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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Gamescom 2023, Modern Warfare 3, Armored Core 6, Xbox's weird strike system and much more!

Gaming News - Time code: 4:28

• We begin our coverage of Gamescom 2023 with Geoff Keighley's opening night event; COD MW3 officially announced; Alan Wake 2 hit with 10 day delay to sidestep Spiderman & Mario; Armored Core 6 gets a big showcase weeks ahead of its' release; Like A Dragon Gaiden to feature a trial version the next Like A Dragon game as bonus content; The long awaited Bomb Rush Cyberfunk drops on the Switch (with the other consoles getting it in September); The Pokemon Company reassessing the quality of their games amidst recent fan backlash; The Xbox 360 store to officially close in July 2024; Microsoft introduces a "strike system" to combat bad online behavior on Xbox.

What We've Been Playing - Time code: 50:47

• DJ & Sean talk the most recent COD Warzone event.

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about if we should expect GTA6 next fall? Rockstar thinks so! Is there a connection between this year’s Playstation Showcase and Sony’s now delaying first-party games out of this year? We predict what Keighly has in his back pocket for Opening Night Live/Gamescom 2023.

Gaming News - Time code: 01:47

• 'GTA 6' Team Doubles Down on a 2024 Release Date Window; Rockstar recruits the team behind the biggest ‘GTA V’ roleplay community; Bungie recasts Lance Reddick’s Zavala with Keith David in Destiny 2; Sony Has Delayed Several First-Party PlayStation Games Out Of The Fiscal Year; Square Enix Bafflingly Backtracks on Final Fantasy 16 Sales, Blames 'Slow' PS5 Adoption; Gamescom 2023 predictions

What We've Been Playing - Time code: 50:59

• Respawn Invites Apex Legends Dataminers To Apply For Work; Apex Legends Season 18 impressions

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 rumors resurfacing, Baldur's Gate 3's stranglehold on the industry, the PS5 price drop, COD MW2 Season 5 and more!

Gaming News - Time code: 2:36

• The Nintendo Switch 2 rumors return with a vengeance, this time with claims of an announcement coming this month; We speculate on what the next Pokemon Presents event will bring us; Baldur's Gate 3 is taking the world by storm weeks before its' console release; EA promises big changes coming to Battlefield that are leaving the fanbase weary; Target confirms the PS5 price drop to a more reasonable 450$.

What We've Been Playing - Time code: 49:12

• DJ & Sean talk about their experience with COD MW2 Season 5

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Assassin's Creed finally jumping into the samurai pool, COD's big Season 5 additions, CD Projekt's upcoming layoffs and more!

Gaming News - Time code: 1:56

• Assassin Creed "Red" is allegedly putting us in the shoes of a female shinobi & and Black samurai; CD Projekt to layoff 9% of its' workforce due to a shortage of work; ESRB tries and fails to defend its' baffling facial recognition tech prototype; Call Of Duty celebrates 50 years of Hip-Hop and brings big changes in Season 5; Capcom acquires a new support studio after its' work on SF6; Tencent sets sights on Dying Light developer, Techland; Square Enix to start bringing games to Xbox in the near future, starting with FF14; High On Life officially lands on PlayStation while Stray comes to Xbox later this month.

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ, Sean, and Jordan talk about the PS5 Pro, the new Spider-man 2, Mortal Kombat 1, Armored Core 6 trailers, and so much more.

Gaming News - Time code: 03:57

• We talk about the new Playstation 5 Pro rumors; We get into all the big trailer reveals from SDCC (Spider-man 2 Story trailer, Mortal Kombat 1 Umgadi trailer, plus more); Why is everyone hyped to play From Software’s next game in a bodybag; and the Microsoft and ABK merger is the story that doesn’t end.

What We've Been Playing - Time code: 55:50

• Dj talks about his time looking for solutions in ViewFinder! 

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Microsoft's huge Microsoft/Activision win, the rumored remaster for The Last Of Us 2, the newly announced Black Panther open-world game and much more!

Gaming News - Time code: 2:49

• In the wake of Neil Druckmann taking over Naughty Dog, Gustavo Santaolalla allegedly leaks plans for a TLOU2 remaster; EA announces an open world Black Panther game; Microsoft finally wins the war for COD in the US but the CMA is still mulling it over; Sony teams with Ocado for some delicious PlayStation Pasta; Sony putting 2.1 billion into R&D to strengthen their live service capabilities; Sega Of America scores a game changing union vote win; Media Molecule gives Dreams' creations to the people.

What We've Been Playing - Time code: 34:54

• DJ builds elaborate contraptions in Tears of the Kingdom

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Gaming News

• Is Sony planning another hardware release beyond Project Q, later this year? If the rumor is true, we may be closer to the Nintendo Switch 2 than we recently believed! Sonic’s creator Yuji Naka is apparently too fast for jail! In the spirit of Game of the Year predictions, we predict the winners of this year’s Game Awards; All this and more on S7 episode 26 of Press X to Start’s Gamer’s Digest!

• Microsoft seems to think we’re getting a PS5 Slim this year | The Verge

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ, Sean & Avery talk about E3 being cancelled for the next 2 years, the newest Nintendo Direct, FFXVI and much. more!

Gaming News - Time code: 2:19

• E3 takes another L as Los Angeles cancels it through 2025; We take a look at every big announcement from the newest Nintendo Direct; We take a look at FFXVI's early reception and give our early impressions; We examine the bizarre developments in the Microsoft v. FTC court case.

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ, Sean & Avery talk about Summer Game Fest, Overwatch 2's monetized story missions, the FFXVI demo and much more!

Gaming News - Time code: 3:11

• We do a wrap up on the last 3 Summer Game Fest showcases; Overwatch 2 plans on charging players to access single player missions; PS5 is toying with game streaming and it could be included with PS Plus Premium.

What We've Been Playing - Time code: 37:34

• Sean & DJ talk about Season 4 of COD, more specifically how it's changed DMZ mode and then briefly give their impressions of the FFXVI & Lies of P demos.

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ, Sean & Jordan talk about Summer Game Fest!

Recap Begins - Time code: 2:23

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