Giant Bombcast

Before the crew flies out to Minneapolis for EXTRA LIFE THIS WEEKEND (please tune in), they sit down to talk about Queen's Domain, Penguin Colony, Ace Combat 8, and more! After that, it's time to get Grubby with the news, followed by 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
0:21:47 Queen’s Domain
0:31:36 Resident Evil (Sega Saturn)
0:40:18 Ace Combat 8
0:49:46 Penguin Colony
0:57:25 Valheim
1:03:58 Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse
1:28:39 News: IT'S ZELDA WEEK
1:39:50 Persona remake footage surfaces
1:48:18 Elder Scrolls: Sentinel is official
1:54:03 Xbox: Helen Chiang challenges the account of her departure
1:57:48 Nagoshi Studio closes; Romero gets a smaller second chance
2:01:22 Duskbloods delayed
2:05:23 Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering
2:12:22 XBOX Series X-BITE: a playable XBOX Series X swallowed whole by an alligator - available to win by sweepstakes
2:13:53 EMAILS!
2:29:41 YouTube Super Chats
2:34:13 Outro / What's happening on Giant Bomb this week?

Spooky season is ahead of us, but have no fear because the Bombcast is here to talk about video games! We circle back to Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Tenebris Somnia, Star Wars: Zero Company, Final Fantasy Resonance, and Phantom Blade Zero! We also get into the top stories in games, your emails, GOTY catch up, 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
0:19:38 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer on Switch 2
0:31:25 Tenebris Somnia
0:38:25 Well Dweller
0:44:59 Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse
1:03:25 Final Fantasy Resonance
1:15:35 Star Wars Zero Company
1:24:15 GAME OF THE WEEK: Phantom Blade Zero
1:47:40 EA is closing BioWare; the next Mass Effect is canceled
1:58:36 Switch 2 has a public software jailbreak
2:00:18 Nintendo Indie World is happening this week
2:01:17 Half-Life 3 speculation grows as Valve developer mentions ‘HLX’ during stage panel
2:06:56 Capcom has temporarily delisted Street Fighter 5 and turned off its servers as it works on PHP security issue
2:08:41 Several Capcom console classics rated in Korea
2:11:07 Bloober Team’s Silent Hill remake is set for a 2027 release with the first two actors named, report claims
2:14:22 Ghost of Yotei studio Sucker Punch reportedly lays off more than two dozen staff as it prepares for its next project
2:17:34 Free-to-play Pokémon game is shutting down after 5 years
2:22:11 GOTY Catch Up
2:32:27 EMAILS!
2:48:43 YouTube Super Chats
2:54:43 Outro / What's on Giant Bomb this week?

We've come straight from the Giant Bomb-a-thon and directly onto your Tuesday morning! We get into Jerf and Will's time with the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, DING DONGing in Star Wars: Galactic Racer, and the whiplash of our feelings on Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. We also get into the news, try a new segment, and check out your emails and Super Chats!

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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
0:30:00 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake (preview)
0:50:23 Dressmaker
0:56:10 Star Wars Racing Mustache
1:11:23 Over the Hill
1:15:47 World in Conflict
1:24:11 Appulse
1:28:30 Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse
1:48:39 Battlefront 3 rumor: DICE and Bungie are reportedly circling the project
2:00:17 PlayStation 6’s memory costs alone exceed $680 per console, it’s claimed
2:06:58 The Switch 2 version of 007 First Light finally gets a new release date
2:07:26 Computational analysis ‘solves’ what Mario 64’s infamous plaque says, and it’s not ‘L is Real 2401’
2:09:06 “The Suits” Made All The Money From Call Of Duty: Black Ops 1 And 2 Ports, OG Dev Says
2:14:59 Rockstar reportedly tried to reunite Daft Punk for GTA VI before hiring Justice
2:16:08 Umamusume: Pretty Derby’s First U.S. Concert Gets Canceled Because Of Trump [Update]
2:21:54 The Ryckert Scale
2:31:45 EMAILS!
2:45:48 YouTube Super Chats
2:53:52 Outro

We got together before the Bomb-a-thon to talk about some games and answer a whole bunch of 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
0:09:44 Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional
0:16:01 Half-Life
0:22:16 Hero of Law
0:29:58 Big Walk
0:32:33 EMAILS!
1:25:48 Outro

It's Tuesday so we must podcast about video games! This week we gush about zipping around space in Star Wars: Galactic Racer, hitting the skies in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, Grubb hitting virtual reality in Titalfall 2 VR, Bakalar flexing his thumbs in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and our time with the demo of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. We also dive into the news and get to all your lovely 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
0:24:05 Star Wars: Galactic Racer
0:37:16 Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
0:47:08 Titanfall 2 VR
0:49:44 Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
1:02:55 Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse demo
1:07:27 Well Dweller
1:11:52 Gears of War: E-Day
1:16:28 Naughty Dog reportedly returns to Uncharted
1:21:57 Sony is reportedly opening the vault
1:27:24 Regular PS5 owners get a meaningful graphics upgrade
1:28:53 PS5 hacking has gone crazy
1:34:25 Xbox isn’t for sale, but…
1:37:11 RetroAchievements on an actual PS2
1:38:57 Sega finally made Sonic out of the same stuff that we make toilets out of
1:44:20 EMAILS!
2:10:29 YouTube Super Chats
2:18:04 Outro