Game Mess Mornings

Mike Minotti and Jason Fanelli take you into the weekend by chatting about a whole bunch of Xbox news, GTA VI selling insanely well even before release, Jeff Kaplan's thoughts on Overwatch 2, and more!

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
00:00 Intro
04:41 Wolfenstein 3 Is Officially In Production At MachineGames
10:57 Id Software confirms it’s working on a new game after layoffs
20:57 GTA 6 Passes 12 Million Copies Sold And $1.2 Billion In Revenue, And The Game Isn’t Even Out Yet
26:34 Halo: Campaign Evolved is getting Firefight in a free update
32:55 Xbox Adds 21 More Original Xbox Games To Backwards Compatibility Program And Over Half Of Them Are Star Wars
37:07 Xbox Says Putting Ads In Games, Something No One Likes, Could Help Save Gaming
42:19 “You Guys Are F***ing Idiots”: Jeff Kaplan Takes Aim At Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 Reveal
47:08 Nintendo’s Black Friday deals include Switch 2 and Mario Kart World bundle
52:00 Poll
54:03 The Bomb 12
56:57 Outro

Jeff Grubb is joined by Arielle Danan today to cover what's currently happening at NVIDIA, updates on Intergalactic and Marvel 1943, and much more for your Thursday morning!

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0:00 - Intro
5:00 - Jensen Huang resigns from Nvidia, effective immediately
14:20 - Intergalactic is playable and being refined, Druckmann say
23:00 - Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra staff were reportedly told the game hasn’t been cancelled despite online rumor
29:00 - BREAK
31:35 - Lies of P for the Switch
32:50 - Humble Bundle removed 2FA
35:20 - More than 20 former id developers launch employee-owned Hidden Horses
41:50 - GTA 6 Was Almost Refused Classification In South Korea For Featuring Too Many ‘Out-Of-Context’ Penises
46:54 - Well over half of Zelda’s sales in Japan were physical game cards
50:30 - Black Friday is starting to take shape
53:10 - This Week

Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about PlayStation cancelling Fairgames, the Ocarina of Time remake already selling 5.2 million copies, people getting upset about GTA 6 only running at 30fps, and more stories for Wednesday!

0:00 - Intro 
4:00 - Sony cancels Fairgames, but keeps Haven’s staff
16:44 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has sold 5.2 million copies in 4 days
24:30 - BREAK
27:00 - Some Players Are Crashing Out About GTA 6 Only Being 30 FPS
35:20 - Pikmin 4: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy reviews
39:30 - Nintendo Shuts Down Switch 2 Jailbreak, Sending Hackers Back To Square One
48:10 - Unknown 'Mega Man Legends' Project Surfaces Online
53:00 - PS5 shipments top 100 million 
55:00 - Sony Kills PlayStation PC App Most People Never Heard Of And Only 0.4 Percent Of Players Used

We got Lex Luddy starting off the week with Grubb today! We're chatting about the PlayStation Portal, Bit Reactor lay offs, Ocarina of Time launch numbers, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
6:40 - Sony has a new PlayStation Portal with extra storage, but it won’t say why
14:30 - Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor is laying off staff, a month after it started bringing back furloughed devs
22:30 - Devolver Digital's First Triple A Game Getting Announced
22:50 - BREAK
24:10 - Ocarina’s UK launch is huge
32:18 - Data Found In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time May Hint At Master Quest DLC
37:50 - Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle announced for iOS, Android
41:43 - GTA 6's PS5 Physical Edition Revealed in First Photo
45:00 - Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 6 music festival taking place in Miami
48:00 - GTA 6 may be censored in Australia and other regions, dataminer suggests

Jan and Grubb end the week with video game news! We're chatting about Unity possibly getting sold for $25 billion dollars, Stellar Blade Complete Edition reviews, Nier: Automata accidentally increasing the download size, and more!

0:00 - Intro
8:40 - Unity reportedly explores a roughly $25 billion sale
20:50 - Road Rash returns, Wing Commander gets restored, and GOG heads toward Linux
28:50 - BREAK
29:00 - BioWare documentary will cover the collapse of the studio
34:10 - Ratchet & Clank’s mobile shooter ends before a worldwide launch
39:30 - NieR: Automata developers working on fix after update accidentally raises Steam version’s file size from 50GB to 366GB
42:10 - Stellar Blade Complete Edition on Switch 2 reviews
44:50 - Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds’ Year 2 characters might have leaked via the game’s files (likely incomplete)
48:20 - 007 First Light’s opening can now be played for free

Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about the excitement around the Ocarina of Time remake and today's top stories! We get into Switch 2 sales, God of Way Laufey getting delayed, Arkane workers upset with Microsoft, GOG's first showcase coming up today, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
1:30 - Zelda feelings
11:40 - Switch 2 passes 26 million, but its first-half sales fall 37%
21:00 - Nintendo says it is not considering a Switch 2 price hike
30:40 - Break
30:50 - God of War Laufey has officially been delayed
36:50 - Sony says PlayStation 6 development is ‘progressing as scheduled’, as PS5 sales hit 97.9m
45:50 - Arkane workers say Microsoft caused the delays it now cites
51:00 - Mass Effect Fans Get Enough Signatures To Plead To The Canadian Government For BioWare’s Life
56:46 - Ocarina remake’s new art style was needed because something ‘expected’ would have had less impact, Aonuma says
58:10 - GOG’s first showcase is today at 1 p.m. ET
1:00:00 - Sony Removes PSVR 2 From PlayStation’s Web Store as Stock Dries Up at Online Retailers

Jeff Grubb and Chuck Zimmerheld hit hump day with an Ocarina of Time remake review roundup, rumblings about Ubisoft offering to buy Arkane Lyon, and more!

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
00:00 Intro
05:19 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reviews
19:00 Nintendo’s main manufacturer for Switch 2 and Switch cartridges is quitting the business
25:42 Ubisoft has reportedly offered to buy Arkane Lyon from Xbox
34:06 Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered reviews
37:24 Sam Altman Pulls Spectacular 180 After Unpopular Comments About RAM: ‘It Is F**king Annoying’
43:00 Pokémon Pokopia’s second expansion announced for December
44:38 Mega Man X collectors can finally put the second collection on the shelf
46:52 Oh, it’s time to start talking about Black Friday sales
49:19 Polls & outro

Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin bring you into a new week with news about Yakuza creator Toshiro Nagoshi's new studio dissolving, Bend studio's new co-op game, Ocarina of Time midnight launch fun, and more.

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
00:00 Intro
04:22 Nagoshi Studio has been dissolved
11:01 Nintendo announces Zelda: Ocarina of Time UK midnight launch, with free N64 boxes up for grabs
18:36 Bend reportedly aims to reveal AND release its co-op game in 2027
27:33 Digital Foundry: Modern Warfare 4's Switch 2 compromises
30:02 Speaking of Call of Duty – Activision will remove real Itaewon disaster footage from MW4
32:32 Modder uses AI to port Switch 2 games to Switch 1
36:05 Rumored Persona remake footage appears online
41:30 Phantom Blade Zero passes four million sales in 72 hours
43:46 Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering
47:49 Old game stuff: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Is Getting an AI-Free SNES Port, and You Can Play It Now
49:35 Until Dawn 2 live from Alamo Drafthouse (?)
49:57 This Week
50:23 Poll & outro

Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn take you into Spooky Weekend with talks about Ocarina of Time's remake being better thanks to younger devs, Gears of War: E-Day's rocky sales numbers, and EA shuting down BioWare... "Because" of Star Wars Battlefront 3?

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
00:00 Intro
04:03 Zelda Chief Eiji Aonuma Says Some of the Younger Members of the Ocarina of Time Remake Team Had Never Played the Original Game (and that’s a good thing)
13:15 EA chose to shut down BioWare so it could make Star Wars Battlefront 3 instead, it’s claimed
21:02 Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Sold Over 400,000 Copies
29:41 Romero has a new publisher (but the original game is not coming back)
33:33 Mainline Resident Evil Story Could Wrap Up in Next 10 Years According to Producer
39:47 Ubisoft has no more Assassin's Creed remakes in active development
44:56 Resonance of Fate gets another remaster
45:53 Turn-based Final Fantasy Resonance tops Japan’s launch-week sales
49:40 Poll
50:30 Outro / What's happening on Giant Bomb?
52:39 The Bomb 12

Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to deliver you video game news! Today we chat about The Duskbloods getting delayed to 2027 and the reasons for doing so, Walmart messing up preorders for The Legend of Zelda Switch 2, No Man's Sky having a Halloween update, potential espionage happening, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
5:55 - The Duskbloods Is Officially Delayed Until 2027
13:20 - Somehow, The Legend Of Zelda Switch 2 Walmart Fumbled Pre-Order Saga Has Gotten Messier
21:05 - New GTA 6 Gameplay Revealed Inside South Park Confirms Dog Poop Is A Weapon
27:00 - BREAK
28:12 - Xbox Says There’s ‘More Demand Than Consoles Available’ As Hardware Sales Continue To Fall
38:40 - Blizzard explicitly connects WoW controller support with playing on more devices (like Project Helix)
42:00 - No Man’s Sky’s Halloween update also puts the game on iPhone and iPad
47:50 - November’s three ‘free’ PS Plus Essential monthly games include Dead Island 2 and Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered
48:40 - Sonic Dream Team has received a fan port to PC and Android
49:40 - Suspected Chinese intelligence asset had access to Jensen Huang; Trump was briefed but reportedly took no action
53:50 - Maddy Thorson
54:40 - This Week