 0:00 • Nintendo Announces New Game Price Structure 3:30 • PS5 Gets Another Price Hike 12:49 • Backlog 28:14 • Ocarina of Time Remake and New Star Fox Rumored 35:50 • Star Fox Confirmed for Mario Galaxy Movie 55:00 • How to Pronounce Mario, According to Chris Pratt 1:03:00 • Xbox Partner Preview – March 26 1:10:00 • Rarest Platinum Trophy Finally Achieved 1:16:15 • Toby Fox Explains Lack of Localization 1:18:55 • MindsEye Devs Add Mission Claiming Sabotage Evidence 1:22:11 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:25:55 • Q&A 1:28: ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally Streamed on March 31, 2026
March 25 · 1 hr 54 min
PC handhelds are almost not worth it anymore - WULFF DEN Podcast Ep 269
• Intro 0:00 • AyaNeo Says Windows Handhelds Are Too Expensive to Make 3:56 • Nintendo Scales Back Switch 2 Production 19:06 • Backlog 30:40 • Epic Lays Off Over 1,000 Employees 39:36 • Resident Evil Requiem Devs Surprised by DLSS 5 Reveal 48:35 • NVIDIA CEO Criticizes “AI Slop” 53:26 • Microsoft Updates Quick Resume 58:05 • Sony Updates PS3 System Software 1:02:10 • Xbox May Lower Game Pass Pricing 1:04:25 • Valve Changes Reload Mechanics in CS2 1:08:11 • Sony Dropping PlayStation Network Branding 1:13:10 • Valve Previews SteamOS 3.8 1:15:10 • EU May Force Replaceable Batteries in Switch 2 1:10:49 • Ubisoft Ends Development at Red Storm 1:27:15 • IO Interactive Ends Partnership with Build A Rocket Boy 1:32:00 • TWEET OF THE WEEK 1:33:50 • Q&A 1:37:05 ✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcast Originally streamed on March 24, 2026