Saros is nearly upon us, the latest PS5 exclusive from Housemarque and SURPRISE! Sam has played it. We bring you an hour long discussion letting you know if you should pick up Saros. In other news, Xbox has announced Game Pass price decreases with more rumored changes coming for the service, they've ditched Microsoft Gaming and give us a roadmap for the future.

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

4:10 Vampire Crawlers, MOUSE PI, PRAGMATA

23:00 Saros Review

1:02:00 Game Pass Price DECREASES and the Future of Game Pass

1:54:00 We Are Xbox Statement

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This week - Xbox has admitted Game Pass is too expensive and will continue to change, what does that look like? We also have rumors of Xbox returning to exclusives, Fable being delayed, new God of War announcement incoming and more!

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

9:00 Samson Review

27:00 Xbox Game Pass is "Too Expensive"

1:05:00 God of War & PlayStation Rumors

1:31:00 Patreon Topic

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This week - Kevin and Sam chat about our predictions for the rumored State of Play, the highlights from the Triple-i showcase, give our reviews of Raccoin, Origament and more!

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

12:00 Samson Impressions

17:00 Raccoin Review

27:00 End Review

46:00 Origament Review

52:00 Rumored State of Play

1:06:00 Tripe-i Initiative Showcase

1:51:00 Would you quit gaming if entry cost was 1K

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This week - Kevin and JamPackSam chat about the PlayStation 5 price increases, look ahead to the Xbox Summer showcase and Gears of War E-Day and more!

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

19:00 PS5 Price Increases

30:00 Xbox Games Showcase

47:00 New Star Fox and Ocarina of Time remake

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This week - Kevin is joined by Sean Capri of Carpool Gaming to discuss the Xbox Partner Preview, PlayStation shutting down Dark Outlaw Games and Nintendo raising the price of physical games

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

21:00 Xbox Partner Preview

59:00 Dark Outlaw Games Shutdown

1:08:00 Nintendo Digital vs Physical

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This week - Kevin and Sam chat 1348 Ex Voto, Project Songbird and NVIDIA DLSS 5 going full "AI Slop" and Crimson Desert

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

13:30 Project Songbird Review

26:00 1348 Ex Voto Review

32:00 DLSS 5 Controversy

1:09:00 How do you deal with all the great games?

1:21:00 Crimson Desert Reviews/Peak

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Xbox has revealed a ton of new info about their next-gen console, codenamed Project Helix - outlining their future hardware strategy, lets break it all down.

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

23:00 Building for Xbox in the Future

38:00 Project Helix is POWERFUL

53:00 Project Helix Release Date?

1:12:00 Xbox Kills "This is an Xbox"... Kinda and Xbox Mode Comes to PC

1:29:00 New Ways to Play Old Games Coming

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This week - Kevin and Sam chat about new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma confirming the name and capabilities of the next-gen Xbox codenamed "Project Helix". We also have leaks of a new, unexpected God of War game.

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

24:30 New God of War Leaked

43:00 Project Helix

1:27:00 What Game Studio Closing would hurt the most?

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This week - Kevin and Sam chat all about the fallout of Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving Xbox, our concerns, hopes and more. We also have rumors of PlayStation potentially pulling back from PC ports for single player games.

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

26:50 Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond Leave Xbox

1:57:00 PlayStation Pulling back from PC?

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This week - Kevin and Sam give their impressions of God of War: Sons of Sparta and Styx: Blades of Greed. Gaming news wise: PlayStation has decided to shutdown Bluepoint Games - for some reason, Todd Howard drops tons of new info re: Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 and could Sony Santa Monica's new game be on the horizon?

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0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing

08:30 God of War: Sons of Sparta Impressions

20:00 End GOW Impressions

23:30 Styx: Blades of Greed Impressions

32:30 Bluepoint Games Shutdown

1:06:00 Santa Monica's New Game Incoming?

1:20:00 Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 News

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