Realist gaming news brought to you every Wednesday by Justin Matkovich and Peter Hunt Szpytek.

Hitbox!
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Realist gaming news brought to you every Wednesday by Justin Matkovich and Peter Hunt Szpytek.
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8/28/2020
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Recent Episodes

July 22, 2026
Goodbye Kratos, Hello New Kratos
<p>In this week's episode, Justin and Peter talk about 007 First Light, Cyberpunk 2077: The Phantom Liberty, the recasting of Kratos in Amazon's God of War show, and more! // Follow us on BlueSky @HitboxPod.bsky.social // Join our Discord server: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://discord.gg/unmGxETX3U">https://discord.gg/unmGxETX3U</a> // Support us on Patreon: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/hitboxpod">https://www.patreon.com/hitboxpod</a> // @peterspittech and @JustinMatkovich // Metacritic Roundup: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced // Made possible by our wonderful Deluxe Podcast Patreon producers: J Knol, GKS, Josh Durham // The intro and outro of Hitbox! is by ali_ontheguitar, check out their work right here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fiverr.com/aliontheguitar?source=gigpage">https://www.fiverr.com/aliontheguitar?source=gigpage</a></p>

July 15, 2026
BREAKING: Cyberpunk 2077 Is Good
<p>In this week's episode, Justin and Peter talk about the continued Xbox layoffs, PlayStation's disc-less future, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, and more! // Follow us on BlueSky @HitboxPod.bsky.social // Join our Discord server: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://discord.gg/unmGxETX3U">https://discord.gg/unmGxETX3U</a> // Support us on Patreon: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/hitboxpod">https://www.patreon.com/hitboxpod</a> // @peterspittech and @JustinMatkovich // Metacritic Roundup: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced // Made possible by our wonderful Deluxe Podcast Patreon producers: J Knol, GKS, Josh Durham // The intro and outro of Hitbox! is by ali_ontheguitar, check out their work right here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fiverr.com/aliontheguitar?source=gigpage">https://www.fiverr.com/aliontheguitar?source=gigpage</a></p>

July 1, 2026
ANOTHER Xbox Price Increase lol
<p>In this week's episode, Justin and Peter talk about the Bungie layoffs, Xbox's latest hardware price increase, and more! // Follow us on BlueSky @HitboxPod.bsky.social // Join our Discord server: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://discord.gg/unmGxETX3U">https://discord.gg/unmGxETX3U</a> // Support us on Patreon: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/hitboxpod">https://www.patreon.com/hitboxpod</a> // @peterspittech and @JustinMatkovich // Metacritic Roundup: Star Fox // Made possible by our wonderful Deluxe Podcast Patreon producers: J Knol, GKS, Josh Durham // The intro and outro of Hitbox! is by ali_ontheguitar, check out their work right here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fiverr.com/aliontheguitar?source=gigpage">https://www.fiverr.com/aliontheguitar?source=gigpage</a></p>
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