Why PlayStation Ditched Kojima - Kinda Funny Games Daily 09.11.26
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Today's news stories include PlayStation ditched Kojima because of budget concerns, Fair Games re-emerges and Switch 2 gets VRR supports. We'll have all this and more because this is Kinda Funny Games Daily.
What's up everybody and welcome in. Happy Friday. You made it through the week. Happy Friday, my Congratulations. Madeline Stanley, you've been killing it here in the spare bedroom. Thank you so much for hanging out with me today.
Thanks for having me. I'm so glad I could be here since Tim was bitten by snakes.
Yes, Tim was bitten by snakes early this morning. Of course, we are bringing you all the nerdy news you need to know about. So welcome to Kind of Funny Games Daily for Friday, September eleventh, two thousand twenty six. I'm of course Snowbike Mike, and that's Madeline Stanley, the Queen of Screams.
My gosh, it's been so fun playing Halloween this week.
What a great week it's been.
It's here's the thing. I was I was tepid on it playing by myself, playing with y'all. I'm back in. A lot more
fun. Yes. Yeah. Uh if I really like Halloween with a four stack going up against a random killer where you and your squad are talking and working together to have some fun. And then I do really enjoy a five stack where it is, hey, we're teasing the killer or the killer's really good and we're trying to have some fun. I think it's a great time. Very, very fun. Of course. Congratulations to our friends over at Ilphonic for the latest game release. Uh, Madeline Stanley, I'm wearing my Warcraft Reign of Chaos t shirt, and I've busted out the box sets, okay? Wow. It's BlizzCon. BlizzCon weekend. Myself and Greg are heading down to Anaheim, California to celebrate BlizzCon 2026. And I'm pumped up because I'm a Blizzard kid.
Grew up Up with Diablo 2, grew up with StarCraft 64, grew up with Warcraft 3. It was a dream. I thought about it last night when I was I was having a shower moment, Madeline Stanley. Take a walk. Deep in thought, deep in thought. And there I was as a kid playing Warcraft 3 and loving every moment of it, but dreaming what could be outside of the RTS boundaries, what this game could become. And I thought back to the schoolyard. You know when you back in the day you'd play games and you and your friends would meet back at the schoolyard at the cafeteria and there'd be some crazy speculation, some lie some kid made up, like, hey, did you know in GTA Vice City, they're gonna rollerblade. You're gonna be able to roller blade.
And you're like, that would be the craziest thing ever. How cool, right? I remember thinking with Warcraft 3 of like What would be the next thing? How cool this would be. And I was so young then I didn't know how to work the internet. I don't think I ever saw speculation or whatever World of Warcraft would become. I just remember someone saying, like, it's gonna become an RPG MMO and it's gonna be badass. And I never could wrap my mind around it, but it was the most beautiful thing I could ever think of when I thought about it back in the day.
It was your dream.
And here we are. I'm living the dream. Living my dream with, of course, my Warcraft battle chest that came with Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne with the strategy guides. Big deal, of course. If you're a Blizzard kid, you love the battle chest. Diablo two had one with Lord of Destruction and of course uh Diablo two. And then My original box set here. Game of the year edition. Now they have all four races in the Warcraft world on the cover. I'm missing three, of course. Undead, Night Elf, Human. If you have those, let me know because I'm looking for them. I
didn't know you were so deep in the Duffy like this, Mike.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:57
2
Why did PlayStation decide to drop Hideo Kojima’s new project?
5:57–21:48
3
What budget and deadline issues were cited for the PlayStation‑Kojima split?
21:48–34:55
4
How could Xbox benefit from acquiring Kojima’s upcoming game?
34:55–43:47
5
What are the details of the rumored film and TV rights deal with Kojima Productions?
43:47–55:53
6
What is the status of PlayStation’s Fair Games (Project Espresso) and its upcoming playtest?
55:53–1:05:45
7
How does the new Switch 2 firmware update improve VRR support and other features?
1:05:45–1:06:26
Speakers
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