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#153: Shooting Your Worst Shot

August 13, 2025·1 hr 29 min·5 clips

Battlefield 6's open beta hit over 520,000 concurrent players, surpassing every Call of Duty ever.

This episode is hosted by Nitwit, a solo podcaster who covers video game news and culture. He opens by reacting to a TikTok notification from Mr. Beast about clean water initiatives, expressing skepticism about the influencer's motivations. Nitwit reports that the *Battlefield 6* open beta set a franchise record with over 520,000 concurrent players on Steam, surpassing any *Call of Duty* beta. *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds* will end support for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in November 2025 to focus on current-gen consoles. Remedy Entertainment is reportedly unsatisfied with the launch sales of *FBC: Firebreak*, which currently has only nine concurrent players on Steam, but plans a major update for late September. The host notes that *S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2*'s development roadmap includes an update to Unreal Engine 5.5.4 and a future PlayStation 5 release. Nintendo's recent Indie World showcase featured 18 games, with the headliner being *UFO 50*, a compilation of 50 retro-style games now on Switch. Nintendo also announced "My Mario," a new line of children's products including wooden blocks and clothing. Rod Fergusson, the head of the *Diablo* series, is leaving Blizzard after five years, having overseen *Diablo II: Resurrected*, *Diablo Immortal*, and *Diablo IV*. Bithell Games is making the majority of its staff redundant after failing to secure a new large-scale project. Nitwit speculates that the crowded September release schedule, including *Borderlands 4* and *Battlefield 6*, will make it hard for games like *FBC: Firebreak* to compete. He questions the logic of paying streamers for "targeted marketing" to revive a struggling game. The host expresses a personal belief that *Splitgate 2* has a better chance of a turnaround than *FBC: Firebreak* because people are still talking about it. He argues that moving *PUBG* off last-gen consoles is necessary for the game to evolve, even though it's happening five years into the current console generation. The tone is informal, candid, and filled with sarcastic asides, resembling a live-streamed monologue. Nitwit frequently digresses with personal opinions and reactions to his chat. Listeners who enjoy unfiltered, opinionated commentary on gaming industry trends and news will appreciate this episode. Those seeking a tightly structured, objective news recap might find the host's tangents and editorializing distracting.

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A brisk, skeptical gaming roundup that turns a few timely topics into something useful.

Glitch Report spends this hour on a few timely gaming topics: a Mr. Beast clean-water ad, the shape of UFO 50, Nintendo's My Mario line, and the host's own half-formed thoughts about what he is playing next.

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When you want one odd week in games unpacked without the hype machine.

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