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Game Mess Mornings

Game Mess Mornings

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Prolific gaming news expert Jeff Grubb is here to dish out all of the hottest headlines from the around the world of video games!Giant Bomb Science Fiction
Episodes
  • Blizzard Is Reportedly Xbox's "Top-Performing" Studio Thanks to Overwatch and Diablo

    Blizzard Is Reportedly Xbox's "Top-Performing" Studio Thanks to Overwatch and Diablo
    Aug 10 2026
    Lex Luddy joins Jeff Grubb to talk about Blizzard reportedly being Xbox's "Top-Performing" studio thanks to Overwatch and Diablo, Valve hardware customers being hit by a shipping-partner data breach, 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
    05:26 Valve hardware customers hit by shipping-partner data breach
    13:58 Blizzard Reportedly Leads Xbox as 'Top-Performing' Studio Thanks to Overwatch and Diablo
    25:14 Doom developer slams Xbox after layoffs hit id Software
    34:45 THQ Nordic says it has 12 unannounced games in development
    41:00 Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive
    44:21 Dragon Age was always "too niche, too backwards, too old-school" in EA's eyes, former BioWare lead argues
    48:13 After 10 years, players have discovered less than 1% of the planets in No Man’s Sky
    51:52 SanDisk is the third company to release Xbox Series X/S Expansion Cards, with 2TB storage costing $340
    53:16 This week
    54:24 Outro
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    57 mins
  • Marvel Tōkon Launches with Mixed Reviews on PC

    Marvel Tōkon Launches with Mixed Reviews on PC
    Aug 7 2026
    We've got a Fanelli Friday today! Jason Fanelli joins Jeff Grubb to end the week to chat about Marvel Tōkon launching with "Mixed" Steam reviews, Quake's 30th Anniversary, a whole block of Take-Two and GTA VI news, and more to end your week!

    0:00 - Intro
    4:10 - Marvel Tōkon Launches To Abysmal 44% Rating On Steam
    17:39 - MachineGames and id Software celebrate Quake’s 30th Anniversary with a brand-new episode
    22:35 - Break
    22:40 - Devolver Digital Wants To Go Private Again Following A 95 Percent Collapse In Its Share Price
    32:55 - The Legend Of Zelda Live-Action Movie May Have Found Its Ganondorf
    36:30 - Sam Neil Filmed ‘Legend Of Zelda’ Role Prior To Death
    39:50 - Take-Two sticks to annual bookings outlook, says on track for 'GTA VI' November launch
    Take-Two Defends GTA 6’s $80 Price, Calls It “Phenomenal Value”
    49:10 - Take-Two CEO Predicts That We’ll All Be Streaming Our Games In Three Years
    55:30 - Poll & Bomb12
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Netflix will have a Timed Exclusive Preview of GTA VI

    Netflix will have a Timed Exclusive Preview of GTA VI
    Aug 6 2026
    Jeff Grubb is joined by Chuck Zimmerheld to give you the news! We're talking about GTA VI and Netflix's special preview event, Tomodachi Life hitting BIG, Switch 2 is still Nintendo's fastest selling system, Diablo 4 and FF XIV on the Switch 2, and more!

    0:00 - Intro
    4:40 - GTA VI’s next presentation is a Netflix timed exclusive
    11:10 - Switch 2 remains Nintendo’s fastest-selling system
    22:40 - Tomodachi Life is officially a megahit
    26:40 - Space Ace Updates
    27:00 - Break
    27:50 - Sony is reportedly putting warning labels on PS5s about decision to ditch discs
    36:53 - Capcom says the move to an all-digital future won’t have a ‘significant impact’ on its sales
    43:00 - Sony is making PSSR 2.0 the default on PS5 Pro
    47:00 - The long awaited Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 is reportedly coming in September
    48:45 - Final Fantasy 14 team says it's working on Switch 2 port's 'unacceptable' load times
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    58 mins
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