Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode," a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.

In this episode, Mike Hume and Alyse Stanley sub in for Nathan Grayson to discuss the top news of the week, ranging from E3 being canceled this year to Sony's new PlayStation plus offerings (PS+ Essential, PS+ Extra, PS+ Premium) to our recent coverage of 343 Studios and their journey to developing Halo Infinite.

Read our Halo story here: washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/24/halo-series-infinite-future

For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET for your gaming news update!

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0:00 Waiting room
3:22 Intro
4:35 E3 2022 canceled
13:03 PlayStation Plus model
26:37 Breath of the Wild sequel delayed
35:13 Takeaways from GDC
52:14 Activision Blizzard settles lawsuit
57:52 The Halo universe
1:18:39 Ending