Game Mess Mornings

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 - Grand Theft Auto 6 details
39:41 - Cyberleek's GTA 6 leak flood looks to have ended in the most unsurprising way possible: a $250,000 crypto grift
43:15 - Elden Ring on Switch 2 launches today
45:42 - 92% of new Metal Gear Solid 4 players immediately destroyed a statues dick

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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, Footage Captured On PS5
12:10 - GTA VI gets a ton of new official details before today’s big gameplay reveal
19:50 - Physical games on Switch 2 somehow keep getting worse
30:00 - BREAK
31:06 - Konami wants annual Silent Hill games and is working on “many” unannounced projects
36:25 - 18 minutes of Fable gameplay
40:10 - Panic is actually refunding the tariffs people paid on Playdates
43:40 - Metal Gear Solid 4 escapes the PS3 today
47:02 - Kingdom Hearts 4 information will have to wait after ‘a bit of a gap’
51:50 - This week
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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to jump start your Wednesday with news! We talk about our early impressions and a review round up of Star Wars: Zero Company, Rockstar addressing the GTA VI leaks, recapping Opening Night Live, and more!
#gmm #gamemessmornings #giantbomb 

0:00 - Intro
8:50 - Star Wars: Zero Company Reviews
17:17 - Rockstar Games addresses Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leaks
25:00 - 
26:40 - Xbox Reveals Plan To Save Fans’ Physical Game Collections In A Digital Future
30:50 - Persona 6 will have PS5 Physical Release
35:30 - Opening Night Live happened
45:10 - Ubisoft Charges Steam Players $10 For ’90s Classic Heroes Of Might And Magic 3 And Forgets To Actually Give Them The Game
47:30 - You’ll Be Able to Get a Persona 6 PS5 Physical Copy at Retail Stores
49:53 - Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement delayed to 2027
53:00 - Companies Back Off Multiplatform Messaging As Xbox Pulls PS5 Mentions And Sony Doubles Down On Console Exclusivity
58:30 - PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for September 2026 Revealed
59:06 - This Week
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Grubb is joined by Chuck Zimmerheld to jump start your week with video game news! We're talking about the mystery game at Gamescom MAYBE being a new Ori, Sony reminding users that they do not own their digital games, Nintendo going after emulators, Call of Duty on the Switch 2, and more! 
00:00 - Intro
4:25 - The mystery Xbox sequel was apparently Ori — but Ori’s creator says the rumor is “nonsense”
12:12 - Sony sends PlayStation users a reminder they don't own their digital games just as a fan boycott over ending discs kicks off
20:40 - break
22:20 - Blood of Dawnwalker console footage confirms no 60fps mode at launch
28:50 - Nintendo Wipes Out Hundreds Of Switch Emulator Repositories
36:44 - People have played Call of Duty on Switch 2
42:00 - Game Freak suggests Pokémon Champions was built partly so it could change battles in future games
49:50 - Nvidia is reportedly warning major customers of 15%+ AI-server price hikes
#gmm #gamemessmornings #giantbomb 
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Jeff Grubb is joined by Josh Coulson from TheGamer to chat about Riot ending active development for fighting game 2XKO, Take-Two issuing subpoenas to Microsoft and Discord over GTA VI leaks, FromSoftware's network test for The Duskbloods ending early, and more!

00:00 - Intro
04:20 - FromSoftware Gives Up On Today’s The Duskbloods Network Test After Two Hours Of Failed Logins
13:00 - Riot is effectively putting 2XKO into maintenance mode 
19:40 - Take-Two Subpoenas Trove Of Records From Microsoft And Discord As It Hunts For GTA 6 Leaker
29:30 - Break
29:50 - Microsoft has stopped giving Circana its actual digital game-sales data
38:00 - Compulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox
41:00 - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls sold fewer than 3,000 units in Japan in its first week
46:30 - Bungie reportedly had "5 or 6 games" in development, including Marathon and Destiny 2 – but most fell apart after Sony's $3.6 billion acquisition
51:50 - Xbox Leak Claims Limited Edition Anniversary Series X Will Cost A Whopping $900