Game Mess Mornings

Jeff Grubb is joined by Arielle Danan today to cover what's currently happening at NVIDIA, updates on Intergalactic and Marvel 1943, and much more for your Thursday morning!

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0:00 - Intro
5:00 - Jensen Huang resigns from Nvidia, effective immediately
14:20 - Intergalactic is playable and being refined, Druckmann say
23:00 - Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra staff were reportedly told the game hasn’t been cancelled despite online rumor
29:00 - BREAK
31:35 - Lies of P for the Switch
32:50 - Humble Bundle removed 2FA
35:20 - More than 20 former id developers launch employee-owned Hidden Horses
41:50 - GTA 6 Was Almost Refused Classification In South Korea For Featuring Too Many ‘Out-Of-Context’ Penises
46:54 - Well over half of Zelda’s sales in Japan were physical game cards
50:30 - Black Friday is starting to take shape
53:10 - This Week

Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about PlayStation cancelling Fairgames, the Ocarina of Time remake already selling 5.2 million copies, people getting upset about GTA 6 only running at 30fps, and more stories for Wednesday!

0:00 - Intro 
4:00 - Sony cancels Fairgames, but keeps Haven’s staff
16:44 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has sold 5.2 million copies in 4 days
24:30 - BREAK
27:00 - Some Players Are Crashing Out About GTA 6 Only Being 30 FPS
35:20 - Pikmin 4: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy reviews
39:30 - Nintendo Shuts Down Switch 2 Jailbreak, Sending Hackers Back To Square One
48:10 - Unknown 'Mega Man Legends' Project Surfaces Online
53:00 - PS5 shipments top 100 million 
55:00 - Sony Kills PlayStation PC App Most People Never Heard Of And Only 0.4 Percent Of Players Used

We got Lex Luddy starting off the week with Grubb today! We're chatting about the PlayStation Portal, Bit Reactor lay offs, Ocarina of Time launch numbers, and more! 

0:00 - Intro
6:40 - Sony has a new PlayStation Portal with extra storage, but it won’t say why
14:30 - Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor is laying off staff, a month after it started bringing back furloughed devs
22:30 - Devolver Digital's First Triple A Game Getting Announced
22:50 - BREAK
24:10 - Ocarina’s UK launch is huge
32:18 - Data Found In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time May Hint At Master Quest DLC
37:50 - Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle announced for iOS, Android
41:43 - GTA 6's PS5 Physical Edition Revealed in First Photo
45:00 - Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 6 music festival taking place in Miami
48:00 - GTA 6 may be censored in Australia and other regions, dataminer suggests

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