Game Mess Mornings

Lex Luddy joins Grubb today to end the week with video game news! Today we chat about Ace Combat 8 being the fastest selling game in the series, Wolverine having a substantial amount of physical game sales, more titles in the Silent Hill series are already being considered, Forza Horizon 6 heading to the PS6 next year, a Cyberpunk movie in the works, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
7:20 - Ace Combat 8 becomes the series’ fastest seller to one million
14:00 - Wolverine shows how much business Sony is risking with its move to all-digital
23:10 - BREAK
23:20 - Crimson Desert’s lower review scores were because critics didn’t get a ‘fair chance to explore’, exec says
31:30 - Silent Hill Producer Says ‘Second’ And ‘Third Wave’ Of Games Are Already Being Considered
38:00 - Forza Horizon 6 for PS5 launches January 26, 2027 alongside first expansion
42:00 - Order of the Sinking Star reviews
46:00 - Cyberpunk is getting a Paramount live-action movie
49:40 - Two more Leisure Suit Larry games are being delisted
This week

Jason Fanelli joins Grubb on this Thursday morning to chat about his Hellraiser: Revival review, what the video game market looked like in August 2026, Xbox is starting a film and TV division, Sony selling VR patents to Meta, and more!

0:00 - Intro
5:10 - HELLRAISER REVIVAL REVIEWS
12:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen reviews
15:36 - August 2026 US Video Game Market Highlights
26:00 - BREAK
26:10 - Sony sales updates
28:40 - Xbox has a new film and television division
34:57 - Sony sells VR patents to Meta
41:05 - Star Wars Zero Company staff ‘returning to work’ after being furloughed pre-release
44:10 - Gears of War studio head addresses layoff worries after E-Day release, and says the next game won’t take ‘nearly as long’
48:40 - Richard Garriott is officially regaining control of the Ultima series
51:30 - This week

Jeff Grubb is joined by Danreb Victorio to jumpstart your Wednesday with video game news! Today we're clarifying game streaming on the Xbox with GTA VI, GameStop charing out the wazoo for a used PS5 Pro, a reorg happening with Halo, a NEW Ape Escape game in the works, and more! 

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0:00 - Intro
6:00 - Xbox isn’t going to stream GTA VI to PC at launch 
13:00 - GameStop is charging $1,399.99 for a used PS5 Pro
21:10 - Asha Sharma’s town hall: console first, multiple Helix devices, and claims of recovery 
27:15 - Halo’s reorganization is cutting deep
33:00 - BREAK
34:00 - Watch Dogs: Legion ‘Director’s Cut’ Planned For First Half of 2027
38:00 - Ape Escape at Evening Star now has VGC corroboration
44:30 - Where is Forza Horizon 6 on PS5?
48:10 - Paramount and Warner Bros. combine video game divisions after $110bn Skydance merger
53:30 - This week

Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your week with video game news! We're talking about PlayStation taking pitches to go back into their vault of IP, Rockstar explaining the density of details in GTA VI, a whole slew of AI related stories, and more! 

00:00 - Intro
5:16 - Rockstar explains GTA VI’s characters, politics, NPCs, and absurd level of world detail
14:10 - GTA 6 rating pulled after revealing sex scenes and drug use
19:55 - Sony reportedly opens the PlayStation vault
29:00 - BREAK
29:20 - AI game mashup videos on social media spark debate and backlash among players and modders
36:50 - Banjo-Kazooie PC port ‘decomp’ developer says AI-generated PC ports are ‘a race to the bottom’ and ‘disrespectful’
42:50 - Ubisoft’s ‘Motherbrain’ Gen-AI Now Serves as a ‘Global Entity’ Across Ubisoft
46:40 - Meanwhile Capcom wants RE Engine ready for an era where developers “create games together with AI”
52:00 - Jagex has officially announced RuneScape 4

Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn take you into the weekend by chatting about Star Wars: Galactic Racer reviews, PlayStation bringing a slimmed-down version of PSSR to base PS5 with QSSR, and more!

Check out that list of no-AI recompilations of retro games Shawn was talking about here: https://backloggd.com/u/WumpaGem/list/game-decompsrecomps-that-arent-vibe-coded/

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Timestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):
0:00:00 Intro
0:07:09 Star Wars: Galactic Racer reviews
0:19:21 Sony could be bringing back Ape Escape
0:27:49 QSSR joins PSSR
0:34:55 EU authorities move against nine gaming companies over virtual currencies
0:39:23 Gears E-Day doubles Gears 5’s Steam peak before its full launch
0:43:17 Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder hopes Grand Theft Auto 6 will 'blaze a trail' to higher game prices
0:46:31 Disney Not Buying Epic Games ‘Right Now’ But Is Planning More Collabs
0:49:36 Memory maker warns shortages will get worse in 2027, as CEO celebrates ‘much higher prices’
0:50:47 Old game news: Swordcraft Story 3 gets fan-translation
0:54:57 Poll & outro
0:57:34 The Bomb 12