Assassin’s Creed Shadows Has Been Delayed AGAIN - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.09.25

Summary

Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast – Assassin’s Creed Shadows Has Been Delayed AGAIN
Release Date: January 9, 2025
Hosts: Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Tim Gettys, and Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Guests: Stella Chung (Freelancer, formerly of IGN.com) and Paris Lilly

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1. Introduction and Host Updates

[00:00 – 02:06]

The episode kicks off with Greg Miller outlining the day's key topics: the repeated delay of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the upcoming Xbox Developer Direct event, and the impact of the LA fires on various game productions. Stella Chung, recently separated from IGN, shares her transition to freelance work, her increased streaming activities, and her excitement about attending the Apex Legends Global Series Championship in Sapporo, Japan. Stella remarks at [01:44]:
"So Apex Legends has their Global Series Championship that's happening in Japan, so I'm going to Sapporo. So that'll be fun."

2. Assassin’s Creed Shadows Delay

[07:54 – 21:23]

The main focus of the episode is the announcement that Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed again, now pushing its release from February 14, 2025, to March 20, 2025. This marks the game's second delay, following an initial postponement from November 12, 2024.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Gimmel stated at [09:00]:
"We are all behind our team's efforts to create the most ambitious Assassin's Creed opus of the franchise and made the decision to provide an extra month of development to Shadows in order to better incorporate the player feedback gathered over the past three months."

Hosts and guest Stella express skepticism regarding Ubisoft's transparency and the true reasons behind the delay. Stella comments at [14:01]:
"But I feel like that's something that Ubisoft has not been great at."

Discussion revolves around Ubisoft's potential financial struggles and the possibility of a company sale, with Greg noting at [15:14]:
"They are talking about their fiscal year."
Community reactions from super chats highlight mixed feelings, with some understanding the need for quality assurance, while others are frustrated by the lack of clear communication.

3. Xbox Developer Direct Announcement

[21:23 – 38:22]

The hosts shift focus to the upcoming Xbox Developer Direct scheduled for January 23rd at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. This event promises an inside look at highly anticipated games for Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Game Pass subscribers. Featured studios include Compulsion Games, Sandfall Interactive, ID Studios, and a surprise studio.

Paris Lilly discusses potential announcements at [26:40]:
"I just think it's something smaller, like a Double Fine game that they can put out without a stealth launch."

Expectations include possible reveals of beloved franchises such as an Oblivion remake, new IPs from Double Fine, and exclusive titles like Hellblade 2 and Fable. The hosts speculate on the nature and scale of the games that might be showcased, balancing excitement with cautious optimism.

4. Fallout Season 2 Production Halted Due to LA Fires

[41:12 – 43:38]

Production of Fallout Season 2 has been temporarily halted due to widespread fires in Los Angeles County, affecting several major TV shows. Greg reports at [47:42]:
"Horrific. All the photos, all the stories. So many of my friends of kind of funny live in L.A."

The hosts express concern for those impacted by the fires, including personal anecdotes from Stella about friends evacuating and facing loss of property. The conversation underscores the severe and ongoing nature of the fires, attributing their intensity to climate change.

5. Shadow of the Colossus Movie Update

[43:38 – 50:00]

An update on the Shadow of the Colossus movie adaptation reveals that the project is not abandoned but faces significant budgetary hurdles. Director Andreas Muschietti remains passionate about bringing the cult classic game to the big screen but acknowledges challenges in securing the necessary funding.

Andreas Muschietti stated at [47:00]:
"There is a script that I like a lot."

The hosts debate the likelihood of the film's completion, considering PlayStation's expanding role in film and TV production. Stella adds at [48:03]:
"I think it's going to be really cool, but it's really sad. I don't think it's gonna happen."

6. WE News – Lego and Nintendo Collaboration

[50:00 – 52:34]

In the WE News segment, the hosts discuss the exciting collaboration between Lego and Nintendo to release a Lego Game Boy set in October 2025. This follows similar partnerships, such as Bluey-themed Legos and a Power Wash Simulator Wallace and Gromit special pack.

Greg humorously notes at [51:33]:
"They did a time machine one for the DeLorean."

The conversation highlights the quirky and nostalgic appeal of these collaborations, though Stella shares a personal anecdote about childhood fears related to one of the Wallace and Gromit sets.

7. Community Interaction: Super Chats

[55:00 – 57:22]

Throughout the episode, the hosts engage with live super chats from listeners, reading and reacting to various comments. Highlights include supportive messages for Stella, humorous remarks about the hosts' antics, and fan excitement about upcoming game releases and announcements.

One notable super chat at [55:33]:
"Being from the LA area, I hope everyone is safe."
Reflection on community support and the shared experiences of listeners.

8. Personal Updates and Health

[53:15 – 55:58]

Stella Chung opens up about her health struggles, revealing that she is recovering from long Covid and dealing with POTS syndrome, which affects her heart rate and blood pressure. She discusses maintaining a strict regimen to manage her condition.

Stella shares at [54:07]:
"I've been applying to a few positions... I also sometimes do like live episodes on my podcast."

Greg and the hosts offer words of encouragement, emphasizing community support and resilience amidst personal and professional challenges.

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Conclusion:

The episode provides an in-depth look at significant developments in the gaming industry, particularly focusing on Ubisoft's struggles with Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the anticipation surrounding the Xbox Developer Direct event. Additionally, it touches on broader issues such as the impact of the LA fires on game production and ongoing efforts to adapt beloved video games into films. Personal anecdotes and community interactions add a relatable and engaging layer to the discussion, making the episode both informative and personable for listeners.

Notable Quotes:

• Stella Chung [01:44]:
  "So Apex Legends has their Global Series Championship that's happening in Japan, so I'm going to Sapporo. So that'll be fun."

• Ubisoft CEO Yves Gimmel [09:00]:
  "We are all behind our team's efforts to create the most ambitious Assassin's Creed opus of the franchise and made the decision to provide an extra month of development to Shadows in order to better incorporate the player feedback gathered over the past three months."

• Stella Chung [14:01]:
  "But I feel like that's something that Ubisoft has not been great at."

• Paris Lilly [26:40]:
  "I just think it's something smaller, like a Double Fine game that they can put out without a stealth launch."

• Stella Chung [54:07]:
  "I've been applying to a few positions... I also sometimes do like live episodes on my podcast."

Transcript

[Greg Miller]

Today, in the nerdy news you need to know about. Assassin's Creed. Shadows has been delayed again. A new Xbox developer direct is happening and a lot of productions you're looking forward to have been halted due to the LA fires. We'll evolve this and more because this is Kinda Funny Games Daily. What's up, everybody? Welcome to Kinda Funny Games daily for Thursday, January 9, 2055. I'm one of your hosts, Greg Miller, alongside IGN.com Stella Chung.

[Stella Chung]

Well, actually, you don't have to put that last part or the. Yeah, you don't have to put the igns. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Right?

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

What happened there again?

[Stella Chung]

So I can't talk about it too much publicly because we're still in like a legal thing with them. But yeah, basically they decided to part ways with me and I, you know what I. I appreciate a lot. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, so there's, there's stuff that's ongoing, so hopefully we can talk more about it soon. But yeah, now I'm here hanging out with you.

[Greg Miller]

Freelancer Stella Chung. Hello, Stella. How are you?

[Stella Chung]

Good, how are you?

[Greg Miller]

I'm excellent. I'm so happy to have you. You've been hanging out with us all week.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, it's been so fun. You know, I. I guess I bothered Nick off of playing Marvel Rivals yesterday. He saw how much energy I had and he was like, I need to take a nap.

[Greg Miller]

As someone who has a lot of energy, me and Kevin drive Nick crazy. So to have somebody else here to drive Nick crazy is always. How has independent life been going for you?

[Stella Chung]

Well, it happened in December where there's not really a lot happening. So it's really starting to pick up this month, which, you know, hopefully we have something really cool to talk about tomorrow.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

But, yeah, I'm going to Japan at the end of this month.

[Greg Miller]

I didn't know what for.

[Stella Chung]

So Apex Legends has their Global Series Championship that's happening in Japan, so I'm going to Sapporo. So that'll be fun.

[Greg Miller]

Very, very cool. Very, very cool.

[Stella Chung]

Anyone in the community has good, you know, food recommendations or anything, let me know because it's my first time.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, wow, that's awesome. You have a great time there, for sure. And then of course, now that you're out on your own, you've been streaming more. You have a podcast. Tell me all about it.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, so my podcast is Snap AIM Podcast, which is kind of dubbed after the Snap AIM Hackers can do.

[Greg Miller]

Sure.

[Stella Chung]

But yeah, it was originally FPS news, but now it's all gaming news, and I like to do deep dives into things.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

I've also been really getting into movies and doing video essays on that, which blessing was like, I got to get back into that. So maybe we do something there that.

[Greg Miller]

Could be super fun. That'd be awesome. Well, still, I'm glad you're out. I'm glad you're thriving. I'm glad you're doing all this stuff. All right. You know how much I love you. You know how much I respect you. You know how great I think you are. And so the fact that you get to do more on camera stuff out on your own is great. And so everybody should be hiring you.

[Stella Chung]

And doing stuff with you, and I love that because you know how much I don't respect you, and I love that you still respect me. It's great, Chad. It's a great power feeling, you know?

[Greg Miller]

Thought we're gonna have, like, a nice moment. Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

We did all those DICE interviews back in the day. You were super nice to me. Now you're on my show.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, I mean, listen, it's one of those things of, like, ooh, feelings. No, I need to lash out.

[Greg Miller]

Zeke, Speak super chats and says, stella, say the word and I will start a cult in your name. Say the word. I'll do what. I swear.

[Stella Chung]

You know what? If I do Cult of the Lamb again and then I have. Oh, my God, I can't.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, cosplay for Cult of Lamb.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, I did. But also, I could play it again because there was an update, and I could have kind of funny members be named, the followers, and that could be really fun.

[Greg Miller]

Now you're talking.

[Stella Chung]

That could be really fun.

[Greg Miller]

See, right there, That's a stream idea for you. Go in there.

[Stella Chung]

Who's going to eat poop? Who's going to eat a bowl of poop? Because that's the thing you can do.

[Greg Miller]

Well, according to you, Kevin, there was a lot of conversations on the stream yesterday about poop.

[Stella Chung]

Not about him eating it.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Stella Chung]

But about wiping and not wiping. So that's.

[Greg Miller]

That's. No, see, that's what we call. That's what we saw. We call that a teaser for the content. Go watch the stream yesterday.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's not what we said. No one said that. Let's all remember bless poops naked. That's true.

[Stella Chung]

That's right.

[Greg Miller]

Did he say he does that here.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Because of all the sweat? Of course he does it here.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Stella Chung]

That's why he takes so long in there. You know, half of it is Just him taking things off.

[Greg Miller]

Taking off all his clothes, his corset.

[Stella Chung]

Oh, God.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, we're going to pull the stick and get out of here, everybody. And I'll remind you that this is Kind of Funny Games daily. Each and every weekday on a variety of platforms. Live, we run you through the nerdy video game news you need to know about. If you like that the best way to support us is to pick up a Kind of Funny membership. $10 gets you all of our shows ad free. It gets you some places, the ability to watch the afternoon podcast live as we record them. And of course, everywhere gets you your daily dose of me in an exclusive member podcast we call Greg Way. Of course you can pick up the membership on patreon.com kindafunny which gives us the best revenue cut. But you can also find it on YouTube.com kindafunnygames and now Spotify and Apple Podcasts wherever you're picking it up. Thank you so much. Remember, of course you can gift subscriptions to patreon.com kindafunnynow you can get an annual scription on patreon.com kindafunnyNow and of course, you can still get above that $10 tier. Have a week, a monthly hangout with us called Happy Hour where you call in and talk to us. Or get the platinum item, which we do each and every month, a physical item, A panda must painting. This year, no month, that's what you call January. Of course, if you have no bucks, toss our way. No big deal. Watch live on YouTube.com kindafun or Twitch TV kindafunnygames. Watch later on YouTube.com kinda funnygames and listen on podcast services around the globe. We now have free video on Spotify as well. Housekeeping. Speaking of all that, thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the community, we have a new batch of gifted Patreon memberships going up Saturday at 9am Pacific on the Kinda Funny Patreon page to be able to see the post, create a Patreon account and click the Join for free button on patreon.com kind of funny. If you have gifted memberships left over from the stream, or if you want to give some new ones, you can send them to supportindofunny.com to be included in Saturday's post. We're blown up out here.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, it's great. It's so good. Yeah. Happy 10 years.

[Greg Miller]

Crazy, right?

[Stella Chung]

Amazing. Yeah. I didn't realize that. God, you're so old. I didn't realize this was around for 10 years.

[Greg Miller]

Y y. Y and now they all. They're all old too. You know what I mean? It's not just me. Everybody's old.

[Stella Chung]

I think it's just me.

[Greg Miller]

Even Blessing's old.

[Stella Chung]

I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

30. He's over 30 now.

[Stella Chung]

Me? I'm 31.

[Greg Miller]

You're old too then. You're old too. You're not connected with the youth anymore. All right?

[Stella Chung]

Yes, I am. I'm on TikTok.

[Greg Miller]

I'm. I'm siphoning my son's youth. So that's how I'm like. I'm more connected to the youth than any of you. That's why.

[Stella Chung]

Exactly.

[Greg Miller]

He, of course, is my little sleeper cell. He tells me what's popular.

[Stella Chung]

Does he? What's popular? According to him. What's popular?

[Greg Miller]

People like Sonic a lot right now.

[Stella Chung]

True.

[Greg Miller]

He's into Sonic. So now I'm into Sonic. Now I know a lot about Sonic. You want to talk about Nine? I know who nine is. Everybody. I'm watching Sonic Prime. No big deal. We're an 11 person business. All about live talk shows after kind of funny games daily. Today you're going to get a games cast. It's Blessing and Snow Bike Mike reacting to rolling stones top 50 games of all time. Then Stella returns to the stream for more Marvel Rivals.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah. I will not be pulling out the shark suit this time because it got really hot. And I also could not see out of the mouth.

[Greg Miller]

Cow. She's scared. Boo.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Coward.

[Stella Chung]

Oh my God. At least I wipe.

[Greg Miller]

She got your filthy ass right.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Misinterpreting what I said.

[Greg Miller]

You know what? Go watch the stream, everybody. That's a teaser.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

We're not here no longer exist.

[Greg Miller]

We're not here to talk about Kevin Wiping or not wiping. That was yesterday's stream.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

You can go find your wife. I do wipe.

[Greg Miller]

If you're a kind of funny member. Of course today you can get my Greg Way it is into Cool Greg's hands. It will be up soon. It's all about a three way I'm having in my car. You can get what if season three in review this afternoon and tomorrow on YouTube.com podcastservices but don't you want to watch interview live today? Patreon.com kindafunny thank you to our Patreon producers Delaney Twining and Carl Jacobs. Today we're brought to you by Rocket Money and I'm sure they are thrilled they've sponsored this one. But we'll tell you about that later. For now, let's begin the show with. What is and forever will be the Roper Report. Time for some new five items on the Roper Report.

[Stella Chung]

Oh, my God. I keep forgetting that happens.

[Greg Miller]

Don't forget. We got fog now, too. No big deal, everybody. What are you gonna do about it? Yeah, you're not used to that. There he is. That's him. That's him. Don't call him Tails, y'all. His name's Nine. Got a whole bunch of eggmen running around, too. You got a baby Eggman? Got an old eggman. You got a cool eggman. I know everything.

[Stella Chung]

Miss in the Sonic world a lot.

[Greg Miller]

Don't even try. Don't even try to get into it.

[Snowbike Mike]

All right.

[Greg Miller]

I'm in there and I'm catching up on two decades of Sonic number one on the rope Report. Assassin's Creed Shadows has been delayed again, this time by by another month. This is Wesley Yinpool. Ubisoft has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows yet again, this time by another month. Assassin's Creed Shadows was due out February 14, 2025, but will now launch on March 20 instead. This is the game's second delay after an initial release date of November 12, 2024, was pushed back to this year. I want of course, to go keep reading this. Get the quotes from Ubisoft, but first, super chats YouTube.com kind of funny games. It's your way to be part of the show and the news as we go. When do you think you'll actually be playing Assassin's Creed Shadow and or will it be good? I want super chat questions and responses on that quote. As part of the renewed focus on gameplay quality and engaging Day one experiences, it has been decided to provide an additional month of development to Assassin's Creed Shadows. Ubisoft said this additional time will allow the team to better incorporate the player feedback gathered over the past three months and help create the best conditions for launch by continuing to engage closely with the increasingly positive Assassin's Creed community. The game is now scheduled for March 20th. End quote. Who just walks over to the AI machine is like, tell me how to delay this thing. What would you say? AI God damn. Ubisoft boss Yves Gimmel added quote we are all behind our team's efforts to create the most ambitious Assassin's Creed opus of the franchise and made the decision to provide an extra month of development to Shadows in order to better incorporate the player feedback gathered over the past three months that will enable us to fully deliver on the potential of the game and finish the year on a strong note. End quote. You might say finish the Year. Fiscal year, everybody.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, yeah, fiscal year.

[Greg Miller]

As Ubisoft struggles to stay afloat, try to be sold, they are talking about their fiscal year. Speaking of, of course, Jason Schreier has a little bit here on Blue Sky News. Assassin's Creed Shadow is delayed again now to March 20th. Ubisoft says as the company pursues, quote, various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for shareholders. Stakeholders, end quote, parentheses looks for a potential sale. Ubisoft CEO Yves says in a press statement, quote, we are convinced that there are several potential paths to generate value from Ubisoft's assets and franchises.

[Stella Chung]

A lot of words. A lot of words. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. It's a lot of words, Stella. Take it from however you want to take it. The delay, the quality of this game, or the. They're just trying to sell this company and get out.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah. I mean, it's so funny though, because they were like, no, we're not gonna sell the company. We're gonna. We're gonna hold on to it. But it's. It's. It sucks because I. I know people who work at Ubisoft. They're obviously like their friends and they have no control over any of this. Right. And it's. It's a lot of corporate stuff and it sucks because it feels like a lot of the corporate overlords don't understand what is in with gaming right now. So a lot of their live service stuff, I feel like it never hit. I mean, X. Defiant.

[Greg Miller]

Yep. So Roller. The roller game that I can ever. I was confused with the other roller game.

[Stella Chung]

I forget that.

[Greg Miller]

Roller Champions.

[Paris Lilly]

No.

[Stella Chung]

Roller.

[Greg Miller]

No, they. This. That they had the one that was the funny name. Was the one. The funny name. Ooh, now again.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, Kevin, if you want to hit the roller. Roller drone. Yes, yes, yes. Thank you so much, Kevin. You can hit the music if you want. I can. I don't mind. Here comes the money. Here we go.

[Snowbike Mike]

Money talk.

[Stella Chung]

Here comes the money.

[Greg Miller]

What's up, everybody? Welcome to your favorite reoccurring financial segment on Kinda Funny Games Daily. Greg's sound financial advice. I feel like a year ago and a half ago, maybe two years ago, I told you to buy Ubisoft stock because it was down. And I. I was the one who called the Gamestop stuff long before that thing. If you would have listened to me, you would have made like 300% of your money.

[Stella Chung]

Do we have proof of that?

[Greg Miller]

We do. This is not a bit that part. The green lights in this thing.

[Stella Chung]

This is a big.

[Greg Miller]

But me saying the game, it was like a dollar. And it was getting close to be delisted. I was like, no, they're going to sell the console. Buy. And then, of course, the Reddit people did weird things and made it really big. Ubisoft. I was like, hey, we got a nice shot here. It was like, what, $3.33 when I bought it, I think something like that.

[Stella Chung]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

And it has continually fallen since then. But now. Kevin, throw it back up. What'd you have there? You had $2.30 some cents. Like, again, $2.52. I only have the evidence of when I had my financial windfall from Virgin America, where. I love Virgin America. I bought Virgin America stock. I was a broke little IGN boy, but I bought as much as I could, and it never did that well. But then when they sold it to Alaska Airlines, I made a lot of money, like, double the price. So, theoretically, when they sell Ubisoft, they should double. That's just smart financial advice. That isn't financial advice. Don't hold me legally liable.

[Stella Chung]

He said it.

[Greg Miller]

It's not real, as you see. But is it?

[Stella Chung]

Is it okay, sure, that's fine.

[Greg Miller]

I'm just throwing it out there. Who knows what's gonna happen? But the thing I coined on this show, Greg, sound financial advice. And I've stuck with. And most people have told me it's the best way. They're happy that I said it. You buy low and you sell high. That's the cornerstone of what I made up here.

[Stella Chung]

Okay. Do you think they can get high.

[Greg Miller]

Again if they get sold? Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

Okay. Yeah. Why are we getting. Why am I being Mike Wazowski? Thank you. Oh, my God.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Okay, so let's start here. Stella, do you think this is the last delay for Assassin's Creed Shadows? Are we actually going to play it on March 20th?

[Stella Chung]

Oh, I mean, it's a month, so if they already have it ready, maybe. But, like, I don't. The thing is, they're not being transparent about what exactly it is that they're changing for the better, for players. And we already know that the feedback and the community discussions were not. What was it?

[Greg Miller]

Increasingly positive or whatever it is they're increasingly positive community. What the Are you talking about?

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, no, that's not.

[Greg Miller]

Internet communities are cesspools if they're not ours. What are you talking about?

[Stella Chung]

And it's one of those things of like. Okay, well, if they were actually bending to what the really toxic people are asking for, that's going to be a completely different game. But I Don't think they're doing that. So it's like, okay, what are you working on? I would like some transparency because I want to know what exactly it is that you're polishing, which is totally fine. I think that there's something really valuable in community conversations.

[Greg Miller]

Of course.

[Stella Chung]

But I feel like that's something that Ubisoft has not been great at.

[Greg Miller]

It's such a weird one of like, so we're talking about, I guess, what you're pulling. I. I just don't buy it of like, oh, this is what we're getting for. They call it the community, but they really mean Playtesters because obviously the community doesn't have any way to go and then attack on. Yeah. Like it's them trying to nip it in the bud. That it's because of the negative Nancy's out there who have been doing right to be to engage closely with the increasingly positive Assassin's Creed community. Like, are they getting more and more positive? And if so, why would they when you keep the lay of the game and nobody knows what's going on and blah, blah. Like, I think in general, the game just isn't where they want it to be and isn't coming together. And I think, yeah, the last stop, like, is this fiscal year. They want to get this out by the end of the fiscal year to have that number to what? Because it's going to sell some money, it's going to make some money, which is better than no money, which will look good on the books to then be wherever you are with what you're trying to do here and get out and sell this.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah. I mean, Assassin's Creed feels like it's always been one of those staple games that everyone buys. Right. Especially when they were originally doing so many, like, year after year. But I think a lot people are really looking at this because they've wanted a game set in Japan for a really long time now. And the trailer looked great to me.

[Greg Miller]

It looked great at E3 when I watched, I was like, oh, this looks really cool. I like what I'm seeing. Yeah. Yeah, it did look like more Assassin's Creed. Like it didn't look revolutionary on that front, but yeah, well.

[Stella Chung]

But that's what people want. They want more Assassin's Creed and Ubisoft is like, let's go back to what we know does really well.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

And they went back to Assassin's Creed. So.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I wonder how much of like, you know, that E3 demo vertical slice is always so tough. Right. Here's what this is the best case for what we want. Is it that when you're looking at the rest of that game and obviously the two protagonists attack the situation how you want to, are you running into issues where it isn't fun to play as one of them through a lot of missions? Is it where certain missions just don't work the way you want them to with the other protagonist versus the other? Like, a lot of questions in there.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah. Because I think because they're very different play styles, maybe some people don't want to be someone who is a really big brawler. They want to be more stealth, which one of the characters obviously excels more in. So it's like, if you have to switch back and forth in certain story beats, you feel locked into that sort of playstyle. So I totally get why people might be turned off today. That's kind of how I felt with Indiana Jones. I felt like I was more rewarded for stealth, and I'm really bad at stealth, especially when there's, like, you throw a wrench at one guy's head, and suddenly, oh, all of his friends are like, hey, what's going on?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. So someone say, not great game design, but it doesn't matter. Yeah, I'm with you. And I think, again, they. You know, they've been so vocal, at least at E3, of like, oh, you know, you can play most of the game as one person. So I just wonder if it gets into a. You start penciling yourself in corners where it's like, well, shit, it's really fun to stealth this because it's a stealth game, but when you're smashing through the walls as the big brawler guy, Yosuke, I would love. Yeah, of course. Yeah, yeah. We have a lot of stuff and a lot of different super chats coming in about this one. Right. Tom Cunningham says not shocked by the delay of Assassin's Creed Shadows. It feels like there's been a massive lack of hype and marketing for it. Still better delayed than a buggy mess. My concern here is that, to your point, what are they actually fixing? What are they actually doing? Blah, blah, blah, blah. If they're still trying to find the fun in this, if that's the core issue, because it doesn't sound like how. Like, when they delayed a vow, they're like, yo, we're just trying to get out of a crowded thing. Game's great. And now you're here, and it's like the messaging here is again, AI Gobbledygook. Which is like, whatever. We're just talking whatever got pushed out from the corporate robot. But it's not inspiring confidence that we have a great game, but we're trying to get to a better place. We're squashing bugs, we're doing whatever. It's more the fact of, like, this game has been all quiet on the western front. And this is supposed to be like, as we were talking on Roger's gamescast this week, where he made all his predictions, like, we're talking about a game that really does hold the future of Ubisoft in his hand, and it just doesn't seem like it's ready for that kind of responsibility.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah. I mean, we saw Outlaws launch and it was fine at launch, but, like, people were talking about there were bugs that it could have been improved better. And then they did push a lot of updates that did fix and put it in a better state. So it's possible they do this in March, but at this point, is that something that players would be okay with? Right. And it's one of those things of, like, if. If they're do. That's why I think that it would be great for some transparency on this, just so that fans know what to expect.

[Greg Miller]

And this is the whole rub with Ubisoft. Right. Where it's like, Ubisoft as a company, I feel like, has stripped out so much of its humanity.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Where again, this just doesn't. None of these quotes read like a real person said these. Right. Like, it's not like we're getting a. A letter from the director here that's saying exactly what's happening and why it's happening or a vlog or something to attach a name to it is just like, okay, cool. As a renewed focus of gameplay quality and engaging day one experiences, it's been decided it's like, okay, but like, a month is no time at all in the video game world. So, like, what is that? Even if you're trying to polish what you have, if it's not good enough and just not fun enough to begin with.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

You're going to swing and whiff on, like, what should have been the biggest Assassin's Creed, because people have been calling for Japan forever. Like, you call that.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

Like, you can. You can fix some things in the game. You can. You can't fix the core mechanics and the core gameplay loop. So not. Especially not in a month. There's no way.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, exactly. Right. Daniel May says pizza. Bet that it gets delayed after going gold. That would be fascinating. Yes. You know, we do pizza bets around here.

[Stella Chung]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

I think once it goes gold, Daniel, it will not be delayed. So you owe me a pizza if I'm right, I'll owe you a pizza if you're wrong. Do what I did there, Betty. Be good. Is way more in this. He says ass Creed shats will be good. Okay. One of the best. I don't think it'll be another Skull and Bones and might be delayed one more time. Love you, Stella. Hashtag Greg sucks.

[Stella Chung]

Ah, love you too.

[Greg Miller]

Thank you. Let's just unite against Nick. We were united against Nick. I like that better. You know, Mikey's old. Yeah. Mikey. Mick. Mikey Mogg. Sorry. Says I'm not really surprised that they moved it again with all the stuff coming out next month. And I'm still cautiously hyped that this game for this game. Mainly because I love Assassin's Creed games. I just hope it's good. I love Assassin's Creed. I hope it's good too. It just feels like everything. They're. All the vibes that are coming out of Ubisoft about this game make it feel like they think it's underwhelming, which makes me think I'm going to be super underwhelmed.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah. In saying nothing. They've kind of set the bar already for people to. On what to expect, though. Yeah. I don't know. I want this to be good, too, because a lot of Assassin's Creed players were like, oh, my God, We. It feels like we're going back to the core, especially with, like, Mirage.

[Greg Miller]

So. So then, Stella, when do you think Ubisoft is officially sold to 10 cent to whoever else is going to come in and get the military giant that is Tencent.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, that's right. I don't know. Have they said anything after that one statement where they're like, yeah, we're. We're gonna stay.

[Greg Miller]

Well, there's a whole bunch of weird stuff of like.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Them saying, like, they are intro. They're looking into it. You know what I mean?

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

How it would go maybe, I don't know, mid to end here.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

See how this goes. See how sales go after a couple months if. If they actually release in March.

[Greg Miller]

And that's the thing. You got to get this out. Right. But yeah, we'll see what's up. I don't know. I don't know.

[Paris Lilly]

I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

This. It's just crazy how this is gone, like the entire journey of Assassin's Creed. Sure. But I mean, Ubisoft in general, they fight off of Vendi. They're the Good guys. Everyone's excited. They're not going to shove Assassin's Creed down your throat. They make some great Assassin's Creed games, right? With Origins in Odyssey, Valhalla wasn't my cup of, I mean, we're getting to a cup of tea thing versus like, they're good games, they're big games, whatever. And everyone should be so stoked. This should be such a slam dunk home run easy. And here we are, like delayed again and we just. I don't know. I don't know about this one. We will wait and see, everybody, and keep you posted. In better news, number two on the Roper Report, the Xbox DeveloperDirect returns on January 23rd. I'm reading from Xbox Wire, which I believe was written by the one and only Joe Scrubbles. It's time to get a look at what's next. Developer Direct is back. On Thursday, January 23rd at 10:00am Pacific fans will get an inside look at a selection of highly anticipated games coming to Xbox Series X s PC and Game Pass players this year. Presented by the game creators themselves, Developer Direct offers an in depth look at upcoming titles, how they'll be created, how they're being created and who's creating them. We'll visit Compulsion Games in Montreal, Canada to learn more about south of Midnight. We'll head to France to see Sandfall Interactive and take a look at Clare obscure Expedition 33. Stop by the legendary ID studios in Richardson, Texas to check in on the Dark ages and. And visit a surprise studio and visit a surprise location to see another studio's brand new game.

[Stella Chung]

Ooh.

[Greg Miller]

If we're talking about Xbox, we're throwing up the green and we're inviting in the one, the only, Snowbike Mike.

[Stella Chung]

Big Mike. Hello.

[Paris Lilly]

Oh, got a stick bike for me? That's so nice. Stella. Let's talk a little Xbox, you and I. Because of course you were a prominent member on the IGN Unlocked podcast, which I love so much. I love hearing your voice on it. So let's talk all things Xbox. Let's also highlight the big one here. Games coming to Xbox and Game Pass this year from another studio with a brand new game. What super chat mean, Greg?

[Greg Miller]

Super chat.

[Paris Lilly]

Jeep. Right now when it chat. I've been. I've been going through my notes. I've been going through all the studios pages front to back. I'm losing my mind.

[Greg Miller]

Do you want me to get your chair? I'll get your chair. You got notes?

[Paris Lilly]

Sure. We can talk about it. No, I like. I like sitting here. We'll get a third chair. Stella.

[Stella Chung]

Greg, you just want to sit on my lap?

[Paris Lilly]

Let's talk about it. Stella. Of course I check out the Internet and I say what does the Internet say? Where do they want to go? And the Internet is screaming the Oblivion Remake. Which you guys all talked about yesterday on the podcast. Is that an option? It seems like the Internet wants that one the most.

[Stella Chung]

Maybe. But isn't that studio busy working on something else or have we not heard from them in a minute?

[Greg Miller]

Virtuous. Yeah, they're doing the Metal Gear one, but I still think that's the rumor. I said I believe it.

[Stella Chung]

You think so?

[Greg Miller]

I believe. I mean especially if Delta's almost done. That's a 2020 five year game, right?

[Stella Chung]

Oh sure.

[Greg Miller]

Theoretically.

[Paris Lilly]

Would the Oblivion Remake be a this year game? That's my problem when I'm going to the Spider Woman.

[Greg Miller]

But you know how this is. This is the thing they can. They say that they don't have to do that. They don't have to do that.

[Paris Lilly]

Odd that we see no outer worlds too, right? I. I get that we have a vowed right around the corner but you promoted Worlds 2 to be here. But then like anything can shift. It's the games industry. I get it.

[Greg Miller]

So here.

[Paris Lilly]

No out of Worlds too.

[Greg Miller]

I mean I think it's weird that there's no. You say outer worlds too. I think it's weird there's no avowed. I think what this is like the last. Are they going to do another avowed direct before then? No, that's not their style. So I would have thought you would have tacked on at least a. And maybe it could still happen.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Of like this is what they're saying and you know again people say all sorts of stuff and they'll lead up to a direct to showcase or whatever you can say. But I, I would definitely think you do so much here. Just like influences we've seen so much about. I get it. But at least hey and don't forget here we are and you know this is that. And then maybe toss a teaser for. I don't But I mean I think it's weird that like your last big thing you're not saying something there to remind people. I digress.

[Stella Chung]

I mean do you think it's just because they feel like we've seen a lot of it and they don't want to fatigue people?

[Greg Miller]

Probably, yeah. I mean you figure there's going to be a huge marketing campaign? Pretty much. This will wrap up and do a whole run up throughout February leading up to about launch.

[Paris Lilly]

Agreed on that.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Paris Lilly]

I continue down my list right now I go back into the Xbox library and I start looking at teams that we've heard from that might be on the fringe of a studio's brand new game. What's a brand new game, Stella game I've already seen or a game I've never seen.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, right. Like, is it brand new?

[Paris Lilly]

Where do we go on that?

[Stella Chung]

Say new IP though, so maybe.

[Paris Lilly]

So let's. Let's go over some teams I've seen. Right. Some games I've seen. Coalition with Gears Ear E Day now. I know Xbox loves now to start showing you the now, the future and the far future. So Gears E Day might be the far future, might be the future. But they did show it to me. So it's on my list. I don't know if it's here. But I'll tell you what, you put Gears E Day in this, it's gonna pop off. I mean, we all gonna lose our minds if that happened in there. I put that one red line. That one's out.

[Stella Chung]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Okay. Chad is saying Aaron Greenberg has said it's unannounced.

[Paris Lilly]

Unannounced.

[Greg Miller]

I'm looking.

[Paris Lilly]

Okay. Then I kick off in exile with Clockwork Revolution. That one's going to be my. Maybe we've seen Clockwork before. That. That looks like BioShock.

[Stella Chung]

Yes, that's right. Yeah.

[Paris Lilly]

But it's not BioShock. Yes, I like that one a lot.

[Stella Chung]

I like that team.

[Paris Lilly]

Exactly. So now I go to unannounced projects.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Paris Lilly]

When I go there.

[Greg Miller]

Waggerman said, what could be the behind that question mark? Aaron Greenberg says a surprised unannounced game we hope you'll enjoy along with the rest of the show.

[Paris Lilly]

Then there's one team that I haven't heard from in a while.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Paris Lilly]

Double fine. What is up with double fine? What are they making? We all loved Psychonauts 2. Now it's time to get that true Xbox game under their belt. This is all fully funded. Let's go. And so let's just.

[Greg Miller]

Let's just pretend I love this. Tell me, Stella. Feel them. I feel it.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah, it's a medium. I'm an extra large kid. Checked me when I bought it.

[Greg Miller]

Let's just.

[Paris Lilly]

He's like, this is a medium. I was like, ah, don't worry about it.

[Greg Miller]

It's my inspirational wear. No. So let's. Let's just run with it and say Xbox. Not a bunch of liars. Highly anticipated games coming to all this stuff this year.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I Think if you're saying this year and you're talking about these games, you would slide in something small. And I think that's where Double Fine would. Oh, not. And I'm not saying, like, you know, whatever, but I'm saying not a huge game. Something like a stacking. Something like a costume quest. Something that is a smaller thing that they're turning and burning. And here we go. You know, we gestated forever on Psychonauts. Here's something we're putting out to get, you know, our feet in the Xbox ecosystem.

[Stella Chung]

Banjo Kazooie from Double Fine.

[Paris Lilly]

The people want it. Yeah, the people. The people call for. You've just activated Paris somewhere.

[Greg Miller]

He's in the chat.

[Paris Lilly]

In the world. He activated him.

[Greg Miller]

Hi, Paris. Paris. Discord in. What are you doing next Cast reunion.

[Paris Lilly]

It's interesting because you.

[Greg Miller]

Wake up.

[Paris Lilly]

Is my only Xbox studio that I don't know about, right? Like Ninja Theory. We just had Hellblade 2, so they're off the list. Mojang, right? They're making Minecraft. Unless they make another Minecraft spin off with another studio, which they have done. I don't think they're on my list right now. Rare with Everwild. We've technically seen Everwild. So does it fall into that bucket turn? Ted just did Forza. He's in Discord. He's going to turn it on. Undead Labs did state of the K3. So, like those for Xbox, but announced.

[Greg Miller]

Aaron Greenberg out here giving you the.

[Paris Lilly]

Fucking Bethesda Studios, right? Like, you know what the big team at BGS is doing with Elder Scrolls 6. So we. We kind of wait on that. Doom the Dark Ages. Zenx Online is supposedly doing something other than just eso, so that could be something there.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Paris Lilly]

Something to keep your eye on that one. Ar. Not that I know of. No Machine Games is doing indie dlc, so that crosses off all my Bethesda stuffs. Now we get into Blizzard. Activision. Not the strongest with them. They're new. I don't know what their studios really break down into, but I would say this. There's been a big push for COD to go. Every two years there's been a big push of, hey, there's some great studios there. What if we let them make their own IP?

[Greg Miller]

What if the chat's saying that the ZeniMax game is Starfield Online was the rumor. What?

[Paris Lilly]

I don't know anything about it. I don't know about that. I don't know about that.

[Greg Miller]

I don't know about that. Can you imagine about that Starfield Online, Greg Miller, day one sitting there in a Starfield jacket.

[Paris Lilly]

Nobody else playing this thing about that one.

[Greg Miller]

And so how are we doing on Paris?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I think he's just waiting for you to pause.

[Greg Miller]

Okay, just bring him in. I was waiting for him just to get dragged.

[Paris Lilly]

Please talk over me. Let me know what you got.

[Snowbike Mike]

Paris, I'm. I'm here. Can you hear me?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, we can hear you.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

So I. I'm literally driving back from CES right now and I'm charging my car, so.

[Greg Miller]

Nice.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's why I'm talking to you.

[Greg Miller]

Love it.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

I mean, as far as the developer direct goes, I just think. Yeah, you kind of said already, Greg, it's probably double A level, hi Fi Rush type game, you know, that they can. They can put out.

[Greg Miller]

Not.

[Snowbike Mike]

Probably not a stealth launch. Like it's going to be out with the dev direct, but comes out, you know, later this year. So I. I think his lineup looks solid. But I do think what you're saying before about the Outer Worlds two not being here, I. That did give me a little pause, especially since I drafted it. But. But I'm assuming it's still coming out this year and then obviously Fable, they would probably hold that until the June showcase.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Yeah. And that's the thing. When you get. That's why again, I'm thinking something smaller. You got the big stuff, the big beats. You're gonna put them over there.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah. You can play the game now of you can announce anything right now and then save everything for June. Because that is the big blowout. That's the big second half of the year. But you know, we are tracking the year here and you're only showing Doom, Dark Ages and South of Midnight. Right. So it's like, all right, well, what's the rest of the year really look like? Let's start throwing some darts on the board and getting us ready. Because the last two, we've had five games announced. Right. So where are we at with this one? We have four. Well, four announced, three ready. But yeah. Fourth is going to be the surprise. Will they do a super surprise five? I don't know on that one. But then I also Paris and Stella, I go to Project Dragon from IO Interactive.

[Greg Miller]

Sure.

[Paris Lilly]

They are currently making James Bond, but we did hear there is something cooking over on the Xbox side for that. Is this the time? I don't think so. Is it this time to finally see Final Fantasy 7 come to Xbox on console? It's probably an E3 thing, but still. Greg, kick off the Year with some hype.

[Greg Miller]

That'd be a surprise location of Mana we had.

[Paris Lilly]

We've had other teams come in and show their stuff. That would be fantastic. Oblivion remake and Silk Song are on my list of where we are.

[Snowbike Mike]

What about the game that that Avalanche is working on?

[Paris Lilly]

A black contraband.

[Snowbike Mike]

Contraband, yes.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah, these are all. I, I don't. The wording is awkward. The things of like, we've never seen him before. We've seen contraband, but we haven't actually seen contraband. So when does that fall? It's pretty exciting.

[Snowbike Mike]

Eric Greenberg was pretty specific. It was unannounced. So this is something we've not heard of before. That's why I'm thinking it's probably a smaller Double A game that maybe one of the Bethesda studios was working on or something like that. Or an Activision studio double.

[Greg Miller]

Fine, take it to the bank.

[Snowbike Mike]

I would love that. But I, I, I would imagine Tim Schaefer gets more shine than just, oh, surprise game in the dev direct. I, I see that as the June showcase announcement.

[Greg Miller]

Interesting.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah. But a great way to peel back the curtain and take us in.

[Greg Miller]

Remember, these devs are talking and they're fun. Tim and Double Fun are so good at that. You do the thing with the logo and the pan pudding. I don't know why, but that's his bit this time, you know, here's my game. It's Pudding Creatures.

[Paris Lilly]

That's what I got. Okay, Stella, any surprises that I did not go over from that?

[Stella Chung]

No, my, my brain is blanking on. It's the unannounced part that's getting me. Right. Because I'm like, oh, yeah. Someone mentioned we haven't seen Perfect Dark. We haven't seen any updates on that. But announced. Yeah, that's not.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, maybe they changed the title though. There. That's how they get you. I got some stuff from the chat, if you'd like. Frog Night super chats on YouTube.com kind of funny games. Just like you can to be part of the show. And says Scalebound is back.

[Paris Lilly]

Scale bound. Oh my God, I love that. We still hold on to that as a kid.

[Greg Miller]

Never forget. No, it's a brand new one. It's all different. He's not wearing headphones now. Foxy Steve says Killer Instinct.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah, I thought of Ki who is making that though of course we do know the team Iron Galaxy is now kind of free out there and they're making stuff. So maybe how fast is that turnaround time? I don't know. But maybe they Work just to announce it would be special. I like that.

[Greg Miller]

Then you got Colin Berry saying 1v100 is the secret game. Can you imagine? Everybody wants it back.

[Paris Lilly]

Everybody wants bring it back. We want that back.

[Greg Miller]

What is up? Alex Frazier, of course, saying it's a game from Rare Banjo. Please, Paris, I know you'd lose your mind. He's already lost his mind.

[Snowbike Mike]

Wait, can you hear me?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, now we can. Okay.

[Snowbike Mike]

No, I have learned my lesson. I will never get hyped for Banjo Kazooie again until it actually happens.

[Greg Miller]

I believe that when I see that. I'll believe that when I see it. Overly jammy says, do you think it's an. Do you think it's a quote unquote and it's out now like hi Fi Rush.

[Stella Chung]

It's possible, right? Yeah, but it's a developer direct, though.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. They're still making a big deal about it. I mean, these are cool showcases. I love the developer direct.

[Stella Chung]

Oh, I love them. I think it's great because again, it's that whole communication. Right. Transparency. I love that.

[Greg Miller]

Is that how it went? Was hi Fi Russia developer directed than they were?

[Paris Lilly]

Yes.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Paris Lilly]

We also, they do have a problem at the beginning of the year releasing games. So we have a vow around the corner. So I don't know. But over the past couple of years, me and Paris, you know, we've talked about it a lot on xcast of they've had an issue the first six months of the year releasing games and giving gamers, you know, that kind of boost there at the beginning. It's always in the fall. It's always right at the end of the year to make it feel like, oh, it was a good year. But then you forget we went three to six months of absolutely no first party exclusive titles there. So it'd be a big win.

[Greg Miller]

Michael writes in it says Double Fine could be making kiln. It's been rumored that they would make a full version of their Amnesia Fortnite Jam game. Maybe a surprise drop. Oh, now we're starting to speak to my heart that it is Double Fine and it's a surprise drop and we're just out the door. I would adore that. I would love that.

[Paris Lilly]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

I like that. On the other side, though, whatever Wavy says, I'm a platform psycho, so I need Psychonauts 3, which I don't think is what it's going to be.

[Paris Lilly]

Yeah, I don't know about that, but that would be sick. That'd be sick.

[Greg Miller]

Side of Fry says this one's for Barrett Persona six? Not a chance.

[Paris Lilly]

Atlas teaming up at a developer direct. Hey, come on by.

[Greg Miller]

At a developer directs.

[Paris Lilly]

No, they've done well with the last one with Visions of Mana. Right? Like, they've done well. Like teaming up with other studios that are outside of our box and going, hey, you know, we know these guys. They're making great games to bring in some titles over here. It would be cool. But yeah, that's kind of super high. But it would be awesome to go behind the scenes over there.

[Greg Miller]

Irk the imp says a new Obsidian passion project. Question mark. They always surprise us.

[Paris Lilly]

No fucking pump your brain.

[Greg Miller]

Finish a vowed get done with outer worlds too for a little bit. Get into it. That's coming out this year. Then you got another passion project. No, too much.

[Paris Lilly]

That would be dope.

[Greg Miller]

That would be cool, but too much. We can't have all this stuff happening over there. And our final super chat for right now comes for Carnell Williams who says Ever Wild. They changed the name.

[Paris Lilly]

They changed the name. That's great.

[Greg Miller]

We had a surprise for you. It's this game. You might. It's not what you think it is. Change the name. It's Wild of Evers now.

[Paris Lilly]

If we're gonna go with the Internet. The Oblivion remake. It's exciting to me who grew up with Morrowind and Oblivion. Like I'm all you were trying to.

[Greg Miller]

Yesterday in the whole game daily conversation. You just slacked me. The devil horns play Oblivion.

[Paris Lilly]

These two Brony's trying to get you away from Oblivion. I'm over here. Like, you should play that game. It's a great game.

[Stella Chung]

Shut down the gates yet either.

[Paris Lilly]

Oh, it's a fantastic one. And so if the remake is real, I would love to see that one. That gets me pumped up for this. But another good one, right? Year three of doing the developer underscore direct. We've had a lot of fun with them. They've done a really good job at spotlighting the studios, going behind the scenes, letting us see the faces of the incredible human beings who make the games we love. So I'm glad that they're doing another one. Right. I think they found a good cadence with this. Into June, into of course, Tokyo Game show and the Game Awards. Right. If they can keep that kind of presence up, showing the games, they have a lot to offer here with all the studios that they now own. Of course, we always can say the fun let the dominoes fall when it happens. But you know, it's still. They have a lot of games, a lot of great developers under their Umbrella. Hopefully they can pay those developers what they deserve. No more layoffs and we can have great games over on the platform.

[Stella Chung]

Asking a lot, man.

[Greg Miller]

You're asking for the stars.

[Paris Lilly]

I love you all.

[Greg Miller]

We love you, Mike. Thank you very much, everybody.

[Snowbike Mike]

Buddy, can I say one thing before you kick me off?

[Greg Miller]

Yes. But before then I want to do this because I'll forget l. Rich the how it says. Are you guys going to be live reacting to it? Of course we will be live reacting to the Xbox developer direct on the 23rd. Back to you, Paris.

[Snowbike Mike]

Mike walked away, but all I wanted to say was this. This is kind of like the quote unquote, finally the year of Xbox. They potentially got about six games that are coming out this year. Three in the first half because you would imagine a vowed south of Midnight doom first half of the year.

[Greg Miller]

You think south of Midnight's on the first half of the year?

[Snowbike Mike]

I do. Because when I. When I went and saw it at Compulsion, it looks. It looks ready. I can't imagine that game not coming out the first half of the year.

[Greg Miller]

I like that a lot, Paris.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah. Yeah. So. And then Fable, if that's the big holiday game.

[Greg Miller]

No way.

[Snowbike Mike]

I drafted it.

[Greg Miller]

No way.

[Stella Chung]

I don't think they're.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yes, I drafted it, so it is.

[Greg Miller]

I will this into existence.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yes. Outer Worlds to Oblivion remake. They got a lot of shit coming.

[Greg Miller]

Out of worlds 2. Ain't hitting this year either.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yes, I drafted it.

[Greg Miller]

So yes, you're wrong though. I can't help you.

[Stella Chung]

You're wrong though.

[Greg Miller]

No, no.

[Stella Chung]

I at least really want it. So I'm manifesting it.

[Greg Miller]

I love you too, Paris.

[Stella Chung]

Bye, Paris.

[Greg Miller]

See you next week. Paris. Of course. Up here for game of the Year coverage on Monday. Hanging out on Tuesday as well. Okay, Stella.

[Stella Chung]

Yes.

[Greg Miller]

That was fun.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, that was fun.

[Greg Miller]

You know why we can do fun things?

[Stella Chung]

Why?

[Greg Miller]

Because of patreon.com kindafunny and the Kinda Funny membership on YouTube, Spotify and Apple podcasts. That's right. If you love what we do here and love the staff we bring in, of course we need your financial support. For $10 you can get all of our shows ad free. On some platforms, get the ability to watch the afternoon podcast like In Review Today live as we recorded and on every platform. Get your daily dose of me in a series I call Greg Way. Of course you get the Kinda funny membership on patreon.com kinda funny, YouTube.com kindafunnygamesh, Apple and Spotify. But right now you're not using any of your benefits so here's a word from our sponsor.

[Kevin Coelho]

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[Paris Lilly]

Said.

[Greg Miller]

To wait two seconds so I'm waiting more than two seconds.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Don't bring attention to it.

[Greg Miller]

I'm ordering food for us.

[Stella Chung]

How you doing Kevin?

[Greg Miller]

You're doing okay?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Where'd you ordering food from?

[Greg Miller]

Nick the Greek.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, we're having Greek food today.

[Greg Miller]

Me and Stella said we'd have lunch cuz I've ignored her all week but then there's a call at 1212. Thank you Kevin.

[Stella Chung]

I'm not dropping that note.

[Greg Miller]

Story number three on the rope report fallout season two filming has halted due to the LA fires. This is Matt Kim at IGN.com production on some of Hollywood's biggest shows, including the next season of Fallout, have come to a screeching halt after several major fires broke out across Los Angeles County. Variety reports that filming permits across fire stricken areas have been withdrawn, which means that the restart of production for Fallout Season 2 has been postponed, though just until Friday. NBCUniversal says that production of Hacks, Loot, Ted Suits, LA and Happy's Place have all been suspended as well. Elsewhere, CBS has Huh?

[Stella Chung]

Huh?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I said Ted see that show?

[Greg Miller]

I don't know who knows Elsewhere cbo when you read show titles and you're Greg Miller, they all sound made up. I'm like I've never heard of any of this happy place.

[Stella Chung]

I thought hacks is just that's an.

[Greg Miller]

HBO who's got a job. And who doesn't? Elsewhere, CBS is halted.

[Stella Chung]

Production is a real job.

[Greg Miller]

You sure? It is. You're out there begging for support. It's sickening. Kind of funny.com Patreon Elsewhere, CBS has halted product of NCIS NCIS Origins and After Midnight, while Disney has paused Doctor Odyssey, Grey's Anatomy and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Lastly, Warner Brothers studio in Burbank was closed, affecting Abbott elementary, among other shows. Amazon will be looking to get fallout up and running soon as the first season was a surprise hit for the streamer and maybe even for fans who were not provided with a lot of details before the show premiered. Of course, Stella, you know when we will get our fallout. TV show or NCIS or whatever is the least of our concerns here. Of course. Horrific. All the photos, all the stories. So many of my. I mean, you live in L. A. So many of my friends of kind of funny live in L. A. Watching stories, checking in via text. Like, it's just awful down there right now.

[Stella Chung]

I feel really bad. It didn't get this bad until I left. And I'm just like, I feel kind of. You feel kind of guilty for not. Not being there. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

So it's kind of crazy.

[Greg Miller]

Everything's okay with your section?

[Stella Chung]

We are okay for now. I think the fire that was the closest has been stopped.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Stella Chung]

So that's good. Yeah. The LAFD has been great at handling everything. Please send in donations to them if you can. Yeah, yeah. It's. It's incredible because we're, like, in the middle of, like, all these fires that are slowly, like, creeping in, so we're okay. But, yeah, it's. It's crazy because, like, so many of my friends and their fur babies have had to evacuate. And it's really sad because some of these people are like, I have no idea if my house is gonna make it. Of course. Yeah. Actually, Max Scoville, his dad's restaurant burned down, so they do have a gofundme up. If you go to his socials, you should be able to donate as well, which would be incredible. Yeah, it's just absolutely devastating. It's. The winds when I left Burbank Airport were so bad that when I was standing on the plane, it was swaying.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, my God.

[Stella Chung]

Just sitting there.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

So I was like, oh, you know, it'll probably die down. Right. And then I get here and I was like, oh, the flyers have gotten way worse. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's. Yeah, it's crazy. And it's weird because I Was like, I thought fire season was mostly in like the Bay Area, but no, it's everywhere.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, no, it's all of California. It's usually not this time of year, but now we just live in a constant thing because of climate change that people would like to ignore and act like doesn't exist. But you will continue to see this as everything gets worse and worse around here. Yeah, but, yeah, horrific and so, yeah, thoughts and prayers obviously to everybody affected down there. And yes, when they're. If you have the ability to donate to Max's thing, the humane shelters, I think there's going to be so much of this is going to come in the aftermath right where right now it's all hands on deck. The fire department, people helping out there. Steve Gutenberg moving cars on the street. If you saw this video, did you see this?

[Stella Chung]

I don't think so.

[Greg Miller]

Steve Gutenberg is 80s actor.

[Stella Chung]

Oh, okay.

[Greg Miller]

He's definitely faded from the limelight. So it's not like you like, oh, okay. But like he's. There's a newscaster doing the thing out the road and they're interviewing this guy and he's like, if you're gonna leave, like, leave your car keys, I'm moving cars right now for everybody, blah, blah, blah. It's like, all right. And sorry, what's your name, sir? It's like Steve Gutenberg. And the guy's like, okay, well, the actor. Yeah, yeah. It's a very heartwarming clip of like, you know, everybody doing their best down there right now, no matter who they are. What's going on? So, yeah.

[Stella Chung]

Oh, hey, that's what he looks like.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah. Oh, my God. Go watch Police Academy. Oh, you've seen Police Academy?

[Stella Chung]

Come on.

[Greg Miller]

Also, I think always looks like Josh Makuga. Makuga always makes me think of Guttenberg.

[Stella Chung]

I don't know who that is either.

[Greg Miller]

You've met. Well, probably.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I see it.

[Greg Miller]

I see it. You see it? Yeah. Don't get me wrong. Josh Makuga, you shouldn't know.

[Stella Chung]

I shouldn't say.

[Greg Miller]

He's a kind of funny best friend. You know what I mean? He's this guy, he thinks he can do what we do. It just.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Why is he so drunk?

[Greg Miller]

That's probably how you would met him.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

God, I miss him so much.

[Greg Miller]

I know, I know. Let's move on to story number four. Shadow of the Colossus movie. Quote, not abandoned by any means, says Tom Ivan at vgc. The director attached to the Shadow of the Colossus movie adaptation for over a decade has said the project could still see the light of day. It will not see the light of day, everybody. Sony first announced plans to bring Team ICO's celebrated PS2 game to the big screen way back in 2009, but little has been heard about the project in the years since. Andreas Muschietti, who. And I'm butchering that, but the director of the Flash. They have other stuff in here. Mama. It nobody cares. The director of the Flash, Andy, his name, he goes by Andy, was confirmed to be helming in 2014. However, Andy. Not our Andy, but that Andy recently provided a positive update on the film in an interview with an Argentinian radio station. The film has been in development for 10 years and now the possibility of making it opens up, he told Radio Tu, according to recontados. Translated by the gamer. Yeah, Andy, the director of Flash claimed it wasn't an abandoned project by any means, adding, I love that film. There is a script that I like a lot, end quote. However, he acknowledged that securing the desired budget for the project remained an obstacle. There are factors that have been have nothing to do with your hobby and desire to make it, but with how popular an intellectual property like this is, he said. Shadow of the Colossus is a cult game, but to make a good film, there is a studio that predicts. There is a studio that puts the numbers and says how much it is worth to give the director. 200, 150 or $100 million. There are different versions of the film and obviously I want them to give me $200 million. But this is another factor to take into account. End quote.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Hey, Flash, number one DCEU film as ranked by in review. So we're not talking trash about that or his desire to make it. I just don't think this ever happens. I don't.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, he. Okay, so the biggest thing it says the possibility of making it opens up. That doesn't mean it's going to happen. It just means that it's a little bit more probable now.

[Greg Miller]

I think it's even less probable because you figure PlayStation is so all in on making movies and TV now. So that's a whole production arm that has started what in the last five years and like, this isn't one of their projects. Right. This reminds me of James Gunn taking over the DC film properties, right? And then kind of be like, all right, well, Matt Reeves can stay, but this has got to go. And this will like you're going to come in and you're going to make it in your vision. I'm sure. If PlayStation wants to make this movie, they want to make it their way, and not necessarily on whatever this vision was from 10 years ago.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah. And it's. It's so. It's such a shame because I feel like you could do this in such a good way. Right. And I didn't realize he did it as well.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

And I feel like you could definitely put in some cosmic horror aspect to it. Right. Because it's like there's these giant colossus creatures, and you're just like that.

[Greg Miller]

We're just murdering for no reason.

[Stella Chung]

Well, yeah. And you're just this tiny human. You're like. Yeah. You can absolutely put this feeling of dread and, like, fear into it, which I think could play really well for sure. But it's really sad. I don't think it's gonna happen.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, no, I don't think so, but.

[Stella Chung]

I don't think it's gonna.

[Greg Miller]

Maybe the next three to four PlayStation Studios projects just crush. Just knock it out of the park. And then it is like, we gotta get every property going. And they'd still do this. But my gut would be. I don't think. I think you'd. They're probably trying to wait this deal out if they wanted to, and then make their own version of Shadow Claw.

[Stella Chung]

Actually, I'm curious. How do you feel about the Helldivers movie announcement?

[Greg Miller]

It's like any other video game announcement to a degree, where it's like. It was like when they announced Gran Turismo, and you're like, what the fuck are you doing? And then I saw Gran Turismo, I was like, you know what? This wasn't a bad movie.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

You took it in an interesting direction.

[Stella Chung]

But the thing is with Helldivers, they've already had a movie come out for it, which is called Starship Troopers. Yeah, it's interesting. I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I think. I think the. The fun thing to play with with Helldivers would be the, you know, the brainwashed hoorah. We're behind the flag, ignoring the fact that we're committing genocide.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

And so I think that's got to be the angle, Right. It's like. It's kind of like way more contained Finn from the Next Star or the second Star wars trilogy. Third Star wars trilogy. The new Star wars trilogy, where he, like, wakes up to the fact, like, hey, being a Stormtrooper sucks. Right. If you had one Helldiver person who was like, wait a second, why are we doing this? And what's going on? And uncovers the fact that Super Earth's actually the people behind the whole problem.

[Stella Chung]

I think that could be really cool. Yeah. And show Super Earth, maybe the history behind the lore. Because the thing is, I think the best thing that they can do, which I talked about this in a sub exclusive video on my KO Fi page, if you want to follow that.

[Greg Miller]

What's that?

[Stella Chung]

Calm co co-fee.comparallax Stella. Yeah, but, yeah, so I think it could be really cool because they could play into the aspect of like, oh, there's this guy we're following, he's the main character. Right. And then he dies.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah. And then someone else blew it apart. Yeah. Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

But then, like, if you do that too many times, that kind of loses the charm.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

And also for mainstream viewers who are watching the movie, what's happening?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. I think you gotta. I would imagine you lean into the intrigue and the brainwashing and everything else.

[Stella Chung]

I think so.

[Greg Miller]

I don't know, whatever the Helldivers movie is going to be, Stella, it's going to be big news. Gonna be huge news. If I wanted something smaller, say the tiniest news items I needed to know about, where would I go?

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I don't know.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah. I'm really tired of all this big news, you know. So I think you would go to your last story, the WE News Channel, where you cover all the small news items you need to know about.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Number five, the WE News. Lego and Nintendo are collaborating on a Lego Game Boy set gonna release in October 2025. I don't think there's images of it yet. I think it's just the announcement of it. Similar to how today they announced that they're doing bluey Legos as well too. But again, no real photos. Somewhere Power Wash simulator, Wallace and Gromit special pack has been announced. We're looking at right here if you love Wallace and Gromit.

[Stella Chung]

No, that terrified me as a kid.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. No, I never liked it as a kid either. I don't know. No, this is. Well, this is it. No, that's.

[Stella Chung]

Oh, God. Look at his stupid little smile.

[Greg Miller]

Creepy V. Rising sales have topped 5 million. Botany Manor for PS5 and PS4 is now launching on January 28 in pocket pair developed over dungeon is now available on Switch. Kevin, I know you liked Power Wash. Are you going to come back for Wallace and Gromit?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I don't get the expansion.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

So.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, I like the one for Lara Croft. Her manner like that made sense, right? She's. She's busy. We can clean her House for her.

[Greg Miller]

You know, there has to be story behind Power Wash Simulator if you want to use it. Of course, of course.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It's just so relaxing. I definitely. I would go back, give me all the. The things.

[Greg Miller]

They did a time machine one for the DeLorean.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I know, sorry.

[Paris Lilly]

I just.

[Stella Chung]

Wallace and Gromit just freaked me out with the movie where like the. They were making the dog food and like he was the. The. The machine dog was gonna make him into a can of food. And that scared me as a child.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Those are the good guys. They stopped it.

[Stella Chung]

I know, but it still scared me. And then they put that. They put the. The robot guy into the dog can food. And I was like, as a child, I'm like, oh, my God, some poor dog's gonna open that and be so hungry.

[Greg Miller]

Sure. I would have ruined it with the food, I guess. I want to turn our attention to the super chats. Of course, if you're watching live on YouTube.com kindafunnygames you can super chat to be part of the show. Whatever Wavy says. Also, love to see you back at Kinda Funny Stella. Who else could bully Greg better than you? And good luck on the job search. Layoffs suck. Where's your head at? Are you looking for like another full time thing or are you looking to be like, I'm gonna do Parallax, Stella. I'm gonna do my own podcast. I'm gonna twitch stream, and then I'll do like appearances like you're talking about with Apex.

[Stella Chung]

I don't know, it's. It's tough because again, it happened in December where nothing's happening. Right. So I'll. I guess I'll see how January, February go. But I have been applying to a few positions.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Stella Chung]

It's interesting. They're.

[Greg Miller]

I saw you. I think I put you. Who needs a cover letter? Why am I writing cover letters?

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, I know. As soon as I started doing it, I was like, like, oh, why? It's all gonna get read by AI Anyways. I'm gonna get tossed to the side. But yeah, there was. There was a. Interesting position at I think Activision. Activision for Call of Duty, which was like a producer.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, wow, cool. Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

And I always loved working with that team. It's actually really interesting. I also applied for like, actual news anchor positions too, because they were like entertainment.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Stella Chung]

Video journalist positions open. I was like, I can do that.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah, sure. You definitely have the real.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, yeah, we'll see. But then they might look at my twitch and go like, no, absolutely. Not. She's talking about wiping. She's talking about all these other things.

[Greg Miller]

Yang fam says hi. Stella, I just wanted to let you know I finally hit a lifetime PR 500 pound squat at my last competition.

[Stella Chung]

That's amazing. Oh, my God. That's incredible.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

Holy.

[Greg Miller]

How are you doing right now? I see your updates every so often. Like, I know you had a stretch there, right. You were injured or sick or something. Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

So I actually got long Covid, which is I'm okay now. But, like, it left me with POTS syndrome. So it's like anytime I sit, stand up, my heart rate and blood pressure fluctuate and even when I lay down and stuff, so.

[Greg Miller]

Gotcha.

[Stella Chung]

Any sort of movement where I'm like, doing exercises that require me to, like, bend over?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, it's.

[Stella Chung]

It's very odd. But there's like a strict regimen that I have to follow with, like, getting enough salt in my diet, which is great because I love salty food. Perfect. Yeah. So it's little things of trying to figure out the new normal.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Stella Chung]

And it's really tough. So I'm getting back into it and actually chat, I did not forget about you. I am making your Stella's intro boot camp workout. Yeah. Because they asked for it yesterday and I was like, yeah, let's do it. So, you know, we can do this journey together.

[Greg Miller]

Hell yeah. I love that.

[Stella Chung]

And are you gonna do it?

[Greg Miller]

Oh, no, I'm good. Zeke speak super chats and says, stella, thank you for your enshrouded streams. That's a game I love but never play anymore. And I'm happy other people are supporting it.

[Stella Chung]

I love it so much. If you've not played it is one of the best, best survival crafting games. I'm currently making a castle in it. If you want to come on and help me build the castle, that would be great.

[Greg Miller]

Teach me how to play. I want to go to the front where I had more of the other ones going on here. Hold on. I was like, where's the one? There was one. Here it is. Joe S. As Blessing in the chat says that he only poops without clothes on special occasions. What do you think those are? I mean, what do you want to treat yourself?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

He said when he's coming home, sometimes he starts taking his clothes. Clothes?

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, like up the stairs, you see, like, little pieces of his clothing.

[Greg Miller]

Logan Jensen gets the final super chat of the day and says, being from the LA area, I hope everyone is safe. Hart now living in Greg's favorite state. I'm just stuck in the snow. I'll get around to playing it.

[Stella Chung]

Greg, what's your favorite state?

[Greg Miller]

Well, it's a. It's a toss up here.

[Stella Chung]

Oh, okay.

[Greg Miller]

Either they're. Either he's referencing that he lives in Missouri or he's trying to be cheeky and he lives in Kansas.

[Stella Chung]

Why is. Wait, what? Why are those.

[Greg Miller]

But since he's using the Internet in his punctuation. Well, I mean, I guess he's from la, that would make sense. But he's using the Internet, which makes me think he's not in Kansas. They don't have running water or electricity yet. He must be in Missouri. You know, that would make more sense to me. Stella. That's another episode of Kind of Funny Games Daily in the bank already. Yep. Well, you get to come back and do it again tomorrow. And you're streaming with us today. You're eating Greek food with me here in a second.

[Stella Chung]

So you got enough going on. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Where can people keep up with you? Where should we be sending them to get the latest on Stella?

[Stella Chung]

Well, I've been streaming more consistently, so I guess Twitch tv, Parallax, Stella. I also sometimes do like live episodes on my podcast there, but if not you can go to my YouTube. I've been doing a lot more uploads and doing guide content, so if you like Marvel Rivals, I have a few character guides up there already. I will definitely be covering Invisible Woman. Only because she's really hot, so.

[Greg Miller]

Only because you're like I make Rivals content. But also because she's hot.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, I'll make an exception for her. She's really hot. So fair enough.

[Greg Miller]

I appreciate that. Thank you for hanging out with us so much this week.

[Stella Chung]

Yeah, thanks for having me everybody.

[Greg Miller]

Of course this has been Kind of Funny Games Daily from Kind of Funny. We're all about live Talk shows on YouTube.com/ kind of funny games, Twitch TV, kind of funny games and podcast services around the globe. If you Love what this 10 year old 11 person company pumps out each and every weekday, it would mean a lot to us if you picked up the Kind of funny membership. For $10 you can get all of our shows ad free. Get the ability to watch the afternoon podcast like in review today and of course get a daily dose of me with a 15 minute long podcast called Greg Way. You can get it on patreon.com kinda funny YouTube.com kinda funny games, Spotify and Apple podcasts no matter where you support us. Even if it's just like subscribing and sharing and hitting the follow button and ringing the bell. We couldn't do it without you. So thank you for 10 glorious years. You have a gamescast coming up next with Mike and Blessing going through the top 50 rolling stone games of all time. But until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve.