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Tim Gettys
What's up? And welcome back to the Kind of Funny Games cast for Monday, December 9, 2024. Of course. I'm your host, Tim Gettys. I'm joined today by blessing at Eoye Junior.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Good day, Tim.
Tim Gettys
Greg Miller. And returning from New York, the engaged one, Roger Picorny.
Greg Miller
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. I brought bagels. I brought bagels. I brought bagels.
Roger Picorny
They're frozen, but they don't listen to Nick. They defrost just fine and taste great.
Tim Gettys
Nick. Nick's very anti defrosting, I've learned. Yeah, yeah. Anytime that. I mean, remember this came up with the pizzas recently from BJ's.
Greg Miller
Oh, right.
Roger Picorny
Problem.
Tim Gettys
Now here's my thing. I'm with Nick.
Greg Miller
Well, you don't like anything.
Roger Picorny
The problem is that you're both just too dumb. I understand how to properly defrost.
Greg Miller
Exactly. And I put it.
Tim Gettys
I know, but then there's. It always tastes weird. Always taste weird.
Roger Picorny
Not true.
Tim Gettys
Every single time.
Roger Picorny
Go have one of those bagels right now and tell me it tastes weird.
Tim Gettys
I got an anti freezer agenda.
Roger Picorny
Gonna be real, like wasting food. You and Gia just laughing as you pour.
Tim Gettys
She fucking loves it. She freezes things for fucking ever. And then I have to. I'm like, great, now my shit tastes like dog food because our dog food's in the freezer. Bless.
Greg Miller
Well, that seems like a personal issue.
Roger Picorny
Loose dog food and loose bagels in there. No bags, no Tupperware.
Tim Gettys
Seeps through. Seeps through. I'm telling you guys, this is the kind of funny games cast. Each and every weekday we get together to talk about video games. Reviewing them, previewing them, predicting the game awards. Of course we're going to be here doing that. And that's exactly what we're doing today. If you love what we do, please support us with the kind of funny message. Membership on Patreon YouTube to get all of our shows ad free. Watch us record them live and you can get a daily exclusive show for a chance to be part of the show. Submit your thoughts and opinions as YouTube super chats as we go. If you have any predictions for announcements at the game Awards, please Super chat them in. We would love to talk about them here. This, remember, is the announcements, predictions episode.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
People like the audience for predictions.
Greg Miller
Well, he's not going to steal them.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
But we don't tell people he has access to the super chat.
Nick Scarpino
Access to the super chats, which is like fair because then we can call him out on. Not all of us have access or pay attention to Twitch TV. Blessing Jr asking specifically.
Roger Picorny
See kind of funny games daily. You miss mainly just blessing and Barrett throw me under the fucking bus for Indiana Jones. But more importantly you, because Rogers right there with me. That's what I see. More importantly, you missed Blessing. Just admit that. I just, I started Twitch and I say, what do you guys want us to think is gonna happen? The Game Awards? Then he comes in here with his nice glasses and new coat and things that he can just say he's a stream.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I already had predictions laid out.
Greg Miller
Did you change any of them?
Roger Picorny
You had concepts?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
No, actually didn't change any of them. I did write down other stuff that I was like, ooh, I can build on this. But it was more so me doing research. That's the thing. We never outlawed research for predictions.
Greg Miller
We might have to research me.
Roger Picorny
Yeah, do your own research. You know what I mean? You're going to the dot com Google.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
So what?
Roger Picorny
Like you're not saying ball 74 in chat. What should I predict?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
What does research? What constitutes the research to you is Reddit.
Roger Picorny
Your fucking fingers are going bam, bam, bam is real game release date is Reddit. What happened last year at the Game Awards, you think about that. Maybe you come out, you slam a jama Jordan Peele one like last year.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Do you read articles? Are you like, oh man, let me, let me see what people are out on the street saying. Because that's all I did. My chats are part of the streets. It's all people. We're all creating content together.
Greg Miller
Don't try to make this a unification between them and us. You cheated and you know it's it.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's not cheating. We never had rules. We never set the rules.
Tim Gettys
I'm with blessed that it's allowed to.
Greg Miller
Look at the audience and be like, give me predictions.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And it's also, it's not like I'm sitting here like, oh, yeah, okay, you said this. Oh, yeah, for sure. I'm gonna write that down.
Tim Gettys
So you're not even crediting them.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
No, exactly.
Tim Gettys
We all know we got Gronk.
Roger Picorny
We're working with Grock over here, whatever the fuck his name is.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
When was the last time Anybody in.
Tim Gettys
Our chat, Baby Gronk.
Greg Miller
Okay, when was the last time anybody.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
In our chat said something? We were like, oh, that's a good point. What do you think about that?
Tim Gettys
They don't be starting on you. He's starting on you.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
No, listen, listen. You know, I appreciate our audience. They're the reason why we're able to do it with you. But they don't know what they're talking about. Come on.
Tim Gettys
I love how you're trying to. You're doubling down in every way to make this bad for you. Blast. You have no one on your side.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I've been watching a lot of wrestling. Let me tell you this. Xavier woods, heel turn.
Tim Gettys
Oh, yes.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
So I watch it. I'm like, maybe I'll do that. I'll be a heel to our audience.
Roger Picorny
It's working, Scott. You know what I mean? They love the abuse. These sick little freaks. He called us troglodytes. Let's call ourselves trogs from now on.
Greg Miller
They'll get them.
Tim Gettys
We're at 11 person business, everybody. We're all about live talk shows. We just had an awesome episode of Games Daily that was blessed. And Raj talking about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and how everyone is really enjoying it out there. So you can check that out if you want after this. We got a Greg Way. That's going to be Greg talking about what it's like being the most controversial game reviewer of 2020.
Roger Picorny
The bad boy of games journalism is here, everybody. Jeff Grubb's getting a squirrely not. Damn, I fucked it up.
Tim Gettys
Squirrely.
Roger Picorny
Too excited to be back. And I got a dog.
Tim Gettys
You look like a high school bully. You look like a movie high school bully right now with a jacket. But you got a dog, though. No one can be mad.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
People call you a Rex.
Tim Gettys
Rex.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's like a bully name.
Tim Gettys
God, this is supposed to be like a standout episode for us.
Roger Picorny
We're crushing it so far.
Tim Gettys
People are going to come to this. Like, what are the kind of funny guys saying? Because they need to steal our predictions for their podcast.
Roger Picorny
Exactly.
Greg Miller
Which are already stolen.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Anyways, gathering information this.
Tim Gettys
We have Mike and Nick playing Indiana Jones in the great Circle on the stream. And then you can get the kind of funny podcast later this afternoon and tomorrow. And YouTube podcast services. If you're not a kind of funny member. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Delaney Twining and Carl Jacobs. Today we're brought to you by Imperial and Ora Frames, but we'll tell you about those later. We're getting into it, the topic of the show.
Roger Picorny
Tots, tots, dots. Tots dots, Tots dots.
Tim Gettys
Our Game Awards official predictions of announcements for 2024. To set the stage here, Jeff Ke's been real quiet, suspiciously quiet normally around the Game Awards a lot more tweets, a lot more like confirming what will be there, what won' be there. A little bit less of that this year. Just putting that out there for everybody. Meanwhile, Andy Robinson out here saying expecting a very big Game Awards next week. Fire up the hype train. Wow, that gets everybody in a tizzy. So combining those things do with that what you will hype responsibly, everybody. Unless you're me.
Roger Picorny
Jesus Christ.
Tim Gettys
And then also today I was confirmed that Mafia the Old country will be at Game one. Potential surprise.
Nick Scarpino
I'm excited for that.
Roger Picorny
I know, yeah, you fucking lose.
Tim Gettys
But that would. That would have been something that I feel like we could have predicted.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, yeah. Might have been one of the things I was written on.
Roger Picorny
Same thing for the Borderlands 4 thing, right?
Tim Gettys
Yeah, exactly. Borderlands 4 as well. So, yeah. So there are two known quantities that I feel like are in the realm of.
Roger Picorny
But again, that's just. That's up the alley of bliss. You know, somebody else said it. Now he can iterate on. It's going to be there and claptrap over one minute.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
But also I feel we can make predictions around those things. Like not lame ones, not claptop around it. But I could be like, what if.
Roger Picorny
I wanted to be like, oh, bad boys.
Greg Miller
I can say New York Squirrelies for everybody. Squirrelies.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I can say that Borderlands 4 is going to come out April 22 as a prediction. Yes, but I'm not going to do that. No, I'm not going to do that. No, I'm just saying.
Roger Picorny
When did you hear that? That's a good prediction. Shit. Fuck.
Tim Gettys
So here's what we are going to do. It's a Monday, everybody. Like I was saying, if you want to get our predictions of the winners of the Game Awards, we did a episode where we went through every single catego. So you can check that out from a couple weeks ago on the kind of funny Games cast feeds. But this is for announcements. What we're going to do is each one of us at this table has five predictions that we have prepared. We are going to go one by one and then we're just going to go back and forth along this table. Okay, do we start with me or do we start with Raj?
Roger Picorny
Maybe start with me, you guys. Greg Miller, the guy who knocked it Out.
Tim Gettys
Y'all sat here, everyone.
Roger Picorny
Jordan Peele. That'd be like Leonardo da Vinci showing up on stage. But what happened when I predicted it, he came out bing, bing bong, bing bong.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
B. I want a strong bowl.
Tim Gettys
What I don't want is to have to figure out a back and forth, and I'm going to get lost if we do that. So we just go back and back and forth this way.
Roger Picorny
My favorite thing about this company, make it easy for Tim.
Tim Gettys
But we're not doing the Snake Draft shit. So that means, like, you guys are going to be able to, like, get back quicker.
Greg Miller
Put me in.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I don't like the system.
Tim Gettys
What fucking system do you want?
Greg Miller
Blessing. I just came back from New York.
Roger Picorny
Four coins.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Flip them all. Snake Draft.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Because then, like, if Roger goes first, I'm going third.
Greg Miller
What is the head thing for? What is that for?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
It's either Roger.
Greg Miller
Oh, okay.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Gotcha.
Greg Miller
You want to do it?
Tim Gettys
Whatever. I do not care. I was trying to make this easy. What? What's the. What do we want to do?
Roger Picorny
He's mad now, everybody. Oh, the fun's over. We're having a great time. But now he's all mad because he stayed up till 3am what the do.
Tim Gettys
You want to do?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
We just do this. We can just do this. All the yelling. I don't like it.
Tim Gettys
God, man, put me in.
Greg Miller
I want to go.
Roger Picorny
I want to go before Rog. So I think. I think Tim should go and it should go that way.
Tim Gettys
I don't.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Wait. I want to go before Tim, so I want Raj to go.
Roger Picorny
No, this makes the coin. This makes perfect sense. I go. Tim goes. You go.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I want to go before Tim. Me and Tim has to have the same first prediction. I guarantee it. So I want to get there first.
Greg Miller
Let's go right there. Let's go.
Tim Gettys
Ok. So what is this, Rog?
Greg Miller
You said I'm tails and I want. If it's tails, I go. If it's had, you go.
Tim Gettys
Flip it, bear.
Roger Picorny
Oh, got a noise too.
Tim Gettys
Yes.
Greg Miller
God damn it, yes. You could have just said I go first. You know what I mean? We could have made this work.
Tim Gettys
I'm going first.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Tim's going first.
Roger Picorny
With the first prediction of the kind of Funny Game Awards 2024 prediction episode, we welcome to the stage Timothy Robert Gettys Jesus.
Tim Gettys
In 2017 from software.
Greg Miller
Okay.
Tim Gettys
Oh, dropped a quote. New project teaser featuring the words quote, shadows die twice at the Game Awards. Two years later, that game would win game of the year at the Game Awards under the title Sekiro Shadows Die Twice at 2024. At the game Awards, we will get a teaser for From Software's next game. We will not get a title for it. It'll just be a tease that it is a new game. It'll end up not being a sequel to a previous from.
Roger Picorny
Have we left the Game Awards? Part of this prediction.
Tim Gettys
I'm just adding, okay, thank you for fun. Just giving. But we will get the announcement of FromSoftware's next game and it's going to be something new and it's just going to be the little tease there.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Okay.
Greg Miller
Do you think they'll say the genre. Do you think that. That Jeff Keighley afterwards would be like, not a souls game?
Tim Gettys
No, I. I think it's a souls game. I think it's a souls game. I think it's like. Like there's Bloodborne, there's Sekiro, there's the Dark Souls games, Demon Souls. Part of that. Whatever. It's going to be something like that.
Greg Miller
Damn.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
It's gonna be Jeff being like, that's right. A new game in the lineage. I don't know why. That's my Jeff Killer.
Roger Picorny
It wasn't bad, actually. Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. A new game in the lineage of From Software's, you know, pivotal RPG. Pivotal action RPGs. Souls legs. Look forward to it. I chill off there. But yeah, he's gonna say something along those lines.
Roger Picorny
Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure.
Greg Miller
Interesting.
Tim Gettys
What do you think? Bless.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I. I like it. I didn't have it written down because it's one of those things that sounds too good to be true. And I'm. I've not let Andy Robinson get into my head. Like, I'm. I'm. Generally speaking, yeah, I'm getting.
Roger Picorny
I'm going to man out.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I'm going into this with, I guess not tempered expectations, but like just with normal expectations because I think Game Awards usually is pretty exciting. Like, I looked at last year's Game Awards for all the things that were announced there, and last year's Game Awards for announcements was really good. Yeah, I got a lot of cool things. We got like that whole SEGA slate of games coming out. Like, we got a lot of cool shit. And so I expect we're going to get a similar level of like, cool shit. The From Software thing. I think the only thing about it is I feel like we've heard zero rumblings.
Tim Gettys
So that's my thing though, is that for all my predictions, I tried doing my homework and by that I tried, like, I tried backing it up with the Reasoning of like if is there history of this potentially happening? And yeah, I mean Sekiro was announced at game awards and I do think that that type of announcement like you've been like I don't know if that's too big. I don't think it is. I think. I don't think that it would be announced anywhere but a keely event at this point. When we look at how these games have been announced or even like updated the last couple of years, they seem to be tied to the Keighley events. They from soccer likes these events.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Ellen Ring had that huge trailer knocking more but at Summer Game Fest.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
So I think that if we're going to get a game, it'd be here and I feel like it's time. Right. Like having Armored Core happen last year having the. The DLC for Elden Ring. I think announcing the next title. It's time. I think the biggest thing for me is is it going to be a new title or is it going to be a sequel to something I just.
Greg Miller
My heart and like this is based off nothing of course. Right. But like I just don't think nothing. I just don't think it's a souls game. Like I don't know. I feel like they're gonna do something weird. I don't know if things gonna be that weird but I think it's. I don't think it's gonna be like.
Nick Scarpino
That'S what article was recently though.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. That's why I'm like I think it has to be a souls game. Like whatever they're doing next. I think Armored Core was their divergence and then they had the big dlc. Right. Which like, you know, almost feels like a main game type release. But I still think that now we're due for an announcement of what is the next main thing for from software when you're talking about souls likes. But I still. I think the other thing for me where I'm not 100% there. Although I think there's. You're right. I think there's a strong chance I'm not 100% there because it feels like we just got a lot from FromSoftware. It feels like they just gave us. Gave us their insomniac run of back to back to back to back thing. And I think there has to be some kind of like breather, some kind of space where it is.
Tim Gettys
All right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
We're going backward going. We're crawling back into our cave to cook some more.
Tim Gettys
But haven't we always had that like, that's the thing about from stop is like when we. We start looking like maybe not as much as right now, but they have a bigger, more teams and bigger teams than they have ever had. Like, I feel like they, they're been consistent since a long time at this point. So I don't know.
Greg Miller
I saw Jason, Jason. Chad said metal wolf Chaos too.
Tim Gettys
Oh, I would cry.
Greg Miller
Oh my God. I mean, that's my Dre. That's my dream scenario right there. They're just like, hey, we have the assets, we have some robots. Let's take two people, let's make this game.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
They're making another derecine for PSVR too. Oh, nobody knows. I'm surprised it didn't go with. I think what is even more likely, which is Resident Evil 9 gets revealed.
Tim Gettys
Wow. You're insane. You think so? You're insane.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I think it gets revealed they have.
Tim Gettys
A history with PlayStation.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
They do. But hey, like they also have a history of coming out way more often than like, I feel like they've hit recently, right. Like we've gotten a gap now of not having a main Resident Evil release. I guess since Resident Evil 4. That feels a bit longer than usual. I feel like usually by now we have an announcement. I think that might mean that they're just off cycle with it. And When's the next PlayStation showcase? When's the next PlayStation State of Play? We don't know, but I don't think that's going to like, if, if Capcom is ready to talk about Resident Evil, I think they're going to talk about Resident Evil, whether it's going to be at a state of play or at like a game awards type thing. And I think a game awards could fit the bill. I'm saying that we're going to get, get a tone setter trailer. I think we're gonna get the setting. I don't have any predictions as far as setting, but I think we're gonna get a setting. I think you're gonna get one of the main villains, the Lady Demetrius of this game. I think we get that reveal and I think they announce it for 2025. I think 2025 is the release year.
Greg Miller
I like that. I like that. The more, the more I think about it, the more I'm like, oh wait, he does have the Capcom connection, right? I mean like wilds was the ending of Game fest, right? So I, I could see that. I could see that. I'm. I'm leaning more towards Tim though of like they have that PlayStation connection. But. But you know, this is the time to do it.
Tim Gettys
The thing is, Resident Evil 9 will be announced, I think fairly soon. And I do think the 2025, that is what we're. We're looking at and talking about. But I mean, chat, correct me if I'm wrong, like, I don't think a Resident Evil thing has ever happened at a keely event. And they always happen. It's either state of plays or showcases.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
For the last, even E3 press conferences.
Tim Gettys
Exactly. I mean, Resident Evil 2 remake was a Sony E3 conference. Right. And then since then it has been state of plays or PlayStation showcases. So. Yeah, yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I think I'm also going off of the idea of if it is 2025, this feels like the last chance to do it. Unless there's a state of play that we don't know about that might happen. But if it's 2025, I feel like you want to announce it like before this year ends. That's the vibe. Because, like, I feel like we don't. We usually don't get a announced and release Resident Evil in the same year either, do we?
Tim Gettys
Yes, we do. I mean, really? Yeah. Well, I mean, maybe not same year, but within months. Right. Like thinking about Resident Evil 2 coming out or. Sorry, 3 was announced in December and came out in like March.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Greg Miller
Or Remake too. Right. Wasn't that announced at the beginning of the year and then came out towards the end of the four.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Came out like in spring.
Greg Miller
Oh, okay.
Tim Gettys
But even then, from announcement to release, like we are talking less than a year, I'm pretty sure for every Resident Evil in the last 10 years.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. But I guess I'm still even thinking of like not even. That is going to take more than 12 months. I'm just talking about like the calendar year of. Hey, like going into next year, say the next Resident Evil is in the fall 2025. I still think that like announcing it at the end of 2024, it sets. Sets you up. Well, as far as like where we're at with Resident Evil, then maybe you can have a more full reveal at a state of player showcase.
Tim Gettys
There's also Monster in the Wilds that I don't. I don't necessarily think Capcom cares about like stepping on themselves with. Because they are different enough. In the past they have talked about Monster Hunter and Resident Evil like kind of in tandem. But that's fair. Yeah. I want to see it out there. I think there's a possibility, but I'm not buying it.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Fair enough.
Tim Gettys
Greg Miller.
Roger Picorny
Hello, Tim.
Tim Gettys
Hello.
Roger Picorny
How are You Fantastic. You know, on this episode, it's kind of our last chance to pat me on the back and congratulate me on the greatest game award predictions of all time. Bear, roll the footage. Let them see if they don't know. If these people who are watching or listening don't know. They need to understand that I did the impossible last year on this very show when Andy was still on it, God rest his soul.
Nick Scarpino
Sorry you didn't tag me in this.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I just had.
Roger Picorny
Oh, it's an asset. Sorry. It's just the thing about the Kojima prediction. Sorry.
Nick Scarpino
I didn't get that notification.
Roger Picorny
Barrick, he was working on this second project from last year, Right. Going to be horror. We've all wanted a horror game for Hideo Kijima. It's in association with Jordan Peele.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, shit.
Tim Gettys
Oh.
Greg Miller
God.
Tim Gettys
This guy's bringing on. Oh, wait, wait.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Nailed it.
Tim Gettys
Oh, my God. Everyone, please welcome Jordan Peele. How the did Greg go?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I forgot about that incredible stuff.
Tim Gettys
I gotta give it to you, Greg. Like, that legitimately is the greatest video game showcase prediction of all time.
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Like, because it's. To me, it's kind of perfect where you hear it and you're like, that makes sense, but it's not coming from anywhere. That's just like the most obvious thing in the world. And it happened. And then the camera cut to you. There's still in the back of my mind, I'm like, you knew something.
Greg Miller
Paid somebody.
Roger Picorny
All I knew is what I've talked about a million times is that I knew the camera was on the person to my left, which was George from Pop Agenda. And then I screamed loud. So they cut to me, they flipped the camera to me just in time for them to go on and freak you guys out. But if you thought that was something, blow it out your asshole, everybody, because I've got a better one for you. All right? And of course, I'll be staying in the world of the one, the only Hideo Kojima. Sorry, Raj. Kojima will, of course, come out to the stage and introduce a new Death Stranding 2 trailer. It will be set to Caroline Politics meanwhile.
Greg Miller
No.
Roger Picorny
Yes, yes, yes, it will be. I'm sorry. You saw what I did last year. You saw what I did last year. Clearly, it's going to be this year. All right, if that wasn't enough, when it ends, of course Jeff will banter for a bit about, like, oh, you know you're doing that game. That's probably. I can't do it. Jeff either you're doing that that's cool. But last year you had something to say about this other stuff, right? And all these other things. And he'll say yes. He'll then welcome to the stage Hunter Schaefer to talk about, of course, od. Right. Their whole little the pig runs through the wall whatever thing they were doing. Right. Hunter will come out and of course make a joke about being there not to promote a Zelda movement movie, but instead to talk about od. And then they'll show some OD stuff.
Greg Miller
Wow. No fucking shot. No shot. She is making an original song. She is meeting with not only. He's meeting with not only Caroline, but also Danielle Harrell, her producer. They're making an original thing. I don't think that he is going to use any of her older music.
Roger Picorny
Well, I think in this trailer he will.
Greg Miller
Wow.
Roger Picorny
When the game comes at Roger, you.
Tim Gettys
Think if there's a Death Shiny 2 trailer at the Game Awards, do you think that that song.
Greg Miller
No. I've listened to her catalog over this trip thinking about this. I was like, is there a song here that fits with Death Stranding that fits with od? And I don't think that there's one out of the box that works for either of those trailers. I think it needs to be an official thing that she makes from the ground up to be a main theme. So I don't think so. I like where your head's at, though.
Roger Picorny
I do too. And I do think that. I think in the game it'll be a original song maybe.
Greg Miller
Yeah. Okay, I like that. I like that.
Roger Picorny
But I like to put in the spice because I want the 0.5s and the 0.25. You know what I mean? I don't want to be the guy just on Twitch.
Greg Miller
What do I. What should I say? Yeah, I bought a cool jacket, but.
Roger Picorny
I have nothing to say.
Greg Miller
You know what I mean? TikTok, I'm an empty jacket. What do I do?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
You talking about me? Is that about me?
Tim Gettys
Roger McCorney, what's your first prediction?
Greg Miller
It's the 10th anniversary of the Game Awards and the one thing that at least we've been predicting that Jeff has been chasing has been a certain huge company to show off one of their newest games. Rockstar Games logo will show up on screen screen right next to Remedy because they're going to show off Max Payne 1 and 2 remake. First full trailer showing off the tone of it with a 2026 release date. This is makes a lot of sense from a few angles. Right? They just announced FBC Which I believe is dated for next year. If not, I'm assuming that game is going to come out next year. They're going to go out there and say, hey, this is what. We're working past that to kind of get people that are like, oh, what are they going to. What are they doing with this multiplayer game? Here's what we're working on. Here's how it looks. The interesting tidbit of it is just like, how does this game look? I believe the main voice actor passed away, if I'm not mistaken. Maybe I'm incorrect, but I'm pretty sure of Max Payne. Yeah. So that's that. I'm interested to see how they deal with that. Did he record anything beforehand? Is it just a new voice actor? But either way, I think it's just going to be a teaser of, like, hey, this is what the graphics look like. And here's like, the official name. I don't think it's gonna be called Max Payne 1 and 2 remake. I think it's gonna be called something. Maybe just Max Payne. Just call it like that. So, yeah, you will see the Rockstar logo, but it will be mostly Sam Lake coming out on stage showing off Max Pay one and two.
Roger Picorny
Nope.
Tim Gettys
Why not?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Wow.
Roger Picorny
Rockstar ain't showing up to this thing. They ain't doing it this way.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Like Rock Star.
Greg Miller
It's not Rock Star.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I'm pretty sure Rocks already forgot this is happening.
Greg Miller
Yeah, exactly.
Roger Picorny
Putting the Rockstar logo.
Tim Gettys
That's my thing. Roger. I love this anarchy.
Roger Picorny
If they did that because everybody popped for GTA and I find out it's heal.
Tim Gettys
Like Max Payne being there.
Greg Miller
I think you start off with Remedy and then you show off.
Tim Gettys
Okay.
Greg Miller
Or Rockstar. Or Remedy in association. Association with Rockstar. I mostly did it just for the prediction. I thought would be funny to get. To make it make you go left or right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Greg Miller
But I think it's going to be maximum.
Tim Gettys
I do think that's good. I think Max Payne's a good poll that I wasn't thinking about.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, I like it. And I do think you can see both logos pop up at the same time. Or even if it is like Remedy fade off Rockstar and fade off. Like, I think this is one of those things where if. And I don't know if this is part of the report or part of, like, news or if I'm just, like, projecting, but I feel like Remedy is more passionate about this than Rockstar.
Roger Picorny
I feel like, well, what would. What would Remedy do on their own? You know what I Mean, what are they? What are they? Are they ready to show a control two trailer, a teaser? Jesse McFadden talking.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Well, my thing is, if not here, then where else would they show this off, right? Like, Max Pay, Max Payne.
Roger Picorny
I think Rockstar is so weird that they would be like, you were just going to put up a Rockstar blog post about it.
Greg Miller
I'd be so, like, who's in control of this? Right? Like, that's. That's where my head. Right? Like, if Remedy is in control of this, then they're gonna be like, oh, let's just do game awards.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, I think it's a Remedy thing.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I. I am. Yeah, I agree. Like, I can't see Rockstar being like, they're gonna be somewhat hands off. I don't think they're gonna be that hands on as to want to control the marketing of this whatsoever.
Greg Miller
Yeah. What should I say?
Tim Gettys
So I put this in your hands. Do we give Roger the next one or do we go to Greg?
Roger Picorny
I thought we just go back to you.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Well, if it's a snake draft, yeah, we would.
Tim Gettys
Roger.
Roger Picorny
We got to keep it easy for you. We got to keep it easy.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, we got to keep it easy for Tim, you one mule kick away.
Roger Picorny
From living in the zoo next to the orangutans.
Tim Gettys
All right.
Roger Picorny
Claps like a gorilla. Treat him like a gorilla. Toss this man a banana.
Tim Gettys
On March 21, 2022 at 9:35am, CG Project RED announced a new Witcher Saga alongside the announcement of development on Unreal Engine 5 as part of a strategic partnership with Epic Games. Later that day at 2:40pm, Radic, our friend and global PR director at CD Projekt Red, tweeted, what we have not announced today is a game called the Witcher 4, a game exclusive to one storefront. It was our initial confirmation of a new saga in the Witcher franchise. Right now, we're not discussing any specifics in terms of story, characters, mechanics or plot details. Months later, on October 2nd, during the company's investor call, the studio CEO said, For Polaris, which is the code name for this project, we're preparing technology. This is the first project to be released on the new engine, Unreal Engine 5. So there's need for some extra work to make it all happen. For this project, for sure, we need some extra effort to deliver. He went on to say that the second and third games in this new Witcher trilogy would go much smoother because of the foundation being created now. He then was asked as the two smoother games would take on average, three years to develop. Would it be reasonable to ascertain that the next mainline game is more than three years away? To which he said, yes. Creating a new game alongside a new technology is doing, like, what they're doing with Polaris usually takes four or five years. Though this won't necessarily be the case this time. That was three years ago. That was three years ago. At the Game Awards 2024, it will be announced that the next game in the Witcher franchise, the first of this new Witcher Saga trilogy of games, will in fact be titled the Witcher 4 Polaris. Oh, we're getting that here.
Greg Miller
Wow. Okay.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
In trailer form.
Tim Gettys
CG Something. Yeah. I think because, like, last time we got the snow and the little symbol and stuff. I think this time it's.
Greg Miller
We see the new Witcher or whatever.
Tim Gettys
Something a little bit more. But I do think the Witcher 4 Polaris is going to be the title of this thing.
Greg Miller
Okay.
Tim Gettys
I don't think we get a date or even a year or anything like that. But while I don't expect the game to come out next year, I do think knowing CD Projekt Red and how they like to or how they previously have announced games and titles, like, with a bit more of a walk. I mean, they already officially announced the game.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
But I think starting, like, crystallize it, now that Cyberpunk 2077 has its phantom Liberty out already and all that, I think it's time.
Nick Scarpino
I feel like it's too late to take it back. Your hand is already off the chess piece, so you can't move it. Polaris, you think, is part of the final title.
Roger Picorny
I can't see it.
Nick Scarpino
That's a terrible.
Greg Miller
It's interesting, though, because, like, you know, I feel like most code names aren't known to the public.
Tim Gettys
Right.
Greg Miller
The fact that they're saying Polaris is kind of interesting. So I see where you're coming from. I don't see it as like a Witcher, like actual, like, headline or whatever.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
But it doesn't feel fantasy enough.
Tim Gettys
It doesn't.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, yeah.
Roger Picorny
It feels cyberpunky.
Tim Gettys
But I think. I think that the four, like, they want this to be a new thing, but also still being a continuation. So that's why I'm just like, I. There's enough weird about Richard.
Roger Picorny
Fourth Meal.
Tim Gettys
That's getting good.
Roger Picorny
What's the fourth meal?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Was that a part of their marketing campaign?
Roger Picorny
Yeah. When you were about three years old, Taco Bell was big on Fourth Meal. So you go eat it.
Greg Miller
I love Fourth Meal.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And we wonder about, like, American health, like, the issues we have.
Tim Gettys
People are fortunate.
Roger Picorny
I can tell you where Colorado is, but I can tell you about Taco.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Bell's at game from Taco Bell. Is that what we're doing?
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, that's not healthy.
Roger Picorny
It was awesome.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's not good.
Greg Miller
It was so sick.
Tim Gettys
People are saying that Polaris is a space thing, but I need y'all to think a little bit deeper. What do we see in the first trailer? Think deep snow. Where's snow?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Face polar. In polar places. I did. I did type in Polaris.
Greg Miller
I like that.
Tim Gettys
That's mine. Bless. What's yours?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I mean, Polaris is like a North Star situation.
Greg Miller
Yeah. That's why I like it.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
My prediction. This is one that, like, my first prediction didn't get from chat. This is one that if you go back, if you watch. The VOD of my stream was already written down by the time I started the stream.
Roger Picorny
When we go. Barrett, I'm gonna need you to go watch his stream later and also read the chat. All right. You can watch the stream and never see it.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I mean, there comes a point where I bring up my document. This one is one of the ones. I was already in the document.
Greg Miller
Help, help, help.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Back in 2015, a game called until dawn released to the public. Yeah, this is a game from Supermassive Games. It was a hit. It did a lot of things, had stars. It was a huge hit. Last year, until dawn got a remaster. And at the end of that, remaster.
Roger Picorny
Is gonna ask her fixing it.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
They're updating it. They're finally fixing all the bugs. But there were. There were things about that remaster that might point to more until dawn, more until dawn content. There have also been rumors in the last few years about maybe Sony's working on until dawn two. I think Until Dusk. Until Dusk. God, it would be so good if it was called that. I think until dawn 2 or whatever else it might be named. But the spiritual successor until dawn is going to be announced. It is coming straight from PlayStation. It is being developed by Fire Sprite Studios.
Tim Gettys
Oh.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Who you know from Horizon, Call of the Mountain.
Roger Picorny
And this is where you know them from that Tim.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. Horizon, Call of the Mountain.
Tim Gettys
I'm just like. I'm not trying to see if you're with him on. Yeah, exactly. If you're with him or not on this, because I'm interested.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
These are the stretches that I'm going to take with this one.
Roger Picorny
Sure.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
All right.
Roger Picorny
Sure.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
We get some casting.
Greg Miller
Whoa.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Including at least one of these people.
Greg Miller
Oh, no.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Jenna Ortega.
Roger Picorny
Come on. Come on.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Lily Reinhardt. You know, for. You know her from Riverdale and. Or Jacob Elordi. Oh, you get at least one of those.
Greg Miller
Jacob Lord is too serious.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, no, you don't get a release date or window. You just get the game announced.
Greg Miller
Panetira coming back.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, that's a yes. But we don't get that at game.
Greg Miller
You don't think she's in that trailer. She's like, until Dawn. You know what I mean? Like, I, you know, when I think about that game, I think about her.
Tim Gettys
She's down to return to things.
Roger Picorny
Oh, Jacob Elordi. Okay.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. From Euphoria.
Roger Picorny
Yeah, of course.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, somebody said no. Ella Purnell. No. You know what? I'm gonna say yes to Hayden.
Greg Miller
She's doing adventure.
Tim Gettys
All right. I'm interested in this. Yeah, I. I like where you're at with the sequel. Until done, I think it's too early for them to even announce, well, the movie, so that's my thing. I thought you were going to say a trailer for the movie.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
No, I mean, I mean, I could.
Tim Gettys
The movie's coming out in April.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Greg Miller
I just don't think he does the movie thing.
Tim Gettys
He does. Really? Yeah.
Roger Picorny
Especially now.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, yeah, we've been.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, Right now I think he would. Yeah.
Nick Scarpino
Like, I mean, Sonic there last year.
Tim Gettys
No, no, but we got the Mario movie first clip there.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Greg Miller
Those are not known quantities. I'm just saying, like, out of the blue, like, we wouldn't get like a Watchdog trailer. We wouldn't get like an until dawn trailer.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I feel like he would fit the bill here.
Greg Miller
Yeah. I feel like, hey, the first footage of Until Dawn. Right.
Roger Picorny
See, I feel it's the opposite. Well, not opposite, but I think if you had Watchdogs, you would say we have a clip from Watch Dogs in premiering. Until Dawn, I think is under the radar enough that if it was a one, two punch of you showed the trailer for this and then announced the second game or vice versa.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, I was gonna say, like, I'm down to make that part. I'm down to make that part of my prediction. I think you attached the trailer for the movie to this part of your.
Nick Scarpino
Prediction or part of the chat's prediction because I pulled up your.
Roger Picorny
There it is. There it is.
Nick Scarpino
I see the original doc and the Resident Evil and Until dawn thing.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
It's the 40 talking about. Yeah, No, I tag that onto my prediction. If we're doing. If we're splitting by, like, decimals or whatever.
Roger Picorny
No, Hayden, sadly.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
You don't think Hayden.
Roger Picorny
No, I don't think.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
She'll be like, wasn't she part of the tease at the end of until dawn one like the remaster.
Roger Picorny
Oh, I didn't watch it. I don't even know. I don't even know what the tease was it until the remaster.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Roger Picorny
Show me the teeth. Full spoilers for Until Dawn Remastered.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I don't even remember.
Greg Miller
Yeah, she wasn't it like.
Tim Gettys
I don't.
Greg Miller
I don't know if it was like new or I think it was maybe cut footage from the original game, but she was like.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
There was like a post credits thing. I'm saying, I'm pretty sure embarrassed to get it.
Roger Picorny
It pulled up. Don't worry about it.
Tim Gettys
Great.
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
What's your second one?
Roger Picorny
Hey, hold on. Here's the. Here it is. Los Angeles, some years later, new after credits ending. It says it's running in 380. Oh, Hayden has a dog. A German shepherd creatures.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Shut up, Ron.
Roger Picorny
Record. Oh, fuck no. This is totally gonna be Hayden Pence here staring at starring in a new one Till Dawn. Thank God. Cuz. Let's get Nashville back into work. You know, where all the Nashville people. What about heroes?
Greg Miller
Great question.
Roger Picorny
Hero Nakamura.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, look at that.
Roger Picorny
Bloody thumb. She ate her thumb.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, he's been Snatching Herself by Winnebago.
Greg Miller
I'm up.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I'm up.
Roger Picorny
Ew, ew, ew. I was gonna look back.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
The blood's gonna form a two for until dawn too.
Greg Miller
Thanks for clarification.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Just so you know.
Tim Gettys
Huh?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, that's. He's back.
Roger Picorny
That's pretty. That's pretty on the nose that she'll be in there. I take some of it back. I'm sorry. I hope she brings some of her Nashville cast members.
Greg Miller
That's a Charles Eston.
Roger Picorny
He'd be great in this. You know what I mean?
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Roger Picorny
Connie Booth. Let's go.
Tim Gettys
What are we.
Roger Picorny
What are we afraid of?
Tim Gettys
Make it happen.
Roger Picorny
Are you want some predictions? Yes.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Think about it.
Roger Picorny
No, I'm not. I mean, Jenna, that's a great. That's a great pick right there. Anyways, I digress. This is a simple one. I'll allow Tim to throw it out and I can give you another one if you want. But this is a prediction for sure of what you'll see there. Please welcome to the Game Awards the star of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Troy Baker. And the star of the Indiana Jones films franchise, Harrison Ford.
Tim Gettys
Oh, man. I'll definitely let you keep that.
Roger Picorny
Thank you. Thank you very much. I wasn't sure if that was too.
Tim Gettys
So what's the. I mean, that's kind of wild.
Roger Picorny
I think that to present an award and also promote that. There's an Indiana Jones thing. I almost put it in there, but.
Tim Gettys
I've heard about World.
Roger Picorny
I've almost put it in there, but I've heard about the reshoots or whatever. So I wasn't sure if they're actually all in on and Brave New World. I could see there being a promotion of Brave New World as well.
Tim Gettys
What do you mean?
Roger Picorny
But I've seen, like, Reddit threads and tweets, like, oh, they're. They showed it and it did even worse. So now they're reshooting more stuff for Brave New World.
Tim Gettys
Well, the movie's still coming out February, so, I mean, they're in their time.
Roger Picorny
You know what I mean?
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Roger Picorny
Things happen out there.
Tim Gettys
All right.
Roger Picorny
Things Fall Apart book we all had to read.
Greg Miller
That would be awesome. If it's like. If it's like Troy Baker from Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford from Shrinking Season 2.
Roger Picorny
I was wrote the star of the Indiana Jones film franchise and the upcoming Captain America break New World, Harrison Ford.
Tim Gettys
I feel like that's. I'll let you. I'll definitely let you that. Because I do not think that. I think that's a. It could happen, but, like, that's a stretch.
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
I mean, Harrison being there. Harrison's just weird.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Everyone does. He does.
Roger Picorny
Harrison loves money.
Greg Miller
Does.
Roger Picorny
When they do that, they put those things in the contract. They're like, you have to show up and do certain things. I feel like this is one that they would burn.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Roger Picorny
I feel like Bethesda's got the money to burn and Xbox has the money to burn. It's doing well. You know what I mean? Like, let's get out there, remind that show. This will be one of those moments of like. That is in Entertainment Weekly. Right. Of like, whatever. Of that he showed up. So I think it's enough pop culture crossover that promotes the game and the movie if they need to. I don't know if Marvel.
Tim Gettys
I give it a 50%. If. If Brave New World wasn't a thing and Harrison Ford wasn't in it, I'd be like, there's not a fucking chance. But I think this is like, oh, yeah, there's.
Roger Picorny
Do you think. Because I almost teased our. I shouldn't say teased. I tinkered with putting in. They show a clip from Brave New World or something like that, or a trailer from Brave New World. And make it make sense that way. So Marvel fit foot the bill a bit.
Tim Gettys
I can see them do that too.
Roger Picorny
Yeah. My only wrinkle, which I think I guess we're early, right. Because it's Monday. Thursday's game awards is. You know, usually Jeff is pretty vocal about who's going to be there. I think if Harrison Ford was going to be there, he'll be vocal about it. But I think maybe that comes on Wednesday.
Greg Miller
Al Pacino. Surprise.
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Greg Miller
He was like, yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I just don't remember when he had.
Roger Picorny
To stand there 18 minutes while Christopher drives. Awesome.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I just don't see. I don't see them getting Harrison Ford out the hell else, you know?
Roger Picorny
Again, money.
Tim Gettys
But it's money. But like, Greg's point about the marketing cycle of, like, he has agreements, he.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Has to do things.
Tim Gettys
You're right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Right.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. Greg, you built a case there. I like you.
Roger Picorny
I appreciate it.
Tim Gettys
Roger.
Greg Miller
There's a lot of places I can go here, but we're going for the exciting one, so I'll go for it. And I know that I'm probably gonna steal a bunch of yalls, but it's finally time. Iowa Interactive is coming out with 007. We're gonna see it. We're gonna see a trailer.
Roger Picorny
Pierce Brosnan.
Greg Miller
I don't see that. That's where it gets hazy in my vision. Right. Like, is it just a brand new 007? Is it just kind of. Yeah, exactly. Is it a generic white guy and we're just like, yeah, it's James Bond. Right. Or are we actually going for one of the. The likenesses of one of them? I don't know, but it's like a.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Like an origin story. James Bond.
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Greg Miller
So I'm assuming it's going to be, you know, a voice if that's the case.
Roger Picorny
Ben Starr and.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Or Rahul Kohli, both them into one.
Tim Gettys
Holy shit.
Greg Miller
Yeah, I actually.
Roger Picorny
Yeah, you know what? Fuck Ben. Star, Rahul.
Greg Miller
Cool.
Roger Picorny
That's.
Tim Gettys
I want a new. I want a new bond.
Greg Miller
Yeah, me too. I want a game version Bond that we can be like, hey, this is our bond. Like, we have our spider man. Right? This is our Bond. And I. I think that it's imperative for this one to have at least a little bit of gameplay. Like, I want to see a moment. Like, I want to see, like, hey, you're. You're doing the stealth thing. And also here's the big action moment so we can show you guys, hey, we're IO interactive and we can do shooting. Like, we can actually do I don't know if it's. Is it confirmed third person or third person, first person?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I don't think they've confirmed.
Greg Miller
I want it. I need to see that. I need to see gameplay to see, to know for a fact. Is it third person? Is it first person tabletop rpg? That'd be sick.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
But yeah, I love that.
Greg Miller
I think it's gonna be. I think it's a place to do it.
Roger Picorny
Okay, I like that. That's good. That'd be exciting. I'd love to see what that or hear about that or anything like that.
Tim Gettys
Because it is interesting. Like, thinking back on the James Bond games, obviously we had a lot with Pierce Brosnan and I was like the likeness of it, whether it was, you know, once based on movies like goldeneye or actual video games that were like new stories just using him. There's like four or five of those. But then there was From Russia with Love with Sean Connery in 2005.
Roger Picorny
I forget.
Tim Gettys
And then there was 007 Legends in 2012 that had kind of like all of them.
Greg Miller
Yeah, but it was. It was specifically who's Daniel Craig was.
Tim Gettys
Like the main one.
Greg Miller
Yeah, well, no, it was him. And then they like recasted him as like the older ones. Like, that was the thing.
Tim Gettys
It was like, yeah, you're right.
Greg Miller
Which is like, holy disturbing.
Tim Gettys
I forgot about that. I want a new bond. I. I like where. Where Yalls heads at with that one.
Roger Picorny
It's about time Rahul Kohli takes to the bank.
Tim Gettys
Man, that would be really sick.
Roger Picorny
The problem is that Rahul never shuts up about stuff, so he would have already been, hey, blokes.
Tim Gettys
It's like he's in the room, right?
Roger Picorny
Having a stroke.
Tim Gettys
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Greg Miller
We can all pretend to be andy.
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
In 2018, Nintendo's Reggie Fils Aime, Xbox's Phil Spencer and PlayStation Sean Layden shared the stage to kick off the Game Awards, resulting in one of the most iconic onstage moments in the history of us fucking nerds watching video game showcases, press conferences or award shows. In 2024, we're celebrating not just 10 years of the Game Awards, but also 10 years since Ellen DeGeneres took the Internet breaking Oscar selfie at the 2014 Academy Awards, which, looking back on it now, feature features multiple absolutely horrible people. Yeah, Jeff Keighley will try to create a bigger moment. What exactly will this moment be? That's the thing. If we knew what it was, it wouldn't hit as hard. My prediction is that as a general consensus, we will view whatever he pulls off as bigger than the 2018 moment, but not as big as Ellen's reportedly $20 million Samsung Galaxy Note 3 sponsorship.
Greg Miller
I love this. I love this. And I love how beautifully written that was.
Tim Gettys
Thank you. Thank you. I don't know what it could be. I start thinking, and that's where, like, you know, setting the expectations because it needs to have that, like, oh my God, I can't believe they're doing this to it. That like, if we could believe they're doing it, it doesn't hit the same. But if they can get me a moto up there, that'd be big. You know what I mean? Have him stand there with. With. I don't know. You know what I mean? Yeah. I don't know.
Greg Miller
We have to have like, like the creator of Mario, the creator of this.
Tim Gettys
The creator of Sonic. Yeah, that's the thing. It's just like, I know obviously like Getting Nintendo, Xbox, PlayStation, like that means so much and like that was like such a moment where there were defined faces at that point that we just don't necessarily have at this point. Like getting Doug Bowser up there, I don't think has the same weight, but I do think like the creators, like what Roger's saying, like, get people that. I can't believe they're all together. This is crazy. Let's celebrate 10 years of the Game Awards. Like, that could be freaking.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Can you give me your prediction again in like one sentence?
Tim Gettys
It's. He's going to try to have a big on stage moment of people on stage.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Is that not crazy? That's every. That's the Game Awards.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Roger Picorny
Sorry. Other thing.
Tim Gettys
Part of my prediction here, blessed to remedy. What you're saying here.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Is that we, as a general consensus, we will view that moment as bigger than that moment.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Okay.
Tim Gettys
That's, that's where I'm like adding some shit there because like, like that's big statements like that. That is something that if we were to talk about, like what were the craziest, biggest things to happen on stage, we'd talk about that. And I think.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I just don't feel like it's concrete enough of like something big is going to happen on stage at the Game.
Tim Gettys
Awards that we will have a consensus. We will have a consensus like that.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
One guy going up with the Elden Ring game of the year.
Tim Gettys
No, see that, that's not it. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about like a moment of like where you're gathering people on stage.
Nick Scarpino
As like that almost like, like celebrates the history of gaming.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Okay.
Nick Scarpino
Similar to that thing I Think it'll be Jeff Grubbin, Mike Minati on stage, finally together.
Roger Picorny
Minati with his feet out wearing RoboCop cups.
Tim Gettys
But it's like, what I'm saying is, like, it needs to be something of that. We're like, I can't believe this group of people is on stage together.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Okay, okay, I like that. I'll buy that.
Tim Gettys
Like that. That's the vibe. I'm going.
Roger Picorny
Do you think? And this is. I'm iterating. I'm not iterating, actually. I'm just asking a question, kind of based off this. Do you think Shu gets anything at this Game Awards? Do you think they give like shoe 31 years? He's announced he's leaving.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Do they have like, awards?
Roger Picorny
No, I don't think they've done that.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I feel like they've done that before. Right. Wasn't there that, like.
Tim Gettys
You're right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
You're right. There was like one time Atari creator.
Tim Gettys
Didn't they get something? And then there was that. That. Yeah.
Greg Miller
Video.
Tim Gettys
They've done a couple. Yeah, the video.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Getting something.
Roger Picorny
You better.
Tim Gettys
I wish. That'd be really, really cool.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, maybe, maybe. I mean, Dice, it might be tough to make it happen this year because he just like announced. But like, I could see it happening in the next few years.
Tim Gettys
But the thing is, like going back to my prediction a bit too. It's like this is the tenure. Like, I. I wrote a bunch of jokey stuff like it being the 10 year anniversary of Game Awards, like, Jeff's got to be cooking something. Like there's got to be something. And like he's. Even when you look at the tweets and like the way he's been talking about this year's show, like, it isn't as much hyping things up or not hyping things up, whatever. It's like, it is talking a lot about this being the tenth one and like, how important that is to him. So I think, I think he's got some tricks up his sleeve.
Greg Miller
Big bad Beluga puts out in the chat that Yuji Naka is out of prison. So he was in prison for 30 months in 2021. So, like, time's up. He could be on stage.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Okay, I got two ones that I think are One's obvious with a twist.
Nick Scarpino
Oh, it's twisty with.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And Yeah. I mean, honestly. Yeah. The other is twisty with some obvious to it. I want easy points. I don't know if like my first two, I don't know are guaranteed. So I'm going To do one that's like a little bit of a layup. But then I'll. I'll add some sauce to it. Doom the Dark Ages gets a new trailer. It has. It's finally being given a release window. If I have to guess what the release window is, I'll say summer 2025. All right. We see a new weapon that blows everyone's socks off. It's how I have it written here. And we get a new celebrity appearance in the game.
Tim Gettys
In Doom.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
In Doom.
Tim Gettys
Okay, see, you're joking, because this is that weird little, like, no, what the hell are you talking about?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And, like, it's like, it's not. I think in some form, it might not be obvious. Maybe it's like a radio call.
Tim Gettys
Right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Maybe it's somebody who's like some character that, like, appears in, like, a kind of like a. They're talking to you throughout. Throughout the game. Some voice or something. I think they're gonna find a way to.
Greg Miller
Daniel Craig.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
They're gonna find a way to shove a celebrity in Doom. I know Doom doesn't seem like that kind of game, but I think they can do it.
Roger Picorny
I like NPC giving you quests.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Greg Miller
That's crazy.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
If you ask, who's it gonna be? I knew you would ask Logan Paul.
Greg Miller
Bruce Campbell playing his Evil Dead character.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I don't know if this is who on the nose, because I rock David every time. Yeah.
Greg Miller
You got the Xbox.
Roger Picorny
Did he ever get in Gears? He wanted to Gears. Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Greg Miller
He's just getting Gears. Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's it. That's my prediction.
Tim Gettys
I like that. I think that's a fun one.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And that's the thing is I added a lot of sauce to it because I think Doom, the Dark Ages being at the game awards just makes a lot of sense. Sense. I think everything after that is.
Greg Miller
I just don't. I feel like that's, like, such a pull that they're just like, you know what? Like, we'll just. That could just be like, the mainstay of whatever conference we do or whatever. Like, I don't know.
Tim Gettys
I don't know that it's a lock, but I. I think timing wise, it could make sense.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. And that's where I'm coming from, is timing wise. We know that game's coming out in 2025. I think that's the. That's the level of game that would be a great get for the game award, and it'd be great for Xbox to have it at the game awards. So I think it makes sense. To be there. I think that is where you can stamp like a. All right, it's coming out in this window. Even if I'm wrong about summer. Right. Hey, it's coming out fall 2025 or spring 2025. Who knows? Yeah. I'm still curious on what it looks like as far as what we get out of it, because we've seen that game a couple of times now.
Tim Gettys
Have we?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
We've seen it at least once now.
Tim Gettys
I think it was just once. Was it just once this.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I guess we saw a lot when we saw it, though, because it was gameplay.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
We saw him with, like, the little, like, hair thing.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, the haircut.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. Greg, we saw him get shot at the earth.
Roger Picorny
I'm gonna say this one. I don't want this to be an actual account.
Greg Miller
All right.
Roger Picorny
It's something that I had on there. But then I saw that then there was actually, like, news of, like, Jez Corden saying stuff or whatever about Xbox. So I had written in here, this is not a real one. I just said, Xbox goes big. I think they have big news item here, like the Xbox series X reveal all those years ago. Maybe a look at the handheld, maybe an Xbox redesign. But now that it's kind of out there in the ether, I don't want to cheat. You know what I mean?
Tim Gettys
So today the Xbox posted something little is coming.
Roger Picorny
Oh, did they?
Greg Miller
Lynette's coming.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. There was like a what Jen says.
Roger Picorny
Whenever I get out of the shower. Controversial game reviewer.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
They're better versions than his face.
Tim Gettys
I was like, he's thinking. He's thinking about something.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Something little is coming. I'm like, oh, you could. You could have done better.
Roger Picorny
All right, well, you know. You know what? Everyone knows. Everyone knows. Probably about to go with that one. We'll keep going.
Greg Miller
It was Xbox uk and they said, something little is coming. Hashtag score more with Xbox. I don't know what that is.
Roger Picorny
That sounds dumb as shit.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Did you see the animation, though? Yeah, it's like a meteor. Like. Like people were replying like, this is not the handheld. This is not that. Even though that would make total sense. I wonder what the fuck it is, though.
Roger Picorny
Smaller Xbox.
Nick Scarpino
A fire stick equivalent. You see what that meteor is going.
Greg Miller
Through clouds, cloud, and they're coming down to earth.
Tim Gettys
Did land in the cloud. He's right.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Nick Scarpino
The score more a hashtag score more with Xbox. Totally.
Roger Picorny
Like, campaign or something.
Tim Gettys
Definitely going to be some dumb shit.
Nick Scarpino
They can't decide what's the plural of Xbox. Xbox or Xboxes. Did you see this, Greg? Did you see this?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
There's a difference.
Roger Picorny
Now they put it. Now they've correct. Well, I mean, like, now they saw that, but I didn't take that as like, oh, they can't decide. I took that as Greg. DM Phil Spencer on Kind of Funny Games Daily. Phil didn't give me his phone number, but did respond that he saw the text message. Then he went and fixed. So, as always, Greg Miller, savior of Xbox.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
What's the smallest thing you could put a. You could put cloud gaming on Watto.
Nick Scarpino
That didn't really make sense.
Roger Picorny
Let me come out of the shower and I'll show you.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, see, that's good. I like that one.
Tim Gettys
I like that one.
Roger Picorny
You got me.
Tim Gettys
Oh, man.
Roger Picorny
It's only small after a shower.
Tim Gettys
I don't know.
Roger Picorny
You know what I mean?
Tim Gettys
Last week on Games Daily, I got caught saying, talking about how big the screen size of the switch is going to be.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, I saw this.
Tim Gettys
Anything bigger than 7 inches is uncomfortable. But, Greg, what is your prediction?
Roger Picorny
So I put that out there. Congratulations to me. That's great. I'm going to put a fun, stupid one out for my third. All right. Where I don't actually think it would happen, but I like the sound of it right where it is. Please welcome to the stage Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rose Adrenaline. He comes out with a belt and a nice suit on or whatever. And then it gets kind of murky because I think, honestly, what would happen is they would show Jeff's like, now a world premiere. They go to the trailer and it's, I bear to put this in assets. It's that 2022 RPG WWE that. Stephanie McMahon talked about this. Stephanie McMahon talks about this. Talked about this on a conference call. And everybody's like, what the fuck are you talking about? And then just moved on. So that's two years ago, if it's actually happening. They show the trailer for whatever this WWE RPG is. Then they come back and Jeff's like, please welcome Undisputed WWE Champion. Which is just cool to hear.
Tim Gettys
No, that'd be awesome.
Roger Picorny
Then he comes out and he, you know, Cody, who is a gamer, bullshits around about some RPG of whatever the hell you're doing.
Tim Gettys
I love where your head's at. And again, WWE right now are in full on marketing. Yeah, Saturday night's main events we got. Which is this Saturday.
Roger Picorny
Yeah, I was. I was pretty crestfallen this Saturday when I turned on Peacock. I'm like, when is deadline ending? And I go, google God God damn. It.
Greg Miller
It's next Saturday.
Tim Gettys
And then, yeah, the Netflix deal coming. There's money being pushed.
Greg Miller
Cody is a gamer.
Tim Gettys
Cody is a gamer. I like that. I like the rpg.
Greg Miller
Yeah, I'm just, I'm saying, yes, I'm.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Saying you can get away on stage. It's Xavier, though.
Greg Miller
I mean, he just turned heel.
Roger Picorny
He comes out. He just fucking comes out to a pocket.
Tim Gettys
I feel like, to your point earlier, Greg, like, Cody would be announced as.
Roger Picorny
Being there, but maybe he still could be.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, I like it. I like it.
Roger Picorny
It's wishful thinking to a degree, but, like, I like it.
Tim Gettys
Raj.
Greg Miller
Yeah, that's a really fun one. You guys having fun ones? I'm going to go for one. I think it's a little like, there's.
Roger Picorny
Going to be a terrorist attack.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Let's take a dark turn.
Roger Picorny
Not everybody who's at the game award survives the night.
Greg Miller
Jeff will come on stage and say one of the biggest releases of this year and a Game of the Year nominee has some new game, some. Some new content coming out. So here's the first look and it's going to be Black Myth Wukong expansion coming out in the next few months. It's going to be an expansion, not just ra, regular throwaway dlc. It's going to get the Internet ablaze and excited. And that's my prediction. It's going to be expansion, not just a generic costume pack or whatever. We're going to actually do it. They are jumping off of the excitement and the hype and there's been rumors in the ether of like, hey, potentially this is. If they do an expansion, it's going to be the first half of next year. This is the time to do it.
Tim Gettys
I like that. I. I'm not going to use one of these as my predictions, but one that I had. It wasn't my top five, but in there, there. One of my predictions potentially would have been Black Myth Wukong, Stellar Blade Dragon's Dogma. Two. Two out of three of them will get dlc.
Greg Miller
I love that.
Tim Gettys
The game awards.
Greg Miller
That's smart.
Tim Gettys
That would have been my prediction, but I'm not going with that. Just want to throw it out there.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, I think you say two out of three or we're like gonna collab with each other, but we don't know which two. No, you'll never be able to guess which two.
Tim Gettys
Okay.
Greg Miller
Likely blessing.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I remember there being like, reports and stuff and I forget where I landed on that. And like, what, like what those were saying. Exactly. It just feels too soon, though. Like an expansion for Black Myth feels like it would be one that's like a lot of work. That's a lot of dev power. Right. Unless it's. Unless it's more so of like more of a smaller dlc. Maybe it is something along the size of like a Spider Man City that Ever sleeps type thing where they just add one new level.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Roger Picorny
The way we just beat on this dlc.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I can't think of any other dlc. I would say the full name too. I was like, what's another mediocre dlc? My mind went to the horizon one, but I was like, I like that Spider Man. I think if it's like something that's a smaller scope, then I could see it. I think that's likely. Call it like an expansive thing. I get more like. I don't know about it, but I guess if it's something smaller, I could see it.
Greg Miller
I think they're going to make sense. I think it's going to. I think it's going to be called an expansion, specifically. I guess the gamers hyped.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
The DLC wasn't even that bad. That's also the good point of. It's like, it's not like Spider man story that never sleeps. Stung.
Greg Miller
Yeah, it was okay. People also mentioned Xbox. I don't know if you do that at the same time. I could see that, but I feel like that's more of just like, hey, that's out right now. You know what I mean? That's on.
Tim Gettys
Whatever.
Greg Miller
That's just out. I don't think they would. They would sneak that in there. That's fine. Tim.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Greg Miller
What are you thinking?
Roger Picorny
Your fourth prediction? Are you thinking fourth meal? Taco Bell.
Tim Gettys
That's my thing, you know. All right, I'm going here. Easy win for me. Easy win for me. On October 6, 2024, Captain America himself, Anthony Mackie, posted on his Instagram a picture of himself looking very cold in Canada. He was wearing a jacket from the Canadian brand Canada Goose that seemed like it was doing quite an adequate job of keeping him warm. This appears to have been a sponsored post.
Roger Picorny
This is like when you read this, like, how much. How many red herrings is he putting in there for you to get? Prediction.
Tim Gettys
This appears to have been a sponsored post. As at canadagoose was tagged tagged. But Canada Goose wasn't the only thing tagged. A certain streaming service named after a flamboyant bird was also tagged along with a few choice words that change everything. That's a wrap on season two of Twisted Metal. What a ride. June 8, 2023, the Twisted Metal season one clip slash trailer was revealed at Jeff Keeley Summer Game Fest.
Roger Picorny
A good one.
Tim Gettys
Later that year, Jeff Keeley's the Game Awards 2023, Twisted Metal Season 2 was formally announced. Now at Jeff Keeley's The Game Awards 2024, the Twisted Metal Season 2 first clip slash trailer will be revealed.
Roger Picorny
I like that Samoa Joe there in the trailer. Okay.
Tim Gettys
Him actually there. Doubtful.
Roger Picorny
Okay.
Greg Miller
I mean, he's doing the Yakuza game.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. I mean he double duty in the reveal trailer from last year's Game Awards. It was him.
Roger Picorny
We didn't know it was him yet though, did we? Or no.
Tim Gettys
2 trailer or announcement.
Roger Picorny
Okay. Okay.
Tim Gettys
I feel like this is like such a slap duck. This is happening for sure.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Wow, that's good.
Roger Picorny
I agree that that does sound like. Yeah, a no brainer that you have that day.
Tim Gettys
Bless.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
No, I mean. Oh, for my prediction.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, more to say.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
No, more, more. More to say. I was like thinking about the bird the whole time. I was like, what flamboyant bird? Like, Twitch ain't a bird.
Roger Picorny
Yeah. It's like shows up with a Froot Loops integration.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
We both thought, is there a Woodpecker streaming service? Okay, my next one. My fourth prediction. I'll go with a simple one. It was sometime recently in the last few days, Tekken announced that they're gonna announce their last DLC character of their season one wave. We're gonna get Tifa. Tifa's coming.
Roger Picorny
Oh, yeah.
Tim Gettys
I have the most verbose fucking things for everything. And one just Tifa lock attack.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's so funny because, like, it's the exact same for me too. I just have no. No flavor to it. Just Tifa's coming. Attacking.
Tim Gettys
I believe, dude. I believe. And it's like that is the type of announcement that would make so much sense, especially riding the high of Rebirth, winning all these awards around the world for Game of the Year and all that stuff. The demand for Tifa in Tekken is at fever pitch.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yes.
Tim Gettys
This has to go down and like.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
We'Ve seen it happen before. Noctis was in Tekken 7 and I feel like if. If Noctis. No, no offense, Noctis, you know, shout out to Noctis.
Tim Gettys
Noctis.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I've never played Final Fantasy 15, but I'm sure he's a very great guy. But like, if Noctis can make it to Tekken 7 with the demand for Tifa and the legacy of Tifa and for the kind of year that we're having style and her fighting style. Everything about that character fits in Tekken so well. And the Tekken audience actually wants it. Right. The Tekken audience is actually asking for it. So I think it's a match made in heaven.
Tim Gettys
And that's a game awards ass announcement.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yes. And it's a game awards level announcement. Especially for a game awards where Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is nominated.
Tim Gettys
Right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Like that would be such a wave to surface.
Roger Picorny
So many people in chat are also saying that it's TIFA and the Waffle House stage.
Tim Gettys
Do you think it's Waffle house is Tekken 9?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, I think. I don't think Waffle House knows what they have as far as like getting into Tekken. I don't think. I don't think their branding team understands the power that like that. That has. But yeah, maybe Tekken 9 they get there, but I don't know. I don't. I don't think you get Waffle House.
Roger Picorny
Just generic House of Waffles.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I think maybe that's a good question. Maybe if you. If like. But I. Here's the thing, because I do think that Harada in the team, I think they're going after it. I think they're. I think they want Waffle House in there, but I don't think they want to like, excuse how dirty this is. But I don't think they want to blow their load if, like they. There's a chance of Waffle House in the future.
Roger Picorny
Yeah, right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
If they can get Waffle House in there before Tekken 8 is over, then they'll do it.
Roger Picorny
Which I just think it's not even so much the branding aspect of it as much as, like, do you want to be known as the place where fights break out all the time? You know, I think that's really what they. As much as Waffle House is that we're wasted. It's 3am let's get some waffles. Waffles doesn't lean into that being their real reputation, even though that's a real reputation.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
But yeah, I don't think. I don't think they could do. I don't think they do it unless they can get the IP or use Waffle House.
Roger Picorny
Greggy, we already know that it has 10 million players, but Marvel Rivals is not done rocking your world yet. This year they will announce that Blade is the next character coming, drop a trailer for it. And I almost want to tinker with it being imminent, but I'm not going to go that far. Like a day, you know, he's available now kind of thing. I'm not gonna do it. I'm not gonna say that. But I do think it's. They announced Blade and they show a trailer for Blade.
Greg Miller
That was one of mine. I was like. I was either teetering between that and Fantastic Four, but I know the movie's coming out and they probably went. But, like, all the Fantastic Four were data mined. Like, they have them all in the game. So, like, that's ready to go. So that Blade.
Tim Gettys
Do you know?
Greg Miller
Because I do know.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. So that makes sense.
Greg Miller
That's perfect.
Tim Gettys
Okay.
Roger Picorny
Wait, he's in the game?
Greg Miller
Yeah. Sorry. He's in. He's in, like, in the fight.
Roger Picorny
Oh.
Greg Miller
People found his render, so.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Greg Miller
So that's a perfect one. Did you know that?
Roger Picorny
No.
Greg Miller
Oh, wow. That's good.
Roger Picorny
I'm trying to killing it.
Greg Miller
I was looking. There's a lot of Marvel characters.
Roger Picorny
I was. I mean, maybe I'm gonna shoot myself in the foot, but looking at the list, I was like, captain Marvel or Blade? And I was like, Blade, I think's cooler. Captain Marvel is cool, but, like, I think kind of played out in a way where it's like, Blade slow.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Was Deadpool in the Files?
Greg Miller
No, but I believe Ultron was.
Tim Gettys
Cyclops is the. I think the big missing one.
Roger Picorny
Right.
Greg Miller
Was he in there too?
Tim Gettys
I forgot, but I think so. Okay. I like that Marvel rivals getting something. I think is a very good call.
Roger Picorny
Like, do you think it's like today, or do you think, like, he's available now?
Tim Gettys
I think why not?
Roger Picorny
Right?
Tim Gettys
Like, I feel like, ride that wave, like, keep things going.
Greg Miller
And they love doing that. They love doing me. Like, here's the trailer. It's out now. Like, they did that during the beta.
Roger Picorny
Period, which is kind of wild, right?
Greg Miller
So I think they just have a bunch of. They're just ready to go and they're just like, where's the button? Where's the announcement? We're to do it.
Tim Gettys
Raj number four.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Okay.
Greg Miller
I have two fun ones, so I'm excited to get to it. This one is just more of like one in my heart, but I think it's also time time. It's been a while since we heard from TT Games. TT Games has not been been heard of since the Skywalker Saga. We just.
Roger Picorny
The old LEGO developers.
Greg Miller
The old LEGO developers, we. We know they're clearly working on something. We had the LEGO Horizon release, which was not TT Games, but still a LEGO thing that's out of the way. We just had the announcement of a LEGO Fortnite thing that was out of the way. I think this is perfect time for them to look up and be like, hey, hey, here's the next game. I think it is a Lego game and I do think it is the Infinity Saga. I think that they're going to go for that. That just, they're taking a long time. I don't want them to do that. I think it's just too far gone. They've done the Avengers, they've done other things like it, but I could be down for that.
Roger Picorny
That's the.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I love that.
Greg Miller
I just didn't. Going back to Skywalker Saga, I'm like, this is, this is not the type of game that I think they're just going too complex with it. Right. They're doing third person shooting. They're, they're making, not making this as simple as possible. So I hope that they go back to that original DNA and formula. I don't think they will. I think it's going to be kind of building, pun intended, on what they've built on with the original game. So, yeah, I mean it's been two years since the, since the release of Skywalker Saga. That was also in gestation for the longest time. So yeah, I think it's going to be, it's going to be Infinity Saga.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Greg's point, this is more so a question to the table. Does how much does Marvel like to point back to the Infinity Saga? Obviously it was huge for them. Right. And people love the Infinity Saga, but does it feel like they're trying to focus on like the future? More like I feel like I don't get as much like Infinity Saga put in front of me by Marvel.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Is that my, my offer?
Tim Gettys
I mean, I think that's just because of there's new things. There's always new to focus on. So they're pushing that. But like, could you see them like.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Doing like green lighting? Hey, we want to do an Infinity Saga video game.
Tim Gettys
Absolutely. I mean, I'm with Roger, I'm seeing video game. I predicted the Infinity Saga Lego game years ago. It still hasn't happened. I think it is inevitable, just like Thanos, that it will happen. It's just a matter of when. It's long enough that we don't know what they're working on and all that. So that could add up. I do think potentially they might hold that for closer to like a 10 year anniversary of the Infinity, like the road to, to endgame type stuff, which we're a couple years off of now.
Greg Miller
But yeah, it's a weird one. Because I, I, I just wonder what they're doing. Because you think about all the franchises, I'm like, oh, Harry Potter, they've done that already. Like, they done, like, every conceivable franchise. I'm sure people are going to chat, are going to scream out ones that I haven't thought of. But I mean, James Bond was the one that I was thinking about, but they leak that and that that has been canceled. Right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
So, I mean, Star wars game is like. They made a bunch of Star wars games before that, right? And like, Star wars, the Skywalker Saga was the. All right, now we want to make the ultimate one because we want to, you know, dive into this. Well, again, they've done the same for Marvel as far as they made a bunch of Marvel games. I think if you want to make something that excites people and be able to go back into that well that you've been in before. Yeah, the Infinity Saga works so well.
Greg Miller
The other one that I was, I was thinking around that I think would be awesome, would be for them to be like, we're just doing LEGO Superman. Like, we're doing like this. I don't know if it's an actual DCU thing, but, like, if it's just like, hey, we're just. It's DC LEGO Superman, not LEGO Batman. Because they've only done LEGO Batman. They did D.C. superheroes or whatever. We just do a Superman game. I think that would be interesting to coincide with the movie, to have something out.
Roger Picorny
I wish, man. But no, that's another thing where they'd always branded Batman to do that. Right. Especially after DC super villains, which I feel like didn't perform the way they wanted it to.
Tim Gettys
LEGO does have a LEGO Infinity Saga line as well. Like the toys themselves.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Oh, okay.
Tim Gettys
So like with, with logo branding and stuff. So there's something there, I think that.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
For sure is gonna.
Roger Picorny
Don't tell him. This is the breakthrough Christmas for Ben where we're doing Legos. He's getting his LEGO stuff. You're gonna be broke, grandpa. And go, go. Just ordered and got. We got. I was walking out today and saw the package of the LEGO table with like the, you know, the built in the storage underneath. And we're getting Legos from.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Don't tell him. As if I have his number. Like, yo, Ben, you're not gonna, you're not gonna believe what I just heard.
Tim Gettys
My final one, fairly simple one, but in 2020, Final Fantasy 7 Remake was nominated for, but did not win Game of the Year at the Game Awards One year later, later at the Game Awards 2021, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade was announced for PC coming to Epic Games days after the Game Awards, but they would not release on Steam until six months later in June 2022. This year at the Game Awards 2024, my prediction is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be announced to be coming to PC both on Steam and Epic by the end of this year.
Greg Miller
Wow.
Tim Gettys
This might seem like end of 2024. Yes.
Greg Miller
Wow.
Tim Gettys
Here's my reasoning. That might seem a little crazy because you look at Remake, the first part of this, right. Came out in April and it wasn't until essentially a year later that we get this thing coming to PC over a year later. But that included dlc, that included Intergrade. That was like there was more game to develop. There's not now. They've also been porting games left and right to PC. I feel like they have that down the Epic Steam situation different than it used to be. Epic doesn't do those like buyout deals anymore.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
So I think it's coming to Steam and it did release like a week later last time. So I do think given it, I'm giving a little. A couple extra because like, I feel like it might be a little tight of a turnaround. But I do think both Steam and Epic by the end of the year. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, no extra stuff, no integrate, no whatever. Just. Just the game. Because they said they're not doing DLC this time.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
You don't think PlayStation has like a year deal? That's my thought too.
Tim Gettys
That's. That is the one thing. So I am playing with fire closely. Because Final seven was January this year.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
February.
Tim Gettys
February, yeah. So, yeah. But no, I want to keep it spicy.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I like it.
Tim Gettys
And I'm hoping. I'm hoping there's a sign of some type of negotiations going on that are changing things. Because I want to believe. I mean, how much do I want this prediction to be? It's also coming Xbox very high. But I don't think that that's going down. But I do hope, and a lot of this is just me make believe, but like I do hope that by the time we get to the third part, we're getting these games on Xbox. Even though I think that it's very unlikely that we're in a situation right now currently that would allow that. I do think that given the state of the industry, I would not be surprised if even if PlayStation had some type of buyout, if Square were to be like, we're going to buy that Buyout out to be able to post it everywhere.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
But I agree with that. I think the like, I think by the time we get to the third game, excuse me. I think we could be in a place where all the games have been ported now to Xbox for people. I do. And I agree that I. I could easily see 7 Rebirth appearing at game awards. But the only part is I do think that it gets announced for February or later. I think that PlayStation Agreement probably holds and I think that's why we got remake intergrade like a year plus a month I think after the original remake came out on PlayStation.
Nick Scarpino
Tim, what's the likelihood not even at the game awards, but just in general that they'll make Queen's Blood its own game on mobile.
Tim Gettys
I think that there is a 95 chance we get Blood as a standalone thing.
Nick Scarpino
I hope, dude, I need it.
Tim Gettys
I think it happened actually.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I hope not because I'm tired, man. I played. I've been playing a lot of card games. I'm obsessed right now. Apparently they like. I have a problem.
Greg Miller
Someone's told me.
Tim Gettys
Bless. Oh, Final Prediction.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
This is Final Prediction and I have like quite a few written down. None of them have been from like the chat suggested ones for the recipe record, just for just so y'all know. All right.
Nick Scarpino
Not what I've seen from yours.
Roger Picorny
Thank you, Barrett. Keep them honest.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
This last one actually just wrote out just now because I read it on my head. I mean like Jeff Grubber.
Roger Picorny
I mean because I had the seat.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Of it and the seat of it is Naughty Dog. Of course, Naughty Dog, Jeff Keeley. They get along well. Neil Druckmann has shown up on Jeff Keeley stages in the past. There was a what summer game fest and a half ago where you had the one that had like last is part one and Last of Us online. Yeah.
Roger Picorny
Here's the concept art.
Tim Gettys
Here's the Last of us in 2011 was announced at the Spike Video Game Awards.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yep.
Tim Gettys
As their debut trailer.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And that was a new IP at the Spike Game Awards. Oh, it's, oh, 13 years or so later. And right now when you talk about Naughty Dog, what are we on the precipice of Last of Us Season two? Last of season two. I think that Neil Druckmann comes out at the Game Award. I think he shows us a new trailer for the Last of Us Season two on hbo. I think that is then followed up with a One more thing from Neil Druckmann and I think we get the reveal teaser for a Naughty Dog new YP Insane.
Tim Gettys
Bless. I Love where your heads at. That sounds like us being like, okay, well the pieces are here. And like, yeah, it makes sense. I don't know that it could possibly happen. I feel like even getting the, the teaser trailer makes sense. Seems like a poll though that, that seems like there might be like too many moving parts there, you know, Peacock one thing. HBO very different. But what I. I was going to have something like that as one of my predictions if it was the 10 year anniversary, but it's over 10 years. I feel like there would be something there of Jeff trying to make it all make sense and work. Like 10 years ago we announced Naughty Dog's new IP here to celebrate 10 years of game awards. We're doing that too. But yeah, the timing doesn't add up on that. But I hope.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Because my thing is I think it's about time for Naughty, like to start talking about it.
Tim Gettys
Right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Like, I think just because they don't start talking about it doesn't mean that it's going to come out in the next 12 months, obviously. But I think for Naughty Dog and a new thing, I think they've shown that they'd be willing to talk about it at a Geoff Keighley thing. It's either that or a PlayStation showcase. But I think this is the. One of the ones that would be the talk of the town at a Geoff Keighley event, especially the Game Awards. So I could see PlayStation being like, yeah, let's do it there, fuck it. But also, I don't think it's that far away at this point.
Tim Gettys
Right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Like, I think for a new Naughty Dog game, for new IP. I think we're talking about what, 2026, 2027. 7. And I think if that's the case, I think you start promoting it now. I think right now is the perfect time.
Tim Gettys
Has PlayStation announced a new game at the Game Awards? The Jeff Keeley the Game awards. A major PlayStation studio.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I was gonna say we had. We had. God, yeah.
Tim Gettys
No, but physics.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That was online.
Tim Gettys
That was PlayStation showcase.
Roger Picorny
You're right. Sorry. It all runs together for me.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
You know, I think Valhalla is the.
Tim Gettys
Oh, that's a good call.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. Valhalla last year last was on like last was online. If you count that.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Horizon, Lego, if you count that.
Greg Miller
That's. That's Game Fest.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Oh, Game Awards though, I do think is different. Like and we're talking about Naughty Dog's next big ip. Like there were a few things in the industry bigger than that. Like we were talking about GTA 6 and that and. And switch to. You know what I mean?
Greg Miller
And that's. That's.
Tim Gettys
That's in a tier.
Greg Miller
That's why I feel like they would give like a. Like a new trailer for YOTE before they do. Like, hey, here's the Naughty Dog thing, right? Like, I mean, I. I like where your head's at because they are tight and like, you know, Neil Druckmann does come out a lot, but see, but.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I. I think where we're putting it as far as how it ranks among all these things, is the exact reason why it's Game Awards. Because I think Ghost of Yote, I do think that is PlayStation showcase or PlayStation state of play. I think a GTA or like a Switch thing, I think those are too big for the Game Awards, Right. I think a new Naughty Dog IP is the perfect amount of big. Where Geoff Keighley's like, oh, I fucking want that. And PlayStation wants to put in a place where it is, like, we want to put this in a place that's even bigger than a PlayStation showcase.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Right.
Tim Gettys
See, I don't think. I think that the next Naughty Dog game, Neil Druckmann's next Naughty Dog game, that's bigger than game awards, like, to them, to Neil and to PlayStation.
Roger Picorny
That's my thing is, I would think PlayStation want to hold onto that and do it for themselves because I think that's how they treat most of the game awards announcements. If it's big enough that it's a big deal, we want to. In our PlayStation showcase, we have to wait.
Tim Gettys
I love it, though.
Roger Picorny
I hope, I hope.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, I really hope.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I just feel like there's a history of always getting a PlayStation thing, like a PlayStation thing of consequence at a Jeff Keighley event.
Roger Picorny
But I could even see that just being Astrobot DLC here.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah. But I think that, I mean, it could be that it could be Ghost of Yote. Right? But I'm going big. This predictions.
Roger Picorny
It is.
Greg Miller
I like this a lot.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Great. Final prediction.
Roger Picorny
My final prediction is my most simple one. Right. And I'm going to say, but I have a bunch of, like, this won't happen. But. But, like, the one I'm gonna do is Hell Is Us gets a gameplay trailer and a release date. It'll be April 2025. This is the one we all saw. You're like, what is this? And it's from the people who were over at Eidos Montreal that have come over to do Hell Is Us. And it's the one that is, like, they promote. They Did a big blog post about it. Right. Whereas like it's a shooter but it's souls like where it's like you're going, we're not putting a HUD up. We're not doing all this stuff. You're meant to go out and survive and die and figure out how to go on. And. And it was that thing where it. We were like, what? And then you watch it like, wait, this actually looks fucking cool. And then the more I read about it, I was like, this sounds really fucking cool. I think it's got a good. It's got a very small. As the reactions at the table told you push behind it. And I think this would be a great one of like here's the release date trailer with all the gameplay. I mean you're seeing gameplay here, but here's the release date. This is a thing. It's coming out early next year to get you pumped.
Greg Miller
Gorgeous.
Roger Picorny
But on the other side of all the crazy stuff that's happened happening because it looks.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I forget all the details. I remember the more we looked in the details, the more excited I was about it because like I don't even think that it was like a soulsy type thing. I think it was more so like we're looking into non linear style storytelling.
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And it sounded maybe like immersive sim like inside in some of its elements as well. Like it's taking inspiration from a lot of games that just have like a lot of good ass game design. Yep. And in the same way that I talked about Indiana Jones on KFGD and how like that's a nerdy ass game. This one sounded like a nerdy ass video game.
Roger Picorny
But this one's good.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Just like Indian Jones.
Nick Scarpino
Someone said that was great. You know, eight out of ten take us home.
Roger Picorny
You can show the assets again if you want of slowly walking up on dumbasses stared at the wall.
Tim Gettys
Roger.
Greg Miller
It's the last one. I'll go big.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I'll go big.
Greg Miller
So Jeff has a very, very long and tenured relationship with Valve. Right. Valve and him go back all the way to the creation of Half Life one. No, I don't think he's going to announce Half Life 3.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I really hope you're going to say.
Greg Miller
Every single year, I think since the Steam deck's inception, he' been like, hey, I'm going to give away like a billion Steam. Steam decks. Go on Steam and watch this and you know, whatever. So I think he's gonna be like, that's still happening. That's happening. This Year, whatever. But talking about the hardware of Steam, let me, let's, let's, let's show you some more. So SteamOS has been data mined to hell that it's happening and they have like powered by SteamOS like logos everywhere. So it seems like they're going to be doing a full push with partners to have SteamOS on device. I think those devices are going to be pretty strictly home console devices. They're going to be Steam boxes that you're going to put on your, on your shelf and it's going to work like a console and he's going to show multiple different partners. It's going to have like msi, it's going to have all of the ones that you're expecting to be there and they're going to show off the new controller which is going to look like basically a Steam deck that is smaller. It's going to have the two track pads, it's going to have the everything you're expecting and it's going to be 2025. They're going to do a sizzle reel. It's gonna be like hey, you can get all this 2025. I know it's a lot since a lot of information to go through but this is, this would be the time. I know they don't usually do this with Keely, they don't give announcements to him but that would be awesome and get people really excited. Especially before at any moment Switch 2 could be announced. We got to get in, we got to get in when we can. So that'd be cool.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I fuck with it.
Tim Gettys
I, I think that you are spot the fuck on about about every single thing there is it at Game Awards is my only thing. I do think that we, that everything you just said is going to be announced within the next three months. And having said that to me, it's either is it Game Awards or are they just going to do their own thing? Because they can do that.
Greg Miller
They always do it.
Tim Gettys
But again I'm with you and I actually am leaning towards this happening because 10 years of the Game Awards, who do you get on stage? Gabe Newell. Oh, right. Like I do think that that's the moment. Yes, 100% I think so.
Greg Miller
If you get Gabe Newell in the beginning I would, I would.
Tim Gettys
Anyone else up there like that is Tim Sweeney.
Greg Miller
They kill each other.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, there's just been like there's too much smoke for this. Right. Like we, we, we talked about the Steam controllers leaking and like people talking about that. All the SteamOS stuff like they've been building to this. It's going to happen.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Greg Miller
And I, I, I know it sounds kind of delusional, but there is a part of me that's like I do want to Predict Half Life 3 because it has been data mining. Like we, we know about that. This thing is happening actively. Like every single deadlock update has a Half Life 3 update in it. Like you see it all people are breaking it down. It's real, it's happening. So yeah, I want them to come out with this because hopefully by the end of next year we Get Half Life 3. I know that's insane.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's your prediction, you coward.
Greg Miller
I can. No, we wouldn't hear it. We wouldn't hear it. But I mean maybe, maybe in the next, next half of the year.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I think Game awards as a announcement for this would be a slam dunk though. I think you want to be able to speak to that audience. You want to be able to put this in a place where, you know, like I think if Valve announced this on their own or as a blog post or whatever, it's going to get ice. Cuz they're Valve and like, you know, it's exciting and all that stuff but I think putting on the game award stage kind of puts it on a level of oh, this is something that you should care about outside of even just like the Valve PC players.
Tim Gettys
Hey console gamers, we're fucking coming for you.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's what it's, here's the console and.
Greg Miller
We'Re making it easy too.
Tim Gettys
Yeah.
Greg Miller
Like, and you have the Steam deck, right?
Roger Picorny
Because of the simplicity.
Greg Miller
But that's the thing. It's like are we going to have the simplicity? That's my big fear of this because when they did the Steam machines back in the day, I know you remember like when they had like Alienware, they had all these different things but it was confusing. Right? I was like what is this thing? Like I don't know. They need to have like this is a Steam Machine 1, Steam Machine 2 Steam Machine 3. Like hopefully it's just one partner that's.
Roger Picorny
The biggest problem with it, right. Is that if I go to the Steam store and there's not just one there to buy. That's, that's why the Steam deck works is that you know, you're going there getting when Steam machines were hey, this is getting announced. That sounds cool. Oh but it's everywhere. Everything's a Steam machine.
Greg Miller
But you can download SteamOS and then this. Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Talking about Rod saying that, the OS thing, I think that Greg is the remedy to what we're talking about here. I do think there will be a dedicated. If there's the Steam deck, there'll be a Steam, whatever the hell it's called, right? That is the, like the console. But then I do think we're going to start getting the SteamOS on other PCs on other handheld devices, like, things like that. So yeah, I do think that they. They're going to like triple down and give us what we are hoping for, not what they did last time.
Greg Miller
You know what? Fuck it, I'm going to add it. Gabe Newell comes out on stage, announces the Steam. The Steam machines. One more thing. Half Life 3. I'm going to talk about. The more I think about, the more I feel it in my heart, it's like, fuck, that would be the thing that gets people like Andy Robinson or whatever tweeting and being like, yo, this is.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
This is.
Greg Miller
This is the one. Damn.
Nick Scarpino
Look, you're right, right.
Greg Miller
Announce. You cannot be not hyped about that. You know what I mean? Like, you can't walk away and be like, this is gonna be like. This is like.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That was a 6.5.
Tim Gettys
Like.
Greg Miller
No, it's a 10 out of 10.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Would Jeff Kelly be this silent though? Yeah, if I was Jeff, I'd be bursting at the seams. No, that's why you gotta keep it. That's why you got to keep it cool.
Roger Picorny
Under promise over to.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
He's legitimately white Yagami in Death Note where he's like, I can't. I can't laugh.
Greg Miller
Yeah, I can't laugh.
Nick Scarpino
You gotta like, just shut the up when it. When you know when you feel the vibe is a lower year, that's when you're like. That's when you start talking and be like, hey, it's gonna be a chilly year. Just like he did last year when you got the stuff, you shut the up Friday.
Tim Gettys
Yep. Dude, straight up. Yeah, Raj is the top of my list for like things that didn't make my. My five. So no, I'm. I'm right there with you. Like, cuz you're cooking, you got all the pieces there, there. But yeah, good, good time.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's true, man. Jeff's a better man than I am. I'll be tweeting every day like, man, beautiful.
Roger Picorny
Yo, y'all ready? You're not gonna be ready.
Tim Gettys
So that. Those were our predictions. I feel really great about them. What a fun show we just did. Of course we're going to be live reacting to the Game Awards later this week. On Thursday, we'll be doing a little pre show. We'll react to their pre show, their whole show. Then we'll do a breakdown talking about it all before we leave. Today, though, I do want to get through the super chats y'all sent in. Alex J. Sandoval says, are y'all going to wear your Best dressed at TGA's? Fits for the reaction stream. That'd be fun. I'm going to dress up like I always do, but I'm not. I'm not trying any extra hard.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I'm going to dress down.
Roger Picorny
I'm dressing up.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I'm wearing pajamas.
Tim Gettys
Jeff Kirby says, why does Tim know what dog food tastes like? I don't. I know what frostbite tastes like. The frost.
Greg Miller
So weird.
Tim Gettys
I hate the frost.
Nick Scarpino
So you're putting. You're keeping things in the freezer for like months and months and months, and then you're like, taking it out and using it.
Tim Gettys
Yes, that's exactly what I said.
Nick Scarpino
That's a bad idea.
Roger Picorny
When we put you the zoo, we'll only give you the fresh food. All right?
Tim Gettys
Like, it's horrible, dude. Jordan Vickers says either 1.0 of Hades 2 is shadow dropped or Silk Song is shadow dropped.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I'm surprised nobody said Silk Song.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. S. I feel like Hades2 makes stop.
Roger Picorny
Predicting the rock would show up. I'm like, I just can't anymore.
Tim Gettys
Hades 2 was. Or Hades and. And the game awards have lineage, right? We got Hades 1. Early access was announced there. Hades 2 at all was announced there. So, like, I do think we'll get Hades to something here. I think it might be a little early for a 1.0 date. But at the same time, like, yeah, it has to come at some point. Right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And that would shift the game of.
Nick Scarpino
The year 1.0 than we expect.
Tim Gettys
Further away.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Nick Scarpino
Or yeah, further away.
Roger Picorny
Sorry.
Tim Gettys
Gotcha.
Nick Scarpino
Because I think, like, think about how big the early access is. I feel like Hades2 is going to be really big.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. Nathan Maloney says Persona 6 and Wolverine.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
So I see a lot of people say Wolverine. I don't know, man. I feel like that game's further out. I think that's like a last year.
Tim Gettys
I think PlayStation just doesn't want to play.
Roger Picorny
Like, yeah, I would think PlayStation just holds on to that, to their own thing.
Tim Gettys
But yeah, I feel like PlayStation knows that they need a showcase. They need a banger showcase at some point in 2025. And I feel like, yo, wait, because you got Corey's project, you got Naughty Dog, you got all the insomniac stuff like you need to like get people back like yo, we're ready.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Nick Scarpino
Also Persona 6 is not happening. I have a pizza bet with mix Mr. Hawks in the chat it's not gonna happen.
Tim Gettys
Failure thinks his hype responsibly should be a new T shirt Xbox. I knew it. Reading this time says Holiday Love. Thanks for bringing us so much joy on our good days and bad days. You. You have a great job but not an easy one yet. The vibes are always as immaculate as your style. Thanks for being so special and also for reading most of my cringe as super chats forever. Thank you so much. We appreciate you for for always hanging out with us. Cozy Bear says a new Metroid prime for Metroid Prime 4 Beyond trailer will be shown and the big reveal in it will be that Samus is voiced. Her actress will be a well known talent who's appeared in other AAA games.
Greg Miller
Oh that's cool.
Tim Gettys
I like a lot but no I don't think so. Metroid being there is not impossible.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Her being voiced I think is less likely.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah I think her being voiced after Metroid other m I think no. And I also think Nintendo and Nintendo I feel like for I mean for most their IP doesn't have voices and I think that's probably easy for them to be like yo, we don't got to rely on an actor. We can like make this on our own time. We can do whatever the we want.
Tim Gettys
I would like it but speaking of.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Nintendo though I'm surprised he didn't say Kirby playing at Robobot.
Tim Gettys
That's the thing like I. Nintendo's weird, man. Why does that make you laugh Greg?
Roger Picorny
Yeah, I mean I feel like that's around these shows.
Tim Gettys
I believe that's going to happen but I don't. I don't see it as a game Awards.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's right. That gives me. That gives me Nintendo direct surprise.
Greg Miller
No one said Wonder Woman. Just it's on my list.
Roger Picorny
One of my predictions, one of my lose predictions. There was absolutely zero talk of monolith Wonder Woman.
Greg Miller
Oh I like that.
Roger Picorny
I know updated the website not too long ago people were pointing to that. I want the Wonder Woman game to exist and be great. I just do not understand what's going on with that or where it is.
Nick Scarpino
Yeah and that's just like where WB is at in general. Like it's just like it's all a big shrug. You can't predict anything like that.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
One of the ones I got written here MGS3 released it.
Greg Miller
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Nobody said That.
Tim Gettys
I feel like that's such a slam. Doc. I think that's it. There's no chance we don't get metal gear solid 3 Delta's release state.
Greg Miller
But do you think that. That Keely is like, we got Kojima here. We don't have to make him look at that.
Tim Gettys
No, because I feel like they've shown so much love to the game.
Roger Picorny
We don't want to make him look at that.
Tim Gettys
What do you guys think? You don't think so? Then where.
Roger Picorny
Press release. Press release and trailer drop. Man.
Greg Miller
I had.
Roger Picorny
Sorry.
Greg Miller
I had Wolf. Wolf among us too. I feel like that's also just a given. I mean, that game's so weird, but it's also tied to and everything. And then I had Silent Hill F, which I felt like. I feel like it's been a while and like we're getting off the hype of Silent Hill 2. It's about time that we show the next mainline Silent Hill game.
Tim Gettys
I could see that Silent Hill 2 was featured in Keely's like hype trailer for this thing. Yeah, Silent Hill left, which I think it was just featuring all the games and nominated, but still Engine 25 says. Pity. Greg's indie review kills any clout from the peel. Prediction. A little winky emoji. Just fucking with you. Bless. Took my prediction about doom, but I predict we will see Double finds next game.
Greg Miller
Oh shit.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Broken age 2. I would love that.
Roger Picorny
I could see it full throttle again.
Nick Scarpino
Fuller throttle, I think from what we could pull from Psych Odyssey and just like other things. I feel like their next project is going to be one of their kind of. Another smaller project. Don't expect a Psychonauts 3 3. Don't expect a Psychonauts 3. I already see it in chat. Don't. Don't do that.
Tim Gettys
They're working.
Nick Scarpino
They like doesn't work on small, not big franchise stuff. Also, Persona 6 won't be at the game Awards.
Tim Gettys
So the thing about Double Fine, my prediction is it will not be at the Game Awards, but it will be in the Xbox Underscore, Developer Direct, whatever it's called, in February.
Greg Miller
Okay, that works.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
That's fair. Yeah, I like that.
Tim Gettys
Dear Sixlet says Harada has said season one won't have a guest. This doesn't disqualify her for season two though. And also Harada lies sometimes.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah, Harada do be lying. And also like, I mean what. What non guest character would they announce at game awards? I mean, I like the. You're gonna feed the Tekken audience for sure. If you announce that like I don't know, Christie's back or whatever.
Tim Gettys
Shout out to Christie.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Shout out to Christie. But like it's a game awards announcement. Put fucking TIFA in there.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, I'm with you. Joey Radstone says Kingdom Hearts 4. It's been almost three years since reveal. I. I really. I don't think that. That he. He's got the stuff, but I do think Kingdom Hearts 4 in 2025 is going to be a thing.
Greg Miller
I was just thinking if he got Half Life three bro, he got the stuff for anything. Anything and everything. You know what I mean? Like anything.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, it was 10th year. Yeah, it definitely.
Roger Picorny
10 years of the game awards. It's bigger than ever. You know that more eyes than it. We are used to the press release after it every Monday, right? Or yeah, Monday usually is what it is of like here's the viewership outstanding number, you know, year over year up. X percent like it's the place to go. Right. So this could be the one where Jeff pulls in all the favors and does the thing.
Tim Gettys
Shuffy says. Do you guys think it's possible we see Tomb Raider?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
It doesn't feel.
Tim Gettys
I think it's very unlikely.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
It feels too early for some reason. I know they've been cooking on it, but yeah, I don't feel likely anything's possible. That feels like one of those things that would have leaked by now if it was going to happen.
Tim Gettys
I feel like if we see it, it's going to be some Wonder Woman type of like, oh, we ain't going to see that for a long time.
Roger Picorny
Yeah.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Okay. Meto and two throwaways. I have Team Eco's next game which they're Gen Design now. They're working with Epic to make their next thing. I think we could see that at the game awards. And then I have here Wuang game with one of the members appears. Which wuang member?
Greg Miller
Oh, that's the moment in the beginning, Gabe Newell and all the Wuang members come out.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Together and Redman and Logic.
Roger Picorny
For some reason, throwaway ones I put down it's finally happening. A Superman game is announced, which of course it isn't happening. And then I put. I think a good pre show announcement would be the announcement of Joe Hendry DLC for WWE 2K24. But at this point you're waiting for WWE 225, right? Because you're going to announce it at what the. It'll be announced in. Well to ship in March. So it's what, around rumble time A.
Nick Scarpino
Little after Rumble time should have made a live service.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
It should have show in there couple.
Tim Gettys
Just throw away ones. I had a Starfield game of the year edition. PS5 port.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Space asterisks.
Tim Gettys
Yeah, but yeah, PS5 starfield. Interesting. I think this would be the place to. To talk about that Hogwarts legacy director's cut of some sort or like some type of something. Oh my God. You guys have any other Judas?
Roger Picorny
Yeah, Judas got kicked around a lot. I'll be interested to see if that.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Actually I've also wrote down here and I don't believe it, but put Ben Studio, Sony Bend. Yeah, but that's also like. That's a PlayStation show point.
Tim Gettys
Like where they at?
Greg Miller
I put Sonic, you know, he's always in the ether. You never know what he's doing. You know. I feel like they would have teased that. They would have been like, do you.
Nick Scarpino
Think Top Golf Cross Sonic may be also a sponsor of the Game Wars?
Tim Gettys
No, but I do think we work.
Roger Picorny
A lot cheaper than the Game wars.
Tim Gettys
That we see the Sonic movie DLC for Sonic, Sonic Shadows Generations.
Greg Miller
Like that's a ten minute deal. See, there's no shy. You show more.
Tim Gettys
I mean they did say more about it where it is a full act one, act two. Like. Yeah, yeah.
Greg Miller
Oh yeah.
Tim Gettys
So I can see them.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Come on.
Tim Gettys
Put something out there as also cross promotion for the movie. Yeah, the movie comes out next week.
Greg Miller
Yeah, I could see that. I wonder also like just in. In the ether is like the Sega stuff, right? I mean we saw that last year, like, right? Are we gonna see more of that? Are they gonna do another one? Are they just gonna show off Crazy tax?
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
They showed off games. Yeah, we're like, you don't even own some of these ips.
Nick Scarpino
I think either Judas or Bioshock will be there one or the other. And like, oh man.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Bioshock and Half Life three in the same showcase would break the world.
Tim Gettys
We got Liza P. DLC was one where like there was the tease, right. For a sequel. But what if that's just dlc and we were like, we're trying to like align with Wicked at this point. Like know, get on.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I would be sad if that was dlc. But also I'd be excited especially coming off of Wicked. Are you kidding me?
Tim Gettys
And then I have here ARC system.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Work announces a new fighting game and it's an IP game that's like more west western appealing.
Roger Picorny
Right.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
This is them kind of like trying to break out and like kind of have another Dragon Ball Fighters moment. But like also for the Western audience.
Nick Scarpino
The Hill Fighters.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Exactly.
Roger Picorny
Damn it, Bobby.
Tim Gettys
The last one I want to throw out there is that I didn't want to make official because I don't think right now necessarily is the time. But I want to start saying this.
Greg Miller
Ooh.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I like start saying make it regular Ninja Gaiden 4.
Tim Gettys
Yeah. It's time. It's time for us to go back to Ninja Gaiden. Right? Like the difficult action game that everybody freaking loved during the Xbox generation. Like they had the stuff. They were the thing. Souls has kind of taken that all over. I think it's time for my boy Ryu Hayabusa to come back.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
I agree.
Tim Gettys
And reclaim the throne. I know three wasn't that great right before. It can change.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
And we don't really know what the next one is from. From Koei Tecmo because Koi Tecmo. They're Ninja G. Yeah. Like they've done Neos. They did w long Fallen Dynasty. This last year they did Rise of the Ronin. They're up there due to announce something else. Like they're always churning out something. I think Ninja Gaiden would be exciting for the fan base and like I think that would fit within the mold of the games they've already been making. Even though I hope that like if they do announce a new Ninja Gaiden, I hope it's not just. Just he hears more Neo style gameplay. Like use this as an opportunity to push that shit forward.
Tim Gettys
That's one thing is I think it'll. I think Ninja Gaiden 4 will be Ninja guided.
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Yeah.
Tim Gettys
Which I'm very, very excited about. Dan Brand TV writes in to close the show out here saying bold prediction. This game awards is going to be a 10 out of 10 of the year. I've been an audio listener for the past year. Love from Tasmania, Australia, shout out to you. We appreciate you so very, very much.
Roger Picorny
Gonna be a big Thursday.
Tim Gettys
Yes, Big Thursday. Hang out with us all day as we react to the game awards. Break it all down. It's going to be so much fun. Our schedule is going to be a little bit different. I forget exactly what it was. Let me try to see starting at.
Nick Scarpino
1Pm Pacific that day, 1pm Pacific.
Tim Gettys
Twitch and YouTube. We're going to be doing games daily. That'll lead into just some fun nick stream situation. And then our pre show reacting to the pre show. Reacting to the show show breaking down the show after that. It's going to be a fun filled Thursday. Hopefully with a 10 out of 10 game awards. Get hype everybody. Until next time. We appreciate you all. If you want to hang out and watch a little Indiana Jones being played by the boys, if you're on Twitch, you can stay where you are. If you're on YouTube, please make the jump to the other YouTube link. But until next time, love you all.
Greg Miller
Goodbye.
Summary of Kinda Funny Gamescast: The Game Awards Official Predictions 2024
Episode Release Date: December 9, 2024
In the December 9, 2024 episode of the Kinda Funny Gamescast: Video Game Podcast, hosts Tim Gettys, Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Blessing Adeoye Jr., and Roger Picorny delve deep into their predictions for The Game Awards 2024. This detailed, long-form summary captures the essence of their discussions, insights, and conclusions, providing an engaging overview for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.
The episode kicks off with the usual banter among the hosts, skipping past the advertisements to dive straight into the core content. Tim Gettys, the primary host, sets the stage by welcoming his co-hosts and briefly mentioning their focus for the day: predicting major announcements and surprises at The Game Awards 2024.
Before jumping into specific predictions, the hosts discuss their approach to forecasting Game Awards outcomes. Blessing Adeoye Jr. emphasizes the importance of research, stating, “I did write down other stuff that I was like, ooh, I can build on this. But it was more so me doing research” [03:12]. Greg Miller jocularly warns against outsourcing predictions, teasing Roger Picorny about stealing his insights, highlighting the competitive yet friendly nature of their prediction-making process.
Tim Gettys opens the prediction segment with an insightful forecast about FromSoftware, the studio behind beloved titles like Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. He predicts:
"At the Game Awards, we will get a teaser for FromSoftware's next game. It will not be a sequel but something entirely new, just a tease indicating a fresh direction" [11:30].
Blessing Adeoye Jr. concurs, adding that while the tease is expected, the community might not immediately recognize the specifics, leaving room for excitement and speculation.
The conversation shifts to Capcom’s flagship franchise, Resident Evil. Tim contends:
"Resident Evil 9 will be revealed at Game Awards 2024, likely announced during Xbox presentations" [16:20].
Blessing Adeoye Jr. debates this, pointing out the historical pattern of Resident Evil announcements leaning towards PlayStation showcases rather than unified events like Game Awards, adding:
"I think Resident Evil 9 will be announced at a PlayStation showcase instead of the Game Awards" [17:05].
This highlights the dynamic discussions and differing viewpoints among the hosts.
Greg Miller brings an exciting prediction about Rockstar Games, predicting:
"Rockstar will showcase a full trailer for a Max Payne 1 and 2 remake with a 2026 release date. The Rockstar logo will appear alongside Remedy’s" [22:25].
Roger Picorny challenges this, expressing skepticism about Rockstar's participation, but Greg remains hopeful, citing past collaborations.
Blessing Adeoye Jr. anticipates a sequel to Until Dawn, developed by Fire Sprite Studios. He envisions:
"A trailer featuring actors like Jenna Ortega or Lily Reinhardt, hinting at new storylines and gameplay mechanics" [30:33].
This prediction underscores the hosts' keen interest in narrative-driven games and their sequels.
Tim Gettys forecasts the expansion of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth to PC platforms:
"Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be announced for both Steam and Epic by the end of the year, sidestepping the previous staggered releases" [27:52].
Greg Miller lauds this prediction for its strategic foresight, connecting it to recent porting trends and platform collaborations.
Throughout the episode, the hosts engage in animated discussions, reflecting their diverse perspectives:
Bagel Debate: Early in the episode, a light-hearted argument erupts over Greg bringing frozen bagels, with Roger defending their taste post-defrosting. This segment exemplifies the hosts' humorous rapport [00:37–02:32].
Naughty Dog’s New IP: Blessing Adeoye Jr. passionately predicts a new installment from Naughty Dog, possibly titled "Ghost of Yote." This sparks a debate on whether such announcements fit within the Game Awards' prestige or belong elsewhere [70:18–74:35].
Valve and Half-Life 3 Speculation: Greg Miller surprises with a bold prediction about Valve finally revealing Half-Life 3, tying it to a potential Steam hardware announcement. While others express skepticism, Greg remains optimistic, highlighting the perpetual fan demand [73:03–78:42].
Blessing’s Anticipation for Resident Evil 9: Blessing remarks, “I did think of something around Resident Evil 9, but I feel they’d go to a PlayStation showcase instead” [17:05], showcasing foresight grounded in franchise history.
Roger’s Enthusiasm for Max Payne Remakes: Roger energetically predicts the remake, adding levity to the discussion: “Max Payne being there. That would have been something we could have predicted” [07:27–22:25].
Gamers’ Emotional Investment: Tim Gettys reflects on the passionate gaming community, emphasizing the weight of Game Awards announcements: “It's the 10-year anniversary, and Jeff’s got to be cooking something” [43:40].
Technology and Platform Collaborations: The hosts anticipate significant collaborations between game developers and platforms, particularly hinting at advancements like SteamOS integrations and PlayStation's strategic announcements [78:42–84:35].
Greg Miller [22:25]: “Rockstar will show off Max Payne 1 and 2 remake with a 2026 release date.”
Blessing Adeoye Jr. [03:12]: “I did write down other stuff that I was like, ooh, I can build on this.”
Roger Picorny [35:32]: “Please welcome to the Game Awards the star of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Troy Baker.”
Tim Gettys [27:52]: “Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be announced for both Steam and Epic by the end of the year.”
Greg Miller [73:00]: “Half-Life 3 would be the ultimate game award prediction.”
As the episode winds down, the hosts express their excitement for the upcoming Game Awards and their plans to live-react to the event. They acknowledge the uncertainty inherent in making predictions but revel in the joy of speculation and the shared passion for gaming. Tim Gettys wraps up by thanking their audience and encouraging support through memberships and social interactions, ensuring listeners remain engaged with future content.
This episode of Kinda Funny Gamescast exemplifies the hosts' expertise and enthusiasm for the gaming industry. Their predictions, while speculative, are grounded in substantial industry knowledge and historical context, making for an engaging and informative listen. Whether their forecasts hit the mark or not, the dynamic interplay and deep love for gaming shine through, offering listeners a comprehensive look into what might unfold at The Game Awards 2024.