Games Done Quick Raises $2.4 Million

Games Done Quick Raises $2.4 Million

July 13, 2026 · 1h 1m

About this episode

Jeff Grubb and Jason Fanelli discuss Games Done Quick's charity milestone and various gaming news topics.

Jeff Grubb is back and back with Jason Fanelli to chat about Games Done Quick hitting a major milestone for charity donations along with quickly dealing with a sponsor snafu, a UK group condemning PlayStation's decision for disc production, Rhythm Heaven Groove's sales, and more! 00:00 - Intro 3:25 - Games Done Quick Raises $2.4 Million – Then Cancels an SNK Sponsorship After Community Backlash 14:10 - UK retail group condemns PlayStation decision to stop making discs 21:10 - Xbox could reveal disc-to-digital this week 28:35 - God of War studio confirms Laufey will have a disc version, revealing its release window 34:05 - BREAK 34:20 - Rhythm Heaven Groove opens at nearly 400,000 retail copies sold in Japan 39:38 - Palworld 1.0 explodes to more than 855,000 concurrent Steam players 42:08 - Koei Tecmo CEO says it grew from 2,500 staff to over 3,000 in two years, is aiming for 5,000 48:10 - Black Ops 1 and 2 Port Player Counts Dominating Black Ops 7, It’s Claimed 51:00 - Today and Tomorrow

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Grubb

Guest: Jason Fanelli

Topics covered

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Games Done Quick, PlayStation, Xbox, Koei Tecmo

Products: Rhythm Heaven Groove, God of War, Black Ops 1 and 2, Palworld 1.0

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