Xbox Developer Direct Secret 4th Game?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 01.09.25
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Today, in the nerdy news you need to know about, a rumored fourth game from the Xbox Direct. The Division 3 will have, quote, as big an impact as the Division 1. Let's fucking go, Mike! And Larian backtracks on their AI usage. We'll evolve this in more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily.
what's up everybody welcome to kind of funny games daily for friday january 9th 2026 i'm one of your hosts greg miller alongside the master of hype snow bike mike good morning greg good morning mike big congratulations to you congratulations on 11 years of kind of funny games and making it through the first week of work here for the new year been a big one yeah
No, it has been a big one for you and the rest of the team. You too.
Oh, yeah. We're all tired. We're all feeling it.
What is the rumored secret fourth game in the Xbox Developer Direct?
Yeah, yeah. Happy to make it. I didn't think much of it until, yeah, like, I think it was in the weekly meeting. Yeah. You were like, it's only Wednesday. And then yesterday, reading the comments on the first kind of feudy, the person was like, I'm so impressed you guys kept making content after this.
How does The Division 3 compare to the original game?
I'm like, you're right. Like, last night I went to bed at, like, 915. And I'm like, why am I? All right. And Monday was an enormous fucking day. And then we kept going.
What changes are being made to Larian's AI usage in game development?
We kept going. Yeah. It's kind of poop, but we're having fun for you.
We're having a blast. And today we have the smileys after this for the games cast.
It's going to be a really great day. Of course, the smileys, our awards show that isn't game of the year. This is where blessing and Andy came up with a bunch of categories, trying to honor specific things from games, characters, and so on. Excited to see what that's all about today. But more importantly, it's Friday TGIF. Snow, Michael, Michael, what are you getting into this weekend?
What am I getting into this weekend? I am going to take to the skies in Ace Combat 7. Very excited about that. I am going to take a walk because I need to walk more in my life.
Sure, sure, sure.
And I have some house. You know what? I have some repairs. Home improvement. Home improvement. You going to Home Depot? Yeah, I'm probably going to have to. Taking a shower last night. There I am just rubbing down my body, having a good time. Thinking about Andy. Like I like to do. I'm just like a seal. I'm so wet and slippy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then out of nowhere, water starts flying out of the top of the faucet. I'm like, oh, my gosh. And it was the connection piece between the actual hose and my shower head. I'm like, oh, now I got to fix that. Because this morning, I'm getting a grip on it. I'm holding it while showering with one hand, right?
Yeah.
The whole journey. Yeah. So yeah, I'm about to get into some home improvement, put on my car heart overalls, get to work. You got it. You got it. You got it.
What about you, Greg? What are you doing? Uh, there had been talk of a trip to target. Oh, I've been, he's a hot wheel. Cause one car he got from the, the, uh, stocking was a bust. We busted out Jen, you know, Jen's family tradition is opening your stockings new year's day. So we opened these up. I know. Right. Very, it's a long time for me. Okay. But it's a nice end to the season. You like put everything away. Uh, and like one of the things she got from like the dollar store was like, Hey, build a little car. And it like kind of looked like Legos, but it turned out to be very tiny screws and very tiny. And of course pieces were missing. So it was just, I was like, you know what, Ben, this is broken. How about we just get a car this weekend?
He said, okay. And then Sunday, oh, we're going to the Alameda flea market with one aunt Lucy James. Oh, nice. What do you usually look for at the flea market? The exit. I can't wait to leave, but I try to entertain them. No, uh, Ben will be on the lookout for more cars and Hot Wheels. Of course. I'm always looking. I want to look for video games and comic books, but I am strictly a looker.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:09
2
What is the rumored secret fourth game in the Xbox Developer Direct?
1:09–1:25
3
How does The Division 3 compare to the original game?
1:25–1:32
4
What changes are being made to Larian's AI usage in game development?
1:32–25:33
5
What updates are coming for Xbox's Avowed on PS5?
25:33–40:14
6
Why is Xbox's Towerborne switching from free-to-play to paid?
40:14–1:10:47
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