God of War Kratos Actor FINALLY Revealed - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.15.26

Summary

Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.15.26

Podcast: Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast
Hosts: Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Tim Gettys
Date: January 15, 2026
Main Theme: Major casting and video game adaptation news, big industry shakeups, and upcoming game remakes.

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Episode Overview

This energetic episode is all about major moves in the world of video game adaptations, notably the highly anticipated reveal of Ryan Hurst as Kratos for Amazon's God of War series and Sophie Turner's first-look as Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider Prime Video series. Greg and Tim also break down Ubisoft remake rumors, major industry layoffs, new game announcements, and some heartfelt/chaotic Sonic nostalgia. Discussion blends industry insight, playful banter, and community Q&A in trademark Kinda Funny fashion.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

[00:36] – Show Kickoff & Schedule

• Tim Gettys welcomes listeners and previews the day’s show:
  • "We finally have our Live Action Kratos. Our first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft. And what the hell's going on with Prince of Persia Black Flag remakes."
• Greg’s excitement about the Animal Crossing Switch 2 Update and upcoming Nintendo store event.
• Tim shares a packed content day schedule: Gamescast, Die Hard In Review, and more.

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[04:34] – Major News Stories Begin

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[04:34] STORY 1: Ryan Hurst Cast as Kratos in Prime Video’s God of War Adaptation

[04:34] Casting News & Background

• Source: Rosie Cordero at Deadline.
• Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy, The Abandons) to play Kratos.
• The series, helmed by Ronald D. Moore (Outlander, For All Mankind), has a two-season order with production underway in Vancouver.

[05:29] Hosts React

• Greg, a Sons of Anarchy fan, recalls Hurst’s “Opie” and his memorable send-off.
  • [05:29] "Opie gave his life for Jacks in the shower in the prison." – Greg Miller
• Tim asks if Hurst stood out in previous roles.
• Greg confirms Hurst as a show standout and notes he left before the show “really went to dog.”

[08:03] Industry Context & Hopes

• Greg is optimistic about God of War being in an era where "video games are getting their due," citing Last of Us, Uncharted, and Amazon’s success with Fallout.
• Discussion about potential debate over Kratos’ ethnicity and how adaptations handle character backgrounds.
  • [08:36] "There's that part of this thing to get into of like, well, is he Kratos, this Greek God? Like, what. Who are there. I don't know what they're gonna do with any of that action, but we'll find out." – Greg Miller
• Chat points out Hurst played Thor in God of War: Ragnarok, leading to jokes about Deadline omitting this major credit.

[09:09] Frustration at Traditional Media Overlooking Games

• Tim and Greg lament that Deadline prioritizes TV credits over major game roles, adding that traditional outlets don’t “get” what gamers care about.

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[10:22] Community Reactions and Discussion

• Mixed feelings in chat about Kratos’ casting; some worry about focusing too much on Viking aesthetics over Kratos’ Greek roots.
• Greg responds: "They probably won't mention it" – on the show addressing Kratos' origin. [10:34]

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[10:55] STORY 2: Sophie Turner as Lara Croft – Tomb Raider First Look

[10:55] Series Details and Image Reaction

• Sophie Turner is officially revealed as Lara Croft for Prime Video’s Tomb Raider reboot (currently filming).
• First look is lauded for faithfully recreating the iconic Tomb Raider outfit.
  • [11:52] "Guess what, nerds? It's from the fucking video game. You're like, you know what? I respect it." – Greg Miller
  • [11:58] "The colors are right. The colors of the glasses, the colors of the shirt. Those little things matter to me." – Tim Gettys

[12:44] How Long in Iconic Outfit?

• Greg speculates this may be more homage than full series attire, akin to Joel and Ellie’s costume nods in Last of Us.

[13:53] On Sophie Turner's Range and Background

• Tim discusses being impressed by Sophie Turner in a Netflix comedy (“Do Revenge”), noting her comedic chops and potential for variety as Lara Croft.

[15:07] Community Questions

• Chat wants to know if the show will feature classic Tomb Raider elements (i.e., dinosaurs). Both hosts hope for such iconic scenes.

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[15:39] STORY 3: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake & Prince of Persia Rumors

[15:39] Ubisoft Hints & Speculation

• Ubisoft is re-uploading Black Flag soundtracks, igniting rumors of a Black Flag remake (codenamed “Obsidian”).
• Insider Gaming suggests both Black Flag remake and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake may be revealed soon, possibly even shadow dropped.

[18:10] Greg’s Frustration at Ubisoft Secrecy

• [18:10] "What the fuck, Shitter. Get off the goddamn pot. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of hearing about all these goddamn... Just fucking and say something, Ubisoft!" – Greg Miller
• Tim and Greg debate market performance/expectations for Black Flag vs. Prince of Persia remakes.

[21:56] Prince of Persia Hopes & Skepticism

• Tim is excited for Sands of Time remake, noting his love for the classic, but skeptical due to lack of updates.
• Greg points out the potential cons of a shadow drop, given the lack of hype and industry trends.

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[28:20] STORY 4: Meta Layoffs Hit Batman: Arkham Shadow Studio; Camouflaj Impacted

[28:20] Massive Layoffs and Studio Closures

• Meta lays off 10,000+, closing VR studios including Sanzaru & Armature; Camouflaj suffers dramatic staff reduction.
• Projects—including a rumored Arkham Shadow sequel—are canceled.

[29:39] Greg’s Industry Perspective

• Greg reflects on Camouflaj’s journey, from Republic to Iron Man VR and beyond, and how big bets on VR didn't pay off at Meta.
  • [31:41] “When you're doing that, you cash out your chips on the other bet you made. And that fucking sucks because there's lives attached to this.” – Greg Miller
• Tim and Greg agree this marks a major setback for VR, predicting Meta is “done” with VR.

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[35:03] STORY 5: Eidos Montreal’s Quadruple-A Game in Unreal Engine 5

• Insider Gaming reports Eidos Montreal is developing an unannounced “quadruple-A” open world action-adventure game (codename P11).
• Skepticism is evident regarding quadruple-A designations and the sustainability of supermassive projects.
  • [37:27] Tim asks if things will go well for the project.
  • [37:27] Greg: “No... Maybe they're the ones who buck the trend... but we refuse to learn [the industry’s] lessons.”
• Greg and Tim joke about starting “Bubble Butt Games,” a Double-B studio aiming low for safer profits.

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[40:02] STORY 6: Life Is Strange Reveal Announced

• The next Life is Strange game reveal is set for January 20, 10am PST.
• Greg laments the franchise returning to Max and Chloe, preferring an anthology approach:
  • [40:34] “I just like this to be a little anthology series of, you know, teens who are trying to find themselves. We don't need to do this.”

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[41:42] STORY 7 & Beyond: Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary Trailer Debuts

• Greg and Tim react live to a nostalgic Sonic anniversary trailer, celebrating the franchise’s evolution and endurance.
  • [45:57] Greg: "My son is obsessed with Sonic... Daddy, what are you doing? ...the ultimate life form. The ultimate life form." (on early-morning Sonic toy searches)
• Discussion of Sonic’s enduring appeal and cross-generational cultural impact.

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[46:56] QUICK NEWS ROUNDUP ("WE News Channel")

• Amazon to launch a Fallout competition reality show set in Vault-Tec vaults.
• Maisie Stella reportedly cast in live action Life Is Strange.
• Assets leak for a canceled Monolith non-Arkham Batman game.
• Over 1,000 shovelware games from THI Games removed from PlayStation Store.
• Bully online mod taken down.
• Game announcements: “Relooted,” “Hypnos,” Prison Architect 2 beta info, and new studio Ironroot Games founded by Zenimax Online veterans.

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[51:22] Super Chat Q&A Highlights

• Tomb Raider vs God of War Adaptations:
  “Tomb Raider has a higher chance of being better than God of War. Tomb Raider is a blank slate like Fallout. Whereas any creative liberties with God of War spell doom.”

  • Tim agrees, noting higher expectations for God of War make creative risk harder.

• Switch 2-related Delays:
  Both hosts dismiss the idea that Ubisoft is delaying marketing due to wanting to launch Switch 2 versions.

• Tim’s Impending Parenthood:
  Listeners wish Tim and his wife luck with their upcoming baby (“You and G are going to crush it. Suck it, Greg.”).

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[53:00] End-of-Show Tone

• Greg and Tim reflect on the episode’s heavy news; industry layoffs continue to dominate headlines.
• Despite the somber mood, the hosts encourage their community and tease more fun content coming up later in the day.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [05:29] Greg: “Opie gave his life for Jacks in the shower in the prison. You don’t remember this?...I impressed some people with my Sons of Anarchy knowledge.”
• [08:36] Greg: “There's that part of this...is he Kratos, this Greek God?...we'll find out.”
• [11:52] Greg: “Guess what, nerds? It's from the fucking video game. You're like, you know what? I respect it.”
• [18:10] Greg: “What the fuck, Shitter. Get off the goddamn pot. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of hearing about all these goddamn... Just fucking and say something, Ubisoft!”
• [31:41] Greg: “When you're doing that, you cash out your chips on the other bet you made. And that fucking sucks because there’s lives attached to this.”
• [40:34] Greg: “I just like this to be a little anthology series...we don’t need to do this.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:36 – Show kickoff, schedule preview
• 04:34 – Roper Report news begins
• 04:34-09:09 – God of War casting deep dive and reactions
• 10:55-14:35 – Tomb Raider first look and Sophie Turner analysis
• 15:39-24:44 – Extensive Ubisoft remake speculation & frustration
• 28:20-34:52 – Meta/VR industry layoffs & VR outlook
• 35:03-39:41 – Eidos Montreal “Quadruple-A” game and industry sustainability critique
• 40:02-42:04 – Life Is Strange future and anthology debate
• 42:25-46:48 – Sonic 35th anniversary memories & cultural resonance
• 46:56-51:22 – Quick news headlines (WE News Channel)
• 51:22-end – Superchats, community Q&A, and closing thoughts

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Summary/Tone

The hosts expertly blend industry analysis with their signature playful banter. They offer honest, occasionally passionate opinions about game adaptation casting (with Greg’s in-depth pop culture recall), industry trends (esp. layoffs and sustainability), and big gamer nostalgia (particularly Sonic). Strong emotional reactions punctuate the episode, making it both informative and entertaining for both regular listeners and newcomers seeking a “real talk” pulse on major gaming news.

Transcript

[Greg Miller]

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[Tim Gettys]

We finally have our Live Action Kratos. Our first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft. And what the hell's going on with Prince of Persia Black Flag remakes. We'll have all this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily. What's up? And welcome back to Kinda Funny Games daily for Thursday, January 15, 2026. Of course, I'm your host, Tim Gettys. I'm joined today by Greg Miller.

[Greg Miller]

Hello.

[Tim Gettys]

You're very Animal Crossing doubt today.

[Greg Miller]

I just happen to be Animal Crossing dad today.

[Tim Gettys]

All right. Teapot, teacup.

[Greg Miller]

Well, I'm using. I came in hot and heavy and I this has been the problem with the teacup. The teacup, not a coffee cup. It doesn't hold as much coffee as I need it to. So I am using my Animal Crossing thermos mug here from Mir, but that's actually from the Nintendo store where I'll be going for the launch party today, which is going well. Animal Crossing Switch 2 Update 3.0. It's all out today, everybody kind of tomorrow, yesterday, but don't worry about it.

[Tim Gettys]

Have you been playing it?

[Greg Miller]

Come on now. I'm on the first episode of Kinda Funny. Gamescast plays our editorial product where we sit down, we play a game share on a stream over there but it is a gamescast. It goes on your gamescast feeds and it talks editorially about a video game. Yes, I've been playing animal crossing switch 2.

[Tim Gettys]

That is very exciting.

[Greg Miller]

I got lots to say.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. So you enjoy going to be sitting down couple shows from now? We have a very, very busy, very busy day. Real quick, just letting y' all know the plan for today. We have this. Then of course we have the Gamescast that's going to be breaking down Andy and Barrett's top 10 games of the year. After that will be Gamescast plays with Greg and Joey up.

[Greg Miller]

It's the after that is in review Die Hard.

[Tim Gettys]

Yes, you're right. It is our our first of the Nick Scarpino in reviews going up which is very Exciting. And then after that is going to be Greg and Joey play in some Animal Crossing. And then after that, if everything works out perfectly, which we think it's going to, even though the day's already fallen apart away from us, at 2pm, the Resident Evil 9 showcase is happening.

[Greg Miller]

Worst case scenario, right? The idea was probably is that. Well, yeah, that. But I mean, worst case scenario, it's me and Joey still playing Animal Crossing on YouTube for the plays. And then on Twitch, you go with your live reaction. Resident Evil. That goes up on YouTube later.

[Tim Gettys]

Yes, yes, yes. But anyway, when it's kind of funny.

[Greg Miller]

Ever been late or falling behind schedule?

[Tim Gettys]

How you doing, Greg?

[Greg Miller]

Huh?

[Tim Gettys]

How are you?

[Greg Miller]

I'm great. Animal Crossing Day. You kidding me?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

So stoked. So stoked to talk about it. So stoked to show it.

[Tim Gettys]

Ask me how I am.

[Greg Miller]

How are you? Oh, is the baby here?

[Tim Gettys]

No, no, not yet. But even more important than that, Kevin, can you please bring up the link? He's back, everybody.

[Greg Miller]

Fast.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm so excited about this.

[Greg Miller]

It is the life size.

[Tim Gettys]

The 30th anniversary of Pokemon is upon us. Which means we're going back to where it all began. Fat Pikachu. They're re releasing the classic fat plush. My friend Vincent had this growing up and I was always very jealous of him. I do not know that this is going to the aesthetic of my house. Yeah, but I don't know that that matters. You know?

[Greg Miller]

When does that ever stop? There's certain things you are very.

[Tim Gettys]

That needs to just kind of break the mold. And that thing is Fat Pikachu.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't like. This is epic Pikachu. I don't. This. This new Pikachu, at some point along.

[Greg Miller]

He looks strung out on diet pills.

[Tim Gettys]

It's bad. It's really bad. So everybody show your love to the Fat Pikachu.

[Greg Miller]

Show you available in the States.

[Tim Gettys]

Is that. I doubt it. You know what I mean. Well, we'll find out maybe next month on Pokemon Day, which of course I'm excited for.

[Greg Miller]

Remember, if you're watching, because I'm the new voice of Pokemon. You'll be taking care of a baby, but I'll be there. Ready to talk about Gen 10, which I can't wait for.

[Tim Gettys]

Just look at this. It's so even. Even here. They're skewing him a little bit. He's getting squashed there. That Pikachu's even. There he is.

[Greg Miller]

There's my chunky boy.

[Tim Gettys]

God, I love him so much. If you're watching live, be part of the show by super chatting on YouTube.com kind of funny games and remember we couldn't do this without our Patreon producers. So thank you to Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney. The Psalm twining For now, let's begin with what is and forever will be. The Roper reports. It is time for some news.

[Greg Miller]

We have seven stories Baker.

[Tim Gettys]

Story number one. Ryan Hurst cast as Kratos in Prime Videos God of War. This comes from Rosie Cordero at Deadline. Ryan Hurst from Sons of Anarchy and the Abandons has been cast as Kratos in Prime's Prime Videos God of War from Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios. Based on PlayStation's ancient mythology themed video game, the series received a two season order with pre production underway in Vancouver and casting has begun from writer, showrunner and executive producer Ronald D. Moore. Known for Outlander and for all mankind, God of War follows father and son, Kratos and Atreus as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother Fay. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better God while Atreus tries to teach his father to be a better human. As old time Hearst is best known for playing the beloved character opie Winston in FX's hit motorcycle drama Sons of Anarchy. I'm gonna stop right there. You're a Sons of Anarchy guy, right?

[Greg Miller]

I am. And I caught a lot of people off guard with that yesterday when we were, when we went to ad break and Mike's like, who the fuck is this guy? I'm like, opie gave his life for Jacks in the shower in the prison. You don't remember this? He's like, what the fuck? Like I impressed some people with my Sons of Anarchy and knowledge from back in the day.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. That was a great stream. That's, that's a great. I remember a lot of times in the old apartment streaming that while I was doing whatever game platinuming I was doing.

[Tim Gettys]

You're just a endless well of surprises, Greg.

[Greg Miller]

You know I understand you'll just watch any garbage put on tv but for me, Sons of Anarchy, that's a high bar.

[Tim Gettys]

All right. High bar, everybody. Was he a standout in, in the show?

[Greg Miller]

A thousand percent. And he got out before the show really went to dog.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh.

[Greg Miller]

Because the show, if you were to. And I can't even speak to how good the those first few seasons though. Interesting. They just suddenly went to Ireland. What's going on? But then, then they. It got crazier and crazier and crazier.

[Tim Gettys]

And crazier let's see. And then in a reunion with. Let me read this again because I got a Little lost in FX's hit motorcycle job is Sons of Anarchy from Kurt Sutter. Oh, Kurt Sutter was like the showrunner of Sons.

[Greg Miller]

Yes, correct.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, okay, okay. I got that. I got that. I got that. Additional notable credits include many fan Favorite titles. AMC's the Walking Dead. I don't remember him in Walking Dead.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, well, gee, watched it all. He definitely. I dropped out before he would have shown it. Probably.

[Tim Gettys]

CBS is swat. Disney plus is the mysterious Benedict Society. Bosch. Maybe Nick Simon Bosch.

[Greg Miller]

Well, when Nick, you know, wanders into the office around 12:30 today, we'll check on it.

[Tim Gettys]

Up next, he will be seeing upcoming.

[Greg Miller]

Trojan war at 445.

[Tim Gettys]

The Odyssey.

[Greg Miller]

He's in the Odyssey.

[Tim Gettys]

I. Absolutely.

[Greg Miller]

Everyone's in the Odyssey. Everyone's in the Odyssey.

[Tim Gettys]

Like you should be in the Odyssey. So I'm happy. Happy about that. He was beta. Red Hudson says, remember beta. Think about it.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Even by then, I think I was drift. I might have already been. That was after Negan, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. So it's like I. Oh, yeah. I don't. I wasn't watching, but I saw like clips from it. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, man, what a time. Walking Dead. Anyways, what do you feel about this?

[Greg Miller]

Awesome. Cool.

[Tim Gettys]

You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

Like, I. Here's what I know at this point. I love God of War. You know, the 2018 reboot revitalization here. Excited to see what this is in an era where video games are getting their due. I mean, let's. We're going to talk about Sophie Turner here in a second. How great she looks. Right. Will that be a great product? Who knows? But we're talking about Last of Us. You're talking about other things. Talking about Uncharted, which just nailed it as a movie. Video game movies. Video game adaptations are getting more credit than ever. So a. A property I like. Great. Amazon, who has shown. Because this is Amazon. Right. I didn't fuck that up.

[Tim Gettys]

Yep, you're right there. Amazon really throw me off here, though.

[Greg Miller]

Shown that they'll put. Let me just finish this thought before I saw you get distracted. Amazon, who's shown that they can nail it with Fallout. Okay, cool. And then to bring in Ryan Hurst, who I don't know, but I loved his Opie and I. I think in the other things I've seen of him since and I enjoy as well. Cool. Yeah. Let's go. Yeah, I know that like I. You Know, like, I think there. I saw somebody in there. But isn't he white and stuff like that? Like, there's that part of this thing to get into of like, well, is he Kratos, this Greek God? Like, what. Who are there. I don't know what they're gonna do with any of that action, but we'll find out.

[Tim Gettys]

Everyone's saying that he was in Ragnarok.

[Greg Miller]

He's Thor in Ragnarok.

[Tim Gettys]

And I got really confused.

[Greg Miller]

Why would Deadline.

[Tim Gettys]

Of course. And I was like, what the fuck? No, no, no.

[Greg Miller]

In God of War. Ragnarok.

[Tim Gettys]

Which makes a lot of sense.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Why would they not mention that?

[Greg Miller]

Because this is Deadline. And they go. People who. I'm sorry, people who love movies and read Deadline wouldn't want to know about who the.

[Tim Gettys]

They got to hear about Bosch, though.

[Greg Miller]

They.

[Tim Gettys]

I guarantee not the fucking game franchise people.

[Greg Miller]

Deadline, understand Bosch. They don't even know what God of War is. I'm with you. I'm with you. It makes me really upset.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't like that Deadline. Figure your shit out.

[Greg Miller]

It was a monocle, everybody. Thank you for understanding what was going on there.

[Tim Gettys]

Of course. JD Elliott. Super chat saying, I love you guys so much. We fixed the YouTube thumbnail. We already did.

[Greg Miller]

What was wrong with the thumbnail?

[Tim Gettys]

It said casted, so now it says cast. It's been fixed.

[Greg Miller]

Hey, can we also give a shout out to the new YouTube thumbnail format there? I have not seen enough people complimenting Andy. Andy made it right on this. And I know Roger made this thumbnail, but the little banner on the side, I think is such a.

[Tim Gettys]

What's it reminds you of?

[Greg Miller]

What's it remind me of? Box art for video games.

[Tim Gettys]

Greatest hits.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Fucking awesome. Gen Z FC says. I feel like Greg would vibe so hard with no Man's Sky's new updates and added features, considering he loves Starfield and Animal Crossing.

[Greg Miller]

Every. Every major, major update. I'd say like, every year and a half, two years, I come back to no Man's Sky. And so whatever the latest update you're talking about, I did touch jump back into no Man's sky last year at some time. I forget when you could go check my trophies. Probably did. Popping. It doesn't matter. And it's always the same thing of a jumping like, wow, okay, but this isn't what I want. Like, I want a story. I want. I don't want. I hate building, like, Animal Crossing, you know, Decorate your rooms and stuff. You'll find out how I like that today. But yeah, you Know, like the base building in Starcraft.

[Tim Gettys]

I've never been about Raptor Face says, I don't know how I feel yet. Hitting hard on Viking stuff. And Kratos is Greek. And then Razzle says, Kratos. Kratos isn't a white guy, though. Yeah. So we'll have to see how that all.

[Greg Miller]

Exactly. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

If it does or if it doesn't. Yeah, probably won't.

[Greg Miller]

They probably won't mention it. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Dad, why are you.

[Greg Miller]

You're supposed to be Greek. Shut up, boy.

[Tim Gettys]

Story number two, Maybe it'll be like.

[Greg Miller]

A modern retelling, you know what I mean? Where? It's in Alabama.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, they got mountains in Alabama.

[Greg Miller]

Appalachian.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Okay, cool. Now that's all work out then. Story number two. Tomb Raider's first look. Sophie Turner becomes Lara Croft. As filming starts on Prime Videos reboot series prime, she's out here making shows about games. This comes from Gianna Levy at Variety. Prime Video has unveiled a first look at the forthcoming live action series Tomb Raider, starring Sophie Turner as video game icon Lara Croft. The series, which is currently in production, is an adaptation of the classic video game franchise that was originally greenlit at prime video in May 2024. Turner's involvement was first reported in November of that year. Bro, this outfit.

[Greg Miller]

This is one of those where it's like, we've had so many interpretations of Tomb Raider. Some good, some bad, some in the million, whatever. Like, to be like, all right, how are we gonna put our stamp on this to put out the costume test, you know what I mean? And have it be, guess what, nerds? It's from the fucking video game. You're like, you know what? I respect it. Yeah, I respect it quite a bit. This is leading with your best foot forward.

[Tim Gettys]

I love it. Got the glasses down, obviously. The Dual Pistols, the straps on the legs, the. It's just this. The colors are right.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

The colors of the glasses, the colors of the shirt. Those little things matter to me.

[Greg Miller]

I think they should have left the glasses behind. I know they're iconic. I know. Whatever. It's just from a different time.

[Tim Gettys]

That's. The time is now. We've seen all the other ones. We've seen all the, like. We've seen the, like, X Men 2000. Like, just black leather Angelina Jolie version, right? Yeah, we've seen the. It's the reboot games and we're just going to, like, do that exact same thing.

[Greg Miller]

Yep.

[Tim Gettys]

No, let's go back. I agree. We're going back in the games. Two games, Greg. Remember that when they announced that. Yeah, I do remember.

[Greg Miller]

Whoever got that Too Far Away got.

[Tim Gettys]

It on Fantasy Credit. I don't know. I think I did. Motherfucker.

[Greg Miller]

Did you?

[Tim Gettys]

I'm sorry, I don't remember. Yeah, no, no, I just, I. Later I went in.

[Greg Miller]

You believe it?

[Tim Gettys]

Bid on it. I had to bid on something. You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

You got it. Money's burning a hole in your pocket.

[Tim Gettys]

Like, the remake of the first game is going to review. Okay. I don't think it's going to get me a million points, but how long.

[Greg Miller]

Do you think she's in this outfit? Because I feel like, you know, this is an actual series. So it's like kind of when we get Joel and Ellie in their shirts for like, you know, the one episode. So I imagine like, even with me, where I'm like, I don't love the glasses. I think it's such a nice homage. I think you get to. You open the episode or whatever in a throwback or whatever, and then she's just into normal clothes.

[Tim Gettys]

Well, these are normal clothes. Correct. But what is the.

[Greg Miller]

Never seen anyone rate a tune just like this.

[Tim Gettys]

What's the. The phrase, the Internet phrase that everyone has. Is it Vampire Surfer? The way they're like talking about modern TV shows where it's like, it's a vampire surfer show where it's like the show's called Vampire Surfer. And back in the day, if a show was called Vampire Surfer every episode, you'd see a vampire on a surfboard.

[Greg Miller]

Got it.

[Tim Gettys]

Surfing.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

But in modern times, Surf Dracula.

[Greg Miller]

If.

[Tim Gettys]

Surf Dracula. Thank you. If a show is called Surf Dracula, you're not going to see a surfboard or fudgeing fang until the final five minutes of the. Of the season.

[Greg Miller]

I've never heard this.

[Tim Gettys]

Right. And it's just like. That is. The thing is, I'm not getting that vibe from this. I think she's in this the majority of love it. She's rocking it. She's raiding them tombs. Also Sophie Turner, lots of ups, lots of downs. I obviously despised her in the X Men movies.

[Greg Miller]

Okay. But that's not her fault.

[Tim Gettys]

I know. Well, yeah, that's fine. I'm just saying, like, did not like her. That is not her fault. Love during Game of Thrones, obviously. But her scene stealing performance was in some shitty comedy movie on Netflix.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't remember which one it was. I think it was the remake of she's all that. That was called he's all that. Okay, I could be wrong about this, but she is in It. And she's the greatest, one of the just greatest, like characters I've ever seen. And she just steals the show and then isn't in the movie anymore. And it's really sad. But that scene was like, oh, there's range here. Sophie Turner can do it all. Can she be Lara Croft? I believe.

[Greg Miller]

What's her story too? She was married to a Jonas. Did they have a kid or not? They're not married anymore, right?

[Tim Gettys]

No idea about it.

[Greg Miller]

Chad, I need all the information.

[Tim Gettys]

That stuff doesn't interest me.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, me neither, but I know, I mean, because I didn't see he's all that. Yeah, I saw in Game of Thrones. I saw in the X Men movies and I had so many. I had so many bones to pick with the X Men movies. They have two kids and they were not married. They're not married. They were never married. Divorce. Somebody says, see the chat? You can't be trusted. I don't know how hard it is for you chat, to fucking open Wikipedia.

[Tim Gettys]

You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

I can do it. Look, I'll stop the show to do it.

[Tim Gettys]

John Luke asks if she's going to shoot a dinosaur. And I hope she does.

[Greg Miller]

She has to, right?

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, she doesn't have to.

[Greg Miller]

Okay, you know, I apologize, but I.

[Tim Gettys]

Mean, like, when you see this outfit, you think she's gonna.

[Greg Miller]

They're married for five years. Two kids.

[Tim Gettys]

Wow, was that hard. Everybody, you know what I mean? Be better everyone divorced, one kid.

[Greg Miller]

Are you not Kirby Link. Don't just talk fucking look at the thing. Jesus Christ. You hate to see it. Everybody. A chat led astray because I'm not asking what do you think, Chad? I'm saying what do you know? Chat. What do you know?

[Tim Gettys]

Keep going.

[Greg Miller]

Let's turn on my audiobook. Hold on, everybody.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, this just in from the chat. It was not he's all that. It is called do Revenge and I highly recommend you watch it just to see her her in it. She's great. Story number three Ubisoft re uploads Assassin's Creed Black Flag soundtracks as a remake announcement looms. This comes from Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming. The official Ubisoft music account has begun to re upload all of the soundtracks from the original Black Flag as rumors of a remake continue to swirl. As a time. As the time of writing 18 soundtracks from the game. What? What? At the time of writing, 18 soundtracks from the original game have been uploaded to Ubisoft music, with other videos across Ubisoft's YouTube channels being added and Hidden to playlists. All right, so tracks, right? Yeah, I guess so. That's just a weird way to say that.

[Greg Miller]

A lot of Assassin's Creed, I don't think it's been 18 songs.

[Tim Gettys]

That's what it was like. Are they talking about, like, was there that many DLC packs for Black Flag? I was like, no, maybe not back then. They weren't doing that yet. The move has caused a flurry of speculation online, suggesting that Ubisoft's gearing up to announce the hotly anticipated Black Flag remake. Dubbed Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resync first reported by Insider Gaming, the Black Flag remake under the codename Obsidian has been in development for some time and is scheduled to be released by the end of this fiscal year, which is, of course, Greg. March 31, 2026. Nailed it. But this is where things get quickie.

[Greg Miller]

That's why everybody's getting laid off right now and studios are being closed. I didn't need to smoke. I timed it. I want you to know I timed it wrong. You said, I know fiscal years. That's what I pressed it and it. And then you kept talking. Just as long as the audience is clear on that, that'd be great because I know that clip's gonna go around. Fuck.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh my God. We also see material stating that Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake would launch on January 16, which is tomorrow. Greg, with marketing in December. And while no marketing is yet taking place, it's led people to believe the game could have marketing direction to be Shadow dropped. Unfortunately, on our side, it's been very difficult to pinpoint exactly whether any changes have been made due to recent security breaches at the company. However, as now posted on X, the Prince of Persia website has seen some back end changes which could suggest an imminent release. Original documentation said the Black Flag remake would start marketing in January and after the Prince of Persia remake's release. So all in all, things are lining up, albeit without any official proof as of the time of writing. Another thing to add here is Prince of Persia Santa Time remake got an ESRB rating in the last couple days. Oh, so what do you take from this, Greg?

[Greg Miller]

What the fuck, Shitter. Get off the pot. What the fuck, Shitter. Get off the goddamn pot. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of hearing about all these goddamn Just fucking and say something. Ubisoft just fucking. We. Here's what we just did as a gamer community. We made Square Enix bend the fucking knee where they had to be like, all right, yes, there's A life is change coming. Calm down, everybody. We're glad it leaked. There you go. You know what I mean? Just fucking tell us something. I'm sick of talking about this every day.

[Tim Gettys]

I.

[Greg Miller]

You're not gonna. It's not gonna fucking be oblivion. You're not gonna get oblivion numbers out of this. It's just for Black Flag.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Chris's Persia. I think there'll be a run to.

[Tim Gettys]

No.

[Greg Miller]

You don't think so.

[Tim Gettys]

For a remake of Black Flag is going to destroy Prince of Persia.

[Greg Miller]

I guess you're right.

[Tim Gettys]

In sale now.

[Greg Miller]

You. Oh, sales.

[Tim Gettys]

And yeah. In terms of quality, like good Lord sends the time. Lest I remind you, Greg, we haven't seen this game. Yeah, we've seen an hourglass now for.

[Greg Miller]

The record there, I kind of agree with that. All right. We lost our privileges. We saw it the first time and we were too mean to it.

[Tim Gettys]

We were not too mean.

[Greg Miller]

Ubisoft's like, then fine, you're not too mean. We're just going to put it out. And so if you have no expectations, maybe you'll like it this time. And if you. You don't, we're not making games anymore.

[Tim Gettys]

God, what a. I know we've talked about Ubisoft so many times in circles so many times. But it is an interesting place to be right now. Where we've talked about it. The big Megaton releases, right?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

We had Star Wars Outlaws, Star Wars IP made from the team that made the division.

[Greg Miller]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

How can you fail?

[Greg Miller]

Can't fuck it up.

[Tim Gettys]

We have Assassin's Creed in Japan. How could you fail? It didn't really fuck it up. Right. It was a success all considered, but it just wasn't like the biggest success of all time. Which is a lofty goal, but kind of a thing needed when everything else is kind of tanking around.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And then they didn't have a Ubisoft forward last year.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

So right now it's like we really don't know anything Ubisoft is officially doing except for this announced four, five time Splinter Cell remake.

[Greg Miller]

I don't forget that.

[Tim Gettys]

We got three green dots.

[Greg Miller]

I'm sorry. Division three is going to. Is going to revolutionize the way Division one did. And I believe in Julian. And then Division one, there's a definitive edition coming to China or Japan at least. I don't know what the fuck's going on over there.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Christopher says Outlaws and Avatar were amazing games. I will say I played the hell out of Avatar. They added the. The third person mode and then they added the like the whole new expansion, it's like 20 hours or more content. Yeah, I feel like five hours during the break. Game rocks, Greg. Yeah, it is so beautiful, but like, God damn, they really got it in. And this. You can start the expansion without getting that far into. Okay, I never got that far into the first game, so I never even got my little banshee guy. But this new one, it's like it starts off and you got your banshee, so I'm flying around Pandora. So goddamn.

[Greg Miller]

How did you not get deeper into. You love it. You're the only guy I know who likes Avatar.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, but I don't like open world games, so it's like nothing could pull you. Is it my favorite far cry I've ever played? Yeah, but like, that's still not enough to like get me to keep playing.

[Greg Miller]

Okay, fair enough.

[Tim Gettys]

But yeah, I was very impressed. And the third also was first person, which I didn't love that much. Third person I enjoy a lot more and it just think looks cooler, feels better, all of that. I recommend it anyways. Prince of Persia remake, right? I. I am personally incredibly excited. Course sans time. One of my favorite time, like in my theater at home. I have five art pieces up in Prince video game ones and Prince of Persia Sense of Time is one of them. Like, I adore this game and would love a remake. Would love an excuse to replay the game, honestly, like, that's what it is. It reminds me a lot of Metal Gear Solid Delta where it's like I. It's just been long enough that I want to replay this game, but I don't necessarily want to play the old version. Like, I want just like quality of life updates and just little things because the combat in Sands of Time, I don't know that they're going to fix it here, but that was definitely not the highlight.

[Greg Miller]

No, no, no, no running the walls, man. We wanted time. She was so cool. So what's your read then? Do you think tomorrow we're playing this?

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, that's the thing. I feel like that'd be a horrible idea for them to just.

[Greg Miller]

Shadow Drop Oblivion. It.

[Tim Gettys]

Shadow Drop. Prince of Persia, Sands of Time after all of this, January 6th. Everything about this just sounds like I have no faith that it's going to be good then.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And that's very bad for what this project is and how long it's all taken. And again, we haven't seen this game, this version of the game at all. Is it going to look like the other one did at all? Probably Not. But like, is it going to look good? I don't. I'm very hesitant about this. I'm very excited. But I also. There's a lot of smokes here. Lots of smoke with the smokes.

[Greg Miller]

There's fires of smokes, lots of castings.

[Tim Gettys]

But I mean, what do you think? Do you think that the shadow jobs tomorrow.

[Greg Miller]

I mean. No. Here's the thing. It's like every fiber of our being as people who watch the industry and know the industry. I would say no. Right. Like there's just no excitement has been drummed up on this. But then you say they're trying to oblivion it. And I could easily see Ubisoft being like, this is our oblivion. We could drop. We already know that. Like we underwhelmed with that first impression. It's been gestating forever. Expectations are low for this. So if maybe it is great. I could see them being like, let's just fucking spring it on them. But a Friday is a weird day to spring it on them. That's not where we usually spring games on people. You do it in the middle of the week so we can talk about it, you can stream it, you can be all about it. But it's also the thing of like Ubisoft also feels like a company lost in the woods right now. And so nothing, no bonehead decision from them would surprise me that that's what they're doing if that's what they're going to do. But we also are such a fucking gossipy little bitch industry that I feel like Shrier would already have the article up. Yeah, it's happening, everybody. Or he would have said something on Reset Era about it. You know what I mean?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Jordan Midler would be just gigantic somewhere writing about, hey, VGC sources have confirmed it's happening. Then he break his 13th keyboard of the day. You know what I mean?

[Tim Gettys]

Go.

[Greg Miller]

Why, God curse me.

[Tim Gettys]

I love you, Jordan.

[Greg Miller]

I love you too, Jordan. You know that.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Assassin's Creed Black flag is the second part of this March 31st that gives it a little bit more time.

[Greg Miller]

That seems more reasonable. Right?

[Tim Gettys]

That's the oblivion. Right?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. As Assassin's Creed carries so much weight as a franchise. This game people absolutely adored. So yeah, that could easily be. But again with them. I just don't see them doing that. It's so unlike Ubisoft. It's so unlike Ubisoft to be like, no marketing lead up, whatever. Here it is.

[Tim Gettys]

But what is like.

[Greg Miller]

I know. That's what I'm saying.

[Tim Gettys]

I think that's the bigger thing right now. I don't think anybody knows. They definitely don't know. But real talk, all of the, the snark and everything aside, like, I pray that this game is good.

[Greg Miller]

I pray all these games, like I.

[Tim Gettys]

Really, really, really need Prince of Persia to like get wins. And what sucks is even when they get wins, they still lose. Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

You know, whole studio closed.

[Tim Gettys]

All right.

[Greg Miller]

You love that game.

[Tim Gettys]

I do, man. Ubisoft Montpellier Good pronunciation. Thank you. If you like my pronunciation, I need you to go to patreon.com kind of funny and get the Kind of funny membership to get the show ad free for everyone else. Here's a word from our sponsors.

[Greg Miller]

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[Tim Gettys]

No crust, no fuss. Uncrust your mornings and we're back with a bullshit story. Story number four Meta Layoffs Hit Batman, Arkham Shadow Studio Camouflage Boo. Projects Canceled this comes from Nathan Grayson at Aftermath. Yesterday news broke that as part of the layoffs affecting around 10,000 people at Meta, the company had closed three VR studios, Sanzaru Armature and Twisted Pixel. Now former Meta employees tell Aftermath that Batman, Arkham Shadow developer Camouflage has suffered heavy layoffs as well, and that in development, game projects have been canceled. Speaking under the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, former Meta employees said that Camouflage is now made up of, quote, just a handful of employees who are working on, quote, the new user experience for upcoming hardware. Studio heads, they told Aftermath, have been let go and active game projects under development have been shut down. The additionally, they say a sequel to Arkham Shadow was in development at Sanzaru rather than Camouflage, but as of yesterday, Sanzaru no longer exists.

[Greg Miller]

Boo. Timothy A follow up to the Meta VR we already had been talking about where of course I talked at length of knowing Sanzaru so well. Of course just down south right by PlayStation. Been working with them for many years. You then bring up Camouflage. Ryan Payton, of course a frequent member founder who apparently would be one of these people since they're talking about the studio heads being gone. Frequent member of Kind of funny, right? Came through had what they, they. They've been with us forever doing so much with us. They did the Patreon tier right at one point.

[Tim Gettys]

Am I wrong about this?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, for the game.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean they like he came through to the original spare bedroom.

[Greg Miller]

He was in the spare bedroom talking about his experience working on Metal Gear. Yeah, yeah. Way back in the day. Yeah, yeah. When they were talking about Republique coming to whatever platform it did. Cuz Republic came to everything eventually. And so it was always such a shock to see. Not shockish to say, but always so surprising to see Camouflage be this little indie studio that could. And then when they made that jump to making iron man on PlayStation VR, right, and he told that story, Ryan told that story on content with us, right? Of, you know, they made a demo through it in the back of a truck, drove down to Marvel Games headquarters and showed them to make them understand like this is what we're thinking about. And they did that improved. They got VR better than anyone, I would say, if not most, I mean.

[Tim Gettys]

Look like Arkham Shadows, right?

[Greg Miller]

And then they got bought up by Meta, right? And it was like, hey man, here's the studio that's always been on the cusp. You know, they remind me so much of Double Fine before Broken Age and before the Kickstart Indiegogo success, right? Where it was, this game's gotta go or we're all out of. We're all out of jobs, right? And so when they found that Meta backing and it was cool, you guys are doing VR better than anybody. Let's get you. Let's bring Iron man over, let's you make Arkham Shadow. Let's box that up with every Meta quest, three or two, whichever it was, it's coming out, you're like, damn. Like this can be what it's like when a company publisher, hardware manufacturer with money comes in and says, hey, we are doing something that we know isn't mainstream yet. We are taking a shot on VR. We are doing this. So we're going to bring in the brightest minds of VR. We saw the same thing with Ready at Dawn, right? Let's bring together the people who know how to do this and give them the resources to do this. And of course then you are met with a harsh reality of the whims of the tech industry. Of they came in and they made a bet on VR, everyone made a bet on VR and Meta made a big bet on VR. And now that the time is, well, shit, this hasn't paid off in double digit, triple digit roi, return on investment. Everyone turns their eyes to AI. Let's make a big bet on AI. And when you're doing that, you cash out your chips on the other bet you made. And that fucking sucks because there's lives attached to this 10 sucks for an audience, of course, that bought Meta quests and want VR to succeed. I know we're down on VR or at least what I would say reasonable on VR, but there's so many enthusiasts who love VR and like, we saw it obviously coming for a while of like, this isn't looking good. And then to see Meta go out and be like, all right, cool, yeah, we're getting rid of this, we're getting rid of that. You're like, shit, Sanzaru, the people who made Asgard's wrath to a game that got a 10 out of 10 on IGN for a VR game. Right. A game that was the gamers VR game. If they're closing them, what does that say? And I said on that episode, this week or last week of, hey, like, this makes me worried if I'm camouflaged. And here you are, it's dead as a doornail. Like, they do not. VR is done at Meta, which is.

[Tim Gettys]

Then, which I mean, like, they're, you know, one of the, the. The biggest ones at this point. It's like it's on Steam alone and PlayStation VR 2.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And all the support that that's getting, like, yeah. Ah, it's. Who could have called it, you know, who could have called that? It would have went this way.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And it sucks that, like, it's like you just said this, but like the amount of support, the. The things that had to line up for the success that like Camouflage was able to bring to Meta and find a way to make it work in a world that is not working.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And then they did it. They put out a, like, VR game of the year contender with Shadows. That's like a legitimate, like, oh, wow, this is a good one. It's not just like, oh, what games can we put on a list?

[Greg Miller]

Yep.

[Tim Gettys]

You know?

[Greg Miller]

Yep, yep.

[Tim Gettys]

So, man, a heartbreaker again.

[Greg Miller]

I. This is the same conversation we had, I think was blessing me on Monday, right. About this, where it's like there's the heart in the head argument here where my heart. Ah, this sucks in the. My head's like, well, we've seen it coming. But that doesn't make it any less painful to see our friends and people who have supported us for so long now be out of jobs and be left into a world of like, cool. Think about it this way. You know, we always talk about the institutional knowledge of making a video game. Think about the institutional knowledge here of I know how to make VR games because Meta said, make me VR games. This is what we talk about with move games and all these other things. Right. And now to have that gone and be like, okay, cool. Is there a future in VR games? I would argue no. At least not in a major successful way. So you make a new studio, you try to figure out how to go. Make a. Go back to normal and get flat screen games. Like, what do you do with that? Like, yeah, a lot of people out there are like, what do I do right now?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, totally. Even when you look at Steam and the way that they framed the frame didn't mean to do that. So much of it wasn't focusing on VR games. It was focusing on being able to play flat screen games on a, you know, screen in your face.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

You know, like, they're not even necessarily tripling down on new VR experiences. You'll be able to play all the old ones. And obviously they made the biggest swing with Half Life. Alex. So we'll see. But very, very sad. Unfortunate.

[Greg Miller]

I'm sure this AI bubble won't pop the exact same way.

[Tim Gettys]

EJRPG Super Chats didn't say my company just had layoffs this morning. Me and my small team are fine, but it never gets easier. Thank you guys for being a bright spot in my day.

[Greg Miller]

Always happy to be here with you.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Story number five. Eidos Montreal is developing an unnounced oh, man. Quadruple A game in Unreal Engine.

[Greg Miller]

This will save us.

[Tim Gettys]

Do you remember the first Quadruple A game, Greg? I do.

[Greg Miller]

I don't, but you're saying I'm perfect Dark, Right?

[Tim Gettys]

Right, right, right, right.

[Greg Miller]

That we're. Now we have a team of AAA developers from across the industry who are being harnessed into one place now to make a Quadruple A game. It never got.

[Tim Gettys]

It'll never. Yeah, don't.

[Greg Miller]

Never. Don't forget that amazing game from that's no Moon Studio.

[Tim Gettys]

Yep. And the amazing skull and bones from everyone. A LinkedIn profile from an IDOS Montreal employee has revealed that the studio is working on an unannounced Quadruple A game in Unreal Engine 5. The finding was posted by LinkedIn Scouter Whoa. Timmer222 that's crazy. LinkedIn Scouters, man. And it corroborates what I have heard about the project. In December 2025, I posted to X that recent Eidos Montreal layoffs were connected to a project codenamed P11, which has been reducing its headcount as of late as it heads into beta and eventually launch P11, Eidos Montreal's new IP, which according to sources has been in development since around 2019 and has faced significant setbacks and issues along the way. It's understood that the project has seen hundreds of millions of dollars invested, which unsurprisingly would warrant the quadruple a title. Of course, as on the Insider Gaming podcast, the game is an open world action adventure game in third person. Funnily enough, I only know about the game because I was pursuing finding out more about the game last year for a book I'm writing about canceled video games because it looks surprisingly familiar to the cancer canceled survival game Wild by Wild Sheet Studio. The similarities led me to believe that the IP had been bought by Eidos Montreal and Embracer, but to my knowledge the project's entirely dead and.

[Greg Miller]

Every time you say P11 I think a pin 15. So I went and added the pin 15 for P11 is a new IP. Gotcha.

[Tim Gettys]

Go ahead, you're trying to banana me.

[Greg Miller]

It was more the fact that P11 is always in the middle and so I said how can I stop the show so everyone can be in my head?

[Tim Gettys]

Pen 15 is a new IP, but with some striking similarities. As for when P11 will be revealed remains to be seen, but it's believed that the game will be ready to be shown later this year if things go well. You think things are going to go well? Greg?

[Greg Miller]

No. God bless you. And again, this is like such a I'm not talking shit. Maybe it will. Maybe. Maybe they're the ones who buck the trend and do the damn thing and bubble. You know what I mean?

[Tim Gettys]

But like We've heard about Expedition 30.

[Greg Miller]

And I feel like we just the same lessons keep being taught in the video game industry, but we refuse to learn them. On today's Greg Way, of course, which you'll be able to get soon on patreon.com kinda funny YouTube.com kinda funny games Apple and Spotify with your membership. I do a 25 minute episode as I often do, but one of the questions is like why aren't we seeing shorter AAA games? And the answer is money. People want to make money. People count hours with money. The people who are green lighting millions of dollars to work on a game for seven years need money. So they want an $80 game and not a $50. It's all these Things which speaks right here. Tim. Yeah, we're not there yet, but I think while you're gone, me and Nick are going to crack the code and start kind of funny game publishing. And what we're going to publish the time.

[Tim Gettys]

Never been a better.

[Greg Miller]

Just get out of the way. The Restrictor played his office. I talked about this on Greg Way too, in a more serious fashion. But what I'm going to do is we're just going to publish games that need to make 5% profit. That's it. That's all we need. Give me a short, small, fun game. Can we sell 500,000 units of it? Yeah, we'll make money on it. Come on in. Let's go. Let's do this.

[Tim Gettys]

How many A's? Huh? How many A's?

[Greg Miller]

I mean, I. You know what? None. We're going to be the first Double B studio. Double B. Double B.

[Tim Gettys]

Double B. Okay.

[Greg Miller]

All right.

[Tim Gettys]

I like that bubble.

[Greg Miller]

But what it stand for?

[Tim Gettys]

We got bubble butt games. Bubble but games. That's. That should be the name of the.

[Greg Miller]

But that's how it is. Inevitably what happens is you get these gigantic corporations that need to make as much fucking thousands of millions of dollars. And so we just get in the same fucking cycle over and over and over again. And I, to a degree, don't get me wrong, feel for these people in these big corporations. Not the head heads, but the people. It was like they know this lesson probably, but they also know we are thundering down the tracks. We can't turn to our do I.

[Tim Gettys]

Want a job or not?

[Greg Miller]

We can't turn to the stockholders and be like, this is unsustainable and will lead to more layoffs, closures, and whatever else. We need to start making smaller games and really drop down what our expectations are for profit. And yet, like, nobody would want to hear that.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

But you and you. You, me and Nick started while you're on.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

You know, when you come back, you get a piece of the pie. Don't worry.

[Tim Gettys]

All right.

[Greg Miller]

You get a lot of the work, too.

[Tim Gettys]

We'll make sure. I appreciate that. Oh, man, it's. It's so tough out there, man. And it's just so sad to see that this is even like I was doing the show with Bless yesterday, bringing up how wild it is that a decade ago, Scalebound was just like the game we use as an example of like a game that got canceled, you know?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

The decade before that, it was StarCraft Ghost. Like, it was just like such a. There's a Star Wars 1313. But, like, you're not able to rattle off, like, four to five major cancellations a year. Yeah. You know, from Giant Studios, where then the teams are just shuttered and just gone forever. Story number six, Life is Strange reveal is officially coming. This comes from Life is Strange on Twitter. Separate the real from the rumor. Join us for the exclusive reveal of the next Life is strange game on January 20th at 10:00am Pacific. Life is Strange returns in 2026. Greg, you excited?

[Greg Miller]

No, but I'm interested. You know, I do love Life is Strange despite how rough it's been treated. I've. I've ranted on this game, this game's daily IP in recent weeks about this, where it's just like, I am not interested in the return of Chloe. I think we should have walked away from Max and Chloe, continuing to be hung up on them and continuing to do stuff with them, especially with different create. Like, I just feel like they did the right thing with Life Is Strange. Life is Strange before the storm was a great idea, and it was really well done. Life is Strange 2 was a good game that just didn't find the audience the way the original one did. And I feel like they panicked after that. Like, we got to get back to Max and Chloe. We got to get back to at least Max or whatever. And I know, of course, there was true colors in there, which I think was fucking awesome, but as we all know from Double Exposure, they're kind of tying back into that as well in a weird way, in a way that I just. All right, comma, spoil for you. All right. At the end of Double Exposure, not the actual whole story or whatever, but, like, Max is, like, assembling the Avengers of, like, who else has these superpowers like, me And I know your true color. It's like, we don't know that was. This is double exposure. I know you're double exposure. So it's like, I don't. I don't need that. Like, I just like this to be a little anthology series of, you know, teens who are trying to find themselves. Like, you know, I mean, like, we don't need to do this. So I don't know. I'm still gonna watch this. I imagine it's 10am I don't know how long it. If we can find out how long it is, maybe we live react on games daily to it. That could be fun. I'm still going to probably end up playing it, but who knows?

[Tim Gettys]

Whiskey Samurai in the chat said, barrett, stop walking into the shot.

[Greg Miller]

That hat's too big Hat's got to be a lot smaller for Barrett.

[Tim Gettys]

Let's get to story number seven. This one's something for me. I hope that blessings somewhere out there watching this as well. We got a 35th anniversary trailer for I don't know video.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Celebrating Sonic the hedgehog and his 35th anniversary. I haven't seen this yet.

[Greg Miller]

I haven't seen it yet.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm excited. Here's to the next level.

[Greg Miller]

Super speed. Big attitude. Red shoes.

[Tim Gettys]

It's true.

[Greg Miller]

Zero patience. Let's do it.

[Tim Gettys]

Wow. Sonic X Getting these adventures.

[Greg Miller]

Countless friendships when we join forces the sky's the limit it's not over. Sonic attack. Iconic rivalries.

[Tim Gettys]

This ends now. Come on.

[Greg Miller]

In. Many rings Infant worlds Road trip. Woohoo. Hero one hero. Try to keep up.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Forever fast anniversary. Here's to the next level.

[Tim Gettys]

Sick logo. I wish we got some type of announcement. Normally. Normally for the Sonic anniversaries we get some pretty good stuff there.

[Greg Miller]

Remember we prank blessing with that one video.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

That reminded the whole opening of that reminded me.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, yeah. I love that. I I love so much Greg that we're at a point that we're a decade removed from just everything Sonic just being so bad and so sad and the cycle of Sonic just continuing to break my heart that we're now at the 35th anniversary and we can get a minute and a half trailer that's just this hype. Just reminders to me of like all the good things that he's done recently in so many different forms. Movies, tv, Legos, video games. Crazy stuff.

[Greg Miller]

I know Sonic. I know you are the Sonic fan. Bless is the Sonic fan. I never want to take away from that. But as the OG piece of shit Sonic fan, I hate you. As the man who had the Sega Master system and then bought this, convinced in first grade his parents to get the Genesis and was then Sonic's better than Mario. Just across the board. I'm talking shit. As a man who owned game gear, as a man who owned Sega Saturn and stuff. It's insane to me that when I put down the baton and you guys picked it up. As the real Sonic fans. As the real Sonic fans. The staying power of this hedgehog.

[Tim Gettys]

He's the coolest dude around.

[Greg Miller]

That he is still this popular. That my son is still. Is not still. My son is obsessed with Sonic. To the point this morning this kid wakes up, I put him. He. I don't know what time was 2:30 in the morning. He's in my bed. I went and put him back in his bed. I fell asleep for a second. I went back to my bed. Eventually, I wake up with him already in the bed. And I. And I open my eyes and it's like, oh, there's light coming in. It's 6am and I rolled over and it was not 6am and we put him back in there. And then at 5:40 he called me and he's like, I need. I'm pooping. Which means he needs me to come wipe his bottom or help him wipe his bottle because he's learning. I walk in there completely naked except for one sock. I'm like, what are you doing? At 5:40am he's like, I'm getting dressed. I'm like, okay. And so I take care of him, get him in there, put his underwear on. I walk out. And then we're in bed trying to get just 10 more minutes of sleep. And this kid goes, daddy, Mommy, where's Shadow? I can't find Shadow. And I'm like, I get up, I'm blurry. I got the flashlight, I'm looking all over the room. And he's like, daddy, what are you doing? I'm like, I'm looking for Shadow. And he goes, the ultimate life form.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

And I go, what? You have to say Shadow, the ultimate life form. Don't you remember from the book we read the other day? And I'm like, yes, the ultimate. I'm looking for Shadow, the ultimate, ultimate life form.

[Tim Gettys]

Ben, that is incredible. God bless him. God bless him so much. He has such a good life ahead of him.

[Greg Miller]

Sure does.

[Tim Gettys]

Has he seen Sonic 3 yet? The movie?

[Greg Miller]

Which one is that?

[Tim Gettys]

The shadow?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, good. Because I know we talk about.

[Greg Miller]

I think you need to understand, like, there's a constant stream of Sonic. Something Sonic going on in my movies. I'm not against it either. The movies are great.

[Tim Gettys]

We do not talk enough as a people about Shadow the Hedgehog. Akira sliding on the motorcycle up a tower.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Off of the tower. Yeah. To then do the freaking power surge thing against Sonic. Come the fuck on. It's the coolest thing in the world. Oh my God. Huge moment for me, Greg. Huge. But if I want to know about something really small, where would I look?

[Greg Miller]

You'd go to our last news story, the WE News Channel, where we run you through all the nerdy news that's tiny. That you need to know about from Variety.

[Tim Gettys]

Amazon Sets Fallout Competition Series Fallout Shelter set inside vault TEC's bomb proof vaults Fallout Shelter drops a diverse group of contestants into an IMMERSIVE high stakes world inspired by the game's signature dark humor, retrofuturism and post apocalyptic survival storytelling. Across the series of escalating challenges, strategic dilemmas and moral crossroads, contestants must prove their ingenuity, teamwork and resilience as they compete for safety, power, and ultimately a huge cash prize.

[Greg Miller]

As you know, I famously turned down going on a reality television show because I love this company so much. Would have up everything since I'm the. I am the chaos Emerald that keeps this place going. But the fact that we have this happening and we have the unknown quantity named Snowbike Mike, you're right. We have to get Snow White Mike on this show. All right, I understand. That'll mean like for six months, Mike can't be on our shows. Fine, whatever.

[Tim Gettys]

You know what I mean.

[Greg Miller]

He could put in metadata, it'll all be spelled wrong. But we need Mike on this show. And I'll do anything I need. It'll happen.

[Tim Gettys]

I love it. I have high expectations for this. I don't think I'm going to watch it myself, but Amazon's really been doing a good job with production value for the shows. Obviously they care about Fallout a lot. Shows incredible. So far I haven't seen last night's episode yet, but.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, it's good.

[Tim Gettys]

Really liking season.

[Greg Miller]

Really liking you.

[Tim Gettys]

And their reality shows have been really high quality and like they're specifically the competition stuff. So I. I think that this is going to be like a hidden gem for people. But again, I don't know who those people are because it's not me. Probably from the Insider. Maisie Stella is reportedly in talks to star as the lead in the live action Life Is Strange series.

[Greg Miller]

Wow. Okay. No, you don't get to do that. Just transition off of this when. When the rare occasion that Nashville, the TV show and video games intersect. We gotta stop for a second and say yes. Maisie Stella, go get him. Amazing on Nashville. An amazing singer, songwriter in her own right. She'd fit right in on this.

[Tim Gettys]

Congrats to Maisie from Eurogamer. Unearthed materials allegedly recovered from a discarded hard drive used at the now defunct Monolith Productions have revealed work done on a canceled 2010 non Arkham Batman game for Warner Brothers. There's a whole thread on Blue sky assets of this.

[Greg Miller]

That's a B.S. tim. Oof.

[Tim Gettys]

Yes.

[Greg Miller]

Oof. Look at that.

[Tim Gettys]

It was a screenshot.

[Greg Miller]

Oof. Oh, there you go. Okay, cool. What I stand out is I know for a fact that there was a Superman game in development at one of the WB studios. And I wait for someone to put more out about that because I sound like a crazy person when I told Jason Schreier, but he's like, I've never heard of that. I'm like, I know it's. But I know Jason. I know.

[Tim Gettys]

Demonstrates how music might adapt. Look at that walk.

[Greg Miller]

All right, well, come on now. They're trying. It's early. You know it's early. This isn't.

[Tim Gettys]

This doesn't look like it.

[Greg Miller]

All right, keep going.

[Tim Gettys]

From Connor McCarr at Eurogamer. Over a thousand games from a single developer have been suddenly removed from the PlayStation Store. And what appears to be a massive move by Sony to shift shovelware games off the PS5 and PS5 store. The developer in question was THI Games, which prior to the wipe yesterday was the fourth highest ranked developer on the PlayStation Store in terms of quantity.

[Greg Miller]

Gotta get those easy Platinums. I'm sure I have a few THI games.

[Tim Gettys]

Nonsense from ign. A bully online mod has been shut down forever just weeks after launch.

[Greg Miller]

You hate to see it.

[Tim Gettys]

Retooled releases February 10th on PC re looted. Reluded releases February 10th on PC and Xbox. Hypnos is announced for PC launches this year. It's a first person adventure and exploration game set in a Lovecraftian megastructure Fever dream. Cool. Prison Architect 2 closed beta is set for January 19th and IO Interactive has revised to reduce the PC specs for 007. First light. We didn't get to talk about this yet, but Andy and I watched the Nvidia GeForce showcase thing from CES and First Light was shown and it didn't run like utter garbage.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, I know. I did hear about this. I watched that.

[Tim Gettys]

This is a very hopeful situation for this game. Former Zenimax Online devs have formed Ironroot Games. Cool.

[Greg Miller]

I assume that involves Matt who is talking about how he left when they cancel this project.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. And that's it for WE news. That's it for WE news. Everybody get to a couple super chats here.

[Greg Miller]

Super chats.

[Tim Gettys]

Opponent's prime says Tomb Raider has a higher chance of being better than God of War. Tomb Raider is a blank slate like Fallout. Whereas any creative liberties with Go of War Spell Doom being, I think it's just a, it's a tough thing. Like I understand God of War. God of War has a like a higher starting place of expectations of like it. The story's great. Tomb Raider doesn't have a great story.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

So yeah, like I, I, I think the Tomb Raider has a higher Chance of being better than the games, than God of War does, of being as good as the game.

[Greg Miller]

Fair. Fair. Yeah, I agree with that.

[Tim Gettys]

Banderasan says switch two versions. That's why they delayed marketing. No, they wouldn't do that. And they would just do switch two versions later.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, everybody shits out their Switch two version.

[Tim Gettys]

Shit them out.

[Greg Miller]

Shit them out.

[Tim Gettys]

Dexter says Tim, in case the baby comes this weekend, I wanted to wish you and Gia the happiest of days. The most fulfilling thing, being a parent. You and G are going to crush it. Suck it, Greg.

[Greg Miller]

I'll do no such thing. I think G is going to be a great parent too. She was really stressed out from having to carry a double load.

[Tim Gettys]

You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

It's always hard on a single mother.

[Tim Gettys]

Mr. Nice. Gotta ride. Two fucking children trying to banana me with the penis gold. Billy says since Tim won't be here for Pokemon Day, he loses his Gen 10 media privileges. No previews or reviews.

[Greg Miller]

Thank you. Thank you. It will be hard for me to do it.

[Tim Gettys]

You know what I mean?

[Greg Miller]

But I think I've proven myself time and time again. With Zahra. With my Violet playthrough. Don't worry about it.

[Tim Gettys]

Let's get to your wrong. See what we got wrong today.

[Greg Miller]

Impossible. Nothing.

[Tim Gettys]

I know. Actually, we didn't get anything wrong.

[Greg Miller]

Hell yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

That's pretty damn cool. Actually, no, we didn't get it wrong. This is just not good.

[Greg Miller]

Clarification. More information.

[Tim Gettys]

JG says late news. Focus Entertainment is shut down. Like your studio, the developer of Metal Slug Tactics and Synergy. This news comes from Focus Entertainment's Q3 fiscal report.

[Greg Miller]

Got it.

[Tim Gettys]

That sucks. Yeah. What a not fun day of news, Greg.

[Greg Miller]

I mean, it happens. A lot is often bad.

[Tim Gettys]

You know it does.

[Greg Miller]

But hey, but you need to know about nerdy.

[Tim Gettys]

Yep. We have fun stuff coming up. Of course, the games cast right after this. And then a whole day of fun content. Thank you for hanging out with us. Till next time. Love you all. Goodbye.

[Greg Miller]

Animal Crossing.