00:00:00 - Intro & Baldur’s Gate 3

00:06:25 - Remnant 2 Sells More Than One Million Units

00:23:25 - Our IGN Icons Picks! & FFXVI Coming to Xbox

00:35:09 - Elite Series 2 Replacement Parts Announced

00:40:02 - Games Joining and Leaving Xbox Game Pass & Outro

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00:00:19 Intro

00:02:41 New Black Panther open-world game announced

00:18:47 Ubisoft cancels Immortals Fenyx Rising 2

00:26:16 Rainbow Six talk

00:32:29 Forgotten Ubisoft IP

00:40:17 Another Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III leak

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Though Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard has cleared its biggest hurdle (the FTC), the deal isn't quite done yet. And all parties involved have given themselves more time to finalize the deal. We discuss that, plus Sony finally signing its 10-year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft, the death of Xbox Live Gold and its somewhat confusing replacement in the form of Xbox Game Pass Core, and more!

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The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived: the verdict is in for Microsoft vs. FTC, and Team Xbox has won! We spend the entire show discussing the massive implications of the ruling, which seems to have set the stage for Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard to finally go through. We talk about the games we might see out of it - particularly from Raven Software - the very serious matter of how Xbox boss Phil Spencer must take steps to clean up the toxic workplace culture at ABK, whether or not Microsoft (and Sony) are done making big acquisitions, and more! 

00:00:00 - Intro & ID@Xbox Impressions

00:09:31 - The FTC/Xbox Trial is Not Over Yet!

00:31:18 - What Games Could Return if Xbox Acquired Activision?

00:50:10 - What Needs to Change at Activision

01:05:38 - Is Microsoft Done with Acquisitions?

01:16:19 - Outro

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As we await the verdict in the Microsoft vs. FTC trial regarding the fate of Xbox's Activision-Blizzard acquisition, we dig into some of the other things happening in the world of Xbox, from the future of Banjo-Kazooie (if there even is one) to Ubisoft's rumored Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake to this month's hidden gem on Xbox Game Pass, and more!

00:00:00 - Intro & FTC v. Microsoft Updates

00:08:17 - Xbox & Bethesda at gamescom 2023

00:18:48 - Will We Ever See Another Banjo Kazooie Game?

00:36:40 - Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Getting a Remake?

00:48:39 - Outro

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With the Microsoft vs. FTC trial concluding, with a verdict expected next week, we discuss and analyze seven big things we've learned so far, from the fate of Bethesda game exclusivity to the other publishers Microsoft considered buying and more! Plus: our own investigative report into the state of The Initiative and the Perfect Dark reboot.

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We have so much to talk about on this milestone episode! We recap some of the games we saw and played at Summer Game Fest, then discuss how Xbox is absolutely STACKED with AAA exclusive first-party RPGs for the next several years, then pour one out for the Xbox One as Microsoft officially stops making games for it, and THEN we finish this extra-long episode digging into all of the crazy revelations that are coming out as we speak during Microsoft's trial against the FTC regarding the Activision-Blizzard acquisition. Enjoy!

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Happy Summer of Gaming! In this special SoG episode of Podcast Unlocked, Ryan McCaffrey, Stella Chung, Destin Legarie, and Kat Bailey discuss their favorite reveals and surprises from the Xbox/Bethesda Showcase and the Starfield Direct. Xbox came out firing on all cylinders with some hot new reveals from their best studios. From Starfield to Clockwork Revolution and FINALLY some new information and scenes for Fable, there's a lot to cover, and it's all just icing on the cake! There's so much more, so stay tuned for that!

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On the eve of the biggest Xbox event of the year, we keep to our tradition and make a total of 12 predictions for the upcoming Xbox Showcase. From Fable to Avowed to Gears of War and beyond, we've got a dozen ideas about what we might see this Sunday. Plus: we discuss the recent report about Redfall's troubled development, gush about Diablo 4, and more!

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Diablo Franchise General Manager and old friend of Unlocked Rod Fergusson joins the show this week to celebrate the launch of Diablo 4. Rod talks about the challenges of joining Blizzard mere days before the COVID-19 pandemic, why he left Gears of War behind after 15 years, which Diablo 4 class he'll be playing first, and much more!

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