God of War Rumors and a Warner Bros Bombshell | Taps & Takes

Drew Hyatt and Edward Raus are back at Grogg’s Traditional Irish Pub for Season 2, Episode 9 of Taps & Takes, and this one leans hard into nerd news before closing with a quick sports run. They open with movie talk and old-school nostalgia, then get into a packed run of entertainment and gaming headlines, including the Paramount and Skydance bid for Warner Bros., HBO brand concerns, Matrix 5, Scary Movie 6, Sonic the Hedgehog 4, Hogwarts Legacy 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Resident Evil 9, Scream 7, Marathon, Crimson Desert, and more. If you’re new here, The Do-Over Podcast is the main brand, and Taps & Takes is the bar-side version of the show where the conversation moves fast through sports, movies, games, pop culture, and whatever else the week gives them. This episode was recorded at Grogg’s Traditional Irish Pub with Drew Hyatt and Edward Raus, plus a Royce Rant segment that turns into a full-on sermon about shopping carts and lazy people in parking lots. The episode’s longest and most focused conversations center on entertainment industry shakeups and gaming. Drew and Edward spend real time on the reported Warner Bros. acquisition angle, why they think the financials and regulatory issues could blow it up, and why losing the HBO brand would be a terrible move. From there, they bounce through sequel and reboot reactions, praise Hogwarts Legacy for actually delivering the Harry Potter experience fans wanted, debate the Mortal Kombat 2 trailer, react to Resident Evil 9 and Scream 7, and dig into why God of War fans should be paying close attention to the Ryan Hurst image leak and the rumors around the next game possibly shifting away from Kratos. Later, the show pivots into a fast Hype or Blight segment comparing Xbox and PlayStation exclusives, then wraps with sports talk on the World Baseball Classic, Floyd Mayweather’s reported 2026 fight schedule, NFL Combine takeaways, franchise tags, and Kenneth Walker hitting free agency. If you like podcasts that can jump from Warner Bros. debt loads to Kratos casting concerns to NFL roster movement without losing momentum, this is your episode. 00:00 - Grogg’s intro and nerd news setup 00:01 - Paramount deal and God of War preview 00:05 - Crime 101 review and Heat talk 00:08 - Paramount vs Warner Bros 00:16 - Matrix 5 and sequel fatigue 00:18 - Scary Movie 6, Sonic 4, Hogwarts Legacy 2 00:22 - Mortal Kombat 2 and Pinocchio horror 00:27 - Resident Evil 9, Scream 7, Marathon 00:29 - Good Luck Have Fun and Crimson Desert 00:33 - Fighting games and SnyderVerse animation talk 00:38 - Break setup and what’s next 00:38:47 - Royce Rant on shopping carts 00:43:20 - Ryan Hurst photo and God of War rumors 00:48:57 - Xbox vs PlayStation exclusives 00:51:39 - Sports news and NFL free agency 00:56:55 - Outro and where to follow #TheDoOverPodcast#TapsAndTakes#Podcast#GamingPodcast#MoviePodcast#NerdNews#GodOfWar#WarnerBros#PlayStation#Xbox#NFLFreeAgency#WorldBaseballClassic#GroggsTraditionalIrishPub