While players have been focused on the FTC vs Microsoft case, the ID@Xbox team teamed up with IGN for a showcase packed with awesome indies coming to Xbox and other platforms in the months ahead! We're hitting the highlights of the show, talking about EA's new Black Panther game, and a potential Need for Speed Most Wanted remake on this week's show. Enjoy!

00:00 - Intro

00:46 - Trophy Room and Project XTalk FTC conversations

01:36 - ID@Xbox Showcase recap

13:04 - EA confirms that a Black Panther game is in development

16:48 - Need for Speed Most Wanted Remake could be coming

19:05 - Antstream Arcade starts streaming more than 1400 retro games on Xbox next week

22:16 - PS5 Access controller launches on December 6

24:17 - Outro

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Project XTalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=docHjW4sy5s&t=672s&pp=ygUNcHJvamVjdCB4dGFsaw%3D%3D

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New documents from the FTC vs Microsoft show that Microsoft thinks PlayStation could have a PS5 Slim on the way later this year at “the same reduced price point” as the PS5 Digital Edition at $399.

The FTC vs Microsoft court case is now over, and we saw some massive statements coming from PlayStation, Xbox, and third parties that give a peek behind the scenes at the craziness of gaming industry politics. Let's get into some of the biggest stories from the week.

The Xbox Games Showcase may have taken the spotlight, but the Xbox Games Showcase Extended shared deeper dives and extra surprises that are sure to make Xbox fans more excited than ever for the future of the platform.

01:04 - Recap of Xbox Games Showcase and Ubisoft Forward podcasts

01:47 - Xbox Games Showcase Extended developer interviews overview

03:58 - Keanu Reeves talks Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

05:09 - High On Knife horror DLC revealed

07:07 - Lifes of P gameplay showcase

07:53 - Microsoft Flight Simulator Dune content

08:36 - Exoprimal

10:15 - Indie interviews

11:16 - Phasmophobia is coming to consoles

12:34 - 10 new ID@Xbox games come to Xbox Game Pass!

14:35 - Xbox Developer Accelerator Program

15:34 - EDO and Fallout 76 update details

17:00 - Xbox Games Showcase final thoughts

17:39 - Xbox revenue is double the Xbox 360 generation

20:51 - Respawn worked on Titanfall 3 for 10 months before cancelling it

25:32 - Diablo IV has a record-setting first week with $666M in sales

27:58 - Outro

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This week's Ubisoft Forward proved that the company is set to deliver some incredible games from legacy franchises and massive new partners - from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Star Wars Outlaws to Assassin's Creed Mirage and XDefiant, there is plenty to look forward to from Ubisoft's catalog of games.

01:00 - Star Wars Outlaws

03:04 - Assassin's Creed Mirage

05:29 - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

07:50 - XDefiant

11:06 - Prine of Persia: The Lost Crown

13:22 - Assassin's Creed Nexus and Assassin's Creed Codename Jade

14:54 - The Division Resurgence

16:19 - The Crew Motorfest

18:45 - Skull and Bones

19:33 - Captain Laserhawk's Blood Dragon Remix

20:12 - Halo Combat Evolved Barwlhalla crossover

20:24 - Ubisoft Forward Sale

20:53 - Outro

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From AAA first-party games like Fable and Avowed to massive third-party games like Star Wars Outcasts and Persona 3 Reload, the 2023 Xbox Showcase brought plenty of incredible games - and the Starfield Direct topped off the show with a deep dive into what could be Xbox's game of the generation.

02:53 - Xbox Showcase recap

23:12 - Starfield will run at 30 FPS on console

27:30 - Third-party partnership games

42:01 - 1TB Xbox Series S and Starfield controller/headset announced

45:24 - Cyberpunkl 2077 Phantom Liberty, live service game updates

47:30 - Recap and wrapup

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Geoff Keighley kicked off Summer Game Fest yesterday, and it was packed with announcements ranging from AAA games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Spider-Man 2 to Alan Wake 2 and Mortal Kombat 1. Today's show goes over the highlights of everything you might have missed.

A new report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier gives a behind the scenes look at how bad the development of Redfall really was, with some anonymous developers even sharing they had hoped Microsoft would cancel the game.

00:49 - Summer Game Fest kickoff schedule

07:54 - Redfall devs hoped the game would be canceled

14:29 - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart coming to PC

17:01 - New Xbox Game Pass additions

20:42 - Xbox Games with Gold for June 2023

22:43 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor community statistics

24:57 - Outro

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Last week's PlayStation Showcase presented plenty of awesome games... just not many that are exclusive to PlayStation 5. We're talking about all of the biggest announcements from last week's show, including their new handheld Project Q, on this week's podcast!

00:49 - PlayStation Showcase/Spider-Man 2

06:06 - Assassin's Creed Mirage

07:29 - Alan Wake 2

08:43 - Final Fantasy 16

09:31 - Dragon's Dogma 2

10:04 - Marathon

12:16 - Fairgame$ from Haven Studios

14:00 - FoamStars

14:45 - Phantom Blade Zero - is it real?

15:44 - Helldivers 2

16:39 - Project Q PS5 Remote Play handheld

19:30 - PS5 earbuds

20:38 - The Last of Us Factions delayed, team scaled back

25:04 - Devolver Direct details coming this week

25:31 - Boosteroid gets Xbox games later this week

26:16 - Gollum reviews are in - it's the worst game of the year

27:09 - Outro

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