Game Mess Mornings

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 - Intro6:40 - Sony has a new PlayStation Portal with extra storage, but it won’t say why14:30 - Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor is laying off staff, a month after it started bringing back furloughed devs22:30 - Devolver Digital's First Triple A Game Getting Announced22:50 - BREAK24:10 - Ocarina’s UK launch is huge32:18 - Data Found In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time May Hint At Master Quest DLC37:50 - Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle announced for iOS, Android41:43 - GTA 6's PS5 Physical Edition Revealed in First Photo45:00 - Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 6 music festival taking place in Miami48:00 - 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 - Intro8:40 - Unity reportedly explores a roughly $25 billion sale20:50 - Road Rash returns, Wing Commander gets restored, and GOG heads toward Linux28:50 - BREAK29:00 - BioWare documentary will cover the collapse of the studio34:10 - Ratchet & Clank’s mobile shooter ends before a worldwide launch39:30 - NieR: Automata developers working on fix after update accidentally raises Steam version’s file size from 50GB to 366GB42:10 - Stellar Blade Complete Edition on Switch 2 reviews44:50 - 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 - Intro1:30 - Zelda feelings11:40 - Switch 2 passes 26 million, but its first-half sales fall 37%21:00 - Nintendo says it is not considering a Switch 2 price hike30:40 - Break30:50 - God of War Laufey has officially been delayed36:50 - Sony says PlayStation 6 development is ‘progressing as scheduled’, as PS5 sales hit 97.9m45:50 - Arkane workers say Microsoft caused the delays it now cites51:00 - Mass Effect Fans Get Enough Signatures To Plead To The Canadian Government For BioWare’s Life56:46 - Ocarina remake’s new art style was needed because something ‘expected’ would have had less impact, Aonuma says58:10 - GOG’s first showcase is today at 1 p.m. ET1:00:00 - 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!Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/joinTimestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):00:00 Intro05:19 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reviews19:00 Nintendo’s main manufacturer for Switch 2 and Switch cartridges is quitting the business25:42 Ubisoft has reportedly offered to buy Arkane Lyon from Xbox34:06 Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered reviews37:24 Sam Altman Pulls Spectacular 180 After Unpopular Comments About RAM: ‘It Is F**king Annoying’43:00 Pokémon Pokopia’s second expansion announced for December44:38 Mega Man X collectors can finally put the second collection on the shelf46:52 Oh, it’s time to start talking about Black Friday sales49:19 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.Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/joinTimestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):00:00 Intro04:22 Nagoshi Studio has been dissolved11:01 Nintendo announces Zelda: Ocarina of Time UK midnight launch, with free N64 boxes up for grabs18:36 Bend reportedly aims to reveal AND release its co-op game in 202727:33 Digital Foundry: Modern Warfare 4's Switch 2 compromises30:02 Speaking of Call of Duty – Activision will remove real Itaewon disaster footage from MW432:32 Modder uses AI to port Switch 2 games to Switch 136:05 Rumored Persona remake footage appears online41:30 Phantom Blade Zero passes four million sales in 72 hours43:46 Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering47:49 Old game stuff: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Is Getting an AI-Free SNES Port, and You Can Play It Now49:35 Until Dawn 2 live from Alamo Drafthouse (?)49:57 This Week50:23 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?Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/joinTimestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):00:00 Intro04:03 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 claimed21:02 Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Sold Over 400,000 Copies29:41 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 Producer39:47 Ubisoft has no more Assassin's Creed remakes in active development44:56 Resonance of Fate gets another remaster45:53 Turn-based Final Fantasy Resonance tops Japan’s launch-week sales49:40 Poll50:30 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 - Intro5:55 - The Duskbloods Is Officially Delayed Until 202713:20 - Somehow, The Legend Of Zelda Switch 2 Walmart Fumbled Pre-Order Saga Has Gotten Messier21:05 - New GTA 6 Gameplay Revealed Inside South Park Confirms Dog Poop Is A Weapon27:00 - BREAK28:12 - Xbox Says There’s ‘More Demand Than Consoles Available’ As Hardware Sales Continue To Fall38:40 - 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 iPad47:50 - November’s three ‘free’ PS Plus Essential monthly games include Dead Island 2 and Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered48:40 - Sonic Dream Team has received a fan port to PC and Android49:40 - Suspected Chinese intelligence asset had access to Jensen Huang; Trump was briefed but reportedly took no action53:50 - Maddy Thorson54:40 - This Week

Lex Ludi joins Grubb this Wednesday to chat about the news! Today we cover Valve and their stance on AI tools with game development, game-key cards, GTA VI already smashing records before its even out, and a whole bunch of other headlines. 0:00 - Intro4:30 - Valve won’t restrict developers’ AI tools, despite complaints about clones and discoverability15:40 - Retailer claims Nintendo policy prevents Game-Key Card releases getting full-cart reprints22:08 - In the No Shit News, GTA VI sets Circana’s purchase-intent record28:05 - BREAK29:25 - Rockstar workers secure potentially historic union recognition vote39:30 - Families demand removal of real disaster footage from Modern Warfare 444:20 - EA workers decry mismanagement and corporate greed after mass layoffs53:50 - Pocketpair wants conversations about Palworld on Switch 254:05 - Nintendo Indie World happened this morning with 23 games shown

Shawn joins Grubb to start your work week with video game news! We chat about how we're enjoying Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Phantom Blade Zero reviews, Arkane's deadline for a new buyer getting extended, Netflix trying to court Microsoft for Xbox shows, and more! 0:00 - Intro11:23 - Phantom Blade Zero reviews20:38 - Arkane now has until mid-December to find a buyer as Microsoft extends its deadlineSwitch 2 hacking advances from homebrew to extracting game filesNetflix reportedly offered $500 million for Xbox adaptations (and talks collapsed)Creative Assembly says the disastrous Shogun 2 remaster bypassed its normal oversightMass Effect fans move from petitions to buying billboard spaceSteam’s Personal Calendar Is Out of Beta, Making It Easier to Discover Upcoming GamesCroc is getting an official physical Nintendo 64-compatible release (and I’m good)

Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to end the week with video game news! Today we're chatting about Modern Warfare 4 reviews, the leaked Mass Effect trailer, the Switch 2 getting jailbroken, Arkane Studios needing to find a buyer, and MORE! 0:00 - Intro5:40 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reviews10:50 - Leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer is salt in the wound for BioWare fans21:40 - A Valve developer says “HLX” out loud during a public panel30:40 - BREAK32:05 - Switch 2 jailbreak enables Mario Kart World mods42:20 - Here is what you need to play the games you already own on Xbox’s cloud service49:15 - CD Projekt says roughly half of Cyberpunk 2’s quest team came from modding50:00 - Three more Game Boy games are coming to Switch Online, including one produced by Shigeru Miyamoto52:00 - Report: Arkane Studios has until November 13 to find a buyer56:30 - Update on new physical game sales