Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Concord is going offline, Rocksteady’s been hit by layoffs, and what’s going on with Xbox game delays? Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping Today after, KFGD, you’ll get: GAMESCAST - Blessing and Roger’s Japan journey Andy is streaming Deadlock on Twitch and YouTube If you’re a Kinda Funny Member: You can get today’s Gregway and watch Greg LIVE REACT to the Concord cancelation. And you can get the Kinda Funny Podcast this afternoon, and tomorrow on YouTube and Podcast services. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Delaney Twining & Karl Jacobs The Roper Report   - - An important update on Concord - Ryan Ellis (Game Director, Firewalk Studios) @ PS Blog - Rocksteady hit by layoffs after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League underperforms - Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer - A Block of Xbox Delays and Updates -  Bringing Dune Awakening to the Xbox Series S will be a "challenge", according to Funcom chief product officer - Conor Makar @ VG247 - Special Guest MegaRan comes by the studio! - Capcom fighting games are now coming to Xbox! (next year) - Wee News! - You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blizzard is working on an unannounced AAA RPG-FPS, why is Black Myth Wukong not on Xbox, and a whole lotta little Nintendo updates! Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping After, KFGD, you’ll get: A Kinda Funny GAMESCAST where Nick gives his thoughts on Star Wars Outlaws After that Nick is going to stream For KF Members, You can also get today’s Gregway Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Karl Jacobs & Delaney Twining The Roper Report  - - Unannounced AAA RPG-FPS Title from Blizzard (Timur222 on Twitter, I saw via Knoebel, from Chris McCabe’s LinkedIn at Blizzard) - The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom Trailer - Ad - Ouka Studios (Visions of Mana dev, released today) reportedly has all but a handful of jobs cut by NetEase. (Takashi Mochizuki at Bloomberg) - The real reason why Black Myth: Wukong isn't on Xbox has been revealed (Derek Strickland at TweakTown) - Banjo-Kazooie N64 has been decompiled, opening the door for PC ports (Chris Scullion at VGC) - Wee News! - You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Myth: Wukong’s content creator restrictions hit the internet, Geoff Keighley might be teasing a new Dying Light, and Xbox might be bringing back old Marvel Activision titles. Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping The boys are back in town! Friday August 23rd at 8pm, join Nick, Josh Maguca, and Mark Ellis live, and in-person, for a night of comedy at The Lost Church, San Francisco. This is one-night-only so grab your seat fast before they sell out! Head to KindaFunny.com/comedy for details and tickets! Today after, KFGD, you’ll get: GAMESCAST - Our Black Myth Wukong Review (so far) The STREAM is Just Chatting with Mike and Nick If you’re a Kinda Funny Member: You can get today’s Gregway And you can get Kinda Funny Podcast this afternoon, and tomorrow on YouTube and Podcast services. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Karl Jacobs & Delaney Twining The Roper Report  - - Black Myth: Wukong’s Content Creator key comes with some weird restrictions - Wesley Yin-Poole @ IGN - Geoff Keighley Teases ‘The Beast’ for Opening Night Live, Fans Tie It to Mystery Dying Light Game - Wesley Yin-Poole @ IGN - Ad - Rumor: Xbox is Reportedly Reviving Old Marvel Activision Games - Sam Fang @ CBR - Kong: Survivor Instinct has been Announced - Ryan Mccaffrey @ IGN - Final Fantasy XVI for PC launches September 17 - Sal Romano @ Gematsu - A Nintendo Direct is happening today - Wee News! - SuperChats - You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim's played The Rogue Prince of Persia, Fallout is getting great reviews, and Dead Space 2 is reportedly being shelved. Run of Show - - Start - Housekeeping Our review of Amazon Prime’s Fallout tv show is up as a Gamescast. This Friday, April 12th at noon, come experience Pokemon like you’ve never experienced it before, through the eyes of a 44 year-old man. That’s right, the one-and-only Nick Scarpino will be playing his very first Pokemon game but with a twist, it’s a Nuzlocke! The Roper Report  - - Fallout TV Show Review Round Up - Ad - Dead Space 2 remake reportedly shelved following ‘lackluster’ sales of the first game - A year and a half after its bitter breakup with NetEase, Blizzard has made a new deal to bring its games back to China—with NetEase - Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time Remake Might Be Going Through A Remake Of Its Own - Tim’s played The Rogue Prince of Persia! - Wee News! - SuperChats Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Greg round out the week by talking about NPD and predicting where Ghost of Tsushima will end up in sales. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:11:00 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Xcast kicks off Saturday at 6 am PT on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services. Get your questions in now on kindafunny.com/patreon! Remember: kindafunny.com/store has a bunch of great shit Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:12:55 - The Last of Us Part 2 continues to kill it in sales - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN 00:23:50 - Microsoft discontinues Xbox One X and Xbox One S digital edition - Tom Warren @ The Verge 00:26:50 - With the discontinuation of the Xbox One X now guaranteeing the existence of Lockhart, do you believe the rumors of what it supposedly will be? You know, the part where it is targeting 1080p to provide that budget price. - Best Friends Q:MalcontentRonin 00:37:20 - What was up with that Geoff Keighley PS5 Dualsense hands on demo? 00:45:35 - Was it just me or was Geoff's Hands On with the DS5 lame? - Best Friends Q:DJBradChill 00:46:37 - Did Sony make a mistake wanting to do this or is this just something we had to get due to the COVID Times? - Best Friends Q:Borzen00 00:56:12 - Dreams wins Game of the Year at Games for Change Festival - Matthew Handrahan @ GiBiz 00:58:25 - Out today 01:00:10 - KFG Reader mail - 01:01:04 - Do you think that we could get PS5 and series X news during the Gamescom opening night? - James 01:04:50 - Squad Up: Blockfighter(Stadia) - blockfighter 01:05:02 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday: Blessing and Tim Tuesday: Blessing and Imran Wednesday: Greg and Gary Thursday: Greg, Tim, Blessing, Andy, and Snowbike Mike (Post show for the Xbox Games Showcase) Friday: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Microsoft's doing it! Come listen to Blessing and Greg discuss Xbox's marriage made in heaven and Phil Spencer's rallying cry! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:50 - Housekeeping The Kinda Funny Xcast kicks off Saturday at 6 am PT on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services. Get your questions in now on kindafunny.com/patreon! kindafunny.com/store has a bunch of great shit Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:30 - Xcloud getting Xbox Game Pass Library! 00:21:25 - With Phil Spencer announcing that xCloud would be free to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in September, it had me thinking, how could Stadia even hope to compete with this? - Best Friends Q:Benjamin Berry 00:43:40 - With the inclusion of Project Xcloud in Game Pass Ultimate, is there parity in those libraries? Is Project Xcloud getting it's own library that is separate from Game Pass Ultimate for those who aren't subscribed? - Best Friends Q:Scoompoof 00:49:33 - Halo: Infinite and XCloud are coming to GamePass. How the hell can Microsoft afford this? - Best Friends Q:Gondors Condor 00:53:57 - BEYOND LIGHT RELEASE WINDOW UPDATE 00:56:00 - Unsolved Mysteries: Why Dr Disrespect was banned 01:00:25 - TinyBuild Nabs Hello Neighbor Dev 01:01:10 - KFG 01:01:50 - Out today 01:06:35 - Squad Up:Mark Freeman(Zoom/Twitter) - theindieboy1 01:07:15 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg's joined by the host of the Kinda Funny Xcast SnowBikeMike to talk about our brand new Xbox show, more PS5s being made, and the Paper Mario reviews! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:17:15 - Housekeeping PS I Love You XOXO is LIVE answering all of your questions following the Ghost of Tsushima review! This Saturday at 6 am pt, the Kinda Funny Xcast debuts on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services! kindafunny.com/store has a bunch of great shit Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:18:48 - PlayStation’s Making More PS5’s, Takashi Mochizuki @ Bloomberg 00:28:50 - Paper Mario: The Origami King Review Round-Up 00:34:50 - Marvel’s Avengers’ Beta Dates, Dorno @ IGN 00:41:12 - - Best Friends Q:Stephen Pina, Jr (stevejr1128) 00:45:45 - Video Game Industry Harassment Hotline, Ian Walker @ Kotaku 00:53:15 - Clowns -- literal clowns -- are protesting in Red Dead, Iain Harris PCGamesN 00:55:00 - XCast 00:57:30 - Out today 00:59:25 - Squad Up:Frankfurtter(Quiz show) - Billythedoor 01:00:42 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imran and Blessing talk about the Ghost of Tsushima reviews and how it stacks up against the year's biggest releases. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:10 - Housekeeping KindaFunny.com/store is POPPIN Our Ghost of Tsushima Review this morning on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and the Gamescast podcast feed. It’s spoiler-free, so watch it right away and then write in to PSILY with your questions for a special Wednesday morning episode! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:50 - Ghost of Tsushima Review Round Up 00:12:30 - BLESSING VS IMRAN UBISOFT FORWARD PREDICTIONS RESULTS 00:25:00 - Ubisoft Has Reportedly Rebooted Skull & Bones, Its Long-Delayed Pirate Game (EVA @ USgamer) 00:32:00 - Stadia Connect 01:23:20 - SWERY65 Apologizes For Insensitive Trans Scene In Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (@Swery65 on Twitter) 00:52:10 - Out today 00:54:00 - KFG Reader mail - 00:56:30 - As the generation draws to a close we get the chance to look back on the last few years as a defined era of gaming. If you had to give out an award for most improved studio, who would you give it to? - Hot Dub Time Boat 01:02:08 - Squad Up:Jasek(PC) - KingCrimson417 01:02:45 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and ??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim recap Ubisoft Forward and talk about how this weekend shapes the future of the company. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:11:15 - Housekeeping We have hands-on previews of Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and Watch Dogs Legion on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and the First Impressions Podcast Feed. Our Ghost of Tsushima Review drops tomorrow at 7 am pacific time on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and the Gamescast podcast feed. It’s spoiler-free, so watch it right away and then write in to PSILY with your questions for a special Wednesday morning episode! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:12:36 - A Big Weekend for Ubisoft - Ubisoft Forward Recap 00:40:40 - Former Ubisoft developers form new studio Beans - Rebekah Valentine @ GiBiz 00:45:12 - Get ready for a lego Nintendo Entertainment System - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:51:25 - Out today 00:54:00 - KFG Reader mail - 00:57:25 - Why do you think some companies get slammed for focusing on a rotation of a few IPs instead of constantly introducing new ones? - Dblock 01:04:05 - Squad Up:The Nano Biologist(Xbox One) - DaNanoBiologist 01:04:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Imran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Greg wrap up the week by talking about the reveal of the next Far Cry game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices