Game Mess Mornings

Lex Luddy joins Grubb today to end the week with video game news! Today we chat about Ace Combat 8 being the fastest selling game in the series, Wolverine having a substantial amount of physical game sales, more titles in the Silent Hill series are already being considered, Forza Horizon 6 heading to the PS6 next year, a Cyberpunk movie in the works, and more!  0:00 - Intro 7:20 - Ace Combat 8 bec...

Jason Fanelli joins Grubb on this Thursday morning to chat about his Hellraiser: Revival review, what the video game market looked like in August 2026, Xbox is starting a film and TV division, Sony selling VR patents to Meta, and more! 0:00 - Intro 5:10 - HELLRAISER REVIVAL REVIEWS 12:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen reviews 15:36 - August 2026 US Video Game Market Highlights 26:00 - BREAK 26:10...

Jeff Grubb is joined by Danreb Victorio to jumpstart your Wednesday with video game news! Today we're clarifying game streaming on the Xbox with GTA VI, GameStop charing out the wazoo for a used PS5 Pro, a reorg happening with Halo, a NEW Ape Escape game in the works, and more!  Follow Danreb: https://bsky.app/profile/danreb.bsky.social https://smashpad.com/ https://gamersoutreach.org/ 0:00 - Intr...

Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your week with video game news! We're talking about PlayStation taking pitches to go back into their vault of IP, Rockstar explaining the density of details in GTA VI, a whole slew of AI related stories, and more!  00:00 - Intro 5:16 - Rockstar explains GTA VI’s characters, politics, NPCs, and absurd level of world detail 14:10 - GTA 6 rating pulled after revealing s...

Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn take you into the weekend by chatting about Star Wars: Galactic Racer reviews, PlayStation bringing a slimmed-down version of PSSR to base PS5 with QSSR, and more! Check out that list of no-AI recompilations of retro games Shawn was talking about here: https://backloggd.com/u/WumpaGem/list/game-decompsrecomps-that-arent-vibe-coded/ Support us directly and get new episodes...

It's spooky season! Jeff Grubb is joined by Will Crosby to give you the news. Today we're chatting about Gears of War: E-Day reviews and how the devs are worried about layoffs, Naughty Dog's newest mystery project, Capcom's plans for the other remakes, and more!  0:00 - Intro 4:40 - Gears of War E-day reviews 12:34 - Gears E-Day staff reportedly fear post-launch layoffs (and losing their bonuses)...

Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here for you Wednesday news needs! We're talking about Valve is making Steam sales algorithmic to users, Xbox's disc-to-digital goes live, Suda 51's Grasshopper going fully independant, and more!  0:00 - Intro 7:57 - Toem 2 reviews 11:50 - Valve is making Steam sales algorithmic and personalized 25:50 - After being tested by Insider members, Xbox’s disc-to-digital feat...

Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to start your week with the news! We do a quick review roundup for Minecraft Dungeons II, Disgaea Dev CEO is having discussions with Sony about the end of physical discs, Physint's budget, and more!  0:00 - Intro 5:40 - Minecraft Dungeons II reviews 18:40 - Disgaea Dev CEO Says Company Is Having ‘Discussions’ With Sony About The End Of Physical Discs 31:20 - BREAK...

Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli are here to end the week with a whole bunch of video game news! Today we're chatting about Warzone letting you turn off other players' skins soon, Ace Combat 8 reviews, what lead to the end of Ubisoft and Nintendo's partnership, the status of the Wild Arms spiritual successor, and more!  0:00 - Intro 6:50 - Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve reviews 11:05 - How Ubisoft and N...

Jan Ochoa joins Jeff Grubb today to talk about the news! Today we talk about Sony polling game devs about killing discs and filing a patent that would let you use tap to pay on your PlayStation controller, Meta announcing new VR glasses, Quake Champions, Injustice 3, and Konami hitting the pitch with their own soccer game.  0:00 - Intro 7:08 - Sony is reportedly polling PlayStation game devs about...

We've got Seth Macy joining Grubb on the show today! Today we're talking about more developments coming out of the layoffs happening at Xbox, Undead labs having to make some "significant" layoffs after their split from Xbox, Counter-Strike 2 adding pet chickens, a new Sonic game in development, and more!  0:00 - Intro 9:30 - Any more thoughts about the future of Xbox/Halo under Activision? 16:46 -...

Jeff Grubb is joined by Adriana Rodriguez to jump start your week with the news! We chat about Silent Hill Townfall reviews and Jan jumps in to share his impressions, Kojima shares his fears over Physint and what that could have meant for the studio, Wolverine selling well, FF7 Revelation helping you skip grinding, and more!  0:00 - Intro 6:00 - Silent Hill Townfall reviews 14:25 - Kojima feared P...

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 - Intro 4:00 - Control Resonant reviews 16:35 - Twitch CEO says Grand Theft Auto 6’s multiplayer mode will launch next year...

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 - Intro 3:33 - Xbox’s TGS showcase was mostly updates … and Kojima 19:10 - Sony’s PC games mysteriously d...

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 - Intro 4:25 - Fire Emblem reviews 17:17 - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter reviews 20:30 - Wardogs sells 2 million 27:35 - Layoffs at Mindseye Studio 34:20 - BREAK 34:40 - 007 First Light on Switch...

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 - Intro 5:00 - Blizzard announced Diablo and StarCraft games that are years away ‘to show confidence’ 19:50 - WoW Forever is basically Blizzard making its own alt...

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 - Intro 4:24 - Saudi wealth fund weighs EA-Savvy merger, Bloomberg News reports 13:20 - PlayStation cancelled Hideo Kojima’s Physint because Death Stranding and its sequel did meet revenue expectations 22:50 - BREAK 23:07 - Ubisoft...

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 - Intro 3:15 - Wolverine reviews 18:20 - Sony tried to cancel PHYSINT, and Xbox is now publishing it 33:33 - BREAK 33:50 - Nearly 1,900 Blizz...

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 - INTRO 4:00 - Nintendo Direct 29:30 - Break 29:40 - Steam may have just suffered one of the biggest videogame leaks in y...

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 - Intro 5:00 - 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”...

Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn roll right into news and recap all of the highlights (and lowlights) of both State of Plays that happened today! We also get into a new Disney game, skings heading to Battlefield 6, Rhythm Heaven doing well in Japan, and more for your Thursday!  00:00 - Intro 5:15 - STATES OF PLAY RECAP 32:20 - BREAK 32:50 - Sony Is Making 59% More Revenue Per PlayStation User Since PS4 G...

We've got Lexi Luddy on the show today to join Grubb to discuss Mario Kart 8 Deluxe getting new DLC, Pikmin 3 getting a surprise upgrade, Sony making assumptions on what consumers believe, Double Fine having a lofty goal with their Kickstarter, and more!  00:00 - Intro 5:00 - Nintendo just updated Mario Kart – no, the other Mario Kart 10:15 - Pikmin 3 Deluxe also gets a surprise Switch 2 upgrade 1...

Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to jumpstart your week with news! We chat about multiple State of Play showcases planned for September 3rd, rumblings that Sony may be reconsidering ending disc production, an Onimusha review roundup, and more for your Monday!  0:00 - Intro 4:50 - States of Play on Thursday 15:04 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword Review Roundup 23:50 - BREAK 24:00 - Word out of Gamesco...

It's a Fanelli Friday everybody! Jason Fanelli joins Grubb to end the week with news about the White House and more tariffs on semiconductors, DLSS 5 coming out for everyone, Metal Gear Solid 4 players, and a whole slew of GTA VI news! 0:00 - Intro 4:40 - The White House is considering another semiconductor tariff plan  12:30 - Looks like you can try DLSS 5 out today yourself 21:00 - BREAK 22:20 -...

Jon Martin joins us today to chat about more updates on GTA VI before their big gameplay reveal today, physical Switch 2 games getting progressively worse, Konami wanting to release more Silent Hill Games, Metal Gear Solid 4 finally escaping the PS3, Panic and the Playdate actually giving people refunds from tariffs, and more!  00:00 - Intro 7:13 - GTA 6 Netflix Trailer’s Beefy Runtime Revealed, F...