Compulsion Games is Free From Xbox - Kinda Funny Games Daily 08.20.26

0:00Nick Scarpino:For limited time, you can get$35 off select frames plus free shipping with code KINDOFUNNY at AuraFrames.com. Pre-order your Porty Plushie right now at kindoffunny.com slash Portillo. If you want to get our shows ad-free and our exclusive shows, go to patreon.com slash kindoffunny. Today, in the nerdy news you need to know about, Compulsion Games officially separates from Xbox. 007 First Light hits a major sales milestone. and the new Black Myth game gets a whole lot of new gameplay footage. We'll have all this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily.

0:43Like I can't explain why, but Black Myth and I want to say Wukong, you know immediately, and then I want to go, is the combat bad? No, it's just not great. Like there's so much baggage. The messed up thing there is when I was writing that

0:56Blessing Adeoye Jr.:I wrote Black Myth Jean-Cuey, the full name of the game, and then thought about your cold open and was like, I'm going to delete Jean-Cuey. You can tell me right before we go live. It's Jean-Cuey and I would be fine then. I just put Black Myth Game because I was like, there's no way you can fuck that up, right? You found a way to chat. What's up, everybody? Welcome to Kind of Funny Games Daily for Thursday, August 20th, 2026. I'm one of your hosts, Greg Miller, alongside Forbes 30 Under 30, a.k.a. New York Game Awards nominated, a.k.a. Bicep Poppy. his blessing at aoyay junior good day greg hi hello how are you i'm doing pretty good i'm better than i was because now i can say i went to tokyo i was in tokyo went to from software yeah uh via nintendo and played the duskbloods which we're going to talk about on the games cast after this i have so much to say this might be the most notes i've taken on a singular video game i love to preview yeah that's great that's great um but did that and then i got back and i was sick yeah i was not feeling great um and then the constant drinking in late nights you think i got you um maybe possibly i went to the doctor and i was like yo i was like i traveled and he was like yeah airports also have a thing like it could be a number of things of course it could be surely the drinking probably didn't help my immune system staying up and all that stuff but what did he say just take nycola and advil and call it a day yeah he was like if you get more symptoms because it was just a sore throat he's like if you get more symptoms take this antibiotic that i'm prescribing you ended up not taking the antibiotic because i ended up feeling fine now you're selling them to andy yeah now i saw them to people got really open arms about that in the comments i don't know he's all this um but yesterday then went to seg uh down to la for a sega event that i can't talk about anything that i played there yet but i'll you'll hear impressions but let's talk about again and i hope you would stop me if i was ever crossing a line because i'm not i'm just complimenting on you becoming a man.

2:46You put up this photo on Instagram of you on the red carpet and I was like, damn, there he is again. Bicep poppy. Just fucking flexing on him. You were just like, damn, you look great. It's funny because I hate the picture that I put up there. Really? Because it's the pose. I don't know how to post

2:58Blessing Adeoye Jr.:for photos is what I've realized because I feel like I'm just like... Do you not like the just hook him in this thing? That's what I did. But maybe my arm, I think my arms naturally go more outward. Kevin, I'm going to... I'll find it in the screen. I feel like I'm standing like this. It's my Instagram stories, Kevin. Yeah, but I think it acts bad, right? Somebody complained once. So if I go there, I'll look at the... There you go. There's something about my pose that, like, I don't know. It doesn't look natural. And then click on his name, or I'm sorry, Kev, and then go to his page, because his latest one is this From Software 1-2.

3:28Yeah. Look at this one. See, I look more natural here. You look great in this one, too.

3:31Blessing Adeoye Jr.:This I feel good about. And so, you don't have to scroll through all the photos. I went to the Sega store. Yeah. Have you been to Tokyo? I've been to Tokyo. not in a long time well yes it's like no not a long time in shibuya there's this um shopping center called parko it's like a tall mall um at the top floor they have a bunch of different like video games slash nerdy stores yeah and so it's like the pokemon center is there the nintendo store the capcom store um but yeah i went to the set went to the sega store i'm so i'm such a basic bitch i'd be lying to the sega store and i'd be lying to the pokemon center and went all right that's cool and then while i was there shout out i didn't catch his name but there was a person who recognize me nice and it was like i have my earbuds in because i'm like listening to a podcast i hear are you listening we're kind of funny and i'm like what the fuck and i take out my earbuds and i'm like sorry what'd you say and he's like are you blessing and i'm like yeah and he's like oh so he's like surprises why would i be in tokyo sure you know what i mean like such a random occurrence now did you break embargo and tell him or did you say hey no i in fact i took a picture with him and went hey don't post that picture for a week i needed to do me a favor and not post this because people are not supposed to know that I'm in Tokyo.

4:41Blessing Adeoye Jr.:But I had a really good time. Can't wait to talk about it on Gamescast today. I'm excited about that. I'm also excited about talking about the nerdy news you need to know about because that's what we do each and every week down. Kind of Funny Games Daily. Like, subscribe, share, follow, etc. Of course, if you're watching live, super chat to be part of the show. YouTube.com slash Kinda Funny Games. Eric Mertz already did. Eric Metz actually already did and said had to write in to say yesterday's Gamescast was my favorite in a long time Mike's mind is fascinating don't get lost in there don't get lost in the mic therapy session uh if you want to be part of the show with your questions comments concerns about the video game news of the day like I said super chat youtube.com slash kind of funny games of course we couldn't do this show without our producers over on patreon.com slash kind of funny so thank you Carl Jacobs Omega Buster Delaney the Somp Twining and Lax Nomad for now let's begin the show with what is and forever will be the Roper Report Five items on the rubber report A baker's dozen

5:43Number one He says I need to relax my posture Is that what it is? I'm not a relaxed person I don't think I think I'm a laid back person

5:50Blessing Adeoye Jr.:But not relaxed So let's just get into this already Because here's I think What would actually help a lot And you're in your therapy session But it's about photos now Yes Do you like the way you look In photos? Oh, no. See, and that's that. That is the key issue. Yeah. And so the way to relax is just let it go. And I mean that as somebody who for the longest time, and I'm talking like as growing up, what I always look at photos, I just don't like how I look in this photo. Right. Yeah. And so then when it became part of the job that I'm taking photos all the time with people or whatever, it was just like, fuck it.

6:22Yeah. Yeah. It's like, it's similar to my, you've heard the diatribe of me talking about like game development being kind of like what we do, except that we make three video games, four video games a day so if you have a bad one you're gonna make four tomorrow who cares whereas like that makes a developer who does seven years you're gonna take so many fucking photos in your life in this line of work so you gotta be like all right cool that one didn't look great but whatever i'm fine with it you know the next one yeah i'll let andy draw on my back fat who cares goddamn i'm jumping to an rtx panel we did so you just gotta let go and then you'll find you i like that yeah yeah i'll think about that next time because i think that'll also be the thing too is that once you get weird with it then you do find oh man i actually like it if i tilt my head that way and give this kind of smile yeah you know what i mean then it actually opens up like you actually find it because now you're no longer trying in the moment to do it jen's the same way and she doesn't get as many at-bats as us where she like on dice she's always unhappy with our dice photos like with a professional photographer so she like she'll always pose us in the mirror like what am i gonna do her what am i gonna do with my hand you know what i mean or this kind of thing yeah

7:20Blessing Adeoye Jr.:it's the way that if i'm recording vo or if i'm recording like a greg way or doing something on camera i i know my first take is always giving my best take yeah because once i get three takes four takes in i'm thinking about it too much you know i mean so that's a good one to think about number one on the roper report compulsion games pulls off management buyout and separates from xbox this is dean takahashi at games beat compulsion games the makers of compelling games like south of midnight has pulled off a management buyout and is now separated from xbox Guillaume Provost, CEO of the Montreal-based game studio, confirmed the deal is done in an exclusive interview with GamesBeat.

7:57Everybody got a clue when the Steam version of South of Midnight flipped its ownership from Microsoft to Compulsion Games last week. At the time, Compulsion Games had no comment. But Provost said that the management buyout is complete and that it owns its original intellectual property, Games, again, as it has bought the IP back from Microsoft. Provost said management has acquired the studio and staff as well. This means that if anyone buys Compulsion Game title from now on, the revenue goes to supporting the studio, not Microsoft. Quote, We're confirming we're getting all of our publishing rights back, Provost said.

8:32But he acknowledged it takes time to get the legal work done on some of these tasks. In addition to Steam, Compulsion Games also has to assume ownership of its games on Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox stores. We've completed our separation process to become independent again. He did not disclose the terms of the deal, other than to confirm it was a management buyout. It is a far better outcome than the alternative, which was the studio shutting down. Quote, I did this deal for the team first and foremost. I asked them, do you want to stay together? Team told me we would rather eat rocks and drink gasoline rather than be split up, Provost said.

9:08Damn, I understand eating rocks, but gas is even more expensive than food. It's not going that way. There's a lot of work to do still in making sure the company has a good path to pursue. But Provost said the company is concentrating on one step at a time. It's only been nine days since the deal was done. Provost has been meeting with various parties to discuss a stable future for Compulsion Games in its independent state. He is exploring different alternatives for permanent funding, but the team continues to work. part of the team is busy working on a title that was in progress when microsoft decided to change its course under a new leader asha charma blessing yeah round of applause come on this is what you want to see right you want to see this happen now we need to support them now everyone needs to buy compulsion games yeah i mean that's the big thing and i it's one of those things where in the way

10:02Blessing Adeoye Jr.:that weeks and weeks ago it feels like it's been forever but yeah when we were talking about um double fine similar news one of the conversations we're having was like all right like are the layoffs going to come in when are the layoffs going to come in right like i'm i was at that moment i think fighting against the idea of layoffs happening in double fine because i'm like oh they're small studio like i'm surely they know how to operate like all this stuff right but then the reality sets in of when you're operating costs change and you don't have that parent company to kind of like hold you through it the reality set in and it's like okay we have to adjust and make sure that we're able to survive um and so i'm hoping for the best here for for compulsion but to your point thing yeah remember this is kind of my monday i'm still in this weird thing now now i'm officially back i'm multiple days in a row of work yeah while i was gone i thought i saw at a rumor but i was also on a lake did double fine have layoffs yeah okay cool yeah i want to make sure i'm not yeah you were gone for a while sorry yeah you're off like weeks yeah double fine did have i remember seeing it but i never i'm so behind on my games i didn't listen yes um and so to your point yeah like if you're a fan of compulsion games yeah you should buy compulsion games right like you got to support compulsion games and you know i think it's a tough thing to ask of the audience of like well i already bought south of midnight what do i do and i'll say they'll buy it on another platform like i don't i if they have merch buy their merch right This is a studio that right now they're in a critical moment of their existence, and they're going to need as much support they can get from an audience that are fans.

11:34Yeah, I think we always jump to buying the games, which is great, but of course I feel like that's going to be a hard movement to make to really rattle the thing, right? Coming off of this and then working on this other thing, I think what you are easy way to support is to go follow all the social medias, join the discords, do whatever that is, and then whatever this thing is that they're working on that was going to be the Microsoft game, but now it's just going to be their game. You imagine in the way video games work in 2026, we're going to hear about that sooner than later. And as soon as that gets a Steam page, you wishlist the shit out of that.

12:07When that gets a Game Awards trailer, you watch it and freak out in the chat about it, and then you go to the breakout trailer and talk about how excited you are. You share that with your friends, and you do that whole thing. It's a grassroots thing for these small games, and it is, hey, I loved this game, and now I need to go tell everybody else about their next game and why I'm excited for it.

12:26Blessing Adeoye Jr.:yeah i mean one thing i would be interested to see i don't know what the scope is of this game that they're they're working on and obviously i don't really know the full structure of their studio how many people all that shit right but like one thing i'd be interested to see would be for them to do some type of game jam and try to get something out quick so that people can show up to and buy it and maybe it catches catches on or something i look at a studio like double fine and what they did with kiln where they have their you know creative days where they come together and have these ideas, do the game jam thing.

12:55Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Amnesia Fortnite. Amnesia Fortnite is what they call it, yeah, where you see Kiln come out of that, and it's a fun title that comes out only six to seven months after Keeper did. Or I even look at the studio that made Peak, Aggro Crab. Of course. And they did a game jam where they thought of multiple games. It was Crash Out Crew, and Peak, out of nowhere, caught fire, and people flocked to it and bought it and became a big success and all these things. Obviously, I'm not saying you should do that to then try and recreate Peak's success, because that's one in a million yeah but like i would like to see them do something that is oh we can put this out in a year or two years and see that's where i think the conversation pivots to a really interesting point when we're talking about compulsion right and you're talking about what they've made before we're talking about contrast we're talking about we happy few yeah and then we're talking here about south of midnight right south of midnight was a game i truly believe only possible in the form we got it because of the backing of microsoft oh yeah and what i mean by that is like i went up to montreal and did that studio uh or not studio tour but like you know presentation or whatever that was them hey like here are the 3d models we built and this is we we worked with these stop motion animators to make the trailer to do the like so much tlc went into that as deservedly so for how amazing that was the soundtrack and that's all awesome in such a this is when you talk about what phil and sarah apparently were telling people go make art call of duty is going to sell this your halo mean game pass we need game pass games that are going to win awards and get us acclaim that's what this studio was i'm very fascinated to see now you're back to being indie you're out on your own you don't have the safety net of microsoft it's publisher parish what do you make how do you flip it how do you go quick with this and i think you know to talk about game jams uh aggro crab is so great amnesia fortnight from double fine is so great that is such an interesting way to motivate a community and again you these places have to go now in after being in the microsoft bubble come out now and make them have identity again and that's such an awesome way of hey we're bringing you in on the ground floor dedicated audience who would be the people who donate to this and maybe even it is i you know i have too much tim gettys in me these days you know what i mean but like it is a patreon thing you join and then you're watching us do the game jan and you get to vote or whatever crowdfunding platform right like yeah that's what we need to do right now is we have these smaller studios looking for funding and really trying to engender an audience i think now do you think compulsion has that kind of audience because when we're talking about amnesia fortnight and double fine like double fine has double fine fans yeah there's such a weird particular studio that is known for their um artistic direction and you might be a fan of Psychonauts.

15:44Blessing Adeoye Jr.:You might be like me and you're a fan of Broken Age or you're a fan of Keeper. Costume Quest. Costume Quest. Tim Schafer knows if he wants money, Costume Quest 3. Halloween's right around the corner. It could be easy to make a game. Make a game in a month. But, you know, Double Fine can come out and they can make a Kickstarter for their next game and people will support because they understand it and they have this fandom. Compulsion, I think, is weird because I don't really associate them with that energy of fan base. Sure. So I wonder if South of Midnight did create a community for them or like if they had one from We Happy Few.

16:21I think it's always tough. But to answer your question, do they have that kind of fan base right now? No. They have a very small fan base that I do think is the, oh man, I love South of Midnight. I love this. I do want to go support these guys and gals and people and go whatever. They'd be there for that. But they don't have double fine numbers, right? Sure, sure. I think this is the moment in time to grab the narrative and make yourself a double fine. I think it is that if you were going to do Kickstarter, do whatever, and it was Guilherme here coming out and being like, Hey, we just left the big bad corporation that everybody, I know you have to tie, throw this down that everybody hates, right?

16:57We are on our own, but that's scary. We need you. So if you loved this, look at what we're trying to make and what our ideas are and come be a part of this journey with us like that open development i think is what makes people go oh man i love this studio i love these people like double vine of course is such a unicorn is not the right word but is a in the same way you're free to knock me off this high horse if you want okay in the same way double fine wouldn't be the same without tim kojima productions wouldn't be the same without kojima kind of funny wouldn't be the same without greg like it is that idea of like yeah the and i mean even to go way back there greg and colin right big names leaving the thing you know them for to then go and do something that's very similar to what they like that's the thing that compulsion doesn't have the fall back on yet right they were this very small thing that i've been with the whole time because contrast was awesome on the playstation 4 i was like oh my god like what a great moment meeting them and seeing their success right and then getting here and seeing their games get better and better like this is that tipping point where now you have to step up and be like we are the faces of the games that make this you know what i mean we are we make these things you love and now we're making the next thing and let's go and like it'd be great to see a partner step into that and have it be anna perna's publishing

18:15Blessing Adeoye Jr.:our next game oh yeah we're coming you know we're with kepler on this i wonder vision i i wonder and i know they're having all the same conversations already especially when you're talking about what to say like seven days so far of independence nine days um but like is there something in the the IP of South of Midnight. Like you're talking about South of Midnight one already being a game that I agree with you, right? That's a game that exists because you have the backing of, of a Microsoft, right? Like South of Midnight is a, is an indie game with the backing of, of AAA production. You know what I mean?

18:44Blessing Adeoye Jr.:Like it's a specific, very artistic and like kind of game, but you're able to make it big because you have Microsoft. I don't think you can just make South of Midnight two, unless you find somebody to, to like fund it. But even then it's like, are you going to find somebody to fund it? how well did south of midnight midnight one do do you even have do you even have metrics to back that up because that was a game pass game you know what i mean like who do you go to to go i know we only sold this much but if you think about it we're on game pass and xyz thing i think that's such a tough thing to get off the ground but is there a 2d platformer south of midnight is there a south of midnight story that's a mini thing like is there a connection there my hope would be that no you don't do that I would say if anything South of Midnight looks so good and feels so good as a story that I would love to see them partner with somebody for the South of Midnight Netflix movie and do a stop motion movie of that and that way we're getting funding from that we're elevating our brand in terms of what compulsion is and the joint IPs we can make and then I know Netflix of course don't get me started on Netflix games but like have some, if you're doing a deal with somebody like that or an Annapurna or whoever with the pictures deal, then be able to use an IP to go make a game.

20:01And I know that I say this too much of, I like smaller studios partnering with an IP, but it is the way of let's elevate something that I think these are incredibly talented developers. But I think it's very hard to have a new IP, like back to it of like, are there going to be layoffs here? God, I hope not, but I could see it easily, right? Where it is like, cool. We are now in, the fact that they have this other game that's the hope of like cool hey somebody step in publish the game we're working on or whatever you know and we're already halfway there you can see the success you can see it's going to be great and yada yada if you're out in the cold with nothing and you're not Tim Schafer you're not Kojima you're not Bruce Straley right of like hey I'm a name in the industry you already are excited for it you need to have something to establish yourself and people to rally behind I think yeah I can see that when you're gone

20:52Blessing Adeoye Jr.:for multiple weeks. I mean, there are plenty of moments where I think we all looked at each other and went, this company can function without Greg. Oh my God. No, no, no, no, no. You kicked Greg off a cliff. No, no, no, no, no. We're good. We got Andy Cortez. We got Mike Howard. We got Blessing. We got Tim. We got Nick. All right, this man thinks he's the Kojima. Kojima leaves Kojima Productions. When I left, nobody knew who Nick fucking Scarpino was. Tim Goddannis. Tim Schaefer leaves Double Fine. Maybe, yeah, you probably have to figure shit out. You know what I mean? Greg leaves kind of funny.

21:21Blessing Adeoye Jr.:We're good. We got Snow, Michael, Michael. We got Andy Cortez. You know what I mean? And then there's me.

21:31To be clear, just because you're going to start something. We got Barrett on the ones and twos. You're still starting some shit. We'll just have to make more video essays. We'll be good. Come on. This man thinks he's Kojima. That's not what I was saying. I was saying when I left. Come on. When we left to make the impact. Okay. Nick is on one piece of content a week. We can get him on more. I was very proud of everyone in all the content you did. I'm very much well aware that I could easily die right now. And this company would keep going. That's what I want. And then Ben comes in with my shares.

21:57Then you've got some problems. It's just Hot Wheels content all the time. I mean, that'd be fun though. It'd be fun for a little bit. Then you'd have to play Starfield. This fucking kid's obsession with Shadow the goddamn hedgehog. Come on. He's a real one. It's his backpack. It's his water bottle. It's his lunchbox. Hell yeah. Then he's had this little shitty, you know, nerfy. It's a knockoff from a grocery store, Nerf basketball hoop, but he's finally outgrown. And I was like, Ben, let's get you a new one. You're super into this now. He's super into basketball. So I ordered one. And then last night, Jen came home from buying Sonic fucking shoes.

22:31And she's like, hey, look what else I found. And it was a shadow fucking Nerf basketball hoop. This kid lost his goddamn name. Oh, man. You know what I mean? We're raising him right. We're raising him right. Yeah, you gotta take him to the Sega store in Tokyo. He'll love it. As soon as he can be on the plane that long. Without going crazy. I didn't get a shadow, the hedgehog, shot glass. If he wants it. Sure. Yeah. Oh, you think he'll be taking shots out of that? Take him out. He'll put his gems in it. His rocks. I'm gonna keep it. You know how much garbage this kid brings home thinking their trinkets brought home a dowel rod last night.

23:01You know, little things when you're making like Ikea furniture and you put the rod in and put the he's like, I found this in the playground. I'm like, all right, cool. Okay. Hours later. Where's my rod? I'm like, that's such a trash. He's such a kid because I was doing the same thing. Of course you were. Everybody. We couldn't have kids. without your support. Remember, pick up a kind of funny membership. Patreon.com slash kind of funny. YouTube.com slash kind of funny games. Apple, Spotify. Pick up your membership. Get everything we do ad free. Get your daily dose of me, Greg Miller. Speaking of which, I got to send the Gregway from my car and my computer to send a cool Greg.

23:34And of course, the cliff would just rebrand Gregway to Nickway. Haven't talked. I'm on your side. I don't know what you mean. I don't want the Patreon numbers. What are you talking about? I'm not. This isn't the point. I was making fun of it. He's a Tim Schafer. Which is probably kind of. Well, I mean, actually, yeah, but I mean, Double Fine could run out with Tim Schafer too, I think. He'd be the first to tell you. Yeah, I mean, but it'd be tough. I mean, their best game, Costume Quest, was not a Tim Schafer game. Their second best game, Massive Chalice, was not a Tim Schafer game. Are you forgetting about Psychonauts too?

24:01I am. Okay. Just like the world did. Anyways, pick up the membership, all right? Oh, Tim Schafer, you offended? Come say it to my face, Tim. You coward. Grim Fandango? I don't know what his role was. Oh my God, that was his game. That's why I was like, oof. Tank controls? I mean, it was back in the day. That's what they were doing back in the day. That's what they were doing. You know what I mean? Maybe someone should have iterated. Someone who apparently is a video game visionary like Tim Shaver should have been like, yo, these controls suck. Maybe I'll invent a stick. He sounds a lot like the Greg Miller.

24:34Anyways, go to the answer.

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26:59So we think he's the Kojima kind of funny. Come on. Number two on the road. Oreo or Asian motherfucker. God damn bedrock of this company. Number two, 007 First Light hits major sales milestones still confirmed for Switch 2. This is Ollie Reynolds at Nintendo Life. IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios have announced that 007 First Light has now sold over 4 million copies since launching three months ago on May 27, 2026. A fine achievement indeed, and a strong indication that we can probably expect to see more Bond action from the Hitman team in the future. In the meantime, the upcoming Switch 2 release is apparently still happening, so don't worry.

27:41However, while IO Interactive previously stated a planned release in summer, it is now said to come quote-unquote later in 2026. So the messaging has gotten slightly more vague, meaning it could arrive as late as December. Let me tell you. I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm not throwing stones from my... You can look at a lot of bad writing from Greg Miller. But I do appreciate it. It's going to come later in 2026. meaning it could arrive as late as December oh thank you Oli for explaining the calendar I had to cut off the article