Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

It's a Nintendo sales day everyone! Bless and Tim, break down the best selling Switch games, Resident Evil sales, and more.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:04:15 - Housekeeping

00:08:20 - Zelda drives record quarter for Switch with 18.5m sales

00:23:18 - Mario Movie is also killing it

00:31:46 - Ad

00:34:59 - Nintendo Still Has Metroid Prime 4 Down as a Switch Game

00:42:10 - We have up to date Resident Evil 2 sales numbers

00:47:00 - Baldur's Gate Reviews (in progress) are in!

00:52:40 - Hideo Kojima rewrote Death Stranding 2 from scratch after the pandemic

00:58:04 - The Callisto Protocol studio lays off 32 employees

01:02:28 - Out Today

01:06:12 - Squad Up: FFXIV - Immahippie (Discord)

01:07:37 - You‘re Wrong

01:10:51 - The Post Show!

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Tim & Bless

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Blessing and Mike talk about Star Wars Jedi Survivor hitting old consoles, best selling video games from Circana, and Hasbro apologizing to Activision.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:05:02 - Housekeeping

00:09:56 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Coming To PS4 And Xbox One

00:20:16 - Diablo 4 June's Best-Selling Game in the U.S., PS5 Doing Fantastically Well

00:32:38 - Ad

00:35:52 - Hasbro apologizes for claiming Activision lost its Transformers games

00:39:21 - We have the reason why Baldur’s Gate 3 can’t preload

00:40:30 - EA says its College Football game is making ‘incredible progress’, but is still working through licensing

00:47:47 - Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon for Wii U are coming back online

00:51:00 - Discord on Xbox will soon let you stream your gameplay to friends

00:52:50 - Out Today

00:57:31 - “How do you balance your want/need to play already released titles for review?” - Parkes

01:05:31 - Squad Up: Ethan Hunt - Pokemon Sleep - 5569-5429-2399

01:06:26 - You‘re Wrong

01:10:21 - The Post Show!

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim

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Greg and Blessing discuss Patapon's successor fulfilling its Kickstarter goal, Baldur's Gate 3 not running on Xbox Series X, and Remnant 2 selling a million!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:04:25 - Housekeeping

00:12:11 - New Game From Patapon Creators Funds Its Kickstarter in Under an Hour

00:31:14 - Baldur’s Gate 3 won’t come to Xbox before 2024, Larian suggests

00:40:58 - Baldur’s Gate 3’s 122GB Download Cannot Be Preloaded

00:45:43 - Ad

00:48:57 - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Is Coming to Xbox and PlayStation in September

00:52:27 - Remnant 2 Sells 1 Million Copies in First Week

00:55:03 - Street Fighter 6 tournament interrupted by a nude Chun-Li mod

00:56:58 - Players get warned against playing cracked Tekken 8 network test

00:59:00 - Out Today

01:01:30 - You‘re Wrong

01:04:15 - The Post Show!

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Mike

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Greg and Tim discuss rumors of the next Switch coming Fall 2024, Greg's review of Venba, and an Elder Scrolls remake rumor.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:05:10 - Housekeeping

00:11:10 - Sources: Nintendo targets 2024 with next-gen console

00:24:46 - Venba Review Round Up

00:29:21 - Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is getting a remake, it’s claimed

00:34:34 - Ad

00:37:47 - Helldivers 2 Could Release This October

00:43:02 - Assassin's Creed Mirage Is 3X Shorter Than Valhalla Apparently

00:49:58 - Hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV Is Finally Coming To Xbox

00:51:23 - PS5 Beta Finally Adds Support for Dolby Atmos HDMI Devices, Among Other Things

00:56:02 - Hasbro wants Xbox to bring back Activision’s Transformers games via Game Pass

00:58:20 - Out Today

00:59:18 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Bless

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Mike hosts the show with Blessing to talk about Sakurai's comments about Smash Bros, big Call of Duty news, and Xbox lays down the law.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:05:26 - Housekeeping

00:11:08 - Masahiro Sakurai Ponders the Next Smash Bros. Game

00:24:45 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 will be revealed in Warzone

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00:39:56 - Lara Croft, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, And 21 Savage Are Joining Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II And Warzone

00:45:52 - Xbox has reportedly started suspending players who run emulators in retail mode

00:55:09 - Tekken 8 Fans Use Cheat Engine to Uncover Potential Unannounced Playable Characters

01:00:52 - Sea of Stars has gone gold!

01:04:48 - Out Today

01:09:24 - You‘re Wrong

01:12:24 - The Post Show!

Monday’s Hosts: Greg & Tim

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Blessing and Tim talk about Disney Illusion Island, why Sonic Mania 2 never happened, Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2, PS5 hitting 40 million, and so much more on a JAM packed news day!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:04:15 - Housekeeping

00:09:33 - Disney Illusion Island Review Round Up

00:21:40 - We now know why Sonic Mania 2 didn’t happen

00:28:18 - Sega Trademarks Sonic And Friends

00:33:10 - Ad

00:36:24 - New Red Dead Redemption logo appears on Rockstar website

00:40:40 - PlayStation 5 Surpasses 40 Million in Sales

00:42:30 - Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 has been announced

00:47:43 - Pikmin 4’s first week sales in Japan were more than the previous three games combined

00:51:14 - Capcom Intends to Release an Unannounced Game by March 31, 2024 That Will “Sell Millions”

00:53:40 - Like A Dragon Gaiden looks like it will be a digital-only game in the west

00:57:39 - Activision is suing Anthony Fantano

01:02:43 - Out Today

01:05:07 - You‘re Wrong

01:07:25 - The Post Show!

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Mike & Bless

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Blessing and Greg talk about layoffs at CD Projekt Red, Twisted Metal's Peacock, and Project L updates!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:11:02 - Housekeeping

00:13:00 - CD Projekt Red plans to lay off around 100 staff, ‘roughly 9%’ of its team

00:21:28 - The Twisted Metal Peacock series is actually good??

00:30:46 - Ad

00:34:00 - Project L, League Of Legends Fighting Game, Lets You Play 2v2 With Four Players

00:41:08 - A New Xbox Home Update is Rolling Out

00:48:36 - You can now Venmo new Xbox games

00:51:38 - Futurama Transport Tubes Bender, Leela, and Fry into Fortnite Starting Today

00:56:04 - PlayStation Plus essential games have been announced for August

00:57:38 - Out Today

00:58:07 - NVIDIA GeForce Update

01:00:54 - You‘re Wrong

01:04:10 - The Post Show!

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Tim

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Greg and Bless do a preview round up for Armored Core and chat about a canceled Immortals Fenyx Rising sequel.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:11:00 - Housekeeping

00:15:15 - Armored Core 6 Preview Round Up

00:34:52 - Ad

00:38:06 - Sources say Ubisoft has canceled its Immortals Fenyx Rising sequel

00:51:01 - Sea of Stars available launch day on PlayStation Plus

00:53:45 - DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing game announced

00:58:32 - John Legend Is The New Brand Ambassador For Neopets

01:00:00 - Out Today

01:04:02 - You‘re Wrong

01:06:44 - The Post Show!

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Bless & Greg

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Greg and Tim kick-off the week with a huge news day! Let's talk about a secret Insomniac game, Project Q leaks, and an Armored Core livestream tomorrow.

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00:04:24 - Housekeeping

• It's time to MUNCH! Thanks to your support on Patreon, we're launching our new food ranking show Kinda Munchies. Tune in TODAY during the stream to see Mike try foods for the very first time! Spoilers: he's never eaten cereal with milk before. We can't believe he's a real human, either.

00:08:21 - It looks like Insomniac is working on a third game, alongside Spider-Man and Wolverine

00:22:00 - PlayStation Project Q Leaks

00:25:30 - Mortal Kombat 1 Finally Confirms Homelander and Peacemaker Alongside a Host of New Characters

00:28:11 - Speaking of Omni-Man… INVINCIBLE GAMES!

00:42:43 - Ad

00:45:57 - Armored Core 6 will reportedly support six-player PvP multiplayer

00:51:00 - Tencent To Purchase Majority Stake In Dying Light Developer Techland

00:55:35 - 1400 retro games have been added to Xbox, largely thanks to Phil Spencer

00:58:31 - Somerville Appears to be Headed to PS5 and PS4

00:59:04 - Xbox has created the ‘world’s first ever pizza-scented controller’

01:00:37 - Out Today

01:02:02 - You‘re Wrong

Tomorrow’s Hosts: Greg & Bless

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Tim and Bless watch the new Spider-Man 2 trailer, Mike comes on to chat about game some indies he's gotten to preview, and Arkane could go back to single player.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:03:54 - Housekeeping

00:08:20 - Spider-Man 2’s new story trailer and PS5 bundle are consumed by Venom

00:28:36 - Mike comes in to talk about some game impressions!

00:37:10 - Ad

00:38:21 - Arkane could be going back to single player

00:46:41 - Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition bodes well for Ubisoft

00:50:49 - High on Life Seemingly Coming to PlayStation

00:52:22 - EA Sports renews Premier League partnership, granting access to ‘every club, player and more’

00:54:09 - The Borderlands movie has a date!

00:55:32 - Out Today

00:59:16 - Squad Up: Zen - Pokémon Sleep - 6156-9207-5817

01:00:57 - You‘re Wrong

01:03:45 - The Post Show!

Monday’s Hosts: Greg & Tim

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