The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 31! Sean played more Far Cry 5 and A Way Out with Brock McLaughlin! Dave probably didn’t play anything again. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

 

Braking News

What Podcast is listening to us this week: The Trophy Room.

 

Sean is an “Award-Winning” Streamer https://twitter.com/seancapri/status/981746977779011585?s=21

 

Big News About Original Xbox Back Compat Coming April 10.What could it be? Achievements? https://www.gamespot.com/articles/big-news-about-original-xbox-backwards-compatibili/1100-6457876/

 

Monolith Removes Loot Boxes from Shadow Of Warhttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-04-03-monolith-removes-loot-boxes-from-middle-earth-shadow-of-war

 

Ghost Recon Wildlands To Get Another Year Of Free Content, Next Update Coming Soonhttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/ghost-recon-wildlands-to-get-another-year-of-free-/1100-6457887/

 

Far Cry 5 doubles Far Cry 4 launch-week sales. Earns $310M in first week.https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-04-04-far-cry-5-doubles-far-cry-4-launch-week-sales

 

New Back Compat: Assassin's Creed IV and Divinity II are now playable on Xbox Onehttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/two-more-xbox-one-backwards-compatibility-games-no/1100-6457895

 

The Division gets X-Enhanced Update April 12https://www.vg247.com/2018/04/02/the-division-update-1-8-1-is-coming-next-week-brings-xbox-one-x-enhancements/

 

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Inside Xbox is back on April 10. What do we want?

Deals with Gold

Straight trash this week.

Games with Gold

Xbox One: The Witness (April 1-31)Xbox One: Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (April 16 - May 15)

Xbox 360: Cars 2: The Video Game (April 1-15)

Xbox 360: Dead Space 2 (April 16-31)

 

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The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 30! Sean played Far Cry 5! Dave probably didn’t play anything again. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

Braking News

No Man’s Sky coming to Xbox One this summer, Enhanced by X,physical version, massive update coming. http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/29/no-mans-sky-for-xbox-one-announced-major-new-next-update-coming-this-summer

April Games With Gold Announced: The Witness, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Cars 2: The Video Game, Dead Space 2

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/28/games-with-gold-april-2018/

Robocraft Infinity, Cities: Skylines, theHunter: Call of the Wild and More Coming to GamePass in April

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/26/xbox-game-pass-april-2018/

Sea of Thieves passes 2 million players, becomes “fastest-selling first-party new IP of this generation.”

https://mspoweruser.com/sea-of-thieves-passes-2-million-players-becomes-fastest-selling-first-party-new-ip-of-this-generation/

100,000+ players have streamed Sea of Thieves

10 million hours watched in the last week.

500,000+ new Xbox Live friendships

400,000+ joined an Xbox Club to find pirates

[related] Sea of Thieves lands UK chart number one. Beats A Way Out and Ni No Kuni 2.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-26-sea-of-thieves-lands-uk-chart-number-one

Experience DOOM in 4K on March 29

‪https://bethesda.net/en/article/4csATft5rOKaywwiKymgaO/experience-doom-in-4k‬

[TWEET] What would you think if Sea of Thieves added Whirlpools?

https://twitter.com/SeaOfThievesHQ/status/979011204889939969

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Did Sea of Thieves help or hurt Game Pass?

Deals with Gold

GIANT MOTHER LOVING SPRING SALE HOLY CRAP! https://www.vg247.com/2018/03/27/xbox-one-spring-sale-xbox-live/

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection 67%

Assassin’s Creed Origins 40%

Prey 50%

Watch Dogs 2 70%

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1-31)

Xbox One: Superhot (March 16 - April 15)

Xbox 360: Brave: The Video Game (March 1-15)

Xbox 360: Quantum Conundrum (March 16-31)

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The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 30! Sean played Far Cry 5! Dave probably didn’t play anything again. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

 

Braking News

No Man’s Sky coming to Xbox One this summer, Enhanced by X,physical version, massive update coming. http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/29/no-mans-sky-for-xbox-one-announced-major-new-next-update-coming-this-summer

April Games With Gold Announced: The Witness, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Cars 2: The Video Game, Dead Space 2https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/28/games-with-gold-april-2018/

Robocraft Infinity, Cities: Skylines, theHunter: Call of the Wild and More Coming to GamePass in Aprilhttps://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/26/xbox-game-pass-april-2018/

 

Sea of Thieves passes 2 million players, becomes “fastest-selling first-party new IP of this generation.”

https://mspoweruser.com/sea-of-thieves-passes-2-million-players-becomes-fastest-selling-first-party-new-ip-of-this-generation/

100,000+ players have streamed Sea of Thieves

10 million hours watched in the last week.

500,000+ new Xbox Live friendships

400,000+ joined an Xbox Club to find pirates 

[related] Sea of Thieves lands UK chart number one. Beats A Way Out and Ni No Kuni 2.https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-26-sea-of-thieves-lands-uk-chart-number-one

 

Experience DOOM in 4K on March 29‪https://bethesda.net/en/article/4csATft5rOKaywwiKymgaO/experience-doom-in-4k‬

 

[TWEET] What would you think if Sea of Thieves added Whirlpools?https://twitter.com/SeaOfThievesHQ/status/979011204889939969

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Did Sea of Thieves help or hurt Game Pass?

Deals with Gold

GIANT MOTHER LOVING SPRING SALE HOLY CRAP! https://www.vg247.com/2018/03/27/xbox-one-spring-sale-xbox-live/

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection 67%

Assassin’s Creed Origins 40%

Prey 50%

Watch Dogs 2 70%

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1-31)Xbox One: Superhot (March 16 - April 15)

Xbox 360: Brave: The Video Game (March 1-15)

Xbox 360: Quantum Conundrum (March 16-31)

 

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The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 30! Sean played Far Cry 5! Dave probably didn’t play anything again. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

 

Braking News

No Man’s Sky coming to Xbox One this summer, Enhanced by X,physical version, massive update coming. http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/29/no-mans-sky-for-xbox-one-announced-major-new-next-update-coming-this-summer

April Games With Gold Announced: The Witness, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Cars 2: The Video Game, Dead Space 2https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/28/games-with-gold-april-2018/

Robocraft Infinity, Cities: Skylines, theHunter: Call of the Wild and More Coming to GamePass in Aprilhttps://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/26/xbox-game-pass-april-2018/

 

Sea of Thieves passes 2 million players, becomes “fastest-selling first-party new IP of this generation.”

https://mspoweruser.com/sea-of-thieves-passes-2-million-players-becomes-fastest-selling-first-party-new-ip-of-this-generation/

100,000+ players have streamed Sea of Thieves

10 million hours watched in the last week.

500,000+ new Xbox Live friendships

400,000+ joined an Xbox Club to find pirates 

[related] Sea of Thieves lands UK chart number one. Beats A Way Out and Ni No Kuni 2.https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-26-sea-of-thieves-lands-uk-chart-number-one

 

Experience DOOM in 4K on March 29‪https://bethesda.net/en/article/4csATft5rOKaywwiKymgaO/experience-doom-in-4k‬

 

[TWEET] What would you think if Sea of Thieves added Whirlpools?https://twitter.com/SeaOfThievesHQ/status/979011204889939969

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Did Sea of Thieves help or hurt Game Pass?

Deals with Gold

GIANT MOTHER LOVING SPRING SALE HOLY CRAP! https://www.vg247.com/2018/03/27/xbox-one-spring-sale-xbox-live/

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection 67%

Assassin’s Creed Origins 40%

Prey 50%

Watch Dogs 2 70%

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1-31)Xbox One: Superhot (March 16 - April 15)

Xbox 360: Brave: The Video Game (March 1-15)

Xbox 360: Quantum Conundrum (March 16-31)

 

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The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 29! Sean played Sea of Thieves, Dragon Ball Fighterz, Super Hot, and Sunset Overdrive. Dave probably didn’t play anything again. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

Braking News

Ubisoft successfully fights off Vivendi. Remains independent as Vivent sells entire stake in Ubisoft.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ubisoft-entertainment-ubisoft-reaches-agreement-171300865.html

PUBG hits 5 Million Players

https://majornelson.com/2018/03/15/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-on-xbox-hits-the-5-million-player-mark/

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Update on March 21: Progression is now linear. Star Cards will only be earned through gameplay and will not be available for purchase.

https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/battlefront/battlefront-2/news/progression-update

New Halo book coming. Silent Storm: A Master Chief Story

https://twitter.com/Halo/status/976557549263601664

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Sea of Thieves

Deals with Gold

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1-31)

Xbox One: Superhot (March 16 - April 15)

Xbox 360: Brave: The Video Game (March 1-15)

Xbox 360: Quantum Conundrum (March 16-31)

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Flat Tires

The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 29! Sean played Sea of Thieves, Dragon Ball Fighterz, Super Hot, and Sunset Overdrive. Dave probably didn’t play anything again. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

 

Braking News

Ubisoft successfully fights off Vivendi. Remains independent as Vivent sells entire stake in Ubisoft.https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ubisoft-entertainment-ubisoft-reaches-agreement-171300865.html

PUBG hits 5 Million Playershttps://majornelson.com/2018/03/15/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-on-xbox-hits-the-5-million-player-mark/

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Update on March 21: Progression is now linear. Star Cards will only be earned through gameplay and will not be available for purchase.https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/battlefront/battlefront-2/news/progression-update

New Halo book coming. Silent Storm: A Master Chief Storyhttps://twitter.com/Halo/status/976557549263601664

 

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Sea of Thieves

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1-31)Xbox One: Superhot (March 16 - April 15)

Xbox 360: Brave: The Video Game (March 1-15)

Xbox 360: Quantum Conundrum (March 16-31)

 

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Follow us on TwitterDave: @dacespace

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The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 29! Sean played Sea of Thieves, Dragon Ball Fighterz, Super Hot, and Sunset Overdrive. Dave probably didn’t play anything again. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

 

Braking News

Ubisoft successfully fights off Vivendi. Remains independent as Vivent sells entire stake in Ubisoft.https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ubisoft-entertainment-ubisoft-reaches-agreement-171300865.html

PUBG hits 5 Million Playershttps://majornelson.com/2018/03/15/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-on-xbox-hits-the-5-million-player-mark/

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Update on March 21: Progression is now linear. Star Cards will only be earned through gameplay and will not be available for purchase.https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/battlefront/battlefront-2/news/progression-update

New Halo book coming. Silent Storm: A Master Chief Storyhttps://twitter.com/Halo/status/976557549263601664

 

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Sea of Thieves

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1-31)Xbox One: Superhot (March 16 - April 15)

Xbox 360: Brave: The Video Game (March 1-15)

Xbox 360: Quantum Conundrum (March 16-31)

 

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The Most HorsePowerful Podcast Ever Made, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 28! Sean played Far Cry 3, Burnout Paradise City, and some Forza Horizon 3. Dave probably didn’t play anything again. Plenty of "Braking News,”and a Steady Cruise Control Topic:

Braking News

Ninja breaks Twitch record by playing Fortnite with Drake. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/03/15/streamer-ninja-and-rapper-drake-shatter-twitch-viewership-record-with-fortnite-stream.aspx

Gears of War 4 news will drop after we record but before this episode airs. Of course.

https://twitter.com/GearsofWar/status/973970519337746432

Call of Duty Blops4 Announced. Reveal Event: May 17, 2018. Launch: October 12, 2018

https://twitter.com/CallofDuty/status/971808369861259264

Ubisoft Announces The Division 2.

Xbox One X Enhancements coming to The Division.

https://news.ubisoft.com/article/an-announcement-from-massive-entertainment-on-the-division-2

Microsoft’s diverse new Xbox Live avatars will launch in April

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/14/17113478/microsoft-xbox-live-avatars-launch-features

PUBG Development Road Map revealed https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/news/132.pu

Xbox furthers commitment to cross-play with Fortnite https://twitter.com/xboxqwik/status/972522270403977216?s=21

SEGA Genesis Classics is coming to Xbox One on May 29th

https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/973936804763123712

New Backwards Compatible titles. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD Edition and Axel & Pixel

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/973589915140313089

Report: The Next Tomb Raider Hits This September

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/03/14/report-the-next-tomb-raider-hits-this-september.aspx

Microsoft Readies Biggest E3 Showing Ever

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/14/e3-2018-venue/?ocid=E32018_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_3.13.1

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Inside Xbox. Pretty lame. But here’s a recap of what happened. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/10/inside-xbox-news-recap/#5xM6Gyh5XrY0VAbu.99

Xbox One S and Xbox One X will support variable refresh rate on AMD Radeon FreeSync displays. Freesync allows for TV/monitor to synchronize its refresh rate with your console.

‘Share to Twitter’ will allow you to share clips and screenshots that will be viewable in-line, directly on your Twitter feed.

Xbox One to supporting Auto Low Latency Mode/Game Mode on supported TVs later in 2018

Microsoft Edge: Download and upload files, including pictures and videos; you can download images with Microsoft Edge and set it as your background.

Share Controller on Mixer.

Cities: Skylines coming to GamePass

Deals with Gold

A whole bunch of Call of Duty and Wolfenstein 2 is 50% off!

https://majornelson.com/2018/03/12/this-weeks-deals-with-gold-and-spotlight-sale-119/

Games with Gold

Xbox One: Trials of the Blood Dragon (March 1-31)

Xbox One: Superhot (March 16 - April 15)

Xbox 360: Brave: The Video Game (March 1-15)

Xbox 360: Quantum Conundrum (March 16-31)

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The Xbox Drive Episode 28: The Burger King Weather Forecast of Xbox Games

The Xbox Drive Episode 28: The Burger King Weather Forecast of Xbox Games