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The Most HorsePowerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 71! Sean might be done with Red Dead Redemption 2! Luke finished up Steamworld Dig, enjoyed more Realm Royale, and tackled the bugs in Hive Jump. Buckle up and drive safe.

The Playlist

Luke: Ace Combat 7, Absolver

Sean: Never Alone

Braking News

Resident Evil 2 is reviewing extremely well with a 93 on Metacritic. Luke thinks he got this one wrong.

Sea of Thieves is enjoying something of a resurgence among the streaming community. Second most watched on Twitch. Ninja, Dr. Disrespect, other people viewers like are playing it. New PvE content.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2019/01/23/plot-twist-xboxs-sea-of-thieves-is-the-hottest-new-game-of-2019-on-twitch/#2d5a64487481

Realm Royale exits Closed Beta

Luke has a personal connection to this game

Class based BR, comfortable aesthetic, enhanced for X

Comeback from launching strong, crashing in user base and completely restructuring

God of War's Chris O'Neill joins Microsoft's The Initiative studio https://m.windowscentral.com/god-wars-chris-oneill-joins-microsofts-initiative-studio

Pit Stop Topics

Where is Inside Xbox?

BioWare has tried and failed to revive Knights of the Old Republic under EA

https://www.gamesradar.com/bioware-has-reportedly-tried-and-failed-to-revive-knights-of-the-old-republic-multiple-times-under-ea/

Absolver: a 3rd person martial-arts based Destiny.

Excellent combat mechanics, bad frame rate, really fascinating art style

Clearing a small dev (Devolver Digital) aiming big

Ace Combat 7: completely competent and impressive AC game.

Does not iterate on the formula at all

Very pretty, excellent controls

Poor checkpoint system, ground is not detailed

The Car Pool - Listener Question

Brendan Myers @the_wintergamerWhat is the next gamer friendly move Xbox could make? I feel it could be something to do with the ability to play anywhere

Antonio Guillen @hypecasterIf you had the power to ensure ONLY ONE of these things happened to ensure a bright future for Xbox, which would you choose? 1.  Halo Infinite releases and exceeds all expectations 2. Titanfall 3 announced as an Xbox Two Exclusive 3. Sunset Overdrive 2 announced as X2 Exclusive

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Inside Xbox

We’ve not yet heard when the next Inside Xbox is. How will Inside Xbox change in 2019?

Games with Gold

Celeste (X1)

WRC 6 (X1)

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (X360)

Far Cry 2 (X360)

Upcoming Titles:

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (1.18.18)

Resident Evil 2 (1.25.18)

Kingdom Hearts 3 (1.25.18)

Plugs

Luke:http://twitter.com/MLSReserves http://mixer.com/insipidghost

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