Game Mess Mornings

Jan and Grubb end the week with video game news! We're chatting about Unity possibly getting sold for $25 billion dollars, Stellar Blade Complete Edition reviews, Nier: Automata accidentally increasing the download size, and more!

0:00 - Intro
8:40 - Unity reportedly explores a roughly $25 billion sale
20:50 - Road Rash returns, Wing Commander gets restored, and GOG heads toward Linux
28:50 - BREAK
29:00 - BioWare documentary will cover the collapse of the studio
34:10 - Ratchet & Clank’s mobile shooter ends before a worldwide launch
39:30 - NieR: Automata developers working on fix after update accidentally raises Steam version’s file size from 50GB to 366GB
42:10 - Stellar Blade Complete Edition on Switch 2 reviews
44:50 - Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds’ Year 2 characters might have leaked via the game’s files (likely incomplete)
48:20 - 007 First Light’s opening can now be played for free

Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about the excitement around the Ocarina of Time remake and today's top stories! We get into Switch 2 sales, God of Way Laufey getting delayed, Arkane workers upset with Microsoft, GOG's first showcase coming up today, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
1:30 - Zelda feelings
11:40 - Switch 2 passes 26 million, but its first-half sales fall 37%
21:00 - Nintendo says it is not considering a Switch 2 price hike
30:40 - Break
30:50 - God of War Laufey has officially been delayed
36:50 - Sony says PlayStation 6 development is ‘progressing as scheduled’, as PS5 sales hit 97.9m
45:50 - Arkane workers say Microsoft caused the delays it now cites
51:00 - Mass Effect Fans Get Enough Signatures To Plead To The Canadian Government For BioWare’s Life
56:46 - Ocarina remake’s new art style was needed because something ‘expected’ would have had less impact, Aonuma says
58:10 - GOG’s first showcase is today at 1 p.m. ET
1:00:00 - Sony Removes PSVR 2 From PlayStation’s Web Store as Stock Dries Up at Online Retailers

Jeff Grubb and Chuck Zimmerheld hit hump day with an Ocarina of Time remake review roundup, rumblings about Ubisoft offering to buy Arkane Lyon, and more!

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
00:00 Intro
05:19 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reviews
19:00 Nintendo’s main manufacturer for Switch 2 and Switch cartridges is quitting the business
25:42 Ubisoft has reportedly offered to buy Arkane Lyon from Xbox
34:06 Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered reviews
37:24 Sam Altman Pulls Spectacular 180 After Unpopular Comments About RAM: ‘It Is F**king Annoying’
43:00 Pokémon Pokopia’s second expansion announced for December
44:38 Mega Man X collectors can finally put the second collection on the shelf
46:52 Oh, it’s time to start talking about Black Friday sales
49:19 Polls & outro

Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin bring you into a new week with news about Yakuza creator Toshiro Nagoshi's new studio dissolving, Bend studio's new co-op game, Ocarina of Time midnight launch fun, and more.

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
00:00 Intro
04:22 Nagoshi Studio has been dissolved
11:01 Nintendo announces Zelda: Ocarina of Time UK midnight launch, with free N64 boxes up for grabs
18:36 Bend reportedly aims to reveal AND release its co-op game in 2027
27:33 Digital Foundry: Modern Warfare 4's Switch 2 compromises
30:02 Speaking of Call of Duty – Activision will remove real Itaewon disaster footage from MW4
32:32 Modder uses AI to port Switch 2 games to Switch 1
36:05 Rumored Persona remake footage appears online
41:30 Phantom Blade Zero passes four million sales in 72 hours
43:46 Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering
47:49 Old game stuff: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Is Getting an AI-Free SNES Port, and You Can Play It Now
49:35 Until Dawn 2 live from Alamo Drafthouse (?)
49:57 This Week
50:23 Poll & outro

Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn take you into Spooky Weekend with talks about Ocarina of Time's remake being better thanks to younger devs, Gears of War: E-Day's rocky sales numbers, and EA shuting down BioWare... "Because" of Star Wars Battlefront 3?

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
00:00 Intro
04:03 Zelda Chief Eiji Aonuma Says Some of the Younger Members of the Ocarina of Time Remake Team Had Never Played the Original Game (and that’s a good thing)
13:15 EA chose to shut down BioWare so it could make Star Wars Battlefront 3 instead, it’s claimed
21:02 Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Sold Over 400,000 Copies
29:41 Romero has a new publisher (but the original game is not coming back)
33:33 Mainline Resident Evil Story Could Wrap Up in Next 10 Years According to Producer
39:47 Ubisoft has no more Assassin's Creed remakes in active development
44:56 Resonance of Fate gets another remaster
45:53 Turn-based Final Fantasy Resonance tops Japan’s launch-week sales
49:40 Poll
50:30 Outro / What's happening on Giant Bomb?
52:39 The Bomb 12