Switch 2 Review, The Alters, and FBC Firebreak (Feat. Eric Van Allen)

<p><img loading=”lazy” src=”https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2025/06/19/d3338da1/switch%202%20review%20and%20the%20alters%20game%20informer%20show%20721.jpg” width=”800″ height=”450″ alt=”nintendo switch 2 review and the alters – game informer show” typeof=”foaf:Image” class=”image-style-thumbnail” /></p> <p>In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, returning guest <a href=”https://bsky.app/profile/seamoosi.bsky.social” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Eric Van Allen</a> (Axe of the Blood God, <em>IGN</em>, Normandy FM) joins us for a Nintendo Switch 2 review discussion, a cloning survival management game called The Alters, and the cooperative first-person shooter Control spin-off, <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/ngt/2025/05/14/fbc-firebreak-remedys-control-spin-off-impresses-new-gameplay-today” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>FBC Firebreak</a>. Beforehand, we share <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/podcast/2025/06/16/summer-game-fest-and-mario-kart-world-reactions-feat-rogersbase-gi-show” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>even more</a>&nbsp;of our favorite upcoming games we recently played at Summer Game Fest.&nbsp;</p><p>The Game Informer Show&nbsp;is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us&nbsp;every Thursday&nbsp;for chats about your favorite titles – past and present – alongside&nbsp;Game Informer&nbsp;staff and special guests from around the industry.</p><h2>Watch The Game Informer Show #721:&nbsp;</h2><iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ frameBorder=”0″ width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/yqgJWW1iF0o” frameborder=”0″ allow=”autoplay” allowfullscreen=”true”>&nbsp;</iframe><strong>Subscribe to Game Informer Magazine before the launch discount ends:</strong><br><br><a class=”subnow button” href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/subscribe”>Subscribe now</a><h3><strong>Follow our hosts on social media</strong>:</h3><ul><li>Alex Van Aken (<a href=”https://www.instagram.com/itsvanaken/?hl=en” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>@itsVanAken</a>)</li><li>Marcus Stewart (<a href=”https://bsky.app/profile/marcusstewart7.bsky.social” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>@MarcusStewart7</a>)</li><li>Charles Harte (<a href=”https://bsky.app/profile/chuckduck365.bsky.social” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>@ChuckDuck365</a>)</li><li>Eric Van Allen (<a href=”https://bsky.app/profile/seamoosi.bsky.social” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>@Seamoosi</a>)</li></ul><a class=”spreaker-player optanon-category-C0004″ href=”https://www.spreaker.com/episode/switch-2-review-the-alters-and-fbc-firebreak-feat-eric-van-allen–66640124″ data-resource=”episode_id=66640124″ data-width=”100%” data-height=”200px” data-theme=”light” data-playlist=”false” data-playlist-continuous=”false” data-chapters-image=”true” data-episode-image-position=”right” data-hide-logo=”true” data-hide-likes=”true” data-hide-comments=”true” data-hide-sharing=”false” data-hide-download=”false” data-title=”Switch 2 Review, The Alters, and FBC Firebreak (Feat. Eric Van Allen)” data-color=”3c59e0″>Listen to “Switch 2 Review, The Alters, and FBC Firebreak (Feat. Eric Van Allen)” on Spreaker.</a> <strong>Jump to a specific discussion using these timestamps:&nbsp;</strong><em></em><em>00:00 – Introduction</em><em>06:00 – SGF Previews – Lightning Round</em><em>06:27 – End of Abyss</em><em>07:24 – Out of Words</em><em>09:43 – Sword of the Sea</em><em>12:19 – Marvel Cosmic Invasion</em><em>14:33 – Blighted</em><em>19:02 – Adventure of Samsara</em><em>23:04 – Spine</em><em>26:57 – Digimon Story: Time Stranger</em><em>31:35 – Lumines Arise</em><em>36:14 – Crimson Desert</em><em>48:49 – Nintendo Switch 2 Review Discussion</em><em>01:20:40 – The Alters</em><em>01:32:31 – Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy</em><em>01:54:47 – FBC Firebreak</em><em>02:12:19 – Outro</em>