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Published 2026-05-18

Xbox becomes XBOX

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to jump start your weekend with news! 

Today we're talking about everyone involved with LEGO Batman's development, support for Ghost of Yotei's Co-Op mode has ended, Xbox becomes XBOX, and more for your monday! 

0:00 - Intro
4:30 - CYCLOPS IN MARVEL COSMIC INVASION
5:50 - Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight reviews
11:58 - Arkham dev Rocksteady is credited as co-developer on new Lego Batman
19:00 - Xbox’s rebrand becomes XBOX after a fan poll
25:40 - Break
25:55 - Ghost of Yotei Fans Gutted Support Has Ended for Free Co-Op Mode
36:00 - Mixtape Isn't Going Anywhere, Won't Be Delisted Over Music Licenses
40:47 - Port specialist Virtuos says it wants to bring GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 to Switch
46:20 - KOTOR remake’s cancelled Aspyr-era cinematic leaks
52:06 - GTA 6 pre-order speculation keeps spinning up
55:00 - UK Charts: Indiana Jones Commences His Great Circular Crusade On Switch 2
58:45 - Poll

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Published 2026-05-15

Subnautica 2 Sells 2 Million In 12 Hours With 600K+ Concurrent Players

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Ben Hanson to chat about Subnautica 2's huge early access release, Xbox's new controllers leaking, and more!

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0:00:00 Intro
0:07:17 Subnautica 2 sells 2 million in 12 hours with over 600K concurrent players
0:15:25 Two unannounced Xbox controllers surface, including Elite Series 3 and ‘Cloud’ pad
0:23:21 LEGO 2K Drive Is Being Delisted From Digital Storefronts Next Week
0:32:04 WWE 2K Developers Hit Hardest By Visual Concepts Layoffs
0:36:03 Marathon is Getting Two New PvE Modes in Season Two
0:40:24 Square Enix Wants To Further Promote Its Multi-Platform Strategy, Especially On Switch 2
0:45:31 PS Plus May catalog: Star Wars Outlaws, Red Dead Redemption 2, Time Crisis
0:47:26 Tomodachi Life surpassed a million copies sold physically in Japan
0:48:22 LEGO Zelda Great Deku Tree set being retired, here’s where you can get it
0:50:04 Poll & outro
0:54:10 The Bomb 12

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Published 2026-05-14

The Duskbloods Still Set for 2026

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to start your Thursday with news on The Duskbloods still being set for 2026, a Forza Horizon 6 roundup, Best Buy telling affiliates that GTA 6 pre-orders may start next week, Fortnite Zero Build getting an overhaul, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
7:17 - Forza Horizon 6 reviews
15:35 - Best Buy tells affiliates it’s starting GTA 6 pre-orders next week, sparking speculation that a new trailer is coming
25:36 - Fortnite Zero Build Is Getting A Much-Needed Overhaul This Week
33:50 - With its latest update, Nintendo has already added most of Virtual Boy’s game library to Switch Online
37:29 - Xbox PC app references Game Pass expansion into China and possible Disc2Digital
45:35 - Amazon Still Eyeing A Lord Of The Rings Game After Reported MMO Cancellation
50:50 - BioShock Creator: Switch 2 Proves Graphics Have Reached "Diminishing Returns"
54:05 - FromSoftware/Kadokawa: The Duskbloods still set for 2026, and From may self-publish internationally
56:00 - Dead Rising Franchise Still Alive as Capcom Considers Sequels, Remakes

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Published 2026-05-13

Slow Sales Start for Saros

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Jeff Grubb and Chuck Zimmerheld start your Wednesday morning with news on Saros having a slow start of sales, while on the other side Silent Hill is selling very well, Xbox continuing to reevaluate console exclusives, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
4:28 - Saros had a “lukewarm start” with 300,000+ sold in 2 weeks, analytics firm estimates
8:30 - Sony says PS Plus gets only 4–6 day-one games a year, mostly indies
18:05 - As Xbox 'Reevaluates' Exclusives, Its Hellblade 2 PS5 Port Is Considered a Success
26:00 - BREAK
26:27 - Capcom updates its game sales figures with its best-ever annual financial report
31:32 - Konami’s Silent Hill comeback looks real
37:00 - Small discussion on AI
44:09 - Rumor: Resident Evil Code Veronica Remake is heading much stronger in horror direction
47:54 - Nintendo Won't Focus On Making Switch 2 Games Exclusively, Switch 1 Remains Important
53:10 - 3D platformer Garfield: Escape from Monday announced for Nintendo Switch
55:00 - ConcernedApe Says Haunted Chocolatier Is "Way Bigger" Than Stardew Valley
57:00 - Poll

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Published 2026-05-11

Forza Horizon 6 Leaked Before Launch

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about Forza Horizon 6 getting leaked early, Directive 8020 reviews, some users downloading LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight early, investors still unhappy, and MORE for your Monday morning. 

00:00 - Intro
4:50 - Directive 8020 reviews
13:50 - Forza Horizon 6 leaked/cracked before launch
20:48 - Several Xbox users managed to download Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, 10 days early
26:21 - BREAK
26:38 - Gears of War: E-Day may be circling September
31:17 - Investors still aren’t happy even after Nintendo raised the price of the Switch 2
40:17 - Shift Up is taking Stellar Blade 2 away from Sony publishing
44:33 - PS5 is drifting behind PS4
48:00 - Gamers To ‘Raid’ EA Headquarters To Protest $55 Billion Sale
50:50 - New “European alternative” to Unreal/Unity is being built by Guerrilla/Epic veteran
52:30 - Star Wars Zero Company gets age rating from agencies around the world
53:48 - Tomodachi Life might actually be selling Switch 2 systems

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Published 2026-05-08

Price Hikes Coming for Switch 2

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli end the week discussing incoming price hikes for the Switch 2, Sony sharing a forecast of lower gaming business sales, Sony talking about AI within the PlayStation ecosystem, Valve trying to fight scalpers, and more for your Friday! 

00:00 - Intro
1:00 - Mixtape Impressions
6:30 - Nintendo Announces Sweeping Price Hikes For Switch 2
15:20 - Switch 2 is just shy of 20 million units, but Nintendo is forecasting a slowdown
30:00 - break
30:20 - Sony forecasts lower gaming business sales amid memory price surge
39:00 - Sony is admitting Bungie is not worth what Sony thought it was worth
44:00 - 'Human Creativity Must Remain at the Centre': Sony Talks AI within PlayStation
48:11 - PS6 Release Date and Price Not Decided Yet, Says Sony
50:45 - Valve opens a Steam Controller reservation queue to fight scalpers
53:00 - Poll and Bomb 12

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Published 2026-05-07

NEW Star Fox Game Coming Soon

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Mike Minotti and Jan Ochoa fill in for Grubb to chat about all of the glowing Mixtape reviews, some news and updates coming from Take-Two, other stories, and Star Fox coming back?!

00:00 - Intro
4:00 - Mixtape reviews
13:35 - Star Fox returns
23:25 - Nintendo’s Switch 2 pricing split continues: Star Fox is cheaper digitally than physically
31:40 - BREAK
31:57 - Take-Two says Civilization VII “got it wrong,” major update will let players stay one civ all game
39:00 - Zelnick says Take-Two “wasted a lot of time and money” on BioShock 4 dead ends
45:45 - Capcom’s Pragmata hits 2 million in 16 days
50:00 - RGG’s Stranger Than Heaven gets a deeper reveal, winter launch window, and Snoop Dogg

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Published 2026-05-06

Take-Two has a Console-first Strategy for GTA 6

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to get into a grip of GTA 6 related stories, NetherRealm hoping to get the ball rolling on another Mortal Kombat game, how watching YouTube on the Switch 2 is still a complicated process, Disney trying to dive deeper into gaming, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
2:15 - Saros
7:44 - Take-Two explains GTA 6 console-first strategy: console is Rockstar’s “core consumer” + Rockstar should raise GTA 6’s price for good of ‘the entire industry’, says Bank of America
25:00 - BREAK
25:32 - NetherRealm is “actively pursuing” a new Mortal Kombat
29:50 - You Can Watch YouTube On Switch 2, But It Isn't Pretty
32:35 - IO Interactive’s Project Fantasy Is In a “Very Healthy Space”
36:58 - Capcom: 90% of Resident Evil Requiem players prefer third-person with first person more divisive
41:20 - Disney CEO On Why Gaming Could Be The Company's Next Big Growth-Driver
49:00 - MindsEye studio reportedly lays off 170 employees, following update parodying alleged attacks
54:40 - Xbox has scrapped its Copilot AI companion on consoles, Asha Sharma says
58:00 - Xbox Game Pass May wave is stacked: Forza Horizon 6, Mixtape, Subnautica 2 Early Access

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Published 2026-05-04

GameStop Announces Shocking Offer to Buy eBay

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Jeff Grubb is joined by David "Fame" Whitaker to start the week with shocking news about GameStop announcing a shocking buyout offer to try to acquire eBay, Halo 2 and Halo 3 remakes reportedly in active development, Marathon has "years" planned out, and more for your Monday! 

00:00 - Intro
3:30 - GameStop Announces Shocking Buyout Offer For eBay
14:13 - Halo 2 and Halo 3 remakes are reportedly in active development
27:00 - BREAK
27:22 - Marathon Has 'Years' of Story Planned Out, Says Bungie, and Players Will 'Help Shape It'
37:30 - Pragmata is looking like a real new Capcom IP
43:59 - Marvel Tokon adds Hulk and Black Panther
48:20 - Resident Evil Requiem producer says DLSS 5 anger ‘shows we got Grace’s original design right’
53:00 - Sony boss thinks game business woes is caused by "over-investements during COVID-19"
57:10 - Steam Controller launches today

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Published 2026-05-01

Valve Harware Rumors: Steam Machine Might Be on its Way?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli today to end the week with Fortnite getting more Star Wars content, another storybook chapter getting added to Super Mario Galaxy 2, a Valve hardware rumor about upcoming "consoles", and a fun little voicemail for Jason!

00:00 - Intro
3:00 - Jason Voicemail
5:00 - Fortnite Is Adding New Star Wars Modes, And One Of Them Feels Like Battlefront
15:45 - Valve hardware rumor: customs data points to “game console” shipments
22:00 - break
23:58 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 gets a new Storybook chapter
28:25 - Injustice 3 Is Looking Like The Next Fighting Game From NetherRealm
35:35 - Microsoft Responds To Xbox Backwards Compatibility Issues After Fans Complain For Weeks
40:50 - The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition becomes a free upgrade
40:20 - Subnautica 2 gets a May 14 Early Access date after the Krafton / Unknown Worlds drama
45:00 - These Numbers Explain Why Sony Is Stopping Porting PS5 Games to PC
Poll and the Bomb 12

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Published 2026-04-30

PlayStation's 30-Day Timer is a One Time Check

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn start your Thursday with an Invincible VS review roundup, we finally get to the bottom of the PlayStation store internet check drama, Star Wars: Galactic Racer getting release date, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
2:27 - Shawn's Invincible VS Review
9:00 - Intro again!
10:00 - Invincible VS reviews
13:40 - PlayStation finally explains 30-day timer for digital games, says it’s only a one-time check
23:09 - Star Wars: Galactic Racer confirms release date and $160 physical collector’s edition
27:00 - BREAK
29:20 - Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age and Indiana Jones on the Switch 2
33:50 - Japan sales: Tomodachi Life keeps rolling, Pragmata’s Switch 2 version debuts
37:08 - PS5's Plague Tale Prequel Still Set for 2026, Story Details Revealed
39:13 - PlayStation Plus May lineup: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang, Nine Sols
48:50 - NACON Connect returns May 7 after a delay
51:11 - Xbox revenue down across content, services, gaming, and hardware
57:27 - Poll

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Published 2026-04-29

Final Fantasy VII Remake Part Three is "On Time"

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Myles Obenza to chat about the continued confusion over the timers happening with digital downloads at PlayStation, some updates for Final Fantasy VII on the Switch 2 and Part 3, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection updates, and more for your Wednesday! 

00:00 - Intro
5:20 - New theory says PS4 and PS5 30-day digital game timers are temporary to stop piracy, become permanent after 14 days
13:00 - Take-Two CEO Addresses Grand Theft Auto 6 Price, and the Possibility for More L.A. Noire
20:36 - Monument Valley boss says it was ‘too romantic’ about giving staff ‘long-term job security’, thinks contractors are the future
27:00 - Break 
27:30 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo is now live on Switch 2 and Xbox Series
29:51 - Final Fantasy VII Remake Part Three is “on time and on schedule”
36:12 - Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection ‘Krossplay’ update now available
40:16 - Witcher 3 veterans share Blood of the Dawnwalker gameplay and set release
44:09 - Games Done Quick is coming to Europe for the first time with 3 days of Gamescom speedruns
46:00 - A six-game collection of retro Rugrats titles is coming next month
50:07 - Digital Bros acquires Wuchang: Fallen Feathers IP

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Published 2026-04-27

Sega Releases an Alien Isolation 2 Teaser

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to start the week with a tease of Alien Isolation 2 from Sega, FairGames struggling with an early pre-alpha playtest to "find the fun", the PS5 price jumping up in price in other regions, and a bunch more stories! 

00:00 - Intro 
5:50 - Sega releases an Alien Isolation 2 teaser, suggesting more news is on the way
13:00 - PS5, PS4 Game Expiry DRM Concerns Escalate as Sony Remains Silent on Issue
21:40 - FairGames Struggles to ‘Find The Fun’ in Latest Pre-Alpha Playtest
27:00 - BREAK
27:30 - PS5 Price Increases Hit Another Region, Effective from 1st May
35:20 - Assassin’s Creed Hexe Loses 50 Developers as Game Targets 2027 Release
41:20 - Fortnite Won't Remove D4vd Cosmetics After Murder Charge, But You Can Get A Refund
46:20 - Xbox starts SGF Play Days positioning
52:00 - NateTheHate says the rumoured Star Fox game will be released in June 2026
55:10 - Rumor: A Metroid Movie May Become A Reality As Two Studios Battle For Rights

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Published 2026-04-24

Microsoft Gaming Reverts Back to Xbox Branding

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We got Eric Van Allen joining Grubb today to end week with talking about Saros reviews coming in, Microsoft Gaming reverting back to Xbox branding, Invincible VS gets a story mode, Clai Obscur celebrating a major milestone, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
3:13 - Saros reviews
14:20 - Gang Of Dragon Trailer And Nagoshi Studio's YouTube Channel Vanish Amid Funding Crisis
20:56 - Stop Killing Games movement celebrates as The Crew 2 sees further offline mode support
28:00 - break
28:40 - Microsoft Gaming reverts to Xbox branding as part of new mission statement
36:36 - Invincible VS will come with a story mode from the team behind the animated series 
41:00 - Ways Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Differs From Ubisoft's Original Pirate Adventure
48:40 - BioWare project director explains why we've not seen a proper Mass Effect 4 tease yet
55:00 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sales top eight million
1:06:00 - B12

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Published 2026-04-23

Players Say Peter Molyneux's New Game Is Too Much Like Cooking Mama

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn take you through your Thursday morning with stories about Shuhei Yoshida declaring gaming's future to be in indies rather than AAA, Vampire Survivors creator Poncle working on a whole bunch of stuff, and Peter Molyneux's being too much like... Cooking Mama?

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0:00:00 Intro
0:04:35 Geometry Wars-Inspired Hit 'Sektori' Appears On Switch 2 eShop
0:09:31 Yoshi and the Mysterious Book previews
0:13:53 Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta reviews
0:18:13 Players Say Peter Molyneux's New God Game Is Too Much Like Cooking Mama
0:24:28 Two Point Museum announces Arty-Facts DLC
0:26:50 Shuhei Yoshida Sees Gaming's Future As Indie, Not "Generic" AAA Games
0:37:48 Vampire Survivors creator Poncle has over 15 projects in the works
0:43:33 More Call Of Duty Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass This Year
0:48:55 Annapurna announces Switch 2 ports of five games, with Sayonara Wild Hearts and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes out today
0:53:04 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream tops the Japanese charts, outselling the rest of the top 10 seven times over
0:56:27 Poll & outro

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Published 2026-04-22

Miyamoto Surprised at Harsh Mario Movie Reviews

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mat Piscatela to discuss March's game market highlights here in the US, Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred Reviews, analysts speculating about Game Pass' price drop, class action lawsuits getting filed against Nintendo, Miyamoto and a grip of updates out of the Mario movie, and more! 


00:00 - Intro
4:35 - March 2026 US video game market highlights
21:30 - Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred reviews
23:00 - break
23:50 - Analysts say Xbox Game Pass price drop is ‘unsurprising’ after COD failed to significantly increase subscriptions
32:45 - Miyamoto says he was surprised Mario Galaxy Movie reviews were even harsher than the first
37:40 - Miyamoto says he wants Peach’s origin story in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie to remain canon in future games
40:50 - Gamers file class action lawsuit against Nintendo over U.S. tariff refunds
44:50 - Ecco the Dolphin: Complete announced
47:00 - Report: Ubisoft has scrapped its Animal Crossing competitor
47:38 - Rumor: Street Fighter 6 Year 4 DLC characters leak, includes big crossover
49:08 - Poll

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Published 2026-04-20

THQ Nordic Teasing 7 Upcoming Games for Switch 2

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to jump start the week with news! We're chatting about Shuhei Yoshida sharing stories of PlayStation studios, Pragmata selling well, THQ Nordic teasing 7 unanounced games headed to the Switch 2, and more!

00:00 - Intro 
6:54 - Shuhei Yoshida says he was ‘fired’ from his role as PlayStation studio president because he ‘didn’t listen to’ Jim Ryan
22:40 - PRAGMATA sales top one million in two days
25:20 - BREAK
26:00 - THQ Nordic has 7 unannounced games headed to the Nintendo Switch 2
33:10 - Argonaut Games and Buck Bumble
35:00 - Developer Feels ‘Shut Down And Silenced’ After BAFTA Awards Pulled Her Game Over Its Subject Matter [Update]
41:20 - Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 is finally coming, with designs by the late Akira Toriyama
44:00 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 developer lays off up to 90 employees
52:19 - One of the greatest run-and-gun games of the '90s is set for a reboot
55:25 - Valve received tons of new shipment Steam Controller
57:00 - As The Legend of Zelda movie wraps filming, its cinematographer shares a new look at Link
1:01:38 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie continues charge in cinemas by nearing $750 million
‘Call of Duty’ Movie, From Taylor Sheridan and Pete Berg, Lands 2028 Release Date
1:04:00 - Live-action adaptation of Elden Ring coming to cinemas in 2028

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Published 2026-04-17

Phasmophobia Getting an Alan Wake II Event

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Eka from Outerloop Games to chat about Dosa Divas and the indie space! We also get into the news to end the week with a surprise Phasmophobia event in collaboration with Alan Wake, a new/old NeoGeo console coming, Slay the Spire 2 getting review bombed, and more! 

00:00 - Intro 
8:20 - SNK is releasing a modern NeoGeo AES console with ‘unrivaled authenticity’ and £70 game cartridges
16:10 - Pokémon & Zelda Rip-Off 'Pickmos' Removed From Steam As Publisher Intervenes
21:10 - Forza Horizon 6 is set to have a better launch than any of its predecessors
26:00 - BREAK
27:30 - Phasmophobia limited-time event ‘Phasmophobia by Alan Wake’ announced
31:55 - Sony's MIA Live-Service Game Is Going In The Exact Direction You'd Expect
40:10 - Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced Reportedly Drops Anchor This July
46:00 - Slay The Spire 2 Is Getting Review-Bombed All Over Again After Its Latest Update
50:40 - David Leitch is 100% confident that the Netflix Gears of War movie will be made
56:30 - Poll and Bomb 12

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Published 2026-04-16

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Dev Team Potentially Reuniting

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown dev team potentially reuniting, Ubisoft settling with other devs that were laid off after unionizing, loose details on the next Xbox, the Street Fighter movie and the game not settling the incest angle, and more for your Thursday morning! 

00:00 - Intro 
6:00 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown development team reportedly reunites, set to pitch new ideas to Ubisoft
14:40 - Ubisoft Settles With Developers Who Were Laid Off After Unionizing
19:40 - Starfield Nintendo Switch 2 rating has now appeared
24:40 - 44% of games industry professionals have considered leaving the industry as a result of redundancies
31:00 - Break
33:00 - Xbox CCO details unified approach for next-gen Project Helix console
39:00 - Street Fighter 6’s Long-Awaited Incest Nerf Is Here And Does Basically Nothing
44:00 - Street Fighter exudes visual identity and charisma in its official trailer

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Published 2026-04-15

Forza Horizon 5 Sells Incredibly well on PS5

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Jason Fanelli joins Grubb today to chat about Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream reviews, some major Switch 2 titles getting spotted, Xbox still considering exclusivity and putting on big numbers on the PS5, and more for your Wednesday morning! 

0:00 - Intro
7:00 - Tomodachi Life reviews
16:00 - Two First-Party Switch 2 Ratings Have Been Spotted
23:00 - Break
24:00 - Xbox Is Having 'Very Big Discussions' About Exclusivity, Says Reporter
32:00 - Some more positive data for Xbox games on PlayStation
37:00 - Rockstar leak reveals why GTA 6 PC launch is on the back burner
42:00 - PS5 sales reached year highs as consumers raced to beat Sony’s price increases
46:00 - Jock Blaney, voice of Wolf O’Donnell and Bill Grey in Star Fox 64, has passed away
48:00 - Poll

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Published 2026-04-13

Fortnite Adding an Arc Raiders-Style Mode with Disney Characters

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It's Monday so it's time to start the week with some video game news! We've got Lexi Luddy on the show today to chat about Pragmata reviews, Fortnite adding an extraction shooter mode featuring Disney characters, Borderlands 4 on the Switch 2 copies are out in the wild, Xbox may not launch Call of Duty on Game Pass this year, and more news! 

0:00 - Intro
6:00 - Pragmata
11:30 - Metro 2039 to be announced on April 16
14:20 - Fortnite Adding An Arc Raiders-Style Game With Disney Characters 
BREAK 
25:00 - Borderlands 4 Nintendo Switch 2 copies apparently spotted in the wild despite the game being put on hold indefinitely
31:00 - Hacker group confirms it will release stolen Rockstar Games data
36:35 - Microsoft Might Not Launch Call Of Duty 2026 On Xbox Game Pass
43:00 - Xbox’s Biggest PS5 Port Yet Is Crashing So Much Some Are Calling It ‘Unplayable’
49:00 - Fable is still expected to release in autumn 2026
54:00 - Poll

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Published 2026-04-10

Report Claims Marathon Cost Over $250 Million

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Jeff Grubb and Matthew Finneman take you into the weekend by breaking down news about Level-5's upcoming games, PlayStation's Marathon reportedly costing them over $250 million, and much more!

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0:00:00 Intro
0:06:49 Decapolice moves from Nintendo Switch to Switch 2
0:10:14 Level-5 Release Dates Still Up In The Air For Some Potential 2026 Titles
0:18:23 Report claims Marathon cost over $250 million as player numbers slide
0:28:27 Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy rated for Switch 2 in Taiwan
0:32:24 Rare Punch-Out!! Prototype With A Missing Character Found
0:40:09 Sony is Prepping a Metal Gear Solid Movie
0:45:19 Fresh Xbox discoveries point to "Duet" codename
0:49:20 Famitsu/Media Create Sales for March 30 through April 5
0:52:25 Starting April 10, 2026, Amazon Luna will no longer offer game stores, individual game purchases or third-party subscriptions
0:56:25 Poll & outro
0:59:36 THE BOMB 12

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Published 2026-04-09

Rhythm Heaven Groove Coming in July

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to chat about mixed receptions of Pokémon Champions and Samson, rumors of a new Luigi's Mansion game, a possible State of Play coming next week, Rhythm Heaven Groove getting a release date, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Next Sony State Of Play Coming April 16 - Report
9:00 - Samson's Launch Woes Deemed "Unacceptable," Incoming Patch Aims To Beat Down Bugs
14:09 - Surprise Borderlands Game on Mobile
19:20 - Halo: Campaign Evolved Release Date Seemingly Leaked By Dataminer In Cryptic Math Problem
27:09 - BREAK
27:30 - Pokémon Champions launches to mixed reception, as performance woes and competitive changes turn some away
34:15 - Rhythm Heaven Groove out early July
38:18 - Leaker says new Luigi’s Mansion game currently in development alongside accompanying amiibo
44:00 - Amazon lists Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition for $80 and it’s a Game-Key Card
49:50 - Star Fox For Switch 2 Could Be Announced Very Soon
55:00 - Poll

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Published 2026-04-08

Nintendo Pushing for Luigi's Mansion Movie?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about People of Note reviews, James Bond being another release getting delayed on the Switch 2, physical releases for the Switch 2, leakers claiming Nintendo is looking to pitch a Luigi's Mansion movie, and more stories for your Wednesday! 

0:00 - Intro
4:12 - People of Note reviews
6:45 - James Bond Is The Latest Major Switch 2 Port To Get Delayed
17:35 - Absolum arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 in a new physical version later this year
20:36 - Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake reveal seemingly set for 16th April
26:30 - Leaker claims Nintendo is looking to pitch a Luigi’s Mansion movie
30:57 - Maybe Link shouldn't talk in the Zelda movie, says Majora's Mask creator
35:30 - Sony Pictures Entertainment to Lay Off Hundreds in Reorganization Across TV, Film and Corporate
42:08 - Take-Two Interactive reportedly lays off AI team
46:00 - Poll

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Published 2026-04-06

Veteran Halo Developer Accuses Studio of "Unethical and Unlawful Acts"

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Jeff Grubb and Lex Luddy get your gaming week going by chatting about some serious accusations from a veteran Halo developer, Mario laughing all the way to the bank after the Galaxy movie, and much more!

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00:00 Intro
03:12 Super Mario becomes the only animated movie series to open globally at more than $350 million twice
09:54 Nintendo Switch 2 bundle with Mario Galaxy games discounted for limited time
18:48 Zelda Movie Filming At Same Locations As The Lord Of The Rings, And People Are Excited
22:36 Veteran Halo Developer Accuses Studio of ‘Numerous Unethical and Unlawful Acts’
30:47 State of Decay 3 Is Back From The Dead, And You Might Be Able To Play It Soon
33:45 PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites
40:56 Grime II reviews
43:51 Kunio-kun and Double Dragon creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto dies at age 64
45:59 The Mass Effect TV Show Will Reportedly Be Rewritten To Appeal To ‘Non-Gamers’
50:14 Outro

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Published 2026-04-03

Nintendo Wants You to Use the Gamechat Button More

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Happy Fanelli Friday everybody! We got Jason Fanelli joining Grubb today to chat about the PS5 still being $400 in a couple places, Sony acquiring more things, Nintendo wants you to use the Gamechat button more, and more stories to end the week! 

0:00 - Intro
3:53 - It Might Not Be Too Late To Buy A PS5 For Just $400
10:55 - Steam Deck 2 Ditches Semi-Custom APU for Off-the-Shelf AMD Silicon, Eyes 2028 Launch
20:30 - Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Cinemersive Labs
27:42 - BREAK
27:50 - A Game Pass for indie games: meet Indie Pass, a $6.99-a-month subscription launching with 70 titles
36:37 - Nintendo Really Wants You To Press Switch 2's GameChat Button
42:32 - FANTA NEWS: Halo: Campaign Evolved to shadowdrop/launch soon after Xbox Games Showcase?
49:38 - Fortnite's brainrot characters have started a fan revolt
58:29 - GameStop Thought Buying Games Online Was A ‘Passing Phase,’ Says Former Business Developer
01:07:00 - BOMB 12 

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Published 2026-04-02

Super Mario Galaxy is Already Breaking Records

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to start your Thursday with news on how the Super Mario Galaxy movie is performing, speculations about how the PS6 handheld will perform, RACCOIN performing well, and more for your morning video game news! 

00:00 - Intro
3:17 - Report claims PS6 handheld surpasses Xbox Series S in graphics tests
16:40 - ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Already Breaking Records With Best Ever April Wednesday At $34M – Box Office
26:56 - BREAK
22:40 - Audiences seem to mostly like Super Mario Galaxy Movie
27:11 - Switch 2 price is ‘going to have to go up’ eventually, former Nintendo sales lead says
32:19 - Analytics firm says Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 third-party ecosystem sales up 76% in 2025
39:00 - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream FAQ details 70 Mii limit, Nintendo Switch 2 improvements, and more
47:19 - Coin-pusher roguelike Raccoin hit a massive Steam sales milestone in just 24 hours
51:30 - GOG’s optimised ports of the original PC Resident Evil trilogy are now on Steam too
51:50 - Super Mario Bros. Speedrunner Claims He’s Being Sabotaged
55:05 - Poll

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Published 2026-04-01

New MindsEye Mission will Reveal how it was "Sabotaged"

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Vitelli to chat about Mario Galaxy review scores, the Nintendo Switch 2 jumping up in sales, the US patent office revoking Nintendo's patent, a new MindsEye mission will apparently reveal corporate espionage, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
04:03 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes punching bag for critics
11:16 - Nintendo Switch 2 sales jumped 154% in March month-on-month following Pokemon Pokopia (in the U.K.)
19:00 - New MindsEye Mission Will Reveal 'Evidence' the Game Was 'Sabotaged', Claims CEO
25:30 - BREAK
25:50 - Resident Evil Creator’s New Studio Teams Up With The Maker Of Stellar Blade
30:40 - US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle
35:00 - Eidos Montreal Cancels 7+ Year In-Development Title That Cost Hundreds of Millions
39:40 - Darksiders Warmastered Edition coming to PS5, Xbox Series on May 19
41:50 - Blaze announces Evercade Nexus handheld, including enhanced versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie
46:10 - CLICK HERE FOR BUBSY FEET PICS!
48:45 - Capcom finally confirms the theory that Pragmata is a stealth Mega Man game
52:10 - Poll

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Published 2026-03-30

The PS5 Pro is Now $900

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are back from PAX East to chat about all of the price increases from PlayStation, Nintendo possibly planning a new Star Fox, rumors of a Super Metroid remake, Crimson Desert selling 5 million sales, and more stories! 

00:00 - Intro
5:48 - New Price Changes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player
18:15 - Rumored PS6 cost for Sony 
27:11 - BREAK
27:33 - Sources: Nintendo is planning a new Star Fox and a major Zelda remake this year, but no 3D Mario
36:10 - RUMOR: Super Metroid remake coming from MercurySteam, alongside a new Metroid game
42:55 - As Crimson Desert nears 5 million sales, Pearl Abyss CEO says it’s looking into a Switch 2 port
45:27 - Devil May Cry 5 seemingly coming to Nintendo Switch 2, getting new Devil Hunter Edition
47:06 - Super Mario Galaxy movie has 2 post credit scenes
48:45 - This summer’s Xbox Games Showcase is confirmed for June, followed by a Gears of War E-Day Direct

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Published 2026-03-26

Nintendo's Switch 2 Digital Games To Start Being Cheaper Than Physical

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Ronell Crawford to talk about Nintendo's games being cheaper digitally than physically in the future, Fox McCloud joining the Super Mario Galaxy movie, the cost of game development being too d*mn high, and more!

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0:00:00 Intro
0:03:08 Switch 2 games in the U.S. will have different prices for their physical and digital versions
0:12:08 Fox McCloud is officially appearing in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
0:20:07 STFU FRIDAY ON A THURSDAY: Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has absolutely no profanity filter
0:25:49 More AAA games are reportedly costing $300 million or more to make
0:41:03 Eight PlayStation studios have closed since PS5 was launched: Here's the full list
0:45:29 RAM Crisis Is Forcing Super-Popular Kids Console To Raise Prices Again
0:51:01 Capcom Addresses The Street Fighter 6 Incest Storyline Fans Have Been Losing Their Minds Over
0:53:55 Jak And Daxter Fans, Prepare To Have Your Heart Broken
0:54:56 Poll & outro
0:58:46 THE BOMB 12

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Published 2026-03-25

PlayStation Shuts Down First-Party Studio

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Phil Salvador from the Video Game History Foundation to chat about Super Mario Bros. Wonder for the Switch 2 reviews, Screamer reviews, PlayStation shutting down Jason Blundell's first-party studio, Marathon selling 1.2 million copies, and more! 

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00:00 - Intro
4:50 - Reviews for Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
12:01 - Critic Reviews for Screamer
18:31 - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream ‘Welcome Version’ demo now available    
25:54 - BREAK
26:06 - PlayStation shutters first-party partner studio Dark Outlaw Games
35:57 - Analytics firm estimates that Marathon has sold 1.2 million copies, but says only 19% are on PS5
41:34 - Xbox boss pushes for Game Pass overhaul, including Netflix collaboration
48:14 - The RAMpocalypse Is Already Claiming Its First PC Gaming Handheld
52:00 - Square Enix was Metacritic’s No. 1 ranked publisher last year, thanks to 9 ‘good’ games
54:00 - Poll

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Published 2026-03-23

Crimson Desert Caught Using AI Images

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Aftermath's Nathan Grayson to talk about a new Minecraft Dungeons getting announced, Death Stranding 2 and Resident Evil 3(?!) seeing success on Steam, and AI. AI everywhere. (BuzzLightyearMeme.png)

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00:00 Intro
05:43 Minecraft Dungeons is getting a sequel this year, and it’s coming to PS5 and Switch 2
09:43 Crimson Desert Caught Using AI Images, Resulting Apology Written For Suckers
16:59 Crimson Desert gets a new patch which improves controls and adds new item storage
22:27 Square Enix has partnered with Google to put an AI chat bot in Dragon Quest X
31:35 Sega’s Stranger Than Heaven will headline an Xbox Partner event this week
36:54 Death Stranding 2 is off to a great start on Steam
41:58 February 2026 Circana report
49:47 Resident Evil 3 reaches its highest concurrent player number on Steam in six years
54:18 It seems Resident Evil Code Veronica Remake is being directed by RE2 & RE4 Remake team
55:34 Outro

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Published 2026-03-20

Switch 2's Boost Mode Significantly Impacting Battery Life

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Jeff Grubb is joined by MinnMax's own Ben Hanson to end the news week! Today we chat about CD Projekt's upcoming projects, Pearl Abyss has a huge launch on Steam despite the mixed reviews, Switch 2's boost mode draining the battery significantly, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
7:40 - Witcher 4 And New IP At CD Projekt Get Fresh Updates; Here's The Latest
15:53 - Pearl Abyss has huge launch on Steam and mixed user reviews
24:40 - BREAK
24:47 - Switch 2 boost mode noticeably affects battery life
30:10 - Reinstated Subnautica 2 Dev Says Krafton's Release Date Announcement Was Potentially "Damaging"
38:01 - Fortnite Adding Peak Skins That Will Probably Cost More Than Peak Itself
42:55 - Destiny 2 And Magic Are Gathering For A Big In-Game Collab
47:45 - Jim Carrey Is Back For Sonic The Hedgehog 4, With Big Stars In Tow
55:06 - Kena: Bridge of Spirits hits Switch on March 26
55:21 - Europe vs Nintendo
58:07 - Poll
1:02:31 - Bomb 12

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Published 2026-03-19

Crimson Desert Review Round-Up

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Britton Peele to chat about Crimson Desert scores and Grubb's early impressions on the game, PlayStation dropping "PlayStation Network" as a brand, LEGO Party getting an update, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance getting a special SEGA villains DLC, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
4:20 - Crimson Desert reviews
16:28 - Report: Sony Is Planning To Ditch ‘PlayStation Network’ As A Brand
25:25 - BREAK
25:44 - Sony is quietly shutting down one of the two PlayStation VR2 exclusives it published
32:01 - LEGO Party reveals 1.4.0 update with Bonus Bricks and more
36:00 - Nintendo seems to have improved GameCube emulation on Switch 2
40:03 - Xbox’s Best Feature In Years Just Got A Huge Fix
45:40 - Shinobi: Art of Vengeance’s special DLC stage starring Sega villains is coming next month
48:55 - Tomb Raider Publisher Denies Using AI For Lara’s Outfits, Which Leaves More Questions
53:15 - We'll be at PAX East!
55:10 - Poll

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Published 2026-03-18

MindsEye Publisher Splitting from Devs

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to jumpstart your Wednesday with video game news! We're talking about the continued fallout from Nvidia's DLSS 5 demo and the CEO chimes in, Subnautica 2 finally getting an early-access release, IOI splitting from MindsEye, Street Fighter 6's playerbase increasing, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
5:55 - Nvidia CEO responds to widespread criticism of DLSS 5
16:51 - Nvidia’s DLSS 5 reveal trailer only has 16% likes on YouTube as players make their voices heard
28:13 - BREAK 
28:27 - Subnautica 2 Will Get Early-Access Release In May Following The Latest Court Ruling
33:20 - MindsEye publisher breaks up with devs, cancels Hitman crossover
38:14 - Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters announced for Nintendo Switch
43:00 - Street Fighter 6 surpasses launch peak with major update
44:30 - Nintendo expands GameCube NSO lineup
47:13 - New PlayStation Portal software update adds 1080p High Quality mode and UX refinements
49:39 - Todd Howard: Bethesda has made a "really incredible job" with The Elder Scrolls VI game engine
52:49 - Final Fantasy IX animated series Final Fantasy: Black Mages Legacy now in production
56:00 - Poll

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Published 2026-03-16

Bandai Namco Making a New Fighting Game?

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We got Jason Fanelli joining Grubb to start the week! We're chatting about Bandai Namco developing a new fighting game, Resident Evil Requiem passing 6 million sales, Mario Galaxy movie projected to have a big opening, and maybe a new Simpsons Hit & Run game might be on the way!

00:00 - Intro
4:40 - Mario Galaxy movie expecting a $160 million opening
13:14 - Don’t forget there’s 2 weeks left for free GameChat as afterwards you need a Nintendo Switch Online subscription
21:00 - Break
21:25 - Bandai Namco reportedly developing a new fighting game
30:34 - As it passes 6 million sales, Capcom officially confirms Resident Evil Requiem is the series’ fastest selling game
35:00 - Slay the Spire 2 has already sold over 3 million copies
39:50 - The Simpsons writer delivers hopeful message about a Hit & Run return
47:00 - Star Wars: Galactic Racer physical edition to be distributed by PLAION
50:00 - Turns out all your Pokémon Go data will be used to train robots
53:10 - Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe
56:55 - Poll

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Published 2026-03-13

Microsoft Ends "This is an Xbox" Campaign

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This is not an Xbox. This is a news show and we got Lex Luddy joining Grubb today! To end the week we chat about some Crimson Desert previews, Xbox retiring the "This is an Xbox" campaign and marching towards AI, gaming trends from Roblox players, and even more! 

0:00 - Intro
6:31 - Crimson Desert Console Gameplay Finally Released, But Only Of The PS5 Pro Version
13:42 - Microsoft quietly retires 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign
26:29 - BREAK 
27:02 - Xbox Is Marching Forward With AI Features But Says It Wants To Protect Content Creators 
35:00 - Elden Ring On Switch 2 Shows Big Improvements After Months Of "Performance Adjustment"
41:00 - PC gaming projected to overtake console revenue by 2028
47:19 - Roblox and Minecraft players are less likely to play traditional AAA video games
52:00 - Marvel Maximum Collection Brings Six Superhero Titles To Switch This Month
53:20 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Set For Massive First Weekend At The Box Office
54:14 - Poll 
59:30 - Bomb 12

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Published 2026-03-12

RUMOR: PlayStation 6 and New Xbox Launching Holiday 2027

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Jeff Grubb is back from GDC and here to talk about the news! Today we're talking about Pokopia selling very well, rumors and rumblings about the next generation of consoles and when they might come out, Jeff Kaplan's new game, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
3:50 - Pokémon Pokopia surpasses 2.2m units in first four days
9:13 - Xbox unveils first tech details of its next generation console, codenamed Project Helix
15:52 - Windows 11’s Steam Deck-ish, streamlined Xbox gaming UI comes to all PCs in April
19:17 - Rumour: Both PlayStation 6 and Xbox Helix are launching holiday 2027
29:52 - BREAK
30:03 - A Lego PlayStation Is Coming This Year, Report Claims
33:38 - Silent Hill 2 Remake has surpassed five million players
37:04 - Overwatch Director Reveals His Next Game And It Looks Like Red Dead Redemption 2 Meets Rust
42:00 - Valve claps back against New York attorney general lawsuit in rare public response
47:06 - eShop reveals Super Meat Boy 3D coming to Nintendo Switch 2 end of month
51:26 - Poll 

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Published 2026-03-11

Jay and Silent Bob Game Finally Releasing Next Month

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Mike Minotti and his brother AJ Minotti are here to share the news! To celebrate 311 day we're talking about Nintendo shares surging after Pokopia's success, a LEGO PlayStation coming soon, Fall Guys Show-bucks getting a price increase, and the Jay and Silent Bob game finally releasing after almost 10 years. 

0:00 - Intro
5:00 - Nintendo Shares Surge After Reports of Pokémon Pokopia Success
12:00 - A Lego PlayStation is reportedly coming later this year
17:20 - Mega Man Voice Actor Won't Return for Dual Override as Capcom Reportedly Won't Hire Him With 'The Protections of a Union Contract'
23:06 - New Super Mario Bros. Wonder Trailer Shows Off Elephant Rosalina
29:03 - BREAK
29:33 - A decade after it was announced, the Jay and Silent Bob beat ’em up is finally coming next month
35:58 - Price Increases for Fall Guys Show-Bucks Coming April 8
40:19 - Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii: English translations of Japanese games lose ‘flavour’ because it’s ‘a simple language’
47:10 - Poll

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Published 2026-03-09

Layoffs at EA Across All Battlefield Studios

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Mike Minotti and Jan Ochoa take over while Grubb is at GDC to start the week with your video game news! We see breaking news of massive layoffs happening at EA over their Battlefield studios, Nintendo sueing the US Government, Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 remake news, and even more! 

0:00 - Intro
5:14 - Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs
13:40 - Shinji Mikami’s new studio, ‘Unbound’, is building a ‘AAA original IP’  for consoles and PC 
19:30 - Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Director Reveals Gameplay Mechanics and Locations Fans Can Expect 
28:40 - BREAK
28:59 - WarioWare series director Goro Abe has left Nintendo
29:10 - Falcom announces Dragon Slayer Project for console
36:50 - Amazon hikes Pokopia price as new Pokémon game seemingly sells out everywhere
41:00 - Monster Hunter Stories 3 Reviews
46:03 - Slay the Spire 2 hits nearly 575,000 concurrent players, almost beating Silksong's record
49:42 - Layoffs at EA
55:20 - Valve insists it will release Steam Machine and Steam Frame in 2026, after blog said it ‘hoped’ to

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Published 2026-03-06

Xbox Confirms Next Console Runs PC Games, Codenamed "Project Helix"

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli take you into the weekend by chatting about the initial teaser for Xbox's upcoming "Project Helix" console, Nintendo celebrating MAR10 Day and the upcoming Galaxy movie, Arc Raiders recording private Discord DMs and more!

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0:00:00 Intro
0:04:18 Xbox confirms its next console will run PC games and is codenamed ‘Project Helix’
0:16:14 Nintendo Direct For Mario Galaxy Movie Coming Soon, As Yoshi Popcorn Bucket Revealed
0:21:24 Nintendo reveals MAR10 Day 2026 festivities, including NSO games, discounts on software, and a Mario Kart World event
0:25:19 After 5 Years, Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Remake Gets An 11-Word Update
0:32:08 Pokémon Company stands firm against the White House's political meme
0:38:01 Arc Raiders Was Recording Private Discord DMs
0:45:41 PlayStation 5 Is Showing Different Players Different Prices For The Same Game
0:49:17 SEGA explains why it’s important for Yakuza to be on Nintendo Switch 2
0:52:31 Capcom has moved up Pragmata’s release
0:53:39 There are no plans for a Mega Man Legends collection, but it's possible
0:56:06 Poll
0:57:55 Outro
1:03:51 The Bomb 12

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Published 2026-03-05

Updates on the Future of the Assassin's Creed Franchise

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa again to chat about Docked and WWE 2K26 reviews, Ubisoft sharing updates on the Assassin's Creed franchise, more confusing details on Crimson Desert, Kena: Bridge of Spirits heading to the Switch 2, and even more! 

0:00 - Intro
5:30 - Docked reviews
10:00 - WWE 2K26 reviews
17:10 - Ubisoft Gives Updates On Assassin's Creed Franchise
27:00 - Break
27:35 - Crimson Desert Confirms PSSR 2 on PS5 Pro
33:50 - MindsEye studio announces more layoffs as CEO
42:40 - PlayStation Indie Hit 'Kena: Bridge Of Spirits' Is Headed To Switch 2 Soon
44:50 - Konami says Castlevania Belmont’s Curse isn’t going to be a roguelite game
48:35 - The National Videogame Museum Has Acquired A "Mythical" Nintendo PlayStation
52:55 - Despite the lack of mass layoffs in Japan, game developers say their numbers are still reducing ‘in a less visible manner’
59:00 - Female players are an overlooked opportunity for growth in the industry, research firm says
1:05:25 - Poll

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Published 2026-03-04

Sony Reportedly Scaling Back PC Ports for PlayStation Exclusives

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to help you with your Wednesday morning. Today on the show we're talking about Sony scaling back PC ports for PlayStation exclusives, Highguard shutting down after 3 months, Crimson Desert and some review drama, and more for your Wednesday! 

0:00 - Intro
2:46 - Sony reportedly scaling back PC ports for PlayStation exclusives
15:28 - 3 months after closing The Game Awards, Highguard is officially shutting down
23:58 - BREAK
24:07 - Tencent's Role In US Gaming Market Faces Political Uncertainty
32:44 - Studio That Worked On Fallout Denies It's Behind A New Vegas Remaster
36:15 - Crimson Desert Marketing Director Responds To Review Drama: ‘We’re Not Hiding Anything’
43:14 - Three classic titles are coming to #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch on March 10.
47:02 - Resident Evil Requiem Is Capcom's Fastest-Selling Horror Hit Yet
52:54 - Capcom makes the majority of its sales on PC, and it expects the 'ratio to continue increasing
54:11 - Nintendo confirmed for PAX East 2026
56:24 - Poll

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Published 2026-03-02

New Game Coming in God of War Universe

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We've got Jon Martin joining us to jump start the week with news! We've got a review roundup of Pokopia and Esoteric Ebb, Bungie making adjustments to Marathon, Santa Monica Studio working on something new in the God of War universe, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
4:48 - Bloodborne Rumblings 
8:25 - Pokémon Pokopia reviews
13:00 - Esoteric Ebb reviews
17:00 - Nintendo Indie World 
29:17 - BREAK
20:00 - Santa Monica Studio Is Working On A New Series In The God Of War Universe
29:26 - Starfield on PS5 release date ‘confirmed’ by reliable insider
33:30 - Retroid Pocket
36:50 - Bungie promises updates to Marathon's PvP
42:10 - This Windows gaming handheld has a screen that folds in half
47:00 - Evercade announces a Super Pocket unit dedicated to Rare classics
52:18 - Resident Evil Requiem almost cracks 350,000 concurrent players on Steam over launch weekend
55:40 - Nacon has delayed this week's Connect showcase to May 2026
56:00 - Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Players Are Accidentally Losing Hours Of Progress

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Published 2026-02-27

30th Anniversary Pokémon Presents Recap

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Baron Jones of LV1 Gaming to talk about the 30th anniversary Pokémon Presents, news about PlayStation's approach to PC ports, the story behind Highguard's development, and more!

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0:00:00 Intro
0:08:37 Pokémon Presents Recap
0:22:01 The Story Behind the Failure of ‘Highguard’
0:27:17 Sony is "backing away from putting their exclusive console stuff on PC"
0:35:42 Sony confirms a major PS5 Pro upgrade is rolling out today with Resident Evil Requiem
0:40:03 Nvidia Promises ‘Very Tight’ Graphics Card Supply Won’t Improve Any Time Soon As Prices Spike
0:43:48 Nintendo Already Made A Subtle Switch 2 Price Hike, Expert Says
0:47:48 Guitar Hero studio RedOctane returns with spiritual successor Stage Tour
0:50:07 Marathon Server Slam Gets Big Player Numbers on Steam, Bungie Acknowledges UI and PvP Frequency Complaints
0:52:12 Resident Evil Requiem arrives to an immense bang on Steam, smashing series all-time player records
0:54:03 Poll
0:57:26 The Bomb 12
1:00:52 Outro

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Published 2026-02-26

Layoffs at skate Studio

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa sit and chat about rumored Bluepoint pitches, layoffs at the skate studio, Valve getting taken to court, and more news! 

0:00 - Intro
4:30 - Bluepoint almost made a remake of Bloodborne and a spin-off to Ghost of Tsushima
15:42 - Skate studio sees layoffs
22:06 - Break
22:14 - US: Physical copies of Resident Evil Requiem are pretty much sold out
29:12 - Valve being sued by the state of New York for promoting gambling to children through loot boxes
35:50 - God Of War Sons Of Sparta Co-Op Can Now Be Accessed Right Away
38:45 - Casting call seemingly confirms Wolfenstein 3 is coming and reveals new character
43:19 - Marvel MaXimum Collection is a new compilation of retro 8-bit and 16-bit Marvel games
46:40 - Sony Apparently Has Gran Turismo Running On Switch 2, Just Don't Expect To See It
49:30 - Poll

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Published 2026-02-25

Discord Delays Global Age Verification

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We've got M.H. Williams joining us on Game Mess Mornings today to chat about Resident Evil Requiem review scores, more rumblings happening over at Xbox, two PlayStation games getting a big preview over the weekend, Discord delaying the age verification following huge backlash from its users, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
4:57 - Resident Evil Requiem reviews
12:46 - Xbox CEO Says New Hardware Announcements Are Coming "Soon"
18:50 - Are Xbox Exclusives Coming Back? New CEO Doesn’t Rule It Out
27:55 - Xbox Boss On AI: "We're Committed To Art Made By People"
35:25 - Break
35:30 - PS5 and PC players can try PlayStation’s two big upcoming live service games this weekend
40:28 - Final Fantasy 7 just got a new version, and fans aren't loving it
45:50 - Discord delays global age verification following enormous backlash
53:30 - Marvel's Wolverine For PS5 Gets September Release Date, Two Months Before GTA 6
56:35 - Poll

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Published 2026-02-23

Phil Spencer Leaves Xbox

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We have Lex Luddy on the show today with Grubb to try and dissect the current happenings over at Xbox with Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving, pitches that Bluepoint Games originally had, spending numbers from January, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
4:33 - Phil Spencer leaves Xbox, new Microsoft Gaming CEO steps in
26:10 - BREAK
26:28 - Before closing, Bluepoint Games pitched two remakes to Sony
36:20 - Nintendo Treehouse Returns This Week With A Pair Of Gameplay Showcases
37:45 - Nintendo seemingly offering refunds for poor Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch 2 upgrade
41:00 - January 2026 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights Thread from Circana
48:06 - Resident Evil Requiem Leakers Deserve "A Thousand Deaths", Says Hideki Kamiya

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Published 2026-02-20

Sony Shuts Down Bluepoint Games

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli end the week with a whole bunch of video game news! We cover the sudden closing of Bluepoint games and the internal email sent to the studio, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen coming to the Switch, a wild story between Finji and TikTok, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
4:33 - Here’s The Email About Why PlayStation Shut Down A Studio That Put Out Great Games
21:30 - Demon Tides reviews
25:00 - BREAK 
25:13 - Pokemon Presents announced for Pokemon Day 2026
30:00 - Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Coming To Switch Feb 27, For A Gross Price
38:50 - 40 employees have been laid off from Ubisoft Toronto
42:00 - Night in the Woods publisher Finji accuses TikTok of creating "racist, sexist" and uneditable GenAI ads for its games
50:57 - Square Enix says “NieR: Automata to be continued” after shifting 10 million copies
53:20 - No one is buying Mario Tennis Fever in Japan
58:00 - Poll 
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Published 2026-02-19

Kristen Bell Cast as Amy the Hedgehog

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to discuss updates on Elder Scrolls VI, Nintendo making a Xenoblade Chronicles Switch 2 edition, Christopher Judge teasing some possible changes in the God of War Trilogy, Kristen Bell casted as Amy the Hedgehog, and more news for your Thursday!

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Published 2026-02-18

Rumors Recirculating on a Chrono Trigger Remake

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to hit you with the news! We've got some new details surrounding Highguard's future and it's development, a NEW Sonic game, a review roundup for God of War: Sons of Sparta, and rumores recirculating around a remake of Chrono Trigger! 

00:00 - Intro
7:40 - God of War: Sons of Sparta reviews
14:40 - Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse
18:40 - The Internet Isn’t Safe For Resident Evil Requiem Fans Right Now
24:36 - BREAK
24:43 - Sources: Tencent secretly funded struggling shooter Highguard
36:50 - Highguard Appears Ready To Say Bye-Guard, Players Believe
40:28 - Square Enix is working on a Chrono Trigger remake?
44:40 - Replaced, The Long-In-Development Cyberpunk Action Game, Has Been Delayed Again
48:08 - Is this the next Sonic?
51:10 - Skyrim Anniversary Edition on Switch 2 gets a new update 
52:27 - Poll

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Published 2026-02-13

Recapping the State of Play

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Our friend Jason Fanelli joins Grubb to end the week with video game news! We're chatting about the State of Play that happened yesterday and all of the different releases and announcements from it! We also hit up the Bomb 12 and determine that Boom Boom from the Mario franchise has a soul!

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Published 2026-02-12

Rumored God of War Remake Could Be Multiplatform

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday by talking about High on Life 2 reviews, the rumored God of War Metroidvania game possibly being multiplatform, updates on Duskbloods and Elden Ring on the Switch 2, and more stories to get you through the day. 

00:00 - Intro
3:27 - High on Life 2 reviews
7:16 - Rumored God of War Metroidvania Game Could Be Multiplatform
24:19 - Designer claims ‘most’ of Highguard’s dev team have been laid off
36:52 - BREAK
36:57 - FromSoftware owner reiterates Duskbloods is still coming this year
41:30 - Rumor: Leakers claims Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green
50:07 - Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remaster Art Book Pops Up On Amazon
52:30 - Mewgenics devs make their budget back in 3 hours, celebrate with cat-shaped cake
57:32 - Hideo Kojima says he talked to Vince Zampella about making a Metal Gear shooter at Respawn
59:26 - Poll

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Published 2026-02-11

Leaker Claims Nintendo DS is Coming to Nintendo Switch Online

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to chat about Pokopia previews, a possible Nintendo Direct possibly coming, the Nintendo DS possibly coming to Nintendo Switch Online, no Wolverine at the State of Play, more Silent Hill, and even more stories! 

00:00 - Intro
7:36 - Nintendo Direct apparently in third week of February with 3D Mario, according to rumor
Leaker claims Wii, Nintendo DS, and SEGA CD coming to Nintendo Switch Online
20:37 - Marvel's Wolverine seemingly won't be at tomorrow's State of Play
25:28 - BREAK
25:35 - No Wolverine at State of Play?
35:06 - A new Silent Hill Transmission presentation is coming this week, with new info on Silent Hill: Townfall
39:10 - Pokopia previews are out, and it’s sounding very promising
43:30 - As The Backlash to Discord's Age Verification Grows, Company Insists Changes Won't Impact 'Majority of Adult Users'
48:45 - Early Tokyo Scramble reviews
52:15 - Some of February’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog titles have leaked, including Spider-Man 2
53:45 - Poll

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State of Play Confirmed for February 12

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to discuss reviews for Yakuza Kiwami 3, a new State of Play on the horizon, leaked screenshots for Generation 10 of Pokemon, PS6 and new Xbox hardware rumors, and more to jump start the week! 

00:00 - Intro
5:50 - Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties reviews
22:12 - PlayStation State Of Play Confirmed For February 12
28:57 - BREAK
29:20 - Pokemon Super Bowl Ad For 30th Anniversary
31:16 - New Pokemon 10th gen beta screenshots leak
37:52 - Disney's Search For A New CEO Disrupted Gaming Plans
43:56 - Sources: Don’t Expect Horizon Zero Dawn 3 Anytime Soon
50:30 - More PS6 hardware rumors
54:18 - More next-gen Xbox hardware rumors
57:35 - Discord Will Force You To Scan Your Face Or ID To Unlock All Of Its Features
1:03:35 - Poll

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A Baldur's Gate TV Show is in the Works

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Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin are here to end the week! Today we talk about a Baldur's Gate TV show and who is attached to making it, Nintendo possibly digging up the Wiimote back for the Switch 2, Assassin's Creed: Shadows ditching the multiplayer DLC, and more for your Friday! 

00:00 - Intro
5:52 - Mewgenics reviews
12:14 - A Baldur’s Gate TV Show Is Happening In The Worst Way Possible
18:36 - Larian Isn’t Involved With The Baldur’s Gate Show, Fans Are Not Happy
24:06 - BREAK
24:12 - Nintendo Support has a page for a Wii Remote for the Nintendo Switch 2
29:48 - Nintendo trademarks Mario & Wario and the upcoming Rhythm Heaven Groove
37:20 - Konami And M2 Announce New Goemon Switch Collection, Here Are The 13 Retro Titles Included
40:22 - Nvidia reportedly delays RTX 60 series and cancels RTX 50 Super cards
47:22 - Assassin's Creed: Shadows' Co-Op Mode Has Been Reportedly Canceled
49:16 - Minecraft gains Bluey DLC
49:54 - Poll
52:44 - Bomb 12

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Published 2026-02-05

Valve Delays Steam Machine Price and Details Announcement

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa break down the hottest news today! We cover Valve delaying release and price details of the Steam Machine, we round up the Nintendo Partner Direct, Epic wants to bring their store to the next Xbox, and a whole lot of other stories for your Thursday! 

00:00 - Intro
5:27 - Valve confirms Steam Machine price and release details have been delayed by exploding component prices
18:47 - Nintendo Partner Direct roundup for 5th February
32:16 - Break
33:00 - Epic wants to bring its store to the next-gen Xbox 
37:35 - Overwatch 2 Is Just 'Overwatch' Again
42:35 - Voice actor page leaks Xenoblade game for 2026
45:30 - Metroid Prime 4 did sell more than a million copies in a month
48:18 - The PS5 version of Starfield could be announced soon
50:45 - Sony Reports Strong Performance Of First-Party Games
55:19 - Horizon Hunters Gathering
57:42 - RGG Doubles Down on casting Teruyuki Kagawa 
1:01:40 - Poll

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Published 2026-02-04

Pokémon at will be at the Super Bowl

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to catch up on the biggest headlines today! We talk about a whole bunch of Nintendo news around stock prices, Partner directs, and Metroid Prime 4 sales. We also catch up on rumblings of the next Xbox, GTA 6, Pokemon at the Super Bowl, and more for your Wednesday Morning!

00:00 - Intro
4:13 - Nioh 3 Reviews
8:34 - Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase set for February 5
15:48 - Nintendo Stock Nosedives 
24:11 - Nintendo Silent on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Sales
27:39 - BREAK
28:00 - Next Xbox console could be coming as soon as next year
35:50 - Why Did GTA 6 Company's Market Value Plummet By Billions? 
43:00 - Take-Two Reaffirms Its Support For GTA Online
46:58 - Two more Game Boy games have been added to Switch Online’s 
49:24 - Nintendo boss stays tight-lipped when asked about Zelda 40th anniversary plans
54:00 - Pokémon will debut a ‘special video’ during Super Bowl LX celebrating its 30th anniversary’
58:00 - Poll

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Sony Files Patent for New PlayStation Touchscreen Controller

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Jeff Grubb and Lex Luddy start your week with a review round-up of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined reviews, video game company shares dropping because of Google's Project Genie AI rollout, rumors of a Metroid movie, Sony patenting a touchscreen controller, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
05:41 - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined reviews
12:05 - Numerous video game company share prices dropped following Google’s Project Genie AI rollout
21:11 - BREAK
21:21 - Sony has patented a touchscreen PlayStation controller 
27:42 - Nintendo's Virtual Boy Accessory Sells Out Ahead of 2026 Release
31:52 - Rumor: A Metroid Movie Is In Development
35:59 - Xbox's New Dashboard Is Going Down Well
39:29 - SEGA talks Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds sales
43:47 - The Switch version of Apex Legends will shut down this summer
49:04 - Poll

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Director Assures Beyond Good & Evil 2 is Still Coming

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We got Mike Minotti covering the show today while Grubb is out travelling and we have our dear friend Jesse Vitelli to help end the week. Today we talk about the upcoming Nintendo Direct, Nintendo's censorship of Dispatch, a "NEW" version of Final Fantasy 7 headed to Steam, Beyond Good & Evil 2 still coming, and more! 

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00:00 - Intro
08:16 - A Nintendo Direct is reportedly coming next week
15:35 - Nintendo comments on Dispatch’s Nintendo Switch 2 censorship
21:05 - Square Enix says a 'new version' of Final Fantasy 7 is coming to Steam
27:29 - BREAK
27:36 - Director assures Ubisoft ‘remains committed’ to Beyond Good & Evil 2
36:38 - Nintendo Issues Correction Over Leaked Nintendo Switch Online GameCube Games
41:13 - Yakuza Kiwami 3 studio says the full game won’t have the graphical issues
44:58 - GOG responds to Kotaku regarding AI banner ad art
47:10 - Poll
49:03 - Bomb 12

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Published 2026-01-29

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Confirms Same-Sex Relationships and Date

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Jeff Grubb and Rachel Kaser are here to deliver your Thursday news! We talk about the Cairn reviews and how it's climbing up the charts, overall Xbox gaming revenue declining, Dispatch getting censored on the Switch and Switch 2, Phasmophobia finally hitting 1.0, Tomodachi Life confirming a release date and same-sex relationships, and more! Happy Birthday Rachel! 

00:00 - Intro
04:11 -  Cairn reviews
09:40 - Xbox Gaming Revenue Declines As Console Sales Continue To Slump
20:01 - Dispatch is censored on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and this might be the reason why
26:26 - Break 
26:41 - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream confirms same-sex relationships, announces release date
35:05 - Fans Hate Switch 2 Game Key Cards But A New Survey Suggests They’re Buying Them Anyway
39:58 - The Disney Afternoon Collection coming to Switch 2, Switch on February 26
43:15 - Phasmophobia Will Finally Haunt Players With Its 1.0 Launch This Year
49:04 - Keiji Inafune’s Comcept shuts down
52:05 - Poll

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State of Decay 3 Development is Trucking Along

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Jeff Grubb and friends break down today's top stories in video games. Today Jan joins in again as we talk about Code Vein II and Escape from Ever After reviews, a Ren and Stimpy collection hitting shelves soon, updates on State of Decay 3, and more for your Wednesday!

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Published 2026-01-26

Resident Evil Requiem Previews and a Tomodachi Life Direct

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start the week with talking more about Resident Evil Requiem, a Tomodachi Life direct happening this Thursday, a possible PlayStation stream planned for February, Highguard's global release, and a PlayStation 6??

00:00 - Intro
02:30 - Resident Evil previews
13:20 - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Nintendo Direct on Thursday
17:55 - Sony has a PlayStation stream planned for next month
24:08 - Ad Break
24:17 - PlayStation 6
34:41 - Highguard Global Release Times Confirmed Ahead of Launch Showcase
36:50 - Banjo-Kazooie's Native PC Port is Here
39:44 - Yoshi and Birdo arrive in new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
45:04 - Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition

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Published 2026-01-23

Everything From the Xbox Developer Direct

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DEAR FRIEND Jason Fanelli! Today we're chatting about the Xbox Developer Direct, updates on Game Freak's new game, a Nintendo Direct this Sunday for the Mario movie, somehow some Kingdom Hearts news, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
04:38 - Xbox Developer Direct 2026: All The Big Announcements
18:51 - Game Freak says its Beast of Reincarnation team is ‘relatively small’
24:40 - BREAK
25:42 - Nintendo Direct - Super Mario Galaxy: The Movie announced for this Sunday
31:16 - US lawmakers ask FTC to "thoroughly" review $55bn EA deal
38:27 - Kingdom Hearts collection could eventually come to Nintendo Switch 2
41:29 - Queen's Blood will be 'enhanced'
49:15 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Remake Part 3 won’t be compromised on Nintendo Switch 2
49:25 - Rocket League update enhances visual quality on Nintendo Switch 2
50:35 - Poll
55:00 - Bomb 12

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Published 2026-01-22

Explaining Ubisoft's New Structural Plans

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to talk about a whole bunch of Ubisoft news and updates after yesterday's events, Super Mario Bros. Wonder heading to the Switch 2, Bubsy 4D has a launch date, Pokemon is headed to Universal Studios, and more for yout Thursday!

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Published 2026-01-21

Ubisoft Cancels Prince of Persia Remake

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa make a meal out of today's top stories in gaming. In BREAKING NEWS we find out that Ubisoft has cancelled the Prince of Persia remake alongside 5 other games, PEAK devs have another game cooking up for this year, Halo Lead believes the PS5 port will have a positive impact, and more for your Wednesday!

00:00 - Intro
03:52 - Critic Reviews for MIO: Memories in Orbit
07:02 - Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets major free update for Switch & Switch 2
10:40 - Peak devs’ next game looks like Overcooked in a warehouse and it’s coming this year
16:18 - Break
16:54 - Someone Already Brought Anthem Back To Life And Has It Running On A Private Server
20:13 - Nintendo Might Have To Raise The Price Of The Switch 2 At The Worst Time
25:25 - Halo leads say releasing on PS5 will grow and reconnect the community
31:26 - CD Projekt issues DMCA notice against Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod
35:03 - Pirates of the Caribbean director says Unreal Engine makes films look too much like games
38:31 - Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake and 5 other games. 
49:39 - Poll

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New Switch 2 Model Coming Soon?

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Jeff Grubb and Lex Luddy end the week with video game news! We're talking about a new Switch 2 model possibly in the works, Resident Evil: Requiem being two games mashed up as one, Hi-Fi Rush getting rated for the Switch, Sonic turning 35, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
14:14 - A potential new Nintendo Switch 2 model discovered
24:00 - ASUS has stopped producing the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB
29:20 - BREAK
29:36 - Resident Evil Requiem really does look like two different RE games mashed together
35:29 - Hi-Fi Rush Has Been Rated For The Switch... Again
39:00 - Amazon Games confirms MMO New World has a year left before it goes offline permanently
43:10 - Julian Gerighty, overseer of The Division, departs Massive for DICE
47:26 - Sony wiped over 1,000 shovelware games off the PlayStation store 
50:13 - Sega is gearing up for Sonic's 35th anniversary
51:04 - Poll
53:52 - Bomb 12

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Published 2026-01-15

Monster Hunter Wilds Modder Finds Possible Reason For Bad Framerates

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to talk about SNK's continued use of generative AI to market Fatal Fury, Animal Crossing bizarrely adding a bunch of new movement options, and a PC modder potentially finding a reason for Monster Hunter Wilds' performance issues.

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00:00 Intro
01:26 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Marketing Continues to Use Generative AI
08:18 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Adds New Jump, Strafing, And Walking Backwards
13:13 Monster Hunter Wilds Modder Uncovers Bizarre Reason Why PC Performance Might Be So Bad
19:20 Prince of Persia Sands of Time Remake could be shadow dropped very soon
23:25 Quick Fatal Fury Update
24:28 New Details About Yakuza Kiwami 3
26:32 Steam Machine Verified requirements will have 'fewer constraints' than Steam Deck, says Valve
32:59 Rumor: PS5 Pro's Big PSSR Update Releasing by March, Improves Graphics and Performance
39:28 IOI Lowers 007 First Light Hardware Requirements After 'Miscommunication'
43:54 Ryan Hurst tapped to play Kratos in Prime Video’s God of War from Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios
48:38 Amazon unveils first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in new Tomb Raider series
50:55 Polls & outro

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Ecco the Dolphin is BACK?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa today to chat about Bobby Kotick making statements against Microsoft, Animal Crossing DLC on the way, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake getting rated by the ESRB, Season 2 of Battlefield 6, and MULTIPLE ECCO THE DOLPHIN GAMES IN DEVELOPMENT?

00:00 - Intro
04:28 - Multiple Ecco the Dolphin games officially in development
10:40 - The Disney Afternoon Collection seems to be coming to Nintendo Switch 2, Switch
16:00 - Nintendo’s share price has dropped 33% in the last five months in Japan
24:55 - BREAK
25:00 - Animal Crossing DLC
30:35 - Bobby Kotick alleges a lawsuit against Microsoft’s Activision acquisition was secretly aimed at helping Embracer Group
39:10 - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake rated by ESRB
43:31 - Season 2 of Battlefield 6 has been delayed so it can be ‘further polished and refined’ 
49:29 - Forza Horizon 6’s release date may have been revealed early by an in-game ad
51:25 - Games Workshop bans AI from creative process
53:50 - Poll

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Anthem Shuts Down Today

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to discuss a whole slew of updates from Nintendo's president, memory shortages will continue to happen, Baldur's Gate 3 will not be heading to Switch 2, Anthem shutting down today, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
04:12 - Nintendo president shares an update on the company’s plans
23:49 - Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch 2?
29:07 - BREAK
29:27 - Why memory shortages will continue for years
35:50 - Nintendo is monitoring high RAM prices and tariff impacts very closely,
41:21 - Final Fantasy VII Remake director says younger employees state that Final Fantasy 13 is their favourite
45:35 - Baldur's Gate 3 Won't Be Coming To Switch 2
47:10 - Dragon Quest XI has sold over 9 million copies
47:44 - ANTHEM Shuts Down Today
48:43 - Poll

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Published 2026-01-09

Larian Will Not Use Generative AI on Divinity Concept Art

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser today to chat about updates with Larian's plans with AI and their games, an older Fire Emblem game heading to Nintendo Switch Online, rumblings of The Division 3, Arc Raiders implementing anti-cheat measures, and more! 
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00:00 - Intro
05:30 - Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance Joins Switch Online’s GameCube Classics Library
12:23 - The Xbox Developer Direct will feature a secret fourth game
20:24 - Xbox Exclusive RPG Avowed Is Coming To PS5 With New Features
27:15 - AD BREAK
29:30 - Larian will not use generative AI for Divinity concept art
41:06 - Arc Raiders Dev Promises New Anti-Cheating Measures
44:25 - Massive Entertainment describes The Division 3 as a "monster"
48:04 - Towerborne will be launching in full in February
49:54 - Disappointed In The Switch 2's Joy-Con Colours? Dbrand Has You Covered
52:59 - Poll
58:41 - THE BOMB 12

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South Park is Heading to Fortnite

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday with brand new Dual Sense and Joy-Con 2 colors, Wolfenstein 3 reportedly in development, a new StarCraft game in the works, the Switch 2 underperforming during the holidays, South Park heading to Fortnite, and more!
00:00 - Intro
03:02 - Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Were Reportedly Not Amazing Over The Holidays
15:18 - Wolfenstein 3 reportedly in development
19:40 - Xbox Developer Direct Returns January 22 With Fable And Forza Horizon 6
26:13 - AD BREAK
28:07 - GTA 6 not content complete
29:28 - StarCraft shooter reported to revealed by Blizzard at BlizzCon in September
33:50 - South Park is coming to Fortnite this week
41:30 - Nintendo’s new ‘My Mario’ kids range will go on sale in the US and Europe next month
45:25 - PlayStation reveals its boldest controllers and console covers yet, ‘The Hyperpop Collection’ 46:55 - The first Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con color variants have been announced, and they’re out next month
49:25 - Poll

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Published 2026-01-07

Ubisoft Shuts Down Halifax Studio

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli start your Wednesday with the most played PlayStation games of 2025, Fallout getting a player boost, Ubisoft shutting down the newly unionized Halifax studio, Mario Tennis Fever featuring 38 playable characters, and more stories for your morning.

00:00 - Intro
05:23 - PlayStation’s most-played games of 2025 are identical to 2024’s list
15:00 - Fallout 4 doubles concurrent players on Steam following Fallout S2 premiere
20:00 - Ubisoft shuttering freshly-unionised Halifax studio, 71 jobs affected
28:23 - AD Break!
30:17 - Mario Tennis Fever features 38 playable characters
40:02 - Nintendo Switch's Hulu App Will Be Discontinued Next Month
44:24 - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined demo is now available on eShop
48:32 - Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles sells a million copies in a few months
52:26 - New Report Says Dave Filoni Is About To Run All Of ‘Star Wars’
57:27 - Poll!

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Published 2026-01-05

The Witcher 3 is Getting a New Expansion?

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Jeff Grubb and Lex Luddy are back from break to start the year and your day with some VIDEO GAME NEWS! Today we're talking about some surprise Witcher 3 expansions, ASUS officially announcing price hikes, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora getting a player boost, and more for your Monday!

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Published 2025-12-19

Naughty Dog has Mandated Overtime

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli end the year with some video game news! We chat about Naughty Dog mandating overtime for Intergalactic, Bethesda not missing the Switch 2 for future releases, Larian having an AMA to address AI usage and implementation, and more!

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Published 2025-12-18

Larian Under Fire for Allegedly Shifty Hiring Process

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are back from recording GOTY podcasts! Today we cover Larian not only getting caught up for implementing use of AI but also shifty hiring processes, Nintendo planning smaller Switch 2 cart sizes, Sony and Nintendo both settling different lawsuits, and more!

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Published 2025-12-12

Every Major Announcement From The Game Awards 2025

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to walk you through the slew of announcements from The Game Awards 2025!

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Published 2025-12-11

Report: 3 Minute Trailer at the Game Awards Costs Over $1 Million

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to walk you through a Thursday calm before the Game Awards storm, with stories ranging from Nintendo paying 41% more for RAM to Kotaku sources revealing that a 3-minute trailer at The Game Awards costs over $1 million.

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Published 2025-12-10

Call of Duty Will No Longer Release Back-to-Back Black Ops or Modern Warfare Games

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn are here to break down news about Call of Duty no longer releasing back-to-back entries in the Black Ops and Modern Warfare series, Take-Two establishing a new 2K studio led by former execs from The Initiative, and how Netflix "Didn't Attribute Any Value" to WB Games in their acquisition bid.

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Published 2025-12-08

TGA Statue May Be Related to Altered Beast?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lexi Luddy to chat about building PCs, the mysterious TGA studio might be related to Altered Beast, Star Wars game leaks, Harada leaving Bandai Namco, and more to jumpstart the week with video game news.

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Published 2025-12-05

Netflix Agrees to Buy Warner Bros, Including Game Devs

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to end the week with a whole slew of news! We chat about Netflix agreeing to buy Warner Bros and what that could mean for video games, Mario Kart World potentially getting DLC, reviews for the new Five Nights at Freddy's movie, Splitgate 2 getting folded into a "new" release, and more headlines for your Friday.

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Published 2025-12-04

ESRB Rates Death Stranding 2 fo the PC

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa get together to chat about Micron shutting down and what that potentiall means for building PCs, Metroid Prime 4 requiring an Amiibo to listen to music, MLB the Show Mobile launching early in smaller markets, Death Stranding 2 getting rated by the ESRB, and more!

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Published 2025-12-03

Helldivers 2 Cuts its Install Size Dramatically

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Vitelli to discuss Octopath Traveller 0 and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review scores, Yacht Club Games is in a "make-or-break" situation, Yuji Hori can't talk about a possible Chrono Trigger remake, Helldivers 2 dramatically cutting its install size, and much more for your Wednesday!

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Published 2025-12-01

Capcom Working on NEW Dead Rising Game?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lexi Luddy to start the week with video game news! We chat about Nintendo acquiring a support studio, Campcom working on a new Dead Rising game, a mysterious statue popping up because of The Game Awards, and more to get back into the swing of things.

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Published 2025-11-24

Metroid Prime 4 Demo Available at Walmart

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Jeff Grubb and Britton Peele are here to start a short week on the website with news of the Metroid Prime 4 demo being available at Walmarts and other retailers, RAM shortages could potentially lead to another Xbox price hike, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 underperforming, the Steam Machine price could be clearer, and more for your Monday morning.

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Published 2025-11-21

Nintendo Bans a Custom Kirby Air Riders Board

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to end the week with some news! We're talking about Ubisoft's delayed earnings call results and the company urging that several planned remakes are still on the way, recapping the Xbox Partner showcase, and Nintendo BANNING a custom board modeled after a Kirby character.

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Published 2025-11-20

Almost Half of US Kids Surveyed Want In-Game Currency this Christmas

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa make a meal of todays new stories! We cover how nearly half of US kids surveyed want in-game currency for Christmas this year, Battlefield 6 is one of the top selling games this year, speculation about the Steam Machine, and even more stories to jumpstart your day!

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Published 2025-11-19

Megabonk's Creator Withdraws from The Game Awards Nomination

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Jeff Grubb and Lex Luddy start your Wednesday with Kirby Air Riders review scores, Epic bringing Unity games to Fortnite, Megabonk's creator dipping from The Game Awards, and even more news for the morning!

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Published 2025-11-17

Concord Gets Shut Down...Again!

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Jeff Grubb starts the week with Jason Fanelli breaking down stories about folks freaking out of Metroid Prime 4, leaks from the Zelda movie set, congress calling for AI regulations, and Sony shutting Concord down again?

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Published 2025-11-14

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Impressions!

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Jeff Grubb is joined by our resident hacker Chuck Zimmerheld to chat about Metroid Prime 4 and what the internet has to say about Samus' new friend, Call of Duty review scores coming in, some Switch 2 news, and more to end your week!

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Published 2025-11-13

The Steam Machine, Steam Frame, Steam Controller and More!

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday by talking all about Valve's newest announcement being a fleet of new things. We got a Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and their new VR headset: The Steam Frame. We also tie off today by hitting a couple other headlines.

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Published 2025-11-12

Brie Larson and Benny Safdie Cast in New Mario Movie

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Jeff Grubb is joined by our friend Alyssa Mercante today to talk about the casting updates to the Mario Galaxy movie, why The Game Awards may have quietly closed the Future Class for this year, announcements from the State of Play Japan presentation, and even more!

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Published 2025-11-10

New Crash Team Racing Game Coming?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to chat about some rumblings of a new Crash Team Racing, Halo Infinite getting its last planned update, Shigeru Miyamoto taking steps away from active game development, and Pillsbury leaking details on the new Mario movie!

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Published 2025-11-07

GTA 6 Delayed

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli chat about Grand Theft Auto 6 getting delayed, morale at Rockstar cratering according to an employee, Bioshock 4 still coming according to the devs, and more to end the week!

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Published 2025-11-06

Pokemon Legends: Z-A DLC Coming in December

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Nintendo getting into the acquisition business with some development studios, Rockstar claiming that they let go of employees due to leaks and not union busting, Sonic Rumble skings costing up to $60, and even more for your Thursday mornings.

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Published 2025-11-05

PlayStation Portal Getting Cloud Streaming Update

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Clarke to chat about review for Arc Raiders and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, the PlayStation finally getting cloud streaming, PS5-PC Cross-buy could be in the works, a grip of Nintendo news, and even more!

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Published 2025-11-03

‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to talk about Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection's strong reviews, ARC Raiders's huge opening weekend, and Rockstar being under fire after a recent round of layoffs.

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Published 2025-10-24

Battlefield 6's Battle Royale Mode Could Be A Shadowdrop Next Week

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In whatever the opposite of a Dreg's Day is, Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to chat about Battlefield 6's battle royale potentially shadowdropping next week, more Fallout new and old coming your way, and a new Halo project getting announced... Any minute now?

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Published 2025-10-23

Report: Microsoft Is Cracking Down On Xbox With Absurd Profit Requirements

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to talk about Sarah Bond reiterating that exclusives are "outdated", a new report of Microsoft suddenly looking for bigger profit margins out of Xbox, and Krafton putting all their eggs in the AI basket.

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Published 2025-10-22

Remedy CEO Steps Down Following FBC: Firebreak’s “Weak Sales”

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn are here to piece your gaming life back together, including breaking down stories about Remedy's CEO stepping down, the Scarface PS2 game getting a mysterious re-release, and what players are buying as shown by September's Circana report.

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Published 2025-10-20

Next Halo Aiming to Be "Like Fortnite"

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to start your week with news about a Resident Evil 0 remake making the rounds again, Fortnite-ification and AI involvement in the next Halo title, Arc Raiders having a successful weekend, and more for your Monday!

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Published 2025-10-17

New Nintendo Patent Hints at DS Games

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhys Elliot to end the week with all the video game news! We're talking about a new Nintendo patent, The Pokemon Company facing some legal battles, Switch 2 production ramping up, this week's Bomb 12, and more!

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Published 2025-10-16

Quantic Dreams is Making a Multiplayer Game?

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday with a review round-up for Ball x Pit, EA employees voicing their concerns over the Saudi Arabia buyout, David Cage and Quantic Dreams making a multiplayer game, and even more news for your morning!

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Published 2025-10-15

Battlefield 6 Sells 6.5 Million Units

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about ASUS ROG Ally X reviews, Battlefield 6 doing well in sales, Ghost of Yotei being Europe's best PS5 launch, and more for your Wednesday!

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Published 2025-10-10

Treyarch Removing Skill-Based Matchmaking From Call of Duty

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Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin end your week with video game news! Apparently the next Xbox will be significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 6, Treyarch removing Skill-Based matchmaking, updates with Nintendo's mysterious playtest, and more!

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Published 2025-10-09

Ubisoft Cancelled Assassin's Creed Game

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday with a whole slew of news! We got Battlefield 6 and Absolum review round-ups, more news about the Pikmin shorts, Discord responds to a claim that 2 million ID photos have been stolen, and Ubisoft reportedly cancelling an Assassin's Creed game due to "political concerns".

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Published 2025-10-08

Nintendo Releases a Pikmin Animated Short

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mat Piscatella to chat about the August 2025 Circana report and US gaming trends, the mysterious Nintendo short, Clair Obscur hits 5 million in sales, skin prices in 2XKO, and more!

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Published 2025-10-06

Ghost of Yotei Crushing at UK Retail

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli chat about Ghost of Yotei's sales so far in the UK, Nintendo clashing with the Japanese government, Red Dead Redemption 2's current console ports still happening, and whatever the hell Microsoft is up to now...

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Published 2025-10-03

Xbox Pulls Game Pass Call of Duty Discount

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa end the week with a review round-up of a new Nicklelodean game and LEGO Party, updates towards Xbox and Game Pass, game sales in Japan, and even more for your Friday!

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Published 2025-10-02

KPOP Demon Hunters Headed to Fornite

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn celebrate Friday Eve with news of the runaway movie KPOP Demon Hunters heading to Fortnite, a Digimon Story: Time Stranger review round-up, Warframe heading to the Switch 2, Super Mario Bros levels finally getting found, and much more for your morning!

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Published 2025-10-01

Game Pass Getting a Price Hike

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We've got Lex Luddy back on the show after she spent a couple weeks away in Japan! We chat about Game Pass getting a prince increase and what that means for the company, Amazon trying to revive Luna, Prototype coming back to Steam, and even more stories for your Wednesday morning!

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Published 2025-09-29

55 Billion Dollar Buyout for Electronic Arts

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Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti try to make sense of all of the mess happening with video games! EA is going private and has been bought out for 55 BILLION dollars, Silent Hill f hits 1 million units sold, Parasite Mutant hitting PS5 and PC soon, and even more news to jump start the week.

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Published 2025-09-26

Costco to Stop Selling Xbox Consoles

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Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin end the week with nes about Resident Evil Requiem performing well on the Switch 2, skate season 1 updates, Doug Bowser retiring from Nintendo of America, a new PS5 Pro, Costco getting rid of the Xbox, and more!

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Published 2025-09-25

Surprise Fire Emblem Game Dropped

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli start your Thursday with news about Xbox's Tokyo Game Show presence, Ghost of Yotei review scores, a quick State of Play recap, and a surprise Fire Emblem Game releasing on mobile!

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Published 2025-09-24

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is Official

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Baby Steps, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Hades 2 review scores! We also find time to chat about Borderlands 4 on the Switch 2 getting indefinitely delayed, Yakuza updates coming out of Tokyo Game Show, and more for your Wednesday morning.

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Published 2025-09-22

Xbox is Increasing Prices of Current Consoles

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Britton Peele to start your week with video game news! Today we chat about Silent Hill F reviews, Xbox is increasing the prices of all of their consoles, Bloodborne is on ice for a while, Tokyo Game Show news, and even more to cover the week so far.

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Published 2025-09-19

Kratos Heading to Egypt?

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn end your week with rumblings of the next God of War's setting, Skate Story getting a release date on the Switch 2, Borderlands 4 getting patched, Yuji Horii and Dragon Quext VII updates, and even more to wrap up the week of video games.

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Published 2025-09-18

Epic Games Alowing Fornite Devs to Sell In-Game Items

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Sonic Racing and Trails in the Sky getting good initial reviews, two new characters headed to Marve's Cosmic Invasion, Epic selling more Fortnite UGC, and even more!

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Published 2025-09-17

First Silent Hill F Review Looks Good

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli chat about a supposed State of Play popping up next week, Silent Hill F's first review looking positive, a new PS5 system update, a report about remakes and gamers, and even more for your Wednesday.

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Published 2025-09-15

Marvel's Venom Game in Active Development Still

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser from GamesBeat to chat about Marvel's Wolverine targetting 2026 and the Venom game still being in active development, bigger and more expensive Amiibos on the way, Borderlands 4 doing well and getting an FOV slider, and more stories to jumpstart your week!

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Published 2025-09-12

Everything You Missed from Today's Nintendo Direct

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to recap everything you missed from today's Nintendo Direct. We're talking a new/old Virtual Boy, Mario Tennis, Amiibos, a new Fire Emblem game, Mario Galaxy coming to the Switch 2, new Mega Evolutions for Pokemon, and so much more from the Direct.

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Published 2025-09-11

Bioshock Movie Will Cover First Game's Story

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday with stories about a Kirby game remaster getting moved, Sega calling the cops on abandoned hardware, Far Cry's multiplayer being prioritized, and more for your gaming life!

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Published 2025-09-10

September Nintendo Direct Announced!

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Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti start your Wednesday off with news about an upcoming Nintendo Direct, Nintendo trying to patent "sub characters", Circana numbers for top selling PlayStation games, all of the Resident Evil games popping onto the Switch 2, and more!

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Published 2025-09-08

Soul Calubur VII Teased for the Next Nintendo Direct

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Jeff Grubb and Rachel Kaser start your week with rumors of a new Soul Calibur game, a lot of Silksong frustrations happening post launch, progress being made for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 and Kingdom Hearts 4, and even more stories to kickstart the week. 

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Published 2025-09-05

Silksong Hits Over Half a Million On PC Alone

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhiannon Bevan from TheGamer to chat about Hollow Knight: Silksong and Metal Gear Solid Delta sales, Star Wars Outlaws using a game key card, layoffs at Firaxis, MindsEye traumatizing IOI, and even more stories to end the week! 


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Published 2025-09-04

Wolverine Rumored for Next State of Play

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to start your Thursday with stories about Silksong taking down all of the online stores, Wolverine making a supposed appearance at the next State of Play, 007 impressions, and more! 

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Published 2025-09-03

Roblox Getting New Rating System

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli check in on how Cronos, Everybody's Golf Hot Shots, and Daemon X Machina are reviewing. We also check in on news about Take-Two's involvement in th the Perfect Dark Remaster, Resident Evil: Requiem rumors, and more this Wednesday morning.

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Published 2025-08-29

Sony Reportedly Making a Handheld, Dockable PS6

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Jeff Grubb and Lex Luddy round out your week by chatting about a portable PS6 rumor, Final Fantasy XIV cracking down on mods, and the fact that Pragmata is not, in fact, a Mega Man game, MIKE.

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Published 2025-08-28

Dino Crisis Remake Canned

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn know how to do a podcast with ZERO tech issues, and they're bringing you one today featuring news about Resident Evil Requiem's main character arc, Tim Sweeney blaming devs for Unreal Engine issues, and a Dino Crisis remake happening... And then *not* happening.

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Published 2025-08-27

Another Switch 2 Game Gets Stellar Reviews

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mat Piscatella to talk about July's US video game market highlights report from Circana, Kirby's Switch 2 update and expansion getting glowing reviews, and naturally, development troubles across the industry.

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Published 2025-08-25

A Nintendo Direct is Planned for September

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Britton Peele to chat about the possibility of a Nintendo Direct coming in September, more rumors around Forza Horizon 6's location, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance reviews, Skate 4 hitting early access, and more for your Monday!

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Published 2025-08-22

Pete Parsons Leaves Bungie

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn are here to end the week with video game news! We cover Pete Parsons' departure from Bungie, a round up of Metal Gear Solid Delta reviews and Platinum helping out in development, Code Veronica remake rumblings, and the BOMB 12 for the week!

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Published 2025-08-21

Hollow Knight: Silksong Releasing September 4th

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Silksong is real and it's coming on September 4th! Grubb and Jan also chat about Sony selling its ownership in EVO, Metroid Prime 4 has been rated, a possible Steam Machine console, Elden Ring running poorly on the Switch 2, and even more!

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Published 2025-08-20

PlayStation 5 Gets a Price Increase

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli break down a couple highlights from Gamescom Opening Night Live, Starfield possibly coming to the Switch 2, a launch date for the ROG Xbox Ally Handheld, Roblox banning content, and rumblings of Final Fantasy XIV on the Switch 2?

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Published 2025-08-18

45-Minute Kirby Air Riders Direct Announced

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Seth Macy to start your week right, chatting about the fate of Fairgame$, Skate 4 having a rotating soundtrack, and a MASSIVE Kirby Air Riders Direct happening very soon.

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Published 2025-08-15

Code Veronica May Be the Next Resident Evil Remaster

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn are here to end your week with updates on Pokemon Legends Z-A, Sakurai insisting we will see Kirby Air Riders footage soon, headaches with using PayPal on Steam, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 not being on Switch 2 at launch, a rumor of the next Resident Evil remakes, and more! 

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Published 2025-08-14

Updates on Jurassic Park: Survival

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here on your Thursday morning to chat about weekend 2 of the Battlefield 6 beta, Bandai Namco creating its own video game engine, a couple Saber Interactive, and a couple updates on an upcoming Jurassic Park: Survival!

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Published 2025-08-13

New Halo Game Coming to PlayStation 5?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about Drag X Drive reviews, a new Halo game coming to the PlayStation 5, Chibi-Robo coming to NSO, Battlefield 6 updates, and more for your Wednesday morning!

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Published 2025-08-11

Battlefield 6 Beta Passes Call of Duty Player Record on Steam

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about Xbox's plans around its next console, a whole slew of Battlefield 6 news around the beta, AOL ending dial-up service, a Far Cry TV show in development, and even more!

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Published 2025-08-08

Battlefield 6 Jumps Up Steam Charts

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhys Elliot to end the week with news of a surprising new Nintendo patent, Bioshock 4 updates, PlayStation going multiplatform, Battlefield 6 jumping up the Steam charts, and more!

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Published 2025-08-07

Mafia: The Old Country Review Round-Up

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa chat about how Mafia: The Old Country is doing review wise, PlayStation having a good year financially and reassuring everyone that Marathon is still on the way, recapping the Indie World showcase from today, and even more!

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Published 2025-08-06

RUMOR - No Hollow Knight: Silksong at Nintendo's Indie World

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to recap his time at EVO, rumors that Silksong will not be making an appearance at Nintendo's next Indie World showcase, a possible New Super Mario Bros. collection coming, Genshin Impact getting delisted, and more for your Wednesday morning!

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Published 2025-08-04

Darksiders 4 is Continuing the Original Story

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to chat about Darksiders 4, the next Bioshock game's developmental trouble, Nintendo increasing prices across the board, news from EVO, and even more!

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Published 2025-08-01

Nintendo is raising prices

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• Nintendo Price Hikes: Nintendo is increasing prices for the original Switch, Switch OLED, Switch Lite, and select accessories in the US starting August 3rd, citing "market conditions" likely related to new tariffs. Switch 2 consoles will not see a price hike yet, but some Switch 2 accessories and Amiibo will.
• Switch 2 Sales Update: The Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 5.82 million units worldwide since its June 5th launch, with Mario Kart World selling 5.63 million copies in the same period.
• Kirby Air Riders Rated: Masahiro Sakurai's Kirby Air Riders for Switch 2 has been rated in Saudi Arabia, suggesting an upcoming release. Other 2025 Switch releases include Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
• Top 10 Switch Games: Nintendo's latest financial report reveals the top 10 best-selling Switch games as of June 2025. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is nearing 70 million units, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has crossed 48 million, and Super Mario Odyssey is close to 30 million.
• Battlefield 6 Details: EA's Vince Zampella calls Battlefield 6 a "spiritual successor" to Battlefield 3 and 4, emphasizing large-scale maps and a "grounded" aesthetic for player skins, unlike Call of Duty's licensed crossovers.
• No Battlefield 6 for Switch 2: EA currently has no plans to bring Battlefield 6 to the Nintendo Switch 2, focusing on platforms where the "core Battlefield audience is present" (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC). However, Plants Vs Zombies: Replanted, EA FC, Madden, and Apex Legends are coming to Switch 2.
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection: Physical editions of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection are announced for PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC, including Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Pre-orders are open via the Atari Store, with physical shipments on December 12th.

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Everything at Nintendo's Direct

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• Nintendo Direct recap
• A quick look at the 2025 release calendar
• Battlefield price questions
• Xbox earnings
• Capcom's Monster Hunter problem

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Nintendo Direct predictions

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• Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase set for July 31
• The War Over Credit Cards Censoring Games Is Just Getting Started
• Elden Ring’s two-player mode patch has been delayed due to tsunami warnings
• With Battlefield 6 Coming, EA Reiterates That It Has No Plans To Charge $80 For Games
• Nintendo Finally Throws Mario Kart World Players A Bone In Its Biggest Update Yet
• Report: Xbox ROG Ally pre-orders will go live at Gamescom
• Pokémon TCG Pocket Pulls New Expansion Card Art Amid Accusations Of Plagiarism
• Switch Online's SNES Update Has Apparently Upgraded The CRT Filter

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Published 2025-07-28

PlayStation Fans Rage Over Sony’s New Multiplatform Focus

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to discuss Persona 3 Reload and Hollow Knight: Silksong potentially making surprise appearances soon, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection's release date possibly slipping out early, and fanboys losing their minds like always.

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Published 2025-07-25

Metroid Prime 4 Has Been Rated in South Korea

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Rachel Kaser makes her way back to Game Mess Mornings to join Grubb in discussing Metroid Prime 4 getting rated and if that means the game is coming soon, a sequel to Star Wars Outlaws getting cancelled, Clair Obscur devs visit the Final Fantasy offices, a boat load of other stories, and the DEBUT of the Bomb 12!

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Published 2025-07-24

Sony Invests $463 Million In Bandai Namco

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to talk about the games getting delisted from Steam and Itch.io, Sony's massive investment in Bandai Namco and the impications of it, Battlefield 6 getting a release date, a possible Nintendo Direct before July ends, and more!

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Published 2025-07-23

A Former Xbox Exclusive is the Biggest PS5 Game of 2025

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli are here to chat about Circana numbers for June, Forza Horizon 5 blowing up on the PlayStation 5, Outer Worlds 2's price drops, Borderlands 4 running at 30 FPS on Switch 2, and even more!

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Published 2025-07-21

Battlefield 6 Could Be Revealed Soon

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Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti start the week with video game news! We cover stories about how Battlefield 6 could be coming soon, there may be a Fire Emblem game based off of updates on LinkedIn, the Pokemon Presents will be the longest direct since 2023, Atari 50 is getting a DLC pack, Final Fantasy Tactics is getting some new additions, and more for your Monday!

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Published 2025-07-18

RUMOR: Nintendo to Reveal a NEW Animal Crossing at Next Direct

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli end the week with a bunch of video game news! We cover a rumor that there may be a new Animal Crossing game revealed soon, FromSoftware's next game may be closer than we think, Saber Interactive is teasing a new reveal, Infamous' studio boss wants to bring back the franchise, and much more before the weekend!

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Published 2025-07-17

Ubisoft Announces Yves Guillemot's Son as New Co-CEO of Subsidiary

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to chat about the mess of news we've got! We got stories about Ubisoft and the new Co-CEO of the Tencent Subsidiary, reviews for Shadow Labyrinth, layoffs at Virtuos, Zynga's boss saying Star Wars Hunters was not a failure, and even more!

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Published 2025-07-16

Donkey Kong Bananza Reviews Say It's The Blockbuster Exclusive Switch 2 Fans Are Waiting For

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to talk about Donkey Kong Bananza's glowing reviews, King replacing developers with AI slop, and Opening Night Live getting notably more expensive for developers.

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Published 2025-07-14

Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilers Are Circulating Around

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Kat Bailey to start the week. We chat about a banana boatload of Donkey Kong Bananza related stories, the price of the Asus ROG Ally Xbox device getting leaked, EA shelving the Need for Speed franchise, and more stories for your Monday morning!

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Published 2025-07-11

Sakurai "Pouring His Heart" into Kirby Air Riders

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa end the week with a bunch of news revolving around Nintendo, IOI addressing the Hitman Switch 2 port, Final Fantasy XVI's producer thinking the next title might be turn based, and more!

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Published 2025-07-10

Donkey Kong Bananza Initially Planned for Switch 1

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa walk through a whole load of Nintendo and Donkey Kong related stories like the game initially being planned for the Switch 1, some fishy things happening with Subnautica's publisher, and even more for your Thursday!

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Published 2025-07-09

Star Wars Battlefront II Has a Huge Sales Jump

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to chat about the May Circana reports, Star Wars Battlefront II jumping up in sales, Steam's 30% cut with developers, and even more stories for your Wednesday.

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Published 2025-07-07

Final Fantasy 9 Anniversary Video Refuels Rumors Of A Remak

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to start the week with rumblings of a proper Final Fantasy 9, the internet sleuths believe that Super Smash Bros. more may be headed to Nintendo Switch Online, Romero Games is now "completely closed" because of the Microsoft cuts, and more to start your week!

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Published 2025-07-03

Xbox's "AAAA" Perfect Dark Reboot Canceled

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Mike Minotti is filling in for Grubb and he's brought AJ Minotti on to end the week! They chat about the situation at Microsoft, John Romero's game getting cancelled in the wake of the Microsoft layoffs, Neil Druckmann leaving the Last of Us show, and more news to end the week.

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Published 2025-07-02

Massive Layoffs Across the Xbox Division

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Mike Minotti and Jan Ochoa are piecing together your gaming life with today's top stories in games! We cover the evolving situation at Microsoft amidst massive layoffs, terrible former Ubisoft employees getting suspended prison sentences, Dave the Diver not being an indie game, and more stories!

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Published 2025-06-27

Surprise game hits Switch 2 | GMM 06.27.2025

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Join Jeff Grubb on Game Mess Mornings for a breakdown of the latest in gaming! This episode features news on the Switch 2's first new GameCube game, a surprising Resident Evil Requiem reveal, and speculation about a secret Mega Man game. Plus, we'll discuss EA's executive bonuses versus dwindling worker pay, and Remedy's FBC: Firebreak hitting a million players. Also, stay tuned for updates on Microsoft layoffs, the physical Turok Trilogy Bundle, and the unbelievable casting for the live-action Street Fighter movie. Don't miss the poll results and a new question for Monday's show!

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Published 2025-06-27

Why did Nintendo make Mario Kart World worse? | GMM 06.26.2025

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On this episode of Game Mess Mornings, Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin dive into the latest gaming news!
Headlines:

• Smash Bros. & Kirby Air Riders Rumor: Is Sakurai willing to make another Smash Bros. if he gets to develop a new Kirby Air Riders? We discuss the circulating rumor.
• Mario Kart World Patch Frustration: A new patch makes it harder to get standard three-lap races online, as the "Random" option now includes intermission courses.
• Nightdive Studios' Next Remaster: Rumor has it Nightdive Studios is working on a new remaster to be announced at Quakecon 2025.
• Amico Games on Switch & Steam: Despite previous delays, Amico has released some of its games on Switch and Steam, while still insisting a console release is coming.
• The Outer Worlds 2 Developed with Halo Devs: The sequel to The Outer Worlds sought advice from Halo developers to improve its gunplay and features, offering no loading screens and an $80 price tag.
• Peak Sells Two Million Copies: The indie hit from Landfall Games has sold two million units in just nine days, with future updates planned.
• Jack Black Returns as Officer Dick: Jack Black reprises his role as Officer Dick in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, joined by a new UK counterpart, Constable Richard.
• Gex Trilogy Finally Playable on Switch 2: A patch has been released for the Gex Trilogy, making it playable on the Nintendo Switch 2.

Question of the Day:
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Tune in tomorrow for the results and more Game Mess Mornings! And don't forget to check out giantbomb.com/join for more from Jeff Grubb and Giant Bomb.

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Published 2025-06-25

Netflix Backing Away from Games

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Wednesday with news that Netflix is slowly stepping away from their video game initiative, Jurassic World Evolution 3 developers removing AI from the game, Nintendo had a hand in Death Stranding 2, and even more news!

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Published 2025-06-23

Death Stranding 2 Review Round Up

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli go over review scores and how Death Stranding 2 is tracking, indie developers having difficulties with Switch 2 Dev Kits, problems with secondhand Switch 2s, layoffs at MindsEye, and even more to start the week!

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Published 2025-06-20

An Ad Claims Metroid Prime 4 is Out Now

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Jeff Grubb and Jesse Vitelli end the week with confusion around a London Underground ad claiming Metroid Prime 4 is out, a Donkey Kong Bananza Switch 2 Demo is spotted in the wild, updates on the Death Stranding movie, Crash Team Racing getting a big update, and more!

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Published 2025-06-19

A big PlayStation Studios game could come to Switch 2 soon

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Here are my show notes:

• Capcom Spotlight Showcase announced for June 26
  • New info on Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Street Fighter 6
  • Requiem releases February 27, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC
  • Pragmata impressions are positive but mysterious
• Gears of War: Reloaded beta extended
  • Second beta runs June 20–22 with more maps and modes
  • Launches August 26 on all platforms, $39.99 and Game Pass day one
  • Free upgrade for Ultimate Edition owners
• Nine Sega Forever mobile games now free before delisting
  • Includes: Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Shining Force, Sonic CD, Streets of Rage 1 & 2, Super Monkey Ball Sakura, Virtua Tennis
  • Fully free and ad-free for now — grab them before they're gone
• Stellar Blade rumored to be coming to Nintendo Switch 2
  • Shift Up reportedly developing a port
  • Sony says “nothing confirmed,” but momentum is building after Steam success
• Switch 2 third-party sales data shows weak performance
  • 62% of U.S. launch sales were first-party (not including Mario Kart bundle)
  • Cyberpunk 2077 was the best-selling third-party launch title
  • Sega ranked #3 third-party publisher at launch
  • Physical game sales dominated — digital underperforming
• God of War spin-off reportedly delayed to 2026
  • Rumored 2D metroidvania set in Greek era
  • Smaller in scope than mainline entries
  • Sony has not officially confirmed the project
• Bungie’s Marathon delay surprised even developers
  • Game is delayed indefinitely after poor reception
  • Some devs allegedly found out at the same time as the public
  • Unclear if it will now release in 2026 or later
• Sony rumored to be eyeing Warner Bros. Discovery gaming assets
  • Could include studios like NetherRealm, Rocksteady, TT Games, and Avalanche
  • Potential exclusivity concerns if true
  • Rumor still unconfirmed, but worth watching closely

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Published 2025-06-19

Nintendo reveals all about the Switch 2's next big game

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On this episode, Lex Luddy joins Jeff Grubb to talk about the Donkey Kong Bananza Direct. Is Bananergy a good thing or a bad thing? I don't know, but the United States is planning to invade the Switch 2 for it right now.

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Published 2025-06-16

MindsEye's Review Scores Hit Rock Bottom

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa chat about the Donkey Kong Direct coming soon, MindsEye review scores being very low, a whole grip of Xbox related stories, and even more to start your gaming life on a Monday!

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Published 2025-06-13

Sony Has Ideas for the PlayStation 6

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Jeff Grubb and Jesse Norris from XboxEra end the week with a slew of updates from PlayStation like the possibility of a PlayStation 6, more monthly players are finally on the PlayStation 5, pricing adjustments coming to PS Plus, and more news in and around the industry!

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Published 2025-06-12

Bloober Team Announces Silent Hill 1 Remake

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday with news that Bloober Team is going to remake the original Silent Hill, MindsEye is off to a rough launch, FIFA's new game has a lot of WEB3 stuff in it, and even more!

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Published 2025-06-11

MindsEye Devs "Working Around the Clock" to Fix Game

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about Resident Evil Requiem and other games they saw at Capcom over Summer Game Fest, MindsEye's devs working around the clock to fix the buggy game, Sony is laying off 30% of Bend Studio, the Switch 2 becoming the fastest selling home console of all time, and even more!

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Published 2025-06-02

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake All But Confirmed

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start off the week with news of a possible Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake coming, an Xbox Elite Series 3 controller possibly popping up this week, Resident Evil 9 might be making an appearence at Summer Game Fest, People Can Fly cancels 2 games, and even more!

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Published 2025-05-30

Microsoft is Pausing Development on Xbox Handheld

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about morale at EA being an all-time low amidst studio closures and more potential layoffs, Microsoft pausing development on the rumored Xbox handheld, Elden Ring: Nightreign exploding on Steam, MultiVersus is shutting down now, and even more news to end the week!

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Published 2025-05-29

EA Cancels Black Panther Game and Closes Cliffhanger Games

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about EA cancelling their upcoming Black Panther game, Trump's tariffs getting blocked by courts, Cyberpunk 2 is further away than you thought, another Persona 4 voice actor getting snubbed, a Death Stranding anime in the works, and WHAT IS MINDSEYE?

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Published 2025-05-28

Elden Ring: Nightreign Review Round-Up!

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Chris Plante to chat about Elden Ring: Nightreign reviews, a Pokemon Presents is announced for July, Apple is launching a dedicated video game app, GameStop just bought half a billion worth of bitcoin, and even more stories!

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Published 2025-05-23

2K is Preparing an Announcement for BioShock Franchise?

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Jeff Grubb and Kahlief Adams end your week with a bunch of gaming news! We cover reports of something happening with the Bioshock IP, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine II getting a new mode and a Master Crafted Edition, fans of ARC Raiders think they've uncovered a release date, Elden Ring getting a live-action film, and even more!

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Published 2025-05-22

PlayStation Stars is Closing Down

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Jeff Grubb and Jesse Vitelli lament about the the closing of PlayStation Stars and a State of Play event in May is becoming unlikely, Lies of P is getting difficulty options to become more accessible, Destiny 2 could have been a subscription service, GameChat requires a phone number linked to your Nintendo account, and more!

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Published 2025-05-21

Randy Pitchford's Comments on Borderlands 4's Pricing

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to chat about how Randy Pitchford feels about a prospective price of the next Borderlands game, the latest Circana reports, Senua's Saga II headed to PS5, DOOM: The Dark Ages reaching 3 million players, and even more!

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Published 2025-05-19

Kojima's Physint is 5-6 Years Away

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start off your week with a big bowl of gaming news! We cover Kojima's next game being 5-6 years away, the vibes being off at Bungie, an Injustice 3 game maybe being in the works, and even more!

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Published 2025-05-16

You Can Talk to an AI-Darth Vader in Fortnite

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to talk about her new gaming website Rewinder! We also find the time to talk about how upsetting it is to speak to an AI-Generated voice of James Earl Jones in Fortnite, a whole lot of Switch 2 updates, Diddy Kong, and even more!

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Published 2025-05-15

Kojima and Death Stranding 2 are Going on Tour

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Jeff Grubb is joined by AJ Minotti to chat about a Death Stranding 2 tour and how early reviews looking positive, PS5 prices going up, Nintendo Switch 2 specs getting finalized, and even more this Thursday morning!

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Published 2025-05-14

PS5 Could Get More Expensive Soon with EposVox!

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Jeff Grubb is joined by EposVox today to talk about how to talk about how the PS5 is still close to PS4 total sales and the price could go up fairly soon, Best Buy might have Switch 2s in stock for release day, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 possibly coming out on the Switch 2, and so much more!

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Published 2025-05-12

GIANT BOMB IS INDEPENDENT NOW!

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Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti are here to chat about all the hottest video game news! Today we cover that GIANT BOMB HAS GONE INDEPENDENT, some drama with Moon Studios the team behind Ori and the Blind Forest, a review roundup of Doom: The Dark Ages, and a whole lot more!

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Published 2025-04-23

Switch 2 Preorders Start Tonight in America

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jake Randall today to chat about Nintendo Switch 2 preorders going up tonight in North America, the Oblivion remaster blowing up, sales numbers for March, and more for your Wednesday!

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Published 2025-04-21

Bethesda Announces an Oblivion Stream

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to recap gamebreaking news such as the possibility of a new Mario game coming out for the Switch 2, big box retailers announce their dates for Switch 2 preorders, renting consoles becoming a big thing in Japan, and Bethesda announcing an Oblivion stream for tomorrow (04/22/25).

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Published 2025-04-18

Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders Begin April 24 in the US

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Jeff Grubb and friends breakdown today's top stories in video games! Today we chat about Nintendo finally opening up Switch 2 Preorders in the US, the Mario Kart World bundle getting discounted, Indiana Jones might be getting a sequel, the new Ryan Gosling Star Wars movie sharing the same name as a PS2 game, a Diablo 4 crossover, and more stories to end your week.

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Published 2025-04-17

Everything from Today's Mario Kart Direct

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about all of the things revealed from today's Mario Kart World direct, Ubisoft making another Battle Royale, PlayStation Plus prices going up, and more for your Thursday morning!

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Published 2025-04-16

Fallout 3 Remaster In The Works, But It's Not Arriving Anytime Soon

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa join forces to tackle the gaming news of the day, including some Switch 2 updates, Discord's weird new age verification program, and a Fallout 3 remaster being rumored.

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Published 2025-04-14

PS5 Prices Increasing in Some Regions

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe start your week with news about a price increase happening around the world for the PS5, updates on how tariff exemptions might affect the Switch 2, rumors of a new Prototype game, a recap on what to expect from Marathon, and other stories to start your Monday.

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Published 2025-04-11

Minecraft Player Numbers Leaped by Over 30% In Line With Movie Premiere

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain are here to guide you through a Dregs Day filled with, you guessed it, MORE Switch 2 news, followed by info on Minecraft's player count leap thanks to the movie and an Xbox-related studio wanting to bring back Banjo-Kazooie.

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Published 2025-04-10

Nintendo Stockpiling US Switch 2s Even Though They Could Sell at a Loss

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Shawn McDowell to talk EVEN MORE Switch 2 news and uncertainty, potential hope for that Wind Waker HD port, and Ubisoft not knowing when to stop talking.

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Published 2025-04-09

Rumors that Titanfall 3 is Near Complete

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli are here to share news about some Titanfall 3 rumors circulating, Razer pausing sales due to US tariffs, US Event Combobreaker is possible trouble for future events, and even more!

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Published 2025-04-07

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake May Shadow Drop Soon

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe start your week with some more news on the Switch 2 like it not implementing hall effect on the new joycons, the C button's functionality if you don't use the Nintendo Online service, Oblivion potentially shadow dropping soon, Blue Prince reviews, and more!

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Published 2025-04-04

Nintendo Cancels US Preorder Date and More

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa end the week with news that the Nintendo is moving the preorder date for the Switch 2 due to tariff's in the US and overall how the current political climate may affect the future of gaming and even the launch of the Switch 2.

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Published 2025-04-03

Nintendo Switch 2’s $450 Price Likely Influenced By Tariffs, Experts Say

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to walk you through even MORE Switch 2 news, including analysis of the $450 price tag and potential higher game prices into the future. Also, the UK REALLY reveres Shenmue, apparently.

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Published 2025-04-02

Everything Announced at the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James run you through the LOADS of information from this morning's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct! From release date and pricing to a new Donkey Kong and a spiritual successor to Bloodborne, we have a lot to unpack!

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Published 2025-03-31

Tomodachi Life Breaks Nintendo Sociam Media Records

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe start your week with strong rumors of a Final Fantasy IX Remake popping up later this year, some odd issues in InZoi, Tony Hawk and 3+4's music getting changed, Leslie Benzies' new game getting a release date, Tomodachi Life setting records for Nintendo's social media engagement, and even more!

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Published 2025-03-28

The Legend of Zelda Movie Coming in 2027

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain end your week with some video game news! They chat about a grip of Nintendo news like the upcoming Zelda movie, mysteries regarding the C button, and Switch 2 preorders popping up in Canada.

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Published 2025-03-27

A NEW Tomodachi Life Game Announced

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhys Elliot to recap everything that happened during today's Nintendo Direct like Metroid Prime 4 and a new Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Nightdive Studios hoping to bring back "No One Lives Forever", layoffs at Crystal Dynamics, and so much more for your Thursday!

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Published 2025-03-26

Game Informer Returns!

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James celebrate the return of Game Informer, they also speculate over what could potentially pop up at Nintendo's surprise Direct tomorrow, Mortal Kombat remasters coming soon, and even more news for your Wednesday!

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Published 2025-03-24

Bam Margera is Getting Added to THPS 3+4

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe start your week with video game news! They chat about the possibility of a surprise Switch 1 Nintendo Direct coming up soon, Tony Hawk demanding Bam Margera be added into THPS 3+4, and a possible Greek centered God of War sidestory getting released this year.

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Published 2025-03-21

FBC: Firebreak Launching this Summer

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain end your week with a whole slew of video game news like the mobile Disco Elysium leaving a positive impression, the Switch getting more NSO releases, an Atom Fall review round-up, and much more!

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Published 2025-03-20

Microsoft Is Committed To More Xbox TV Shows And Movies

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to chat about Animal Crossing: New Horizon hitting 5 years, another FPGA N64 getting teased, Plants vs. Zombies: Reloaded got rated in Brazil, and Microsoft committing to more TV shows.

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Published 2025-03-19

Industry-Wide Union Launched by Game Developers

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about February's top selling games and hardware, an Insudtry-Wide union getting founded for any game developer to join, Xbox Adaptive Joysticks are available now, and other stories for your Wednesday!

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Published 2025-03-17

Metroid Prime 4 Could Potentially Have a Large Presence at Switch 2 Direct

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Today Jeff Grubb and Shawn McDowell start your week with a whole block of Star Wars game updates, Metroid Prime 4 potentially taking up a lot of space at the Switch 2 direct in April, People Can Fly making a new game using a Sony IP, Naughty Dog's Intergalactic may have been inspired by Elden Ring, and much more!

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Published 2025-03-13

The Oblivion Remake Could Launch Sooner than Expected

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It's the premiere of GameBreaking News! Jeff Grubb and Lucy James are here to chat about the rumored Oblivion Remake could be coming sooner, an Xbox branded handheld is planned for later, Microsoft making an AI companion for games, and more!

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Published 2025-03-12

Capcom Trademark Could Hint at the Return of a Franchise

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to deliver you video game news! We chat about the possibility of a Dino Crisis trademark getting filed might hint at a return, the Nintendo Switch 2 improving voice chat, Skate 4 incorporating microtransactions, and more! #gmm #gamemessmornings #videogamenews

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Published 2025-03-10

SpongeBob is Getting into Magic the Gathering

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to discuss the Death Stranding 2 trailer from SXSW, some Nintendo Switch 2 updgrades, Forza Horizon 5 on PS5 requiring a Microsoft account, and SpongeBob getting some Magic the Gathering cards?

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Published 2025-03-07

Respawn’s Unannounced Multiplayer FPS Game Has Been Cancelled

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain on a busier Dregs Day than usual, featuring stories about Respawn's cancelled FPS, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 worries, and GPU drama!

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Published 2025-03-06

Prepare For Discord To Get Way Worse

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Jeff Grubb is joined by an on-location Jan Ochoa to chat about Suikoden HD's reviews, the rumored Gears of War collection potentially releasing this year, and how Discord's financial future could spell disaster for its quality.

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Published 2025-03-05

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Streamlining Levels

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about the most exciting thing in the world of gaming: TARIFFS! They also chat about Tony Hawk 3+4's gameplay getting streamlined, the possibility of a Last of Us Part III, more layoffs in the industry, and other stories for the middle of your week!

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Published 2025-03-03

Cancelled Twisted Metal Game was a Battle Royale Game

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Published 2025-03-01

RUMOR: Half-Life 3 is Finalized

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lexi Luddy to end the week with updates on Monster Hunter Wild's player count on Steam, a new game from the Metroid Dread developers, Forza Horizon 5 having more features on the PlayStation 5, and Half-Life 3 for real?

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Published 2025-02-27

Everything from Today's Pokémon Direct

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa break down all of today's news from the Pokemon Direct, the current situation with the canceled Wonder Woman game from WB, leaks on the Switch 2 dock, and much more this Thursday morning!

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Published 2025-02-26

Warner Bros. Keeps Nemesis Gaming Patent Despite Studio Closure

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli start your Wednesday with several stories around the Warner Bros. closures affecting the Wonder Woman game and WB holding onto the Nemesis system patent, Mecha Break breaking the servers from high player counts, maybe more Silent Hill games in the future, and more!

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Published 2025-02-24

Monster Hunter Wilds Review Round-Up

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe jumpstart the week with a round up of Monster Hunter Wilds review scores, the Avowed developers wanting more for the franchise, PlayStation wanting to double the amount of US factories amidst trade tarrifs, and more!

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Published 2025-02-21

Call Of Duty's New Update Is Apparently Teasing A Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Reveal

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to chat about January 2025 U.S. video game market highlights, a new Tony Hawk game getting teased in Call of Duty, and more!

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Published 2025-02-20

Xbox Building and Using AI to Generate Video Game Assets and Actions

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your morning with some news around Xbox's new AI tools that it's hoping to implement to revive old games and speed up development, the Space Marine II devs working on some Hasbro based IP, updates on the now cancelled Last of Us II multiplayer mode, and many more stories for your Thursday!

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Published 2025-02-19

Niantic Looking to Sell Games Unit to Scopely Inc

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James are here to chat about potential Tony Hawk rumors for a new game, Niantic looking to sell off their gaming unity to Scopely Inc, massive layoffs with a Marvel Rivals team, a Tetris Forever handheld, and much more!

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Published 2025-02-14

FromSoftware Apologizes For Elden Ring Nightreign Test Server Problems

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to talk black market Switch 2 deals, Ubisoft's plans to avoid a continued decline, and Tam's one true love (FromSoftware).

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Published 2025-02-13

Everything Announced at Sony’s February 2025 State of Play

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to talk about Avowed's reviews, all the news and updates from the recent PlayStation State of Play, and how their favorite foxes in space deserve more respect!

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Published 2025-02-12

Bungie's MOBA Game, Gummy Bears, May Appear Today at State of Play

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhys Elliot to discuss expectations for today's State of Play, Bungie's MOBA game - Gummy Bears making a possible appearance, the state of the games market and how GTA 6 may boost that growth, Crysis 4 on hold, Elden Ring: Nightreign launching on May 30th, and many more stories!

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Published 2025-02-07

Wonder Woman Game has Been Rebooted

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain end the week with a chunk of GTA 6 related news, Rocksteady trying to make a new Batman game, the Wonder Woman game is "years away", the Nintendo joycon's mouse functionality being confirmed, and more news right before the weekend.

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Published 2025-02-06

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Release Date Leaks

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Metal Gear Delta's release date getting leaked, Death Stranding 2 getting rated, a AAA Castlevania game on the horizon, Sega filing trademarks, and even more this morning!

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Published 2025-02-05

EA Q3 Not the Financial Performance Company Expected

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James are here to kick off the middle of the week with some hot news! We chat about EA's CEO chatting about how live-service implementation could have saved Dragon Age: The Veilguard, EA Sports FC underperforming, Monster Hunter Wilds' Open Beta dropping later this week, and much more!

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Published 2025-02-03

RUMOR: Perfect Dark Could be Headed to PlayStation 5

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe are here to start your week with speculations of an upcoming State of Play, rumors that Perfect Dark could be headed to PlayStation 5 and Switch 2, problems with the launch of The Sims 1&2, and more!

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Published 2025-01-30

BioWare Betting Everything on Mass Effect 5

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to chat about BioWare betting a lot on Mass Effect 5 amid more layoffs, Nintendo losing legal battles related to Super Mario, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle crossing 4 million players, and many more stories to get you through Thursday.

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Published 2025-01-29

Bloodline Rules and Intergender Wrestling Headed to WWE 2K25

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lexi Luddy to chat about the shakeups going on at PlayStation with the company's leadership, Baldur's Gate III getting locoal co-op for Xbox Series S soon, Bloodline Rules and Intergender Wrestling heading to WWE 2K25, and many more stories for your Wednesday!

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Published 2025-01-27

Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders Go Live at one European Retailer

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe are here to start your week with some Nintendo Switch 2 news! The console has popped up for preorders at a European retailer, Phil Spencer has a lot to say about the future of Xbox and the Nintendo Switch 2, spending on physical gaming has declined, and even more gaming news to jump start your Monday.

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Published 2025-01-24

Insider Reports Resident Evil Zero is the Next to be Remade

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Merritt K to chat about everything that got announced at the Xbox Developer Direct, go over December's video game sales, insider info on the next Resident Evil game that's being remade, and even more stories to end the week!

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Published 2025-01-23

Celeste Devs Cancel Next Game

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Jeff Grubb is joined by special guest Mat Piscatella from Circana to chat about the Celeste devs cancelling their next game, EA blames "underperformance" of Dragon Age and EA FC25 as it lowers their forecast, Wolverine devs refusing to comment on a 2025 release date, and a bunch of other stories for Thursday!

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Published 2025-01-22

More Developers are Focusing on Apple VisionOS than PSVR2

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Alyssa Mercante to break down this week's news! They chat about how Microsoft has some surprises in store for the upcoming Xbox Developer Direct, more VR getting developped for Apple VisionOS, some Switch 2 stats and speculation, and even more stories!

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Published 2025-01-17

Bloodborne Director May be too Busy for Remaster

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain are here to end the week with stories about Sony cancelling two more live-service games, with one being a God of War spinoff. Along with that they cover the possibility of a Bloodborne remaster, shakeups at BioWare following Corinne Busche's exit, Nintendo prepping 20 million Switch 2 units, and Hideki Kamiya has some interesting things to say to Nintendo leakers.

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Published 2025-01-16

NEW MARIO KART GAME with New Switch?

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to chat about the Nintendo Switch 2 and a NEW Mario Kart game getting revealed. They chat about possible release windows, possible prices, and other details around the Nintendo Switch 2. Other stories include the newest PlayStation Plus games, a new Halo game, and GTA 6 costing $100?

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Published 2025-01-15

Mysterious Nintendo Switch 2 “C” Button Potentially for New Social Hub

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James chat about even MORE Switch 2 leaks/rumors, Nintendo continuing to not properly credit developers, and some potential big changes for Ubisoft.

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Published 2025-01-13

RUMOR: Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Happening this Week

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to chat about the NEWEST round of Switch 2 rumors, the Microsoft event next week might be a bigger deal, Skate 4 opening up a playtest, and more stories to start your week!

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Published 2025-01-10

LEGO and Nintendo Making a Game Boy Set

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa end the week with a couple of stories of swirling Nintendo Switch 2 rumors, some new LEGO sets, Assassin's Creed Shadows getting delayed and a couple more things this Friday morning.

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Published 2025-01-08

Datamine Points to a Pokemon Presents 2025

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to chat about a whole slew of Nintendo Switch 2 rumors, rumblings, and leaks that have come out recently. We also chat about a possible Pokemon Presents in 2025, an Xbox handheld, and how GamePass is affecting game sales!

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Published 2025-01-06

Switch 2 Joycons Leaked?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to ring in the New Year with some new video game news! We've got leaks of what the new Joycons for the Nintendo Switch 2 may look like, a new Xbox coming in 2026, PlayStation looking to revive old franchises, Minecraft 2, and many more stories to start the year and the week!

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Published 2024-12-20

Rayman is in a New Game, with NFTs

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Eric Van Allen to end the year right with some little morsels of news before the year ends! We chat about Rayman popping up in a new game, Xbox developing a "cross-platform user interface", Unicorn Overlord won't be getting any DLC, and a fourth Sonic movie coming in 2027!

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Published 2024-12-19

Mariah Carey is Trapped in a Giant Block of Ice (in Fortnite)

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to chat about Mariah Carey getting stuck in a giant block of ice, Sony increasing their shares in Kadokawa Corporation, more rumblings of the Nintendo Switch 2, Sony and AMD continuing to partner up, and much more!

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Published 2024-12-18

Nintendo Switch Overtakes PlayStation 2 in the US

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to talk about consumer spending and overall sales happening in games from November, the Nintendo Switch has now outsold the PlayStation 2 in America, new art from Amy Hennig's upcoming Marvel game, and much more this lovely Wednesday!

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Published 2024-12-09

Nintendo Switch 2 Rumored to Drop in May 2025

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to deliver your Monday news! A week cannot start without more Nintendo Switch 2 rumors, Marvel Rivers and Path of Exile 2 smash player numbers, Beyond Good & Evil 2 developments, and much more!

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Published 2024-12-06

Ubisoft Shareholders in Talks Over Possible Buyout

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to chat about the positive Indiana Jones and the Great Circle reviews coming in, Ubisoft shareholders talking about a possible buyout, Marvel Rivals debuts with a massive player count on launch, a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle game, and even more stories to end the week!

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Published 2024-12-05

Kingmakers Launches in Early Access in Q1 2025

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Fantasian Neo Dimension reviews, former PlayStation boss questioning the future of consoles, Kingmakers launching in early access in Q1 2025, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 moving up its release date, and much more!

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Published 2024-12-04

Mario & Luigi Brothership Developer Wanted an "Edgier" Mario Design

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Ubisoft closing XDefiant and taking down the servers soon, Brothership's developers pushing for an edgier Mario design, leaked Switch 2 accessories, and even more stories on this Wednesday!

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Published 2024-12-02

Triangle Strategy and More Get Delisted

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to talk about several games getting delisted, Light of Motiram looking a lot like Horizon Zero Dawn, Infinity Niki reviews dropping, Epic Mickey underperforming, and even more to start the week!

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Published 2024-11-27

PlayStation Veteran Shuhei Yoshida to Retire In January

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn are ending a short week at Giant Bomb by discussing new details of Sony’s potential acquisition of Kadokawa, some head-scratching news about Mortal Kombat, and Shuhei Yoshida looking to close out his long run at PlayStation.

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Published 2024-11-25

Sony Reportedly Developing A PS5 Portable System

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Jeff Grubb's back in the newsman chair and joined by Emma Fyffe to talk portable PS5s, Ubisoft's continued bad timing, and a bunch of October game sales data.

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Published 2024-11-15

Unreal Tournament is free on the Internert Archive

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Vitelli to chat about the upcoming TGA nominations, Blizzard hiring for a StarCraft shooter, Avowed's release date getting confirmed, a custom Donkey Konga track tool, and Unreal Tournament is free on Internet Archive!

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Published 2024-11-14

Lego Horizon Adventures Review Round-Up

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa check out the review for Dragon Quest HD-2D Remake and Lego Horizon Adventures, some rumblings as to why Avowed's release date got moved, the multiplayer Horizon game coming out next year, and more!

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Published 2024-11-13

Stellar Blade is Coming to PC in 2025

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about how the show Secret Level may show off the potential of Concord's story, Stellar Blade pops over to PCs soon, Sony is ending support for the adaptor that makes PSVR work on PS5, a grip of Xbox stories, and so much more!

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Published 2024-11-08

Palworld Allegedly Infringes Upon Three Patents Held by Nintendo

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to end the week and chat about a whole slew of PlayStation related news such as Astro Bot selling close to 1.5 million copies, scalpers having a hard time reselling the PS5 Pro, and reason why Concord may have failed. We also cover the latest in Palworld versus Nintendo and more!

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Published 2024-11-07

GTA 6 Planned for Fall 2025

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday by chatting about the possibility of GTA 6 coming out at the second half of 2025, GTA 5 selling over 205 million copies, Nintendo answers several questions from investors, and a bunch more today!

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Published 2024-11-06

Nintendo Confirms Major Switch 2 Feature

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to talk about a bunch of new Nintendo news following their latest financial report, a "quiet" N7 Day for Mass Effect fans, and a beloved fighting game series finally returning.

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Published 2024-11-05

Mario & Luigi Reviews and a Secret PS5 Pro Feature

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to wake you up this Monday with some Mario & Luigi and Slitterhead reviews, an update on the Final Fantasy series' presence on Xbox, and even more PS5 Pro info.

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Published 2024-11-05

PlayStation Boss Wants PS5 Pro to Continue 10-Year Generations

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to discuss a bunch of PlayStation news, Black Ops 6 bringing in big numbers for Xbox, and Apex Legends abandoning the Steam Deck because of cheaters.

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Published 2024-10-31

Capcom Sells More Games on PC

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa celebrate the spooky season with a whole slew of news! We cover Nintendo's new music streaming app, someone breaking into the innards of the Alarmo, Capcom selling incredibly well on PC, updates on future Delta Rune chapters, and much more! 

Also sending all of our love to our peers and friends that were affected yesterday in the layoffs. Love y'all.

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Published 2024-10-30

Indiana Jones Previews Look Promising

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn chat about Indiana Jones previews, what a new Mass Effect will look like graphically, rumors of who may play Lara Croft in a Tomb Raider series, and more stories!

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Published 2024-10-28

Hideo Kojima wants to Make Cool Games for Aliens

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe start the week with some strong rumors that the Nintendo Switch 2 may get announced this week, Starfield 2 could be one "hell of a game", Yakuza Kiwami on Switch selling very well, a quick Dragon Age: The Veilguard review round-up, and start Monday!

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Published 2024-10-25

EA Sports College Football 25 is a Best Seller

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain end the week with stories about EA Sports College Football 25 selling incredibly well, Microsoft continuing to bring their games to Nintendo, overseas visitors causing disturbances at the Nintendo Museum, Overwatch 2 rolling out 6v6 testing, and so much more!

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Published 2024-10-24

Ubisoft Exploring New Rayman Game

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa continue the week with news about rumored games in production such as a new Rayman, Beyond Good and Evil 2, and Everwild. We also chat about leaks with the Nintendo Online Test, a Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta launching soon, and even more news!

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Published 2024-10-23

Bungie Creative Team Moves to PlayStation

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown getting moved around, September's Circanna report, Bungie's creative team moving to PlayStation, Nintendo leaks, and more stories this Wednesday!

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Published 2024-10-21

Nintendo's Mysterious Switch Playtest Details Leaked

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Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli start the week with a whole slew of Nintedo related news! We also learn that Bloober Team is determined to knock it out of the park with their next game, Spider-Man 2 is heading to PC, Vampire SUrvivors is getting Castlevania DLC, and even more stories!

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Published 2024-10-18

God Of War TV Show Is Starting Over From Scratch

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain end the week strong by recapping the Xbox Partner Preview, chatting about the developmental woes that the God of War show is facing, more legal battles with Nintendo, and more stories to start your Friday!

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Published 2024-10-17

Super Nintendo World Opens in Orlando May 2025

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa chat about the current state of PlayStation "plateauing", Astro Bot speedrun levels are finally out, IO Interactive hoping to have a young James Bond to resonate with the gamers, Nintendo World opening in Orlando in 2025, and even more stories to start your day!

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Published 2024-10-16

Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium Hits Kickstarter Goal in One Day

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn start your Wednesday with news of Astro Bot speedrun levels rolling out on Thursday, an Electronic Games Monthly Compendium obliterating its Kickstarter goal, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero selling very fast, and many more stories!

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Published 2024-10-11

Splinter Cell Remake Still in Development

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Dave Klein from GameSpot to end the week with a bunch of news! We got rumblings that a Splinter Cell remake is on the way, Metaphor: ReFantazio has already sold 1 million units, two Disco Elysium spin-off studios have been announced, and much much more on this Friday morning.

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Published 2024-10-10

Nintendo Launching Mysterious Switch Online Test

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to speculate over what Nintendo's mysterious online Playtest program, the Alarmo clock selling out in Japan, Overwatch Mobile in development, Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles getting remastered, and so much more!

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Published 2024-10-09

Nintendo is Making a Clock

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn continue the week with news of Nintendo making an alarm clock for some reason! They also chat about the devs behind the newest Spongebob game getting ready to support the Nintendo Switch with more games, Disney villain skins heading to Fortnite, Litte Big Planet 3 getting delisted, and more stories for your Wednesday!

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Published 2024-10-07

Metaphor: ReFantazio Review Round Up

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to start the week with chatting about all the great reviews with Metaphor: ReFantazio, a surprise Alien Isolation sequel in the works, the future of Halo games, Saudi Arabia considering a larger stake in Nintendo, and a whole lot more stories to start the week.

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Published 2024-10-04

Paramount and Saber Interactive making an Avatar Game

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to end the week with the biggest stories in video game news! They cover The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom selling well in Japan, a round-up of Silent Hill 2 Remake scores, Saber Interactive and Paramount making an Avatar game, and much more!

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Published 2024-10-02

Nintendo Goes After Switch Emulator Ryujinx

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Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli today to talk about Nintendo going after the popular Switch emulator Ryujinx, the developers pushing for a delay for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Professor Layton making a comeback, odd designs from the new Sims game, and much more!

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Published 2024-09-30

"There Will Be a Future" for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe start the week with some promise of Tony Hawk Pro Skater games coming out, Death Stranding 2 release date being teased along with an odd photo mode, Assassin's Creed Shadows being a buggy mess, and much more!

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Published 2024-09-27

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Ending After 12 Years

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to end the week strong with reports of Microsoft working on a StarCraft shooting game, The Simpsons: Tapped Out ending service in January, PlayStation jacking up the price of the original Horizon Zero Dawn, and much more!

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Published 2024-09-26

Assassin's Creed Shadows Delayed to 2025

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa break down today's top stories like Assassin's Creed Shadows getting delayed to February 2025, a whole lot of woes happening at Ubisoft, a roundup of Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom reviews, and much more!

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Published 2024-09-25

Rocksteady Is Reportedly Working On A New Batman Game

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tom Caswell to recap the Sony State of Play that happened yesterday, Rocksteady reportedly making a new Batman game, Keanu Reaves lending his voice to Shadow the Hedgehog, some issues with Assassin's Creed Shadows, and more!

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Published 2024-09-23

PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection Prices Leaked

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn start the week with video game news on an impending and now confirmed State of Play, questions about Concord's overall budget, some leaks about the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro price, and much more!

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Published 2024-09-20

Next Like a Dragon Game Stars Majima in a Pirate Game

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain end the week strong with a whole slew of news! Stories include a brand new Like a Dragon game starring Majima as a Pirate, a Days Gone remaster in the works, several Netflix anime adaptations coming out, and much more!

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Published 2024-09-19

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company are Suing Palworld Devs

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about the 30th Anniversary of the PS5 Pro, Pokemon taking legal action against the Palworld developers, the future of Kingdom Hearts 4, and many more stories this Thursday morning!

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Published 2024-09-18

Alleged Images of Nintendo's New Switch Have Surfaced

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about some alleged images of the new Nintendo Switch, Horizon Zero Dawn getting rated by the ESRB for a PS5 remaster, Final Fantasy XVI and 7 Rebirth not meeting sales expectations, updates on the future of The Sims, Freedom Wars getting remastered, and a lot more news stories.

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Published 2024-09-16

Flappy Bird Creator Not Happy with New Game

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe are here to welcome you to a new week with a whole slew of news! They chat about more details emerging about the PlayStation 5 Pro, some grievances with the new Flappy Bird game, Nintendo ending regular support for Splatoon 3, and even more news stories to start the week!

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Published 2024-09-13

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Leaks Online

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain welcome you to a Friday filled with news! They chat about The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom leaking online, Astrobot selling OKAY, the entirety of Annapurna Interactive team resigning, and even more news!

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Published 2024-09-12

Xbox Lays Off 650 More Gaming Emplyees

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are BACK with video game news! We chat about the current situation with Microsoft laying off 650 emplyees, PlayStation wanting to make family games, the PlayStation disc drive selling well, and much more!

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Published 2024-09-06

Sony's Plans for PlayStation's 30th Anniversary

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain are here to welcome you to Friday with a whole grip of video game news! We chat about Astro Bot being one of the best reviewed games of the year, Sony's plans for PlayStation's 30th Anniversary, more Switch 2 rumblings, and so much more!

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Published 2024-09-05

Astro Bot Review Round Up and Balatro Coming to Mobile!

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa do a review round up of Astro Bot, some more news on Concord shutting down, somehow we get Switch 2 rumors circulating again, and BALATRO COMING TO MOBILE?

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Published 2024-08-29

Konami Saying to "Stay Tuned" for Metal Gear Solid 4 Remaster

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about the possibilities of a Metal Gear Solid 4 remaster, the leaks of the design of the yet to be announced PS5 Pro, hints of an Astro Bot 2, more woes at Bungie, and much more news!

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Published 2024-08-28

Astro Bot Director Rules out VR Version

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about her time at Gamescom, Astro Bot's director ruling out a VR version of the game, Activision is stalling over union contracts, the Borderlands movie is getting a digital release this week, and much more!

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Published 2024-08-26

Star Wars Outlaws Review Round-Up

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe start the week off with going over all of the reviews for Star Wars Outlaws, the PS5 Pro was an "open secret" at Gamescom, there's a Nintendo Indie World Showcase, and MySims heading to the Switch??

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Published 2024-08-23

Black Myth: Wukong Sales Top 10 Million

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Vitelli on a not-quite-dregs-day to talk about Black Myth: Wukong's impressive sales numbers, Avowed targeting 30FPS on consoles, Star Wars Outlaws being streamed ahead of release, and more!

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Published 2024-08-22

GTA 6 And Switch 2 Will Help Video Game Industry Rebound In 2025, Analyst Predicts

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Britton Peele to chat about July's US gaming market highlights and what 2025 has in store, Nintendo ending another mobile game but giving it an offline version, and another retro gaming handheld coming for Grubb's wallet.

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Published 2024-08-21

Gamescom ONL Roundup & Phil Spencer Talks Indiana Jones On PS5

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to walk you through the major announcements at Gamescom's Opening Night Live, Phil Spencer's comments on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to PS5, and RoadCraft! ROADCRAAAAAFT!!!

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Published 2024-08-19

Silent Hill 2 Remake Is Better Than The Trailers You’ve Seen

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Emma Fyffe is back on the Monday shift with Jeff Grubb to talk with y'all about Silent Hill 2's remake looking much better, what's really going on with Black Myth: Wukong's review guidelines, and A NEW NINTENDO (Museum) DIRECT!

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Published 2024-08-16

Iron Galaxy Co-CEO Adam Boyes Steps Down After 8 Years

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to chat about Adam Boyes stepping down as Co-CEO of Iron Galaxy, Call of Duty looking to fix their cluttered UI and giant file sizes, the video games industry recovering, and much more!

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Published 2024-08-15

Amazon Orders Animated Series Featuring Spelunky and More

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa chat about Dragon Age: The Veilguard's upcoming release date, Plucky the Squire getting a release date, more Xbox games heading to PlayStation, and more!

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Published 2024-08-14

Switch 2 Is Not Coming Before April 2025

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James break down today's top stories in games like the Nintendo Switch 2 not coming before April 2025, Valve's new game Deadlock has over 20,000 players despite not even being announced, Gamescom Opening Night Live will have new game announcements, and much more!

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Published 2024-08-12

Tango Gameworks Saved by PUBG Publisher

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to chat about Tango Gameworks getting saved by the PUBG publisher Krafton, the Borderlands movie performing poorly at the Box Office, some Switch 2 rumored features, the Fortnite and Disney crossover games being a few years away still, and much more!

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Published 2024-08-09

Sega's Gamescom Line-up Includes Unannounced Game

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain end the week talking about Sega having a secret game heading into Gamescom, Sony planning on "optimizing" the way Bungie is organized, a new Borderlands game in development and the movie's performance, and so much more!

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Published 2024-08-08

Nintendo Switch Close to Matching PS2's Lifetime Sales in US

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about the poor reviews that the Borderlands movie is receiving, META shutting down Ready at Dawn Studios, the Nintendo Switch catching up to the PS2 lifetime sales, and other various video game news!

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Published 2024-08-07

Warner Bros. is Considering Selling Stakes in its Video Game Business

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa chat about the PlayStation's hardware sales declining but the software on the steady uptick, Warner Bros. considering selling stakes in its video game business, Balatro updates, and even more!

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Published 2024-08-05

SEGA Trademarks "Yakuza Wars" in Japan

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn McDowell to recap some quick stories from last week, Avowed being delayed to 2025, the Last of Us Season 2 teaser, what a "Yakuza Wars" trademark could be, and much more!

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Published 2024-08-01

Bungie Announces Massive Layoffs

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa today to chat about the fallout of the layoffs across the board at Bungie and what that could potentially mean for the future of Destiny and Marathon, EA hinting about future plans for Battlefield, and much more!

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Published 2024-07-31

EA College Football 25 Used AI to Make Player Faces

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James today to chat about the massive decline in hardware sales for Xbox, Star Wars Outlaws offering an interesting option for players, EA using AI to make the player faces in EA College Football 25, and breaking news with massive layoffs at Bungie.

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Published 2024-07-29

Astro Boy Controller Revealed!

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa catch up on a couple of Capcom stories like how Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection came to be and the recent successes, the Xbox 360's Marketplace closing, more Borderlands stuff coming, an Astro Bot controller, and a lot more top stories in video games.

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Published 2024-07-26

Soul Reaver Remasters Seemingly Confirmed By A Statue At Comic-Con

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to talk about the new Legacy of Kain remasters "leaked" at Comic-Con, voice actors coming together to fight AI usage in games, and The Pokémon Company continuing to roll in the dough!

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Published 2024-07-25

World of Warcraft Development Team Has Voted To Unionize

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With their powers of Jeff combined, Grubb and Bakalar talk about the World of Warcraft team being the first to unionize in full at Activision Blizzard, battle pass news from Apex Legends & Concord, and the new Fallout game out... TODAY!

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Published 2024-07-24

Michael Bay Making Skibidi Toilet Film and TV Franchise

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It's Dregs Day on a Wednesday as Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about a Ubisoft legend leaving the company, dunk on some real weirdos on the internet, and be amazed as news breaks about the (*checks notes*) Skibidi Toilet movie?

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Published 2024-07-22

Heihachi is Coming BACK!

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss the woes of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, a No Man's Sky datamine, EA Sports College Football 25 selling very well in early access, Tekken 8 bringing back Heihachi, and much more!

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Published 2024-07-18

Microsoft gave the Xbox controller a huge a**

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to discuss how many players are buying into microtransactions nowadays, Nintendo's new charging solution for Joy-Cons, and a bootylicious new Xbox controller!

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Published 2024-07-17

NES World Championship Review Roundup

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to talk about Nintendo's latest, No Man's Sky getting another giant update, and a new collection for some infamous retro games.

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Published 2024-07-15

Crash Bandicoot 5 Canceled

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to talk about the early cancellation of a Crash 5 project, a potential first look at Bioshock 4 floating around online, and more!

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Published 2024-07-12

The Switch is Nintendo's Longest Lasting Console without Being Replaced

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to celebrate DregsDay! They chat about Planet Coaster 2 letting you build water parks, Starfy finally heading Stateside, external translators for Nintendo aren't being credited, the Concord Beta opening up, and more!

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Published 2024-07-11

New Armored Core Content In Development?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about PlayStation opening up the Concord Beta for everyone, job listings suggesting Armored Core might get some DLC, Palworld and PlayStation teaming up, a cancelled League of Legends spin-off, and some HOGS!

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Published 2024-07-10

Nintendo Teasing New Horror Game?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Xbox Game Pass going up in price, Nintendo teasing a creepy smiling man, new details from Star Wars Outlaws, and much more!

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Published 2024-06-28

Donkey Kong was almost Named "Kong Dong"

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain chat about a Konami producer interested in bringing back Hideo Kojima into the fold, renewed impressions on Concord, a list of alternate names for Donkey Kong, and much more!

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Published 2024-06-27

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Headed to Modern Consoles

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to break down a whole slew of Nintendo related news like how they're handling the recent leaks and what Miyamoto is planning for the future. We also cover the most wishlisted game headed out of Summer Game Fest, Aspyr bringing back Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, and much more!

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Published 2024-06-26

Fornite Reload is a Sweaty Apology

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about the Dr Disrepect situation, Elden Ring getting patched for difficulty, Fornite Reload tearing up the charts, Forza Horizon 4 getting delisted, and much more!

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Published 2024-06-24

Nintendo Won't Reveal Mario and Luigi's New Developer

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tom Caswell today to chat about how good Destiny 2 has gotten again, the woes of Shadow of the Erdtree's mixed reviews, Nintendo being odd about hiding developers, and a whole lot more of video game news!

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Published 2024-06-21

BUBSY IS BACK!!!

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain take you through a Dregs Day filled with bad business decisions, Elden Ring ass-kickings, and bobcats rising from their graves.

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Published 2024-06-20

Was Metroid Prime 4 Running On Switch 2?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to answer the questions surrounding Metroid Prime 4's platform of choice, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection skipping Xbox, and Bluepoint's next title.

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Published 2024-06-17

NINTENDO DIRECT INCOMING

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to discuss Todd Howard's comments on the future of Fallout, Sea of Thieves doing very well on PS5, and THE INCOMING NINTENDO DIRECT, GET UNREASONABLY HYPE, Y'ALL!!!

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Published 2024-06-14

FromSoftware Boss Would "Love More Players To Be Able To Enjoy Bloodborne"

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Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn are here to bring a little joy to your Dregs Day, talking about what the future for Bloodborne could be, what games viewers are most excited about after SGF, and more!

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Published 2024-06-13

Monster Hunter Is Bigger and Better Than Ever In Wilds

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to talk about new info on Monster Hunter Wilds, more bits of Summer Game Fest news, and a surprising twist in the story of a beloved leaker.

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Published 2024-06-12

Final Fantasy IX Pops Up in an Epic Games Store Leak

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Jeff Grubb has returned from Summer Game Fest to chat with Jesse Norris about some Epic Games Store Leaks, a Nintendo Direct popping up, Dragon Age: The Veilguard impressions, and so much more!

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Published 2024-06-05

Rumor: Xbox Showcase To Feature First-Party Shadow Drop

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Imran Khan to chat about the previews for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, rumors about a shadow drop coming from Xbox, questionable handhelds, and much more!

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Published 2024-06-03

Astro Bot is More than Four Times the Size of Astro's Playroom

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe chat about Take-Two's decision to not announce Grand Theft Auto 6 for the PC, Astro Bot reportedly a much bigger game than its predecessor, PS VR2's PC adapter coming soon, and much more!

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Published 2024-05-30

Game Mess Mornings 05/30/24

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa break down a solid block of PlayStation news such as their mobile game initiative, PS4 players becing a core part of the audience, and tentpole games heading to PC. We also chat about the Just Cause movie in development, a Minecraft show, and more!

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Published 2024-05-29

State of Play Announced for Tomorrow

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James chat about todays top stories in video games! Grubb was right and there is indeed a State of Play slated for May 30th, we recap the Circana reports, Xbox's investments, Sony Pulling the Neil Druckman interview, and much more!

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Published 2024-05-24

Alone in the Dark Sold "Below Expectations"

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Jeff Grubb and is joined by Jesse Vitelli to chat about the news on this Friday morning! They chat about Alone in the Dark selling below expectations, XDefiant having a good launch, what's happening with Square Enix, and much more!

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Published 2024-05-23

Steam May Show Up on the Next Xbox

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa chat about the possibilities of Steam popping up on the next Xbox, Sony's speculated creative future, Atari acquiring a studio, and more!

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Published 2024-05-22

NBA Superstars Arcade Game Recaptures The Spirit Of NBA Jam

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Jeff Grubb is joined by our own TurboShawn to chat about a multiplayer mode hitting Suika, a new NBA Jam arcade machine, the CEO of Arrowhead stepping down, PlayStation working on free-to-play games, and more!

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Published 2024-05-20

RUMOR: Sony is working on a new PSP that runs PlayStation 4 games

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe today to chat about rumors of Xbox's new console coming out in 2026, another rumor of PlayStation working on a new PSP, updates on the Zelda movie, and much more on this Monday morning!

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Published 2024-05-17

Valve Working on a Hero Shooter Called "Deadlock"

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain are here today to chat about their love for niche little handheld gaming devices, GTA VI launching Fall 2025, Microsoft planning to put this year's Call of Duty on Game Pass, Valve entering the hero shooter genre, a Lego Horizon game coming, and more!

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Published 2024-05-16

Details on Assassin's Creed Shadow Gameplay

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa detail their impressions on Assassin's Creed Shadow, Ubisoft cancelling The Division Heartland, rumors about the upcoming Switch, Sony chaning their measurements for success, updates on Microsoft's "Latitude" project, and much more!

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Published 2024-05-15

Resident Evil 1 May be Next for a Remake

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about Ghost of Tsushima's playability on the Steam Deck, Sony performing very well and some slight updates on Concord, Resident Evil 1 potentially being next for remake treatment, and impressions on the new Assassin's Creed game!

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Published 2024-05-13

Ghost of Tsushima's PC Port Getting Delisted in Many Countries

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe chat about Square Enix's plans for future games and their current development strategies, some rumors regarding an upcoming Nintendo project, Ghost of Tsushima's PC port getting delisted because of PSN access, Doom playing a big part in Xbox's Game Showcase later this year, and much more!

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Published 2024-05-10

Microsoft Planning on Releasing Mobile Store in July

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor hussain breakdown today's top stories in games! Today they chat about the ongoing situation at Microsoft, some Nintendo Switch 2 tech specs, and a couple leaks suggesting that Persona may become an annual franchise!

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Published 2024-05-09

Xbox Still Planning to Cut More Jobs

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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa break down the current situation amid studio closures over at Xbox, Call of Duty's future on Game Pass, the Nintendo Switch will stop being able to connect to Twitter soon, and more stories!

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Published 2024-05-08

Perfect Dark Reboot is Allegedly in Bad Shape

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James today to chat about the studio closures over at Microsoft, Perfect Dark having more developmental woes, a surprise release from Nintendo as well as some record breaking profits, and much more!

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Published 2024-05-06

Sony Revokes the Helldivers 2 PSN Linking Policy

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Jeff Grubb and Emma Fyffe are here to chat about Nintendo finally revealing details on ther "next game console" will look like at an investor meeting, Sony revoking the PSN account linking for Helldivers 2, Activision rejecting a proposed Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, and much more!

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Published 2024-05-03

Resident Evil 9 Could be Coming in January

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to feast on some hot news this Friday! They chat about the switch of PSN Steam requirements in Helldivers 2, whatever the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition might be, Resident Evil 9 lurking around the corner, and even more!

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Published 2024-05-02

New Batman Game Exclusive to Meta Quest 3

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Jeff Grubb is joined by VGC's Jordan Middler to celebrate VGC turning 5, Take-Two shutting down studios and layoffs at Private Division, a new Batman game in VR, Dave & Buster's enabling gambling, and so much more video game news!

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Published 2024-05-01

Hasbro investing BIG into Gaming

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about the April Circana reports, Indiana Jones and Avowed getting release dates, a review round up of Endless Ocean: Luminous, and much more!

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Published 2024-04-29

Switch 2 Rumors Popping Off!

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about the Nintendo Switch 2 rumors and details, Fallout 5 development might get sped up, Housemarque teasing a new announcement, a prominent WWE 2K24 modder getting unbanned, and much more!

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Published 2024-04-26

Capcom Delisting Older Games

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Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain ring in the Dregsday as they chat about Xbox console sales declining but the publisher being up to meet the gamers anywhere, Blizzcon 2024 getting canceled, Capcom delisting games, and much much more!

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Published 2024-04-25

Gears 5 Voice Actor Implies Gears 6 Announcement Coming

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Gears 6 rumblings and where the franchise exists now, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door looking good in previews, Nintendo going after Garry's Mod, Steam refund changes, and more!

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Published 2024-04-24

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Adds 75 Hours of New Content

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Imran Khan to talk about his review of Stellar Blade and what other outlets have to say about the game, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance adding A LOT of content to the game, 2K facing community backlash, and more!

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Published 2024-04-22

Embracer Group Splitting Itself Up

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Today Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to chat about Stellar Blade not being censored worldwide, Embracer Group splitting off into three separate companies, a sequel to Sonic Frontiers, Fallout games setting records, and even more!

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Published 2024-04-19

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will be Bigger and More Diverse

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli today to chat about Mircrosoft dominating the PlayStation store charts, Kindgom Come: Deliverance II promising to be bigger and more diverse, Starfield getting updates, and more!

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Published 2024-04-18

Fallout 4 Jumps to Number 1 in Europe

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa today to chat about Microsoft and Blizzard's relationship after the acquisition, 2K gearing up for a Mafia announcement, a Golden Axe Animated series, Hasbro shopping around for another developer to follow up the success of Baldur's Gate 3, Fallout dominating sales charts, and more!

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Published 2024-04-17

Sony Bringing Trophies to the PC

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to chat about the recent Indie World Showcase, PlayStation bringing trophies to the PC, the Jabba the Hut Star Wars Outlaws mission, and more!

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Published 2024-04-15

Amazon Prime's Fallout Show Has Everyone Playing The Games

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe today to chat about disappointing sales for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the Fallout show moving people to check out the games, Ubisoft deleting games, Persona 1 and 2 remakes, and more!

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Published 2024-04-12

Destiny 3 May Be In Development

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Derek Van Dyke to talk about Fallout 4 getting a current-gen update, the idea of "tipping" developers, Destiny 3 possibly being in development, and more!

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Published 2024-04-11

The Rogue Prince of Persia hits Early Access Next Month

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Alex Orona of Super GG Radio to chat about updates to the Dead Space 2 story from yesterday, some select titles from The Big Triple-I Initiative, furloughs from the Immortals of Aveuem studio, and more!

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Published 2024-04-10

YEAR OF SHADOW

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Jeff Grubb has Lex Luddy on the show today to chat about Persona 6's theme color being leaked, EA focusing on Battlefield, updates on the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remaster, and the YEAR OF SHADOW approaching.

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Published 2024-04-08

Xbox Doubles Down On Preservation and AI

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to talk about Xbox's new teams being dedicated to game preservation and AI, the continued struggles of Twitch, and how Ben Hanson is very, very wrong.

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Published 2024-04-05

Roku Wants to Show Ads On Your Paused Game

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Vitelli to talk about developers moving away from 60FPS this generation, the FTC denying an ESRB application for face scanning tech, and Roku looking to inject ads into your paused game.

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Published 2024-04-04

Gears 6 News May Arrive This Summer

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to discuss GameSpot's preview impressions of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Summer Game Mess season starting to ramp up, and rumors of Gears 6 news coming this summer started by... Look at that, Jeff Grubb!

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Published 2024-04-03

Potential PlayStation Showcase In May

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Steven Spohn to talk about data showing that people mostly play older games, reports of a Prince of Persia roguelite, and a rumor of a May PlayStation Showcase started by... *Checks notes* Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb!

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Published 2024-03-29

Monster Hunter Wilds Expectecd Q1 in 2025

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to chat about Monster Hunter Wilds updates, Witcher 4 ramping up to start production later this year, CD Projekt considering licensing out its IP out, Embracer updates, Minecraft heading to the PS5, and more!

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Published 2024-03-28

Next Borderlands Game In "Active Development"

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Marcus Stewart from Game Informer to share about Game Informer's new subscription service, Take-Two Interactive acquiring Gearbox Entertainment away from Embracer, a new Borderlands game in development, a big shakeup at Nintendo, and even more!

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Published 2024-03-27

Details on Ken Levine's NEW GAME: Judas!

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James are here to give you the hot details on Ken Levine's new game Judas, take a peak at a new Marvel PVP game in Marvel Rivals, developers not knowing the point of the PS5 Pro, and more!

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Published 2024-03-25

Potential GTA 6 Delays

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe today to chat about potential worries about GTA 6's production schedule, Larian not making another Baldur's Gate, another new Sonic game, and more!

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Published 2024-03-20

Dragon's Dogma 2 Review Roundup

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Scott McCrae to chat about Dragon's Dogma 2 and do a quick review roundup, shakeups around Bungie, Overwatch 2 updates, and more!

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Published 2024-03-18

PS5 Pro Details LEAKED

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to chat about some leaked PS5 Pro specs, PS VR2's production getting paused due to slow sales, potential Persona 6 updates, some heat around the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, and more!

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Published 2024-03-15

Messy Launch for Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Edition

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to chat about the messy launch of Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Edition, some unfortunate layoffs at the Apex Legends team, some hot statistics with the most played games on the Steam Deck, and surprising crossovers with Sonic the Hedgehog!

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Published 2024-03-14

Embrace Group Sells Off Saber Interactive

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa today to chat about the sale of Saber Interactive, reports of consumer spending trending downwards in 2024, GTA 6 being lauded as an important game, Summer Game Fest dates announced, and more!

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Published 2024-03-13

Mysterious Mega Man Photo Surfaces

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy today to chat about crptic MegaMan photos being tweeted out by Arika, a Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth expansion centered around Queen's Blood, improvements to the PS5 DualShock, and more!

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Published 2024-03-11

Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door and Luigi's Mansion 2 Release Dates Confirmed

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Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti are here to start you off with a bunch of Mario news! We've got dates for Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion 2, new Super Mario Lego kits, a new Super Mario Bros. movie in the works, Warner Bros. retiring Adult Swim games, and even more!

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Published 2024-03-08

Unicorn Overlord Review Round Up

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Jeff Grubb and Lucy James are here to chat about Unicorn Overlord reviews, Vanillaware forbidding Atlus on releasing Unicorn Overlord on PC, the possibility of Halo on PlayStation, Helldivers 2 sales, and more!

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Published 2024-03-07

Recapping the Xbox Partner Preview

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to recap yesterday's Xbox Partner Preview event, chat about Final Fantasy 7's console exclusivity deal, initial impressions on the new Fallout TV series trailer, and more!

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Published 2024-03-06

Ghost of Tsushima Heading to PC May 16!

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain for an early Dregsday! They chat about some footage from the cancelled Timesplitters game, Ghost of Tsushima being confirmed to head to PC, Supergiant only working on Hades, and more! Grow up!

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Published 2024-03-04

Ghost of Tsushima's PC Port Coming Soon?

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe today to chat about some Mario Day rumors, Ghost of Tsushima possibly heading to the PC soon, special edition consoles, Balatro getting removed from digital stores, and more!

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Published 2024-03-01

Crash Bandicoot Developer Toys For Bob Going Independent

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Dregsday has returned, so Grubb and Tam are here to talk you thorough Toys For Bob going independent, Gearbox potentially being sold by Embracer Group, and Guerrilla’s Horizon online game *continuing* development amid recent cancellations.

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Published 2024-02-29

EA Lays Off 670, "Sunsetting" Unspecified Games

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Grubb and Shawn go over more industry layoffs including 670 people from EA, Saber Interactive escaping Embracer Group, and the Yuzu team's brief response to Nintendo's legal action against the emulator.

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Published 2024-02-28

Unannounced Twisted Metal Game Cancelled

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Grubb has Lex Luddy on the show today to chat about Nintendo's battles with piracy, PlayStation "reevaluating" how the company operates, a cancelled Twisted Metal game, mislabled Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth discs, and more!

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Published 2024-02-26

"Switch 2" Slated for March 2025 - REPORT

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Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to chat about some more Final Fantasy VII Rebirth impressions, some Switch 2 updates, Helldivers 2 charting very hard in the UK, Hidetaka Miyazaki delegating directing for future games, and more!

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Published 2024-02-23

Skull and Bones Hasn't Reached 1 Million Players, Despite Free Trial

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Grubb and Tam are here for a lovely DREGSDAY! They go over Suicide Squad falling short of expectations, Circana January reports, Hideo Kojima documentary releasing, and more!

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Published 2024-02-22

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Reviews are IN!

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Grubb and Jan are both sick but are here to deliver the news! We recap Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth review, Pacific Drive reviews, Nintendo stocks dropping, Epic Mickey, and more!

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Published 2024-02-21

Nintendo Partner Direct Round Up

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Grubb is joined by Lord Cognito to do a round up of today's Nintendo Partner Direct, the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer, and a whole bunch of other BREAKING news!

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Published 2024-02-16

A BUNCH of Xbox Updates

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Grubb has Jason Fanelli on the show today to chat about all the news that came out of the Xbox podcast yesterday, some BREAKING news of a First Person Mandalorian game, Bandai Namco updates, and even more!

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Published 2024-02-15

No Nintendo DIrect and Mario vs. Donkey Kong Review Review Round Up

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Grubb and Jan chat about the possibility of an upcoming Nintendo Direct, Mario vs Donkey Kong Reviews, every screen being an Xbox, and PlayStation 5 woes!

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Published 2024-02-14

PlayStation 5 Misses Sales Target

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Our dear friend and fellow pokemon freak Jordan Middler returns to Game Mess Mornings! Grubb and Jordan chat about the PS5 in the "latter stage" of its life cycle, Sony Franchise game releases not coming until 2025, and even more PlayStation related stories. Happy Valentine's Day!

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Published 2024-02-12

"Switch 2" Will REPORTEDLY Be Backwards Compatible

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Grubb and Mike are here to chat about Phil Spencer assuring that Xbox is not leaving the console market, the Switch 2 may be backwards compatible, Foamstars reviews, and more!

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Published 2024-02-09

No GTA 6 Before April 2025

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Grubb and Tam go over some new updates and speculations around the eventual release of Grand Theft Auto 6, examining AAAA games, and even more rumors around the Nintendo Switch's successor!

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Published 2024-02-08

Disney Invests $1.5 Billion in Epic Games

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Grubb and Jan talk the giant Disney and Epic Games deal that just got made, the FTC getting upset with Microsoft, and even more!

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Published 2024-02-07

Conflicting Rumors on the Xbox Console

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Grubb and Lucy chat about what might be next for the Xbox as far as hardware is concerned, Capcom surveying gamers, Nintendo and Palworld dealings, and even more!

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Published 2024-02-05

Microsoft Planning on Launching Starfield on PS5

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti today to chat about Microsoft potentially launching Starfield and possibly more on the PlayStatoion 5! They also chat about a Donkey Kong Hub popping up on Nintendo Switch Online, Suicide Squad being up and down in the world of games, and more stories!

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Published 2024-01-26

Details on Blizzard's Scrapped Survival Game and Switch 2 Specs?

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Grubb and Tam detail Blizzard's now scrapped survival game, Microsoft pulling back from physical game releases, a ROG Ally successor coming out later this year, and some Switch 2 details!

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Published 2024-01-25

Microsoft Cuts 1,900 Jobs from Its Games Division

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Grubb and Jan are here to break down the deluge of unfortunate news in the games industry.

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Published 2024-01-24

Review Round: Tekken 8 and Infinite Wealth

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Lucy James makes her return to Game Mess Mornings to chat with Grubb about about Infinite Wealth and Tekken 8 reviews, Nintendo filing takedown requests against Palworld mods, and more!

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Published 2024-01-22

Palworld Sells Over 5 Million in 3 Days

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Grubb and Lex Luddy break down Palworlds chaotic success and if it might warrant some legal attention from Nintendo, Walmart is starting to throw away video games, Halo Infinite is done with seasons, and more!

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Published 2024-01-19

Recapping the Xbox Developer Direct

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Grubb and Tam recap all the games that dropped from Xbox Developer Direct, Square Enix wants to make fewer games, Palworld might be unstoppable, and more!

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Published 2024-01-18

The Top Selling Games of 2023!

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Grubb and Jan are here with a steaming pile of news! We go over the Circana reports and try to extrapolate what that means for the future of the industry, we also chat about the new studio from ex-Rocksteady peeps, a NEW Plants vs. Zombies game, and even more!

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Published 2024-01-17

Game Mess Mornings 01/17/24

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Grubb is joined by Scott McCrae to chat about the reviews coming out of The Last Of Us Part II Remastered, Scott's impressions on Persona 3 Reload, Billy Mitchel's record being reinstated, and more!

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Published 2024-01-12

Game Mess Mornings 01/12/24

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Grubb is joined by Tam for a lovely Dregsday as they chat about Prince of Persia reviews, a bunch of old games rereleasing, and an AI GameShark successor making wild claims!

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Published 2024-01-11

Game Mess Mornings 01/11/24

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Grubb and Jan sit down to chat about a new DualSense controller popping up online, the title of Bethesda's Indiana Jones game getting leaked, developers needing to disclose AI use on Steam, some quick impressions of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and more!

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Published 2024-01-10

Game Mess Mornings 01/10/24

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Grubb and Mike Minotti are here to chat about today's gaming headlines! They chat about Indiana Jones launching this year, Suicide Squad previews looking "meh", and more!

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Published 2024-01-08

Game Mess Mornings 01/08/24

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Grubb and Lex Luddy start the week by chatting about Hi-Fi Rush possibly heading over to the Nintendo Switch, high expectations for Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, an upcoming Xbox Direct, and even more!

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Published 2024-01-05

Game Mess Mornings 01/05/24

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Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to talk about Konami's releases for the year, Steam's top games of 2023, and new PC gaming hardware!

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Published 2024-01-04

Game Mess Mornings 01/04/24

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Grubb and guest Scott McCrae chat about Scott's preview of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, a 13-year-old "beating" Tetris, and more!

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Published 2024-01-03

Game Mess Mornings 01/03/24

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Grubb is joined FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER by Jeff Bakalar to talk about Star Wars Outlaws' release window, Square Enix moving from NFT weirdness to AI weirdness, and Shigeru Miyamoto starting to think about retirement.

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Published 2023-12-20

Game Mess Mornings 12/20/23

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Grubb and Lucy finish the year with another round up of video game news! We cover a 2025 Black Ops 2 sequel, some updates to the Insomiac leaks, and even more!

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Published 2023-12-18

Game Mess Mornings 12/18/23

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Grubb has Scott McCrae on today's show to chat about Activision settling their discrimination lawsuit, a possible DLC chapter for Elden Ring, and maybe a Luigi appearence in the original Super Mario 64!

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Published 2023-12-15

Game Mess Mornings 12/15/23

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Grubb and Tam are here to chat about all the video game news. News like The Last of Us Multiplayer game getting canceled, more layoffs at Embracer, TGAs setting records, and more DREGS!

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Published 2023-12-14

Game Mess Mornings 12/14/23

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Grubb and Jan are here to chat about the Insomniac leak and what it might mean for Spider-Man games moving forwards, Fall Out 4's current gen port being pushed off to 2024, and more stories!

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Published 2023-12-13

Game Mess Mornings 12/13/23

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Grubb is joined by Lucy today to chat over November's Circana numbers, GTA 6's PC Port not coming at launch, Indiana Jones' exclusivity, and Valve urging users to STOP smelling their Steam Deck vents.

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Published 2023-12-11

Game Mess Mornings 12/11/23

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Grubb's back after a long week in LA and is joined again by Rachel Kaser! They chat about Fortnite shooting back up the charts thanks to LEGO, Final Fantasy XVI and Tears of the Kingdom not getting sequels, and SEGA getting edgy with it's games.

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Published 2023-11-30

Game Mess Mornings 11/30/23

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Grubb and Jan have one more Game Mess before the fifth season of the year starts, GOTY season! Today we chat about Bungie pulling a Destiny 2 Starter Pack due to fan backlash, Dan Houser's two new IPs, Xbox revealing why they don't reveal console sales anymore, Netflix bringing GTA to your phones, and more!

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Published 2023-11-29

Game Mess Mornings 11/29/23

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Steve Saylor joins Grubb this morning to chat about weak sales for Sonic Superstars, Dragon's Dogma 2's confirmed release date, Beyond Good & Evil's Anniversary edition, layoffs at Unity, Shadow the Hedgehog's feet, and more!

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Published 2023-11-27

Game Mess Mornings 11/27/23

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Grubb has Lexi on to chat about The Game Awards beefing up security and moving away from "WORLD PREMIERE" branding, Silent Hill 2 Remake updates, Level-5 potentially putting out Professor Layton back out, and more!

We got new merch at store! Joggers, new hats, VMDT shirt, and a fanny pack:
https://store.giantbomb.com/

Tickets are still available to THE Giant Bomb GOTY Finale:
https://www.ticketmaster.com/giant-bomb-los-angeles-california-12-09-2023/event/09005F6FEAF94234

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Published 2023-11-20

Game Mess Mornings 11/20/23

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to chat about the Last of Us Part 2 Remaster, Valve celebrating Half-Life's 25th anniversary, David Hayter hinting at future Metal Gear, and more!

Also! If you missed out on the initial sales of tickets to the Giant Bomb GOTY Finale, we've switched venues and opened up more tickets!
https://t.co/U7JmDasDmi

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Published 2023-11-17

Game Mess Mornings 11/17/23

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Grubb and Tam have a lovely Dregsday chatting about Dragon's Dogma 2 updates, the PlayStation Portal selling out, and more!

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Published 2023-11-16

Game Mess Mornings 11/16/23

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Grubb is joined by Jan to chat about SEGA trying to flip their IPs to movies and shows, Rocksteady potentially fixing Suicide Squad, and some deep cleavage in games!

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Published 2023-11-15

Game Mess Mornings 11/15/23

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Grubb has TurboShawn on to chat about Super Mario RPG reviews popping in, the October Circana report, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth's fat length, and more!

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Published 2023-11-13

Game Mess Mornings 11/13/23

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Grubb is joined by Britton Peele today to chat about the PlayStation Portal, Modern Warfare 3 charting despite poor reviews, PS5's detachable disc drive tests, and more!

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Published 2023-11-09

Game Mess Mornings 11/09/23

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Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about PlayStation selling well but cutting their live service efforts, Warner Bros *doubling down* on live service, and... Valve letting you hide your p**n games?

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Published 2023-11-08

Game Mess Mornings 11/08/23

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Grubb and Tam breakdown a whole slew of news like a trailer for GTA 6 coming, Mass Effect teases, and a LEGEND OF ZELDA MOVIE?

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Published 2023-11-06

Game Mess Mornings 11/06/23

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Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about the Moden Warfare 3 Campaign reviews, Like a Dragon reviews, some Blizzard updates, and more!

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Published 2023-11-03

Game Mess Mornings 11/03/23

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Grubb and Tam end the gaming week with a whole bunch of updates on the Bungie situation, a couple previews of Super Mario RPG, the Silent Hill: Ascension debacle, and more!

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Published 2023-11-02

Game Mess Mornings 11/02/23

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Grubb and Jan chat about new God of War rumors, updates on the Ghost of Tsushima movie, and SEGA making a SUPER game?

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Published 2023-11-01

Game Mess Mornings 11/01/23

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Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about a bunch of reviews that are dropping, updates on the situation at Bungie, another new Sonic game, and more!

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Published 2023-10-30

Game Mess Mornings 10/30/23

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Grubb is joined by Evan Campbell to chat about an interesting new Nintendo patent, Xbox blocking unauthorized third-party controllers, Sakurai's views on the future of Smash, and more!

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Published 2023-10-27

Game Mess Mornings 10/27/23

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Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about Alan Wake 2 updates, a possible Dragon Quest game in the future, Insomniac addressing complaints, and more!

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Published 2023-10-26

Game Mess Mornings 10/26/23

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Grubb is joined by Jan to chat about their Alan Wake 2 impressions, Xbox's sudden gaming reorg, yesterday's Xbox Partner Preview event, and more!

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Published 2023-10-25

Game Mess Mornings 10/25/23

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to chat about Kyle Katarn, the studio that is being called the Pixar of games, Nintendo cracking down at tournaments, and more!

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Published 2023-10-23

Game Mess Mornings 10/23/23

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Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy today to chat about Metal Gear, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 selling very well and rumblings of a third game, and more!

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Published 2023-10-20

Game Mess Mornings 10/20/23

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Grubb and Tam finish off the week with some news about the Switch 2, Roblox's CEO wanting everyone to go back to the office, and maybe Mass Effect 5?

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Published 2023-10-20

Game Mess Mornings 10/19/23

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Grubb and Jan talk about an upcoming New Game + in Marve's Spider-man 2, PS5 bundles, Xbox and the mobile market, Minecraft continuing to do big numbers, and more!

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Published 2023-10-18

Game Mess Mornings 10/18/23

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Grubb and Lucy go over the Circana reports, Phil Spencer encouraging teams to revisit old IP, and a review roundup of Super Mario Bros. Wonder!

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Published 2023-10-16

Game Mess Mornings 10/16/23

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Grubb is joined by Dave Klein of GameSpot today to chat about Spider-Man 2 reviews, Mario's new voice actor, and more!

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Published 2023-10-13

Game Mess Mornings 10/13/23

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Grubb has Alex Orcana on the show today to chat about rumors of Best Buy not selling physical media anymore, a Sonic review roundup, and the deal finally being sealed between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.

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Published 2023-10-12

Game Mess Mornings 10/12/23

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Grubb is BACK with video game news! Today we cover Nintendo reneweing copyrights, James Corden popping up at coporate events, Princess Peach's face, and more!

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Published 2023-10-05

Game Mess Mornings 10/05/23

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Grubb and Jan breakdown today's top stories like Diablo 4 heading to Steam, the Pokemon Company urging people to withdraw their mons from Pokemon Bank, unfortunately more layoffs in the industry, and more!

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Published 2023-10-04

Game Mess Mornings 10/04/23

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti today to chat about the continued fallout of Hyenas, former Ubisoft employees facing some serious allegations, how to pronounce Cait Sith, and more!

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Published 2023-10-03

Game Mess Mornings 10/03/23

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Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to chat about PlayStation Portal doing well in Japan, Payday 3 updates,and a new Monster Hunter?

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Published 2023-09-29

Game Mess Mornings 09/29/23

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Grubb and Tam are here to report on DREGSDAY! We've got stories about folks causing a mini riot over a Van Gogh Pikachu, Soly erasing any mention of the Star Wars: KOTR remake, Peter Molyneux's blockchain game, and more!

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Published 2023-09-28

Game Mess Mornings 09/28/23

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Grubb and Jan cover the layoffs happening at Epic, Sega cancelling Hyennas, and pour one out for big Jim Ryan stepping down at PlayStation.

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Published 2023-09-27

Game Mess Mornings 09/27/23

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Grubb and Lucy chat about Tony Hawk making his way to Steam, cuts from Activision Blizzard to the Hearthstone team, Payday 3 continued server issues, and more!

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Published 2023-09-25

Game Mess Mornings 09/25/23

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Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about even MORE updates with Unity's stance on charging developers, Phil Spencer and AAA games, Hideki Kamiya leaving Platinum, and even more!

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Published 2023-09-22

Game Mess Mornings 09/22/23

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Grubb and Tam break down a grip of Ubisoft news like The Division 3 being revealed, as well as more Unity updates and another Lord of the Rings game?

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Published 2023-09-21

Game Mess Mornings 09/21/23

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Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe to chat about her new show on GameSpot and her impressions on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! They also cover Glen Schofiled's departure from Striking Distance and what that might mean for the studio, Suda51 and SWERY's new joint, and more!

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Published 2023-09-20

Game Mess Mornings 09/20/23

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Grubb and Lucy breakdown more of the Xbox leak details, Like a Dragon updates, Cyberpunk 2077, and more!

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Published 2023-09-18

Game Mess Mornings 09/18/23

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Grubb has Lex Luddy on the show to chat about a couple Switch 2 rumors, Unity's continued woes, and more!

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Published 2023-09-15

Game Mess Mornings 09/15/23

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Grubb and Jan recap the most recent State of Play, look at the August Circana numbers, and more on a dreg free Friday!

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Published 2023-09-14

Game Mess Mornings 09/14/23

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Grubb and Jan breakdown today's Nintendo Direct, breaking news at Unity, Square Enix being under fire from investors, and more!

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Published 2023-09-13

Game Mess Mornings 09/13/23

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Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to chat about the upcoming Nintendo Direct, Square Enix being disappointed, and the MESS happening with Unity.

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Published 2023-09-11

Game Mess Mornings 09/11/23

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Grubb is joined by Cam Hawkins today to have a mini JRPG Draft, chat about Gearbox potentionally going up for sale, and more!

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Published 2023-09-08

Game Mess Mornings 09/08/23

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Welcome to DREGSDAY as Grubb and Tam break down today's top stories in games! They talk about rumors of another Nintendo property returning soon, Elder Scrolls 6 exclusivity updates, and more!

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Published 2023-09-07

Game Mess Mornings 09/07/23

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Grubb and Jan talk about the rumors of a "Switch 2" shown behind closed doors at Gamecom, Nintendo branching out, and even more stories!

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Published 2023-09-06

Game Mess Mornings 09/06/23

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Grubb and Lucy are back from PAX! We have a whole bunch of Nintendo related news like an upcoming Nintendo Direct and if there are plans for any Zelda DLC?

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Published 2023-08-30

Game Mess Mornings 08/30/30

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Grubb is joined by Lucy before she departs for PAX to discuss an OLED Switch, Baldur's Gate 3 updates and DLC rumblings, and chat about CINEMA!

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Published 2023-08-28

Game Mess Mornings 08/28/23

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Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to recount the report on the floor of GamesCom, Rockstar losing their VP of writing, Star Wars Outlaw not being tied down, and more!

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Published 2023-08-25

Game Mess Mornings 082523

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Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe today to chat about Excitebike, Nvidia GeForce getting Game Pass, and a Days Gone Movie?

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Published 2023-08-24

Game Mess Mornings 08/24/23

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Grubb is joined by Jan to chat about the layoffs at EA Bioware, Phil Spencer's massive interview at GamesCom, and more!

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Published 2023-08-23

Game Mess Mornings 08/23/23

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Grubb is joined by Mike to chat about the newly announced PlayStation Portal device and recap over everything announced yesterday at Opening Night Live!

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Published 2023-08-21

Game Mess Mornings 08/21/23

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Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to discuss Charles Martinet stepping back from the voice of Mario, Pokemon woes, and more!

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Published 2023-08-18

Game Mess Mornings 08/18/23

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Grubb is joined by Tam to chat about God of War rumors, Call of Duty Modern Warfare III updates, and more!

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Published 2023-08-17

Game Mess Mornings 08/17/23

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Grubb and Jan are ready to dive into Starfield! We also chat about Alan Wake 2, NHL games, and more!

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Published 2023-08-16

Game Mess Mornings 08/16/23

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Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about Opening Night Live plans, Xbox's Strike system for jerks, and more!

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Published 2023-08-14

Game Mess Mornings 08/14/23

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Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to discuss a rumored PS5 slim, Forza splitscreen woes, and more!

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Published 2023-08-11

Game Mess Mornings 08/11/23

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Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to break down today's top stories: GTA Role Playing servers, Keith David in Destiny 2, and more!

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Published 2023-08-10

Game Mess Mornings 08/10/23

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Grubb has Jan back for another round of news! We've got sales numbers with Sony, continued Epic vs. Apple updates, Roblox stocks, and more!

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Published 2023-08-09

Game Mess Mornings 08/09/23

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Grubb is joined by Jan today to chat about a whole slew of Take-Two news, Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3, TMNT costume prices, and more!

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Published 2023-08-07

Game Mess Mornings 08/07/23

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Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to discuss Red Dead Redpetion's rerelease, EVO news, and more!

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Published 2023-08-04

Game Mess Mornings 08/04/23

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Tam joins Grubb for another DREGGSDAY! A Pokemon Presents is coming next week, Baldur's Gate 3 is selling really well, and more!

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Published 2023-08-04

Game Mess Mornings 08/03/23

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss the Nintendo Switch doing BIG numbers!

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Published 2023-08-02

Game Mess Mornings 08/02/23

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Grubb and Lucy are back for Game Mess Mornings! They chat about NPD/Circana numbers, College Footballers, a Last of Us Rip Off, and more!

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Published 2023-07-26

Game Mess Mornings 07/26/23

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Grubb is joined by Jan to chat about Xbox having a profitable Q4, Armored Core 6 previews popping up, and SHREK IS BACK!

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Published 2023-07-24

Game Mess Mornings 07/24/23

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to chat about the rumblings of a PS5 Pro, Insomniac's mysterious third game, and more!

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Published 2023-07-21

Game Mess Mornings 07/21/23

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Grubb is joined by Jez Corden to talk about continued FTC and Microsoft battles, new PS5 skins, and more!

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Published 2023-07-20

Game Mess Mornings 07/20/23

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Grubb and Jan chat about today's top gaming news like Blizzard throwing their games onto Steam, Call of Duty Mobile making lots of money, and more!

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Published 2023-07-19

Game Mess Mornings 07/19/23

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to chat about Pikmin 4 reviews and leaks, an Invincible game in the works, and more!

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Published 2023-07-17

Game Mess Mornings 07/17/23

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Grubb is joined by Phil Salvador of the Video Game History Foundation to chat about their ongoing efforts and today's headlines!

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Published 2023-07-14

Game Mess Mornings 07/14/23

61 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to break down Media Molecule opening up Dream's tools, More FTC and Microsoft updates, EA Sport's FC game, and more!

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Published 2023-07-13

Game Mess Mornings 07/13/23

51 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to brea- FORGET EVERYTHING. GEX IS COMING BACK.

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Published 2023-07-12

Game Mess Mornings 07/12/23

53 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to breakdown today's gaming headlines! We cover stories like the FTC running it back with Microsoft, Naughty Dog's president stepping down, and more!

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Published 2023-07-10

Game Mess Mornings 07/10/23

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Kirkland Gray to talk about today's biggest gaming headlines! They chat about a new UFC game, Black Panther finally getting announced, and more!

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Published 2023-07-07

Game Mess Mornings 07/07/23

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tam to talk about Street Fighter VI's sales numbers, $1 Game Pass, Sega and the Blockchain, Yuji Naka and his insider trading, and more!

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Published 2023-07-06

Game Mess Mornings 07/06/23

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Grubb is joined by Jan to talk about Mega Man games, Take-Two rumors, and how great of an idea Pokemon forums are!

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Published 2023-07-05

Game Mess Mornings 07/05/23

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Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to chat about some HOT RUMORS with Switch Dev Kits, Banjo Kazooie updates, and more!

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Published 2023-07-05

Game Mess Mornings 06/30/23

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Grubb is joined by Tam to talk about a Blade Runner game, a charming T Posing game from Katamari's creator, and more!

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Published 2023-06-29

Game Mess Mornings 06/29/23

59 min

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Grubb and Jan slam their way through today's game news! We talk about Final Fantasy 16's sales numbers, COD on the Switch, and more!

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Published 2023-06-28

Game Mess Mornings 06/26/23

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Grubb is joined by Kirkland Gray to discuss the continuing Xbox vs FTC case, which editions of Starfield have a disc in the case, and a whole attache case of other news!

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Published 2023-06-28

Game Mess Mornings 06/28/23

51 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about Jim Ryan's thoughts on Game Pass, new Nintendo Switch Online titles, an Among Us TV show in the works, and more!

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Published 2023-06-23

Game Mess Mornings 06/23/23

62 min

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Minor to break down today's gaming headlines!

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Published 2023-06-22

Game Mess Mornings 06/22/23

57 min

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Grubb and Jan break down today's top gaming news! Xbox sees prices going up across the board, Embracer reveals how much it bought Lord of the Rings for, and more!

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Published 2023-06-21

Game Mess Mornings 06/21/23

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike to recap everything that happened at today's Nintendo Direct and fawn over the Mario RPG remake.

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Published 2023-06-15

Game Mess Mornings 06/15/23

53 min

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Grubb and Jan are here to talk about news! New friendships, new projects, and even more stuff!

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Published 2023-06-15

Game Mess Mornings 06/14/23

56 min

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Grubb is somehow back and ready to talk about the news with Jesse Norris!

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Published 2023-06-05

Game Mess Mornings 06/05/23

64 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about Square Enix's fears, Street Fighter 6 numbers doing really well, and more!

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Published 2023-06-02

Game Mess Mornings 06/02/23

63 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to talk about a whole mess of video game news including: Everybody 1-2 Switch, pastels, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and more.

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Published 2023-06-01

Game Mess Mornings 06/01/23

59 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to talk about a whole mess of video game news including: Redfall development woes, Bobby Kotick buffonery, and more!

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Published 2023-05-31

Game Mess Mornings 05/31/23

49 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy James to talk about a rumblings of a new Fable game, more rumblings of a new Wolfenstein game, and more video game news!

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Published 2023-05-25

Game Mess Mornings 05/25/23

66 min

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Grubb and Jan breakdown everything that was announced during the PlayStation Showcase!

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Published 2023-05-24

Game Mess Mornings 05/24/23

66 min

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Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to chat about a whole lot of Sony things right before we see the PlayStation Showcase today.

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Published 2023-05-22

Game Mess Morning 05/22/23

54 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7 on Twitter) to chat about AEW's game finally coming out, Final Fantasy 16 updates, and more!

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Published 2023-05-19

Game Mess Mornings 05/19/23

66 min

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Grubb is joined by Dave Klein today to chat about Sony updates, EA paying College athletes, and more!

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Published 2023-05-18

Game Mess Mornings 05/18/23

53 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Grant Stoner to recap and chat about today's gaming headlines!

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Published 2023-05-17

Game Mess Mornings 05/17/23

54 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy today to talk about today's top stories in games!

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Published 2023-05-15

Game Mess Mornings 05/15/23

64 min

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Grubb is joined by Patrick Klepek today to talk about the hottest scoops in video game news!

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Published 2023-05-11

Game Mess Mornings 05/11/23

53 min

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Grubb and Jan are back for some messy news! Tears of the Kingdom is tearing up the review charts, while the woes of the Mircrosoft and Activision deal continue!

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Published 2023-05-05

Game Mess Mornigns 05/05/23

57 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam today for DREGGSDAY as they chat about Destiny 2's season pass, Final Fantasy 16 getting banned in Saudi Arabia, and more!

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Published 2023-05-04

Game Mess Mornings 05/04/23

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to celebrate the 4th and dive into Phil Spencer's comments on Redfall, Pokemon Go woes, and more!

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Published 2023-05-03

Game Mess Mornings 05/03/23

59 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss todays headlines like: Starfield's Direct, PS5 Pro dev kits, and more!

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Published 2023-05-01

Game Mess Mornings 05/01/23

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Grubb is joined today by Rebekah Valentine (@duckvalentine) from IGN to discuss Star Wars Jedi sales, Tears of the Kigndom leaks, and more!

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Published 2023-04-28

Game Mess Mornings 04/28/23

60 min

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Grubb is joined by our own Tamoor Hussain to chat about PS5 sales, new FromSoftware games, and more!

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Published 2023-04-27

Game Mess Mornings 04/27/23

62 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about today's gaming headlines like Armored Core VI's trailer, updates to the Microsoft Activision Deal, and more!

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Published 2023-04-26

Game Mess Mornings 04/26/23

59 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss today's headlines: Microsoft's Acquisition being blocked, Nintendo attending Gamescom, and more!

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Published 2023-04-24

Game Mess Mornings 04/24/23

52 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris from TheXboxEra to chat about all the news we got on this Monday mornning like: Another Horizon sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor disc woes, and more!

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Published 2023-04-21

Game Mess Mornings 04/21/23

51 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss a certain someone trending, Sony buying more studios, Diablo 4 news, and more!

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Published 2023-04-20

Game Mess Mornings 04/20/23

54 min

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Grubb and Jan are here to BLAZE it up with some video game news! We got Resident Evil 4 Remake topping the charts, stealth price increases, and more!

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Published 2023-04-19

Game Mess Mornings 04/19/23

52 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to chat about a couple review round ups, Ubisoft throwing The Division events, and more!

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Published 2023-04-17

Game Mess Mornings 04/17/23

63 min

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Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe from Fandom to discuss Sega's new acquisition, poor quality power-up bands, and more!

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Published 2023-04-14

Game Mess Mornings 04/14/23

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Bailey Meyers from Fandom to chat about delays, Box Office numbers, and MORE!

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Published 2023-04-13

Game Mess Mornings 04/13/23

53 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan today to watch the Zelda trailer, talk about Ubisoft's new subscription service, and more!

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Published 2023-04-12

Game Mess Mornings 04/12/23

58 min

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The mess is back! Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss Redfall's framerate woes, Diablo 4 getting meatier, and more!

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Published 2023-04-03

Game Mess Mornings 04/03/23

55 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to talk about Ark 2 getting delayed, SSDs vs Hard Drives, the early reviews with the Super Mario Movie, and more!

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Published 2023-03-31

Game Mess Mornings 03/31/23

57 min

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Get your 40s ready y'all, time to pour one out for E3 this year.

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Published 2023-03-30

Game Mess Mornings 03/30/23

49 min

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The CHAMP and Jan are here to deliver news on The Last of Us Part 1 PC port, EA layoffs, PSVR2 reports, and more!

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Published 2023-03-29

Game Mess Mornings 03/29/23

53 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti this morning to talk about E3 potentially being cancelled, Chris Pratt's voice, Square Enix and their NFTs, and more!

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Published 2023-03-27

03/27/23

53 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser of GamesBeat to discuss the upcoming mini Zelda direct, disappointing raytracing in Elden Ring, and more!

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Published 2023-03-24

Game Mess Mornings 03/24/23

51 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to chat about more developments with Microsoft and Activision, a new Sonic game, and more!

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Published 2023-03-23

Game Mess Mornings 03/23/23

58 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan today to talk about Counter Strike 2, everything become Roblox, and Everything becoming Roblox!

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Published 2023-03-22

Game Mess Mornings 03/22/23

54 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to celebrate his birthday with some video game newwwwws!

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Published 2023-03-20

Game Mess Mornings 03/20/23

51 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser of GamesBeat to chat about Phil Spencer's plans, rumblings of an F-Zero remaster, and even more!

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Published 2023-03-17

Game Mess Mornings 03/17/23

59 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris of XboxEra to chat about organization moves at Twitch, Starfield getting an 18+ rating in Australia, Microsoft updates, and more!

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Published 2023-03-16

Game Mess Mornings 03/16/23

54 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa today to dish a bunch of game news like Magic Soup starting, the FTC and Microsoft, and more delectable game news.

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Published 2023-03-15

Game Mess Mornings 03/15/23

54 min

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BEWARE THE IDES OF MITCH as Mike Minotti joins Jeff Grubb today to talk about Konami, Microsoft deals, and somehow NFTs again!

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Published 2023-03-13

Game Mess Mornings 03/13/23

52 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris of XboxEra to chat about Russian Hackers and Stalker 2, Doug Bowser's thoughts on the future of the Switch, Xbox not being at E3, and more!

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Published 2023-03-10

03/10/23

58 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler today to chat about Suicide Squad getting delayed and more video game news!

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Published 2023-03-09

03/09/23

55 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to chat about Sony and Call of Duty, a new Steam Deck revision, and more!

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Published 2023-03-08

Game Mess Mornings 03/08/23

48 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to discuss delays, job cuts, and even more video game news!

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Published 2023-03-06

Game Mess Mornings 03/06/23

50 min

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Jeff Grub is joined by Rachel Kaser to break down today's game news that you can use!

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Published 2023-03-03

Game Mess Mornings 03/03/23

51 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain today to break down today and this week's game newwwwws!

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Published 2023-03-02

Game Mess Mornings 03/02/23

51 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by the DreamcastGuy to break down today's video game news and maybe break out Yuji Naka from behind bars?

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Published 2023-03-01

Game Mess Mornings 03/01/23

52 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy James to discuss Call of Duty heading to Nintendo "Platforms", AI in game development, and more video game news you can use!

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Published 2023-02-27

Game Mess Mornings 02/27/23

59 min

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Grubb is joined by Tom Caswell from GameSpot to chat about the Pokemon Presents, Metroid Prime rumblings, and more!

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Published 2023-02-24

Game Mess Mornings 02/24/23

55 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Dave Tach today to chat about yesterday's State of Play, the DICE awards, and Mortal Kombat 12?

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Published 2023-02-23

Game Mess Mornings 02/23/23

57 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler from VGC to chat about departures, cancellations, and of course more updates on Microsoft and Activision!

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Published 2023-02-23

Game Mess Mornings 02/22/23

48 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to talk about another Nintendo Direct in the near future, Bungie winning a court case, EVO updates, and more!

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Published 2023-02-17

Game Mess Mornings 02/17/23

55 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss E3 definitely returning, leadership at Activision Blizzard, and more!

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Published 2023-02-16

Game Mess Mornings 02/16/23

53 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to discuss PSVR 2 reviews and impressions, Crystal Dynamics is making GAMES, and a Tetris movie??

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Published 2023-02-15

Game Mess Mornings 02/15/23

65 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Patrick Klepek today to talk about Twisted Metal rumors, Nintendo updates, and more!

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Published 2023-02-13

Game Mess Mornings 02/13/23

50 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to talk about January's NPD numbers, Dead Island 2 launching early, and the Super Mario brothers making an appearence during a Super Bowl commercial? Shouts out to @Rachelkaser from GamesBeat for joining us!

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Published 2023-02-13

Game Mess Mornings 02/10/23

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A late post from Friday! Jeff Grubb and Tamoor Hussain are here to bring out the chaos edition of Game Mess Mornings. Rumblings of a Final Fantasy Tactics remaster and more news!

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Published 2023-02-09

Game Mess Mornings 02/09/23

54 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan to recap yesterday's Nintendo Direct and a couple other tidbits of video game news!

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Published 2023-02-08

Game Mess Mornings 02/08/23

56 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy from TheGamer and startmenu to talk about more Microsoft and Activision Blizzard updates, as well as their predictions for today's Nintendo Direct.

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Published 2023-02-06

Game Mess Mornings 02/06/23

71 min

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Grubb is joined by Tom Caswell of GameSpot to talk about some Dragon Age leaks, Nintendo related lawsuits, and more!

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Published 2023-02-03

Game Mess Mornings 02/03/23

54 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to bring the much needed chaos to your Friday morning with video game news!

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Published 2023-02-02

Game Mess Mornings 02/02/23

58 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by jan Ochoa to chat about another Marvel game that Insomniac is working on, what was supposed to be a new Titanfall game, Sony earnings, and more! 00:00 - Intro 03:33 - The Coalition has canceled its smaller non-Gears project 06:52

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Published 2023-02-01

Game Mess Mornings 02/01/23

59 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to discuss Star Wars Jedi: Survivor getting delayed, EA cancelling several games, DC's future video game plans, Redfall updates, and more!

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Published 2023-01-30

Game Mess Mornings 01/30/23

61 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by VGC's Jordan Middler to discuss Walmart news, even MORE Microsoft headlines, and a Tomb Raider Cinematic Universe?

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Published 2023-01-27

Game Mess Mornings 01/27/23

58 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to discuss the new Far Cry in development, a possible Nintendo Direct, and more video game news that you can use!

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Published 2023-01-26

Game Mess Mornings 01/26/23

65 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to talk about the Xbox Developer direct and MORE!

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Published 2023-01-25

Game Mess Mornings 01/25/23

57 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy James to talk about GoldenEye, Destiny 2 Servers, and more!

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Published 2023-01-23

Game Mess Mornings 01/23/23

62 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Kahlief Adams from SpawnOnMe to discuss 343's future, Armored Core 6, Forspoken reviews, and the final update for Marvel's Avengers.

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Published 2023-01-20

Game Mess Mornings 01/20/23

68 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Ben Hanson of MinnMax to discuss the future of Halo, Ubisoft's planned releases, and even more Nintendo Switches?

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Published 2023-01-19

Game Mess Mornings 01/19/23

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to discuss the woes at Microsoft and Ubisoft, Returnal coming to PC, and more!

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Published 2023-01-18

Game Mess Mornings 01/18/23

53 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss the Ubisoft Paris strike, Forspoken’s PS5 demo, and more.

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Published 2023-01-13

Game Mess Mornings 01/13/23

51 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to discuss Hitman Freelancer, Justin Roiland, and more.

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Published 2023-01-12

Game Mess Mornings 01/12/23

55 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss the state of Ubisoft, release dates coming at the Xbox presentation, and more.

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Published 2023-01-11

Game Mess Mornings 01/11/23

52 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss the Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct, AI cheating in Rocket League, and more.

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Published 2023-01-06

Game Mess Mornings 01/06/23

55 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to discuss Dwarf Fortress, Goose Goose Duck, and more.

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Published 2023-01-05

Game Mess Mornings 01/05/23

53 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss Sony's new accessibility controller, CES announcements, and more.

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Published 2023-01-04

Game Mess Mornings 01/04/23

50 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss a new The Last of Us multiplayer, Persona 3 remake, and more.

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Published 2022-12-21

Game Mess Mornings 12/21/22

49 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss a new 2D Mario rumor, gamers suing Microsoft, and more.

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Published 2022-12-19

Game Mess Mornings 12/19/22

45 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss the huge fine Epic received from the FTC, John Carmack leaving Meta, and more.

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Published 2022-12-16

Game Mess Mornings 12/16/22

61 min

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to discuss Ash Ketchum leaving Pokemon, Henry Cavill moving on to Warhammer 40K, and more.

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Published 2022-12-15

Game Mess Mornings 12/15/22

63 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss Super Nintendo World, Amazon Games publishing next major Tomb Raider, and more.

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Published 2022-12-09

Game Mess Mornings 12/09/22

71 min

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Grubb is joined by Saniya Ahmed to discuss The Game Awards, layoffs at IGN, and more.

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Published 2022-12-08

Game Mess Mornings 12/08/22

65 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss The Game Awards predictions, Valve's confidence in Microsoft, and more.

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Published 2022-12-07

Game Mess Mornings 12/07/22

57 min

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Grubb is joined by Jess to discuss Yuji Naka arrested...AGAIN, Sonic in Roblox, and more.

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Published 2022-12-05

Game Mess Mornings 12/05/22

56 min

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Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to discuss the Jedi Survivor, Dragon Age, and more.

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Published 2022-12-02

Game Mess Mornings 12/02/22

62 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to discuss the Summer Game Fest, Callisto Protocol, and more.

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Published 2022-12-01

Game Mess Mornings 12/01/22

60 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss the Switch sales, Pokemon performance, and more.

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Published 2022-11-30

Game Mess Mornings 11/30/22

49 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss the Mario movie trailer, Dark Rides, and more.

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Published 2022-11-28

Game Mess Mornings 11/28/22

57 min

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Grubb is joined by Andy Robinson to discuss an update to the Microsoft Activision deal, GameStop, and more.

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Published 2022-11-23

Game Mess Mornings 11/23/22

57 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan today to look at PlayStation's continued issues with the Xbox-Activision deal, God of War Ragnarok DLC plans, Kid Icaus Uprising rumors, and more!

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Published 2022-11-21

Game Mess Mornings 11/21/22

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to break down Google's "Hug" money, Bob Iger and Disney, rounding up the rest of game news, and the Rock's Beef with a video game website?

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Published 2022-11-18

Game Mess Mornings 11/18/22

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to discuss Yuji Naka being arrested, PS5 scalpers, and more.

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Published 2022-11-17

Game Mess Mornings 11/17/22

59 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss NetEase having beef, Saints Row dev merger, and more.

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Published 2022-11-16

Game Mess Mornings 11/16/22

49 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss Starfield delays, Birthdays, and more.

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Published 2022-11-14

Game Mess Mornings 11/14/22

64 min

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Grubb is joined by Patrick Klepek to discuss NPD numbers, PlayStation 5 Slim, and more.

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Published 2022-11-10

Game Mess Mornings 11/10/22

54 min

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Grubb is joined by merritt k to discuss the Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Miyamoto on backwards compatibility, and more.

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Published 2022-11-09

Game Mess Mornings 11/09/22

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss the Take-Two CEO's take on Game Pass, Halo Infinite finally adding some features, and more.

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Published 2022-11-07

Game Mess Mornings 11/07/22

64 min

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to discuss Final Fantasy XVI, the PC market in Japan, and more.

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Published 2022-11-04

Game Mess Mornings 11/04/22

62 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to discuss the TON of Hideo Kojima news, Ghost Trick, and more.

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Published 2022-11-03

Game Mess Mornings 11/03/22

61 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss the Square Enix NFT game, God of War graphics modes, and more.

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Published 2022-11-02

Game Mess Mornings 11/02/22

54 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss PlayStation VR2, Sackboy on PC, and more.

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Published 2022-10-31

Game Mess Mornings 10/31/22

60 min

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Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to discuss breaking street dates, EA and Marvel making deals, and more.

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Published 2022-10-28

Game Mess Mornings 10/28/22

60 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to discuss SEGA lifetime sales, if Game Pass is failing, and more.

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Published 2022-10-27

Game Mess Mornings 10/27/22

64 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss Xbox Game Pass, the metaverse being a ‘poorly built video game’, and more!

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Published 2022-10-26

Game Mess Mornings 10/26/22

62 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss departures at Rocksteady, CDPR remaking The Witcher, and more!

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Published 2022-10-24

Game Mess Mornings 10/24/22

51 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss Bayonetta 3, warns you of God of War spoilers, and more!

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Published 2022-10-21

Game Mess Mornings 10/21/22

54 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to discuss God of War, Resident Evil, and more!

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Published 2022-10-20

Game Mess Mornings 10/20/22

62 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss Silent Hill, Final Fantasy XVI, and more!

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Published 2022-10-19

Game Mess Mornings 10/19/22

61 min

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss Bayonetta, The Sims, and more!

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Published 2022-10-17

Game Mess Mornings 10/17/22

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss Silent Hill, Gotham Knights, and more!

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Published 2022-10-14

Game Mess Mornings 10/14/22

62 min

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to discuss Haptic Feedback, God of War Ragnarök, and more!

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Published 2022-10-13

Game Mess Mornings 10/13/22

60 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to talk Activision Blizzard, Starfield, and more.

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Published 2022-10-12

Game Mess Mornings 10/12/22

64 min

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Grubb is joined by Andy Robinson to talk Meta Quest Pro, the Sims, and more.

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Published 2022-10-03

Game Mess Mornings 10/03/22

59 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to talk Horizon, acquisitions, and more.

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Published 2022-09-30

Game Mess Mornings 09/30/22

47 min

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Stadia is DONE! Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to recap today's news such as the fallout of Stadia, big studio acquisitions, and even more!

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Published 2022-09-29

Game Mess Mornings 09/29/22

59 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Carli Velocci (@ velocciraptor on Twitter) to talk about EA stuff and more news!

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Published 2022-09-28

Game Mess Mornings 09/28/22

56 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti from Games Beat to chat about a new Monster Hunter clone, Far Cry 6, updates on the GTA 6 leaks, and more!

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Published 2022-09-26

Game Mess Mornings 09/26/2022

63 min

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Grubb is joined by Natalie Flores to talk about the RETURN of E3 and other assorted news on this lovely Monday!

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Published 2022-09-23

Game Mess Mornings 09/23/2022

50 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss The GTAVI Hacker, the Mario Movie, and more!

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Published 2022-09-22

Game Mess Mornings 09/22/2022

54 min

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Grubb is joined by @merrittk to discuss Logitech, Game Publishing, and more!

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Published 2022-09-21

Game Mess Mornings 09/21/2022

62 min

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Grubb is joined by John Warren to discuss Twitch, NVIDIA, and more!

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Published 2022-09-19

Game Mess Mornings 09/19/2022

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss the the GTA VI leak, EVGA, and more!

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Published 2022-09-16

Game Mess Mornings 09/16/2022

49 min

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Grubb is joined by Danielle Riendeau to discuss the Phil Spencer, Battlefield 2042, and more!

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Published 2022-09-15

Game Mess Mornings 09/15/2022

58 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss the Hideo Kojima, Overwatch 2, and more!

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Published 2022-09-14

Game Mess Mornings 09/14/2022

57 min

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to discuss the Sony State of Play, Sims 4, and more!

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Published 2022-09-12

Game Mess Mornings 09/12/2022

56 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to discuss the upcoming Nintendo Direct, Splatoon 3, and more!

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Published 2022-09-09

Game Mess Mornings 09/09/2022

63 min

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Grubb is joined by Tamoor to discuss Billy Mitchell, the Nintendo Direct, and more!

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Published 2022-09-08

Game Mess Mornings 09/08/2022

62 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Patrick Klepek from Waypoint to discuss Sony vs Microsoft, the Witcher, and more!

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Published 2022-09-07

Game Mess Mornings 09/07/2022

66 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Kyle Hilliard from GameSpot to discuss, PlayStation enhancements, the new Nintendo Switch model, and more!

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Published 2022-09-02

Game Mess Mornings 09/02/2022

53 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon from SpawnWave to discuss the new Assassin's Creed, Pokemon Go, and more!

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Published 2022-09-01

Game Mess Mornings 09/01/22

56 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss Game Pass, Assassin's Creed, and more.

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Published 2022-08-31

Game Mess Mornings 08/31/22

63 min

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to discuss Konami, From Software, and more.

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Published 2022-08-29

Game Mess Mornings 08/29/22

55 min

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Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to discuss lots of Sony news, the Steam Deck 2, System Shock, and more.

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Published 2022-08-26

Game Mess Mornings 08/26/22

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Jeff Grubb is joined today by Mike Minotti to chat about more aquisition rumblings, Nintendo Switch prices, Embracer embracing more companies, Last of Us Part 1 Accessibility updates, and even more!

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Published 2022-08-25

Game Mess Mornings 08/25/22

62 min

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Jeff Grubb is here to breakdown today's hottest news! We've got Sony raising the prices of PS5s, Need for Speed updates, a Wii U emulator going opensource, and Steve Blackman is developping the Horizon TV Show?

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Published 2022-08-24

Game Mess Mornings 08/24/22

55 min

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Grubb is joined by Mike and AJ Minotti to talk about podcasts, Pokemon, and more!

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Published 2022-08-22

Game Mess Mornings 08/22/22

60 min

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Grubb is joined by Jordan Middler to talk about Saints Row, Splatoon 3, and more!

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Published 2022-08-19

Game Mess Mornings 08/19/22

60 min

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Grubb is joined by Tam to talk about the hardware sales, Death Stranding on PC Game Pass , and more!

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Published 2022-08-18

Game Mess Mornings 08/18/22

53 min

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Grubb is joined by Jan to talk about the Embracer Group, Elden Ring, and more!

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Published 2022-08-17

Game Mess Mornings 08/17/22

51 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy to talk about Nintendo of America's working environment, Overwatch 2, and more!

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Published 2022-08-15

Game Mess Mornings 08/15/22

52 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to talk about Lord of the Rings, Kojima Editing a Video, and more!

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Published 2022-08-12

Game Mess Mornings 08/12/22

52 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor to talk about Alone in the Dark, Gamescom, and more!

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Published 2022-08-11

Game Mess Mornings 08/11/22

53 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan to talk about Kirby, Call of Duty, and more!

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Published 2022-08-10

Game Mess Mornings 08/10/22

51 min

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy to talk about Splatoon 3, Overwatch, and more!

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Published 2022-08-08

Game Mess Mornings 08/08/22

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to talk about Splatoon 3, Fighting Game Feet, and more!

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Published 2022-08-05

Game Mess Mornings 08/05/22

63 min Transcript

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Waypoint's Patrick Klepek to talk about Family Sharing, Additional Memory for the Xbox Series S, and more!

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Published 2022-08-04

Game Mess Mornings 08/04/22

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan today to talk about Killer Klowns, Tactics Ogre, and more!

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Published 2022-08-03

Game Mess Mornings 08/03/22

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lucy today to talk about the Pokemon Direct, Kirby, and more!

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Published 2022-08-01

Game Mess Mornings 08/01/22

52 min Transcript

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti today to talk about Pokemon, the Analogue Pocket update, and more!

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Published 2022-07-29

Game Mess Mornings 07/29/22

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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain today to talk about Sony's worries, the Annapurna showcase, sales charts, and more!

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Published 2022-07-28

Game Mess Mornings 07/28/22

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss Mario Kart 8 DLC, 1440p on PS5, and more.

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Published 2022-07-27

Game Mess Mornings 07/27/22

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss Grand Theft Auto, Riot, and more.

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Published 2022-07-25

Game Mess Mornings 07/25/22

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Grubb is joined by Mike Williams from Fanbyte to discuss Black Panther, Comic-Con, and more.

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Published 2022-07-22

Game Mess Mornings 07/22/22

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Grubb is joined by Ben Hanson to discuss The Last of Us, Ubisoft, and more.

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Published 2022-07-21

Game Mess Mornings 07/21/22

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss TMNT, The Last of Us, and more.

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Published 2022-07-20

Game Mess Mornings 07/20/22

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss Discord, No Man's Sky, and more.

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Published 2022-07-18

Game Mess Mornings 07/18/22

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Grubb is joined by Barrett Courtney to discuss Skate, Ghost of Tsushima and more.

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Published 2022-07-15

Game Mess Mornings 07/15/22

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Grubb is joined by Tam to discuss NPD numbers, Skate, and more.

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Published 2022-07-14

Game Mess Mornings 07/14/22

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Grubb is joined by Imran Khan to discuss Nintendo Pictures, PlayStation Stars, and more.

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Published 2022-07-13

Game Mess Mornings 07/13/22

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to discuss Bayonetta 3, Bandai Namco being hacked, and more.

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Published 2022-07-11

Game Mess Mornings 07/11/22

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to talk Hideo Kojima, Apex Legends, and more.

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Published 2022-07-08

Game Mess Mornings 07/08/22

61 min Transcript

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Grubb is joined by Tamoor to talk GameStop layoffs, RoboCop, and more.

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Published 2022-07-07

Game Mess Mornings 07/07/22

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Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to talk E3, Skate 4, and more.

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Published 2022-07-06

Game Mess Mornings 07/06/22

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Grubb is joined by Lucy to talk God of War, a new Switch, and more.

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Published 2022-07-01

Game Mess Mornings 07/01/22

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Grubb is joined by Jan and they discuss Nintendo Raw Materials, Skate 4, and more.

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Published 2022-06-30

Game Mess Mornings 06/30/22

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Grubb is joined by Tamoor to talk about Nintendo Security, Ragnarok, and more.

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Published 2022-06-29

Game Mess Mornings 06/29/22

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Grubb is joined by Lucy James to talk about today's headlines! We got Spellbreak getting shutdown, crunch allegations, and some HOT headsets!

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Published 2022-06-27

Game Mess Mornings 6/27/22

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Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser to talk about the Nintendo Direct, John Cena, and more!

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Published 2022-06-24

Game Mess Mornings 6/24/22

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Grubb is joined by Tamoor to discuss Chris Pratt, From Software, and more.

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Published 2022-06-23

Game Mess Mornings 6/23/22

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Grubb is joined by Jan to discuss Hyenas, Sad Sonic, and more.

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Published 2022-06-22

Game Mess Mornings 6/22/22

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Grubb is joined by Lucy James to discuss Final Fantasy 16, Activision, and more.

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Published 2022-06-20

Game Mess Mornings 6/20/22

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Grubb is joined by Mike Minotti to talk Nintendo Direct, Sony News, and more!

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Published 2022-06-17

Game Mess Mornings 6/17/22

67 min Transcript

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Grubb is joined by Jan to talk Final Fantasy, Dragon's Dogma, and more!

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Published 2022-06-16

Game Mess Mornings 6/16/22

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In the debut episode, Grubb is joined by Jan to talk hot shop.

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Published 2022-06-08

GrubbSnax 50: The Final Chowdown

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Grubb's new show starts next week, so this is the delicious last bite of Grubbsnax!

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Published 2022-06-02

GrubbSnax 49: The Summer Game Mess, Dragon Age News, and More

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Join Jeff from his hotel room to talk about what's coming up in the "Not-E3" season.

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Published 2022-05-26

GrubbSnax 48: Grubb's Big Move, TCL Speculation, and the Continued Chip Shortage

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How many buzzwords can TCL make up to sell more TVs?

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Published 2022-05-19

GrubbSnax 47: Silent Hill Rumors, The Last Of Us Remake, and More

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Jeff Grubb lays out just how many Silent Hill games are supposedly in development.

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Published 2022-05-12

GrubbSnax 46: Starfield Delayed, Game Mess, and Mystery EA Games

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Jeff Grubb also leaks the title of the next Star Wars Jedi.

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Published 2022-05-05

GrubbSnax 45: The Mario Movie's Super, Star Wars Day, and Battlefield 2042

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The Mario Bros. movie might now be Super

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Published 2022-04-28

GrubbSnax 44: Grubb's Game Mess, Star Wars Jedi 2, and Ubisoft Updates

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Jeff Grubb gets messy with the Game Mess, gives us the state of Ubisoft, and spoils the Mario movie!

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Published 2022-04-21

GrubbSnax 43: Skate 4, AEW Chants, and the Legacy of Uncharted

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Grubb's got a bunch of details on Skate 4, the name of the AEW game, and more Uncharted.

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Published 2022-04-14

GrubbSnax 42: Need For Speed, PlayStation Banners, and More!

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Grubb dishes out details of the next Need For Speed and contemplates what secrets a banner might hold.

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Published 2022-04-07

GrubbSnax 41: The New Monkey Island, What's Next For EA, and More!

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It's gaming news du jour with Monsieur Grubb!

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Published 2022-04-01

GrubbSnax 40: PlayStation Leaks, E3 is Over, and More

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So many Snax, so little time.

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Published 2022-03-24

GrubbSnax 39: Xbox GDK, Future of FIFA, and More!

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Grubb gets nerdy talkin' about graphics, "footie", and your questions!

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Published 2022-03-17

GrubbSnax 38: Perfect Dark, EA Play Cancelled, and Summer Game Mess

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Grubb's got the goods when it comes to video game news!

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Published 2022-03-10

GrubbSnax 37: State of Play, Star Wars Eclipse, and the Dead Space Remake

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All of this and more questions pondered like: doors vs wheels.

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Published 2022-03-03

GrubbSnax 36: New Evidence of a Switch 2, The future of Pokemon Games, and what's a Meep?

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This week, Grubb serves up an Nvidia leak that points to some new Switch details, going forward with Pokemon, and we hear from an expert on Meeps.

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Published 2022-02-24

GrubbSnax 035: Fall Out New Vegas 2, Sony Spartacus, and more!

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Jeff Grubb has some hot breaking NEWS and he's ready to DISH!

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Published 2022-02-17

GrubbSnax 34: EA All Hands, Dragon Age, and Hair on Women

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Grubb gets into the weeds with the topics of the week.

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Published 2022-02-10

GrubbSnax 33: Nintendo Direct (February 2022)

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Grubb gives us a peek behind the curtains at Nintendo.

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Published 2022-02-03

GrubbSnax 32: Doom Masters, Funky Cortana, and the Ubisoft Mothership

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Grubb serves up some news and might get a song stuck in your head.

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Published 2022-01-28

GrubbSnax 31: Star Wars, Working From Home, and Baby Shrimp

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Grubb gets the 3rd degree from a toddler about his shrimp crimes.

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Published 2022-01-20

GrubbSnax 30: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard

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What does this mean for the industry?

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Published 2022-01-13

GrubbSnax 29: Game Mess, Twisted Metal, and Mario Kart

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The Game Mess is back! Let's talk about what's in store.

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Published 2022-01-06

GrubbSnax 28: Fallen Order 2, PSVR 2, and Konami NFTs

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New Year, new news! Grubb is back with lots to talk about.

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Published 2021-12-31

GrubbSnax 27: The End of 2021

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And here's to 2022. Bring it on.

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Published 2021-12-23

GrubbSnax 26: Holiday Questions and More

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There may not be much news right now, so let's take a bunch of questions!

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Published 2021-12-16

GrubbSnax 25: The Game Awards Results, Secret Recipies, and How To Stop The Blockchain

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What'd Grubb get right at The Game Awards? Tune in for his victory lap.

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Published 2021-12-09

GrubbSnax 24: Game Awards Predictions, Who's Got The Meat, and Intellivision's Amico

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Hungry for some news? Grab a Snax!

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Published 2021-12-03

GrubbSnax 23: Chrono Cross Remaster, the Year Ahead for Nintendo, and Santa in Battlefield

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All the news that's fit to snack on!

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Published 2021-11-24

GrubbSnax 22: Games Jeff is Thankful For, Sega Super Game, and Halo Progression

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Join Jeff for a special Thanksgiving episode of GrubbSnax.

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Published 2021-11-18

GrubbSnax 21: Bobby Kotick, Game Awards Nominations, and Returning the Flag

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The snack that snacks back. GrubbSnax.

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Published 2021-11-11

GrubbSnax 20: 1 vs 100, Forza Horizon 5, and ranking the Star Wars movies!

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If you smell what The Grubb is cookin', well, it's Snaxx.

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Published 2021-11-05

GrubbSnax 19: Obsidian Games, Lite Brites, and your questions!

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Mr. Grubb is here to deliver the hottest news snax and maybe accidentally spill some!

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Published 2021-10-27

GrubbSnax Ep. 18: Giant Bomb New Hire, Warner Bros Fighting Game, and a Woopsie Poopsie

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What's cookin' good lookin'?

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Published 2021-10-21

GrubbSnax Ep. 17: God of War PC, Splinter Cell, and a Horse-Sized Bakalar

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You looking like a snax today!

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Published 2021-10-14

GrubbSnax Ep. 16: Metroid Dread, Battlefield 2042, and Best Looking Snax

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Let it be known that there is no global shortage of GrubbSnax!

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Published 2021-10-07

GrubbSnax Ep. 15: Konami Remakes, 2022, and Sora

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Wash your hands before consuming GrubbSnax!

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Published 2021-09-30

GrubbSnax EP. 14: Sony and Bluepoint, Switch 4K

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Grubb is here to chat about the Bluepoint acquisition, the constant 4K Nintendo Switch rumors, and your BURNING questions!

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Published 2021-09-23

GrubbSnax Ep. 13: Quantic Dream's Star Wars, Titanfall 3, and Jason Momoa

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Side effects of watching GrubbSnax include: really nice hair!

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Published 2021-09-16

GrubbSnax Ep. 12: KOTOR Remake, Making Stocks Drop, and Bidets

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Yum yum, gimmie some of that GrubbSnax!

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Published 2021-09-09

GrubbSnax Ep. 11: Gamestop Pre-Orders, Backwards Compatibility, and Jeff's Love of Salt

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Grubbertime! Come and get it!

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Published 2021-09-02

GrubbSnax Ep. 10: PlayStation Showcase, Grubb Gripe, and a Game Boy Quandary

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Rub a dub dub, thanks for the Grubb. Yay, Jeff!

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Published 2021-08-26

GrubbSnax Ep. 09: Halo Infinite, Opening Night Live, and Winter

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'Tis the season of GrubbSnax. Now with a hint of delayed games and awkward awards.

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Published 2021-08-19

GrubbSnax Ep. 08: New Quake, No More Wild, and Fridges

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Jeff Grubb is back from his vacation to not only drop off his kids to school, but also drop off some hot news like a new Quake game, games being cancelled, and hypothetical news.

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Published 2021-08-12

GrubbSnax Ep. 07: New Call of Duty, Crunchyroll Deal, and the Pizza Police

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Jeff Grubb is on vacation but that won't stop him from reporting on a Sony closing their Crunchyroll deal, a new Call of Duty on the horizon, and all of your burning questions!

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Published 2021-08-05

GrubbSnax Ep. 06: Activision Blizzard, Dead Space, and dryer belts

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It's Snax to the Max with Jeff Grubb and his industry info!

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Published 2021-07-29

GrubbSnax Ep. 05: That's No Moon, PS5 SSDs, and

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Jeff Grubb is back with UPDATES, new studio developments, and is here to answer your burning questions about hockey

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Published 2021-07-22

GrubbSnax Ep. 04: Activision Lawsuits, EA Play Live 2021, and Dragon Names

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Grab a cold glass of milk to go with these GrubbSnax! Today Jeff Grubb breaks down the Activision lawsuits happening, EA Play Live titles, and he answers YOUR burning questions like his favorite skittle flavor or dragon.

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Published 2021-07-15

GrubbSnax Ep. 03: Steam Deck, Loki, and Meat Sweats

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Gnaw on some news with Jeff Grubb! On this episode: The Steam Deck, Loki, and a peek at Jeff's Meat Sweats.

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Published 2021-07-08

GrubbSnax Ep. 02: OLED Nintendo Switch, Assassin's Creed, and DICE LA

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Jeff Grubb is here so we can all feast on some news! Jeff breaks down the new Nintendo Switch, what Assassin's Creed Infinity might be, and an obscene amount of YOUR questions!

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Published 2021-07-01

GrubbSnax Ep. 01: Dead Space, Kojima and Microsoft

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Jeff Grubb is here to dish out all the tea and have a handful of GrubbSnax! This week there's news about the next Dead Space game and a possible new relationship with Kojima and Microsoft. All this plus all the live audience Q&A you can handle.

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