The XB2 — An Xbox and Gaming Podcast

Rand and Jez gear up for another Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we talk Xbox's mobile game store fails, Call of Duty's penetration, Activision-Blizzard games drip feeding into Game Pass, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Xbox port rumors, and much more.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00: Intro, what we've been playing.

00:28:25: Xbox Game Pass and Activision games, PC handheld wars, Horizon Zero Dawn gets ripped off.

01:21:00: Studio closures, Final Fantasy whole slate to Xbox, Xbox mobile store delayed on Android.

01:54:50: Sony trailer Bloodborne tease, Shuhei Yoshida retires, gamers spending more time watching videos than playing?

02:14:24: Patreon Q&A.

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AIRED FIRST ON PATREON.COM/XB2 ON NOV 20, 2024!

This month, we caught up with the excellent and bodacious Luke Lohr of the Xbox Expansion Pass Podcast to talk all things Xbox and gaming news.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Xbox Two! This week, Jez and Rand talk Xbox's plans for the future and tease some possible news for December, we talk Avowed's positive previews, STALKER 2's rocky launch, and PlayStation's intent to buy Kadokawa, and thus FromSoftware.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00: Intro, new Xbox accessories for December? Jez's Fable info.

00:40:00: New Transformers games coming, MS Flight Sim crashes, STALKER 2's rough launch.

01:38:00: Sony to buy Kadokawa and From Software, Xbox is everywhere.

02:10:00: Call of Duty Black Ops 6 sales success, Metaphor Re:Fantazio blows up. Xbox brings more games to the cloud.

02:50:00: Avowed previews, Patreon Q&A.

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Jez and Rand get into another week of juicy gaming news. This week, we talk The Game Awards, Microsoft's "This is an Xbox" campaign, Microsoft's "no red lines" Xbox multiplat comments, with a hint of Fable gameplay teasing too.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00: Intro, The Game Awards, Rand beats Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

01:00:00: Xbox at The Game Awards, Jez talks new Fable gameplay.

01:30:00: Blizzard hiring for open world StarCraft? Indiana Jones gameplay. Xbox's new ad campaign.

02:25:00: Phil Spencer interviews, Patreon Q&A.

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This week, Jez and Rand get into Death Stranding on Xbox, and if it means more multiplats are on the way. We talk Take Two financials and Xbox Series S comments, and the Switch 2 "reveal" and what it means for Xbox and competition. And much more!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00: Intro, Rand's thoughts on Dragon Age.

00:40:00: Palworld lawsuit update, Switch 2 and its potential vs. Xbox. Xbox handheld in 2025?

01:00:00: Death Stranding on Xbox, more multiplats?

01:40:28: Gears E-Day voice actors confirmed, Xbox end of year success. Take Two financials.

02:15:44: WB Games future outlook, Patreon Q&A.

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Welcome to the latest Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we talk Xbox Game Pass and Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and its success (or failure?), Dragon Age: The Veilguard reviews and reactions, Indiana Jones preview event, hardware rumors, and much more.

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TIMESTAMPS: 

00:00:00: Intro, Call of Duty vs. Xbox Game Pass.

01:13:24: Sony shuts down two studios, Square Enix comments on Xbox, Age of Empires to PlayStation?

01:44:07: Jez’s thoughts on Indiana Jones, Rand talks Life is Strange.

02:16:22: Perfect Dark and Star Wars Outlaws get new creative directors.

02:29:30: Dragon Age Veilguard thoughts.

03:02:25: Q&A.

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AIRED FIRST on Patreon.com/XB2 on October 23, 2024.

We get the king of leaks Tom Henderson on the show to talk Xbox, the downfall of Ubisoft, the future of Battlefield, Halo, Call of Duty, and much more.

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Jez and Rand kick it up for another Xbox Two Podcast, this week, we talk Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Xbox's multiplatform future rumors, Fallout Day, Helldivers 2 on Xbox comments, Ubisoft's downfall, and much more.

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TIMESTAMPS: 

00:00:00: Intro. Rand hates Ubisoft.

00:50:00: Games we've been playing, Rand talks Black Ops 6 campaign.

01:20:00: Fallout Day, Everwild rumors. Is Microsoft slowing down on multiplats?

02:20:00: Will Helldivers 2 ever come to Xbox? Will Xbox games hit Switch 2? Netflix kills Joe Staten's studio.

02:50:00: Patreon Q&A.

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Rand and Jez are back with another Xbox Two Podcast. This week, we talk STALKER 2 hands-on impressions, we talk Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 marketing, Xbox Partner Preview event, and much more

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Rand and Jez return following some painful tech issues (grr). This week, we get into Halo's Unreal Engine rebirth, Xbox sidestepping Google to launch "bring your own games" on Xbox Cloud Gaming, we talk Silent Hill 2, Alien Isolation 2 announcement, and much more.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00: Intro. Sarah Bond talks Xbox on cloud. Xbox stock levels in global markets.

00:50:00: Silent Hill 2, Final Fantasy 16 thoughts.

01:15:00: Metaphor Re:Fantazio blows up.

01:40:00: Halo's engine swap and future.

02:30:00: Alien Isolation sequel, Splinter Cell Remake rumors.

03:00:00: Patreon Q&A.

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