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Fans ANGRY Over Pokemon Champions Messy Launch - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.08.26 Apr 08, 2026

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Bugs, limitations, and false advertising in Pokemon Champions, No Man’s Sky launches their own Pokemon game, and 007 has been delayed… on Switch 2.

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Run of Show - - Start
- Pokémon Fans Revolt As Champions Launches With Bugs, Limitations, And False Advertising
- No Man's Sky's gets a Pokémon-inspired update that's basically an entirely new game
- Ad
- SuperChats
- The Switch 2 version of 007 First Light has been delayed until this summer
- Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake Announcement is Planned for Next Week
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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PlayStation Wants to Put YOU in Their Games - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.07.26 Apr 07, 2026

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- Introducing The Playerbase, bringing PlayStation’s biggest fans into blockbuster PlayStation Studios games - Isabelle Tomatis @ PS Blog
- Mass Effect TV show ordered to rewrite scripts and make them "more appealing to non-gamers" - Vikki Blake @ Eurogamer
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- Mass Effect TV show ordered to rewrite scripts and make them "more appealing to non-gamers" - Vikki Blake @ Eurogamer
- Overwatch Reveals Updated Look For Anran Following Fan Backlash - Simon Cardy @ IGN
- Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says he no longer reveals what he’s working on in case it’s stolen or ‘slurped up by AI’ - Chris Scullion @ VGC
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a MEGAHIT - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.06.26 Apr 06, 2026

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Take Two lays off their entire AI team, State of Decay 3’s reveal was basically fake, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a MEGAHIT.

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- Super Mario becomes the only animated movie series to open globally at more than $350 million twice
- Ad
- SuperChats
- Take-Two lays off AI team
- Lenovo Legion Go 2 suddenly costs $650 more as RAMageddon lays waste to gaming hardware
- State Of Decay 3 Trailer Was Basically Fake As Dev Dashes Fan Hopes For Zombie Deer
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Uncharted 5 Teased By Naughty Dog Director?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.03.26 Apr 03, 2026

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- Fans Believe Cryptic Naughty Dog Dev Post Is Teasing Uncharted 5
- State of Decay 3 alpha tests to begin in May
- 'Any Update Is a Bonus Not a Right' Says Peak Dev in Response to 'Lazy Dev Cycle' Accusations
- Ad
- SuperChats
- Jason Blundell Starts Yet Another Studio Magic Fractal, Says “Third Time’s The Charm”
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Last of Us Online was 80% Complete?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.02.26 Apr 02, 2026

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- Last Of Us Online Dev Says It Was Around ‘80 Percent’ Complete Before Its ‘Soul-Crushing’ Cancellation
- Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a better opening day than the first film, is expected to finish behind for the weekend
- Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Cinemersive Labs
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- SuperChats
- Xbox FanFest Tour 2026 has been announced
- Pokémon has opened a Pokopia-themed ‘immersive space’ in London
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Critics SLAM The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - Kinda Funny Games Daily 04.01.26 Apr 01, 2026

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Critics have harsh words about the Super Mario Galaxy movie, Mindseye’s DLC will reveal how the game was sabotaged, and Stellar Blade’s developer acquires Shinji Mikami's new studio.

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Run of Show - - Start
- Mario Galaxy Review Round Up
- New MindsEye Mission Will Reveal 'Evidence' the Game Was 'Sabotaged', Claims CEO
- Ad
- Long Starmie & SuperChats
- Stellar Blade developer Shift Up acquires Shinji Mikami's new studio
- US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle - Optional Reading: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/us-patent-office-revokes-nintendos-patent-on-summoning-characters-to-make-them-battle/
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Disney Wants To Buy Fortnite & Epic Games?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 03.31.26 Mar 31, 2026

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Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic at some point, Eidos Montreal is in big trouble, and Pokemon Pokopia is getting an unexpected crossover.

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Run of Show - 00:00:00 - Start
00:05:06 - Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic Games at some point, it’s claimed
00:29:42 - Ad
00:30:55 - Eidos Montreal studio head departs as it lays off another 124 employees 'across production and support teams'
00:33:29 - Eidos Montreal Cancels 7+ Year In-Development Title That Cost Hundreds of Millions
00:47:27 - Pokemon Pokopia Is Getting an IKEA Island
00:51:56 - InZOI boss made his "untalented" son play the successful life sim to "learn game development" as "he did not have the talent for it"
00:57:07 - Wee News!
01:00:35 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Xbox Games Showcase, Gears E-Day Direct Announced! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 03.30.26 Mar 30, 2026

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Run of Show - - Start
- Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct Airs June 7 – and Xbox Fanfest Returns
- Microsoft Gaming Chief Asha Sharma Killed 'This Is An Xbox' Campaign as It 'Didn't Feel Like Xbox'
- Ad
- ‘We are in it for the long haul’: Bungie says Marathon will be steadily improved for ‘many years’
- Neil Druckmann reveals 2003 art that would eventually become The Last of Us
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Sony is Raising PS5 Prices AGAIN - Kinda Funny Games Daily 03.27.26 Mar 27, 2026

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- Sony is raising PS5 prices by $100 in April - Emma Roth @ The Verge
- Sources: Nintendo is planning a new Star Fox and a major Zelda remake this year, but no 3D Mario - Andy Robinson @ VGC
- Glen Powell to Voice Fox McCloud in ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ - Jordan Moreau @ Variety
- Content Creator Alanah Pearce Launches Charred Pictures in Partnership With Game Devs - Jennifer Maas @ Variety
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Xbox Partner Preview Review (March 2026) - Kinda Funny Games Daily 03.26.26 Mar 26, 2026

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Run of Show - - Start
- Xbox Partner Preview Live Review
- Gregs thoughts
-Bless’s thoughts
-Mike’s thoughts
- Roger’s thoughts
- Ad
- Hunter the Reckoning: Deathwish
- Wurthing Waves
- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
- Grave Seasons
- Serious Sam: Shatterverse
- Stranger Than Heaven
- Super Meat Boy 3D
- Forever Ago
- Ascend to zero
- Dispatch
- ADS: Alien Death Storm
- Frog Sqwad
- Bluey’s Happy Snaps
- STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Moosa Dirty Fate
- The Eternal Life of Goldman
- Vaunted
- Hades II
- Artificial Detective
- Wee News!

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