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Having missed Developer Direct, there is a lot for us to catch up on including the deep dives of Fable and Forza Horizon 6! However, Xbox financials and milestones look horrendous with decline in all key areas. What is the future of Xbox with these kind of consistent downtrends? Should fans be concerned?Joining me will be Jez Corden ► https://www.youtube.com/@jez.c

We have entered a strange phase in the industry where PC parts have absolutely skyrocketed because of the AI crazy amongst the industry. Insider Gaming has reported about talks of next gen consoles being delayed. Where does this leave the console platforms, particularly Xbox which is set to release its new hybrid console sooner than Playstation? 2026 is a fundamentally important year for Xbox not only because of its 25th anniversary but also the software and hardware that will be revealed and released! Joining me will be Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson ► https://x.com/_Tom_Henderson_

Xbox has announced its Developer Direct which will now be confirmed to have a deep dive into the next Fable game, Forza Horizon 6 and Beast of Incarnation along with one surprise title. Nvidia delivered a major upgrade with DLSS 4.5, murmurs of GTA 6 being delayed yet again surface from Jason Shreier, The Division 3 has been announced, Blizzard are apparently working on a Starcraft title, Wolfenstein is in development and a lot more!There is a lot of news today so it will be a solo show as I try and get through all the topics with you live!

Industry legend Vince Zampella sadly passed away this previous week in a car crash and he left behind an incredible gaming legacy that changed the modern landscape in gaming. We take a look back at what he contributed to the gaming space and what the industry has lost. Gaming in 2025 was incredible and 2026 looks even better. Is the gaming industry finally healing itself? Are we in gaming nirvana today?

How on Earth was The Game Awards 2025 a D rated show?! The court of public opinion was a lot more harsher than I was and usually, its the other way round!

It has been quiet on the news front the last couple of weeks but now things are really starting to pick up with a big blow to the PC gaming community with insane price hikes to RAM and Crucial shutting down because Micron wants to invest into AI....yeah. Metroid Prime 4 has been awaited for several years and its review reception has been quite lukewarm compared to the lofty heights of previous entries. The Game Awards 2025 are right around the corner; what surprises await and who will win the coveted GOTY award and why will it not be Arc Raiders...the game that deserves to win it?

Its been a crazy week as Steam steps into the console arena with its compact PC device designed to plug into your TV that has caused all manner of distress on the internet for people who are labelling it a PC or console depending on whatever narrative suits them. Did Valve just completely derail Xbox's next-gen ambitions? Sony also angered a lot of fans by announcing 2 mobile games from their first party studios, Horizon Steel Frontiers and a Ratchet and Clank game but they are skipping Playstation consoles entirely. Meanwhile Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has released to very little fanfare whilst Arc Raiders (rightly!) dominates the MP charts. Dispatch is an episodic adventure game that also now looks like a Game of the Year contender with rave reviews! All this and more on this episode!

Rockstar increases our pain by delaying GTA 6 again! Its a big delay that will make the wait even more excruciating but is this the final delay or will GTA 6 slip into 2027? Halo Infinite's 10 year plan gets cut short with the final update for the game being announced as Halo Studios on multiple Halo projects. Arc Raiders absolutely dominates the scene and interesting insight has been given into the Playstation 6 with an interview between Digital Foundry and Mark Cerny which might cause the hardcore PS fanboys to revisit their chest-beating in advance. Details regarding the Mass Effect TV series have been released, Square Enix has had mas layoffs as it records profits after a long time, rumours suggest Don Mattrick cancelled a Xbox MMO.

The details of the next Xbox are starting to come out and there are some very intriguing details there that even detractors of Xbox are quite clearly silently intrigued. Halo Studios revealed Halo Campaign Evolved but we now hear that both Halo 2 and 3 are having remakes too. Meanwhile, the multiplayer space FINALLY gets a tetanus shot this generation with Battlefield 6, Battlefield RedSec and Arc Raiders making waves. Marathon has its work cut out if it wants to make a splash in the extraction shooter genre.

The downward spiral of the Xbox brand continues in magnificent fashion as we start to understand just why Xbox is in the state it is in, who really is in control of this once amazing gaming brand and then with the reveal of one of its pillars that made the entire Xbox console viable in the first place, Halo, releasing on the Playstation 5 day and date. HARAM!Sign up for exclusive greatness at ► https://septicsauce.com/Get exclusive content on Patreon ► / septicsauce