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GZ Chop Shop
From e-sports to open-world games, the GZ Chop Shop podcast knows gaming. Join hosts Greg (ProjektItachi) and Daniel (Warnurse) as they break down the latest gaming news, and lore discussions, while also delivering quality reviews of your favorite titles. From industry insights to amazing guest interviews, the GZ Chop Shop has you covered with unique perspectives that can't be found anywhere else. This is the GZ Chop Shop. We know gaming.
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July 9, 2026
8 Years Later: Sony's Killing Physical Games, Xbox Is In Chaos, and We're Still Here ⭐
Eight years ago, a broken heart and a bar called Sugars turned into the GZ Chop Shop. This week, Greg, Ty, and Uly celebrate 8 years on air by diving into PlayStation's plan to kill physical games in 2028, the billion-dollar UK lawsuit that could reshape the PlayStation Store, dynamic pricing, Xbox's leadership shakeup, and a real console-wars history lesson — plus the origin story of the show itself. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sony is ending physical disc production in January 2028 — every future PlayStat
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July 2, 2026
Sony Deleted Your Movies & GTA 6 Has No Disc — You Don't Own Anything Digital
Sony just deleted 551 movies people paid for. No refund. No warning. Just gone. Same week — Rockstar confirms GTA 6 ships with zero discs at $80. Code in a box. Digital license. Nothing you actually own. These two stories aren't a coincidence. They're the industry showing you exactly how this ends. Greg, Ty, and Uly break down the PlayStation StudioCanal purge, the GTA 6 digital-only decision, and why physical media matters more in 2026 than it ever has.
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June 18, 2026
Summer Showcase Winners, Xbox's $400M Question & the Remakes That Broke the Internet
Summer showcase season is officially in the books — and Greg, Ty, and Uly have receipts. This week, the crew digs into the data behind all the hype: which games actually won Summer Game Fest according to Steam wishlist numbers and search trends, and why the top three spots all went to remakes and sequels. Code Veronica taking the #1 wishlist spot gets the full breakdown — Ty explains why the game's weird place in Resident Evil canon is exactly the reason people are losing their minds over it,
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June 11, 2026
Persona 6 Is Real, Castlevania's Back & Summer Showcase Season Delivered
Showcase season is done — and this week it delivered. Greg, Ty, and Uly break down everything that mattered across Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase 2026. On the list: Persona 6 officially revealed (and it's going darker — finally), Castlevania: Belmont's Curse confirmed as a direct follow-up to the Netflix anime with Rose Belmont as the lead, Resident Evil Veronica and why dropping "Code" from the title is actually a smart move, the surprisingly very real Wolf Among Us 2, Final Fa
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June 4, 2026
Fable Gets Delayed, GTA 6 Owns the Calendar, and the Anime Awards Are a Mess
Every major publisher blinked this week — and GTA 6 didn't even have to say a word. GTA 6 is the most powerful force in the gaming industry right now — and it hasn't even launched. This week on GZ Chop Shop, we dig into how a single unreleased game is warping the entire 2026–2027 release landscape, starting with the news that Fable has been delayed to February 2027. Is Microsoft and Playground Games playing it safe against Rockstar's marketing machine? Is this a genuine development delay d
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May 28, 2026
Bungie Is Done With Destiny 2: Layoffs, No Destiny 3, and the Future of a Gaming Legend
Bungie just shut down Destiny 2. The final live service update — Monument of Triumph — drops June 9, 2026, and after that, active development is over. All future expansions are canceled. Significant layoffs are coming. And Destiny 3 is not in development. This is the full breakdown. On this episode of GZ Chop Shop, Gregory, Uly, and Ty go deep on the collapse of one of gaming's most ambitious live service games and what it means for Bungie as a studio going forward. This isn't just a news rec
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July 21, 2026
Why You NEED To Buy Physical Games— And How 2026 Just Made the Case Stronger
551 MOVIES DELETED ★ GTA 6: $80 + NO DISC DISCS END JAN 2028 ⚔️ GZ VERDICT "Buying physical isn't nostalgia. It's the only move that keeps your library in your hands and not in a corporation'…
July 13, 2026
Sony Deleted 551 Movies, GTA 6 Has No Discs, and You Don't Own Anything Digital
551 TITLES DELETED ★ ZERO REFUNDS DISCS GONE JAN 2028 ⚔️ GZ VERDICT "You didn't buy those movies. You rented them indefinitely — and Sony just ended the lease. No refund. No apology. Just 'Th…
July 7, 2026
8 Years, 190 Episodes, One Adventure — The GZ Chop Shop Story
190+ EPISODES ★ PRESS PLAY NEWSLETTER 511K+ LIFETIME VIEWS 🎂 8 YEARS IN THE SHOP "No recap padding. No algorithm chasing. Just sharp takes and real conversation — every single week since 201…
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