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Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday with a review round-up for Ball x Pit, EA employees voicing their concerns over the Saudi Arabia buyout, David Cage and Quantic Dreams making a multiplayer game, and even more news for your morning!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about ASUS ROG Ally X reviews, Battlefield 6 doing well in sales, Ghost of Yotei being Europe's best PS5 launch, and more for your Wednesday!
Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin end your week with video game news! Apparently the next Xbox will be significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 6, Treyarch removing Skill-Based matchmaking, updates with Nintendo's mysterious playtest, and more!
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday with a whole slew of news! We got Battlefield 6 and Absolum review round-ups, more news about the Pikmin shorts, Discord responds to a claim that 2 million ID photos have been stolen, and Ubisoft reportedly cancelling an Assassin's Creed game due to "political concerns".
Jeff Grubb is joined by Mat Piscatella to chat about the August 2025 Circana report and US gaming trends, the mysterious Nintendo short, Clair Obscur hits 5 million in sales, skin prices in 2XKO, and more!
Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli chat about Ghost of Yotei's sales so far in the UK, Nintendo clashing with the Japanese government, Red Dead Redemption 2's current console ports still happening, and whatever the hell Microsoft is up to now...
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa end the week with a review round-up of a new Nicklelodean game and LEGO Party, updates towards Xbox and Game Pass, game sales in Japan, and even more for your Friday!
Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn celebrate Friday Eve with news of the runaway movie KPOP Demon Hunters heading to Fortnite, a Digimon Story: Time Stranger review round-up, Warframe heading to the Switch 2, Super Mario Bros levels finally getting found, and much more for your morning!
Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti try to make sense of all of the mess happening with video games! EA is going private and has been bought out for 55 BILLION dollars, Silent Hill f hits 1 million units sold, Parasite Mutant hitting PS5 and PC soon, and even more news to jump start the week.
Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin end the week with nes about Resident Evil Requiem performing well on the Switch 2, skate season 1 updates, Doug Bowser retiring from Nintendo of America, a new PS5 Pro, Costco getting rid of the Xbox, and more!
Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli start your Thursday with news about Xbox's Tokyo Game Show presence, Ghost of Yotei review scores, a quick State of Play recap, and a surprise Fire Emblem Game releasing on mobile!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Baby Steps, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Hades 2 review scores! We also find time to chat about Borderlands 4 on the Switch 2 getting indefinitely delayed, Yakuza updates coming out of Tokyo Game Show, and more for your Wednesday morning.
Jeff Grubb is joined by Britton Peele to start your week with video game news! Today we chat about Silent Hill F reviews, Xbox is increasing the prices of all of their consoles, Bloodborne is on ice for a while, Tokyo Game Show news, and even more to cover the week so far.
Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn end your week with rumblings of the next God of War's setting, Skate Story getting a release date on the Switch 2, Borderlands 4 getting patched, Yuji Horii and Dragon Quext VII updates, and even more to wrap up the week of video games.
Jeff Grubb is joined by Jan Ochoa to chat about Sonic Racing and Trails in the Sky getting good initial reviews, two new characters headed to Marve's Cosmic Invasion, Epic selling more Fortnite UGC, and even more!
Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli chat about a supposed State of Play popping up next week, Silent Hill F's first review looking positive, a new PS5 system update, a report about remakes and gamers, and even more for your Wednesday.
Jeff Grubb is joined by Rachel Kaser from GamesBeat to chat about Marvel's Wolverine targetting 2026 and the Venom game still being in active development, bigger and more expensive Amiibos on the way, Borderlands 4 doing well and getting an FOV slider, and more stories to jumpstart your week!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to recap everything you missed from today's Nintendo Direct. We're talking a new/old Virtual Boy, Mario Tennis, Amiibos, a new Fire Emblem game, Mario Galaxy coming to the Switch 2, new Mega Evolutions for Pokemon, and so much more from the Direct.
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa start your Thursday with stories about a Kirby game remaster getting moved, Sega calling the cops on abandoned hardware, Far Cry's multiplayer being prioritized, and more for your gaming life!
Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti start your Wednesday off with news about an upcoming Nintendo Direct, Nintendo trying to patent "sub characters", Circana numbers for top selling PlayStation games, all of the Resident Evil games popping onto the Switch 2, and more!
Jeff Grubb and Rachel Kaser start your week with rumors of a new Soul Calibur game, a lot of Silksong frustrations happening post launch, progress being made for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 and Kingdom Hearts 4, and even more stories to kickstart the week. Today kicks off our month-long partnership with our friends at MSI!For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout!Big thanks to MSI for their support!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhiannon Bevan from TheGamer to chat about Hollow Knight: Silksong and Metal Gear Solid Delta sales, Star Wars Outlaws using a game key card, layoffs at Firaxis, MindsEye traumatizing IOI, and even more stories to end the week! Today kicks off our month-long partnership with our friends at MSI!For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout!Big thanks to MSI for their support!
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to start your Thursday with stories about Silksong taking down all of the online stores, Wolverine making a supposed appearance at the next State of Play, 007 impressions, and more! Today kicks off our month-long partnership with our friends at MSI!For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout!Big thanks to MSI for their support!Vote on the Bomb 12! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGEh4EWQ0DuPnFyDBaQooUivEvz4jiphqPQijvKSdtjGoH9w/viewform
Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli check in on how Cronos, Everybody's Golf Hot Shots, and Daemon X Machina are reviewing. We also check in on news about Take-Two's involvement in th the Perfect Dark Remaster, Resident Evil: Requiem rumors, and more this Wednesday morning.Today kicks off our month-long partnership with our friends at MSI! For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout! Big thanks to MSI for their support!
Jeff Grubb and Lex Luddy round out your week by chatting about a portable PS6 rumor, Final Fantasy XIV cracking down on mods, and the fact that Pragmata is not, in fact, a Mega Man game, MIKE.Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at MSI!For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout!Big thanks to MSI for their support!
Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn know how to do a podcast with ZERO tech issues, and they're bringing you one today featuring news about Resident Evil Requiem's main character arc, Tim Sweeney blaming devs for Unreal Engine issues, and a Dino Crisis remake happening... And then *not* happening.Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at MSI!For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout!Big thanks to MSI for their support!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Mat Piscatella to talk about July's US video game market highlights report from Circana, Kirby's Switch 2 update and expansion getting glowing reviews, and naturally, development troubles across the industry.Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at MSI!For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout!Big thanks to MSI for their support!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Britton Peele to chat about the possibility of a Nintendo Direct coming in September, more rumors around Forza Horizon 6's location, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance reviews, Skate 4 hitting early access, and more for your Monday!
Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn are here to end the week with video game news! We cover Pete Parsons' departure from Bungie, a round up of Metal Gear Solid Delta reviews and Platinum helping out in development, Code Veronica remake rumblings, and the BOMB 12 for the week!
Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli break down a couple highlights from Gamescom Opening Night Live, Starfield possibly coming to the Switch 2, a launch date for the ROG Xbox Ally Handheld, Roblox banning content, and rumblings of Final Fantasy XIV on the Switch 2?
In this episode of Epic Realms, we sit down with legendary game designer and author Jeff Grubb to explore his incredible career in tabletop and video games. Jeff shares how his early passion for wargaming grew into a role at TSR, then Wizards of the Coast, shaping iconic campaign settings like Forgotten Realms, Spelljammer, and Planescape. We dig into behind-the-scenes stories, from developing the Karameikos box set and its lasting impact on the D&D world, to creating games based on classic '80s TV shows like Dallas and All My Children. Jeff also reflects on the shift from designing RPG material to writing novels — spanning from the beloved Azure Bonds to his final novel, Star Wars: Scourge. The conversation wraps with a look at his current work on Elder Scrolls Online and the lessons learned across decades of storytelling and game design.
Jeff Grubb is joined by Seth Macy to start your week right, chatting about the fate of Fairgame$, Skate 4 having a rotating soundtrack, and a MASSIVE Kirby Air Riders Direct happening very soon.Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at MSI!For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout!Big thanks to MSI for their support!
Jeff Grubb and TurboShawn are here to end your week with updates on Pokemon Legends Z-A, Sakurai insisting we will see Kirby Air Riders footage soon, headaches with using PayPal on Steam, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 not being on Switch 2 at launch, a rumor of the next Resident Evil remakes, and more! Today kicks off our month-long partnership with our friends at MSI!For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z890 motherboards at their US Store: https://us-store.msi.com/ - Just use code "bombcast" at checkout!Big thanks to MSI for their support!
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here on your Thursday morning to chat about weekend 2 of the Battlefield 6 beta, Bandai Namco creating its own video game engine, a couple Saber Interactive, and a couple updates on an upcoming Jurassic Park: Survival!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Jason Fanelli to chat about Drag X Drive reviews, a new Halo game coming to the PlayStation 5, Chibi-Robo coming to NSO, Battlefield 6 updates, and more for your Wednesday morning!
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Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to chat about Xbox's plans around its next console, a whole slew of Battlefield 6 news around the beta, AOL ending dial-up service, a Far Cry TV show in development, and even more!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhys Elliot to end the week with news of a surprising new Nintendo patent, Bioshock 4 updates, PlayStation going multiplatform, Battlefield 6 jumping up the Steam charts, and more!
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa chat about how Mafia: The Old Country is doing review wise, PlayStation having a good year financially and reassuring everyone that Marathon is still on the way, recapping the Indie World showcase from today, and even more!
Jeff Grubb is joined by TurboShawn to recap his time at EVO, rumors that Silksong will not be making an appearance at Nintendo's next Indie World showcase, a possible New Super Mario Bros. collection coming, Genshin Impact getting delisted, and more for your Wednesday morning!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Jon Martin to chat about Darksiders 4, the next Bioshock game's developmental trouble, Nintendo increasing prices across the board, news from EVO, and even more!
Most of the team is out this week, so fill-in host Jeff Bakalar is joined by Jeff Grubb, TurboShawn, and our friend Jason Fanelli to chat about their continued adventures in Donkey Kong Bananza, what's next for Nintendo, and much, much more!Support us and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join
Jeff Grubb is joined by Jesse Norris to discuss Persona 3 Reload and Hollow Knight: Silksong potentially making surprise appearances soon, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection's release date possibly slipping out early, and fanboys losing their minds like always.Support us and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to talk about the games getting delisted from Steam and Itch.io, Sony's massive investment in Bandai Namco and the impications of it, Battlefield 6 getting a release date, a possible Nintendo Direct before July ends, and more!
Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli are here to chat about Circana numbers for June, Forza Horizon 5 blowing up on the PlayStation 5, Outer Worlds 2's price drops, Borderlands 4 running at 30 FPS on Switch 2, and even more!
Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti start the week with video game news! We cover stories about how Battlefield 6 could be coming soon, there may be a Fire Emblem game based off of updates on LinkedIn, the Pokemon Presents will be the longest direct since 2023, Atari 50 is getting a DLC pack, Final Fantasy Tactics is getting some new additions, and more for your Monday!
Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli end the week with a bunch of video game news! We cover a rumor that there may be a new Animal Crossing game revealed soon, FromSoftware's next game may be closer than we think, Saber Interactive is teasing a new reveal, Infamous' studio boss wants to bring back the franchise, and much more before the weekend!
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa are here to chat about the mess of news we've got! We got stories about Ubisoft and the new Co-CEO of the Tencent Subsidiary, reviews for Shadow Labyrinth, layoffs at Virtuos, Zynga's boss saying Star Wars Hunters was not a failure, and even more!
Jeff Grubb is joined by Lex Luddy to talk about Donkey Kong Bananza's glowing reviews, King replacing developers with AI slop, and Opening Night Live getting notably more expensive for developers.
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