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- "Video games, board games and more! New videos every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday."
- —Smosh Games
Smosh Games is Smosh's seventh channel. Created July 7, 2011 and officially launching September 25, 2012, it began as a video gaming channel hosted by Ian Hecox, Anthony Padilla, and then-Smosh Pit Weekly host Mari Takahashi joined by former ClevverGames members Matthew Sohinki, Joshua "Jovenshire" Ovenshire, and David "Lasercorn" Moss. Since 2020, the channel transitioned to featuring tabletop and roleplaying games starring the Smosh Family.
History
Defy Media era (2012—2018)
The first video was uploaded September 26, 2012, titled Zombies, Assassins, and DLC. Videos used to be posted on the channel twice a day, nearly every day, which was eventually trimmed down to once a day.
Beginning in October 2014, the official cast was expanded for the first time, with the additions of Wesley "Wes" Johnson and Amra "FLitz" Ricketts, followed by Ericka "Boze" Bozeman and Damien Haas in early to mid-2017. During this time, Ian and Anthony made less appearances on Smosh Games to focus on the main channel and other major projects.
On August 5, 2017, Lasercorn and Sohinki both announced they would be "leaving" Smosh Games to become hosts of a new gaming channel, ToasterGhost. They did not leave the crew as a whole, as they still appeared in Smosh Games videos on an occasional basis. On January 4, 2018, Flitz announced that he was leaving Smosh Games effective immediately due to sexual assault allegations.
Shutdown of Defy Media
On November 6, 2018, news outlets reported that Defy Media, the parent company of Smosh, ceased operations immediately. As a result, all of its employees, including those under Smosh Productions (and by extension Smosh Games), were effectively laid off.
Concerns about Smosh Games seemingly not being a priority in the new company were put to rest with the release of Smosh is Homeless, which confirmed that Smosh Games will receive equal attention to Smosh and Smosh Pit in the near future, with videos continuing to be planned and edited for the channel. However, despite this initial claim, attention given to Smosh Games seems to have eventually been sidelined; while Smosh and Smosh Pit kept a fairly regular upload schedule since production was halted, Smosh Games began to lag behind, seemingly due to having less available pre-filmed content than the other channels.
Out of the five Smosh Games members working on the channel before the shutdown, Mari, Wes, Jovenshire, Lasercorn and Sohinki came together to create new content, but Boze and Damien never formally united with the rest of Smosh Games after vacating the Smosh office. Boze eventually announced on her Twitter account on January 12, 2019 that she will be leaving her YouTube career, and thus Smosh Games, to become a marketing director.[1]
On December 29, 2018, the last video filmed before the shutdown was uploaded to Smosh Games. Despite this, Ian directly confirmed that he was trying to find a new home for Smosh Games alongside Smosh and Smosh Pit.
Mythical and Independent eras (2019—present)
On February 22, 2019, the video The rumors are true... WE FOUND A HOME! was released, announcing that Smosh had been bought by Rhett & Link and was now a part of Mythical Entertainment. As a part of this announcement, it was confirmed that Smosh Games would be returning alongside the other main Smosh channels.
On April 3, 2019, the seventh episode of the SmoshCast and the highlight clip released on Smosh Pit confirmed that Smosh Games would return on April 10, 2019. It was confirmed that Lasercorn and Mari were returning to Smosh Games and that both cast members of Smosh and Smosh Games would work closely together, sharing cast members across the active Smosh channels and blurring the separation between the two groups as was established by Defy.
The first video was released on April 10, 2019 called OUR NEW STUDIO TOUR, with the first gaming video released on April 12, 2019 titled Fatality Showdown! - Mortal Kombat 11. On the same day, Jovenshire confirmed in the comments of a video on his personal channel that he, Sohinki and Wes would not be returning to Smosh Games as full-time members, with their status being officially confirmed as part-time in the eleventh episode of SmoshCast on May 1, 2019. Ultimately, Smosh Games also started bringing in crew members such as Sarah Whittle, Matt Raub, Tommy Bowe, and Spencer Agnew to fill out its cast.
Since 2020 and into the independent era of Smosh, the channel has begun to focus on board games, card games, and roleplaying games far more than video games. From 2020 to 2022, Smosh Games streamed gaming videos on Twitch, which led to the introduction of new cast members Ify Nwadiwe and Saige Ryan, who were eventually added to videos on the other channels until their departures. Apart from Damien, none of the Defy-era Smosh Games Crew members returned to making regular appearances on the channel after 2020, although Mari returned to guest star in 2023. Nowadays, the current Smosh Family members make up the official cast of Smosh Games, with Spencer taking charge of the channel as its Director of Programming since October 2022.
Series
| Series | Airs On | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Bit High School | Alternate Saturdays (formerly) Alternate Sundays |
Cancelled | March 8, 2014 | August 3, 2014 |
| Backseat Gaming | Tuesdays | Cancelled | October 2, 2012 | May 27, 2014 |
| Blackout In Real Life | Saturday and Sunday | Cancelled | October 20, 2018 | October 21, 2018 |
| Board AF | Sundays | Current | October 16, 2016 | TBA |
| Board AF Legacy: Betrayal | Sundays | Ended | October 2, 2022 | May 28, 2023 |
| Boss Fight of the Week | Thursdays | Cancelled | September 27, 2012 | February 7, 2013 |
| Cage Match Challenge | Wednesdays | Cancelled | June 19, 2013 | December 25, 2013 |
| Cell Outs | Saturdays | Cancelled | November 21, 2015 (Main Series) | June 17, 2017 |
| July 21, 2018 (Specials) | August 11, 2018 | |||
| Courtney Plays Sims 4 | Alternate Mondays | Cancelled | June 3, 2019 | September 2, 2019 |
| Damien Breaks Games | Alternate Mondays | Cancelled | June 10, 2019 | July 8, 2019 |
| Dope! or Nope | Tuesdays | Cancelled | October 2, 2012 | March 4, 2014 |
| Family Style | Alternate Fridays | Cancelled | January 24, 2020 | March 23, 2021 |
| Finishing Fast | Alternate Fridays | Cancelled | September 16, 2022 | September 27, 2022 |
| Friendly Fire | Wednesdays | Cancelled | March 30, 2016 | October 5, 2016 |
| Game Bang | Fridays | Cancelled | September 28, 2012 (Main Series) | March 30, 2018 |
| October 26, 2018 (Specials) | October 27, 2018 | |||
| Gaming With A Twist | Saturdays (formerly) Fridays |
Cancelled | April 27, 2019 | February 26, 2020 |
| Gamer Nation | Saturdays | Cancelled | September 29, 2012 | October 19, 2013 |
| Gametime with Smosh Games | Wednesdays | Cancelled | September 26, 2012 | March 23, 2016 |
| Grand Theft Smosh | Thursdays (Main Series) | Cancelled | October 10, 2013 | October 6, 2016 |
| Mondays (Carvengers) | March 13, 2017 | April 17, 2017 | ||
| Mondays/Thursdays /Saturdays (Specials) | October 16, 2017 | December 29, 2018 | ||
| Honest Game Trailers | Every other Saturday (formerly) Tuesdays (currently) |
Cancelled | March 8, 2014 | November 6, 2018 |
| House Rules | Alternate Tuesdays/Fridays | Cancelled | June 11, 2021 | October 29, 2021 |
| I Have a Raging Bonus | Sundays | Cancelled | September 30, 2012 | October 9, 2016 |
| Let's Play Saturday | Saturdays | Cancelled | October 26, 2013 | December 28, 2013 |
| Madden Rivals | Sundays | Cancelled | August 31, 2014 | September 21, 2014 |
| November 8, 2015 | November 22, 2015 | |||
| MariCraft | Mondays | Cancelled | April 7, 2014 | September 30, 2020 |
| Mari & Courtney Play Man of Medan! | Alternate Mondays/Tuesdays | Cancelled | September 9, 2019 | November 6, 2019 |
| Matt & Sarah Are Best Frenemies! | Alternate Tuesdays | Cancelled | October 15, 2019 | April 28, 2020 |
| Meme Review | Alternate Tuesdays | Current | January 14, 2020 | Moved to Smosh Games' Twitch Channel on September 9, 2020 |
| Mystery Challenge | Alternate Fridays | Cancelled | January 17, 2020 | February 12, 2021 |
| New Job Plus | Alternate Tuesdays and Fridays | Current | August 23, 2022 | TBA |
| Operation: Open World | Thursdays | Cancelled | October 19, 2017 | November 2, 2017 |
| Playing FNAF For The First Time | Alternate Wednesdays | Current | December 27, 2023 | TBA |
| Playing Resident Evil For The First Time | Alternate Wednesdays | Current | July 24th, 2024 | TBA |
| Press Start | Wednesday | Cancelled | October 12, 2016 | January 25, 2017 |
| PVP | Thursdays | Cancelled | October 24, 2013 | December 5, 2013 |
| Reality Shift | Saturdays | Cancelled | October 13, 2016 | April 1, 2017 |
| Red Dead Smosh | Alternate Tuesdays | Cancelled | November 26, 2019 | January 7, 2020 |
| Shayne Guesses | Alternate Wednesdays/Fridays | Current | April 11, 2023 | TBA |
| Sims Bachelorette Challenge | Tuesdays | Ended | October 19, 2021 | November 2, 2021 |
| Smosh & Order | Saturdays | Cancelled | March 31, 2018 | December 1, 2018 |
| S.A.G.N.U.T. | Wednesdays | Cancelled | September 26, 2012 | June 12, 2013 |
| Smosh Games Alliance Spotlight | Sundays | Cancelled | May 19, 2013 | November 24, 2013 |
| Smosh Games Animated | Saturdays | Cancelled | August 16, 2015 | December 31, 2016 |
| Smosh Games Button Bash | Alternate Tuesdays | Cancelled | June 24, 2014 | January 5, 2015 |
| Smosh Games Drawing | Alternate Tuesdays | Cancelled | December 10, 2019 | March 3, 2020 |
| Smosh Games Live | Wednesdays at 2pm PST | Cancelled | March 1, 2017 | September 13, 2017 |
| Smosh Games Review | Thursdays | Cancelled | September 27, 2012 | October 17, 2013 |
| Smosh Games VS | Thursdays | Cancelled | February 14, 2013 | October 3, 2013 |
| Smosh Minecraft | Alternate Fridays | Ended | December 2, 2022 | April 28, 2023 |
| Smosh Sports | Fridays | Ended | June 17, 2022 | July 22, 2022 |
| Smosh SMASH! | Saturdays | Cancelled | January 12, 2015 | October 24, 2015 |
| SmoshVentures | Saturdays | Cancelled | March 6, 2017 | October 19, 2018 |
| Smosh Vegas | Alternate Tuesdays/Fridays | Cancelled | November 10, 2020 | May 18, 2021 |
| Smosh vs Dread | Wednesdays/Fridays | Current | June 21, 2024 | N/A |
| Stan Vs Internet | Alternate Fridays | Moved Channels | January 31, 2020 | Moved to Smosh Pit |
| Super Mari Fun Time | Mondays | Cancelled | October 1, 2012 | March 31, 2014 |
| Surviving Mondays | Mondays | Cancelled | August 7, 2017 | January 29, 2018 |
| Sword AF | Alternate Wednesdays | Moved Channels | July 5, 2023 | Moved to SmoshCast |
| The Chosen Plays... | Alternate Tuesdays | Cancelled | March 22, 2022 | March 24, 2023 |
| The Damien & Shayne Show | Saturday (formerly) Wednesdays (formerly) Fridays |
Cancelled | August 5, 2017 | August 10, 2018 |
| The Gentlemen's Game | Alternate Fridays/Sundays | Current | October 1, 2023 | TBA |
| The Ultimate Multiverse | Alternate days | Current | November 23, 2021 | TBA |
| Throwback or Throw It Away | Alternate Tuesdays | Cancelled | February 18, 2020 | June 9, 2020 |
| Top 5 | Fridays (formerly) Saturdays (currently) |
Cancelled | September 28, 2012 | April 4, 2015 |
| Trivial Pursuit: Try Not To Laugh Edition | Alternate Wednesdays/Fridays | Current | February 19, 2023 | TBA |
| Troll Patrol | Mondays | Cancelled | September 16, 2013 | September 30, 2013 (this channel) |
| Try Not To Win | Alternate Wednesdays/Fridays | Current | November 22, 2022 | N/A |
| Unstuck | Alternate Tuesdays and Fridays | Cancelled | September 20, 2022 | November 4, 2022 |
| What're Those!? | Alternate Saturdays (Original Series) | Moved Channels | April 25, 2016 (Moved from Smosh Games Alliance on May 27, 2017) | July 29, 2017 |
| Alternate Fridays (Game Show) | January 10, 2020 | Moved to Smosh Pit | ||
| Who Memed It? | Alternate Tuesdays/Fridays | Moved Channels | August 31, 2021 | Moved to Smosh Pit |
| Why We're Single | Mondays (formerly) every other Tuesday (currently) |
Cancelled | October 1, 2012 | September 9, 2014 |
| YouTuber Games! | Alternate Tuesdays/Thursdays | Current | October 6, 2020 | April 5, 2022 |
