The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 48! Sean played Paladins. Dave probably didn’t play anything. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

Drive By ShoutOuts.

David Ray. Andy Penezic.

Will we play this game together?

For Honor

Braking News

McDonald's unveils MacCoin to celebrate Big Mac's 50th anniversary

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/29/mcdonalds-unveils-maccoin-celebrate-big-macs-50th-anniversary/844522002/

August Games with Gold: Forza Horizon 2, For Honor, Dead Space 3, and Epic Mickey 2

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/07/26/new-games-with-gold-for-august-2018/?ocid=GwG_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Video_lrn_7.26.1

New to Game Pass: Hitman Season 1, Ruiner, Ryse: Son of Rome

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/08/01/xbox-game-pass-august-2018/#aMF68X00DELI6BUR.99

Loot boxes are to be removed from Forza Motorsport 7.

https://twitter.com/ign/status/1022708660550754309?s=21

Green Duke Controller is coming!

http://ca.ign.com/videos/2018/07/26/unboxing-the-new-green-xbox-one-duke-controller

ID@Xbox Launches 16 games this week; Maximum Football 2018, Forsaken Remastered, Jump Gunners

http://www.idatxbox.com/2018/07/27/13868/

Sea of Thieves hits Five Million Players in Five Months

https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/1024322123462889472

Summer of Arcade is back - sort of - Summer Spotlight highlights great digital titles including No Man’s Sky, Overcooked 2, Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2.

https://www.xbox.com/en-us/promotions/summer-spotlight

Shadow of War Definitive Edition launches in August 28. Includes all DLC. No microtransactions. Costs $60.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/after-removing-microtransactions-shadow-of-war-get/1100-6460876/

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent and Blacklist Now Backward Compatible

https://www.trueachievements.com/n33800/tom-clancys-splinter-cell-double-agent-and-blacklist-now-backward-compatible

NEW SEGMENT: PS I Love You Phil Spencer [GET IT? IT’S HIS INITIALS]

Nothing this week. Maybe next week

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Nintendo is not making you buy Switch Online to play Free-to-Play Games. Xbox does what Nintendont. Discuss.

https://gonintendo.com/stories/314834-switch-eshop-free-to-play-titles-will-not-require-a-switch-online

Deals with Gold

NHL 18 is 75% off

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Forza Horizon 2 (August 1-30)

Xbox One: For Honor (August 16 - September 15)

Xbox 360: Dead Space 3 (August 1-15)

Xbox 360:Epic Mickey 2 (August 16-30)

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