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Nintendo Under Pressure to Raise Switch 2 Price - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.06.26 May 06, 2026

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Run of Show - 00:00:00 - Start
00:04:39 - Nintendo Under Pressure to Raise Switch 2 Console Price, as Hardware Currently Sold at a Loss
00:16:49 - Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI
00:22:49 - Asha Sharma reveals Xbox’s new boot up sequence
00:26:37 - Ad
00:29:49 - Is Valve Finally Getting Ready to Launch the Steam Machine?
00:39:50 - Mina the Hollower launches May 29
00:41:27 - Surprise: The studio making Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is full of former BioWare devs
00:45:59 - Ubisoft Announces Assassin's Creed Stage ShowUbisoft Announces Assassin's Creed Stage Show
00:49:50 - Wee News!
00:52:22 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Does GTA 6 NEED To Cost $80? - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.05.26 May 05, 2026

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Take-Two CEO talks GTA 6 expectations, does GTA 6 need to cost $80, and Halo 2 and 3 remake rumors.

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Run of Show - - Start
- Take-Two CEO Says ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Expectations Are ‘Terrifying’ - Jason Schreier @ Bloomberg
- Rockstar should raise GTA 6’s price for good of ‘the entire industry’, says Bank of America - Andy Robinson @ VGC
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- Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes - Tom Warren @ The Verge
- Halo Studios is ‘actively developing’ remakes of Halo 2 and Halo 3, it’s claimed - Andy Robinson @ VGC
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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GameStop’s Buying Ebay for $56 Billion?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.04.26 May 04, 2026

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Run of Show - - Start
- GameStop makes daring $56 billion bid for eBay, hoping to rival Amazon
- Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods Part Ways With WWE
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- Reggie on Why Nintendo Left Amazon
- Pragmata
- Halo Studios is ‘actively developing’ remakes of Halo 2 and Halo 3, it’s claimed
- Capcom on DLSS 5/RE Drama
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Pragmata A HUGE Hit For Capcom - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.01.26 May 01, 2026

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- After a successful debut, it sounds like Capcom believes its brand-new IP Pragmata has a bright future ahead (Victoria Phillips Kennedy at Eurogamer)
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- Xbox Mode Begins Rolling Out to Players on Windows 11 PCs (Xbox Wire post by Jason Ronald, the VP of Next Generation Xbox and Ian LeGrow, Corporate VP of Windows and Devices)
- Final Fantasy VII Director Has Already Completed "Over 40 Full Playthroughs" Of The Third Game (Ollie Renolds at Nintendo Life)
- Battlefield Movie Creates Bidding War Between Netflix, Sony, and Other Major Studios (Cade Onder at IGN)
- Thanks to Musk v. Altman lawsuit, it's now public record that Gabe Newell emailed Elon Musk to get his pal Hideo Kojima a tour of SpaceX and OpenAI (Shaun Prescott at PC Gamer)
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Xbox Revenue SINKS, New CEO Responds - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.30.26 Apr 30, 2026

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Take-Two CEO Addresses GTA 6 Price, Release Date - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.29.26 Apr 29, 2026

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00:00:00 - Start
00:05:10 - Aphelion Review Round Up
00:17:41 - Take-Two CEO Addresses Grand Theft Auto 6 Price, and the Possibility for More L.A. Noire
00:36:10 - Ad
00:39:44 - SuperChats
00:40:42 - Monument Valley boss says it was ‘too romantic’ about giving staff ‘long-term job security’, thinks contractors are the future
00:56:00 - Microsoft is giving its Xbox employees an Xbox email address
01:00:10 - NBA The Run releases this June
01:02:13 - Wee News!
01:03:51 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Is PlayStation DRM Locking Offline Games?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.28.26 Apr 28, 2026

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- PlayStation Users Report New Online License Checks For Digital Games - Gabe Gurwin @ Gamespot
- A third Nintendo Illumination movie is set for 2028, according to Universal schedule - Andy Robinson @ VGC
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- Noah Hawley says his Far Cry TV show won't be adapting any of the games, and is instead betting on an anthology format - Fran Ruiz @ Eurogamer
- Report: Steelrising Studio Spiders Shutting Down Just Six Weeks After The Launch Of GreedFall 2 - Wesley Leblanc @ Game Informer
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Insomniac Venom Game Cancelled?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily LIVE 04.27.26 Apr 27, 2026

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Run of Show - - Start
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales Actor Talks About That Missing Venom Game
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- Valve Confirms Steam Controller Price and Release Date, Promises More News on Steam Machine Soon
- Crimson Desert Has Sold So Well Developer Pearl Abyss Has Reportedly Given Every Employee a $3,400 Bonus
- Christopher McQuarrie, Michael B. Jordan to Tackle Adaptation of ‘Battlefield’ Video Game
- Star Wars: Galactic Racer Release Date Seemingly Leaked on Steam
- We have a new teaser for the Alien Isolation sequel
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Xbox Reevaluating Exclusivity, Affordability, More - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.24.26 Apr 24, 2026

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Xbox is Xbox, a Game Pass starter edition with Discord has leaked, and the Gang Of Dragon dev erased their YouTube Channel.

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- We Are Xbox - Matt and Asha @ Xbox Wire
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- Asha Sharma Elaborates On Xbox Affordability And Exclusives: ‘I Want To Make The Right Decision, Not The Fastest Decision’ - Ethan Gach @ Kotaku
- Leak reveals new Xbox Game Pass ‘Starter Edition’ that’s part of Discord Nitro - Tom Warren @ The Verge
- Gang Of Dragon Developer Erases YouTube Channel Then Reinstates It - Heidi Kemps @ Gamespot
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Reveal Reaction - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.23.26 Apr 23, 2026

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- Start
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Has Been Revealed!
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- Google exec says almost every big studio uses AI, but not all disclose it
- Mass Effect Devs Are Too Busy Working On Mass Effect To Tease Mass Effect
- Orbitals Gameplay Reveal Trailer Reaction
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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