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Longtime Xbox executive Greg Canessa, aka the Creator of Xbox Live Arcade, joins us to react to, analyze, and quite honestly just process this week's seismic news about Xbox boss Phil Spencer retiring, Xbox President Sarah Bond leaving, and the appointment of new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma. We discuss Phil's legacy, give our unsolicited advice to Asha for what we'd like to see in her era of Xbox, and more in this extra-long episode!

00:00:00 - Intro & Phil Spencer's Legacy

00:31:56 - Game Pass & Xbox's studio acquisitions

00:47:09 - Asha Sharma

01:13:35 - Sarah Bond Leaves
01:23:57 - Our Advice to Asha & Outro

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Just as we thought things might be lining up for a next-gen Xbox launch in 2027, a new story on hard drive availability has left us wondering if that option might be slipping away. Plus: we go over the new games coming to Xbox that were announced in last week's Sony State of Play, talk through the next wave of Xbox Game Pass additions, and more!

00:00 - Intro

01:06 - Ryan's Thoughts On Reanimal

05:16 - Are Hard Drives the Next-Gen Xbox’s Latest Roadblock?

19:05 - The Biggest Xbox Games From The Sony State of Play

47:27 - Whats Headed to Xbox Game Pass

54:58 - PokemonPlanet

This weeks show is hosted by Ryan McCaffrey, Miranda Sanchez, and Michael Higham. The episode is produced and edited by Nick Maillet
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Remember last week's comments from AMD's CEO about being ready to support a next-gen Xbox launch in 2027? It turns out there's more to the story, so we're discussing what launch timing might make sense for Microsoft, and how we think a BS-free version of Windows 11 is a big key to the whole launch. Plus: can Baldur's Gate 3 make a good HBO TV show? We're going to find out either way, so we talked about what we want to see from the co-showrunner of The Last of US show who's in charge of this project.

00:00:00 - Intro & Replaced Demo
00:17:41 - Next-Gen Xbox 2027 Launch Reportedly 'Best Case Scenario
00:50:09 - Baldur's Gate 3 TV Show
01:06:54 - PlanetPokemon & Outro
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Two big topics dominate our Xbox show this week: first, Resident Evil Requiem. Our own Michael Higham got to play a few hours of a near-final build, and he came back super excited about what will probably be the biggest game in the first quarter of 2026. And then we discussed AMD's CEO publicly stating that they'd be ready to support a next-gen Xbox launch in 2027, including whether or not we think the next Xbox will beat the PlayStation 6 to market, whether that even matters, and what Microsoft could do to try and get core gamers excited about what promises to be a very different type of console.

00:00:00 - Intro & Resident Evil Requiem
00:18:29 - Next-gen Xbox launch in 2027?
00:48:32 - No Plans For The Outher Worlds 3
01:03:04 - New to Game Pass & Outro

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In a marathon two-hour episode, our friends from Outside Xbox join us to discuss the Top 20 games in our collaborative Top 100 Xbox Games of All Time list. We share stories, memories, and more from each of these 20 incredible Xbox games that have stood the test of time, from Halo(s) to Mass Effect(s) to GTA 5 and plenty more!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:24 - Halo Reach, Mass Effect, Fez
00:21:59 - Gears of War 2, Read Dead Redemption, Ninja Gaiden Black, Fable 2
00:43:46 - Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Oblivion, COD 4, KOTOR
01:10:19 - Halo, Forza Horizon 5, Inside, Bioshock
01:30:32 - Halo 2, Gears of War 3
01:47:35 - Top 3 & Outro
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