The Jampack Report: Gaming News Podcast

Thanks to some PDF attachments submitted as part of the FTC filings, the future of Xbox has been partially shown off. With a new digital Xbox Series X, a new Xbox controller, and a cloud-hybrid game platform planned for 2028, we now know what to expect from Microsoft's gaming division - or at least, some of it.

PlayStation's State of Play and Nintendo's Nintendo Direct outline what the companies have coming in 2024 - but PlayStation isn't showing much beyond Spider-Man 2 and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. What's next for one of the gaming industry's biggest players?

Starfield is officially the biggest launch of all time for Bethesda Game Studios, passing all previous launches including Fallout 4 and Skyrim.

Bethesda Game Studios' first new IP in 25 years is finally here! Starfield has an 88 on Metacritic, but is that good enough for a game that is so important for Bethesda and for Xbox?

gamescom Opening Night Live brought plenty of looks at new games coming soon, from Black Myth: Wukong and The Crew Motorfest to Assassin's Creed Mirage and Little Nightmares 3! We're talking about the biggest news from this year's show and more - enjoy!

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 Marketplace will shut down in July 2024, marking an end to nearly 20 years of buying Xbox 360 games.

The long-rumored new model of the PlayStation 5 leaked on Twitter last week, showing a slightly smaller and slimmer version of the PS5 with what looks to be a removable disk drive.

00:45 - New PS5 model leaked on Twitter

05:00 - PlayStation beats Xbox to 4K cloud streaming

12:43 - Modern Warfare 3 officially revealed

16:06 - Devolver Delayed pushes multiple games to 2024

18:25 - Resident Evil 2 is the best-selling game in the franchise

20:01 - Quake II remastered announced at Quakecon 2023

23:29 - Halo Infinite Cyber Showdown II is underway

28:58 - Stray is out now on Xbox

26:54 - Outro

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Baldur's Gate 3 isn't launching on Xbox alongside the PS5 version in September, and recent comments from Larian Studios' director of publishing suggest that the game won't launch on Xbox until 2024.

00:43 - Baldur's Gate 3 not launching on Xbox until 2024

07:03 - Xbox will be at gamescom 2023

13:03 - Quake 2 remastered announcement coming at Quakecon 2023

15:05 - Next Battlefield will be a "reimagination" of the franchise

19:34 - Remnant 2 passes 1M units sold

21:52 - 10th anniversary update coming to Killer Instinct

25:03 - Starfield is an Xbox Play Anywhere title

26:16 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is coming to PS4 and Xbox One

28:06 - Discord streaming is coming to Xbox

29:50 - Stormcloud Vapor Xbox controller announced

32:36 - Outro

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A new report from gaming industry insider Tom Henderson has shared that PlayStation 5 Pro developer kits are supposedly shipping to developers by November 2023, with the console potentially releasing in November 2024.

00:46 - PlayStation 5 Pro reportedly coming in 2024

05:48 - Limited Edition Spider-Man 2 PS5 bundle revealed at SDCC

09:17 - PlayStation's Project Q leaked ahead of launch

12:54 - Xbox Game Pass Core replaces Xbox Live Gold on September 14

21:22 - 92 million people watched the Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct

25:00 - New Game Pass additions July 2023

28:11 - Old Call of Duty games are topping the Xbox charts

31:29 - Homelander, Peacemaker, and Omni-Man revealed for Mortal Kombat

33:22 - Outro