Kinda Funny Games Daily

Greg and Tim tackle #GameStop's stock, Robinhood's ban, and more. (More is a lot of #MarvelsAvengers talk.) 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:30 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Gamescast’s 2021 predictions are up: youtube.com/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:05:45 - Robinhood fucks everyone over on GameStop, Jordan Pearson @ Vice 00:24:56 - Roger Craig Smith is done being Sonic the Hedgehog (Twitter with a broken blue heart) 00:30:19 - Scavengers Studio Statement 00:35:22 - Goodnight, Bleeding Edge 00:41:55 - Returnal Delayed 00:43:40 - BREAKING:Hawkeye, premiering on February 16 00:58:20 - Out today 01:01:02 - Squad Up:BJ Bernardo (IRL) - https://letstalk.bell.ca/ 01:06:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Giancarlo Valdez

Blessing and Imran tackle a big news day. On the agenda: Xbox Game Pass numbers, a new Skate 4 studio, Kevin Hart in the Borderlands movie, and more. 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:10 - What is Greg Miller trying to tell us about our next big potential payday? - Best Friends Q: Nick from NY (It's still snowing) 00:07:00 - Housekeeping Our review of The Medium is now up as a new episode of Kinda Funny XCast. You can catch Snowbike Mike, Parris, Tim, and Greg over there breaking down their thoughts on the game. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:10:46 - Xbox Game Pass subscribers hit 18 million - Tom Warren @ The Verge 00:19:45 - EA announces a new studio for Skate 4 - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon 00:23:55 - Hitman 3 has already recouped its development costs - Christopher Dring @ GiBiz 00:32:30 - The Medium Review Round Up 00:37:40 - Is Game Pass, by removing a real value proposition, lowering the bar for 'good' content to 'good enough' content? - Best Friends Q:Chris 00:42:35 - Kevin Hart is playing Roland in the upcoming Borderlands movie - Wesley Yin-Poole @ Eurogamer 00:49:18 - Netflix Orders a 'Tomb Raider' Anime Series - Aaron Couch @ Hollywood Reporter 00:54:56 - Out today 00:57:00 - Ad Reader mail - 00:57:50 - So with Control being now on Gamepass and on list for PS+ games, did we freak out over nothing? - Frankfurtter 01:00:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Tim

Fran returns to Kinda Funny Games Daily to agrue with Greg and Kevin. Plus, they talk about #JamesBond, #AnimalCrossing, and #HaloInfinite. 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:12 - Housekeeping PS I Love You XOXO Resurrection Bracket Challenge is live! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:07:11 - IO’s James Bond won’t be based on an actor, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:23:35 - More Halo: Infinite Updates to Begin this Week, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:36:35 - Animal Crossing New Horizons Update 00:45:30 - Ad 00:47:20 - Fall Guys Season 3.5 Deets 00:51:45 - Big Battlefront Numbers 00:52:30 - DICE Award Nominees Announced 00:56:50 - Out today 00:59:55 - Squad Up:Witt(PSN) - CommodoreFez 01:01:10 - REQUIRED READING Scavengers Studio creative director accused of belittling, screaming at, groping employees REB VALENTINE at GIB https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-01-25-scavengers-studio-creative-director-accused-of-belittling-screaming-at-groping-employees 01:04:40 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Imran

Blessing and Tim kick off the week by talking about Xbox Live Gold prices staying the same, Vicarious Visions being merged into Blizzard, and Gamestop stocks. 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:55 - Housekeeping The PSILY Resurrection is happening later today live on Patreon.com/KindaFunnyGames. Me and Greg will be making dead PlayStation franchises battle it out to see which one deserves to come back to life. You’ll want to be in the audience for this one because tiebreakers will go to the audience to vote on. That’ll be up for everyone regular time tomorrow. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:20 - Microsoft has reversed the Xbox Live Gold price increase - Xbox Wire blog post on Friday 00:15:40 - Microsoft backtracked on the Xbox Live Gold price increases faster than my cat runs around the house after he takes a dump. So what was the point of attempting the increase in the first place? - Best Friends Q:Greg from Edmonton 00:18:30 - Vicarious Visions is merging into Blizzard - Brendain Sinclair @ GiBiz 00:30:30 - How much stock could a Gamestop stock if a Gamestop could stock stock? Let’s ask Gamespot 00:36:30 - Platinum Games is teasing another announcement - Ethan Anderson @ Twinfinite 00:41:35 - Ad 00:42:11 - Could we get a new Star Wars Knights of the old Republic NOT from EA??? - Sherif Saed @ VG247 00:48:00 - Tencent is making big moves 00:52:25 - Out today 00:57:48 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Fran Message timecodes

Blessing is joined by special guest, Natalie Flores, to discuss Xbox Live Gold, Resident Evil Village, and more. Support Natalie's work at https://twitter.com/heartimecia 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:50 - Housekeeping Tonight at 7pm pacific time, Greg, Snowbike Mike, and I will be over on IGN playing Among Us with Stella, Akeem, Kahlief Adams, Alanah Pearce, and more. It’ll be for Child’s Play charity. You can come join in on the fun tonight over on IGN. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:02 - Xbox Live Gold pricing is going up! - Robert Anderson @ IGN 00:11:35 - WTF is Xbox doing with Gold? - Best Friends Q:Sean 00:15:00 - Do you think there will be a price increase to ultimate at some point this year? - Best Friends Q:Miko 00:18:00 - Speaking of Xbox Gold, we have our Xbox Games With Gold for February 00:20:00 - We finally got gameplay and a date for Resident Evil Village! - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon 00:33:15 - Speaking of Resident Evil: Sources say Resident Evil 4 Remake is being overhauled - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:42:45 - Ad 00:44:25 - We have some new details on Playdead’s next game - Tom Ivan @ VGC 00:48:04 - Fortnite Adds Sarah Connor and T-800 Terminator Skins - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:51:50 - Out today 00:53:40 - Squad Up:Mark Freeman(Zoom) - Details in the pinned tweet (@theindieboy1) 00:54:30 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday: Blessing and Tim Tuesday: Greg and Gary Wednesday: Blessing and Imran Thursday: Greg and Tim Friday: Greg and Giancarlo Valdez

Greg and Tim talk about Valve making more games, Apple making VR, and Kevin making sounds. 00:00:00 - Start 00:11:00 - Housekeeping There’s a new episode of the Blessing Show up! youtube.com/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:12:35 - Apple’s VR Headset, Mark Gurman @ Bloomberg 00:23:15 - Tencent is going to buy a gaming company? 00:25:10 - Valve? Still making games, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:40:30 - Trump? Still Banned on Twitch, Matt TM Kim @ IGN 00:42:40 - Why are Among Us Updates Taking So long? 00:47:45 - Good News from Kevin @ GameSpot 00:48:00 - Ad 00:50:40 - Out today 00:56:01 - Squad Up:Katie G(PSN) - Jedberg111 00:59:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Natalie Flores from Fanbyte

Blessing and Imran talk about what non-God of War Ragnarok game Sony Santa Monica is working on, Fall Guys not coming to Game Pass, and more. 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:00 - Housekeeping Kinda Funny Gamescast is up right now. It’s our Fantasy Video Game Draft. Me, Imran, Tim, and Greg battle it out and draft games based on what we think will score highest on Metacritic. That’s available right now on Youtube and podcast services. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:40 - Sony Santa Monica is looking for folks to work on an 'unannounced new project' - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:24:45 - Fall Guys is not coming to Xbox Game Pass - Austin Wood @ Gamesradar 00:28:15 - Team Ninja Is Not Working On New Ninja Gaiden Or Nioh Projects - Jeremy Winslow @ Gamespot 00:35:55 - The Man Who Created Captain Falcon, Fox McCloud, Majora's Mask and More Has Retired from Nintendo - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:40:30 - Ad 00:42:20 - Out today Reader mail - 00:45:00 - How many big games do you think will be pushed out of the 2021 window? - ComradeBleu 00:51:35 - Bless Asks : Tell me about the game you're most excited for this year and why? 00:59:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Tim

Gary Whitta and Greg talk #Hitman3 reviews, a new #Cyberpunk lawsuit, and more! 00:00:00 - Start 00:08:18 - Housekeeping Our Hitman 3 review is live on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and a brand new Kinda Funny Podcast is live on youtube.com/kindafunny! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:10:30 - Hitman Review Round-up 00:14:40 - As someone who never played one these is it worth to start with 3 or are the changes to the mechanics so minimal that maybe I should start with the cheaper option that Hitman 2 is and see if it grabs me from there. - Best Friends Q: Diego 00:38:00 - Ad 00:28:50 - Another Cyberpunk Lawsuit Filed, Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:41:40 - Ubisoft Returns to an In-Person Event, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:48:02 - More PUBG Coming, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:49:20 - Out today 00:56:30 - Squad Up:Jim Knapp(PS4) - Knapptain 00:57:20 - You‘re Wrong

Blessing and Tim kick off the week by talking about a new report from Jason Schreier detailing what went wrong with CD Projekt Red and Cyberpunk 2077. 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping In case you missed it: The Blessing Show episode 1 is available right now over on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. I give out my NON-GOTY awards. Check out that episode if you want to know what that’s about. The next episode of The Blessing Show is coming this Thursday, and I won’t spoil what it’s about. I’ll just say it’s a “Killer” episode. Also note, after this week, The Blessing Show episodes will be every other Thursday. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:10 - What went wrong with Cyberpunk 2077 - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:30:55 - What’s up with Sony’s mysterious new studio? - Ali Jones @ GamesRadar 00:34:45 - How successful do you think this strategy will be? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:42:50 - Ninja Gaiden’s Tomonobu Itagaki establishes new studio - Marie Deallesandri @ GiBiz 00:47:20 - Ad 00:49:15 - Hitman is working on a solution to its PC problem - John Fingas @ Engadget 00:55:00 - Out today 00:58:19 - Squad Up:Gary(PS4) - gblastr 00:58:52 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Gary

Support Carolyn's work at https://twitter.com/carolynmichelle and https://medium.com/@carolynpetit . 00:00:00 - Start 00:07:00 - Housekeeping Kinda Funny Podcast with WWE Superstar Xavier Woods -- AKA UpUpDownDown’s Austin Creed -- is live right now. youtube.com/kindafunny Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:10:00 - NPD for December 2020 is in! Jeffy Grubb Grubb @ GamesBeat 00:19:00 - Do you think the stockholders and business partners will see these numbers and say, "Nah, keep doing what you're doing. Don't fix what isn't broken" when Ubisoft has expressed intent to finally allow variations from their long-running formula that's been going on since 2007? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:33:07 - Bungie closing down Halo Archives 00:36:00 - 505 Buys Puzzle Quest Devs, Mike Minotti @ GamesBeat 00:37:25 - Hitman 3 IS Coming to Switch alongside the other versions, Steve Watts @ GameSpot 00:43:10 - Ad 00:47:00 - Out today Reader mail - 00:49:25 - Do you think the Indiana Jones name and brand is popular enough to move consoles and/or to drive up Game Pass subscriptions? - BJ Bernardo 00:55:10 - Capcom recently heard about the hacks listed in the hacking were dates for RE4 “remake. But also 2 other RE games including a remake/boot of RE outbreak listed for 2021.. could this be shown? - Shondell Neal 00:58:10 - Squad Up:Benjamin (PSN) - clankattack 00:58:50 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MON: Blessing and Tim TUES: Greg and Gary Whitta WED: Blessing and Imran THURS: Greg and Tim FRI: Blessing and Natalie Flores

Greg and Tim rant about #Cyberpunk2077, #PokemonSnap, and more! 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:20 - Housekeeping The Blessing Show is live! youtube.com/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:05:50 - Cyberpunk Explanation, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:11:08 - Can you please make sure to point out this was not them taking ownership? - Best Friends Q:Benjamin Berry 00:21:50 - Pokemon Snap Release Date 00:28:20 - Resident Evil Village Event Incoming 00:31:20 - Super Nintendo World Japan Delayed, James Batchelor GIB 00:34:05 - Elder Scrolls Online Expansion Reveal Delayed 00:36:45 - Riders Republic Delayed 00:40:30 - Best Buy Gamers Club Ends, Tyler Fisher ComicBook.com 00:44:06 - Ad 00:49:20 - Out today 00:55:07 - Squad Up:BJ Bernardo(XBox) - BJ Bernardo 00:57:05 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Carolyn Petit

On his FINAL Whitta Wednesday Gary joins Greg to talk about the Star Wars games that could be, the ESA PAC stopping political donations, and more! #starwars #ubisoft #ea 00:00:00 - Start 00:06:10 - Housekeeping Gamescast is up and it’s our game of the year Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:09:15 - Ubisoft and Massive are making a Star Wars Game, EA Exclusivity Over - StarWars.com 00:31:10 - Is the Ubisoft open world Stars Wars game the Boba Fett game we've been looking for? - Best Friends Q:BJ Bernardo 00:36:40 - How is Disney able to police/control content being made from each developer? - Best Friends Q:Eric 00:52:00 - Todd Howard’s Indy role doesn’t effect Starfield, Elder Scrolls, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:56:48 - Hogwarts Legacy Delayed 01:05:20 - ESA PAC to pause political contributions following insurrection at US Capitol, Reb and Brendan Sinclair @ GIB 01:15:00 - Predator coming to Fortnite, Darryn Bonthuys @ GameSpot 01:16:30 - Out today 00:47:40 - Ad 01:17:28 - Squad Up:Teflecter(Crossplay baby!) - Teflecter 01:18:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Tim

Blessing and Imran tackle a HUGE news day. On the agenda: Indiana Jones from Machine Games of Wolfenstein, PlayStation release dates, and more! 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:00 - Housekeeping We heard your cries and now it’s official. We’re now uploading all of our Twitch streaming over on a third youtube channel called Kinda Funny Plays. That way if you missed out on some shenanigans and want to catch up on the action, you can catch it there. Youtube.com/kindafunnyplays The first episode of the Kinda Funny Next Gen Podcast is now up over on Patreon for Gold Members. A new PS I Love You XOXO is out today and it’s an excellent episode about Killzone and whether or not it’s DEAD. This Wednesday at 9pm pt we’re doing a Signs Watch-a-long party. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:22 - A new Indiana Jones game has been announced - Bethesda on Twitter 00:11:50 - What is the most likely version of the Indiana Jones game we are getting from Machine Games? Third-person? First-person? Tomb Raidery or Horizony? - Best Friends Q:Mitch Krassin 00:12:10 - With Indiana Jones being announced, how do you think that game will fall into the Microsoft acquisition, Xbox exclusive? Gamepass? If it's 3rd party and it's successful would Microsoft continue making them? - Best Friends Q:Glutenfull 00:25:01 - We’ve got a bunch of PS5 release windows! - Jenni Lada @ Siliconera 00:30:05 - Google Stadia and GeForce Now are coming to LG TVs in 2021 - Chris Welch @ The Verge 00:34:25 - Do we know when Mass Effect Legendary Edition is coming? - Steve Watts @ Gamespot 00:37:38 - Speaking of EA space games: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order is getting a next gen update - Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:40:48 - Ad 00:46:05 - Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury got a dope new trailer - Joe Skrebels @ IGN 00:48:05 - How long are you both expecting this to be? W - Best Friends Q:BobbyWasabi 00:51:00 - Also there’s a new Mario red Switch model! - Matt Purslow 00:51:50 - A quick update on the Capcom hack - James Batchelor @ GiBiz 00:53:50 - Out today 00:54:35 - Squad Up:TheCakersMan(PSN) - TheCakersMan 00:55:25 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Gary

Blessing and Tim kick off the week by talking about what Lucasfilm Games means for Star Wars and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:: - Housekeeping For some reason, this Wednesday at 9pm pt we’re doing a Signs Watch-a-long party. It’ll be my first time watching Signs. All you need if you want to join in is Amazon prime and you can come and hang out with us on Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producer: Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:00:52 - What’s next for Star Wars video games? 00:11:18 - WB has entirely redesigned Gotham Knights' combat for co-op - Vikki Blake @ Eurogamer The Nano Biologis 00:18:25 - The Cyberpunk hits keep coming: A Polish competition watchdog is investigating CD Projekt - Marie Dealesandri @ GiBiz 00:25:30 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 raises $2.75m - Marie Dealesandri @ GiBiz 00:30:10 - Ghost of Tsushima Fans Help With Real-Life Tsushima Island Repairs - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:34:44 - Ads 00:39:46 - Some Square news! 00:42:15 - The new Pulse Red Xbox controller looks HOT 00:44:25 - Out today Reader mail - 00:46:35 - What do you guys want in a Switch Pro? - Jake Bogdonoff (Bog-Don-Off) 00:51:00 - Squad Up:Brandon(PSN) - grimreaper91352 00:51:30 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Imran

Janet Garcia celebrates her independence by entering the Kinda Funny Spotlight! Let's talk Hitman 3 impressions, Trump's Twitch suspension, and more! Support Janet: https://patreon.com/Gameonysus GUEST: Janet Garcia, https://patreon.com/Gameonysus 00:00:00 - Start 00:07:48 - Housekeeping PSILY Bomber Jacket Bloodborne playthrough Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack! The Roper Report - 00:08:38 - Hitman 3 Preview Round-up 00:19:25 - Twitch Suspends Trump, Nathan Grayson @ Kotaku 00:37:54 - We got a new PogChamp 00:40:45 - Ad 00:43:45 - Prolific Voice Actor Passes, @ IGN 00:45:55 - Steam Adding More Xbox and DualSense Controller Features, By Alessandro Barbosa @ GameSpot 00:48:50 - Out today 00:55:40 - Squad Up:Kevin Garaventa(PSN) - ToasterBunny 00:56:58 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MON: Bless & Imran TUES: Bless & Imran WED: Greg & Gary Whitta THURS: Greg & Tim FRI: Greg and Carolyn Petit