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Marvel’s Midnight Suns Inte...

11.30.2022

Marvel's Midnight Suns creative director Jake Solomon joins us to discuss Firaxis' new superhero strategy-RPG -- including a couple of Easter eggs that big Marvel fans should look out for.

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11.30.2022 Marvel’s Midnight Suns Interview w/ Creative Director Jake Solomon – Unlocked 572 Marvel's Midnight Suns creative director Jake Solomon joins us to discuss Firaxis' new superhero strategy-RPG -- including a couple of Easter eggs that big Marvel fans should look out for.
11.22.2022 Splinter Cell Remake: Finally, We Get an Update – Unlocked 571 As Ubisoft Toronto developers discuss their design philosophy behind the Splinter Cell Remake and show off a bit of concept art, we react to their plans for Sam Fisher's long-awaited return.
11.16.2022 Remembering Kevin Conroy’s Impact on Batman Video Games – Unlocked 570 Our Xbox crew mourns the passing of legendary longtime Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, discussing how his presence and performance in the Batman: Arkham games helped elevate not just those games but the entire superhero game genre.
11.09.2022 Gears of War is FINALLY Getting a Movie (and Show) – Unlocked 569 Join Stella Chung, Parris Lilly, Gary Whitta, and Destin Legarie on covering the big news that Netflix announced a Gears of war movie and adult animated show in partnership with The Coalition, talking about the Halo Infinite Winter Update, and ...
11.04.2022 IGN Presents \| The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station In the year 2320, a skip tracer hunts down a dangerous escaped criminal on a derelict space station. In the process, she must confront murderous alien life forms, as well as unspeakable horrors from her past. New episodes every Thursday.
11.02.2022 Phil Spencer Ends the Call-of-Duty-on-PlayStation Debate – Unlocked 568 Phil Spencer went on quite a press tour this week, leaving us with a lot to discuss, including: a definitive end to the Call-of-Duty-on-PlayStation debate (or is it?), the ongoing Xbox first-party exclusive game drought, the prospect of price increases ...
10.26.2022 Fallout 4 Goes Next-Gen and the Future of Fallout – Unlocked 567 Fallout 4 is getting a next-gen update for Xbox Series X\|S, but is it going to be the only Fallout we get on this generation of Xbox consoles? We lament just how far away Fallout 5 probably is.
10.19.2022 Xbox & PlayStation’s Activision-Blizzard Battle Gets Weird(er) – Unlocked 566 The Microsoft-vs.-Sony drama over Xbox's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard took another turn for the weird this week.
10.12.2022 Xbox Game Pass Makes Bank – Unlocked 565 We finally get some real numbers from Xbox Game Pass, including how much revenue it generated last year and how much Xbox is paying for the Ark games on Game Pass.
10.05.2022 The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2: What We Think of CDPR’s Bold Roadmap – Unlocked 564 We kick off this week's show with our hands-on impressions of Gotham Knights. Then, we spend the bulk of the show discussing the 10-year roadmap released by CD Projekt Red -- five Witcher games, a new Cyberpunk, and a new ...
09.28.2022 Who Should Make a New Ninja Gaiden? – Unlocked 563 It's a potpourri of Xbox topics on this week's episode! Stella gives her impressions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer, Grounded gets a well-earned 9 out of 10 review score from IGN, we discuss who should make the ...
09.21.2022 GTA 6’s Reveal Was Ruined. Now What? – Unlocked 562 Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay was leaked via a hacker. So now what?
09.14.2022 Jim Ryan Isn’t Happy About Call of Duty and Xbox Our Xbox crew discusses a significant management shake-up at the top of 343 Industries, Sony boss Jim Ryan's public airing of Call of Duty-related grievances against Phil Spencer and Microsoft, the biggest news from the weekend's Disney/Marvel and Ubisoft showcases, ...
09.14.2022 Jim Ryan Isn’t Happy About Call of Duty and Xbox – Unlocked 561 Our Xbox crew discusses a significant management shake-up at the top of 343 Industries, Sony boss Jim Ryan's public airing of Call of Duty-related grievances against Phil Spencer and Microsoft, the biggest news from the weekend's Disney/Marvel and Ubisoft showcases, ...
09.07.2022 343 Industries and Halo: Is the Arranged Marriage Working? – Unlocked 560 Halo and 343 Industries was an arranged marriage from the start. After the latest sting of bad news – the cancellation of split-screen co-op – we spend an hour discussing 343's past, present, and future with the franchise. Is the ...
09.06.2022 343 Industries and Halo: Is the Arranged Marriage Working? – Unlocked 560 Halo and 343 Industries was an arranged marriage from the start. After the latest sting of bad news – the cancellation of split-screen co-op – we spend an hour discussing 343's past, present, and future with the franchise. Is the ...
08.31.2022 Xbox Game Pass ‘Friends & Family’ Price Speculation IGN's Kat Bailey joins Destin and Ryan to discuss the latest leak surrounding Microsoft's seemingly imminent Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family subscription plan. We speculate what it might cost, and how it further adds to Game Pass's already-amazing value ...
08.30.2022 Xbox Game Pass ‘Friends & Family’ Price Speculation – Unlocked 559 IGN's Kat Bailey joins Destin and Ryan to discuss the latest leak surrounding Microsoft's seemingly imminent Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family subscription plan.
08.26.2022 Xbox's Fall Lineup Locks In Xbox brought plenty of content to Gamescom, and now we've got a clear picture of what the holiday lineup looks like for Xbox gamers. Plus: Xbox commits to maintaining Xbox prices after Sony raised the price of PS5 in many ...
08.26.2022 Xbox's Fall Lineup Locks In – Unlocked 558 Xbox brought plenty of content to Gamescom, and now we've got a clear picture of what the holiday lineup looks like for Xbox gamers.
08.17.2022 We Deserve a AAA Lord of the Rings Game This week, Ryan’s back from a long-needed vacation! We catch up on a new Lord of the Rings game coming from Weta Workshop and Private Division as well as talk about games we’re looking forward to hearing about at Gamescom ...
08.17.2022 We Deserve a AAA Lord of the Rings Game – Unlocked 557 This week, Ryan’s back from a long needed vacation! We catch up on a new Lord of the Rings game coming from Weta Workshop and Private Division as well as talk about game’s we’re looking forward to hearing about at ...
08.09.2022 Xbox Series S Performance Boost & an Activision Update - Unlocked 556 With the news that the Xbox Series S Performance Boost benefiting developers after direct feedback, the Podcast Unlocked crew discusses the success of the Series S console and why they like it.
08.02.2022 Xbox Making Great Moves for Team Chat, Less so for Summer Events – Unlocked 555 With an official Discord chat integration on the way, the Podcast Unlocked crew discusses other features they'd like to see get an update or overhaul along with Xbox's Summer Spotlight program that's been a little underwhelming, though it did introduce ...
07.26.2022 17 Big Xbox Games for 2023 As two more big games get pushed into 2023 (Lord of the Rings: Gollum and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora), we take a look at the crush of major releases coming to Xbox next year and discuss what we're most looking ...
07.26.2022 17 Big Xbox Games for 2023 – Unlocked 554 As two more big games get pushed into 2023 (Lord of the Rings: Gollum and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora), we take a look at the crush of major releases coming to Xbox next year and discuss what we're most looking ...
07.19.2022 Concerns About Halo Infinite’s Future – Unlocked 553 Lots of Halo Infinite talk this week! First we discuss our hands-on impressions of the just-released online co-op beta, then we dive into the wave of key staff departures from the Infinite development team and wonder if it’s a bad ...
07.19.2022 Concerns About Halo Infinite’s Future Lots of Halo Infinite talk this week! First we discuss our hands-on impressions of the just-released online co-op beta, then we dive into the wave of key staff departures from the Infinite development team and wonder if it’s a bad ...
07.12.2022 Halo Fans Rejoice! Legendary Halo 2 E3 Demo To Be Released – Unlocked 552 The Halo caretakers and developers at 343 Industries are making a major piece of lost Halo history playable: the infamous Halo 2 E3 2003 campaign demo that never made it into the final game. We react to this fantastic surprise ...
07.12.2022 Halo Fans Rejoice! Legendary Halo 2 E3 Demo To Be Released The Halo caretakers and developers at 343 Industries are making a major piece of lost Halo history playable: the infamous Halo 2 E3 2003 campaign demo that never made it into the final game. We react to this fantastic surprise ...
07.05.2022 How Far Away Is Mass Effect 5? As a talented and decorated game developer joins BioWare to work on the next Mass Effect game, we discuss what the nature of her role means for when we can reasonably expect Mass Effect 5 to get done. Spoiler: it's ...
07.05.2022 How Far Away Is Mass Effect 5? - Unlocked 551 As a talented and decorated game developer joins BioWare to work on the next Mass Effect game, we discuss what the nature of her role means for when we can reasonably expect Mass Effect 5 to get done. Spoiler: it's ...
06.28.2022 Hell Freezes Over: Xbox Outsells PS5 in Japan Yes, you're reading that right: Xbox Series X and S outsold the PS5 in Japan, of all places, both individually and combined. We discuss this small victory for Xbox in Japan as well as the bigger picture. Plus: we debate ...
06.28.2022 Hell Freezes Over: Xbox Outsells PS5 in Japan - Unlocked 550 Yes, you're reading that right: Xbox Series X and S outsold the PS5 in Japan, of all places, both individually and combined. We discuss this small victory for Xbox in Japan as well as the bigger picture. Plus: we debate ...
06.22.2022 Our Xbox Showcase Top Picks We take one last, definitive look back on the Xbox Showcase and the Xbox Showcase Extended now that the dust has settled. We've got some constructive criticism for Microsoft, but we also gush about our favorite games from the event, ...
06.13.2022 Xbox Showcase Live Reactions If you missed it when it aired live, here's our reaction show immediately following the Xbox Showcase from Sunday, June 12. We discussed the long-awaited gameplay reveal of Starfield, what Xbox's exclusive lineup for the rest of this year looks ...
06.08.2022 Welcome to Xbox Hype Week! It's Xbox Hype week! With the Xbox Showcase just days away, we look ahead to Xbox's big event. Both of them, now that we know that an Extended Showcase is happening on Tuesday, June 14. We make more predictions for ...
05.31.2022 What We Want from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the long-known-about sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, has finally been announced. We discuss what we want to see out of Respawn's upcoming next-gen sequel. Plus: lamenting the very serious reason for the latest Xbox ...
05.24.2022 Was Xbox 360’s Fall 2007 the Best 3 Months in Gaming History? We look back at the Fall of 2007 and discuss: was it the best 90 days of any console ever? From August 21-November 21, 2007 we got Halo 3, Mass Effect, BioShock, The Orange Box, Call of Duty 4: Modern ...
05.17.2022 Xbox Fans Fed Up After Starfield, Redfall Delays After Starfield and Redfall both got delayed out of 2022 on the same day, we discuss why Xbox fans are understandably frustrated with the lack of major first-party exclusives this year. Next year does look amazing - and we discuss ...
05.10.2022 Mass Effect Next: Is Shepard Back? Spawn on Me's Kahlief Adams joins us to discuss a busy week of Xbox news, from EA seemingly accidentally revealing Shepard's return to Mass Effect (do we even want Shepard back? Are we hyped for this?), where Activision can take ...
05.03.2022 12 Xbox Showcase Predictions With Microsoft announcing the date for its upcoming Xbox-Bethesda Showcase, we waste no time in making our first round of predictions for the event. From Hellblade 2 to Starfield to Forza Motorsport to Gears 6 and more, we discuss what ...
04.26.2022 Xbox Makes Bank in Latest Sales Figures The Xbox has its best March since the Xbox 360 era, and IGN's Xbox crew discusses the ins and outs of the numbers. Plus: Gearbox is bringing back Tales from the Borderlands itself – and Ryan has a bone to ...
04.19.2022 Portal 3 Needs to Happen My Xbox and Me host MC Fixer joins us to discuss a big week of Xbox news, from Portal 2's lead writer publicly calling on Valve to greenlight Valve 3 to Amy Hennig getting another shot at a Star Wars ...
04.12.2022 Halo Infinite Season 2 Might Have Some Tricks Up Its Sleeve – Unlocked 539 This week the Unlocked crew are joined by a very special guest host, Adam Cole! Discussions include speculation about what we can expect from Halo Infinite Season 2, the Kingdom Hearts 4 reveal, and Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming story expansion. Also, ...
04.05.2022 Is the Xbox Series X Shortage Over? Big news for those who've still been trying to get their hands on an Xbox Series X: the shortage might finally be over. Plus: our Game Pass picks for new Series X owners, the upcoming Xbox Game Pass Family Plan ...
03.29.2022 Will GTA+ Be Worth It? Grand Theft Auto Online is now offering an optional new subscription service called GTA+. We dig into what it is, who it's for, and whether or not it's worth it. Plus: Xbox leaders discuss the future of cloud gaming and ...
03.23.2022 Tunic Creator Interview + New Witcher Game Revealed Tunic creator Andrew Shouldice joins us for the first half of this week's show to discuss the ins and outs of creating the new Xbox-exclusive action-adventure largely by himself. Plus: our reactions to the announcement of the new Witcher game, ...
03.16.2022 Halo TV Impressions + Tunic Rocks! Three major topics dominate our discussion this week: 1) Our spoiler-free thoughts on the Halo TV show after we all watched the first two episodes. 2) Ryan's spoiler-free thoughts on Tunic now that the review embargo has lifted. And 3) ...
03.09.2022 Halo Infinite Season 2 Hype Check Halo Infinite multiplayer's season 2, Lone Wolves, has been announced, and we've got a lot to say about the state of the game so far and how hyped (or not?) we are for season 2. Plus: GTA 5's next-gen graphics ...

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