Giant Bombcast

The Bombcast is all rested up after the three day weekend to chat about enjoying Black Ops 6, Kingdom Hearts II in 2024, hanging out in Webfishing, the power of the PS5 Pro, and solving mysteries in Rise of the Golden Idol! We also recap the hottest news that's happening around gaming and read your lovely emails.

Tam's back in the hosting seat and joined by Grubb, Dan, and Mike to tell him all about Giant Bomb's wild Extra Life 2024 stream and give their updated thoughts on Black Ops 6, the latest Jackbox games, and Pokémon TCG Pocket. After that: News from Nintendo, PlayStation, and more, and YOUR emails!

This week we go back to the year 1991 with Black Ops 6 and Indie Horror game Fear the Spotlight, we chat about our brief time with Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the Monster Hunter Wilds Beta, as well as another Metaphor: ReFantazio check-in. We also recap the hottest and biggest news popping off like PlayStation shutting down Firewalk Studios, the developers behind Concord.

This week we crown the four games that are the SCARIEST! Is a creepy mansion and a dog bursting through the window enough to keep a game on Mt. Rushmore?

This week we've got a SPOILERCAST for Nintendo's Alarmo, a whole bunch of Steam Next Fest Demos like Star Vaders and Ballionaire, grappling rockets and clouds in Echo Point Nova, and punching dudes in Batman Arkham Shadow. We also recap the latest situation happening with the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a grip of Nintendo Switch 2 stories, and many more! Visit https://bit.ly/GBXL24 if you'd like to sign up to stream for Giant Bomb's Extra Life team this year or make a donation towards Children's Hospitals!

We have ourselves a little party as Dan tells us all about Mario Party Jamboree, Grubb attacking and parrying the GOTY backlog with Nine Sols, jumping and gliding in Europa, examining holes in Silent Hill 2, and a couple more games as well! We also examine metaphors in Metaphor: ReFantazio and dive into all of the newest video game news!

Our friends Lex Luddy, Jessica Cogswell, and Michael Higham join Shawn and Jan to chat all about Metaphor: ReFantazio as they skate on swords and destabilize governments!

This week we select the all of the Gokus when given the Goku option in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, Mike and Jan gush over Metaphor: ReFantazio, Grubb hits the balls with Pinball Spire, and a handful of other games too! We also recap this week's top stories and the best emails! Dan's impression of Mike "Jimming the camera" at every innuendo: https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/153/1530215/3635508-danjimming.gif

We cap off the week by tying up some loose ends with a couple games and talking about our time with the long awaited Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team!

We've got Jason Schreier on the podcast today to chat about his upcoming book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment! We also talk about Dan's adventures at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan, the gang enjoying more of their time in Echoes of Wisdom, going through a bullethell in Kill Knight, and Mike starting a child gang war in Frostpunk 2. We also find time to answer an email and talk about the week's biggest news stories! Preorder Jason's book here: https://www.hachetteboo

We have Lex Luddy on the show to talk about Startmenu starting a Patreon! We also chat about Balatro on mobile, some PS3 gems, and building bed bridges in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom!

This week we chat about the new Epic Mickey remaster, Shawn tells us his thoughts after finishing Astro Bot, some visual novel shenanijans, and we gab about our favorite titles from UFO 50. We also catch up on all of the news around the industry like the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro, Concord's bloated budget, and much more!

Our dear friend Tam joins us for a spell to chat about his preview impressions of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and then the gang plans their attack on the rest of the year's video game releases.

Lucy James joins us today to chat about Fields of Mistria and Farewell North, while we also chat about Plucky Squire, Wild Bastards, I Am Your Beast, Yars Revenge, and a whole lot of other games! We also talk about rumblings that the Switch 2 may just be called the Switch 2, Skate launching into early access next year, EA revisiting Battlefield, and even news stories!

Most of the usual crew is out this week, so guest host Tam brings in Shawn, Niki, and Mike to run you through the wealth of PlayStation-related news, including the PS5 Pro's official announcement! They also talk about how much they love Astro Bot, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection, and the Dreamcast, and respond to your emails!

Turns out Astro Bot is pretty good and we talk about it! Don't worry about it, we keep it pretty spoiler-free!

Join and listen to the gang recount their tales of visiting PAX West 2024 and swim in the waters as they do the most Seattle thing and decide on the Mount Rushmore of Gaming FISH!

The Blight Boys are back from to chat about their adventures from PAX West, we talk about the dramatic updates happening with Concord just weeks after its release, more of our time with Star Wars: Outlaws, and so much more!

We are BUZZING here on the Bombcast this week as we have our dear friends Niki Grayson and John Warren from VGBees on! We chat about more of our adventures in Germany while attending Gamescom, Star Wars Outlaws, Tactical Breach Wizards, and other games that we checked out at Gamescom. We also catch up on all of the news from last week and answer all of your lovely emails!

Grubb, Shawn, Niki, and Emma are rounding out AAAAHHHGUST! on Giant Bomb by chatting about Emma's pickups from her recent trip to Japan, evaluating a peculiar ruling during the Pokémon World Championships, and doing a draft of SpOoOoOky video game characters!