Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

Yes, your PS4 save works. Yes, there's a paid upgrade path, Yes, you're getting the Half Life and Cyberpunk content. Let's talk about Death Stranding Director's Cut, Sifu, and PlayStation's State of Play with Patrick Shanley!

Follow Patrick: https://twitter.com/pshanley88

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We’ve announced the new studio debut date! Check out the video EVERYWHERE.

BLACK WIDOW IN REVIEW TODAY!

Phil Spencer is coming to the Kinda Funny Gamescast next Tuesday! Get questions in on Patreon.com/kindafunnygames

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack

The Roper Report -

00:08:40 - Death Stranding Director’s Cut DEETS, Jay Boor @ the PlayStation Blog00

00:20:40 - Sifu Delayed

00:29:30 - Speaking of DS and Sifu, let’s talk PlayStation State of Play in General

00:37:43 - Ad

00:39:35 - Was all the disappointment fan-caused? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist

00:45:18 - Genshin Impact to Add New City, Cross-Save and More This Month, Liam Wiseman @ IGN

00:49:15 - Breaking: @geoffkeighley THE WITCHER Season 2 will come to Netflix on December 17 2021

00:50:10 - Out today

00:54:03 - Squad Up:Eli(PS4/PS5) - Shawdawgy

00:55:30 - You‘re Wrong

Next Weeks Hosts:

MON: Janet and Tim

TUES: Greg and Gary

WED: Blessing and Andy

THURS: Greg and Tim at a special time -- Noon!

FRI: Greg and Blessing

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Greg and Tim take the Dark Souls 3 60FPS on Xbox news and follow it to its logical conclusion: Bloodborne Director's Cut on PS5. Wait, what?

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State of Play TODAY! 2 pm PT

THE KF PODCAST REUNION: youtube.com/kindafunny

Mario Golf with Game Attack: youtube.com/kindafunnygames

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:10:11 - Dark Souls 3 Now Runs At 60 FPS On Xbox Series X|S, But Resolution Is Still Locked to 900p, Darryn Bonthuys @ GameSpot

00:24:00 - DICE LA Rebrands, Kat Bailey @ IGN

00:32:00 - Ad

00:34:10 - CD Projeckt Red Vancouver is a GO!, Eddie @ GameSpot

00:39:50 - RE Village Sales, via Nibel

00:45:30 - Out today

00:50:50 - Squad Up:Devan(Xbox Series and PlayStation 5) - VerumDex on Xbox and PaopuTrio on PlayStation

00:51:33 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Blessing

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Blessing and Tim talk about the new Assassin's Creed live service shift, Robocop, and more!

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A new Gamescast is up right now and it’s us looking through every major game release for the rest of the year. That’s me, Tim, Andy, and Greg and is up on Youtube and podcast services around the globe.

Kinda Funny’s Loki episode 5 reactions just finished recording and should be up on Youtube.com/KindaFunny by the time you’re listening to this.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack

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00:05:37 - Assassin’s Creed is turning into a live service

00:35:50 - Ad

00:38:00 - RoboCop’s getting a new video game - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon

00:40:30 - HBO's The Last of Us Season 1 Will Have 10 Episodes - Adele Ankers @ IGN

00:48:48 - Destiny 2 Showcase has been announced For August 24 - Jon Bitner @ TheGamer

00:50:00 - Out today

 Reader mail  -

00:51:40 - Do you think with Halo Infinite being maybe the biggest game coming this fall, does it have more pressure to be great by us (fans, media, etc)? - BJ Bernardo

00:56:00 - Squad Up:Neil(XBOX & PS)

00:57:00 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Tim

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Greg and Gary Whitta delve DEEP into the new Nintendo Switch (OLED Version), PlayStation's next State of Play, and more!

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PS I Love You XOXO is live. Blessing, Janet, and I talk about PlayStation striking back and they review Chicory!

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack

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00:07:00 - New Nintendo Switch Announced and People are Pissed

00:15:23 - What's the use case for the Switch Lite? - Best Friends Q:KBABZ

00:26:10 - Were the Bloomberg reports completely malarkey? - Best Friends Q:BanderSN

00:32:20 - final nail in the coffin - Best Friends Q:JoshyG

- State of Play coming Thursday

- Pokemon Go is a “Dream Come True” according to Miyamoto, By Cameron Koch @ GameSpot

- Final Fantasy 14 Has Broken Its Concurrent Player Record On Steam Once Again, Darryn Bonthuys @ GameSpot

- Out today

- Squad Up:Parker Begale(Xbox:Sea of Thieves) - thebeagal8

- You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Blessing and Andy

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Blessing and Tim celebrate their birthdays and talk about expectations for a Dead Space remake!

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We’re off this Monday for 4th of July weekend! So don’t expect any shows to go live or any live recordings to take place on Monday. Instead:

PS I Love You XOXO is recording this afternoon! So get your questions and write-ins in asap. We’re talking about all of the big acquisitions along with all of the big PlayStation news of the last week. And also talking about Chicory: A Colorful Tale. That’ll go live at the regular time on Tuesday next week.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness &Black Jack

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00:08:05 - The next Dead Space is a full remake - Jeff Grubb @ GamesBeat

00:18:19 - Rockstar’s co-founder Dan Houser has founded a new Studio - Chris Scullion @ Video Games Chronicle

00:23:13 - Skyward Sword is getting a bunch of quality of life improvements - Damien McFerran @ Nintendo Life

00:29:50 - Ad

00:31:50 - id Software is shelving Doom Eternal’s Invasion mode and is making Horde mode instead

00:34:50 - There’s a cool new game from Flying Wild Hog!

00:40:10 - Don’t expect Dragon Age or Mass Effect at EA Play this year

00:41:36 - Out today

 Reader mail  -

00:47:50 - Gamer Confessions:I haven't played a single game in the following franchises - Emmett Watkins Jr.

00:57:20 - Squad Up:Mick(XBox) - OG MickLaw

Required reading - https://www.ign.com/articles/why-indie-publishers-fed-up-playstation

01:00:30 - You‘re Wrong

Next week’s Hosts:

MON: We’re off for the 4th of July

TUES: Greg and Gary

WED: Blessing and Andy

THURS: Greg and Tim

FRI: Greg and Bless

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Greg and Tim talk about Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut REALLY being announced, Phil Spencer on Halo Infinite's importance to the franchise, and so much more!

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E3 Host Jacki Jing is on the Kinda Funny Podcast! youtube.com/kindafunny and podcast services!

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:05:30 - Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut (Really) Announced

00:12:03 - What does the panel think of the $20 upgrade for the ps5 version? - Best Friends Q:Chance Carter

00:12:20 - PS4 and want to upgrade to PS5 you will have to be ready to pay another 10 bucks. - Best Friends Q:Mattyou

00:26:30 - Halo Infinite isn’t Make or Break to Phil Spencer, Maxwell Jeffery @ Gaming Intel

00:36:40 - BREAKING: Kojima + Xbox, Jeff Grubb @ GamesBeat

00:40:17 - PlayStation Buys Another Studio, Joe Skrebbels @ IGN

00:33:36 - Ad

00:46:20 - TLOU Series Finds Its Sarah, Justin Kroll @ Deadline

00:48:50 - Evidence Mounts for Dead Space Revival, Darryn Bonthuys @ GameSpot

00:54:20 - We’re getting Pokemon Oreos in September!

00:56:10 - Out today

00:59:04 - Squad Up:Mathijs(Xbox) - Ma7hijs

01:01:10 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless and Tim

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Silent Hill has hope! Let's talk about that, Control's multiplayer game, and more with Blessing and Andy.

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It’s Tim Gettys birthday today! Go and wish him a happy birthday today on social media.

Our Loki episode 4 reactions just got done recording and will be live on Youtube by the time you’re listening to this episode. So go check that out on Youtube.com/KindaFunny

Right after this live episode of KFGD is another Mario Golf stream on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames. This time it’s featuring Game Attack. Make sure you go check that out right here on Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames or later on Youtube.com/KindaFunnyPlays.

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:09:10 - Are we getting a new Silent Hill game from Bloober Team and Konami?

00:17:03 - Are you confident with Konami's pick? - Best Friends Q:The Nano Biologist

00:22:50 - Speaking of Developer-Publisher partnerships, it looks like we’re getting WAY more Control

00:38:00 - A New Mystery Id Software Game Rated in Australia - Matt Purslow @ IGN

00:35:30 - Ad

00:45:20 - The Persona Series has hit 15 Million Units Sold Worldwide - Sean Murray @ The Gamer

00:51:50 - Out today

00:54:40 - Gamer Confessions: JoshyG

00:58:06 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg and Tim

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Kotaku Editor in Chief Patricia Hernandez joins Greg to talk about PlayStation buying Housemarque (and maybe Bluepoint), xCloud coming to everything, and Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut!

Follow Patricia: https://twitter.com/xpatriciah

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GUEST: Patricia Herandez, EIC of Kotaku

https://twitter.com/xpatriciah

REQUIRED READING: Hello Kotaku, It's Me, Your New EIC

https://kotaku.com/hello-kotaku-its-me-your-new-eic-1847192727?rev=1624974787372

00:10:10 - Housekeeping

There’s a BANGER of a PSILY live right now on youtube.com/kindafunnygames and podcast services going through Blessing’s must plays for the year and what makes a great PlayStation spin-off game!

Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Donavan Harkness & Black Jack

The Roper Report  -

00:10:50 - PlayStation Buys Housemarque… and maybe Bluepoint?

00:25:50 - How much breathing room do you think Sony will give the Housemarque acquisition before officially announcing the Bluepoint one? - Best Friends Q:luciddre4m

00:37:01 - Ad

00:42:40 - Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut Rated, Tom Ivan @ VGC

00:42:00 - With a director’s cut for Ghost of Tsushima all but confirmed, do you think this means the spin-off Ghost of Ikishima is a given at this point? - Best Friends Q:Conor Killmurray

00:44:50 - xCloud on iOS and using Xbox Series X

00:51:50 - BREAKING:Casey Hudson introduces new studio

 https://twitter.com/CaseyDHudson/status/1409924020334567426

00:54:30 - Out today

00:56:11 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless and Andy

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Blessing and Tim start off the week by recapping Sakurai's Smash presentation, talking about bots in Battlefield, and so much more.

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00:07:20 - We got that Kazuya Smash stream this morning: Here’s a recap - Chris Carter @ Destructoid

00:19:20 - Battlefield 2042 will have bots - Andy Robinson @ VGC

00:20:50 - Battlefield 2042 having bots, I got questions - Best Friends Q:BJ Bernardo

00:26:00 - Loki is coming to Fortnite in July - Andrew Webster @ The Verge

00:36:20 - Knockout City has a Roadmap! - Ryan Craddock @ Nintendo Life

00:39:50 - Rest in Peace to the real life Dogmeat - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN

00:42:50 - Marvel's Avengers Will Soon Always Allow Players to Play as the Same Heroes As Others - Adam Bankhurst @ IGN

00:43:40 - Out today

00:44:37 - Squad Up:Andrew(PSN, but it’s cross play, so add away!)  - MannyThorne

00:45:10 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts:Greg and Patricia Hernandez

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Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank's Insomniac is working on a multiplayer game, Abandoned's playstation app is delayed and more! Let's talk about it all with Blessing and Tim.

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