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Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to end the week with a bunch of game news! Today we do a review round up of Control Resonant, Twitch's CEO might know when GTA 6's multiplayer is coming, Denuvo is suing crackers, insight into the Japanese gaming market, and more! 0:00 - Intro4:00 - Control Resonant reviews16:35 - Twitch CEO says Grand Theft Auto 6’s multiplayer mode will launch next year25:30 - BREAK25:50 - Denuvo has sued the cracker behind DRM removals for at least 26 games33:15 - The Witcher 4 Studio Switch to Unreal Engine 5 to Spend Less Time on Technical Issues, Says Co-CEO38:00 - Monster Hunter Wilds has two Switch 2 modes—and both target 30 fps39:40 - Switch prevented the Japanese console market from disappearing44:50 - Japanese companies like Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami are healthier because they have smaller teams, don't have frequent layoffs, and don't pay executives $30 million, says expert50:50 - Modders finally cracked one of the PS2’s most stubborn security chips53:00 - This week
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to give you the news! Today we're talking about updates from Xbox coming out of the Tokyo Game Show like casting getting revealed for Kojima's Physint, PlayStation games disappearing from Steam in the UK, GTA 6 getting and original music album, and more! 0:00 - Intro3:33 - Xbox’s TGS showcase was mostly updates … and Kojima19:10 - Sony’s PC games mysteriously disappeared from Steam in the UK24:00 - Break24:10 - GTA 6 is getting a 34-song album of original music31:30 - Xbox advertising patent38:30 - Media Molecule’s New Game Inspired by Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, Set for 2027 Reveal According to Leak44:00 - The new Resident Evil is suddenly the best-reviewed video-game movie ever47:00 - Japanese Charts: Rhythm Heaven Groove Surpasses 1 Million Boxed Units Sold48:50 - A fan-built adapter can trade Pokémon directly from GBA to Switch
Jeff Grubb is joined by Dean Dobbs today to chat about Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and Trails in the Sky 2nd reviews, Wardogs continuing to sell very well, layoffs happening at Mindseye, and more! 0:00 - Intro4:25 - Fire Emblem reviews17:17 - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter reviews20:30 - Wardogs sells 2 million27:35 - Layoffs at Mindseye Studio34:20 - BREAK34:40 - 007 First Light on Switch 2 slips to March 202738:40 - Steam Deck 2 remains in development despite the RAM crisis42:30 - GTA 6’s musicians are starting a coordinated-looking tease campaign 46:50 - Nightdive’s boss raises Eternal Darkness hopes 50:00 - Someone revived a Chinese Paper Mario board game in English51:00 - This week52:00 - PollOur Guest: Dean Dobbs!https://bsky.app/profile/deanadobbs.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/deandobbshttps://www.twitch.tv/deandobbshttps://x.com/DeanDobbs
Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to jump start your week with news! Today we're catching up on some of the bigger announcements coming out of Blizzcon, Wardogs selling a million copies in 24 hours, Polyarc shutting down, and more! 0:00 - Intro5:00 - Blizzard announced Diablo and StarCraft games that are years away ‘to show confidence’19:50 - WoW Forever is basically Blizzard making its own alternate-history World of Warcraft23:40 - Wardogs sold 1.25 million copies in 24 hours28:50 - BREAK30:13 - Moss series developer Polyarc shuts down33:30 - SOMEBODY GOT YELLED AT: Level-5 CEO had to respond to AI backlash42:00 - Sony secretly killed a different project last week48:20 - Bloomberg: Apple to make gaming controllers for the iPhone51:40 - OLD GAME NEWS: The other Xbox 360 exclusive JRPG from the creator of Final Fantasy now has a PC port
HAPPY FANELLI FRIDAY! We've got Jason Fanelli joining Grubb today to talk about updates with Kojima's Physint, Ubisoft and Steam, the upcoming EA merger, and more!0:00 - Intro4:24 - Saudi wealth fund weighs EA-Savvy merger, Bloomberg News reports13:20 - PlayStation cancelled Hideo Kojima’s Physint because Death Stranding and its sequel did meet revenue expectations22:50 - BREAK23:07 - Ubisoft is 'testing' making its games far less annoying to launch on Steam30:09 - That Zelda Direct was absolutely enormous38:40 - Guess what was the biggest Nintendo Direct trailer in Japan42:35 - VR headset shipments have fallen 18%48:36 - Footage of PlayStation’s Fairgames allegedly leaks via playtest
We've got TurboShawn joining Grubb today for the news. We're talking Wolverine reviews, Sony trying to cancel Physint and Kojima finding a new publishing partner, a "Customer Appreciation Sale" at Nintendo, Matt Berry is in a Skyrim mod, and many more! 0:00 - Intro3:15 - Wolverine reviews18:20 - Sony tried to cancel PHYSINT, and Xbox is now publishing it33:33 - BREAK33:50 - Nearly 1,900 Blizzard employees get a major union contract — including AI rules38:40 - Nintendo announces a ‘Customer Appreciation Sale’ in America, says its tariff refunds made it possible43:40 - Steam now requires Australian users to have a credit card to purchase R18+ games, and no, a simple bank debit card won't work48:40 - Ikea has released a Skyrim mod where players are accompanied by a Kallax shelving unit voiced by Matt Berry51:50 - SNK’s NeoGeo AES re-release delayed by nearly a year due to components shortage53:00 - HEY WHAT IN ALL THE HELLS IS THIS DLSS 5 BULLSHIT?!57:50 - Nintendo Adding VRR Support
We've got Taylor Cocke joining Grubb today to chat about virtually EVERYTHING from today's Nintendo Direct and we're getting ports, a new Kirby, AND A NEW METROID GAME! We also chat about the massive Steam leaks, EA using generative AI, and more for your Wednesday morning.0:00 - INTRO4:00 - Nintendo Direct29:30 - Break29:40 - Steam may have just suffered one of the biggest videogame leaks in years35:20 - Xbox disc-to-digital: reports of publishers "opting out" were premature39:10 - EA is reportedly using generative AI for NHL 27 commentary45:35 - Riot is considering making normal, premium videogames48:10 - PowerWash Simulator studio FuturLab reportedly laid people off without telling their managers 51:10 - GameStop is becoming a collectibles company that happens to sell videogames 53:50 - GOG is letting you print your own old PC big boxes55:55 - This week
Jeff Grubb and Chuck Zimmerheld are ending the week with video game news! We're talking about Nintendo dropping two Directs on us next week, Sony's State of Play getting bombarded with negative comments, Xbox capping cloud gaming sessions, and more! 00:00 - Intro5:00 - Nintendo just announced TWO Directs for next week 19:50 - Sony's State of Play got hijacked by “NO DISC NO BUY” and “DESTINY 3”24:30 - Xbox is capping cloud gaming to 15 hours and charging for extra playtime34:30 - break34:45 - The physical edition of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation needs to download extra game data on all formats38:40 - UK PS5 and Xbox sales jumped by a third following GTA 6’s Netflix reveal41:35 - Something is happening with StarCraft44:50 - Saber is now explicitly promising no generative AI in its big licensed games47:00 - Konami had a surprisingly substantial showcase
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