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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!
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30 SEP 2026 · Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here for you Wednesday news needs! We're talking about Valve is making Steam sales algorithmic to users, Xbox's disc-to-digital goes live, Suda 51's Grasshopper going fully independant, and more!
0:00 - Intro
7:57 - Toem 2 reviews
11:50 - Valve is making Steam sales algorithmic and personalized
25:50 - After being tested by Insider members, Xbox’s disc-to-digital feature is now rolling out to all players
31:55 - BREAK
32:10 - Suda 51’s Grasshopper officially regains independence from NetEase, avoiding studio cull
37:06 - Shuhei Yoshida says Sony and Nintendo should ‘keep the current generation as long as possible’ as Xbox goes next-gen
42:00 - PS5 jailbreak scene just made a huge jump
49:30 - Xbox finally has its Platinum Trophy: “Mythic Achievements”
49:55 - Naughty Dog apparently has another mystery game that isn't The Last of Us
52:00 - Star Fox's Switch 2 update turns it into a four-player couch game
52:10 - OLD GAME NEWS
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28 SEP 2026 · Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to start your week with the news! We do a quick review roundup for Minecraft Dungeons II, Disgaea Dev CEO is having discussions with Sony about the end of physical discs, Physint's budget, and more!
0:00 - Intro
5:40 - Minecraft Dungeons II reviews
18:40 - Disgaea Dev CEO Says Company Is Having ‘Discussions’ With Sony About The End Of Physical Discs
31:20 - BREAK
31:30 - Physint probably isn’t going to cost $400 million
39:00 - GTA VI gets a 14-page Game Informer cover story tomorrow
41:20 - Naughty Dog day … uh, festivities? Happen today
44:00 - Nintendo Wins $4.5M In Switch Pirate Lawsuit
49:30 - Sony is skipping CES in 2027
53:50 - Sony details God of War Laufey’s Digital Deluxe Edition contents and pre-order bonus
55:53 Tour dates and pre-order times officially confirmed for Castlevania 40th Anniversary concert
57:50 - This week
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25 SEP 2026 · Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli are here to end the week with a whole bunch of video game news! Today we're chatting about Warzone letting you turn off other players' skins soon, Ace Combat 8 reviews, what lead to the end of Ubisoft and Nintendo's partnership, the status of the Wild Arms spiritual successor, and more!
0:00 - Intro
6:50 - Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve reviews
11:05 - How Ubisoft and Nintendo’s Partnership Ended With a Canceled Zelda Title
19:20 - The Wild Arms spiritual successor is canceled
26:45 - BREAK
27:00 - Xbox Studio Rare Working On Various Projects, But Activision Will Decide Their Future
36:15 - Warzone Will Soon Let You Turn Off Other Players' Stupid Skins
42:00 - A former Starfield lead doubts there will be a sequel
46:50 - The Unicorn Overlord director has a new action RPG
49:30 - AnyPS5 is getting a PS5 game running on PC—but it isn’t ready for players yet
56:45 - OLD GAME STUFF
58:50 - It’s the weekend!
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24 SEP 2026 · Jan Ochoa joins Jeff Grubb today to talk about the news! Today we talk about Sony polling game devs about killing discs and filing a patent that would let you use tap to pay on your PlayStation controller, Meta announcing new VR glasses, Quake Champions, Injustice 3, and Konami hitting the pitch with their own soccer game.
0:00 - Intro
7:08 - Sony is reportedly polling PlayStation game devs about its disc-killing decision
18:32 - Meta announces new VR glasses
28:00 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies … VR announced
30:50 - BREAK
31:00 - Sony Patent Would Let You Tap Your Card or Phone on Your PlayStation Controller to Make a Payment
38:10 - Quake Champions has an unusual exit from live service
43:00 - Konami makes a small move against FC 27 on Switch 2
49:25 - Injustice 3 keeps appearing on résumés, but Ed Boon rules out the rumored playtest
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23 SEP 2026 · We've got Seth Macy joining Grubb on the show today! Today we're talking about more developments coming out of the layoffs happening at Xbox, Undead labs having to make some "significant" layoffs after their split from Xbox, Counter-Strike 2 adding pet chickens, a new Sonic game in development, and more!
0:00 - Intro
9:30 - Any more thoughts about the future of Xbox/Halo under Activision?
16:46 - Undead Labs makes 'significant' layoffs after splitting from Xbox
20:00 - Counter-Strike 2 has a big update, but everybody only cares about the Tamagotchi chickens
26:45 - Sonic boss Says The New Sonic Game Is Now In Development – won’t be merely Frontiers 2
34:35 - BREAK
37:55 - Xbox’s Platinum Trophy equivalent is getting very real
42:30 - Ana from Spelunky 2 is now in Blood Dungeon
44:10 - Old game news
50:00 - EmuDeck gets updated with Steam Frame support
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21 SEP 2026 · Jeff Grubb is joined by Adriana Rodriguez to jump start your week with the news! We chat about Silent Hill Townfall reviews and Jan jumps in to share his impressions, Kojima shares his fears over Physint and what that could have meant for the studio, Wolverine selling well, FF7 Revelation helping you skip grinding, and more!
0:00 - Intro
6:00 - Silent Hill Townfall reviews
14:25 - Kojima feared Physint cancellation would sink his studio
22:40 - BREAK
22:50 - Wolverine seems to be selling well
30:50 - Final Fantasy 7 Revelation can automatically fix your level
38:05 - Take-Two says PC is increasingly important – but GTA 6 is still console first
43:00 - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct: the stuff worth mentioning
45:50 - Old game stuff
50:20 - Experimental PS5 emulator running on Xbox Series X
52:55 - This Week
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18 SEP 2026 · Jeff Grubb is joined by Tamoor Hussain to end the week with a bunch of game news! Today we do a review round up of Control Resonant, Twitch's CEO might know when GTA 6's multiplayer is coming, Denuvo is suing crackers, insight into the Japanese gaming market, and more!
0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Control Resonant reviews
16:35 - Twitch CEO says Grand Theft Auto 6’s multiplayer mode will launch next year
25:30 - BREAK
25:50 - Denuvo has sued the cracker behind DRM removals for at least 26 games
33:15 - The Witcher 4 Studio Switch to Unreal Engine 5 to Spend Less Time on Technical Issues, Says Co-CEO
38:00 - Monster Hunter Wilds has two Switch 2 modes—and both target 30 fps
39:40 - Switch prevented the Japanese console market from disappearing
44:50 - Japanese companies like Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami are healthier because they have smaller teams, don't have frequent layoffs, and don't pay executives $30 million, says expert
50:50 - Modders finally cracked one of the PS2’s most stubborn security chips
53:00 - This week
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17 SEP 2026 · Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to give you the news! Today we're talking about updates from Xbox coming out of the Tokyo Game Show like casting getting revealed for Kojima's Physint, PlayStation games disappearing from Steam in the UK, GTA 6 getting and original music album, and more!
0:00 - Intro
3:33 - Xbox’s TGS showcase was mostly updates … and Kojima
19:10 - Sony’s PC games mysteriously disappeared from Steam in the UK
24:00 - Break
24:10 - GTA 6 is getting a 34-song album of original music
31:30 - Xbox advertising patent
38:30 - Media Molecule’s New Game Inspired by Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, Set for 2027 Reveal According to Leak
44:00 - The new Resident Evil is suddenly the best-reviewed video-game movie ever
47:00 - Japanese Charts: Rhythm Heaven Groove Surpasses 1 Million Boxed Units Sold
48:50 - A fan-built adapter can trade Pokémon directly from GBA to Switch
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16 SEP 2026 · Jeff Grubb is joined by Dean Dobbs today to chat about Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and Trails in the Sky 2nd reviews, Wardogs continuing to sell very well, layoffs happening at Mindseye, and more!
0:00 - Intro
4:25 - Fire Emblem reviews
17:17 - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter reviews
20:30 - Wardogs sells 2 million
27:35 - Layoffs at Mindseye Studio
34:20 - BREAK
34:40 - 007 First Light on Switch 2 slips to March 2027
38:40 - Steam Deck 2 remains in development despite the RAM crisis
42:30 - GTA 6’s musicians are starting a coordinated-looking tease campaign
46:50 - Nightdive’s boss raises Eternal Darkness hopes
50:00 - Someone revived a Chinese Paper Mario board game in English
51:00 - This week
52:00 - Poll
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14 SEP 2026 · Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to jump start your week with news! Today we're catching up on some of the bigger announcements coming out of Blizzcon, Wardogs selling a million copies in 24 hours, Polyarc shutting down, and more!
0:00 - Intro
5:00 - Blizzard announced Diablo and StarCraft games that are years away ‘to show confidence’
19:50 - WoW Forever is basically Blizzard making its own alternate-history World of Warcraft
23:40 - Wardogs sold 1.25 million copies in 24 hours
28:50 - BREAK
30:13 - Moss series developer Polyarc shuts down
33:30 - SOMEBODY GOT YELLED AT: Level-5 CEO had to respond to AI backlash
42:00 - Sony secretly killed a different project last week
48:20 - Bloomberg: Apple to make gaming controllers for the iPhone
51:40 - OLD GAME NEWS: The other Xbox 360 exclusive JRPG from the creator of Final Fantasy now has a PC port
Prolific gaming news expert Jeff Grubb is here to dish out all of the hottest headlines from the around the world of video games!
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