Giant Bombcast

It's Tuesday and we're talking about games! Chuck and Mike spent some time sharing what sets Mortal Shell II apart from other Soulslikes, Jan has finished climbing a mountain in Cairn but is ready to drop balls in Hyperdrop, Grubb shares his time playing the early bits of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, and more talk about what we've been playing. We also get into some BREAKING GTA VI leaks, Kingdom Hearts IV updates coming out of D23, the PlayStation 6, and more!

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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
0:32:47 Hyperdrop Demo
0:42:27 Mortal Shell II
0:52:37 Elden Ring
0:55:21 Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
1:07:28 Cairn
1:14:49 Policenauts
1:18:47 Deus Ex
1:25:12 Duskfade
1:32:37 D23 was a gaming event
1:48:18 Sony still doesn't know when PS6 launches
1:54:20 Phantom Blade Zero State of Play met with wave of “no disc, no buy”
1:56:34 Star Citizen seems like clown shoes
2:00:06 Warren Spector is retiring
2:02:40 Fortnite reveals its video game crossover event
2:03:13 Saber CEO Matt Karch apologizes to Stella Sacco
2:04:01 Codes for FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods Network Test have been sent out to participants
2:04:32 GTA VI Leaks
2:14:10 EMAILS!
2:30:31 YouTube Super Chats
2:38:47 Outro/What's happening on Giant Bomb this week?

We've been playing a LOT of games, and we're gonna tell you all about them! Impressions of Marvel Tokon, Big Walk, and more are followed by a check-in with the news desk, and a round of YOUR emails!

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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
0:17:31 Flippin’ Heck
0:22:16 Cult of PiN demo
0:27:19 Agent 64: Spies Never Die
0:40:42 Halo: Campaign Evolved
0:52:58 Big Walk
0:59:56 Final Fantasy XIV on Switch 2
1:05:09 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
1:16:35 Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
1:28:20 Aliens cloud-only game unplayable on Switch 1 now
1:32:07 Saber Interactive and Randy Pitchford are now beefing through video games
1:34:18 Xbox CTO says the issue that caused last month’s major outage has been fixed
1:35:09 Blizzard is reportedly the best-performing studio inside Xbox
1:39:03 Fortnite's next season is apparently Video Game Fortnite
1:42:50 Supermassive Games is cutting up to 75 people
1:45:20 GTA 6's $100 edition is outselling the $80 edition in preorders
1:47:03 Halloween banned because Michael Myers' victims can get high
1:50:25 EMAILS!
2:12:38 YouTube Super Chats
2:18:14 Outro

It's Tuesday so we MUST chat about video games and a couple of other things! This week we get into Shawn's review of Beast of Reincarnation, our time with Splatoon Raiders, getting into the body with Pathogenic, and clicking around in Endacopia. We also chat about the news and get to your emails! BOATS!

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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
0:26:46 Beast of Reincarnation
0:39:19 Pathogenic
0:41:55 Splatoon Raiders
0:50:47 Endacopia
0:55:42 Big Walk
1:09:07 Xbox’s leaked disc-to-digital system could solve an impossible ownership problem
1:17:24 EA’s $55 billion private takeover is expected to close today
1:24:46 Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is a tournament arc with four protagonists (or 5?)
1:28:52 Final Fantasy 14 launches on Switch 2 today
1:32:39 Dave Bautista is in talks to replace Ryan Hurst as Kratos
1:36:29 Square Enix says the strange Kingdom Hearts artwork was human error (not AI)
1:40:54 PlayStation says it will cautiously proceed with ending disc production
1:46:12 EMAILS!
2:14:37 YouTube Super Chats
2:22:37 Outro

We're back from the Giant Bomb Road Trip and MysteriumCon and we've got a bunch of fun stories to share! We also find time to chat about the new/old Halo, Dinoblade, Desktop Explorer, and also talk about some older games too. We chat about all of the hottest news stories and your emails. NOICE!

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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
0:03:06 The Great Giant Bomb Road Trip
0:25:30 Dinoblade
0:30:35 Halo: Campaign Evolved
0:42:09 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
0:47:15 Thief: The Dark Project
0:53:01 Demon Dust
1:01:37 Desktop Explorer
1:07:07 Xbox backward compatibility arrives on PC and Windows handhelds
1:10:28 Cyan Worlds was working on a prototype for a new Myst game
1:13:56 Xbox CTO says Monday’s major outage was ‘unacceptable’
1:17:16 Steam Deck demand may have cratered after the price increases
1:22:21 Nintendo confirms that movie planning is directly influencing game development
1:30:04 God of War: Laufey gets a date—and Sony reassures people that Kratos is coming back
1:33:49 Square Enix producers explain why Final Fantasy VI Remake is intimidating
1:35:50 Dragon Age series producer says he doesn’t see it returning
1:38:07 EMAILS!
2:03:34 YouTube Super Chats
2:12:26 Outro

MinnMax's Ben Hanson joins the crew today to chat about Splatoon Raiders, Denshattack, and more! The gang then talks through all the lovely gaming news of the week and responds to a handful of YOUR emails!

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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
0:20:19 Splatoon Raiders
0:35:03 Denshattack
0:44:48 Super Mario Sunshine
0:54:47 Heave Ho 2
0:57:15 Rolling Thunder
1:05:05 007 First Light
1:09:36 News! (Allegedly)
1:13:37 Bethesda dangles the Fallout keys in front of everyone
1:20:27 Not a ton of games sell super well on disc on PlayStation
1:25:57 Fortnite is about to give creators generative-AI characters
1:31:04 Nintendo says it shouldn’t have to pay back players if it gets tariff refunds from the US government
1:34:42 Applications open for The Duskbloods network test
1:36:35 Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls open beta on PS5 and PC
1:39:10 EMAILS!
2:10:28 YouTube Super Chats
2:18:07 Outro