Alex debuts his spectacular Peter Molyneux impression as we take you on a tour of the latest from Games Convention 2010 in Cologne Germany!

Our coverage truly knows no bounds, as we discuss:

Portal 2 Comes Out February

Sad Times at Realtime Worlds

New PS3 Bundles Inbound

Mass Effect 2 Heading to the PS3

Diablo 3 Crafts Me A Friendship Bracelet and/or Necklace

Trailers

Bioshock Infinite

Dead Space 2

Dragon Age 2

Infamous 2

Resistance 3

Ratchet & Clank All 4 One

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

Community:

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Music:

Intro Music By: J. Arthur Keenes Band

Outro Music By: Steadman

We kick things off with our review of Puzzle Quest 2, followed by great analysis of this week’s news, concluding with fantastic trailers for Alice, Darkspore & James Bond: Bloodstone!

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

Community:

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Music:

Intro Music By: J. Arthur Keenes Band

Outro Music By: Steadman

We are up early and ready to go with this week’s Crunch Time!  Gear up and roll out, with our Transformers: War for Cybertron review, in addition to 9 scrumptious news stories.

Gore Verbinski Confirms Bioshock Movie is Still Happening, Insists It Will Be Hard R | /Film

Activision Wants “More Value” For Call Of Duty Xbox Live Players

After Nearly Four Years, The PS3 Finally Turns A Profit

Download some of Ilomilo’s soundtrack for free (or just enjoy the new trailer) | Joystiq

Gears of War Maker Calls iPhone, iPad & Android ‘The Consoles of the Future’

Project Offset team disbanded at Intel; Offset Software founders form new startup | Joystiq

Sony Hears You On Those Ico, Shadow of the Colossus HD Remakes

StarCraft 2 getting 3D support post-launch | Joystiq

The Super Smash Bros. Secret That Took 7 Years To Unlock

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

Community:

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Music:

Intro Music By: J. Arthur Keenes Band

Outro Music By: Steadman

Crunch Time reports the latest from the world’s biggest gaming convention! Day 1 brings us Nintendo’s & Sony’s E3 press conferences, in addition to hands on reactions to the latest titles on the show floor!

If you’d like to enter to win a copy of Guitar Hero for the PS3, or a retro Atari 2600 game with a personal message, please email fans@crunchtimepodcast.com and leave a review on our iTunes feed!  We also appreciate questions!  It’s just our way of saying thanks for watching :)

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

Community:

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Music:

Intro Music By: J. Arthur Keenes Band

Outro Music By: Steadman

CTP 53: Full Circle

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Strange things are afoot across the industry this week!  How else would you classify Gears of War 3 being announced via the 360 dashboard?  Crazy I tell ye!

Check out our coverage of the following:

Cliff Bleszinski’s Gears 3 Announcement

360 Dashboard Update

Last Week To Play Xbox Games On Live

Why Would Sony Want To Know What You Eat?

Activision & IW Founderes File For Divorce

Game Center for iPhone 4.0 Announced

Blockbuster Mulling Mailing Games

Starcraft 2 Super Awesome Unicorn Edition

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

Community:

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News:

The Biggest Break Up In Video Game History – Call of duty: modern warfare 2 – Kotaku
Why Would Sony Want To Know What You Eat? – Sony – Kotaku
‘Epic’ StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition announced — Joystiq
Game Center sparks light reactions from competing iPhone social network devs — Joystiq
DailyTech – Xbox 360 “USB” System Update is Rolling Out Now
Destructoid – Blockbuster thinking about mailing games, Netflix is not
Destructoid – First look at Bulletstorm on May cover of Game Informer
Microsoft Points Now Offered in Different Options | Just Push Start
PSA: Last weekend to play Xbox 1 games on Live — Joystiq
Twitter / Cliff Bleszinski: NEWSFLASH: Two announcemen …

Music:

Music by Steadman

Brendan and I are back on the scene with Crunch Time Episode 32 after a two week hiatus!  Now that the move is pretty much complete, and my internet is online, we were able to record this doozy of a show, with 38 news stories and a fantastically sick El Juego De Palabras segment involving Skippy the 3 Legged Korean Dog.  Take a look below at the show notes to get a taste for the news we have served up for you this week!

*PSA* —CRUNCH TIME WILL AIR LIVE THURSDAYS AT 8 EST, 5 PACIFIC—

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

News Discussed:

NPD: PS3 Sales Gain Ground On Price Drop, Nintendo DS Still Tops
PS3 sales up 300% for first week following price cut in US
PS3 Slim’s first-week UK sales around 40,000
PS3 hits weekly sales record in Japan
PSP Firmware 6.00 Is So, So, So Out
Let’s Golf – iPhone/iPod touch game – In-game trailer#1
Gameloft’s ‘Blades of Fury’ Arrives on the App Store | Touch Arcade
Nova: Gameloft’s Upcoming Halo-like First Person Shooter | Touch Arcade
Police Swarm To Bungie On Weapons Call During Kotaku Visit
Halo: ODST Live-Action Trailer Gets An Extended Cut
Gamer sticks Bungie, Microsoft with Halo 3 lawsuit
Activision: Courtney Love agreed to Cobain avatar
Robot Chicken coming to PlayStation Home Theater
Call Of Duty 4, Meet Star Wars
Courtney Love intends to sue Activision over Guitar Hero 5′s reanimated Cobain [update]
Activision: Courtney Love Signed Cobain Contract for Guitar Hero 5 UPDATE
Arkham sells 2M, Warner gets serious about DC licensing
PSP Firmware 6.00 goes live, hints at game rentals
EA Boss Does Not Seem Pleased With Madden 10 Sales
Apple touts 21,178 entertainment titles in the App Store … did somebody just fart?
Assassin’s Creed DS sequel discovered on iPhone
PSA: Swine flu cases confirmed at PAX
Commodore 64, No Longer On iPhone
Disney hires Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian, acquires Wideload Games
PAX 2009: Brutal Legend lets you decide about the F-word
Video: The Assassin’s Creed II marketing surprise
Uncharted 2 Collector’s Edition Includes Art Book, Knife
Ride Ruin at Darksiders’ PAX Booth This Weekend
PAX 2009: Ron Gilbert gives us a tour of DeathSpank
DeathSpank gameplay footage debuts at PAX ’09
Assassin’s Creed 2 trailer is the most violent music video ever
OnLive beta program is on, live
Rock Band drumming up more business on mobile phones
Sonic Returns In New 2D, HD Game
Christian Bale would get pissed off at this Borderlands video
Adult Films Push For Presence on Gaming Consoles
SexBox, The Adults Only Gaming Console Is Coming

Community:

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Music:

Music by Steadman

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