Bungie’s CEO Steps Down - Kinda Funny Games Daily 08.22.25

Summary

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Kinda Funny Games Daily – August 22, 2025

Episode Theme Overview:
Today's episode focuses on the major shakeup at Bungie with the departure of CEO Pete Parsons, a live reaction to the new Splinter Cell anime trailer, and James Gunn's cryptic hints about big new plans for DC games at Warner Bros. Interactive. Hosts Snowbike Mike and Roger Piccorni dig into industry impacts, community responses, and sprinkle in game recommendations, indie news, and fun banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Bungie CEO Pete Parsons Steps Down

[08:04–17:12]

• News Recap:

  • Pete Parsons, Bungie’s CEO, is leaving the company after nearly a decade at the helm.
  • Justin Truman, previously Chief Development Officer, will become Studio Head (note change in title).
  • Parsons joined Bungie in 2002 and became CEO in 2016.
  • Community sentiment heavily positive regarding his exit.

• Industry Context:

  • Roger speculates about whether Parsons was forced out, noting the troubled development and rocky rollout for "Marathon," as well as turmoil and declining morale under his leadership.
  • Cites a Forbes piece by Paul Tassi, suggesting Parsons' exit is likely tied to vested stock payouts following Sony's acquisition:
    “That purchase saw vested stock deals ... usually in either three years or five years ... Parsons could walk away with a big goodbye package of millions or tens of millions ... if that's what Parsons just did, that is easily tens of millions.” (Paul Tassi cited by Roger, [10:13])
  • Sony is seemingly taking more direct control:
    “Pete Parsons title was CEO. Justin's title is studio head. Sony assuming more direct control over Bungie here.” (Listener Super Chat by Kyle L, [14:42])

• Future of Bungie:

  • Justin Truman’s role is crucial, especially as destiny’s future and the fate of Marathon remain unclear.
  • Roger doubts Bungie will regain its former magic under Sony’s closer supervision:
    “They've lost a lot of the juice. ... I want them to regain that magic. I just don't think ... Sony specifically ... [will] give them that autonomy.” ([11:39])
  • Snowbike Mike wonders if Marathon will ship at all and wishes Bungie would focus on "Destiny 3."
  • Discussion compares Bungie/Sony relationship to Bethesda/Microsoft’s more hands-off approach.

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2. James Gunn Teases Early-Stage Plans for Big WB Games

[17:12–26:20]

• News Recap:

  • James Gunn, DC Studios’ co-CEO, reveals "big things" are in early planning for WB Games.
  • He alludes to “a couple of little DC games coming out, but we also have ... some bigger things. One thing in particular I’m excited about, but it does take time.” (James Gunn quoted [19:09])
  • Organizational shake-ups at WB, with the games division focusing on four main franchises: Mortal Kombat, Harry Potter, DC, Game of Thrones.

• Speculation & Analysis:

  • Roger notes that references to "little things" probably mean titles like LEGO Batman.
  • Both hosts express skepticism that a fully-integrated DCU video game universe is feasible due to development timelines, ever-changing movie plans, and the inflexibility of games for retconning or quick pivots.
    “You need to know what you’re doing. ... For a video game you’re spending hundreds of millions ... you want Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Green Lantern ... you don’t want to have ... Zathura. ... It’s an interesting balance...” (Roger, [23:55])
  • Roger would love to see a “full-on DCU tie-in game” but feels it’s unlikely:
    “I just doubt that video games are going to easily connect ... to his universe in the way that he’s creating it right now.” ([25:14])

• Audience Wishes:

  • YouTube super chats express interest in Batman Beyond and a Superman coming-of-age RPG.

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3. Live Reaction: Splinter Cell Anime Trailer (“Death Watch”)

[32:10–39:17]

• Trailer Details:

  • "Splinter Cell: Death Watch" is a new Netflix anime dropping October 14th.
  • Written by Derek Kolstad (creator of John Wick), stars Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth) as Sam Fisher.
  • The show acts as a sequel to "Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory" and features an older, grizzled Fisher.

• Hosts’ Reaction:

  • Roger, longtime Splinter Cell super-fan, is critical of the animation:
    “Disappointed in the 3D animation. ... It reminds me of ... a 3D CGI type thing that is mimicking 2D. ... Not really doing it for me in terms of the art style.” ([34:12])
  • Positive on casting:
    “I like Sabertooth Liev Schreiber as the voice actor. ... He sounds good to me, could be the next Sam Fisher.” (Roger, [34:12])
  • Banter about Sam’s new “man bun” and beard.
  • Snowbike Mike enthusiastic:
    “I’m watching this. I’m pumped for this. I like Netflix anime video games ... I’ve liked all of them.” ([37:09])
  • Both plan to watch and hope for more seasons, acknowledging that animated video game adaptations often don’t find wide audiences.

• Fun Moment:

  • Roger pokes fun at the overuse of the classic night vision goggle sound:
    “There’s a little bit too many of the ... night vision beeps. ... They really milked the out of that. That was crazy.” ([35:38] and [37:59])

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4. Quick Hits & Community Highlights

Division 2: Survivors Announced

• New survival extraction mode coming to The Division 2 ([41:00–44:29]).
• Both hosts surprised the live game still has a sizeable audience (“4000 on Steam right now,” [42:14]).
• Roger wonders why Division 3 hasn’t been announced yet.

Indie Games Move to Avoid Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Team Cherry confirmed Silksong launches September 4, 2025 ([46:18–47:06]).
• Multiple indies delayed their releases to avoid competing, including “Clover Pit” and “Faeland.”
• “If they are able to get out of the way of Hollow Knight, they’re going to be just fine.” (Roger, [47:06])

Wii News Network Lightning Round

• Hollow Knight 1 peaks at 20k concurrent Steam players.
• Sony sells its stake in EVO to a new Sony-backed company—a “lateral move.” ([49:10])
• Persona crossover announced for Overwatch 2.
• Bounty Star drops October 23 (day one on Game Pass).
• Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 DLC drops September 9.

Audience Engagement & Lighthearted Moments

• Friendly beefs and game recommendations (King Is Watching, This Seat Is Taken, Void Breakers).
• Super chats on dream crossovers (“Yakuza in Fortnite!”).
• Mario Party office stream teased for later today (“20 IRL challenges!” [01:59]).
• Roger on Mike’s Nuzlocke attempts: “I always love an unearned confidence...” ([04:29])
• Banter about “Eat my shorts”—did anyone ever really say it?

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Bungie’s Shift:

  “They've lost a lot of the juice. ... I want them to regain that magic. I just don't think ... Sony specifically ... [will] give them that autonomy.”
  — Roger Piccorni, [11:39]

• On Parsons’ Payout & Industry Reality:

  “That purchase saw vested stock deals ... Parsons could walk away with a big goodbye package of millions or tens of millions ... that is easily tens of millions.”
  — Paul Tassi via Roger [10:13]

• Industry Scepticism About DCU Tie-In Game:

  “You need to know what you’re doing. ... For a video game you’re spending hundreds of millions ... you want Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Green Lantern ... you don’t want ... Zathura.”
  — Roger Piccorni [23:55]

• On Splinter Cell Trailer Style:

  “Disappointed in the 3D animation. … It reminds me of … a 3D CGI type thing that is mimicking 2D ... Not really doing it for me.”
  — Roger Piccorni [34:12]

• On Netflix’s Impact on Gaming Animation:

  “I’m watching this. I’m pumped for this. I like Netflix anime video games ... I’ve liked all of them.”
  — Snowbike Mike [37:09]

• Fun Banter:

  “You seem like a guy that would have said, ‘eat my shorts’ a lot...”
  — Roger Piccorni [50:17]

• On Hollow Knight Hype:

  “Hollow Knight has reached an all time peak concurrent player count on Steam at 20,000 players after Silksong’s September 4th release date announcement.”
  — Snowbike Mike [48:13]

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Important Timestamps

• Bungie CEO News, Sony Dynamics: [08:04–17:12]
• James Gunn on WB/DC Gaming Future: [17:12–26:20]
• Splinter Cell Anime Trailer Live Reaction: [32:10–39:17]
• Division 2: Survivors Mode: [41:00–44:29]
• Indies Move for Silksong: [46:18–47:40]
• Wii News (Rapid Fire Round-Up): [47:57–50:57]

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Closing Thoughts

This episode, full of both major industry shake-ups (Bungie/Sony, DC/WB Games) and fun geek-out moments (Splinter Cell fandom, Mario Party IRL challenges), offers a pulse on shifting leadership and strategy at gaming’s upper echelons, as well as player/community excitement for beloved franchises. Mike and Roger’s camaraderie, quick digressions, and super chat engagement keep the energy high while never losing sight of the day’s stories.

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Transcript

[Snowbike Mike]

Today's stories include Pete Parsons is leaving Bungie, we live react to the Splinter Cell anime trailer and James Guns says new future of WB games is in the early stages. All this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily. What's up everybody? And welcome to Kind of Funny Games daily for Friday, August 22, 2025. I'm one of your hosts, Snowbike Mike. And today I am joined by the Lock, the taste maker, one of my best friends, number 1.2. 1.2, Roger Piccorni. Roger, what's going on, buddy?

[Roger Piccorni]

How are you? What a beautiful day. I mean, to hear Splinter Cell in the the top three news stories. I. I know Blessing was trying to cut that out of the top three. You know what I mean? Like, he's probably trying to get it to WE news, but I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not happening. I'm very excited. I've been waiting. I've been waiting to watch this trailer. I'm excited to hang out.

[Snowbike Mike]

You got mad at me yesterday because I did click on the trailer and my cell phone at full volume.

[Roger Piccorni]

Full volume is what I hear. It's just dead silent office. And I just hear, I hear the fucking goggles going on. I'm like, mike, just wait. Like literally, we're going to be on content tomorrow. Just don't watch it. Just stop scrolling for five seconds.

[Snowbike Mike]

Of course I have Splinter Cell super fan in the office. Roger McCorny here with me. I on Games Daily. Which means we will live react to the brand new Splinter Cell anime trailer. We have some other dope stories to get through on this Friday, but the biggest story of them all. Oh, I like this normally in housekeeping, but I'm going to tell them about it right now.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yes.

[Snowbike Mike]

Mario Party is going down inside the studio. It has taken months to convince these jabronis to finally play and they have all bought in. They're all ready to sit on the couch on the big stage and play Mario Party together.

[Roger Piccorni]

And we couldn't make it easy for them. We couldn't just say, hey guys, hang out, maybe drink a little bit, play some Mario Party. We're no, we're going to add another element of disaster, of chaos to this. And you want to tell them about it, Mikey?

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, Roger, you. And I said, how do we get them up and moving? How do we get them from sitting on the couch kind of getting into a lull flow state? How do we keep them moving? And so we have 20 IRL challenges that we will perform and play throughout this awesome stream. So get ready to get everybody standing up, shaking, stretching, laughing, having a good time. So if you enjoy Mario party, if you love the kind of funny crew and you want to see us do some dumb minute to win it challenges, don't miss out on the fun that will be after today's games cast for your afternoon stream. So a great Friday to cap off the week as we near the end of August. Roger.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, man. We're almost there. I can't believe that summer's almost over. Yeah, right there. We're in the dog days of summer. That's good, that's good, that's good. Is that how dogs sound? I don't. When every time Braun breaker does this thing where he goes, everyone, I want my dogs in the building. And everyone goes, I just. I don't feel like I'm doing it right. I feel like. I feel like I'm a sad puppy.

[Snowbike Mike]

No, no, Roger, you give out a great dog bark. I appreciate it.

[Roger Piccorni]

No, I appreciate it. Great job, Mike. How are you doing? Are you playing anything fun? You doing anything fun?

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, Roger, as you know, I'm in the thick of it when it comes to my Pokemon Nuzlocke journey. Thank you for asking. Attempt number five did not go my way. Attempt number six took place and that failed quickly. And so now number seven. Oh, and I'm happy to report that I have dropped the mic lock rules and I've gone to the traditional Nuzlock big three rules. So I will be able to say when I complete this, that I have completed and done my first ever real Nuzlock.

[Roger Piccorni]

Completed.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah. I'm going to complete it now. Have I beaten Jim Ford?

[Roger Piccorni]

So confused. Isn't a Nuzlocke like a proper Nuzlocke harder than what you were already doing?

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Way harder.

[Roger Piccorni]

Why? Why do you have the confidence that you're going to be able to beat this one?

[Snowbike Mike]

Because I've now mastered the first four hours of this video game because I've done it so many times that I know what it takes to get to where I need to be.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, you're like me yesterday, where I'm trying to. I'm trying desperately to shoot. To shoot, like just a little bit away from the basketball hoop. Not even a three pointer at all. Right. And I get like two in a row and I'm like, I could do three pointers and I start going back and I'm just missing everyone. That's what you're going to do tonight. You're like, I got the confidence Now I do this.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm very excited. I'm having a ton of fun. It's all I can think about, Roger. And it's going to be my weekend. So I'm really, really pumped about that. Thank you for asking. And thanks for giving me your encouragement and your. Your nod of approval, as you know. I'll get it done.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah. I'm proud of you. And I, I. I always love an unearned confidence, and that's just kind of. That's just kind of all you. I've been playing two things really quick. I won't talk.

[Snowbike Mike]

Wow. Okay.

[Roger Piccorni]

I'm going to shout out. You know, sometimes he's right, sometimes he's wrong, and he's currently my mortal enemy. He's not. He's your 1.1.

[Snowbike Mike]

He's my 1 point.

[Roger Piccorni]

He's my number 25. All the way down to the bottom of the list. Andy Cortez. Him and I are beefing, of course, but right now, he did tell me. He said, hey, play. King is watching. That game rules. That game rules. Everybody. We gotta. You gotta play that game. That's on Steam right now. King is watching. Pretty sure that's the name of the game, right?

[Snowbike Mike]

Have you played. This seat is taken.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yes, I've also played that.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's a great one, that one. I'm playing that right now. Love that.

[Roger Piccorni]

That one's a fun time. That's a fun nighttime game or whatever. Yeah, it gets a little complicated by the ending. I. I'm just like, well, how far are you into it?

[Snowbike Mike]

I beat the first world. I don't want to sit next to somebody stinky. Yeah, I want to.

[Roger Piccorni]

By the end of it, it starts to become like, oh, well, I'm. I'm a fan of this team. And then this person and this person's stinky, and it just gets so complicated.

[Snowbike Mike]

I love that.

[Roger Piccorni]

But. Oh, is the seat taken? Is really good. King is watching. Is awesome. And then Void Breakers, Andy has been telling me about, and I played a little bit of that. That game has the stuff too. So shout out to Andy Cortez. You know what I mean? Sometimes he's wrong, but a lot of the times he's right. So the goat.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay, there's some great game recommendations for you to jump into this weekend from Mike and Roger. But enough of that. This is kind of funny. Games daily, each and every weekday, we run you through the nerdy news you need to know about live on Twitch, YouTube, and of course, on podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, consider Supporting us with the brand new Kind of Funny membership available on YouTube, Patreon, Apple podcast services and Spotify where you can get all of our shows ad free. Watch us record them live. And of course you can get your daily dose of Greg Miller and an exclusive show Greg Way. For a chance to be part of the show today. Send in your YouTube Super Chats with your thoughts, opinions of the news stories and we'll get you in the conversation. Some housekeeping for you. Did you know that Supporting us over on patreon.com kind of funny at the premium collector's item tier gets you a limited edition poster made by the Incredible Panda Musk. This month is Barrett Courtney themed. It's a mob Psycho inspired poster print featuring all of us. Grab it before the month ends. This one is so cool looking, Roger.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, it really is. It's sick. And look at Mike. Look at Mike over there in the corner.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm in it. That was so great the last time we did this. Roger shot me a look. Of course we're an 11 person small business all about live talk shows. So today after Kind of Funny Games Daily you'll get a games cast for the Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater review. And then after Games cast you'll get the kind. What's up?

[Roger Piccorni]

No, sorry, I was good. Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you. I'm sorry.

[Snowbike Mike]

Don't you want to sit in the seat, Roger? Okay, because on Wednesday you didn't want to.

[Roger Piccorni]

I don't know why I spoke out loud when you were talking. I apologize. I don't know what happened here.

[Snowbike Mike]

You want to sit in this goddamn seat?

[Roger Piccorni]

No, I don't. I really don't.

[Snowbike Mike]

After games Kind of Funny we'll make the Return to Mario party. We told you all about it. It's going to be an awesome afternoon stream. You're gonna love it.

[Roger Piccorni]

I do have one thing that I do want to add because I forgot to add to this to the housekeeping. That' kind offunny.com survey we would love. We asked for a survey a few weeks ago and you guys showed out and you really helped us out. We have a few more questions that we'd love you to answer. Takes like literally a minute so please check it out. Kind of funny.com survey.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's what you wanted to add in the middle of the day? What do you mean we're in the day?

[Roger Piccorni]

Read as you're talking. You don't want me to mention it?

[Snowbike Mike]

When am I going to mention it?

[Roger Piccorni]

Where would you like me to mention it right before you're about to talk about our amazing sponsors and our producers.

[Snowbike Mike]

No, I'm not there yet. I'm not there yet.

[Roger Piccorni]

All right, where are you then?

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm at. If you're a kind of funny member, today's Greg Way.

[Roger Piccorni]

Oh, okay, Wait. Tell me, tell me about the Greg Way.

[Snowbike Mike]

I don't know about the Greg Way. It's not on the docket. But I will tell you this. It will be Greg in his car talking about something very important. What is that? Tune in to find out. Thank you to our thank you to our friends who support us over on Patreon. Our Patreon producers for the month, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Psalm Twining. Today we're brought to you by Factor Shady Rays and Aura Frames. But I'll tell you all about that later. Let's jump in with what is and forever will be the Roper reports. It's time for some news. We have six stories today, Baker's dozen. Story number one, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons is leaving after nearly a decade. This coming from Jordan Midler at vgc. Bungie CEO Pete Parsons has announced that he is leaving the company after almost a decade. Quote, after more than two decades of helping build this incredible studio, establishing the Bungee foundation and growing inspiring communities around our work, I have decided to pass the torch, parsons wrote in a message announcing his departure. This journey has been an honor of a lifetime. I'm deeply proud of the world we've built together and the millions of players who call them home. And most of all, I am privileged by the opportunity to work alongside the incredible minds at Bungie. End quote. Justin Truman, the studio's chief development officer, will take his place. Parsons originally joined Bungie in 2002, working as an executive producer on Halo 2 and Halo 3. He would ascend to his current role as CEO in 2016. Roger, hi. We got some movement here under the Bungee umbrella and of course under the Sony umbrella as well. Pete Parsons stepping down and leaving, passing the torch onto someone new. What's the thoughts here?

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, my first thought was that was he forced out? Like what was the behind the scenes? Because we've seen what is happening with Marathon and kind of that game coming out and having this big moment and then completely reeling back, like going right back into hiding. And then also, also of course, all of the scandals when it came to the art and the design of that. But then I wanted to bring up another news story really quick from Paul Tassi over at Forbes, who is hot on the Beat when it comes to Destiny and Bungie in general. And when this is. This article is great. You should read it. Go over to Forbes and read it. But specifically the part over here that says, however, the narrative that because the studio. Because of the studio's problems. Sorry. However, the narrative that because of the studio's problems, Parsons was just forced out by Sony is almost certainly not the case. It is overwhelmingly likely that this is the result of the Sony deal to purchase Bungie. That purchase saw vested stock deals for executives and Bungie veterans that were usually in either three years or five years, meaning those with deals could walk away with a big goodbye package of millions or tens of millions after that point in time, if that's what Parsons just did, that is easily tens of millions. So that is Politici's theory right there, that this is a kind of him staying on board to get that vested stock situation and leaving to get millions and millions of dollars in his pocket. Of course, that is not confirmed, but that is seemingly the way that the wind is blowing right here, at least according to Paul Tassi. Yeah, I mean, another. He can drive off and drive as many, many cars during his time of retirement. But I sincerely hope that this is a new page for Bungie, that this is a moment where they can listen to the community, because clearly the community is very happy about this. You can see if you go on the Reddit threads, if you go on R Destiny, they're very happy that he is leaving the post and they are hopeful potentially that this next person that's coming up now can listen to the community and kind of right the ship a little bit. But I don't know, man, I'm very. If I were to, if I were to be a betting man, I'm not very hopeful when it comes to the future of Bungie, specifically with now them basically being a Sony studio. It's just they've. They've lost a lot of the juice. They've lost a lot of the allure of what made Bungie Bungie. And I want them to kind of regain that magic. I just don't think we're in a right place for Sony specifically to give them that autonomy to do that. So I don't think that's what's going to happen in the future.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay, interesting stuff right there, Roger. Yeah, we talk about now we shift gears to the future of Bungie, right. And what those projects will be. Justin Truman now stepping in as the, you know, new torch bearer here. And you look at what Bungie's established Himself on it is Destiny with this live service game. Now we look towards Marathon. That had a very rocky launch here of like, hey, we're talking about this. We're putting it in beta. Okay. We're getting a lot of feedback. It doesn't seem like it's the movement. Let's come back and figure out where we want to be for when we actually launch this game. And so right now you kind of have Bungie at its weakest stage right now. Destiny, of course, still has a incredible fan base that is looking for more Destiny. They're happy. They continue to get more Destiny, but there's of course, more you could do for that Marathon on the other side. Extraction shooters, a very tough market to be in. And then you bring up a great part of. Now Sony's in the mix. Right. So, like, what is Justin's true role here of overseeing Bungie but also answering the Sony and working with Sony Here we look at Xbox and those acquisitions. Right. With of course Bethesda and Todd Howard. Right. And giving them kind of the freedom to still be Bethesda while also being with Microsoft. Did they get that over on this Bungie side or is it a little bit different here moving forward?

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, for sure. I. The Bethesda side of things is such a unique studio and the amount of brands that they have and the fact that Zenimax as a whole is a publisher, it is something unique that has so many things going on for it. Where Bungie right now. Yeah. Is just in a precarious situation where right now PlayStation is clearly pulling back from their live service push. Right. They had this very bullish on it. They have new leadership now. They're like, ah, maybe this is not the way to go about it. Of course, with Concord canceling multiple live service games, it puts Bungie in this moment where they either have to deliver when it comes to Marathon. Excuse me. Or they are just going to become another support studio. And I don't. I don't want that to happen. I don't want that to happen to them.

[Snowbike Mike]

Kyle L. Writes in with a $5 super chat and says Bungie. Just a little quick bungee points here. Pete Parsons title was CEO. Justin's title is studio head. Sony assuming more direct control over Bungie here.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[Snowbike Mike]

So a big one there, of course. Justin, best of luck to you. Congratulations on your new role. Hope all the best for you and really hope all the best for Bungie. Right. As a consumer and a gamer, I really have loved all of Bungie's work. From Halo into Destiny. Right. I was someone who liked a lot of what I saw from Destiny. The Extraction. It's off the top of my head now. Destiny Extraction, Extraction Game Marathon.

[Roger Piccorni]

Oh, yeah, Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

I dropped it out of my mind real quick. I liked it Marathon when we played the big three out of that, Me, Andy and Nick. And so I'm hoping that they can figure this out and land that. Right. And so Justin has a big role to step into that will be exciting. He has a lot of background here if you read the big X posts. And of course, Blue Sky. Justin seems to be very excited about working so long here at Bungie and now taking on this role.

[Roger Piccorni]

Studio head. Yeah, I mean, yeah, we're. We're going to see. I'm. I'm interested to see. There's always the. What was it? The recently it was like, oh, is Marathon canceled? I don't think that's ever. Marathon's gonna come out. It's just a matter of. Does it. You do think so?

[Snowbike Mike]

Well, I'm giving you the look like you think, Roger. Really? Yeah. I mean, I've. I've gone on record many of times of, like, if I could wave the magic wand, Marathon would be canceled. We would be focusing on moving into Destiny 3, and we would continue to Destiny 2, but we would be moving into, like, I need to give the player base and like, I need to bring in new and old returning fans with a new title, Destiny 3.

[Roger Piccorni]

Well, I mean, I think that's already in the works. Right. Like, they can't just be all hands on deck for just Marathon and then keeping up of Destiny 2. I feel like there has to be.

[Snowbike Mike]

What if it's something brand new? What if we move away from Destiny?

[Roger Piccorni]

I mean, either way, what I'm saying is, like, Marathon. Marathon is not the thing holding back the studio.

[Snowbike Mike]

Right.

[Roger Piccorni]

Like, if Marathon comes out and it flops, I mean, that. That changed a lot of things. But either way, like, Marathon is not the thing. If we cancel it now, we get Destiny 3. Now we get the new IP the. On something else. They have to be thinking about what that future.

[Snowbike Mike]

But we do cut a lot of time and resources out of supporting Marathon, and we can at least focus more of the ship on that. But yeah, Roger, you are probably right. We will see Marathon in some sort of way, shape or form, and no matter how long its lifespan is, three months, six months, a year, five years, it will somehow come out. It's. It's got to at this point.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

So we'll see. It's going to be exciting times.

[Roger Piccorni]

But of course traction shooters man.

[Snowbike Mike]

Pete Parsons, enjoy your big payout. Hopefully if that's the truth on that one. And we'll see you later. Story number two DC head James Gunn teases new future for WB Games with some bigger things now in early stages this coming from Michael Cripe at IGN DC Studios co CEO and Superman director James Gunn sends Big things are in store for Warner Bros. Games, but it's going to take a while to see them come to fruition. The comic book bigwig spoke about his plans to expand the DC universe during an interview with Games Radar.

[Roger Piccorni]

Plus the comic book Big wig. I like that that we gotta start calling people big wigs. I like that we gotta bring that back.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's fire as Gun co CEO Peter Safra or Asgun co CEO Peter Saffron and the rest of the DC Studios crew plot plot a new course for DCU shows and movies the Superman movie maker says he has no plans to leave gaming out of the equation. Quote there's been some, there's been some slight movement on different things, gun teased. We have a couple of little DC games coming out, but we also have talked about and in early stages of planning some bigger things. One thing in particular I'm excited about, but it does take time. There's been some changes in Warner Bros. Games and so we're dealing with new people, end quote. Those changes he's referring to have been unraveled throughout the last year or so and have been and have seen WB games shifting its focus to four key franchises. Mortal Kombat, Harry Potter, DC and Game of Thrones. It's a fundamental change to how Warner Bros. Is looking to the future following massive losses tied to Rocksteady Studios, Suicide Squad, Kill, the Justice League, as well as the underperformance and eventual shutdown of multi verses Guns Gun teases things are finally in motion at wb, but declined to share what kind of DC project fans can expect to see in the future. However, Games Radar plus adds that the director teased that there is a good chance Superman star David Chronoset could reprise his role for a video game. Roger.

[Roger Piccorni]

It'S interesting because he says little things right? So my brain.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, okay, really quick. He says we got some little things on right now. You have Lego Batman that looks so.

[Roger Piccorni]

For some reason my brain, let's give some love to that interpreted like the little things as him being like oh like maybe we got like a bunch of little indie studios to make. I'm like oh like no, no. He's just Talking about LEGO Batman. That's exactly like Roger. Don't even get excited for yourself. Like, there's no DCU thing that he's making. That isn't the big triple A thing that he's talking about. Yeah, he's talking about LEGO Batman. That sucks that he's calling a little thing. But I mean to hit. I guess from his point of view of like his involvement with it. I'm sure his involvement is. Oh yeah, you can get xyz, Batsuit or whatever it is, right? Like that's his little thing. Is that his involvement?

[Snowbike Mike]

Let me tell you a quick secret. Take that as a wind under your belt, James.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, exactly like.

[Snowbike Mike]

Like that shit. I'd be like, hey, we got something.

[Roger Piccorni]

Just like you also took under your belt, like the Flash. And then you said that it wasn't part of the D.C. dCU or any. Any there was. You had no involvement in it after it bombed. But then you also took under your belt the Penguin after did do really well. Like just take the win, take the wins, take the LEGO Batman. Win is for what it is. I'm so interested to see what that big thing is that's in. That's an early development, right? My brain, of course, goes to Superman, right? Like, is he finally doing it? Is he finally making the Superman game? Is he. Is that what he wants to get.

[Snowbike Mike]

Superman in a Superman game?

[Roger Piccorni]

Or is he just co opting or working with Rocksteady on whatever their next Batman game is? Because that would be the simplest way to kind of connect these universes a little bit here. Maybe it's not a next Arkham game. Maybe he is. They are working on a separate Batman thing that is developed by Rocksteady, that it has James Gunn's involvement that is connected to the dcu. I don't know, but I kind of find it hard to think about where the video game aspect of this connects to the dcu when the DCU is this kind of ever expanding, kind of changing thing. And we already see it right now as it's like as Superman was. The original slate of stuff was announced, right? A few years ago now, two years ago now, when he was like, hey, we're doing the Gods and Monster Saga. Here's all the projects that are in the works. How that has already changed, right? Like not dramatically, but like he was like, hey, we're going to do the Authority movie. We're going to do Swamp Thing. You know, what are all these things that like he said he was going to do, but then now it shifted a Little bit. Right. We're not doing Authority. We're probably not doing Swamp Thing unless James Mangold, you know, finds time so to now have this pillar of gaming that you're trying to connect into the dcu that is such a slow moving thing and needs to kind of be consistent. You can't just be changing games, stories and, you know, it's not free flowing like a movie or like a TV series where you can kind of retcon things and kind of be a little bit more agile, where video game. No, you need to kind of have that vision here. You need to know what you're doing.

[Snowbike Mike]

You kind of have to find your foundation, your staples and stick to them. Yeah.

[Roger Piccorni]

So I'm interested to see where he's coming because I would love a DCU game, like a full on. Like this is connected to the movies, to the TV shows, to everything. And this is a video game that takes place in James Gunn's universe. That's what I want. I. The more I think about it, especially if he's talking about this is a big thing, I just don't know if that's possible or if that's doomed even. I don't know, maybe call me a doomer, but like that's, that's a little scary to me. There's a reason why Kevin Feige hasn't looked around and said we need to make a video game that's in the mcu. I'm sure he's thought about it, right? They have a Disney whole section of video games. Right. I'm sure he's had the conversations with people. It just probably doesn't make sense with the way that the MCU is built out.

[Snowbike Mike]

Very well said on that, Roger. Thinking about the future and the timing of it all, of course, super chat away with some of your DC superheroes, your dream games that you'd love to see. And if you're watching later on, let us know in the comments below because, yeah, Roger, have a big set of it. Peacemaker now returning for season two last night. Yeah, John Cena, fantastic stuff. I'm sure people would love to see more out of that universe. And how do you make that a game? Of course, you go down the list, right. And I think, yeah, Roger, when you think of game development, meaning the movies that James Gunn is trying to create and the timing that it would all take, right. You kind of have to go on to like the known ones that are gonna be around for the long times, the Batman, the Superman, and just say, how do we just stick with Those and make those great. Right? Because yeah, I want a static shock game. Are we getting static shock? Absolutely.

[Roger Piccorni]

Technically, static shock is not technically a DC character. So that's, that's also another thing that's talking.

[Snowbike Mike]

How do we play this? Right? I want Green Arrow, Oliver Queen. We're not, we're not getting a Green Arrow game. Right. So, yeah, we're probably sticking with the big dogs and we always go back to sorry. No. How do you make a great Superman game?

[Roger Piccorni]

Sure.

[Snowbike Mike]

Can you do that?

[Roger Piccorni]

You know the fun thing about the dcu, as I talk through this, because I'm very passionate about this, clearly. I love James. I'm so excited for what he's doing here. The interesting thing about it is that he's already teased and shown in Superman in the hall of justice, like there's a past year, there's a bunch of superheroes that have existed in the past. That is an easy way to go about this, right, Is to do a full on prequel video game that takes place in maybe in the 70s and the 60s and in a time period that does not connect to the movies or connects very lightly to the movies. And you show a group of heroes. Right. Is that exciting though? I don't know. Like, is it like, you know what I mean? Like, if you want a video game, you're spending hundreds of million dollars on a video game. You want Wonder Woman, you want Batman, you want Superman, you want Green Lantern, you want these big franchise leads you don't want to have. Okay, here's Gunsling and fucking, I don't know, Zathura. Like, you don't want those to be the main, you know, sorry to all the fans, but like, you know, whatever. But I don't know, it's, it's an interesting balance, but I'm excited to see this because he's a. James Gunn is a video game guy. He loves video games. He helped to write or he, he was the writer of Chainsaw Lollipop. Big gamer. He loves this stuff. So I don't doubt that he's ever going to be a part of this and he's, he's going to try to make it happen. But I just doubt that video games are going to easily connect it to his universe in the way that he's creating it right now.

[Snowbike Mike]

I like, over in the YouTube chat right now we have the big three. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Zatanna.

[Roger Piccorni]

I said Zatura. I love that movie.

[Snowbike Mike]

Of course, JB writes in with a super chat, says, I want Batman beyond games. Do it. Gun of Course, Batman beyond the future of that, what that could really look like. But yeah, this is great to hear. James Gunn wants to be involved and think about the gaming side of things as well. We know that WB is going through some stuff right now. So yeah, WB definitely needs a win under their belt and wants it to be one of their big four for sure. Right. So we have plenty of Game of Thrones mobile games. Love a real game, but like, yo, shout out to the mobile games and then like on the other side. Right. Mortal Kombat, you know, will be around. I'm sure there will be an easy layup of DC justice superhero characters on either DLCs or if you do get injustice going, that would be great. Right. You could definitely work with them on creating a fun crossover story there. That would be fantastic.

[Roger Piccorni]

A multiverse thing.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah. I mean, we'll see more from this, but it's nice to know that he's thinking about that and wants to do some good stuff over there.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah. I mean, because that was in the beginning of his like, thesis statement for this. He said video games and we all kind of looked at each other like, oh, what could that mean? But it's like, you know, now we're three, two to three years into this experiment. Right. It's. If it's slow moving, then it's not gonna see this for another five, six years. It's gonna be a while.

[Snowbike Mike]

We'll cross our fingers, of course. Don't worry. We have more stories right after a word from our sponsors.

[Roger Piccorni]

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[Snowbike Mike]

Amigos.

[Roger Piccorni]

Vivimos para of reservaquetes de huelo yo.

[Snowbike Mike]

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[Roger Piccorni]

Vivies paradis frutar de la musica con.

[Snowbike Mike]

Todos tu sentidos bibi mos parabindarte paquetes pormenos expedia. And we're back. Roger.

[Roger Piccorni]

Happy Halloween.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, Happy Halloween. It's coming soon. Think about your costume.

[Roger Piccorni]

Think about your costume.

[Snowbike Mike]

Think about your costume. Now.

[Roger Piccorni]

I already know.

[Snowbike Mike]

What if you and I do a couple's costume? Little team up costume.

[Roger Piccorni]

What was the team up idea? What do you want to do?

[Snowbike Mike]

Well, I mean we have Omega Buster writing in with a ten dollar super chat and says, have they reached out for a Mike and Roger superhero team up game? Ah, if you would like in your background of your Superman game, maybe like, oh, it's Superman. And Mike goes, hey, that's Cronin sweat. We're available. We're available anytime. Of course. We also have one more super chat coming in when we talk about DC Super Games. We have Shark89 writing and says reverse bully style RPG with Clark Kent coming into his powers as a kid. Assign points as he learns his powers save people farm.

[Roger Piccorni]

I like the idea of a reverse bully game.

[Snowbike Mike]

He's protecting the kids, but he's also learning his powers. He punched one kid too hard and he was like, oh man, I gotta control my powers.

[Roger Piccorni]

I know. For some reason every time I think about like a reverse thing, I think about the complete opposite. So it's like I guess he has hair. Yeah. He's not bald. He's not really.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, you're thinking like a Billy Madison. All of a sudden he's just old man Superman inside of the height school.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Punching kids. I love that.

[Roger Piccorni]

Corn and sweat.

[Snowbike Mike]

Let's jump to story number three. Roger is very pumped up about this. We are going to live react to the Splinter Cell death watches trailer.

[Roger Piccorni]

Nope. Oh yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Death watch.

[Roger Piccorni]

Death watch. Kevin, we ready for this? There we go.

[Snowbike Mike]

We're on dudes. Splinter Cell death box.

[Roger Piccorni]

I'm excited. I've been. I've been waiting for this one.

[Snowbike Mike]

Brought to you by Netflix. We're going to tell you all the details after.

[Roger Piccorni]

Brought to you by Netflix.

[Snowbike Mike]

But it's made by Netflix.

[Roger Piccorni]

Okay. Yeah, it just sound like it was sponsored by Netflix.

[Snowbike Mike]

Brought you by Netflix.

[Roger Piccorni]

There we go.

[Snowbike Mike]

Do we have an eye on the target sound effect? The green Netflix. And is pretty don't have much time from the writer and creator of John Wick. What was that? He's choking people out.

[Roger Piccorni]

Please respond.

[Snowbike Mike]

Dodging bullets. I'm here. You're a hard man to reach.

[Roger Piccorni]

Sam Fiser.

[Snowbike Mike]

He's murdering people in the darkness. This mission is personal. Either you do this with me or I do it alone. They have Saber Tooth as Sam Fisher.

[Roger Piccorni]

All right, there's a little bit too many. There's a little bit too many. A little bit too many of the. What do you mean?

[Snowbike Mike]

The little. The little night vision beeps.

[Roger Piccorni]

They're playing that.

[Snowbike Mike]

I liked it.

[Roger Piccorni]

That. Like, it's a drop.

[Snowbike Mike]

It's an EDM drop.

[Roger Piccorni]

That's crazy. When it happened twice, I was like, there's no way they're gonna do it more than twice. Keep up. Keep that on the background. Like, just loop it and mute it because I want to keep on looking at that.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay, give me your thoughts. That's your first thought of Splinter Cell Death Watch. Going to Netflix.

[Roger Piccorni]

Disappointed in the 3D animation. Didn't expect that. When we. When we keep on. When we saw, like, all of the images, it seemed like it was going to be like a fully 2D style thing, like, almost like A Devil May Cry. It has this weird. It reminds me of. Yeah, it's a 3D CGI type thing that is mimicking 2D. I don't love that art style. I mean, some moments look good, but it's just not. I'm sure maybe in motion. When I watch an entire episode, it'll, like, kind of just glaze over. But when I see this shirt, I'm like, okay, this is not. This is not really doing it for me in terms of the art style and the animation, rather. But I like Sabertooth Liev Schreiber as the voice actor. Honestly, he sounds good to me. He sounds like he could be the next Sam Fisher. Now, if they wanted him in the booth, if. If they wanted to kind of. If Michael Ironside wanted to kind of give up and say, hey, I want. I want to just go into retirements, he would be a good place person to replace him for sure, because he has that. That voice. He. When you close your eyes, you're like, yep, that's Sam Fisher for sure. Yeah, I. I'm interested in this. I like that they're going for an older Sam Fisher. It seems like we're. I'm sure they're gonna pick and choose what the canon is with the games and everything, but I like that they're going for an older, grizzled Sam Fisher. That could hopefully be kind of like the ending of this storyline and be like that canonical thing for us fans, and then hopefully the remake kind of just goes in a different direction. But, yeah, I enjoyed that. That was cool. I'm gonna watch the. Out of that. And, man, the. Even the sound effect in the beginning with the person calling him over the phone and you hear it, like, that's the exact sound effect, man. Man, it's so funny. Like, how. How deep of a splinter cell nerd I am, because it is. Ever since I was like, four years old, I've been playing these games and watching them. So, man, I'm excited.

[Snowbike Mike]

What do you think about his ponytail slash man bun? Pretty hot, right?

[Roger Piccorni]

I. I don't. The ponytail doesn't. The ponytail doesn't hurt me at all. I like the ponytail. Ponytail is cool. The. The bushiness of the beard. A little. A little Santa Claus.

[Snowbike Mike]

Like, he shaves it down halfway through the trailer.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, just a little bit. A little too bushy. A little too bushy for me.

[Snowbike Mike]

Roger, when you go dark and you have to get off the grid, there is no going into a grocery store buying a razor and shaving cream. You got to get kind of. You got to. Got to get. Get out there.

[Roger Piccorni]

He can cut it, though. He has scissors. You don't think he has scissors?

[Snowbike Mike]

No, he doesn't have scissors. Scissors. No, no. He has a knife.

[Roger Piccorni]

He would never have a scissor. He would never have a scissor.

[Snowbike Mike]

Roger. Some details coming from ign, the show written by Derek Kad, the creator of John Wick, appear appears to set after the events of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, as the trailer shows the funeral of Sam's former comrade in arms, Douglas Settlin, who Sam killed in the game.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Snowbike Mike]

And then, of course, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Death Watch launches on Netflix October 14th.

[Roger Piccorni]

Coming up.

[Snowbike Mike]

Roger, you have, like, just over a month before this drops before.

[Roger Piccorni]

Before we watch this, and then it just never gets another season because no one's going to watch this. It's going to be me. No, no one's.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm watching this. I'm pumped for this. I like Netflix anime video games that they've been coming out with. I've liked all of them.

[Roger Piccorni]

Is, does this got the stuff like A Devil May Cry? I don't think it got the stuff like A Devil May Cry in terms of, like, an IP and, like, the excitement behind this. Like, when Devil May Cry was announced, I saw people that, like, are the, like, literally just know the character of Dante. We're like, I'm in, right? Like, we're going. We're doing this. But when it comes to Splinter Cell, people, like, actually are excited for this. Maybe it's the John Wick name. They'll get people excited about it. I don't know.

[Snowbike Mike]

Of course, if you Are watching live. Super. Chat away. Let us know if you're excited for this. Roger, there's hundreds of Sam Fisher super fans out there. Okay.

[Roger Piccorni]

I'm one of them. I know, I know. I see them at the conventions every month.

[Snowbike Mike]

We give it out. We go. Whenever you see each other.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah. They really milked the out of that. That was crazy. It's like we got one thing. We got one thing for common fans.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's all they know about splinter cells, so they have to do that.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, I. It's. I saw somebody in the chat saying that Sam Fisher is a clean cut guy. This is not canon. That is not true. Because he does have a little bit of a beard going on there in the canceled Splinter Cell Conviction version of the game. But yeah, I get where you're saying he does feel like a clean cut guy. So it just feels a little wrong. But I'm down for it. I'm excited for it. Do we know how many episodes there are? Probably like six or eight or something like that. Something.

[Snowbike Mike]

It's probably eight to ten.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

It's usually the window of these things. Eight to ten.

[Roger Piccorni]

A small amount of thing. Yeah, we'll say. I'm interested. Are you? So you're gonna watch this?

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm 100 watching this. Roger. I am a sucker for any. Like I said, anytime Netflix puts out a video game, anime, I've usually jumping in and watching it no matter what.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

And so, yeah, I'm a sucker for this stuff because I want more of this.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm into this.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

And I hope that we get a second season.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah. They also had the trailer for Devil May Cry. Season two came out, but I didn't watch season one, so I don't want to watch it.

[Snowbike Mike]

Really?

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, I need to watch it. I watched the first episode. I liked it.

[Snowbike Mike]

You played out of my Cry.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

I beat three this time.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, you did.

[Snowbike Mike]

I beat three this year.

[Roger Piccorni]

And by Devil May Cry, I played the Team Ninja 1. People don't like you.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay. Okay. That's cool. Yeah. Exciting stuff. Exciting stuff to keep on your radar. October, right around the corner, of course. Reminder, October 14th for that with your Netflix subscription. If you're tuning in and watching Sam Fisher and the Squad, we have a super chat coming in from Kessel Wings that says Roger's ad read has me smiling every time. His delivery in the first person is so cutesy that I can hear him say ooh at the end of it. Much love.

[Roger Piccorni]

I did say UWU in between every take. I had to cut it out.

[Snowbike Mike]

Thanks for that Kessel Wings. Of course. Super chat away. Let us know if you'll be watching the Splinter Cell anime coming out very, very soon. Let's move on to story number four. Division two Survivors has been announced. This coming from the Ubisoft blog post. The Division 2 survivors will bring an updated take on the survival extraction experience to the Division 2. Development of the Division Survivors is currently in early stages under the leadership of Magnus Jensen as Creative Director, a veteran of the division from the early days of the original game. Quote the Division 2 survivors is a is as much your baby as it is ours and we strive for the transparency during its development. Clear communication and community involvement are a focus as we build the new experience and we will be closely involving you as we move forward on the development journey. End quote, said Julian Gertrude. I always mess that one up. Executive Producer, we will have more to share with you soon, but until then, here's a peek at the logo and a few new pieces of concept art. Roger, Division 2.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, never played it, never played it. But I'm very interested that this continues to be updated and supported. That's really awesome.

[Snowbike Mike]

You always. You're missing out on a great one. The Division two is great.

[Roger Piccorni]

I just, I. Yeah, I just wasn't there in the beginning so I just feel like I could never jump back because I don't have my crew.

[Snowbike Mike]

No better time to jump into the Division 2 than right now. That's what they always say. Yeah. This is a exciting wild one. Of course my Division one time was spent in the Dark Zone. It was a special time of like that was my first time ever dipping my toe into a extraction type gameplay, extraction shooter of course of like jumping into the Dark Zone, trying to get items and then you got to extract out with them safely to earn those. And the idea that we will see this survival extraction experience come to the Division 2 is exciting. The unfortunate part, Roger, is I haven't played the Division 2 in years since launch. I'm always stunned whenever we read a new story that the Division 2 is still getting updates and still getting love. I know it is a massive title for Ubisoft. It is one of those foundational tent poles that like they need to survive and continue on. So it's a big deal. I just. I don't know who's playing this besides Andy Cortez.

[Roger Piccorni]

It's crazy. I'm looking at the Steam DB charts right now. 4000 people are playing it right now, which is like. Sounds minuscule and it's pretty. That's Pretty good for a game of this. Of this. You know how old it is and also how many games there are on Steam. There is a core audience of people that are playing this game. This is just on Steam, by the way. Right. That doesn't include Ubisoft Connect or console or whatever. So there's a decent amount of people playing this game right now as we speak. I'm just interested as to like, is, are we not making three? I'd like, are we not making Division three? Is there a reason why they're continuing to update just this one? Because they'd have the audience and they just want to keep them engaged. Division three seems like something that I would have assumed would have happened already.

[Snowbike Mike]

Alex Frazier writes in with the $5 super chat and says super chatting, because I'm shocked to hear that people still play the division. Yeah, as are we. As we're a little shocked on that one. I don't know the answer, Roger. I think, of course, Ubisoft is going through a lot right now. We also, of course, seen Star wars get developed. Right. As well. I think that came from Ubisoft Massive.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah. And they also did the Avatar Game. Right.

[Snowbike Mike]

And so, yeah, I think there's a lot of other things going on there, but the division is one of their titles that will continue to get love. I. I wonder when you rip that band aid off, Roger, and go to the Division 3 similar talking about Destiny 2, right. You look at these games that, hey, we've had a long run. It is time to go. Can you tell me what year the Division 2 came out? Maybe it has more legs than we actually think, Raj.

[Roger Piccorni]

Division two. Oh, let me Google it. Because I don't know if it came to Steam division to release date was 2019.

[Snowbike Mike]

It says 2019. People are typing in 2017. 2019.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah. 2019 is what I'm seeing on Google right now.

[Snowbike Mike]

So that March 15, 2019, we're going into year number six on that one, Raj. So you have. You got a little bit of time on this one, but also there could. You could be slowing down for sure. But we'll see what this brings in. Right. Extraction Shooter. If you know the Dark Zone, you're probably excited, but is this something where you go as a casual fan? Oh, this is what I want. This is what I need. But they're complimenting a lot more added story stuff. We just talked about the Brooklyn DLC that Andy was really excited to jump into. So they're giving you more division and more ways to play than ever. So, like this is a good thing if you're a Division 2 fan because you have a lot to play.

[Roger Piccorni]

Will you play me?

[Snowbike Mike]

Will I show you the Division 2? No. But Andy. I'm gonna force Andy to. I thought you were playing Pokemon. I'm very busy. Roger. Don't.

[Roger Piccorni]

I thought. I thought I was your 1.2. You're gonna send your 1.1 to do do what a 1.0 should have done.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's crazy, Roger. Let's go to story number five. Silksong is out soon and indie games are getting out of the way. This coming from Jay Peters at the Verge. We have some delays being announced Yesterday, Hollow Knight, Silksong developers Team Cherry announced a September 4th release date for the long awaited game and indie developers are announcing delays to get out of the way of the launch. Silksong is a full sequel to the excellent Hollow Knight and is currently the most wish listed game on Steam, so it's likely going to be very popular when it finally is available. Panic Arcade, which was set to release its hellish gambling roguelike clover pit on September 3, has pushed the game's launch to September 26. Tell Games, which was planning to launch the adventure RPG Faeland out of early access on September 9, is postponing the release and plans to share a new date soon. And Ethereum Game Studios, which is developing a 2D side scrolling game focused on combat and exploration called A Turn on Eternan Eternal. Thank you. Is postponing its planned Super September launch to sometime in 2026 because the game wouldn't have the visibility it deserves. Roger. Yeah, delays getting out of the way.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, I mean it makes sense. It's shot. The more I think about it, the more I'm like, I'm sure these indie developers are thankful that Hollow Knight didn't just drop randomly and like kind of like fuck. They gave a date. They say the date. They said get out of the way. You have two weeks. Get out the way. So shout out to specifically the one game that I recognize here is the Clover. Yeah, Clover Pit, developed by Panic Arcade. They're the people that did Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom. So this is their little smaller title that is legitimately one of the most wish listed games on Steam right now.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah.

[Roger Piccorni]

So this game is a big deal for them. So them getting out of the way of Hollow Knight makes a lot of sense. And yeah, I'm. I hope these games find their place and if they are able to get out of the way of Hollow Knight, they're going to be just fine.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah. That's a tough one, Roger, because of course all these indie games are really battling for your attention and just trying to have you see them in the visibility is a big one. I think that's the one, that final one being delayed to say, hey, we need, we need the visibility this game deserves is a big one because we're only going to be talking about Hollow Knight Silk Song for that week leading up to it. The week after it, you get a moment. Yeah. Much time away from you, from this. As you can see, of course, Team Cherry giving you the announcement. So now you have some time to move. These indie games are going to try to find their space later on in the month, which is smart and a good move right there.

[Roger Piccorni]

Hell yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay, Roger, Team Cherry finally releasing Hollow Knight Silk Song is big news. But if I didn't want some big news, I want something smaller. Where would I go?

[Roger Piccorni]

You'd go to our last story, the Wii News Channel, where we cover all the small news items you need to know about.

[Snowbike Mike]

Let's take it to the Wii News network. Roger. From Mario 64, Hollow Knight has reached an all time peak concurrent player count on Steam at 20,000 players after Silksong's September 4th release date announcements.

[Roger Piccorni]

Wow.

[Snowbike Mike]

Get your playthrough ready right now. Time to jump in. Should I play it, Roger?

[Roger Piccorni]

I think you should. You're not gonna beat it. By the time you could maybe if you really dedicate yourself. I don't think you're gonna beat Hollow Knight 1 before silksong.

[Snowbike Mike]

You don't think so, Rog? Yeah, I'm playing six hours of video.

[Roger Piccorni]

Games and it took me like 40 hours to beat Silksong. I mean, I'm Hollow Knight.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

So will I get lost? That's my only downfall. Yeah, I feel lost.

[Roger Piccorni]

You will, you will. But you have a chat if you're playing it with Chad.

[Snowbike Mike]

I just hate getting lost.

[Roger Piccorni]

I know. Me too.

[Snowbike Mike]

Because you know, I never get lost in real life. I don't use maps.

[Roger Piccorni]

I just go, you did get lost one time with me.

[Snowbike Mike]

I don't remember that.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, you took like a roundabout and you're like, I don't know where I am. We're gonna figure it out, Slappy. We ended up getting there 20 minutes late.

[Snowbike Mike]

From Gamutsu, Sony Interactive Entertainment has sold its stake in the Evolution Championship series to Nowadhin Gaming, a company backed by the PlayStation manufacturer's parent company, Sony Group Corporation, the organization announced.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, I saw this yesterday. I didn't put this in. I didn't know where to put this. I'm glad this is in WE News, because I'm like, I was very confused because it's like Sony owns part of Evo, and now they sold their part of Evo to another company that they're backing. So it's like. It just seems like a lateral move. I don't know. I don't know the business logistics of it. I don't think any. Anyone really understands it.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay. Okay. Well, EVO out there. Evo had a great weekend. A lot of fun to watch.

[Roger Piccorni]

Was EVO last weekend a couple weeks ago?

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah. Yeah. A Persona crossover is coming to Overwatch 2.

[Roger Piccorni]

Huge.

[Snowbike Mike]

Tell Andy.

[Roger Piccorni]

Tell Andy.

[Snowbike Mike]

Big deal.

[Roger Piccorni]

He loves Persona 5.

[Snowbike Mike]

This gets you excited at all? No. What's your dream crossover.

[Roger Piccorni]

In general?

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah. Batman. It's probably Ice Spice coming to Fortnite.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, that was actually pretty sick. No Yakuza in Fortnite. That's my answer.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, that was leaked forever ago. It's never happened. What the Is happening. I want the Simpsons too, but the Simpsons.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay. Bart Bounty Star launches October 23rd on Xbox Series, PS5, and PC. Also, Game Pass, day one. So there's a fun one coming.

[Roger Piccorni]

You seem like a guy that would have said, eat my shorts a lot. From Bart Simpson of the Simpsons.

[Snowbike Mike]

You know what? Even hearing Bart say that back in the day, Roger, it was still like, no one says that.

[Roger Piccorni]

People said it.

[Snowbike Mike]

Eat my shorts.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah, people said it.

[Snowbike Mike]

I wasn't around anybody saying that.

[Roger Piccorni]

You weren't around the cool kids.

[Snowbike Mike]

I wasn't getting detention. That's why. Oh, yeah, you were a good boy. Kingdom come, Deliverance 2 DLC Legacy of the Forge launches September 9th. So get ready to jump into DLC number two. Roger. That wraps up the WE News Network. Let's check some super chats. Let's check you're wrong, and let's get out of here.

[Roger Piccorni]

A lot of people saying that. Nobody said, eat my shorts, but I don't know. There's no. No one was around at that time to prove it.

[Snowbike Mike]

So historical document 1342 became a member for 34 months, almost three years of YouTube membership. Thank you so much for your support for becoming a YouTube member over there.

[Roger Piccorni]

Thank you.

[Snowbike Mike]

It says, thanks, Mike, for the follow on Twitter. You gave me the biggest smile ever. Shout out to Alex. Got a little Twitter follow today, making me smile.

[Roger Piccorni]

Oh, yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Every now and then, I like to get on Twitter. I press the button.

[Roger Piccorni]

Just press the button.

[Snowbike Mike]

As I said, give me your tweets.

[Roger Piccorni]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Let me see what you're tweeting about Roger. Let's check you're wrong as we keep going on this show.

[Roger Piccorni]

Right now, we're right.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm sure they're going to say, mike, you mispronounced that guy's name wrong.

[Roger Piccorni]

Ms. News. No. Roger quickly said that Splinter Cell Division was a canceled game, but it was actually a console exclusively. He may have never remake of the first game. No, no, I'm talking about the Portland cabin. It says, Roger quickly said that Splinter Cell Conviction was a canceled game, but it was actually a console exclusive for the 360 in April of 2010. He may have meant the remake of the first game that was only mentioned by Ubisoft Investor Scrolls. No, no, no, Portland Kevin, time yourself out. I'm talking about the canceled version of Splinter Cell Conviction where it was very heavily focused on social stealth like Assassin's Creed. So his whole idea was that he was going to have, like a beard and there was a Game Informer cover and he was going to hide in crowds. And it was like less of a traditional stealth game. It was more of him hiding in crowds and kind of doing that type of thing. He was like, off the grid and he had a little of a beard and longer hair and he looked younger. So, Portland Kevin, time yourself out. Wow, that's crazy. It's crazy. You come out.

[Snowbike Mike]

I would thank Portland Kevin because then you told all of us in the chat even more cool stuff about Splinter Cell.

[Roger Piccorni]

So, like, just don't come at me. Like, I know one thing in my life. That's it. This is all I know. Like, that is crazy. That's like looking at Greg and be like, oh, you don't know Ghostbusters. What? I would never do that to Greg. I would never do that to Greg. I love you, Portland Kevin.

[Snowbike Mike]

Thank you, Portland Kevin. And thank you to everyone out there who tuned in and watched today's Kind of Funny Games Daily For August 22, 2025, it's Friday, which means you get to go out and enjoy another summer weekend. If you're back at school, keep working hard, hit those books. And if you're working the nine to five, thank you so much for tuning in, punching the clock and being incredible. We appreciate your support. We love you to death. Mike and Roger gave you another fun games daily. But if you're watching live, we are far from done. We will have a Gamescast reviewing Metal Gear Solid Delta Delta Triangle. So exciting. And then we'll have a Mario Party fun stream after that to round out your week. So thank you all. So much for tuning in. This has been a kind of funny games daily. Don't forget, each and every weekday we fill you in on the nerdy news you need to know about. Roger. I love you. Thank you. We'll see you back for the games cast. Goodbye, everyone.