EA Completes Acquisition, Studios Brace For Layoff Bloodbath - Kinda Funny Games Daily 08.05.26
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What did EA’s $55 billion acquisition mean for the company’s leadership?
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What's up and welcome to Kinda Funny Games Daily for Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. Of course, I'm your host, Tim Geddes. I'm joined today by the one and only Andy Cortez. Good morning, Timothy Geddes.
How are you? Great to see your smiling face.
I feel like me and you haven't hung out in a while.
And that great body.
I don't know why. I guess I've been sick. I've been out. There's been a lot of just... I haven't been hanging out with anybody.
Yeah, I mean, you went sick, then your whole body went into panic. Yeah. I'm good now, though.
As of today, I'm back. Okay. I'm feeling so good about that. Yesterday was my first glimpse at, like, wait, I'm starting to feel better. This doesn't suck. And now today, I'm like, oh, I'm just back.
Okay, that's great to hear.
And I say I haven't hung out with you. I hung out with you for 12 hours playing Halo on Friday. Yeah, what the hell?
Which I believe... That VOD is still processing in the back end on YouTube. It's a big one. It's a long VOD, but we're hoping to, you know, do one of those Saturday premiere things. I like that. Put it live at like, here's what I want to propose right now. Let's make some company decisions right now. I would propose we put it live 7 a.m. Pacific time. That way it starts for a lot of people in our country and then overseas. It's starting right at like, you know, put the kids to bed for 4 p.m.
I like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice, sweet 4 p.m.
bedtime. If Johnny go to sleep, it's 3 p.m. You know what I mean? It's Halo time. Me and the Mrs., We're going to sit down, and we're going to watch this squad play Halo. I love that. And then maybe they fully watch it all the way through until, you know, 3 a.m. or whatever.
Yeah, a little forerunner foreplay. Something about that. You know what I mean? Dude, I like that a lot. Also, I'm so proud of us for actually finishing the game in one video. Like, I thought for sure we were going to have to break it up in some way, but we finished the whole game and the bonus missions. Yeah. That is going to be a fun watch on Saturday.
Really blown away. I do want everybody to... You know, there was that awesome clip out of you just really shitting the bed. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Really unfortunate.
I will say, I will say. All of you guys gave me a lot of shit for that. I gave myself a lot of shit for it, too. But the reality of it is, Bless didn't know what was going on. All right? I don't think Mike was really paying attention. You were the only one actively giving me shit. I was more giving Halo shit. Because I stand by, having said this, because I didn't want to get into it on the content. I don't think I did anything wrong. You said, get out. I got out. And it did that Halo bounce thingy. I didn't expect to get out of the banshee and have it throw me fucking back 10 feet. Are you sure? My bad, but I hadn't been in a banshee in 10 fucking years, Andy. It's like riding a banshee. The warthog, I know exactly how I'm getting out.
The ghost, I know exactly. That banshee just fucking tossed me. Are you sure it wasn't a panic press of a jump when you landed? We'll go back and check the input.
Here's the point that I will stand by. Because at the end of the day, I'm not saying that I didn't do it too soon or whatever. What I am saying is I thought I did it at the right time. I thought that I was doing things correctly. So when I saw that fucking banshee hit the thing and me bounce out, I was like, oh no. The momentum. But as it was happening, I'm like, oh, I know exactly what's happening.
It was a great moment. It led to a really great piece of content.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did EA’s $55 billion acquisition mean for the company’s leadership?
0:00–8:22
2
How will the new ownership force EA studios to cut $700 million in costs?
8:22–22:48
3
Why are massive layoffs expected across EA’s studios after the buy‑out?
22:48–33:16
4
What updates is Game Freak planning for Beast of Reincarnation?
33:16–43:44
5
When does Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault launch and on which platforms?
43:44–50:35
6
Who is the new Assassin’s Creed brand director and what does his return mean for Ubisoft?
50:35–58:20
7
What are the latest news bites from the ‘We News’ segment?
58:20–1:01:42
8
How can listeners support the show and get exclusive merch?
1:01:42–1:02:48
Speakers
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