PlayStation Announces Game From Left 4 Dead Creator - Kinda Funny Games Daily 12.04.25

Blessing and Tim tackle a HUGE news day. Let's talk about Nintendo's Switch Pro details, Xbox and Bethesda's E3 presentation, PlayStation's marketing plan, and SONIC THE MUHFUGGIN HEDGEHOG BABY. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:40 - Housekeeping SO MUCH IS HAPPENING TODAY. We just reacted to Sonic Central. Me and Tim’s reactions will be up on Youtube for you to check out. Right after this episode of KFGD, we’re reacting to the new Cobra Kai trailer. At 12 noon, there’s a Dying Light 2 stream and we’re reacting to that live. Then at 2pm pt we’re reacting live to the Horizon Forbidden West State of Play. That’s all going down right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames The reactions don’t stop there, tomorrow we’re reacting to Far Cry 6’s presentation at 9:30 am. Tonight at 5:30 pm PT, Greg’s hosting another episode of Presence of Mind for Cloud 9 with Alanah and Kahlief. This is their every other week show about mental health, and we’ll be streaming it on twitch.tv/kindafunnygames! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Tom Bock The Roper Report  - 00:05:00 - Nintendo Plans Upgraded Switch Replacement as Soon as September - Takashi Mochizuki & Debby Wu @ Bloomberg 00:18:07 - Xbox and Bethesda Games E3 showcase coming June 13! - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon 00:23:06 - There's loads of interesting info in Sony's PlayStation investor relations document! - Wesley Yin-Poole @ Eurogamer 00:37:00 - Ad 00:38:33 - Borderlands 3 is getting crossplay support, but not on PlayStation - Tom Warren @ The Verge 00:42:08 - Will more big games, new and old NOT going cross play possibly cause PlayStation to end their greedy tactic? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist 00:46:55 - Sonic Central stream celebrated the game’s 30th anniversary - Nibellion on Twitter 00:54:30 - BlizzCon 2021 has been canceled - Jay Peters @ The Verge 00:55:40 - Dragon Quest 12 Officially Announced - Luke Reilly @ IGN 00:01:00 - Out today 01:01:43 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Touko 20211h 9min

Blessing and Tim talk about Pokemon, Sonic, Unreal Engine 5, and so much more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:26 - Housekeeping A new episode of Gamescast is up right now and it’s our reviews of both Biomutant, and Knockout City! Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Tom Bock The Roper Report  - 00:04:11 - We’ve got a release date for the new Pokemon games! - Andrew Webster @ The Verge 00:20:36 - Unreal Engine 5 Is Available Now in Early Access and there’s a Gorgeous New Tech Demo - Matt Kim @ IGN 00:26:24 - Roger Craig Smith is back voicing Sonic?? - Twitter 00:33:20 - PlayStation is Planning an Expansion Into Mobile Games and Apps - Jordan Oloman @ IGN 00:34:00 - What's intrigues you more: creating a unique experience with your IP for mobile gaming (like what I think Sony is doing)? Or, bringing the actual console game on the phone (like XBox Game Pass currently does)? - Best Friends Q:BJ Bernardo 00:42:20 - Speaking of: PlayStation Is Developing AI ‘Agents’ That Will Play Games With You - Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:46:01 - Pre-E3 keeps rolling: Far Cry 6 is getting a gameplay reveal 00:48:10 - Dreams Community convention DreamsCom returns for 2021 - @PlayStation on Twitter 00:49:20 - Out today 00:41:00 - Ad 00:52:50 - Squad Up:ALDEN (Series X) - Alden9386 00:53:10 - ONE OF THEM ROTATIN’ SEGMENTS (This is optional) Another required reading: Inside IGN’s Battle for Editorial Independence - Steven Strom @ Fanbyte 00:55:02 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Touko 20211h 2min

Gary Whitta and Greg talk about Horizon Forbidden West's State of Play announcement, Sonic being more popular than Zelda, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:35 - Housekeeping There’s a new PS I Love You XOXO live and we’re making a PS5 time capsule to open in seven years! The Roper Report - 00:07:31 - Horizon Info Incoming! 00:20:17 - Sonic the Hedgehog Event Incoming! 00:31:18 - Dying Light Event Incoming 00:34:00 - IGN Announces IGN Expo 00:37:30 - CD Projekt Waiting on Sony to Reinstate Cyberpunk 00:44:20 - Ads 00:45:48 - Ubisoft has or hasn’t gotten better about harassment based on who you ask 00:53:30 - Steam Handheld Incoming? 00:58:36 - Knockout City Hits 2 Million Players 01:02:22 - Out today 01:04:17 - You‘re Wrong 01:05:02 - Frankfurter - Happy Birthday Nano! - twitch.tv/thenanobiologist 01:07:29 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Tim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Touko 20211h 13min

Blessing and Tim talk about a rumored new Final Fantasy spin-off called "Final Fantasy Origins", Bioumtant reviews, and more! Listen to the http://www.patreon.com/kindafunnygames post-show to hear Blessing Barrett argue about the top 25 open world games. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:35 - Housekeeping It’s Monday, we got a bunch of new shows live for you right now! The edited finale of me and Andy’s playthrough of Resident Evil 7 is up right now, edited by Roger Pokorny. It’s one you don’t want to miss. I’m lost, drunk, and terrified by the end of it. A new Kinda Funny Podcast went up this morning where we help a Best Friend get engaged. And a new Kinda Funny Xcast is up right now where they talk all about what Nintendo is up to with Xbox. All of that is available right now on Youtube.com/KindaFunny and Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames along with your favorite podcast service. This Friday, we’re battling the Knockout City dev team. If we win, we get the Kinda Funny logo in the game. If we lose… doesn’t matter; it’s not going to happen. Practice starts after KFGD Friday, and the big game is at noon PT. Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Tom Bock The Roper Report  - 00:06:08 - Square Enix is about to announce a new Final Fantasy game, and it’s a Soulslike - Imran Khan @ Fanbyte 00:16:00 - Why is it ok for FF games to continue to be exclusive to the sony platform and why..isn't there outsized "backlash"? - Best Friends Q:Karl 00:26:00 - Biomutant Review Round Up 00:33:00 - Ad 00:35:40 - We got a new image of the Uncharted movie! - New York Times, tweeted by Nibel on Twitter 00:41:40 - Rockstar Games announces its own record label - Press release 00:44:40 - Watch Dogs Was Originally a Driver Game - Matt Purslow @ IGN 00:48:20 - Out today  Reader mail  - 00:50:30 - So we all love Knockout City - but after next week will this love stick? - Billythedoor 00:55:25 - Required Reading: Special Report: The Inside Story of Blizzard's Departures and a Company at a Crossroads - Kat Bailey @ IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/special-report-the-inside-story-of-blizzards-departures-and-a-company-at-a-crossroads 00:59:08 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Whitta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Blessing and Tim talk about Netflix's possible expansion into gaming, Overwatch changing to 5v5, and more! Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:24 - Housekeeping Remember today: We’re streaming for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund at 11 a.m. PT. twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. You can start donating -- and learning about the charity -- now at kindafunny.com/palestine! The Roper Report - 00:05:20 - Netflix really wants to get into video games 00:15:15 - Overwatch 2 is changing to a 5v5 game 00:30:18 - Ads 00:32:57 - Mass Effect's Normandy Is Now in No Man's Sky 00:40:36 - Devolver Digital’s Phantom Abyss looks like Fall Guys meets Indiana Jones 00:43:29 - Hot Wheels Unleashed revealed their new College Campus environment 00:46:38 - Out today 00:48:20 - “Will this online E3 be a one-off thing or an evolution of the event?” - Jordan Lee Rowan 00:54:23 - Required Reading - https://bit.ly/3ywy9Ni  00:56:16 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: Monday - Blessing and Tim Tuesday - Greg and Whitta Wednesday - Blessing and Andy Thursday - Blessing and Tim Friday - Greg and Blessing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Blind Gamer Steve Saylor joins Greg on this Global Accessibility Awareness Day to talk about Starfield release date rumors, TimeSplitters coming back, and more! Follow Steve: https://twitter.com/stevesaylor Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:05 - Global Accessibility Awareness Day 00:05:00 - “I was wondering what accessibility options do you think are the most crucial?” - Parker Petrov 00:10:08 - Housekeeping Our Palestine Stream is tomorrow @ 11 am pt! twitch.tv/kindafunnygames -- kindafunny.com/palestine The Roper Report - 00:12:04 - Timesplitters Lives! 00:18:55 - “I wonder if Timesplitters has anything new it can offer to the FPS genre” - Jordan Lee Rowan 00:24:33 - When’s Starfield Coming? 00:30:32 - “What's a better strategy?” - dhruvenator 00:40:37 - “Xbox and Bethesda are doing a joint event this year for E3. Is this going to be too long?” - The Nano Biologist 00:43:12 - Ads 00:45:50 - Outsiders Square’s “Next” Major Franchise 00:49:20 - Todd and Amy are Back together! 00:52:15 - EA’s New Open-World Action Studio 00:53:47 - Out today 00:58:00 - Required Reading: https://bit.ly/2QzeY4i  01:01:16 - You‘re Wrong 01:03:41 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Greg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Touko 20211h 9min

Blessing and Andy talk about a BIG showing for Summer Game Fest, what's going on with Warner Bros, and more. Listen to the http://www.patreon.com/kindafunnygames post-show to hear about our hype levels for Biomutant. Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:03:23 - Housekeeping A new Kinda Funny Gamescast is up and it’s a Deathloop preview! Tim, Barrett, Parris, and I got to check out a hand-off deep dive behind closed doors and we’ve broken down everything we saw. That’s live right now on podcast services and on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyGames. We’re streaming for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Friday at 11 a.m. PT. twitch.tv/kindafunnygames. You can start donating -- and learning about the charity -- now at kindafunny.com/palestine! The Roper Report - 00:07:00 - Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest returns June 10th with a ‘world premiere showcase’ 00:14:11 - “Is this just a glorified outlook calendar of gaming events featuring Weezer?” - Parker Petrov 00:23:33 - Warner Bros Interactive will reportedly be split up following Warner/Discovery merger 00:30:33 - The Last of Us Part II has gotten a performance patch for PS5 00:34:49 - “Does this mean we will not see a PS5 version?” - MaDogNik96 00:38:51 - Ads 00:41:28 - Take-Two announces plans to launch a ‘new Gearbox franchise’ 00:45:44 - 5 Games are coming to NES Online and SNES Online for Switch, and none of them are Earthbound or Super Mario RPG 00:49:30 - Out today 00:53:44 - You‘re Wrong 00:59:00 - Post Show Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Steve Saylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Touko 20211h 4min

Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams comes through to talk about the IGN staff reaction to their post being removed, GTA Online PS5 and Xbox Series X getting a date, and so much more! Listen to the http://www.patreon.com/kindafunnygames post-show to hear about how Kah reviews games and to get the show ad free. Follow Kah at http://www.twitter.com/Kahjahkins . Time Stamps - 00:00:00 - Start 00:04:35 - Housekeeping PS I Love You XOXO is live with the Trophy Room’s Kyle Stephenson talking about Starfield not coming to PS5, how the DualSense actually matters, and more! youtube.com/kindafunnygames. The Roper Report   - 00:11:08 - IGN / Palestine Update 00:36:25 - Ads 00:39:04 - GTA Online PS5 and Xbox Date! 00:42:38 - Saints Row The Third Coming to Current Gen 00:46:00 - Is Devolver Going Public? 00:49:09 - No Hollow Knight at E3 2021 00:49:56 - GamesIndustry.Biz FACTS 00:53:00 - Out today 00:56:10 - You‘re Wrong Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Andy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Touko 20211h 3min