Game Mess Mornings

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 - Intro6:40 - Sony has a new PlayStation Portal with extra storage, but it won’t say why14:30 - Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor is laying off staff, a month after it started bringing back furloughed devs22:30 - Devolver Digital's First Triple A Game Getting Announced22:50 - BREAK24:10 - Ocarina’s UK launch is huge32:18 - Data Found In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time May Hint At Master Quest DLC37:50 - Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle announced for iOS, Android41:43 - GTA 6's PS5 Physical Edition Revealed in First Photo45:00 - Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 6 music festival taking place in Miami48:00 - 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 - Intro8:40 - Unity reportedly explores a roughly $25 billion sale20:50 - Road Rash returns, Wing Commander gets restored, and GOG heads toward Linux28:50 - BREAK29:00 - BioWare documentary will cover the collapse of the studio34:10 - Ratchet & Clank’s mobile shooter ends before a worldwide launch39:30 - NieR: Automata developers working on fix after update accidentally raises Steam version’s file size from 50GB to 366GB42:10 - Stellar Blade Complete Edition on Switch 2 reviews44:50 - 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 - Intro1:30 - Zelda feelings11:40 - Switch 2 passes 26 million, but its first-half sales fall 37%21:00 - Nintendo says it is not considering a Switch 2 price hike30:40 - Break30:50 - God of War Laufey has officially been delayed36:50 - Sony says PlayStation 6 development is ‘progressing as scheduled’, as PS5 sales hit 97.9m45:50 - Arkane workers say Microsoft caused the delays it now cites51:00 - Mass Effect Fans Get Enough Signatures To Plead To The Canadian Government For BioWare’s Life56:46 - Ocarina remake’s new art style was needed because something ‘expected’ would have had less impact, Aonuma says58:10 - GOG’s first showcase is today at 1 p.m. ET1:00:00 - Sony Removes PSVR 2 From PlayStation’s Web Store as Stock Dries Up at Online Retailers

Jeff Grubb and Chuck Zimmerheld hit hump day with an Ocarina of Time remake review roundup, rumblings about Ubisoft offering to buy Arkane Lyon, and more!Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/joinTimestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):00:00 Intro05:19 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reviews19:00 Nintendo’s main manufacturer for Switch 2 and Switch cartridges is quitting the business25:42 Ubisoft has reportedly offered to buy Arkane Lyon from Xbox34:06 Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered reviews37:24 Sam Altman Pulls Spectacular 180 After Unpopular Comments About RAM: ‘It Is F**king Annoying’43:00 Pokémon Pokopia’s second expansion announced for December44:38 Mega Man X collectors can finally put the second collection on the shelf46:52 Oh, it’s time to start talking about Black Friday sales49:19 Polls & outro

Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin bring you into a new week with news about Yakuza creator Toshiro Nagoshi's new studio dissolving, Bend studio's new co-op game, Ocarina of Time midnight launch fun, and more.Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/joinTimestamps (note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive):00:00 Intro04:22 Nagoshi Studio has been dissolved11:01 Nintendo announces Zelda: Ocarina of Time UK midnight launch, with free N64 boxes up for grabs18:36 Bend reportedly aims to reveal AND release its co-op game in 202727:33 Digital Foundry: Modern Warfare 4's Switch 2 compromises30:02 Speaking of Call of Duty – Activision will remove real Itaewon disaster footage from MW432:32 Modder uses AI to port Switch 2 games to Switch 136:05 Rumored Persona remake footage appears online41:30 Phantom Blade Zero passes four million sales in 72 hours43:46 Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering47:49 Old game stuff: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Is Getting an AI-Free SNES Port, and You Can Play It Now49:35 Until Dawn 2 live from Alamo Drafthouse (?)49:57 This Week50:23 Poll & outro