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Welcome to The XB2. 😎 Connect with us on Discord, Patreon, YouTube, and more at http://TheXB2.com! Also known as The Xbox Two, we're an Xbox and Windows PC-oriented gaming podcast featuring "The Xbox Two!" Two Xbox super fans, Jez Corden of WindowsCentral.com and YouTuber Rand Al Thor 19, discuss the week's gaming news. Join XB2 weekly for industry analysis, exclusive news, and other shenanigans.
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With Rand sick with the flu, Jez dropped a little solo show taking questions from the audience. Please forgive the lack of typical structure, we'll be back to usual programming next week hopefully!
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00:00:00: Intro, Black Myth Wukong Xbox release.
00:50:00: Valve at CES 2025, Xbox 2025 predictions. Halo and DOOM Secret Level TV pitch.
01:30:00: Patreon Q&A.
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Rand and Jez talk 2025 in this final episode of the year. We talk Xbox @ CES 2025 and what third-party Xbox hardware might look like, we discuss the newly published Xbox controller patent, as well as Indiana Jones' success.
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00:00:00: Intro, most anticipated games of 2025, top games of 2024.
00:40:00: Indiana Jones sequel? Xbox 2025 predictions.
01:20:00: EA killed dead Space 4, New Sebile Xbox controller. Xbox at CES 2025.
02:10:00: Patreon Q&A.
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AIRED FIRST ON PATREON: December 23, 2024.
With Rand unavailable, this month's XB2+1 ended up being an XB2+1-1+2 as Jon from XboxERA and Luke from Xbox Expansion Pass jumped in to recap this year in Xbox land.
We talk Xbox OEM hardware rumors, Xbox's "This is an Xbox" push, sprinkle in some rumors, and wrap up 2025 in a nice shiny red bow.
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Jez and Rand get into another week of Xbox drama. This week, we talk Xbox's 2025 release schedule. Satya Nadella's "redefining fans" comment, and the potential death of the "Xbox console exclusive."
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00:00:00: Intro, Jez's article on "no more exclusives."
00:30:00: The Game Awards.
01:13:09: "This is an Xbox" discussion, grifters, PlayStation games coming to Xbox?
02:17:00: Tencent and Epic Games, Kadokawa and Sony, The Outer Worlds 2 release date.
02:44:00: Xbox hardware sales decline, Superman trailer, Satya Nadella redefines Xbox fans.
03:18:00: Patreon Q&A.
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Rand and COLT get into this week's Xbox news, as Jez has been a bit ill. Poor Jez. But Colt holds down the fort! This week, Rand talks everything Game Awards, and the drama that followed.
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00:00:00: Intro and Housekeeping, Xbox's Pornhub collapse.
00:23:50: Indiana Jones GOTY speculation, Xbox cloud gaming update. CoD games release on PC Game Pass.
01:04:46: Everything The Game Awards.
03:12:48: Patreon Q&A.
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Jez and Rand get into another week of Xboxxy news. This week, we talk The Game Awards hype, and review Indiana Jones. We talk Xbox's Year In Review and Shawn Layden's recent interview. We discuss rumors of Sarah Bond's involvement with the "Xbox Everywhere" initiative, and discuss another round of Ubisoft fails.
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00:00:00: Intro and Housekeeping
00:17:00: TGA predictions, Indiana Jones breakdown.
01:02:48: Andy Robinson hype TGA tweet, Xbox Series S saves lives! Xbox's Year In Review website. Shawn Layden interview.
01:42:55: Rumour: Sarah Bond behind "Xbox Everywhere."
02:15:05: Ubisoft closing studios and sunsetting XDefiant.
02:33:15: Patreon Q&A.
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Rand and Jez gear up for another Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we talk Xbox's mobile game store fails, Call of Duty's penetration, Activision-Blizzard games drip feeding into Game Pass, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Xbox port rumors, and much more.
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00:00:00: Intro, what we've been playing.
00:28:25: Xbox Game Pass and Activision games, PC handheld wars, Horizon Zero Dawn gets ripped off.
01:21:00: Studio closures, Final Fantasy whole slate to Xbox, Xbox mobile store delayed on Android.
01:54:50: Sony trailer Bloodborne tease, Shuhei Yoshida retires, gamers spending more time watching videos than playing?
02:14:24: Patreon Q&A.
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AIRED FIRST ON PATREON.COM/XB2 ON NOV 20, 2024!
This month, we caught up with the excellent and bodacious Luke Lohr of the Xbox Expansion Pass Podcast to talk all things Xbox and gaming news.
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Welcome to the latest episode of Xbox Two! This week, Jez and Rand talk Xbox's plans for the future and tease some possible news for December, we talk Avowed's positive previews, STALKER 2's rocky launch, and PlayStation's intent to buy Kadokawa, and thus FromSoftware.
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00:00:00: Intro, new Xbox accessories for December? Jez's Fable info.
00:40:00: New Transformers games coming, MS Flight Sim crashes, STALKER 2's rough launch.
01:38:00: Sony to buy Kadokawa and From Software, Xbox is everywhere.
02:10:00: Call of Duty Black Ops 6 sales success, Metaphor Re:Fantazio blows up. Xbox brings more games to the cloud.
02:50:00: Avowed previews, Patreon Q&A.
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Jez and Rand get into another week of juicy gaming news. This week, we talk The Game Awards, Microsoft's "This is an Xbox" campaign, Microsoft's "no red lines" Xbox multiplat comments, with a hint of Fable gameplay teasing too.
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00:00:00: Intro, The Game Awards, Rand beats Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
01:00:00: Xbox at The Game Awards, Jez talks new Fable gameplay.
01:30:00: Blizzard hiring for open world StarCraft? Indiana Jones gameplay. Xbox's new ad campaign.
02:25:00: Phil Spencer interviews, Patreon Q&A.
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This week, Jez and Rand get into Death Stranding on Xbox, and if it means more multiplats are on the way. We talk Take Two financials and Xbox Series S comments, and the Switch 2 "reveal" and what it means for Xbox and competition. And much more!
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00:00:00: Intro, Rand's thoughts on Dragon Age.
00:40:00: Palworld lawsuit update, Switch 2 and its potential vs. Xbox. Xbox handheld in 2025?
01:00:00: Death Stranding on Xbox, more multiplats?
01:40:28: Gears E-Day voice actors confirmed, Xbox end of year success. Take Two financials.
02:15:44: WB Games future outlook, Patreon Q&A.
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Welcome to the latest Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we talk Xbox Game Pass and Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and its success (or failure?), Dragon Age: The Veilguard reviews and reactions, Indiana Jones preview event, hardware rumors, and much more.
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00:00:00: Intro, Call of Duty vs. Xbox Game Pass.
01:13:24: Sony shuts down two studios, Square Enix comments on Xbox, Age of Empires to PlayStation?
01:44:07: Jez’s thoughts on Indiana Jones, Rand talks Life is Strange.
02:16:22: Perfect Dark and Star Wars Outlaws get new creative directors.
02:29:30: Dragon Age Veilguard thoughts.
03:02:25: Q&A.
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AIRED FIRST on Patreon.com/XB2 on October 23, 2024.
We get the king of leaks Tom Henderson on the show to talk Xbox, the downfall of Ubisoft, the future of Battlefield, Halo, Call of Duty, and much more.
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Jez and Rand kick it up for another Xbox Two Podcast, this week, we talk Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Xbox's multiplatform future rumors, Fallout Day, Helldivers 2 on Xbox comments, Ubisoft's downfall, and much more.
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00:00:00: Intro. Rand hates Ubisoft.
00:50:00: Games we've been playing, Rand talks Black Ops 6 campaign.
01:20:00: Fallout Day, Everwild rumors. Is Microsoft slowing down on multiplats?
02:20:00: Will Helldivers 2 ever come to Xbox? Will Xbox games hit Switch 2? Netflix kills Joe Staten's studio.
02:50:00: Patreon Q&A.
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Rand and Jez are back with another Xbox Two Podcast. This week, we talk STALKER 2 hands-on impressions, we talk Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty Black Ops 6 marketing, Xbox Partner Preview event, and much more
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Rand and Jez return following some painful tech issues (grr). This week, we get into Halo's Unreal Engine rebirth, Xbox sidestepping Google to launch "bring your own games" on Xbox Cloud Gaming, we talk Silent Hill 2, Alien Isolation 2 announcement, and much more.
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00:00:00: Intro. Sarah Bond talks Xbox on cloud. Xbox stock levels in global markets.
00:50:00: Silent Hill 2, Final Fantasy 16 thoughts.
01:15:00: Metaphor Re:Fantazio blows up.
01:40:00: Halo's engine swap and future.
02:30:00: Alien Isolation sequel, Splinter Cell Remake rumors.
03:00:00: Patreon Q&A.
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Jez and Rand gear up for another Xbox Two Podcast. We talk about Ubisoft's impending implosion, Xbox's feedback hunt and Japanese games push, thoughts on Silent Hill 2 Remake, Shattered Space, and Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred, and much more.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00: Intro. Xbox ramps up marketing for Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Starfield Shattered Space thoughts.
00:50:00: Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred thoughts, Ubisoft imploding, is Xbox a "mess"?
01:30:00: Xbox's dev research and Japanese games push.
02:10:00: Stalker 2 documentary, Krafton talks Tango Gameworks plans, breaking Halo news.
02:30:00: Patreon Q&A.
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Hey gang! Welcome to the audio version of XB2+1 (Ep. 23). This time, we talked to Florian Mueller (FOSSPatents, Game Fray) to learn all about the final years of the Xbox vs. FTC litigation, as well as the big Palworld vs. Nintendo battle brewing in Japan. This is a technical episode so buckle in!! But if you're interested in gaming legalities, you'll learn a ton.
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Jez and Rand gear up for the latest XB2 Podcast! This week, we talk Xbox's Tokyo Game Show reaction, flame some fanboys, talk PlayStation State of Play and PS5 Pro sales, and Ubisoft's very difficult quarter.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00: Intro, Xbox at TGS.
01:20:00: Ubisoft problems, PlayStation 30th anniversary console.
02:00:00: Xbox hardware announce rumors, RTX 5090 specs.
02:30:00: Knights of the Old Republic remake, Xbox new controllers, PlayStation State of Play.
03:00:00: Patreon Q&A.
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Join Jez and Rand for the latest Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we talk Xbox at the Tokyo Game Show, the rumored Switch 2 leak, AI and super resolution, Cocord's reported dev costs, and much more.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00: Intro and housekeeping. Game Pass Overwatch boost, Sarah Bond Bloomberg article.
00:40:00: Space Marine 2 is a huge sales hit, Netflix gets new anime video game shows, Xbox TGS hype.
01:20:00: PS5 Pro anniversary edition, Switch 2 leak, PlayStation remaster-a-thon.
02:00:00: Concord costs HOW MUCH?! Nintendo sues Palworld, Jez rants.
02:50:00: EA flirts with AI, MS Flight Simulator previewed, Diablo 4 success, Halo 25th anniversary?
03:10:00: Patreon Q&A.
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oh randal you sweet sweet summer child wait till you find out about redfall :/
meanwhile Sony is buying 'small' studios left and right
Yep! Neon gas is THE most important part of gaming! Make sure your next gaming PC has LOTS of RGB it'll make your gaming better!
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Halo really needs to be delayed completely. While I don't do campaign co-op, I know how important it is to the series. It is something that so many have done since the first game. It's integral to the series. I'm sorry, but I cannot be excited for a game that's not finished at launch.
just love watching videos of flight sim like street view on google maps just you get access to more rural locations (like north korea or the middle of nowhere where there is no roads).
listening to this after the presentation is so cringe lol. Hoping for more Thursday.
combat was hard for me in mass effect 1 than my bro showed me it's much much easier if you just bait them into a choke point. anyway i suck at action games due to my disability not sure if this is what you meant but just wanted to share my experience mostly since I've not played a game that improved to that degree.
could see lack of exclusives as a plus... as there is a lack of memory as well so what's the use of having 5 exclusives when only 2 or 3 will fit lol
speaking of turning media on it's head im impressed how 343 handles the craig memes it's more criticism but they take it, postpone the game (and this looks like a big postpone which to me is a good thing that says they're really listening) and roll with it too making fun of themselves!
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another awesome cast guys look forward to the after E3 talk 👍👍
Awesome podcast