The Most Horse-Powerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 89! Sean played Nier Automata! Luke returned to the Sea of Thieves and started playing Lost Planet. Buckle up and drive safe!

The Playlist

Luke: RAGE 2, Team Sonic Racing

Sean: Nier Automata

Braking News

Microsoft and Sony partner for game streaming and other technologies. Rumors also persist that Nintendo is looking to take advantage of the Azure cloud computing services.

Has impacts on AI and user-friendly interfaces in particular

Gaming is only one factor among several that exist for the two companies at large.

Sony President Kenichiro Yoshida and Microsoft's Satya Nadell both shared sentiments.https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-and-sony-partner-game-streaming-technology

Call of Duty 2020. Treyarch In. Sledgehammer & Raven Out.  Likely Blops 5.

The past year has also been rough for the San Francisco-based Sledgehammer. In February 2018, Kotaku broke the news that Sledgehammer’s co-founders, Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield, had left the studio.

The studio has been hemorrhaging employees over the past few months, much to the dismay of those who remain.

https://kotaku.com/sources-call-of-duty-2020-in-upheaval-as-treyarch-take-1834858368

Superhot, Metal Gear Survive, Outer Wilds and others coming to Game Pass.

Metal Gear Survive, The Banner Saga, May 23

Void Bastard launches day-and-date, May 29

Dead by Daylight, Outer Wilds, May 30

Full Metal Furies, The Banner Saga 2, Superhot June 6https://www.windowscentral.com/metal-gear-survive-void-bastards-and-more-join-xbox-game-pass-soon

Dauntless, a free co-op action-rpg, launched with true cross-play across Xbox, PS4, and PChttps://www.pcgamer.com/dauntless-launches-with-cross-play-on-pc-and-consoles/

Pit Stop Topics

Activision’s catalog has changed with Destiny no longer and option COD now in turmoil.

What annualized franchises does Activision bring into play?

Does free-to-play become a standard for their titles?

How do EA Access, Game Pass, and PS Now impact their approach to market models?

Activision franchises: Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot, COD, Sekiro, Spryo, TMNTiTunes: https://goo.gl/CMv4fr Google Play: https://goo.gl/3Z3egeSpotify: http://goo.gl/Vh4DH4

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