Bend Reportedly Aims to Reveal AND Release Its Co-Op Game in 2027

Jeff Grubb and Jon Martin bring you into a new week with news about Yakuza creator Toshiro Nagoshi's new studio dissolving, Bend studio's new co-op game, Ocarina of Time midnight launch fun, and more. Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join Timestamps ( note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive ): 00:00 Intro 04:22 Nagoshi Studio has been dissolved 11:01 Nintendo announces Zelda: Ocarina of Time UK midnight launch, with free N64 boxes up for grabs 18:36 Bend reportedly aims to reveal AND release its co-op game in 2027 27:33 Digital Foundry: Modern Warfare 4's Switch 2 compromises 30:02 Speaking of Call of Duty – Activision will remove real Itaewon disaster footage from MW4 32:32 Modder uses AI to port Switch 2 games to Switch 1 36:05 Rumored Persona remake footage appears online 41:30 Phantom Blade Zero passes four million sales in 72 hours 43:46 Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering 47:49 Old game stuff: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Is Getting an AI-Free SNES Port, and You Can Play It Now 49:35 Until Dawn 2 live from Alamo Drafthouse (?) 49:57 This Week 50:23 Poll & outro