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 - Intro6:50 - Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve reviews11:05 - How Ubisoft and Nintendo’s Partnership Ended With a Canceled Zelda Title19:20 - The Wild Arms spiritual successor is canceled26:45 - BREAK27:00 - Xbox Studio Rare Working On Various Projects, But Activision Will Decide Their Future36:15 - Warzone Will Soon Let You Turn Off Other Players' Stupid Skins42:00 - A former Starfield lead doubts there will be a sequel46:50 - The Unicorn Overlord director has a new action RPG49:30 - AnyPS5 is getting a PS5 game running on PC—but it isn’t ready for players yet56:45 - OLD GAME STUFF58:50 - It’s the weekend!

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 - Intro7:08 - Sony is reportedly polling PlayStation game devs about its disc-killing decision18:32 - Meta announces new VR glasses28:00 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies … VR announced30:50 - BREAK31:00 - Sony Patent Would Let You Tap Your Card or Phone on Your PlayStation Controller to Make a Payment38:10 - Quake Champions has an unusual exit from live service43:00 - Konami makes a small move against FC 27 on Switch 249:25 - Injustice 3 keeps appearing on résumés, but Ed Boon rules out the rumored playtest

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 - Intro9:30 - Any more thoughts about the future of Xbox/Halo under Activision?16:46 - Undead Labs makes 'significant' layoffs after splitting from Xbox20:00 - Counter-Strike 2 has a big update, but everybody only cares about the Tamagotchi chickens26:45 - Sonic boss Says The New Sonic Game Is Now In Development – won’t be merely Frontiers 234:35 - BREAK37:55 - Xbox’s Platinum Trophy equivalent is getting very real42:30 - Ana from Spelunky 2 is now in Blood Dungeon44:10 - Old game news50:00 - EmuDeck gets updated with Steam Frame supportGive Seth a follow:http://www.youtube.com/@sethfrommainehttps://x.com/SethFromMainehttps://ko-fi.com/sethfrommaine

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 - Intro6:00 - Silent Hill Townfall reviews14:25 - Kojima feared Physint cancellation would sink his studio22:40 - BREAK22:50 - Wolverine seems to be selling well30:50 - Final Fantasy 7 Revelation can automatically fix your level38:05 - Take-Two says PC is increasingly important – but GTA 6 is still console first43:00 - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct: the stuff worth mentioning45:50 - Old game stuff50:20 - Experimental PS5 emulator running on Xbox Series X52:55 - This WeekGive Adriana a follow!https://www.instagram.com/tortillahhh/ https://www.twitch.tv/tortilla_senpai https://bsky.app/profile/tortilla-senpai.bsky.social

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