Game Mess Mornings

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!

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?

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!

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! 

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??

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!

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.

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!!!

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!

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!

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!

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! 

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!

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!

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!

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!

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! 

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! 

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.

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.

Support our friends at VGC over at https://www.patreon.com/VideoGamesChronicle ! 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!

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!

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?

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!

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!