Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

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We have more news on the studios hit by Xbox layoffs, IO Interactive closes a studio, a new report on Xbox Game Pass numbers.



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Run of Show -
00:00:00 - Start00:09:52 - Report: Roughly half of the id Software team have been laid off00:24:45 - The Outer Worlds And Grounded Studio Obsidian Losing Around 25 Percent Of Its Staff To Xbox Layoffs00:28:19 - SuperChats00:34:16 - Ad00:36:30 - BREAKING00:39:03 - IO Interactive closes a studio and gains ownership of Project Fantasy IP00:54:43 - Microsoft Expected Game Pass Would Have 77 Million Subscribers by Now but It Reportedly Only Has 30 Million00:56:50 - 'Don't Kill the Disc' — Independent Retailer Launches Petition Calling on PlayStation to Keep Physical Games, Gets Over 115,000 Signatures01:00:38 - Wee News!01:06:04 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong


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Xbox announces its cutting 3,200 jobs, Xbox is dropping multiple studios, and Double Fine and Compulsion go independent.


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Run of Show -
00:00:00 - Start00:05:36 - Xbox is Laying Off 3,200 people and Dropping Multiple Studios00:35:52 - Ad00:38:07 - SuperChats00:48:35 - Bethesda Pivots to a Franchise-First Model as Xbox Cuts 3,200 Jobs, Betting Everything on The Elder Scrolls and Fallout00:49:58 - The Elder Scrolls Online Team Seemingly Gutted By Xbox Layoffs, Says Game’s Roadmaps ‘Will Be Shifting’01:15:24 - As Xbox Tries to Sell or Close Arkane, the Future of Marvel's Blade Remains Unclear, With Reports Suggesting It Was Delayed Internally and Is Running Over Budget01:44:11 - Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year01:47:55 - Wee News!


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Jason Schrier says Xbox is keeping Obsidian, companies respond to SOny ending disc support, and Metroid Ravenous has apparently leaked for Nintendo Switch 2.






00:00:00 - Start00:07:24 - Avowed, The Outer Worlds, and Fallout: New Vegas Developer Obsidian Entertainment Reportedly NOT at Risk of Closure Amid Xbox 'Reset' - Wesley Yin-Poole @ IGN00:23:25 - Companies Respond To Sony’s Decision To End Disc Support - Eddie Makuch & Chris Pereira @ Gamespot00:38:20 - Ad00:39:50 - Metroid Ravenous has apparently been leaked for Nintendo Switch 2 - Brian @ Nintendo Everything00:43:30 - PlayAsia lists The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake at $60 - Sickr @ My Nintendo News00:50:20 - Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Getting Story Expansion Pass, Store Leak Suggests - Tom Philips @ IGN00:54:15 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword Release Date Moved Forward - Ryan McCaffrey @ IGN00:58:00 - Wee News!01:00:20 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong




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00:00:00 - Start00:03:48 - Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles00:23:00 - An update on PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita00:40:48 - Ads00:41:10 - The layoffs and cancellation reports get worse at Xbox01:03:32 - REQUIRED READING: 'We're Done Paying for Executives' Failures' — Unionized Xbox Developers Hold Press Conference to Make Their Point as Microsoft Reportedly Readies Massive Layoffs - https://www.ign.com/articles/were-done-paying-for-executives-failures-unionized-xbox-developers-hold-press-conference-to-make-their-point-as-microsoft-reportedly-readies-massive-layoffs01:06:17 - ‘Persona’ Live-Action TV Adaptation in the Works at Netflix, 21 Laps & Story Kitchen to Produce01:09:09 - BREAKING: Xbox Testing Disc-To-Digital Feature01:10:58 - Wee News!01:14:15 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong




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Is PlayStation 6 coming in 2027? Is the GTA 6 Physical Disc is NEVER Coming?! And Is Xbox pausing Third-Party Game Pass deals?!



Required Reading: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ram-manufacturers-have-been-sued-for-allegedly-fixing-prices-and-supply-leading-to-increased-costs/



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Run of Show -
00:00:00 - Start00:08:26 - Sony Says it Won’t Sell Hardware ‘at Significant Losses’ as PS6 Costing $1000 Rumors Continue00:27:30 - Ad00:29:21 - PlayStation CEO says company wants to "revitalise" live-service games00:35:13 - No, There Is No GTA 6 Physical Disc Coming Out at Launch or the Months After00:42:23 - Xbox reportedly pausing new third-party Game Pass deals, developers say00:54:06 - RAM manufacturers have been sued for allegedly fixing prices and supply, leading to increased costs: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ram-manufacturers-have-been-sued-for-allegedly-fixing-prices-and-supply-leading-to-increased-costs/ 00:57:42 - Wee News! 01:05:46 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong


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