The Most Horse-Powerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 175. This week Sean played Cyber Shadow. Ryan played Resident Evil 8 Demo. 

Cleaning the Garage

We’re still giving away 1 year of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate when we hit 500 YouTube subscribers!

Drive-by Shoutouts

YouTube Comments:

Dallas Ford - First question that comes to mind......Where DOES Sean get his oil changed? 

The Playlist

Ryan: Cyber Shadow, Resident Evil 8 Demo

Sean: Cyber Shadow, KOTOR

Braking News  

After a brief announcement on Friday about the raising of the price of Xbox Live Gold, Microsoft have confirmed that they will be keeping the price of Gold the same price, but will also be removing the free to play online barrier so you’ll be able to play Free to Play games without a gold subscription.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/update-on-xbox-live-gold-pricing/

New Games With Gold for February have been announced: 

Gears 5 - February 1st

Resident Evil Remake - February 1st

Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb - February 1st

Dandara - February 16th

Lost Planet 2 - February 16th

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/new-games-with-gold-february-2021/

During the Resident Evil Showcase we got a release date of May 7th, 2021 for Resident Evil 8 and it will launch on Xbox One in addition to Series X and S! There will be a demo for the game in spring as well! There was also a new multiplayer only game called Re:Verse which will be free along with Village which will allow you to play as different heroes and villains from across the Resident Evil games in a deathmatch setting.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/21/resident-evil-showcase-recap/

THQ Nordic have announced that Biomutant will officially launch on Xbox One and Series S and X on May 25th!

https://twitter.com/Biomutant/status/1354111953820643329?s=20

The Carpool 

Blaze Knight @BlazeKnight0923 - A lot of people want to see the end of games with gold.  Can you explain to us why losing bonus games you get to keep forever is a consumer friendly move for Xbox to make in the wake of the Xbox live gold price hike debacle