Every Game Coming Out in September 2025 - Kinda Funny Gamescast

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Kinda Funny Gamescast – Every Game Coming Out in September 2025

Date: August 29, 2025
Hosts: Tim Gettys, Greg Miller, Mike “SnowBikeMike”, Barrett
Episode Theme:
A full breakdown of every notable video game launching in September 2025, plus the hosts’ personal hype levels, curious standouts, and candid takes on the month’s line-up. Banter, wishlisting, and “Is it a 10-month?” energy abound.

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Episode Overview

This episode is the team’s monthly tradition of scanning (a huge!) release calendar to see what’s coming up, what’s flying under the radar, and what’s causing real excitement. Some games ignite passionate debate, others get skeptical side-eyes—and plenty are wishlisted live on air. This is the show you need for honest, personality-driven, and wide-ranging September 2025 video game hype-check.

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Key Discussion Points & Timestamps

1. Episode Vibes & Opening Banter (00:00–05:00)

• Team discusses Friday workplace absences (Andy, Blessing), Nick’s legendary Starbucks status, and Greg’s experiences being featured in (finally!) Game Informer magazine.
• Notable Quote:
  • "I don't know that I've ever been in a video game magazine before. Which like it's kind of sad for me to think about." —Greg Miller (06:14)
• Tone: Warm, comedic, classic Kindafunny chemistry.

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2. General September Hype—Slow Month or Jam-Packed? (06:40–08:50)

• Greg feels September is slow, but Tim disagrees:
  • “Off the rip...September seems a little on the slow side for your boy. You disagree?” —Greg (06:50)
• Tim lists his ongoing backlog and credit Hell is Us as essential.
• Mike straddles opinions: busy already, but skate and Hollow Knight: Silksong make September notable.

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3. Deep-Dive—Game-by-Game September Calendar (09:00–69:18)

• Format: Rapid-fire, conversational rundown, with pauses for deeper insights on highlights.

Major Titles & Their Discussion:

a. Hell is Us (12:26–18:09)

• Tim details his exclusive preview event:
  • No map, no magic compass; heavy on “player plattering”—the player must truly investigate and explore.
  • “They were very clear: we are making a game not for everybody.” —Tim (12:26)
• Team agrees it’s a big swing and could become a breakout.
  • Mike: “This has the big highlighter pen on it. If this lands and it is good, I’m going to go give this a try because I’m interested now.” (16:31)

b. Hollow Knight: Silksong (18:09–22:23)

• Massive anticipation.
  • “Undeniably the most hyped indie game of all time.” —Greg (18:27)
• Tim & Barrett admit previous attempts at Hollow Knight didn’t click, but will try Silksong.
  • Barrett: “I’m craving this game...I hope it’s a journey, kind of like my FromSoft journey with Elden Ring.” (21:01)

c. Borderlands 4 (41:47–42:57)

• Hosts’ hype is mixed—less than for Borderlands 3.
  • “I was so hungry for Borderlands 3…and Borderlands 4 I’m just not like, 'Oh fuck, Borderlands 4!’” —Tim (41:53)
  • Chat is “luke warm,” with scattered diehards.

d. Skate (Early Access) (46:10–47:34)

• Huge excitement:
  • “This is the only thing that matters this September!” (46:16)
  • “At the core of it all, Skate is skate—and Skate rules.” —Mike

e. Star Wars: Outlaws (Switch 2) (24:05–24:29)

• Curiosity around performance; impassioned tangent on Nintendo’s 3rd party port strategy.
  • “If they can do that for WWE 2K, they can make any game fucking work at that level.” —Greg (24:29)

f. Lego Voyagers & Sonic Racing Crossworld (43:06–43:32, 61:38–61:54)

• Both games highly anticipated by the crew—especially for family and co-op play.

g. Silent Hill F (60:18–61:04)

• Major interest in how modern Konami handles a brand-new entry.
  • “It would be nice to see Konami get back into the scene with games that don’t just feel like money grabs.” —Greg (61:04)

h. Notable Indie & Niche Picks

• Katanaut (Roguelike): “Really fucking cool.” —Greg (41:12)
• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor, Lost Skies: Enthusiastic recommendations for co-op/survival fans.

i. Sports Slate: NBA 2K26, EA Sports FC 26, NBA Bounce (34:36, 62:39, 64:42)

• Mike’s annual NBA traditions, longing for arcadey “EA BIG” vibes, and laments over the lack of true successors to NBA Jam or NFL Blitz.

j. Remakes & Nostalgia

• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalis Chronicles (67:19)
• Pac-Man World 2 Repack (65:53)
• Both deliver strong nostalgia hits for the crew.

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4. Memorable Quotes & Running Jokes

• “We need to see the dossier on us.” —Tim, on Starbucks baristas’ notes for Kinda Funny hosts (04:20)
• “If you like Vampire Survivors, if you like the world of Deep Rock Galactic—this is where you’ll have that power fantasy.” —Mike on Deep Rock Galactic Survivor (48:04)
• “Is Garfield Kart 2 finally going to dethrone Mario Kart?”
  “No.” —Greg & Tim (collective laughter, 39:38–40:00)
• “I like when the past comes with us. I like when we are reminded of our sins. And Bubsy is definitely an example of that.” —Tim on Bubsy Collection (38:35)
• “[Skate] is the only thing that matters this September.” —Mike (46:16)
• “We are staying in that golden era of 3D platformers.” —Greg (66:01)

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5. Live Wishlisting (Throughout)

The crew continuously adds promising games to their digital wishlists and encourages listeners to try lesser-known indies, roguelikes, and horror titles releasing in September.

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6. Listener Q&A & Chat Interactions (69:45–74:40)

• Responding to SuperChats on:
  • Fantasy Critic picks and the importance of Trails in the Sky: First Chapter demo reviews for their draft (54:38–55:16)
  • NBA 2K traditions and “The Rec” stories, leading to confessions of “below average” player skill and why playing together is what matters (71:39–72:26)
  • Barrett’s horror game journey and the need to revisit Silent Hill 2 (72:36)
  • Wishing a speedy recovery to Billy from Game Chasers (74:12)
  • (And much, much more.)

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September 2025: Key Games List (Condensed)

• Hell is Us (Sept 4, all platforms)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Sept 4, all platforms)
• Borderlands 4 (Sept 12, PS/XB/PC)
• Skate (Early Access) (Sept 16)
• Lego Voyagers (Sept 15)
• Silent Hill F (Sept 25)
• Sonic Racing Cross World (Sept 25)
• NBA 2K26 (Sept 5)
• EA Sports FC 26 (Sept 26)
• Pac-Man World 2 Repack (Sept 26)
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalis Chronicles (Sept 30)
• Switch 2 debuts: Star Wars Outlaws, Silksong confirmed for hardware

Plus many more indies, roguelikes, horror games, remasters, and co-op adventures!

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Overall Vibe & Closing Takeaways

• September is a month stacked with variety—maybe not a “10/10” blockbuster month, but “more interesting games than expected” (Mike).
• Big tentpoles like Silksong and Borderlands 4 will dominate the conversation, but there’s exciting innovation and under-the-radar gems.
• The hosts’ mix of genuine curiosity, skeptical candor, and hype for both AAA and indies makes this episode the perfect roadmap for players trying to plan their gaming month.

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Listen For:

• Honest barometer of hype vs. skepticism
• Tons of quick-hit recommendations and “wait for reviews” cautions
• Heartfelt nostalgia and wisecracks (including Garfield tattoo reveals!)
• Irreplaceable Kindafunny chemistry and plenty of live community shout-outs

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Next Gamescast: Same format, next month—with October’s (explosive!) line-up.

Notable Moments to Queue Up:

• [12:26] – Tim’s exclusive “Hell is Us” preview deep-dive
• [18:09] – “Hollow Knight: Silksong” hype and honesty
• [41:47] – Borderlands 4 temperature check
• [46:16] – “Skate is the only thing that matters this September!”
• [60:18] – “Silent Hill F” & the new Konami era discussion
• [65:53] – Pac-Man World 2 Repack, 3D platformer nostalgia trip
• [69:15–71:51] – NBA 2K traditions and hilarious “The Rec” stories

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“Let us know what you’re excited for in September!” – The Kindafunny Gamescast Crew

Transcript

[Tim Gettys]

Mama. Papa.

[Mike]

Mi cuerpo crece a un ridmo alarmante.

[Tim Gettys]

Il arro PA que me comprenora. Me quedara muy pe quena muy pronto.

[Mike]

Conos precious.

[Tim Gettys]

Bajos de la vuelta. Menos son riemas.

[Greg Miller]

Trip Planner by Expedia. You were made to outdo your holiday, your hammocking and your pooling. We were made to help organize the competition. Expedia Made to travel. What's up? And welcome to Kind of Funny Games cast for Friday, August 29, 2025. Of course. I'm your host, Tim Gettys. I am joined today on this beautiful Friday by Greg Miller.

[Tim Gettys]

Hello, Tim. How are you?

[Greg Miller]

I'm good. How are you? Snowbike. Mike.

[Mike]

You know what, Tim? You say it's a beautiful Friday, but it's not. Why? Because my two best friends here in the office aren't here today on this lovely Friday. Andy. Bless.

[Greg Miller]

Okay.

[Mike]

I sent them text message out to one blessing out of the OA Junior to ask, did you land safely?

[Barrett]

Two best friends.

[Mike]

No response.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Bless his.

[Tim Gettys]

What's we at? Nick is the 1.0.

[Mike]

Yeah, Nick is 1.0. Where's Roger in all of this? He currently right now with his attitude today.

[Greg Miller]

Wow.

[Mike]

1.6.

[Barrett]

You did get him the wrong type of coffee.

[Mike]

I did buy him coffee.

[Greg Miller]

You wink at me. God damn it. You're a monster. I need everybody to know that often Nick gets a afternoon Starbucks.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

And. And often he'll daily grab. Exactly. He'll grab whoever he can to go with him. And that tends to be some combination of me or Mike, depending on the time. Very rarely both of us, though. Mike. Right. True. Every once in a while. But like, normally it's one or the other.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

But it's always Nick and the amazing baristas over at the Starbucks near us obviously know who we are.

[Tim Gettys]

Of course, you guys come in quite.

[Greg Miller]

Some, but they know Nick the most because he's Nick and because of how Nick is with people, which is to say incredibly charming at all times. And until you really get to know him and then you're just like, what's wrong with you as a person?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

But like, you know, from the outside, if you're just getting a 5 to 10 minute interaction with him every day, it's like, oh, this is the best guy on planet Earth. They know his name very clearly. They know me and Mike's names, but they don't know which one of us is which.

[Tim Gettys]

Because you alternate who comes.

[Greg Miller]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

You're not. And then Roger's in The mix now too.

[Greg Miller]

So there's, there's a lot of things. But yesterday, Nick's on vacation. Obviously you guys know that he's not no longer this company for the next two weeks.

[Tim Gettys]

He's left the company.

[Greg Miller]

I go to Starbucks, Mike, because Greg wanted me to pick him up something. I wasn't even getting anything.

[Tim Gettys]

I was just like, I was, put it out there. If you're going to Starbucks, I happen.

[Greg Miller]

To be a block away. I was like, fuck it, I can go. So I went to the Starbucks and they're all excited to see me. But as she walks up to me, she almost too quickly said, hi, Tim. And I was like, something's up with this. And I saw her like glance down and I looked at the other one and then there was some chitter chatter, some laughter with, with some of the other. The, the women behind the. The desk. Counter, counter, thank you. And they're like, hey, we need to tell you like we wrote your guys names on the register.

[Mike]

I love it. Good customer service.

[Greg Miller]

Mike and Tim's names are just on this register.

[Barrett]

But what, what are the notes that they put to try to the thing that we need?

[Greg Miller]

I want to know. I didn't ask in the moment, but I really want to know what the differentiating factors are between tall, handsome, baby blue eyes, blonde.

[Mike]

Blonde, bomber jacket, bad beard, kind of small, little tubby, kind of small.

[Tim Gettys]

Kind of small. How tall are you?

[Mike]

Five' nine.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, really?

[Mike]

I'm supposed to be five' ten.

[Greg Miller]

Mike might be the only person on planet earth that says he's shorter than he is.

[Tim Gettys]

I would have said he's six.

[Barrett]

Yeah, I think he's six.

[Mike]

No, it's five. Ten. Telling you, telling you.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, come on. What are you talking about? I'm six. Three.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah, I think, I think Mike is not quite six.

[Tim Gettys]

Just about, but like just about.

[Mike]

That's why I bought the Timberlands.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, okay.

[Mike]

Give me a couple extra.

[Greg Miller]

Of course, of course.

[Mike]

Yeah. You got to do it anyway.

[Greg Miller]

Well, Mike, if you end up going back, can you ask them what the. The facts are about us? Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

What are the facts about us? We need to see the dossier on us.

[Greg Miller]

Anyway. This is the kind of funny games cast. Each and every weekday we get together to top up the biggest reviews, previews and topics in video games live on YouTube, Twitch and podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, and I really, really, really hope that you do, please support us with the kind of funny membership on YouTube, Patreon, Spotify, or Apple Podcast to get all of our shows ad free and a daily exclusive. Greg Way for a chance to be part of this show. Please YouTube super chat as we go. A little housekeeping for you. We got an 11 person business here and we're all about live talk shows. Mike Today's Games Daily was all about the potential PlayStation 6 portable. Do we believe it? Do we not? Listen to the episode to find out. After gamescast this show it's going to be a special sponsored stream where we're reacting to the Borderlands 4 packs panel. Very exciting stuff. I want to hear what Greg has to say about this.

[Tim Gettys]

I won't tell you, I haven't told you about it.

[Greg Miller]

I know if you're a kind of funny member. Today's Greg Way is Greg's review of Sabrina Carpenter's new album Man's Best Friend, another album I'm excited to listen to and I want to listen to your review as well.

[Tim Gettys]

Thank you.

[Greg Miller]

Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Psalm Twining. Today we're brought to you by X Real but I'll tell you about that later. For now let's start with the topic of the show. Our most anticipated games of September 2025 aka every single game coming September 2025. We're going to game Informer.com's list. I don't know if I've said this on a show. I feel like I must have because I, I talked about it a lot. I must have given the update. Game Informer. They're back baby. They're a magazine. You can support them. You should support.

[Tim Gettys]

We support them.

[Greg Miller]

Amazing people. Doing great work. I got my second issue and I was like, oh man, I didn't get the first but I want it because I'm a completionist. They finally sent me it and I'm in it.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, I got images when I was, when I was paging through that Borderlands.

[Greg Miller]

Pretty cool.

[Tim Gettys]

Timmy. Tim.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, like I, I don't know that I've ever been in a video game magazine before. Which like it's kind of sad for me to think about.

[Mike]

Well now you are. So it's a positive.

[Greg Miller]

Well now, now it's all good now. We fixed it.

[Mike]

Everything's been changed.

[Tim Gettys]

PSX or the official PlayStation magazine, I forget what it was. Wrote about me in a Sing Star roundup while I worked at ign. That's like they didn't know who I was. So they're like, why does he dress like a Ghostbuster? Why does he have a Wiener dog. Nobody knows.

[Mike]

That's awesome.

[Greg Miller]

Let's just jump right into the big question I have for y' all without looking at this list. Don't look at the list, Mike.

[Tim Gettys]

Shut eyes.

[Greg Miller]

What are the vibes going into September? It's been crazy. Crazy last couple months of game releases. I know our October is packed to the gills with a bunch of stuff, but off the the rip. Are you guys looking at September like, oh my God, we have a bunch of games coming? Because I'm going to say, personally, I can't think and maybe we'll go through the list and maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm missing some things, but September seems a little on the slow side for you. Boy. You disagree?

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, this. Well, this is where you get into personal preferences and what's going on. Right? Where it's like, absolutely not. I feel underwater already with the amount of games we're trying to get through for review now and then. What's still to come? Like, I think some. You know, even. Even getting into September means getting into a bit of October. Right. In terms of a review cadence.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Which is cheating. I know. But I mean, September still has games in there that I'm anxious to play. And I worry about now being overshadowed by review and job and all these other things. But I mean, the big one for me is hell is us. I know I'm keeping it top level, but in terms of this month for me and whatever. Like, I've been talking about hell since that preview event where I was like, this really turned my head and I'm wondering if they can stick the landing or expand on the idea. So I'm super excited for this month.

[Mike]

Yeah, I'm a little Greg. I'm a little Tim.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Mike]

On Greg side. It's too much. I've already have enough to play. I already have so much to play. I can't even think about another month of big games coming my way. But also, Tim, I'm very much like you. September. If it wasn't for Hollow Night Silk Song dropping their date. September to me was one of those months where it's like not much going on here. I think I'm going to be good. I mean, of course skate has now.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, I fucking forgot skates.

[Greg Miller]

Early access.

[Mike]

Talk about all that. Borderlands. I've been a mixed bag of emotions with.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay.

[Mike]

And I'm looking forward to talking with Greg after this with our watch along because, yeah, I've been one of the kind of downers and doubters of borderlands 4. I've been kind of down on my experience since Borderlands 3 and beyond here with Tiny Tina's Wonderland.

[Greg Miller]

But in the movie. We saw the movie together today.

[Mike]

I drove in, I started to reflect on the good times. Tim, what Borderlands does is bring your friends together for just a fun night of gaming and like your favorite. That's what I really got to focus on is, you know what? Shout out to Borderlands for always bringing me my crew together. So, yeah, I'm into Borderlands. I've been a mixed bag, but I'm more on the positive side now. But yeah, I thought. Tim. September. Not that crazy.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. And again, I might be wrong. I haven't looked at this. I think we're gonna be so. So we'll see. But yeah, I'm just thinking of like the games I'm looking forward to. I don't think any of them have them that September date, but let's get into it and see how wrong I might be. Starting with metal Eden coming September 2nd.

[Tim Gettys]

No, I'm fine.

[Barrett]

I think Andy talked about this.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, I know he has a lot. Can you give me the rundown on what Metal Eden even is? I look at it, I go, okay, yeah, this is an indie game. What? We kind of Look CyberPunky. We're first person P. Not enough Punky Brewster references anymore.

[Greg Miller]

No, definitely.

[Tim Gettys]

Do you know Punky Booster?

[Greg Miller]

Booster? Only because of you and Nick.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, come on now. What are we talking about?

[Greg Miller]

It's an adrenaline rush sci fi first person shooter. The advanced Hyper unit Oscar is sent on a suicide mission to rescue the citizens cores from the vast monolithic city Mobius. Once a hopeful new home for humanity, now turned into a deadly trap. Coming to okay everything except for Nintendo.

[Barrett]

Someone in the chat says this is the Ruiner team.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, this looks impressive. Not something I would be jumping on.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, I mean it's something I'm interested in. I'm just not. That's not for me yet.

[Greg Miller]

Right now we have a hero gami coming to PlayStation 5 and PC on September 3rd. The origami based, like game. I'm interested in it, but this is one I want to wait and see the reviews for. To see.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, this seems like one I would definitely want to check out, but I don't know if I'd actually finish.

[Barrett]

Yeah, this is one that like I was really looking forward to and it's. It's tough with the date now.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, I'm gonna put that on my wish list though.

[Mike]

Yeah. Very cute looking though. Very good looking.

[Greg Miller]

September 4th, we have adventure of Samsara.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't know what that one is.

[Greg Miller]

I don't either. Yeah, that's the fun of like doing these really say things is like you learn about a lot of games and also you just remember like oh yeah, we saw that at the. That Nintendo Direct or that state of play or whatever. Adventure of Samsara, it's an Atari game. Atari, yeah. Publisher, Developer Alex Games. It is a. It's coming to PS5, Xbox Series X and S, Switch and PC.

[Barrett]

Looks neat.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, it does look cool actually. So what are we doing? We're doing 2D.

[Mike]

Metroidvania.

[Tim Gettys]

Metroidvania hack and slash, I guess. Yeah. Oh, okay. We got hammers for pixel art art style. Become the solar champion.

[Greg Miller]

And then September 4th as well, we have Hell is us.

[Tim Gettys]

There it is everybody. Rogue factor.

[Greg Miller]

Tim, hit me. What can you say?

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, what can I say? I went to the preview in Montreal months ago, two months ago, I forget and saw this. Yeah. Right before I went and did the Pax east panel. So way longer than that actually. Incredibly small studio up there. Rogue Factor, you know, comprised of a bunch of different developers from Montreal, a lot of folks from the old Eidos team, the people who made Deus Ex, stuff like that. This is one that turned our heads a long time ago. Right. I for you always remember this better than me. If it was an SGF, it was a PlayStation presentation, it was a whatever.

[Greg Miller]

But they dropped one was state of play. But I could be wrong about.

[Tim Gettys]

They dropped this trailer of a man in a poncho walking through creepy ass environments, running into these creatures that are white walkers with voids in their faces and these hacking and slashing. And it was that thing of when they did the demonstration, we all said, oh well, there's no way this game could be that good. It's a studio we don't know. It's new ip which is so rare.

[Greg Miller]

And very ambitious based on everything that they're saying.

[Tim Gettys]

And that was the thing. As they talked more and more about this, they were very clear that we are making a game that is not for everybody. We are making a game that is going to buck the trends of what you expect out of an action game or even just a third person narrative game. Where this is going to be. They kept saying, they've said it at, talked a lot at the demo I was at and then talked a lot more in dev diaries and other things about player plattering. Right. Where this isn't going to be on a silver platter. This is going to Be up to the player to go find what they want. There is no over. There is no map in this game that you go to. There is no. They kept saying magical compass that you can look at to go to your waypoint. You know, the thing they were speaking to my ears about, right, that was really resonating with me and then resonated when I got on the sticks was this conversation when I was up there playing. I was doing my Outer Worlds RE review. I was in the middle of that. I had brought that up, and I was playing that on my Steam Rog Ally. And it was this conversation of, like, I love those kind of games. Open world RPGs are my shit. And yes, it takes a certain maybe, you know, setting for me to really get lost in. I'm sorry, Kingdom Come to Deliverance fans. I will still try to get back to it, give it a better shot. But it was that idea of, like, when I'm playing those games, whether it be Fallout or Starfield or Outer Worlds, it is the cool. I don't even have to pay attention to what you're saying if I don't want to, because as soon as this is going to be done, boom, here's the objective. Boom, here's the thing on the map. I can. Some of these games, you hit a button and it shows me the line to get to you, right? As much as I love Assassin's Creed or Open world games like that, right, Playing this demo and being like, cool, you are in. You are in Haiti. It is a civil war going on. There has been a calamity, and all these monsters roam the streets now. Have at it. You got to find clues. You got to listen to conversations. They don't. Maybe you get a thing that pops up and says, oh, you've. You know, a mystery is started. But even if you go to your data pad and scroll over to look at that, it's a pixelated thing that might have, like, Reunite, whatever, like a name like Reunite. And that's it. You got to remember who it was you talked to or what this person needed or all this other stuff to go find, to come back to give it to them. But it doesn't seem like it's handing you that. In any case. I, you know, I only. I got to play, what, two or three hours. You could go watch the preview I did at the time, which was the opening, which went beyond the demo. That has been out for a while, and I think it's still probably available. But I know the demo came out a lot of People played here and there was mixed reactions in the office from what they got. Nobody saying it was crap, but being like, oh. I was like, well, did you even get. Where did it stop? And it stopped right after like the mass grave. I was like, oh, you didn't even get to where it opens up. And it is go explore and fight this thing. And what's this giant fucking thing over here? Like, there's all this intrigue to what you're doing, let alone again, what I think super cool is a narrative guy, an open world guy walking up these people and talking to them and them just saying stuff. And then you walk away and it's like, okay, what if go. You can go to your data pad and you can go to their faces and you can see it might. It'll say, recap what they've said. But it isn't saying go here and do X. It is. You got to kind of put those pieces together again. This was based on, I guess it would have been like an hour and a half, I'll say of that. And then hour and a half later, they jumped us way deeper in the game and it was like this whole labyrinth to we had gone into that was like very much like now it was the puzzle of I've got these keys and I'm inserting them and doing this and I'm trying to decipher, like, there's a lot of questions about it.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Chad, where's the hype at? Are you guys interested in Hell is Us? Like, is this a. Because we're very, very, very close to.

[Mike]

Let me tell you, Tim, I think this is one of the. The big. Keep it highlight this one. Keep an eye on this one. Of like, this could be a known one. This could be something that becomes big. I think there's a lot of hype behind this of there's a lot of conversation from Greg and different other previews and demos that everybody's had where there's a conversation going on about hell is us. And I think now it's become, hey, when this date comes up, does this land? Does this really reach a mass appeal of, hey, this is doing something different. Everyone's been talking about it. You should go try it. And I think this is one for me. This has the big highlighter pen on it. Like, if this lands and it is good, I'm going to go give this a try because I'm interested now.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Chat seems incredibly split on this between people that are interested, not interested, and that played the demo, didn't play the Demo and everything in between. So I think that there's something there, right, like listening to that, your preview and others previews here as well. It's like there's potential that this is going to potentially resonate with certain people.

[Tim Gettys]

Potential is such a great way to put it because even leaving it it's like, okay, cool. Like they're bucking certain trends and doing certain things like. Like you're going in the face of what games have been for a long time. So inevitably I think they're painting themselves into a corner where it's going to be like, this shit ain't for me. And the demo, the. The preview I did not, having touched the demo was really difficult. Like I was like, oh fuck, I'm not pairing well and I'm getting killed left and right. So it is like, is it going to be that extremely punishing soulsy thing? I turned down the difficulty in my preview at one point and I was having more fun doing that. And again, player plattering. They want you to engage with it how you want because they say 50% is combat, 50% is exploration.

[Greg Miller]

Reason to remember the name.

[Tim Gettys]

There you go. I'm excited to get my hands on it and see if they land this. If it all comes together. I think, you know, you look at it and it's like I'm playing as Todd Howard and he's like voiced by Elias two Factors Deus Ex himself. And it's like, okay, like, let's see what we got here. I'm. I like them. I like someone doing something different. In a sea of so many games that are very similar. It's interesting to see this and go, well, is it a souls game? Is it Alan Wake? Is you got this giant fat dude who's smoking a cigarette interrogating? Is it Kojima? Like, what is it all of that. Is it something wholly unique? I don't know.

[Greg Miller]

Interesting. We'll find out very soon, I imagine. The reviews are imminent with September 4th release. Hollow Knight Silk Song next up. We finally heard of it when it's coming September 4th as well. Same day as hell as us coming literally everywhere. The big question right now, what's the price of the game? They still have it announced.

[Tim Gettys]

Interesting.

[Greg Miller]

I. I'm surprised by that. I just googled it right now and there was a big reset error thread of just like take bets on what the price is. So I, I don't know. I also don't really think that there's a. A wrong answer for a game like this and for how long they've Been working on it, but it will be interesting because I'm pretty sure the first one was like $15. That was a long time ago and totally different development cycle and everything. So we'll see. But obviously, undeniably the most hyped indie game of all time. Definitely most hyped indie sequel of all time. So we'll see if it lands. I expect that it will. I have a lot of faith in this game delivering where it needs to. I'm sure there'll be the. The haters that are, you know, want it to overrated for it kind of. But that just proves you're doing something right. Greg, I know Hollow Knight very much not your thing for many different reasons. You're going to give this one even a shot or you just. You just know this one's not for you.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm going to give it a shot. I cannot imagine that it I play. I mean I'm going to start it and play it on Xbox. Game pass. I assume we'll be up for freedom. You know, I won't be locked in a review when it comes, so I expect to kick the tires on it. But you know me like the hey, we're doing this. You have to be pixel perfect jumps in these really tough boss battles. Like, that's not my jam. And so I respect Hollow Knight for sure. I'm excited it's finally here for everybody. But yeah, I don't. I will be shocked if I play this. And I'm like, oh man, I actually am all in on this, Mike.

[Mike]

Can't wait to give it a run. Yeah, I'll jump into this. I didn't play the first one. I've been wasting too much time not playing the first one. So I'm at the point of I'm just gonna jump in on day one. On this one. I'll probably give it a couple of hours, but I don't know how far I'll go on this.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, I'm kind of right there with you on this one where I've given the first one a shot so many damn times. And I want to say on paper this is the most TIM game ever. But I don't even think it really is. I just think that it's not even on paper, on video, it's the most TIM game ever. But I think in. In execution, there's just enough things about it that are against what I love about these games. And I think it's beautiful. That exists for the others because I get a ton of games that do have more melodic Music and are a bit more just focused on point A to point B. Not having to do so much backtracking and fluff and all that and getting lost in the lore and all of it. I think it's great that we're. We're getting something of such high quality. They can do that. Barrett, I know you're not a big Hollow Knight guy, but you are a big nine Souls dude. Are you going to be hopping into Silk Song?

[Barrett]

I am craving this game. Yeah, I've only tried Hollow Knight once and it was just kind of wrong place, wrong time. But yeah, Nine Souls was one of my favorite games last year and I feel like from what people talk about in terms of Nine Souls relationship to like the original Hollow Knight, a lot of people compare Nine Souls to Sekiro in terms of the flow of combat that it has. And so it's one of those. Just like I'm craving something like that again and seeing the gameplay for Silksong, like I'm just, I'm. I'm ready for this type of game. So yeah, I'm gonna jump into this without having fully played the first one. And I, I hope it's a journey. Kind of like my FromSoft journey where you know, Elden Ring was the first FromSoft game that I actually finished and then I went back to older games later to appreciate like I only just finished Dark Souls for the first time this year and so I'm hoping like I fall in love with this game and then go back to the original later down the line, fall in love with that as well. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to this which is why it's tough of like I was really looking forward to Hirogami. You know, Demon School was also supposed to come out close to this, but that got delayed to November. There's a lot of games I was anticipating for September and Hollow Knight, it has just kind of came in like a huge meteor to blow it all up. So yeah, I'm ready for this game next week.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, if I remember correctly, I had that journey with Ori. Where will the wisps I loved so much that I ended up going back and beating the first one, which I don't think I beat the first time around. I just got pretty deep into it. Great games man.

[Barrett]

And I'm also just like I'm excited that this has seemingly a Switch 2 version. I'm looking for reasons to play my Switch 2 and it like the wanting to play more indie games on that. So I'm excited to have something to boot that up again.

[Greg Miller]

We have Jet runner coming on September 4th.

[Tim Gettys]

Unfamiliar. Which ones?

[Greg Miller]

I'm unfamiliar with this too. It's from Riddlebit software. It looks like one of these. You know what I mean?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. I like the art style. Oh, it's like a mirror's edge.

[Mike]

Whoa.

[Tim Gettys]

So it's like mirrors that obstacle courses.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike]

He's been playing me on white.

[Barrett]

Yeah, I've been like just trying to pass the time until games start coming out next week. And this could. This could be something that hooks me.

[Tim Gettys]

Ooh, that does look really cool.

[Barrett]

Like for audio listeners, think neon white in terms of mobility and gameplay of what you're doing. But it seems to be like you're in like a. Almost like an arena doing like a sports event or some shit. And it's way more. The art style reminds me a lot of Borderlands. That makes sense.

[Greg Miller]

The next step we have on September 4th as well on Switch. At least it seems like it's been on other consoles since April 17th this year. Mandragora. Whispers of the Witch Tree. This comes from Primal Game Studio.

[Tim Gettys]

Slay your way in Magna drawer. I said wrong. Whispers of the Wish Tree. An epic action RPG set in the dark fantasy world. Battle monsters, master six unique classes, craft hundreds of useful items and explore the secrets of an expansive interconnected world. Okay, again, when you start talking about bosses and I'm good. I'm not going to do that then.

[Greg Miller]

Star Wars Outlaws coming to switch to September 4th.

[Tim Gettys]

I can't wait to see how this runs.

[Greg Miller]

We'll see, man.

[Tim Gettys]

Mikey.

[Greg Miller]

See, I don't need to go. Well, a full tirade here, but it's like I've been doing a deep dive into all the Nintendo stuff because I've just been getting really upset about it all.

[Tim Gettys]

Sure. You should just make it. You're always angry.

[Greg Miller]

So many mistakes. But the WWE 2K port, there's a magic there.

[Tim Gettys]

Yes.

[Greg Miller]

And Nintendo helped these third party devs getting their games running great. And if they can do that for WWE 2K, they could do it for anybody. They can make any game fucking work at that level. They do that for Outlaws, man.

[Mike]

Tell me how Madden is planned.

[Greg Miller]

I don't know.

[Mike]

You know what I mean? Like, yeah, as a big sports guy, I've always won my sports game.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, you don't know. I thought you were on something.

[Mike]

Yeah, no, I was just. Since Tim is diving deep, right. I'm gonna put him on the Madden trend. Like go check out Matt and tell me how that.

[Greg Miller]

I'll look into it.

[Mike]

You know, God.

[Greg Miller]

See what that the King of Fighters afk coming to iOS and Android on September 4th. It's interesting wanting a King of Fighters game on on mobile. I doubt that's going to be a a big win for the fighting game.

[Tim Gettys]

Community, but perhaps Nintendo Life gave Madden N. Hold on. Maybe I gave a bad one. I can't. It looked better on the preview. Go on. Sorry, I'll get back to you. Oh no. They gave it 8 out of 10 serve the cons are server issues for early adopters, always online aspects are a pain and no crossplay.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

The joys 40 frames per second feel spot on for handheld mode. Solid starting point for big AAA sports games on Switch too.

[Mike]

But it's about.

[Greg Miller]

I like that Shinobu S says keep in mind that Shiver Nintendo's porthouse, the ones that helped with wb, can't work on every third party game in the world then get more porthouses or allow more dev kits out there and give more time to let these things happen and come up with better rules and restrictions around the game key cards so people aren't just putting fucking slop and like horrible ports on this shit. Because that's how you fuck this all up.

[Tim Gettys]

Damn, he's getting them.

[Greg Miller]

Bullshit.

[Tim Gettys]

He's saying what you're all thinking.

[Greg Miller]

Void crew come to PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X and S on September 4th as well.

[Tim Gettys]

Void Crew is a chaotic co op roguelike game for one to six players. Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests. Brave fierce enemies in space battles and try not to pan.

[Mike]

Is this the one that we saw IGN promoting throughout the summer that got a big push? I think there. There's some four player space game and I think it's this one that should have a good amount of juice to it that people should be excited and ready to jump on and play. And I think this is it.

[Barrett]

This seems like one you would make Andy and Nick play with.

[Tim Gettys]

This definitely seems like something 100%.

[Greg Miller]

And then September 5th, Kronos the new Dawn. There's been a lot of chatter about this one. We saw the man on the Gamescom stage.

[Barrett]

I believe the lad.

[Mike]

Oh yeah, lady.

[Barrett]

I think so.

[Greg Miller]

Very cool.

[Mike]

Yeah, me and Roger previewed this. Me and Roger came out going, hey, this, they have something here. This feels like a lot of other survival horror games you've already played and we're looking for them to kind of give us something more here. We only got to play the first two hours and right at the end of where we got to play it felt like hey, we're gonna dive into that. This is what Kronos the New dawn is all about. This is that wow factor that you're looking for. But it was tough. It was, it was a good time and I'm looking forward to trying this again for sure.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, I hosted the preview. Mike and Raj sounded off on with their hands on impressions and they were very much not negative. But hey, this is. It's a survival. It's what you expect. It's survival horror. We've done this a lot. What the way they talked about the expectations they set paired with the setting we're seeing in the gameplay we've seen. I'm very, very interested in this one. My fear for me is that with the reviews it's going to lost for me as I'll be on something else or doing something outside of it. But I am hopeful that it's just a solid timey wimey. Here's a bunch of crazy let's go stomp in the dead space way and shoot some stuff. Do we have a no, it's nothing for you. Nothing for you.

[Greg Miller]

I'm not a Bloober guy. Damon X Machina, titanic, scion, everything. September 5th I gave the first one a try and these the flying Met games to me, I've never played one that feels the way I want it to. And this is another one.

[Barrett]

Not even Armored Core 6.

[Greg Miller]

No. Damn. That's. That was honestly that is the closest though.

[Barrett]

I want to check this out just because I'm I'm also itching to get that Armored Core feeling back. I never played the first name in next month because that was at least at launch. Which exclusive, right?

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Barrett]

I remember even in trailers being like, oh that does not look great.

[Greg Miller]

I'm pretty sure there's a demo of this available though on on Switch, so you can give it a shot if you want.

[Barrett]

Well, it's also available everywhere else, so I might try it for PS5 because I'm still trepidatious about it performing on Switch.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, one quick one. Game Informer, of course, just lost without Dan Riker as they have been for years. We missed the September 4th Indiana Jones the Order of the Giants DLC comes out. I think that's an interesting one to talk about.

[Mike]

I think it's interesting because ye we just kind of skipped over that and I noticed that as well when I was on the other one over at Gamespot. They had it and that's one. It was like, man, we just kind of forgot about that. We had a little bit of Promotion during gamescom. But we haven't talked much about Indiana Jones returning. We are nearing that date pretty quickly here. So what's the vibes, Greg, on this one?

[Tim Gettys]

Well, as you know, I didn't love Indiana Jones, the game I was completely an outlier with. I think I gave it a 75 and that was just blasphemy. People wanted me to die for it. So now that it's on my Fantasy Critic, I'm hoping this returns to the 10 out of 10 that everybody else thought it was. So, you know, it's so funny because.

[Mike]

Yeah, me and Greg both have it on Fantasy Critic. I'm on the other side of like, you kind of secretly hoping this does not do well. But reality, it's like, I want machine games to continue to make awesome games and I hope that they can deliver a really good DLC for the indie fans out there that want more of it. Right. Of when you find those games that you love, you always want more and more. So, yeah, hopefully this is a good first step there.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. My hope with this one is, I mean, you know, obviously I want every game to come out to be great and everyone to enjoy it. So I don't imagine they're fucking it up, right? Like, people know. They know what works with the first one, so why wouldn't they come out and the first game come out and give this. Of course you worry about getting lost in the shuffle, but as Tim saying, and you've said a little bit too, that you're in between. Like, it's not a. Not necessarily a packed month for everybody, right? So coming in here, if you're an Indiana Jones fan, like, you liked it, here's another dose of it. A reason to go back to it, a reason to talk about how much people like it. And I hope that'll pay off in the reviews for me because again, people are gonna be like, oh, man. Well, you know, we didn't get. You didn't get the love it deserved then. So now we'll give it its love. And now you can give it its love. Give this game award, you know, to give this. Get this at the game award. Give this a 10 out of 10. And that one also came to die in this fantasy. Yeah, it's out of.

[Mike]

So now you have a larger audience now that hopefully played it more recent than the Xbox audience. Maybe. Still thinking about it. Wants to jump right in then.

[Greg Miller]

Next up, Greg, we have everybody's golf hot shots coming to PS5 switch NPC on September 5th. Where you at with it? I know, there's been some ups, some downs. Where are we settling?

[Tim Gettys]

The settling is. I want to see it, I want to play it, I want to know. I need to know what we're getting into. If you aren't a Hot Shots aficionado, slash, everybody's golf depending on where you live. There's a lot of them. This is the first one that Clap Hands is not doing so that that immediate. And this is Bandai Namco putting it out rather than PlayStation that. We've had a lot of questions. You know, originally when we talked about this on the stream, they announced it at Someone had inserted the idea that this is just a port of the Vita game. If so, we still haven't seen confirmed confirmation denying of that, anything like that. You watch it, it gets the vibe that it's not going to be like the hot shots we had on PlayStation 4, which in my mind was the perfect hot shots. So what I mean by that is I don't think you're customizing characters in here. I think you're picking characters, which for me isn't the worst thing in the world, but I loved getting in there. I love doing this kind of thing and, you know, building out my character and doing all these different stuff. We're watching now, I don't know which version we are. Again, it looks flatter than the PlayStation 4 version did. So I think again, you're porting it to a million different places, including Switch, which is great to have it on the go. Like, I don't know, I need to get in, I need to get my hands on it. I need to get going. But yeah, character and course, I haven't seen this trip. Yeah, see, we're picking people. It doesn't look like there's a, hey, go ahead and use this guy. Which again isn't the end of the world, but it's just not. What I'm looking for games for you is dude playing Open T and open T2 on PSP back in the day, like going through unlocking the outfits. All right, now I'm gonna put on these crazy goggles and a hula skirt. Like that's what I want out of this. These kind of games now. Whatever. Well, I will see what we get. I don't know, boost items. All of a sudden we're boosting out there too.

[Mike]

I don't know.

[Tim Gettys]

We'll see. I'm not down on it. I'm just wary of it not being Clap Hands. Who knows what they're doing with this franchise. Having me, Bandai Namco a little bit of not understanding exactly what we're getting into in terms of which version of the game it is. I'm not. I'm. I'm trepidatious. I'm trepidatious as a big Hotshots fan. And I look at it and I just don't know if it has. I guess that's my biggest thing. I look at it and I don't know if it has the magic of what pulls me into a Hotshots game, which is really grinding up. Getting better. I'm earning the better things. I'm getting better stats. I'm getting better outfits. We'll see.

[Greg Miller]

We have Jotun Slayer, Hordes of hell coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox series and PC.

[Barrett]

Also Yoten Slayer.

[Greg Miller]

Yoden Slayer.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, now, hold up a sec.

[Mike]

Hey, now, hold on a second now for Greg.

[Tim Gettys]

We're talking about this battle. Jesus Christ. The fuck am I talking about? This Diablo isometric view here as we hack and slash. Give me more. Tim, what's it about? What do you got?

[Greg Miller]

I don't got shit.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, damn it.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, this Game Informer thing is helpful for dates. It's not helpful for, like, too many details. I like your Steam page.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, that's the best way. Oh, my God. Okay, so this is Hordes of hell. 14 bucks, 15 bucks. Hordes of Hell is a gripping roguelite. Horde survivor. I can't talk. Horde Survivor game set in the dark realm realms of north mythology. Fight waves of enemies to earn divine blessings of ancient Viking deities. Explore hostile worlds and face powerful bosses. Become a godlike warrior in the ultimate showdown. Currently, it is in early access. Yes. Yeah. Okay. And then, yeah, apparently it's official release. Hot damn. I'll tell you what I'm doing. I'm wish. Listen that bitch right now.

[Greg Miller]

And then rounded out September 5th because we're still just in the first couple days of September. NBA 2K26 coming everywhere. Mike.

[Mike]

Hey. Yeah, I'm very excited for this one. Me and my friends always love returning to the hardwood. We love having fun and laughing and doing dumb things in the neighborhood in the Pro Am. And I'm excited. I've taken a year off of Pro Am, where I'm usually giving NBA 2k and 2k too much money to update my builds and stuff. But I am excited this year. There's something. When you take a year off or if you're in the normal cycle, you're excited for the new one, you're excited for that. That kind of fervor of, hey, let's get back to it. Me and my crew excited. What build are we doing? What kind of fun are we going to have in the park and in the Pro Am? I've always been a fan of franchise. I love my team. I like creating those like ultimate scenarios where I have MJ teamed up with Kevin Durant. Those are just some of my favorites. And 2k I've always been a fan of 2k so I can't wait for this.

[Greg Miller]

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[Tim Gettys]

Bubsy. Nobody cares. Fire up your engines because Garfield is waiting for you at the starting line. All that was capitalized and it drives me crazy. Play as one of the eight cult characters from the Garfield universe. Fill up your carts, customize your look, and race away at breakneck speed. I don't know if you know this, everybody. I love Garfield.

[Greg Miller]

How much do you love Garfield, Greg? So you got a tattoo on your body. That's insane. Do you ever think about, where is it?

[Mike]

There it is. There it is.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, my God. Yeah, there it is.

[Tim Gettys]

You see him?

[Greg Miller]

I see him sleeping over.

[Mike]

Sometimes you forget about it.

[Tim Gettys]

I forget about it all the time.

[Greg Miller]

I forget it all the time.

[Tim Gettys]

Jen always says, oh, she'll get a jump scare when I wear shorts. We had our very respectable professional neighbors over for dinner the other night and I was wearing shorts for the first time and he was like, ah, I didn't know you got a Garfield tattoo. He's like, I like Garfield. I'm like, I really like Garfield. I really like Garfield.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, Lord, Greg.

[Tim Gettys]

This will be a fun stream. This will be a fun. Put it on the tv out in the living room. Play it for, I'm sure one. I don't think I'm going to be addicted to it by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm looking forward to kicking the tires, no pun intended, with you and the team. Out there.

[Mike]

Isn't it crazy? I. I just have never gotten into another kart racer besides Mario Kart Tip. There's so many of them come and go and I just never. I never got there. It's like Mario Kart levels of. I could play this all the time. It is. I can play this once. Crash team racing is so back in the day. It's like, yeah, I played a little bit of that and it's just never one that sticks with me.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, well, maybe this one's it, Mike. Maybe it's Garfield cartoon. All you can drift. Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

You know, I mean, here's the thing. Enough. Me and Roger, we go out there, we stream until we platinum. It's.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. So that one.

[Mike]

That would be amazing.

[Greg Miller]

Then we have Karma the Dark World coming to Xbox.

[Tim Gettys]

Karma is a guy on a chief.

[Greg Miller]

September 10th, everyone.

[Tim Gettys]

I think it's exclusive to Xbox because it already came out on PC. You can read over on the Steam page. Karma the Dark World is a first person cinematic psychological thriller set in dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany and things are not quite what they seem. Okay, interesting. That's another one. I feel like as a horror game fan, there's so many horror games that you look at and it kind of run together. I'm like catanut.

[Greg Miller]

Coming to PC on September 10th. I think it's Katanaut I like, but I like Catanaut. Catanaut.

[Tim Gettys]

Katana knot. Katana knot. It's like an astronaut Kanata. That game is fast paced action, roguelike blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted once human horrors adapt, survive and descend into the shadows to uncover its darkest secrets.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, pretty cool. It's really fucking cool. Yeah, I like this.

[Tim Gettys]

That's getting a wish list for me too.

[Greg Miller]

You've been wish listed.

[Tim Gettys]

You've been wish listed.

[Greg Miller]

Shape of dreams coming to PC on September 10th.

[Tim Gettys]

Shape of Dreams delivers a fast paced dreamlike action in a vivid roguelike world dive into ever changing realms with tight controls, fluid combat and high stakes battles. Whether playing solo or with up to three friends, each run is thrilling. Toaster reflex strategy.

[Mike]

Yep. Man. We're getting into the part, Tim, where we're looking at all these games and they're just starting to blur together here. It's a tough one.

[Greg Miller]

It happens.

[Mike]

Who will stand out in the month of September?

[Greg Miller]

Who will stand out? Will it be Borderlands for coming to PlayStation Xbox and PC on September 12th.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, no, I was going to say arguably the biggest game of the month. I think hollow knights up there for us. But in terms of what's going to move units and what's going to go, I guess NBA too, whatever. It's one of the big ones for the month, right. Borderlands 4. I feel weird and chat. I want your take on this one. Super chats would be great, but I'll take them just straight up there. Okay, what is your hype for Borderlands for? I. We're going to talk about it. We're doing this stream right afterwards. So I don't want to get too much into it, but for me personally, it's just like I was so hungry for Borderlands 3 in Borderlands 4. It's not that I'm down on it, I'm just not like, oh fuck Borderlands 4, you know, I mean Borderlands 3. I was like, can we get codes? When are we getting codes? Can we get a code? Can we do a thing? See a lot of zeros in the Twitch chats. Very lukewarm. Okay. B0 says 100. Sky says. I'm excited, but my friend is pumped in all caps. Okay. I'm interested to see what the. They got this. The vibe I'm gonna bring into the stream is like, this is the moment, you know, let's see what do you got up your sleeve? Why is this the Borderlands? I got to drop everything to play?

[Greg Miller]

Hmm. Hmm. Lego Voyagers, PlayStation 5, Xbox, PS4, Switch and PC. Coming September 15th, from the makers of.

[Tim Gettys]

Lego Builders Builders Journey comes a new two player co op adventure about friendship and play. When two friends make it their mission to rescue an abandoned spaceship, they embark on a journey beyond their wildest dreams.

[Greg Miller]

Hell yeah. This is definitely a highlight of the month so far for me. Can't wait for this. It looks awesome. The first game was so special. Looks so damn cool. It is not what you at all would expect from Lego Video games. This is one to keep your eye on for sure.

[Mike]

Yeah, this two thumbs up will play. Cannot wait.

[Tim Gettys]

Did you guys play Builder's Journey? That was one that people were always like, you gotta play, you gotta play. It'll make you cry. You love those kind of games. Greg and I never got to it.

[Greg Miller]

Oh dude, you would love. It's worth it. It's so worth it. And yeah, play it with, with a fancy PC.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Make it all pretty.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay. Yeah, they got a lot of ray tracing and that kind of stuff in there.

[Greg Miller]

It's just Gorgeous. Yeah, dude. That it holds up for sure. And it's also very short. So that is. It's a magical little experience we have. Little Witch in the woods coming on September 15th.

[Tim Gettys]

Little Witch in the woods is the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents and experience the daily life of the of the witch we're looking at here. It's one of these cutesy games and I'll tell you right now that's going on the wish list.

[Greg Miller]

Okay, come on.

[Tim Gettys]

Come on, Timmy. He's got it everybody.

[Greg Miller]

Alex J. Sandoval super chats in saying I'm surprisingly hyped for borderlands 4. I fell off 3 hard but the change is shown plus quid. Destiny makes me think that 4 is going to scratch the itch.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, fair enough. Looking forward to that then for you. I'm looking forward to this panel in just what, a little less than an hour? 45 minutes. That's how a time works.

[Greg Miller]

No, I'm not a human. Coming to PC on September 15th. Want to tell me about this one, Greg?

[Tim Gettys]

Warning, stay inside, lock your doors, close the blinds, only let humans in. Eliminate all visitors and anxiety. Horror about paranorma, paranoia in the end of times.

[Greg Miller]

This looks like I'm not going to play it, but it looks fucking cool.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, you say this is going on the wish list because this is going on the wish listing about out here.

[Mike]

This is one of those. It's September, Tim. You start to gather all your horror games. You get my wish list and you get ready for October because it's time.

[Barrett]

And you're going to make Andy play all of them.

[Mike]

Don't tell him yet. Don't tell them.

[Tim Gettys]

Don't tell him yet.

[Greg Miller]

We have Henry Halfhead coming to PlayStation 5 Switch and PC on September 16th.

[Tim Gettys]

Meet Henry, merely half ahead yet with the peculiar ability to become any object within their reach, discover every object's unique abilities and cleverly combine them to take Henry through their not so ordinary everyday life. A little bit Katamari worth pointing out of course for full disclosure, not only is Papa gender helping market this game, this is. I think I'm probably speaking on scoreline, but they're co publishing this, which is obviously a big deal for them. So obviously that's my wife's company so you can think what you want about it.

[Greg Miller]

Fun. Mike.

[Mike]

Tim, this is one that I got to check out at my favorite one that Tim Schaefer runs. They come here every year and I've been excited. I've been thinking about Henry and The half head for a while. I love that.

[Greg Miller]

I love that I was seeing you up for Skate early access coming September 16th to everything except for Switch.

[Mike]

Tim, this is the only thing that matters this September is we finally get to jump back on the boards and rip and skate.

[Tim Gettys]

Let's go.

[Mike]

This is a big one, Tim. Me and Greg have talked about a lot riding on this kind of early access live service game that is going to be the future of skate. But at the core of it all, Skate is skate and skate rules. No matter how you feel about live service games and early access, when you get on the sticks and you actually play skate and you play with friends and you just absolutely sess a spot or you create something with what you're able to drop and load into games is just so much fun. And so yeah, this is one of the most exciting releases of the year for me. And I cannot wait to return to the world of skate because many think back to the original trilogy has been so long, right? And man shout to Xbox backs with compatibility, you can still play those games. But nothing has quite nailed skate like skate, right? We've had Skater xl, we've had different offshoots that's like, like, oh, you're not there yet. And like skate is the one that's always been there. And so yeah, I'm looking forward to this. Can't wait.

[Tim Gettys]

Can't wait. I'm excited to see if we can live up to the hype. If it's going to disappoint, if it's going to have a moment, if people are going to stick with it, if we're going to stick with it. Do we know is it cross platform play or do, do we all have to be in the same place for this?

[Mike]

I assume it's cross platform, thank you very much.

[Greg Miller]

Next up, we have Deep Rock Galactic Survivor coming to Xbox Series X and S&PC on September 17th. Mike, this is another.

[Mike]

Games are great if you're ever looking for a fun co op experience with your friends. Let me see this one. Oh, this one's different. Wait.

[Tim Gettys]

Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is a single player survivor like auto shooter, take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches and unlock powerful upgrades to survive as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic.

[Mike]

If you like Vampire Survival or Vampire Survivors, this has been out on early access. I've played this before. This is a ton of fun. This is one of those that you just absolutely love. If you're into solo play, if you like Vampire Survivors, if you like the world of Deep Rock Galactic. This is where you'll have that power fantasy of starting from the bottom, choosing different power ups as you go through each level. And you'll become stronger and stronger and have the most insane loadout by the end of it all.

[Tim Gettys]

Guess what? I'm wish listing it.

[Greg Miller]

It's being wish listed. Next up, we have Lost skies coming to PC on September 17th.

[Tim Gettys]

Chart A course in a breathtaking but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology and craft your very own skyship to brave nature's fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends to go or go alone in this awe inspiring cooperative survival adventure.

[Greg Miller]

You played this?

[Barrett]

Yeah, they were in this for a bit until Dune took over their lives. This is the one where you can kind of do that crazy spidey swinging and stuff.

[Mike]

This one was good, Tim. Yeah, we liked this one. This is one of those. A lot of these survival crafting games come out in early access and the one that the part that we played felt a little more bare bones. But the moment to moment gameplay with the grapple hook with the idea of, hey, when you get to a certain spot, boys, you'll be able to build your own ship. And then you're going to take that ship to different sky islands. And like me, Nick and Andy had a ton of fun just grappling around the little island that we were on. But then we teamed up with the dev and we actually got to see like, hey, here's the ship builder. Like you would see in a no man's sky. New update out right now. And of course Starfield, where hey, we put together a ship, we put the engine on it and we went and it was like, oh, this is about to open up into something special. And so yeah, add this onto your survival crafting list. Games of this is higher on the list of. We would play this again November 17th.

[Greg Miller]

And then Strange Antiquities coming to Switch and PC also on the 17th.

[Tim Gettys]

Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere where strange going ons and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artifacts. Use your collection to aid the townsfolks in their unusual problems. And remember to pet your cat.

[Greg Miller]

Gotta pet the cat.

[Tim Gettys]

I pet the pussy every night.

[Mike]

Oh, really Quick side note to that one. Early access for skate will be full cross play and cross progression. It says so There you go. Just so you know.

[Tim Gettys]

So I'm all set. Set. Because the problem is I'm going to be in New York when this one launches. So I started over on the ROG, started on the razor blade 16. I want to make sure I can play everywhere, get my trophy. All right, great.

[Greg Miller]

Good to know we have Frost Punk 2 coming to PS5 and Xbox September 18th.

[Mike]

I liked this one. I liked Frost Punk a lot. Yeah, getting into that kind of city sim decision making, there was a lot of fun moments there when I played for my time of like, man, you are putting me in a weird spot of what the decision making is to ensure that my town in this, you know, dystopian world is going to survive the icy hell that we're stuck in. And then going out and exploring, expanding, going to different areas. This one was really cool. And now that it's coming to console, that's a really fun deal.

[Greg Miller]

Dying Light, the Beast, the boost coming everywhere except switch on September 19th.

[Tim Gettys]

You are Kyle Crane, and after years of brutal experiments, you want revenge. Experience a unique blend of open world and survival horror as you hunt down the man who transforms you into half man, half beast.

[Greg Miller]

Wow.

[Mike]

This is make or break for me on the dying.

[Greg Miller]

Like, this is the franchise.

[Mike]

This is one of those. I did not like the recent Dying Light. Remember you, me, and Blessing. And I think James might have sat down and talked about it, but, yeah, for me, I love Dying Light because of the Parkour zombie insanity. Right. But I've never loved the story and Dying Light 1, I was able to get through. I enjoyed enough. Dying Light 2 I just did not love. I liked the idea of, hey, you're going to be able to change the world by deciding which faction you're going to team up with.

[Tim Gettys]

Didn't really do much.

[Mike]

Didn't really do much. Cool. I got a trampoline on one side or a zip line on the other side. Of course, it wasn't that crazy, Tim, but there's something at its core of the Parkour meeting zombie slang that's just so much fun. But the setting and the tone that it's always in, I just never love and I don't want to get through. So this one for me, I'm gonna try. It's like, this is probably the make or break if I'm gonna be on this anymore.

[Tim Gettys]

The big thing for me with this one was is somebody who liked Dying Light 2 for what it was. We gave it like a 7 reviewer. We were probably doing different scores. So threes or whatever, it's that that game came around at the right time. That was the right. There was like nothing else happening. So of course we're able to play it and enjoy it and review it whereas this is coming around. There's like personally for and I don't know the quality of this game but in terms of the buy in and how much more I care about IPs or even the indies we've seen so far that I'm wish listing now, those are all infinitely more interesting than just another open world run around with the monsters.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Then we have Jump Space coming to early Access Xbox and PC also on September 19th.

[Tim Gettys]

Jump Space, formerly Jump Ship, is a mission based co op PvE for one to four players where you and the crew of a spaceship transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on foot exploration and spacewalks.

[Mike]

Yeah, this is what I brought up earlier in the chat was like no, that's Jump Ship Mike. Yeah, this is one had a lot of good publicity earlier in the summertime during Game Fest and IGN when they had IGN plays that a lot of people are excited about this one with you and your crew out in space.

[Greg Miller]

Then we have Ratatan. Oh yeah, the only so this is.

[Tim Gettys]

Of course the spiritual successor to Pat upon. You probably heard me give my preview Astro after after SGF about is like Patapon but very different and that was when they came over like you're doing great but you're playing it too much like Patapan. You got to play it like the game we made. So I'm excited to get my hands on it. The only disappointment is that as we've talked about I think on this week on other shows, I am an old man. So when they say Ratan's coming and it's early access, I go yeah, I wish it was the full game.

[Greg Miller]

Oh for sure.

[Tim Gettys]

But I know it'll still be, you know, the game. It'll be a game and I'm excited to do to dive into it.

[Greg Miller]

Then we have TOA and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree coming out on September 19th as well to everything including Switch.

[Tim Gettys]

In this roguelike set in a far off mystic realm, ancient forces stir and untold dangers await as TOA lead the Guardians of the Sacred Tree and forging strong relationships and powerful swords to fight. Cool. Cool.

[Greg Miller]

Then Trails in the sky first chapter, more trails everybody.

[Mike]

Really big deal. Tim. So two things. One, of course my entire fantasy critic draft weighs hinges upon this right here.

[Tim Gettys]

Right.

[Mike]

Like this will be the deciding factor if I can get it done this year. And so I've put a lot of faith into the JRPG nerds. They said mike, we got you. This is the one. And I said I'm gonna believe in you. But then there's a demo. Tim. A lot of people have been saying, Mike, not to get you super pumped up, but the demo is pretty.

[Greg Miller]

Fire got the fire.

[Mike]

So last night I downloaded the demo and I will be playing that this weekend because I. I believe in them and I got to give him some love. So I'm excited for this one.

[Greg Miller]

Unique technique in the chat says they played the demo for TOA and the guards in the sacred tree and they unpro ordered the game afterwards.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, that's not good.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, you hate to see that. Hey, shout out for you.

[Greg Miller]

Blood thief come into PC on September 22nd.

[Tim Gettys]

Blood Thief is an ultra fast melee dungeon runner where you use momentum. Barrett, you got to pull this up. This is your shit. Yeah. Where you use manta to parkour through hazardous dungeons and brutally slash through enemies. Speedrun through haunted dungeons and castles to learn what dark secrets lie beneath.

[Greg Miller]

Imagine thieving blood crazy. Do it every day.

[Tim Gettys]

Steve.

[Greg Miller]

What concept? Too far.

[Barrett]

Oh, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Barrett]

Fuck yeah.

[Mike]

That looks good.

[Greg Miller]

I love that this has just become a sub genre.

[Tim Gettys]

Totally.

[Barrett]

It's fucking breakneck.

[Tim Gettys]

What used to probably be like just the mode, you know what I mean? Like, yeah, add on mode on a game. Another game they were making, they're like, oh, he's public. Put that up.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah, this looks rad. Then we have Endless Legend 2 coming to Early Access on PC September 22nd.

[Tim Gettys]

Lead your people to a victory in an ever evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes.

[Greg Miller]

And then, baby steps, PlayStation 5 and PC September 23rd.

[Tim Gettys]

Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him. Until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had. Putting one foot in front of the other. Of course, Mike and I got to go play this at GDC this year. It's one of those. The controls are wonky and weird, so the game is first off hilarious, obviously, as you stumble around and fall down as this overweight guy in a bodysuit. But then, yeah, it gets to be all right. Now, today's goal is just to climb up the top of this carnival ride and get the hat that's up there. It's one of those goofy ones. All the dialogue and it's ad libbed. It's hilarious.

[Mike]

It's got some heart, it's got some charm, it's got some humor where it isn't just you playing only up by yourself. There's something bringing you along, something that's going to make you smile and feel like you've been rewarded for your efforts here. And yeah, this one. I think a lot of people are going to try and laugh and have.

[Greg Miller]

A really fun time with this type of humor. Most the time is just not my something about this game. It makes me laugh every single time. All of the dialogue and stuff. Like, there's something about it. I'm like, yeah, this. This is my humor.

[Tim Gettys]

You saw me put on the outfit, right?

[Greg Miller]

I did see you put on the outfit. Creepy redneck dinosaur mansion one re raptored coming to PC on September 23rd.

[Tim Gettys]

This is a super interesting one, right? Return to Return to the creepy classic Jack Briars Back to stop Bayless Dastardly Disaster once more. Rediscover every room Dino and Puzzle from the original Match three survival horror comedy RPG Metroidvania now fully reraptered, of course. This is one we talked to Zolaver the other day on when he came on to talk about everything they're doing with Strange Scaffold, where they had done Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion two or three or whatever it was, and they'd done it alongside pedal board games. And they're like, man, we'd love to do more in this universe. And this is like, well, why don't you do that? Take. Take the IP and do what you want to do with it. And we don't need to be involved. So it's this really cool collaboration that isn't a collaboration, but is this idea of what they're doing of making these fun little indie games.

[Mike]

That was a really good interview. So, yeah, if you're ever looking for something special, go, go circle back to that. That was like one of those where it's like, man, video game development is hard, but there's some really great people out there doing really cool things and supporting one another. Like, check that out. Support that.

[Greg Miller]

We got slime rancher 2 coming everywhere except switch. September 20th.

[Tim Gettys]

Continue the adventures of Beatrix Beatrix Labou as she journeys across the slime sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimmin mysteries and bursting with wiggly new slimes to wrangle in the sequel to the smash hit Slime Rancher. First person running around, catching the slimes and stuff. Not my jam, but I'm glad it's there for people.

[Greg Miller]

Slime it up. Ms. Envy's stoked in the chat. Consume me. Coming to PC September 25th.

[Tim Gettys]

This is one we've heard a lot about and seen a lot of stuff. I forget what awards it's already won. Maybe it was an IGDA at GDC or whatever. But yeah, doing this weird little thing and feeding stuff, it's a weird one. The description is, did you feel stupid? Did you feel stupid, fat, lazy and ugly in high school? Well, I did, but at least I made a life simulation RPG about it because I do believe this is dealing with eating disorders and stuff like that. So it's a goofy, fun one, but I think it also has a heart inside of it. I'm looking forward to it.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Lost Rift coming to Early Access PC September 25th.

[Tim Gettys]

Mike, you know this one?

[Mike]

No, I haven't heard of this one.

[Tim Gettys]

Lost rift is a first person survival extraction shooter. Jesus. That blends co op PvE base building with high stakes multiplayer expedition. This sounds like everything you people do.

[Greg Miller]

In that Steam room.

[Tim Gettys]

Show together, adventure across a vast archipelago solo or in teams of up to five craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders and become legendary. September 25th is what's written here on Steam. I imagine on September 26th I will hear about how Chris Anka put down the credit card and bought them a server and now they've all done this forever.

[Mike]

You've had a lot of words in there and we'll see if it lands. Yeah, we'll definitely give you.

[Tim Gettys]

Love those words though, Mike.

[Greg Miller]

Silent Hill F Next up, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S and PC. September 25th. A lot of eyes on this one. You know, after the success of Silent Hill 2 Remake them coming out with a new Silent Hill in a very different setting and style. So far looks great. I'm excited for Rog.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, I know Roger's super excited for this one. I'm, I'm. I like horror games. Silent Hill just never hits for me for some reason, so I'm hoping this would be the one again. It looks so much like F Fatal Frame. I think that might be a fun setting to get me back into it.

[Mike]

I never thought I would say I'm all in on this. It's crazy after Silent Hill 2 remake and how much fun I had with that. I am all in on this franchise and I'm willing to jump in and like really dive into this day one and hope for the best. I can't wait.

[Greg Miller]

Charlie says Konami shown they can handle remakes between Silent Hill 2 and Snake Eater. Love to see them pull off a big new title. So yeah, it would be nice to see Konami kind of like get back into the scene of like coming out with games that don't kind of just feel like sheer money grabs, which I feel like a lot of the newer games they put out recently have so we'll see then Sonic Racing Cross world coming everywhere September 25th. Very excited for this. This weekend is the online play test. I'm hoping to pop into that just to actually see how the game feels after you guys is fairly glowing preview. So yeah stoked for it.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah this will be one as soon as we can get co's I'll rush home for Benny to play alongside it and get in there because he's so into it and I enjoyed what I played as well so this I think we'll I I know you're all waiting for it. My early prediction is this is going to kick the shit out of Garfield car racing but we'll see.

[Greg Miller]

Oh yeah, yeah, we'll see. We'll see.

[Tim Gettys]

I haven't played Garfield. I'm just going off of the very flat images we saw of normal.

[Greg Miller]

Next up Greg get hyped. We have Atelier Resoleriana, the Red Alchemist and the White Guardian.

[Tim Gettys]

This is the one I've been waiting for. The story of two protagonists as they rebuild their hometown and seek the hidden truth. Engage in timeless based timeline based command battles and enjoy the easy to learn yet deeply engaging synthesis. Plus take on shop management and explore random dungeons and more. I'm good but thank you.

[Greg Miller]

Joey Radstone. Tom on Sonic says the beta's out now. It's pretty decent. Nothing special though. And then Mellow fellow says I played five hours last night. That's awesome. Yeah, cool. I'm so stoked to play. We have EA Sports FC 26 coming everywhere September 26th.

[Tim Gettys]

You're doing this one?

[Mike]

Oh yeah, of course. Yeah. I. I love football, soccer, whatever you want to call it.

[Greg Miller]

It's so much fun.

[Mike]

Yeah, this is great. Everybody loves having FIFA. Having FIFA on the couch. Back in the day, Tim was some of the greatest times of my life. Having a friend sit down, your little brother sit down and just playing hours upon hours of soccer. It's just so much fun. And so yeah, I'm looking forward to this.

[Tim Gettys]

Fair enough.

[Greg Miller]

Free Ride coming to switch September 26th.

[Tim Gettys]

Hop on board and ride the Hop on board. The ride of your life. Free Ride is a narrative RPG that's parentheses not so secretly a personality test. Help others solve their unfinished business. Navigate a looping branching story and use telekinesis to change fate itself. Your subconscious playstyle will reveal who you really are. Sounds quirky and goofy, but I'm not gonna have time. I'm not gonna be able to get involved in this.

[Greg Miller]

And then a hotel Barcelona coming September.

[Tim Gettys]

26Th from the creators of Deadly Premonition and no More Heroes. A marshal possessed by a murderer. A hotel full of killers. Check in, wipe them out.

[Greg Miller]

I want to say I played this at the Xbox event at gdc.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

And it's from the makers of no More Heroes. It's not like wild stuff stuff.

[Tim Gettys]

So side Meredith, you want to toss it up? I think we might talk about a little bit. So we're doing a 2D side battler. Slashing.

[Barrett]

What is this?

[Tim Gettys]

Platforming? Hotel Barcelona. Obviously court. Crazy as hell to have these people involved.

[Greg Miller]

77 says Tim and Greg make Mike show you his freshman high school ID at some point. I need to see this.

[Tim Gettys]

Mike, I think we've seen it, haven't we?

[Greg Miller]

We must have at some point.

[Mike]

But I was again, I got a great freshman first day of school story love. Oh, you know what I mean.

[Tim Gettys]

You're gonna tell us or.

[Mike]

No, no, we're talking games. We'll talk about that later.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay.

[Greg Miller]

Do you have more to say about this, Greg?

[Tim Gettys]

No, that was it. I just wanted to throw up some stuff.

[Greg Miller]

All right, Mike, here's the next one for you. NBA bounce coming everywhere. September 26th.

[Mike]

Yo, what the heck is this video game? You know what I mean? Video game is. Is. I will keep an eye out on this one. See what it's all about. I am still in search of the EA Big NBA Arcady sports title. I give a lot of love to Vault Mode. I give a lot of love to the playground, the neighborhood. I give a lot of love to World of Shell. But none of those offshoot games from the major Sims have ever captured the EA Big or the NBA Jams of the world like we used to. And so any chance that you get an opportunity to jump into one of these games, I'm hoping that it lands and it is something fun. I'm looking for an NHL hits an NFL Blitz. Tim, I've played Super Mutant League football. It's not perfect. NFL Blitz. I did the. The last one. That was a mix of backyard football mixed with NH NFL Blitz. That wasn't there. Wild Card Football.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay.

[Mike]

Oh yeah.

[Greg Miller]

I've been all over the place.

[Mike]

None of them have done it. And it is a travesty. It's a crime against video games that EA does not make these games anymore. Figure it out.

[Tim Gettys]

Hear, hear. Hear hear.

[Greg Miller]

Then Pac Man World 2 Repack coming everywhere.

[Tim Gettys]

September 26th, Pac Man World 2 Repack modernizes, updates and enhances the fan favorite 3D platforming adventure in. In nearly every way.

[Greg Miller]

Very cool. This is another one that is like, a standout to me in the sense that it was a standout during the time. During the PS2 generation of like, hey, hey, this one's not that bad. You know, where it's like, you. You'd rent all the. The plethora of 3D platformers, and sometimes you get a Glover, but every once in a while you get a Rayman too, and you're like, holy crap, this is. It's not Mario, but it's a lover. It's great. It's different. It's so much fun. So, yeah, I definitely put this one on that list. And again, we're just staying in that golden era of 3D platformers. Alien Rogue Incursion coming PlayStation 5, September 30th.

[Tim Gettys]

You played this, right?

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, we played it on VR. It's been out on VR for a while now. Now, me and Nick played this because we're riding the high off of Alien Earth. I was hoping for some, like, really good Alien game here, and I think it's really built for VR. I don't know what this will look like on a PS5 and how this will run, if it will, like, have that same charm. Because it was kind of barren, right? It was empty.

[Tim Gettys]

Sure.

[Mike]

Definitely made for you to be looking around in the headset, doing different things with your hand control. So I don't know what this will really look like or play like. So I. I would be more worried about this than ever of, like, you better show me a review that's positive on this one.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay.

[Mike]

Yeah, I don't think he's playing that.

[Tim Gettys]

No, no, no.

[Greg Miller]

Final Fantasy Tactics the Ivalis Chronicles coming Everywhere Once again, September 30th. One of the greatest tactics games of all time. Playable once again.

[Mike]

Yeah. Seems like a remake to me.

[Greg Miller]

Hate you so goddamn much. I hope it's good. Lego party coming everywhere September 30th. It's a Mario party.

[Mike]

Like, I've heard good things about this.

[Greg Miller]

Have you really?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, it was at SGF both. It debuted SGF and they showed the whole thing. And I remember all of us being like, oh, no, this ain't the shit.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

But then it was playable at sgf, and I did hear people coming out of the demo being like, oh, it was actually a lot of fun.

[Barrett]

Yeah, I remember. I think Giant Bomb to talked about it right after sgf, and they were really high on this.

[Tim Gettys]

Our friends over at SG SMG Studios are the ones doing it, of course. Ashley from Bodyguard. Bodyguard. Bodyguard.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Greg Miller]

Oh, okay. Okay. I mean, hey, this sounds like a stream mic to the Mario party. Stream a little LEGO action. LEGO party.

[Mike]

If you walk across Legos on the floor.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. September 30th. All right, cool. I'm going keep my eye out on that one. Then if. If there's some good words, then Nick Tunes of the Dice of destiny coming. September 30th everywhere. This is another one that we. We saw, I think, around Summer Game Fest.

[Barrett]

Yeah, I think this was revealed and they like barely really showed what it was, I think. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Bringing iconic Nickelodeon heroes into a world of fantasy in real time. RPG accident action. Sorry. Throw the dice and dive into a wild action pack adventure with spongebob, Katara, Leonardo and others. Featuring epic battles, dynamic environments, and an engaging gameplay experience for players of all ages. So, yeah, it looks like you're Diablo, Justice League, Cosmic Heroes. You know, hey, we can play this. Me and Ben can run around and play this and beat the shit out of things, which we will. Because he will want to be Leonardo even though he will be very upset Raphael isn't in it. His favorite Ninja Turtle.

[Greg Miller]

There we go.

[Tim Gettys]

And I don't know if he's not in it. I'm just basing that on what we just said. I'm adding it to my wish list.

[Greg Miller]

And that's it for September, which, yeah, getting going through all those. It's like there's a lot of games, but I'm interested in trying Silksong and I'm excited for Sonic Cross Worlds and for Lego Voyagers, but otherwise this doesn't seem like a 10 month and that's fine. I had a great month last month and October seems great too.

[Tim Gettys]

So I just added so many games in my wish list, I'm soaked.

[Mike]

I'm walking out going, man, September has a lot of games that I'm more interested in than I thought. And I'm looking forward to another awesome month of games. So that's great.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah. Let us know what you're excited for in September. I want to get through some super.

[Tim Gettys]

Chats here before we key that up. I'm going through my wish list scrolling backwards. Where the fuck is the Marvel Cosmic Invasion release date?

[Greg Miller]

I need a fucking question.

[Barrett]

They say winter 2025.

[Greg Miller]

I'm scared now.

[Barrett]

It's just going to be winter.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Barrett]

But that. I have that on my Fantasy Critic League and that is like, I need it.

[Greg Miller]

You need it, man. Resolute says Marvel Token and two XKO Betas back to Back in Sept. Member.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, that's cool.

[Greg Miller]

Whoa, Mellow fellow says breaking New Sonic racing five minute animation is peak. Oh, I need to check that out. Their animations have been so freaking good for the games recently. So yeah, I'll watch that after this. Riley 21 says we'll be your 1.0 best friends Mike.

[Mike]

Oh well thank you. Yes, you can be so many best friends.

[Tim Gettys]

Scrolling through my wish list. What do I run into everybody? Mixtape. Where the Israelite give me mixtape.

[Barrett]

I need to. I need mixtape to not come out this.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh okay.

[Barrett]

Because I counter picked it because I I think it. It's not going to come out.

[Tim Gettys]

I hope fair. Fair because the game does if it.

[Barrett]

Comes out this year I'm.

[Greg Miller]

I see Wiener says is Andy gonna coach Greg with Hell is us Perry?

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, that's a great question. Yeah, I could go for a Perry class if I need it. We'll see what happens when we get review code.

[Greg Miller]

I drew F says unrelated but I hope to dunk on Mike in the wreck this weekend.

[Mike]

Man, I have so many clips of just fun moments with your friends where we're playing. Tim the Wreck is the the rec league basketball where you're playing five on five with your friends. And nothing better than seeing one of your friends get yam dawn slammed on dunked on and you just start giggling and laughing. I got clips of Washi just getting in real life. No in the bat in NBA 2K.

[Tim Gettys]

I thought this was real life.

[Mike]

What?

[Greg Miller]

I thought you guys were talking friends are dunking.

[Mike]

Jam. I love that game so much because it's like none of us are good. Tim. Right? That's the thing. It's like every year we come and we're like below average players. I wouldn't even put us at average players.

[Greg Miller]

Right?

[Mike]

And so like that means Timmy who has no life and it's like 13 years old is nasty with the dribble God animations. He knows how to do all the cool dunks. They just run down the court on you and they embarrass you and it's some of the funniest stuff ever. Or you're playing on a team and one guy drops out which means there's an AI behind spot. One kid's calling for the ball all the time. He never passes. And you just kind of put up with a 20 minute game. You're like I got zero shots up. But then there's the one game, one out of 10 games where everything goes just right. Tim. And you're like this is what basketball is all about. This is what the NBA neighborhood.

[Greg Miller]

This is all about the game and how you Play it. Dexter writes in saying, if y' all need help reviewing games, I'll happily step up and play Ghost of Yote and be the lead reviewer.

[Tim Gettys]

Ah, don't worry about it. We'll be fine when I back come October comes.

[Greg Miller]

Y' all are crushing it. Thank you, Daxter. Average John says play Silent Hill too. Greggy. It's a goat for a reason. You tried.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, well, yeah, I know, but I. I tried and then Roger was like, no, you need to go back.

[Mike]

And.

[Tim Gettys]

And they gave me the whole thing. I. I do need. Need to go back.

[Greg Miller]

Motor World says Greg's showing off cake on stream for clicks. He was showing off his Garfield tattoo. Y' all need to look respectfully at what he's offering.

[Tim Gettys]

Rude.

[Greg Miller]

Dean says 2xko closed beta September 9th. Dev said they'd like to keep it running and expanding access leading to launch. So kind of an early access process.

[Mike]

I need to get up in that then. Yeah, that Tim Deadlock. Deadlock's back, baby.

[Greg Miller]

Deadlock is back.

[Mike]

Is back.

[Greg Miller]

It's officially announced. Drew says battle Borderlands 4 seems like a fun to play game with friends and forget about in two months. Sadly, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean not every game. Yeah. Games right.

[Greg Miller]

Joshua says always have some level of hype for any Borderlands game. Even the lows of the series have been fun to a degree. Yet to see an outright bad one in my opinion.

[Tim Gettys]

Agree.

[Greg Miller]

Philippe says Barrett needs to try the the Trails remake. I have a feeling it would be his jam. The demo's out now. Progress carries over.

[Mike]

Yes. Barrett.

[Barrett]

Yeah, it's also a setting thing. Like I'm not into that high fantasy stuff.

[Greg Miller]

Yeah yeah. Spike Roy says give us the freshman story. Mike, Is it a long one? It's a long one too.

[Mike]

Okay. Well there's got to be some pictures and stuff but am seeing coming in from the chat right now Abrams from Deadlock. A playable character is Samoa Joe.

[Greg Miller]

Very cool. Final super chat for this episode is CWD Long saying prayers for Billy at the game Chasers. Brain tumor snuck up on him and he just had surgery. 14 years on YouTube they walked so places like kind of funny could run. I've been seeing a lot about this this go support however you can but yeah, Billy from the game Chasers. Good luck to you.

[Tim Gettys]

We're wishing the best for sure.

[Greg Miller]

That's Gamescast everyone. Every game coming out in September 2025. We're going to return next month. We're trying to make this a monthly thing going through all of the games coming out that month and our hype levels for them around the beginning of the month or the end of the prior month. Whatever makes the most sense for a schedule wise. Guys, we're about to do a live reaction to the Borderlands for PAX panel, so stay tuned. If you're on Twitch, you can stay where you are. If you're on YouTube, you gotta make the jump. But either way, we appreciate you hanging out with us all week. It's been a fun week of content. We will not be here on Monday because of Labor Day, so fill your your free day with fun with friends or watching some old kind of funny content because it's not even old. The last couple weeks we've put out some banger stuff. The Pizza Bandit stream, the Mario Party stream stream Barrett's Naughty Dog video. There's just been a lot of great stuff. Check out YouTube. Com kindofunnygames that whole first playlist, the best of kind of funny games. We got some highlights from recent times so go check that out. And until next time, I love you all. Goodbye.