Game Mess Mornings

We have Lex Luddy on the show today with Grubb to try and dissect the current happenings over at Xbox with Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving, pitches that Bluepoint Games originally had, spending numbers from January, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
4:33 - Phil Spencer leaves Xbox, new Microsoft Gaming CEO steps in
26:10 - BREAK
26:28 - Before closing, Bluepoint Games pitched two remakes to Sony
36:20 - Nintendo Treehouse Returns This Week With A Pair Of Gameplay Showcases
37:45 - Nintendo seemingly offering refunds for poor Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch 2 upgrade
41:00 - January 2026 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights Thread from Circana
48:06 - Resident Evil Requiem Leakers Deserve "A Thousand Deaths", Says Hideki Kamiya

Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli end the week with a whole bunch of video game news! We cover the sudden closing of Bluepoint games and the internal email sent to the studio, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen coming to the Switch, a wild story between Finji and TikTok, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
4:33 - Here’s The Email About Why PlayStation Shut Down A Studio That Put Out Great Games
21:30 - Demon Tides reviews
25:00 - BREAK 
25:13 - Pokemon Presents announced for Pokemon Day 2026
30:00 - Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Coming To Switch Feb 27, For A Gross Price
38:50 - 40 employees have been laid off from Ubisoft Toronto
42:00 - Night in the Woods publisher Finji accuses TikTok of creating "racist, sexist" and uneditable GenAI ads for its games
50:57 - Square Enix says “NieR: Automata to be continued” after shifting 10 million copies
53:20 - No one is buying Mario Tennis Fever in Japan
58:00 - Poll 
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Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to discuss updates on Elder Scrolls VI, Nintendo making a Xenoblade Chronicles Switch 2 edition, Christopher Judge teasing some possible changes in the God of War Trilogy, Kristen Bell casted as Amy the Hedgehog, and more news for your Thursday!

Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to hit you with the news! We've got some new details surrounding Highguard's future and it's development, a NEW Sonic game, a review roundup for God of War: Sons of Sparta, and rumores recirculating around a remake of Chrono Trigger! 

00:00 - Intro
7:40 - God of War: Sons of Sparta reviews
14:40 - Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse
18:40 - The Internet Isn’t Safe For Resident Evil Requiem Fans Right Now
24:36 - BREAK
24:43 - Sources: Tencent secretly funded struggling shooter Highguard
36:50 - Highguard Appears Ready To Say Bye-Guard, Players Believe
40:28 - Square Enix is working on a Chrono Trigger remake?
44:40 - Replaced, The Long-In-Development Cyberpunk Action Game, Has Been Delayed Again
48:08 - Is this the next Sonic?
51:10 - Skyrim Anniversary Edition on Switch 2 gets a new update 
52:27 - Poll

Our friend Jason Fanelli joins Grubb to end the week with video game news! We're chatting about the State of Play that happened yesterday and all of the different releases and announcements from it! We also hit up the Bomb 12 and determine that Boom Boom from the Mario franchise has a soul!