The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 35! Sean played Light Fall, . Dave probably didn’t play anything. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

Braking News

Back Compat Xbox 360 game achievements now count towards Leaderboards

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/991315398875271170?s=21

New Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer confirms John Marston

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2018/05/02/red-dead-redemption-2-confirmed-to-feature-john-marston

Battlefield 1’s first DLC is free until May 15 on Xbox and PC. Not a Trial.

https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/2/17311580/battlefield-1-they-shall-not-pass-dlc-xbox-pc-free-download

STATS! Xbox One sales up 15 percent year-over-year.

Xbox One players have collectively logged almost 1 billion hours playing Original Xbox and Xbox 360 games on Xbox One.

The number of Xbox Live players is up 13 percent year-over-year.

There are now more than 200 games that are "enhanced" for Xbox One X.

Mixer now has more than 10 million active users.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-backwards-compatibility-is-super-popular/1100-6458692/

Major Nelson compliments Cliffy B on Radical Heights, his new free-to-play Battle Royale PC Game. Cliffy B says he wants it on Xbox. Mike Ybarra roasts Cliffy B: It's pretty easy to publish on Xbox. Teenagers do it in the Creators Program.

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/990683050974498816

Free-to-Play Hero Shooter, Paladins, Leaving Early Access. Launches on Xbox May 8.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2018/05/02/paladins-leaving-early-access-next-week

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

State of Decay 2 developer promises to fix many bugs on Xbox One and PC before launch. Friendly reminder, State of Decay 2 is free on Game Pass or $29.99 to buy.

https://www.windowscentral.com/state-decay-2-developer-promises-fix-many-bugs-xbox-one-and-pc-launch

Deals with Gold

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Super Mega Baseball 2 (May 1-30)

Xbox One: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (May 16 - June 15)

Xbox 360: Streets of Rage Collection (May 1-15)

Xbox 360: Vanquisher (May 16-31)

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