The Most HorsePowerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 85! Sean played sick! Luke entered the Mortal Kombat tournament and played Resident Evil 2. Drew played… Buckle up and drive safe!

The Playlist

Luke: Mortal Kombat 11, Resident Evil 2

Sean: Dayquil/Nyquil, Ginger Tea with Honey

Drew: Division 2

Braking News

Square Enix has set a date for their E3 conference of June 10th at 6pm.

This was originally Sony’s slot. SE states they have news regarding an “exciting lineup of titles”.

Previous titles announced at Square Enix’s conferences include Just Cause 4, Kingdom Hearts 3, and Octopath.

Is this a smart move for them? FF7?

https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/square-enix-e3-2019-showcase-1203195517/

Mortal Kombat 11 has released with remarkable fanfair. The game has landed at an 83 on Metacritic and seems to be a critical success.

The game is beautiful, violent, and has a variety of gameplay modes (story, towers, Krypt)

Some are stating frustrations with the loot nature of the Krypt and the gimmicky nature of certain challenges which Netherrealm has stated they will be fixing.

Luke has played and completed the story mode. Code provided by publisher.

Anthem’s latest update vastly improves the game, further delays promised content.

New Stronghold, Forge anywhere, numerous bug fixes (Luke’s glitched achievement is fixed!)

Cataclysm and guilds delayed, loot still not fixed for endgame players.

https://kotaku.com/anthem-is-less-frustrating-after-its-latest-update-1834250964

Crunch Culture continues to land spotlight as Epic Games is now being reported as having 100+ hour work weeks for Fortnite. .

Employees were compensated and though time off was officially allowed anytime it was expected that employees work constantly.

https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/23/18507750/fortnite-work-crunch-epic-games

Fortnite is teasing another Avengers cross-over.

The Car Pool - Listener Question

Edward Varnell @thatretrocode - How important are external hard drives to consoles? Do you think we need to factor it in with purchasing prices of systems and games when we shop or worry about it later?

Do you think that 60 FPS, HDR, and 4K is important when companies still have technical difficulties like lag, freezing, dropping connections, and XBL going down from time to time for some people? Is tech speak great PR marketing when its exemptions not included?

Plugs

iTunes: https://goo.gl/CMv4fr

Google Play: https://goo.gl/3Z3ege

Drew:

http://twitter.com/dmacmill

http://game-moose.com

Luke:

http://twitter.com/MLSReserves

http://mixer.com/insipidghost

Sean:

http://twitter.com/seancapri

http://twitch.tv/seancapri