Game Mess Mornings 08/21/26

Jeff Grubb is joined by Josh Coulson from TheGamer to chat about Riot ending active development for fighting game 2XKO, Take-Two issuing subpoenas to Microsoft and Discord over GTA VI leaks, FromSoftware's network test for The Duskbloods ending early, and more!

00:00 - Intro

04:20 - FromSoftware Gives Up On Today’s The Duskbloods Network Test After Two Hours Of Failed Logins

13:00 - Riot is effectively putting 2XKO into maintenance mode

19:40 - Take-Two Subpoenas Trove Of Records From Microsoft And Discord As It Hunts For GTA 6 Leaker

29:30 - Break

29:50 - Microsoft has stopped giving Circana its actual digital game-sales data

38:00 - Compulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox

41:00 - Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls sold fewer than 3,000 units in Japan in its first week

46:30 - Bungie reportedly had "5 or 6 games" in development, including Marathon and Destiny 2 – but most fell apart after Sony's $3.6 billion acquisition

51:50 - Xbox Leak Claims Limited Edition Anniversary Series X Will Cost A Whopping $900