<p><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/body_default/public/2025/06/26/5d5fd5ac/GISHOW_B4_DS2_Website.jpg" width="800" height="450" alt="the game informer show borderlands 4 cover story" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-body-default" /></p> <p>In this week's episode of <em>The Game Informer Show,</em> we celebrate the first return issue of <em>Game Informer Magazine!</em> Borderlands 4 is on the cover, and Brian Shea details traveling to Texas to get extended hands-on with the game and his experience in cryotherapy. After that, we dive into Kyle Hilliard's Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review, <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/review/death-stranding-2-on-the-beach/boundless-sincerity-aside-flaws">which you can read here</a>. We also discuss our continuing Switch 2 adventures and check in with Marcus Stewart's time with Lost in Random: The Eternal Die.</p><p><em>The Game Informer Show</em>&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;<em>Game Informer</em>&nbsp;staff and special guests from around the industry.</p><h2>Watch Our Weekly Video Game Podcast:</h2><iframe width="560" height="315" frameBorder="0" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z9PGGA3sgmM?rel=0&amp;controls=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay" allowfullscreen="true">&nbsp;</iframe><strong>Subscribe to Game Informer Magazine:</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>Marcus Stewart (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/marcusstewart7.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@MarcusStewart7</a>)</li><li>Kyle Hilliard (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kylehilliard.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@KyleHilliard</a>)</li><li>Brian Shea (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brianpshea.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@BrianPShea</a>)</li></ul><a class="spreaker-player optanon-category-C0004" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/borderlands-4-cover-story-details-and-death-stranding-2-review--66762517" data-resource="episode_id=66762517" 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="Borderlands 4 Cover Story Details And Death Stranding 2 Review" data-color="3c59e0">Listen to "Borderlands 4 Cover Story Details And Death Stranding 2 Review" on Spreaker.</a> <strong>Jump to a specific discussion using these timestamps:&nbsp;</strong><em>00:00 - Introduction</em><em>08:08 - Exclusive Borderlands 4 Details</em><em>41:27 - Death Stranding 2 Review</em><em>01:06:42 - Lost In Random: The Eternal Die</em><em>01:16:00 - Brian Shea on Nintendo Switch 2</em><em>01:29:32 - Outro</em>