Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Laura Kate Dale joins Tim to discuss Batman teases, Avengers leaks, Flight Simulator reviews, Nintendo Indie announcements, and more. FOLLOW LAURA: https://twitter.com/LauraKBuzz Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:48 - Housekeeping Today, Kinda Funny Games is doing the first ever stream of Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time! Catch it at 1:30pm PT: http://twitch.tv/kindafunnygames DC FanDome is SATURDAY, and we’re treating it like Greg Miller’s personal E3. Greg and the Kinda Funny crew will be on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames all day long reacting to the panels for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, WB Montreal’s game, the Snyder cut, and every other DC movie. It all starts at 10 am PT, so don’t miss it! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:45 - WB Games Montreal Teases Batman Arkham Game From IGN’s Joe Skrebels 00:12:24 - Massive Avengers Leak from Marvel’s Avengers Subreddit user 6plus4equals52 00:19:45 - THPS Remake Character Leak from THPS Subreddit User derek420 00:21:20 - Ghost of Tsushima Is Getting Free Online Co-Op Later This Year from Zack Zwiezen at Kotaku 00:25:50 - Is this what you wanted out of a potential post release experience from Ghost, if not then what would you have preferred? - Best Friends Q:Ayub from Ottawa 00:31:28 - Sony Working on 'Next Generation' VR Headset, But It Might Not Be PSVR by Joe Skrebels at IGN 00:36:30 - Nintendo Indie World Showcase Tomorrow 00:38:50 - Sports Story Has Been Delayed from Tom Marks at IGN 00:41:48 - Zelda Skyward Sword Listing Found Online by Wario 64 00:44:15 - My question for the Nintendo Duo - With the Zelda Skyward Sword Rumors - what are the chances of ANY other Zeldas game coming to switch - Best Friends Q:Billy The Door 00:47:45 - Microsoft Flight Simulator Reviews Are In 00:51:00 - Out today 00:: - DoorDash Reader mail - 00:55:15 - On a scale of 1-10, with one being "not very" and ten being "very", how cautious should first adopters be with these new consoles come November-ish? - The Sheep Whisperer 00:59:15 - Why are we continuing to see developers that in general have been lauded for single player, story based games jumping on the GoS bandwagon? - The Other Shaun 01:04:40 - Squad Up:Julian the Glutan Free Gamer(PSN) - GlutenFreeGamers 01:05:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Imran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Riana Manuel from What’s Good Games joins Greg to talk about Day 2 of the Epic/Apple War, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and WB Montreal's next game! Follow Riana: https://twitter.com/RianaTweetsNow Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:11 - Housekeeping WE GOT BIG STREAMS on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames! Friday at 3 pm, Greg is participating in the Apocalypse Games in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. See how long he can survive the undead. Monday, Kinda Funny Games is doing the first ever stream of Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time! Catch it at 1:30pm PT: http://twitch.tv/kindafunnygames We’ve partnered with Gamers Vote! https://www.gamers.vote/ Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:30 - Epic vs Apple: Day 2, Steve Kovach @ CNBC 00:18:50 - I'm by no means an expert and only read the complaint. - Best Friends Q:Weissmark J.D. 00:23:05 - Do you find it weird that Epic is mobilizing it’s players, most of whom are probably kids, to “fight” for them? - Best Friends Q:Mama This Is Garbage 00:28:20 - Suicide Squad and WB Games Montreal Reveals at DC FanDome 00:33:48 - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Creative Director Fired, Jason @ Bloomberg 00:37:12 - NPD for July 2020, Jeffy Grubb Grubb @ GamesBeat 00:43:40 - Lazlo Leaves Rockstar, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:46:00 - QUIP 00:47:30 - KLARNA 00:49:32 - Out today Reader mail - 00:50:40 - Do you think the reason we haven’t heard more about Marvels: Spider-Man Miles Morales is because the team wants to wait until Marvels Avengers is out? - Hot Dub Time Boat 00:53:10 - Squad Up:Liam(PS4) - Muppetlead 00:54:15 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday: Blessing and Tim Tuesday: Blessing and Imran Wednesday: Blessing and Gary Whitta Thursday: Greg and Blessing Friday: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Greg talk about Halo possibly coming out in multiple installments, Epic making epic moves for Fortnite, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:50 - Housekeeping WE GOT BIG STREAMS on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames! This afternoon at 2 pm, Greg continues his Halo: Combat Evolved playthrough. Friday at 3 pm, Greg is participating in the Apocalypse Games in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. See how long he can survive the undead. Monday, Kinda Funny Games is doing the first ever stream of Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time! Catch it at 1:30pm PT: http://twitch.tv/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:50 - Xbox considered splitting Halo Infinite into sections - Andy Robinson @ Video Games Chronicle 00:14:15 - Can you see the delay of Halo Infinite leading to a launch for the Series X that is as troubled as the launch of the One X? - Best Friends Q:Miro 00:23:15 - Epic’s getting around mobile app store fees - Andrew Webster@The Verge 00:27:25 - Is it just Epic making a pro consumer move? - Best Friends Q:Wispa 00:37:07 - Metro Series developer has been Acquired By Embracer Group - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:39:51 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Renames a move to honor it’s creator - Wesley LeBlanc @ IGN 00:45:00 - A fun one: PS4’s ‘Ghost Of Tsushima’ Is The Highest Fan-Rated Game Of The Entire Generation - Paul Tassi @ Forbes 00:48:50 - QUIP 00:50:02 - KLARNA 00:52:00 - Out today Reader mail - 00:53:24 - To me this feels like Sony is lying about the game to pump up their launch lineup for PS5. What are your thoughts on this? - Grezick 01:00:35 - Squad Up:Mark Freeman(Zoom/Twitter) - @theindieboy1 01:01:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Riana Manuel from What’s Good Games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about what Halo Infinite's delay means for Xbox Series X launch, Control's PS5/Series X upgrade fiasco, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:07:02 - Housekeeping Tim and Barrett’s First Impressions of Tony Hawk 1+2 Remake are up on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast feeds! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:10:46 - Halo Delayed, Xbox Series X Coming in November 00:37:20 - Control PS5/Series X Upgrade Locked to Special Edition, Mathew Olson @ USGamer 00:41:08 - Why is my purchase of the game and extra content not good enough for Remedy snd 505 Games? - Best Friends Q:Kala 00:44:45 - Are you willing to rebuy Control for the next gen boost? - Best Friends Q:Grezick 00:46:54 - Gary, was Amy Hennig’s Star Wars game going to be the best Star Wars Game ever? Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:52:40 - QUIP 00:54:07 - KLARNA 00:55:23 - Out today 01:00:08 - Squad Up:Chenardizzle(PS4) - Chenardizzle 01:00:50 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The next BioShock is taking place in a new, fantastical world. Blessing and Imran talk about what that means for the series and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start :: - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:34 - What do we expect from the next BioShock game? 00:14:00 - Companies Really Want Their Own Crossover Skins in Fall Guys - Joe Skrebels @ IGN 00:20:00 - The Last of Us Part 2 is getting a new, huge update - Jonathan Dornbush @ IGN 00:28:00 - Goldeneye 64 remake has been shut down - James Batchelor @ GiBiz 00:35:24 - Yoshinoro Ono is leaving Capcom - James Batchelor @ GiBiz 00:41:41 - A Greg Joint: Daybreak has acquired Cold Iron Studios, and is publishing their New Alien Game - press release 00:42:48 - Out today 00:47:15 - QUIP 00:48:26 - KLARNA Reader mail - 00:52:30 - Do we know if publishers sign a contract preventing them from going to the competition's offering when they join Game Pass or PS+? - Mike 00:55:52 - With Media Molecule showcasing a Ratchet & Clank creation in Dreams by a developer at Insomniac, does this mean Sony is more open to players creating things based on established IP’s they own? - MaDogNik96 (from Massachusetts) 00:59:38 - Squad Up: Cameron Kirnes(PlayStation) - ckirnes20 01:01:20 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Gary Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim talk about the success of Fall Guys along with the more leaks regarding Xbox Series S. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:00 - Housekeeping Greg, Andy, Tim, and Kevin have an hour and a half long Avengers Let’s Play up on youtube.com/kindafunnygames! We Have Cool Friends for today is already live on youtube.com/kindafunny and podcast services -- it features Steven Spawn, Kahlief Adams, Elyse Williams, and a conversation on how to be a better Ally in 2020. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: The Roper Report - 00:07:20 - Fall Guys is a SMASH hit - Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer 00:19:30 - Xbox Series S has been confirmed in a leak - Tom Warren @ The Verge 00:22:20 - Do you think Xbox will just admit that it's real by tweeting out some announcement like they did with Halo Infinite MP being free-to-play? - Best Friends Q:greatmrlizard 00:25:20 - Are we closer to the Xbox launch than we think? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:29:38 - Microsoft has quietly dropped the Xbox 20/20 - Updateblog post 00:35:50 - AT&T might be changing its mind about selling WB Games - Vikki Blake @Eurogamer 00:38:10 - Marvel’s Avengers Seemingly has exclusive skins for Verizon and Intel Customers - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:40:30 - Is this the first time we are seeing this much of an exclusivity split between multiple companies and companies such Virgin Media who are an internet provider in the UK or have I just not noticed it before? - Best Friends Q:Thedeadman97 00:49:11 - Amazon renames Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming - Austen Goslin @ Polygon 00:47:00 - QUIP 00:49:37 - KLARNA Reader mail - 00:50:50 - Do you think that third party exclusive content could be one way PlayStation may be trying to stall the industry move towards cross play? - A Qwerk of fate 00:54:45 - Squad Up:Alex(PS4) - D_UK_DEADMAN 00:56:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Imran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Blessing talk your ear off about Suicide Squad, Apple being boneheads about xCloud, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:42 - Housekeeping Fall Guys Let’s Play is on youtube.com/kindafunnygames We’re streaming the Avengers Beta today at 2 pm PT. Look for it Sunday on youtube.com/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:00 - Rocksteady’s New Game is OFFICIALLY Suicide Squad Katie G 00:11:05 - Why do you think Rocksteady, after years of silence, would reveal Suicide Squad with a tweet? - Best Friends Q:The 5 Star Man 00:31:01 - Do you think a Suicide Squad game will be anything like the Arkham games, with a main character and single player story, or will it lean into the ensemble cast and go more towards Square's Avengers? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:31:40 - What could the sale of WB game studios mean for the future of the game? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:37:25 - Call of Duty Announcement Incoming 00:40:02 - xCloud not being on iOS is Apple’s Fault, Nick Statt @ The Verge 00:52:40 - Doom Eternal is getting a Campaign Expansion, Geoff K on Twitter 00:54:15 - Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sells Five Million, Richard Wakeling @ GameSpot 00:54:48 - Aeon Must Die Dev Drama, James Batchelor @ GIB 00:59:35 - Out today 00:57:45 - HIMS 01:01:40 - Squad Up: Jordan Deeb(PS4) - JordanDeeb28 01:03:40 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday: Blessing and Tim Tuesday: Blessing and Imran Wednesday: Greg and Gary Whitta Thursday: Blessing and Greg Friday: Greg and Rhi from What’s Good Games00:00:00 - Start 00:04:42 - Housekeeping Fall Guys Let’s Play is on youtube.com/kindafunnygames We’re streaming the Avengers Beta today at 2 pm PT. Look for it Sunday on youtube.com/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:00 - Rocksteady’s New Game is OFFICIALLY Suicide Squad Katie G 00:11:05 - Why do you think Rocksteady, after years of silence, would reveal Suicide Squad with a tweet? - Best Friends Q:The 5 Star Man 00:31:01 - Do you think a Suicide Squad game will be anything like the Arkham games, with a main character and single player story, or will it lean into the ensemble cast and go more towards Square's Avengers? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:31:40 - What could the sale of WB game studios mean for the future of the game? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:37:25 - Call of Duty Announcement Incoming 00:40:02 - xCloud not being on iOS is Apple’s Fault, Nick Statt @ The Verge 00:52:40 - Doom Eternal is getting a Campaign Expansion, Geoff K on Twitter 00:54:15 - Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sells Five Million, Richard Wakeling @ GameSpot 00:54:48 - Aeon Must Die Dev Drama, James Batchelor @ GIB 00:59:35 - Out today 00:57:45 - HIMS 01:01:40 - Squad Up: Jordan Deeb(PS4) - JordanDeeb28 01:03:40 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday: Blessing and Tim Tuesday: Blessing and Imran Wednesday: Greg and Gary Whitta Thursday: Blessing and Greg Friday: Greg and Rhi from What’s Good Games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imran and Tim discuss how Spider-Man in Avengers came to be, Nintendo's insane sales quarter, xCloud leaving iOS, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:29 - Housekeeping Shout-out to our friends Gary Whitta and Steve Spohn. Gary had Selina Gomez on Animal Talking last night and Steve just put up a video for Able Gamers with Ryan Renoylds. Check both out online! HUGE DAY OF STREAMS: We’re live reacting to PlayStation’s State of Play Today at 1 pm PT. Nick, Blessing, Andy, and Greg are streaming Fall Guys after around 2 pm PT. THEN, Friday, we’re streaming the Avengers Beta Friday at 2 pm PT. All on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames and later on youtube.com/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:11:18 - Marvel's Avengers: How Spider-Man Became a PlayStationCharacter 00:17:48 - Am I wrong to believe that crossplay is very important to the type game Answers is going to be? - Best Friends Q:Grezic 00:23:00 - Microsoft ends iOS xCloud testing, launching as Android exclusive (Mike Peterson @ Apple Insider) 00:33:00 - Street Fighter 5 Announces New Characters, Including Akira From Rival Schools (Mitchell Saltzman @ IGN) 00:38:20 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Sales Reach 22 Million as Nintendo's Net Profits Rise Over 500% Year-On-Year (Adam Bankhurst @ IGN) 00:48:00 - Pikmin 3 removed from the Wii U eShop (Brian @ Nintendo Everything) 00:54:00 - DOOM Eternal and Skyrim coming to PS5, Series X - Press Release 00:55:30 - HIMS 00:56:50 - Out today Reader mail - 00:59:00 - Do you think we will get to a point where people forget that it even existed? - Nicole Humphrey 01:02:34 - Squad Up: Frankfurtter(Quiz Show) - Twitch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Whitta and Greg talk Pikmin on Switch, when Call of Duty's getting announced, and the crazy Fall Guys numbers. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:16 - Housekeeping Our Avengers impressions are live! Kinda Funny Gamescast on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast series. As usual, big week. In addition to the normal programming… We’re live reacting to PlayStation’s State of Play Thursday at 1 pm PT. We’re streaming the Avengers Beta Friday at 2 pm PT. Both on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames and later on youtube.com/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:50 - PIKMIN LIVES 00:18:35 - Has Nintendo given up on 2020? - Best Friends Q:Chris from philly 00:19:03 - what the hell is nintendo doing? - Best Friends Q:Lexus 00:25:35 - Where’s the next Call of Duty? Matthew Handrahan GIB 00:32:45 - Fall Guys CRUSHES Launch 00:36:05 - How is this review bombing? - Best Friends Q:Stephanie Smith 00:43:40 - Are online games doomed to have a bad day 1? - Best Friends Q:Borzen00 00:47:00 - BlizzCon Gonna Be digital in 2021, Matthew Handrahan GIB 00:47:25 - Riot’s Taking a Week Off 00:50:10 - Out today 00:52:30 - HIMS Reader mail - 00:56:20 - When pre-orders open or when a company actively begins charging for pre-orders, shouldn't there be SOME clarity as to the level of exclusivity there will be, so people can actually be well informed consumers?! - The Nano Biologist 01:06:15 - Squad Up: Lee Pollero[PS4 (Marvel's Avengers)] - LeethalArrow 01:07:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Imran talk about xCloud coming to Xbox Game Pass Ulltimate in September. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:50 - Housekeeping It’s a big week here at Kinda Funny Games. In addition to the normal programming… Thursday: We’re reacting live to PlayStation’s State of Play at 1 pm PT. Friday: We’re streaming the Avengers Beta 2 pm PT. Both are happening live on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames and later on youtube.com/kindafunnygames. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed & Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:32 - Xcloud is coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on September 15 - Press Release 00:18:12 - Blizzard employees have begun sharing their salaries and folks are not happy - Matthew Handrahan @ GiBiz 00:27:25 - The Next PS5 announcement is still scheduled for this month - Joe Skrebels @ IGN 00:32:30 - GTA Online's Next-Gen Version Will Have Exclusive Content - Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:42:15 - Another one bites the dust at Ubisoft - Fraser Brown @ PCGamer 00:44:45 - Out today 00:45:50 - HIMS Reader mail - 00:51:00 - I know EA primarily has their games at Xbox events over PlayStation events but do you think we will finally get the announcement of the Mass Effect Trilogy at the upcoming State of Play? - Tyler James Bae 00:55:30 - What do you think the chances are that the State Of Play ends with an announcement of the date for the next PS5 event? - Jordan Deeb 00:57:20 - Squad Up:Super(Old school Runescape) - StayySuper 00:58:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Gary Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices