Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Tim and Imran talk about their thoughts on what we will see at the Xbox showcase, Breath of the Wild 2 updates, Final Fantasy VII Part 2 working from home, and more. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:42 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black Jack Every day this week a new part of Andy’s Full Playthrough of The Last of Us Part 2 will post at 3PM PT on youtube.com/kindafunnygames Iron Man VR Review on PS I Love You on Tuesday The Roper Report - 00:04:55 - Xbox Games Showcase Revealed (Xbox Twitter) 00:25:35 - 8BitDo Announces xCloud Controller (Tom Warren at The Verge) 00:28:09 - 30 Minutes of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Leak (Joe Skrebels at IGN) 00:35:13 - Breath of the Wild 2 Voice Actors Say Their Work On Game Is Done (Joe Skrebels IGN) 00:37:50 - Final Fantasy Remake Part 2 Being Worked on From Home (Joe Skrebels IGN) 00:44:00 - Left 4 Dead Creators Reveal Concept Art (Joe Skrebels IGN) 00:45:40 - Out today 00:51:45 - Quip 00:52:50 - Klarna 00:54:18 - Hims Reader mail - 00:55:35 - Do you hope or expect to see Sony implement anything similar in the near future? - Nano Biologist 01:00:30 - Squad Up:Ben (PleaseBeXcited) 01:01:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Imran and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

00:00:00 - Start 00:03:50 - Housekeeping We’re back streaming Predator Hunting Grounds! 3-5 pm pacific time on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames Thank you to our Patreon Producers:Mohammed Mohammed, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:07 - Evo has been cancelled - Jon Porter @ The Verge 00:17:50 - Ubisoft has announced their new Battle Royale game, Hyper Scape - Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:21:50 - Ubisoft is restructuring its Editorial Team - Rebekah Valentine @ GiBiz 00:30:41 - Other publishers are considering raising game prices for PS5 and Xbox Series X - Christopher Dring @ GiBiz 00:36:00 - Are the economics of a game's target price more important to the industry than just the bottom line? - Best Friends Q:Harvi Coline 00:47:00 - Popular Twitch Streamer, Byron ‘Reckful’ Bernstein, Dies at 31 - Ellise Shafer @ Variety 00:49:30 - My Friend Pedro is getting a tv adaptation - Rebekah Valentine 00:52:40 - We might’ve been spot on with Giancarlo Esposito being the next Far Cry Villain - Sherif Saed @ VG247 00:55:10 - Brooklinen 00:57:00 - Out today Reader mail - 00:59:00 - Now that we're a good way through the E3 replacement summer I'm curious how the numerous showcases affected outlets like Kinda Funny. Has more opportunities for impressions, reactions and spread out news had a noticeable effect on views or traffic for Kinda Funny over previous years? - Dale 01:05:50 - Squad Up:Scott Butterworth(PC- Steam) - scottymcbutters Next Week’s Hosts: Monday: Tim and Imran Tuesday: Blessing and Imran Wednesday: Greg and Gary Thursday: Greg and Blessing Friday: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Blessing talk about all the shocking news from NBA 2K21 and what it means for games going forward! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:05:40 - Housekeeping Samurai Predator streams! Today and tomorrow! 3-5! twitch.tv/kindafunnygames Kinda Funny First Impressions of Hyper Scape is going up on Youtube after KFGD Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:07:50 - NBA 2K21 Prices Stun Everyone, Nick Summers Engadget 00:32:00 - Iron Man VR Review Round-up 00:41:00 - Microsoft Renews Fable Trademark, Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:44:30 - Sony Buying Leyou? (They Own Splash Damage (most recently Gears Tactics) and Digital Extremes (Warframe)), Bloomberg 00:47:50 - Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito Is In a Game, Eddie @ GameSpot 00:50:33 - There’s a Madden NFL 21 Uprising 00:52:00 - Fallout TV Show? 00:57:50 - Out today 00:58:20 - Do you feel like the XBox Summer Game Fest a good way to handle these demos with no live events? Do you think we will get demos for Halo Infinite or other big triple A games?- BJ Bernardo - Squad Up:LEXI PENCE - http://kindafunny.com/coffee Tomorrow’s Hosts:Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Whitta and Greg run through PlayStation's nine new indies, talk about Xbox's awesome Summer Game Fest demo solution, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:40 - Housekeeping BJ Writes In: With E3 Month now over, I was wondering how you guys felt about it. Was it good having all that news spread out? GAMESCAST @ 2 PM PT Thursday and Friday: PREDATOR STREAMS! 3-5 pm. twitch.tv/kindafunnygames Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:06:31 - PlayStation Indies! 00:39:40 - Crysis Remastered And Its Trailer Delayed, Steven Wright @ GameSpot 00:47:40 - Devolver Digital Showcase Announced 00:52:20 - XBOX SUMMER GAME FEST DEMO FUN TIMES 00:59:20 - Cyberpunk 2077 Ditches Wall Running, Lisa Dahlgren @ Game Reactor 01:00:00 - Out today 01:00:49 - Squad Up: The Nano Biologist - You‘re Wrong 01:12:56 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imran and Blessing talk about new rumors about Xbox Series X and what they could mean for Lockhart. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:05 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed,Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:15 - Xbox Lockhart Intended To Release After Series X (Thurrott/Brad Sams) 00:15:00 - Fortnite Ditches Early Access Label, Slows Development Of Save The World Mode (IGN/Jordan Oloman) 00:23:55 - Nintendo Theme Park in Japan Won’t Open This Summer (Bloomberg/Takashi Mochizuki) 00:27:50 - Andy McNamara Leaves Game Informer After 29 Years 00:30:35 - PSVR Patent Filed For Advertisements Displayed Within The Headset (IGN/Jordan Oloman) 00:37:30 - Discord is rebranding to shift away from gaming (Engadget/Igor Bonifacic) 00:42:30 - Twitch suspends Donald Trump's channel for hateful conduct (GI.biz/Brendan Sinclair) 00:47:30 - Out today 00:49:00 - Reader mail - 00:50:41 - Nintendo gave a formal apology over joy-con drift.However, in 2020 how is this still an issue? - Parker Petrov 00:55:00 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Gary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim talk about new reports on that WB Montreal Harry Potter games. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:38 - Housekeeping TOMORROW MORNING, we’re reacting live to DreamsCom! That’s right, join Greg and me as we react to Media Molecule’s livestream as they look at some of the most exciting Dreams community projects in development and some updates from the Dreams team. That’s taking place tomorrow at 9am Pacific on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames We Have Cool Friends with Laura Bailey is live right after this episode of KFGD. She and Greg talk about her, her career, and her role in The Last of Us Part II. So stay tuned right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames or watch & listen later on YouTube.com/KindaFunny or your podcast service of choice. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:28 - WB’s Harry Potter game is still very real and we have more details - Jason Schreier @ Bloomberg 00:18:03 - In light of this, and the numerous gaming industry scandals over the past week, I wondered how you guys feel about the balance of an artist and their art? Does it affect the quality of a great game for you, if someone behind it is known to be problematic? - Best Friends Q:MattDowse 00:23:50 - Looks like Ubisoft is about to reveal a new Battle Royale game - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:32:40 - Dr. Disrespect has been banned on Twitch - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:38:20 - Is Kojima teasing Death Stranding 2? - Andy Robinson @ VGC 00:42:35 - Out today 00:44:40 - Brooklinen Reader mail - 00:46:00 - When is the absolute latest they can wait till to reveal the prices? Do you think this game of chicken has hurt either company whether it be with their reputation with fans, financially with pre-orders, or in stocks? - TheSheepWhisper 00:52:38 - In regards to last week's discussion about the Avengers game, could it have been better to be a games as a service that released heroes periodically? While only starting with two or three? Nail down the play style of the first couple, then move on to the others once they're fully fleshed out and feel like how they're supposed to? - Lee Pollero 01:00:00 - Squad Up: Dracon (Smite on all platforms (cross-play ftw)) - In game: DraconxPrime 01:00:49 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Imran and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Tim talk about the TLOU2 sales, Microsoft Stores are closing, Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:30 - Housekeeping Monday, we’re taking over GameSpot’s charity stream! Noon on GameSpot.com we’re taking Play For All By Storm and raising money for … Black Lives Matter and Direct Relief Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:08:38 - Suck it, haters -- TLOU2 the fastest-selling first-party PS4 exclusive, Eric Lempel @ PS 00:19:20 - Goodbye Microsoft Stores, Chris Welch @ The Verge 00:38:20 - Avengers Combat Started with Black Widow, Steve Watts @ GameSpot 00:42:50 - Have reviewers already decided that the Avengers game is not going to be great and won't give it a fair shot when it comes out? - Best Friends Q:CJ 00:53:08 - MINECRAFT DUNGEONS: JUNGLE AWAKENS DLC next Week, Steve Watts @ GameSpot 00:55:00 - Out today 00:57:00 - Reader mail - 00:59:50 - Can we talk about the PS4's jet engine fan? - 2038 Pokémon CEO(PC/Xbox/Twitter) 01:03:50 - Squad Up:Cale Dolfincorn -Discord: Dolfincorn#0462 (its case sensitive) Twitter:@dolfincorn Xbox:Dolfincorn You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday: Blessing and Tim Tuesday: Imran and Blessing Wednesday: Greg and Gary Thursday: Greg and Blessing Friday: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Xbox goes into detail on Series X optimization, you're going swimming in Animal Crossing, and Greg and Bless are stoked for Avengers! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:55 - “Now that we've seen more of what to expect from Avengers, do you think this game will release to similar or more fanfare as Destiny 1 did?” - Blood Wolf Reaper 00:14:35 - Housekeeping TLOU2 Spoilercast with Neil, Ash, and Troy is up. Blessing’s First Impressions of Cyberpunk are up. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed Conner Nolan Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:17:46 - What Does Optimized for Series X Mean? 00:31:57 - “Could Phil Spencer’s confidence give us hope that we will see more first party titles from Microsoft at launch than we will see from Playstation” - Sean Wimbish 00:36:29 - “Can Halo: Infinite be a "Breath of the Wild" and be such an amazing exclusive that it single-handedly wills the launch of the new console to great success?” - IAmTheGame13 00:42:29 - Animal Crossing Updates 00:46:00 - Fallout 76 Lessons Delayed Doom Eternal 00:50:01 - Out today 00:54:56 - Reader mail - 00:56:33 - “Are video games supposed to be fun?” - Anon 01:03:57 - Squad Up: Steven Nelson - Xbox - aBoyInTheWoods 01:04:44 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The creative director of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla has stepped down as the video game industry reels from a round of allegations. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:00 - Housekeeping TONIGHT @ 6 pm! TWITCH.TV/SADBOYBARRETT. On my stream tonight I'm raising money for the trevor project and if I hit my goal (which is only $100 because I have a small twitch following), I'm giving away Spongebob on PS4 along with some of the things from the F.U.N. Edition. 9 am Cyberpunk Tomorrow! Twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. Blessing will have played, so expect a Gamescast after. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed Conner Nolan Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:05:45 - Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Games 00:12:27 - “As an ally: What can I do to help?” - The Wrong Shaun 00:26:48 - New Pokemon Game Announced 00:33:00 - Halo Transmission 00:39:00 - SKATE and APEX NUGGETS 00:42:00 - New THPS Skaters 00:43:26 - PlayStation Bug Bounty 00:45:00 - Out today 00:47: 55- Ad Reader mail - 00:49:52 - “I just got done listening to the latest PS I Love You with a question regarding crunch and naughty dog.” - Quiso 00:56:44 - You‘re Wrong 01:00:24 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blessing and Tim talk about Microsoft shutting down Mixer, Facebook buying Ready at Dawn, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Mohammed Mohammed, Conner Nolan, Black Jack The Roper Report - 00:04:30 - Mitch Dyer Calls Out Former IGN Employees 00:08:13 - Microsoft is shutting down Mixer - Brendain Sinclair @ GiBiz 00:21:50 - What do you think are the long term implications of an Xbox-Facebook partnership? - Best Friends Q:Eamon in DC (pronounced a-men) 00:24:48 - We Have an Idea of the 7 EA games coming to Switch over the next year - Jeffy Grubb Grubb @ VentureBeat 00:30:45 - Ghost of Tsushima has gone gold and we have an ESRB description - Cian Maher @ VG247 00:33:10 - Facebook has acquired Ready at Dawn - Brendain Sinclair @ GiBiz 00:42:21 - Marvel’s Avengers confirmed as free upgrade to PS5 - Jordan Sirani @ IGN 00:47:15 - Out today Reader mail - 00:54:54 - If this game holds up from the previous games, will we want a new game from Crash, or go back to remake some classics like Wrath of Cortex or Twinsanity - Zig 00:57:30 - Squad Up: Grayling Thibodeaux(Xbox) - MS 98 Paint 00:58:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Gary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices