Game Mess Mornings

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 Nintendo’s Partnership Ended With a Canceled Zelda Title
19:20 - The Wild Arms spiritual successor is canceled
26:45 - BREAK
27:00 - Xbox Studio Rare Working On Various Projects, But Activision Will Decide Their Future
36:15 - Warzone Will Soon Let You Turn Off Other Players' Stupid Skins
42:00 - A former Starfield lead doubts there will be a sequel
46:50 - The Unicorn Overlord director has a new action RPG
49:30 - AnyPS5 is getting a PS5 game running on PC—but it isn’t ready for players yet
56:45 - OLD GAME STUFF
58:50 - 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 - Intro
7:08 - Sony is reportedly polling PlayStation game devs about its disc-killing decision
18:32 - Meta announces new VR glasses
28:00 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies … VR announced
30:50 - BREAK
31:00 - Sony Patent Would Let You Tap Your Card or Phone on Your PlayStation Controller to Make a Payment
38:10 - Quake Champions has an unusual exit from live service
43:00 - Konami makes a small move against FC 27 on Switch 2
49:25 - 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 - Intro
9:30 - Any more thoughts about the future of Xbox/Halo under Activision?
16:46 - Undead Labs makes 'significant' layoffs after splitting from Xbox
20:00 - Counter-Strike 2 has a big update, but everybody only cares about the Tamagotchi chickens
26:45 - Sonic boss Says The New Sonic Game Is Now In Development – won’t be merely Frontiers 2
34:35 - BREAK
37:55 - Xbox’s Platinum Trophy equivalent is getting very real
42:30 - Ana from Spelunky 2 is now in Blood Dungeon
44:10 - Old game news
50:00 - EmuDeck gets updated with Steam Frame support
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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 Physint cancellation would sink his studio
22:40 - BREAK
22:50 - Wolverine seems to be selling well
30:50 - Final Fantasy 7 Revelation can automatically fix your level
38:05 - Take-Two says PC is increasingly important – but GTA 6 is still console first
43:00 - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct: the stuff worth mentioning
45:50 - Old game stuff
50:20 - Experimental PS5 emulator running on Xbox Series X
52:55 - This Week
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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
25:30 - BREAK
25:50 - Denuvo has sued the cracker behind DRM removals for at least 26 games
33:15 - The Witcher 4 Studio Switch to Unreal Engine 5 to Spend Less Time on Technical Issues, Says Co-CEO
38:00 - Monster Hunter Wilds has two Switch 2 modes—and both target 30 fps
39:40 - Switch prevented the Japanese console market from disappearing
44:50 - 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 expert
50:50 - Modders finally cracked one of the PS2’s most stubborn security chips
53:00 - This week