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The Xbox Drive Episode 156: Marvel Avenges the Wasteland Sep 03, 2020

Show notes

The Most Horse-Powerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 156. This week Sean played Wasteland 3. Ryan played Marvel’s Avengers.

Cleaning the Garage

The PGA 2K21 and Tell Me Why Extra Mile episodes are live now!

(Marvel’s Avengers, Tony Hawk, Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning Extra Mile info goes here)

The Playlist

Ryan: Marvel’s Avengers, Wasteland 3

Sean: Wasteland 3, PGA Tour 2K21

Braking News

343 have announced that Halo veteran writer, Joseph Staten, will be returning to help finish Halo Infinite. 343 also reiterated that Halo Infinite will not be dropping the Xbox One version, nor do they anticipate a delay out of 2021

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/familiar-facts

During Gamescom Opening Night Live, 12 Minutes got a surprising cast announcement. Daisy Ridley, James McAvoy and Willem Dafoe have officially joined the cast. The game has also been re-confirmed for 2020 and will have an Xbox Series X version of the game as well!

https://twitter.com/A_i/status/1299060659456368640?s=20

Microsoft have announced that they will be holding a Xbox Japan press conference at the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Game Show with new game announcements from Japanese devs as well as updates on Flight Simulator, other previously announced games and Minecraft in Japan. It will air at 8AM EST on September 24th in Japanese and it was confirmed to feature no next gen news.

https://www.shacknews.com/article/120105/tokyo-game-show-2020-online-stream-schedule-released

Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition comes to PC on October 15th and will be day and date on Game Pass!

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/08/27/age-of-empires-iii-definitive-edition-launching-october-15th-pre-order-now/

Ubisoft have announced the next Ubisoft Forward will take place on September 10th at 3PM EST! We have confirmation that Gods and Monsters will make it’s return, as well as Watch Dogs: Legion, Hyper Scype and other surprises.

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/forward

New games coming to Game Pass:

Crusader Kings 3 - Today

Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Today

RE 7: Biohazard - Today

Touhou Luna Nights - Today

Disgaea 4 Complete+ (PC) - September 10th

Hotshot Racing - September 10th

Destiny 2 - Soon?????

The following games are leaving Game Pass:

Red Dead Redemption 2 - September 7th

Gonner: Blueberry Edition - September 15th

Jump Force - September 15th

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/01/xbox-game-pass-coming-soon-september-2020/

September’s Games with Gold have been announced:

Tom Clancy’s The Division - September 1st

De Blob 2 - September 1st

The Book of Unwritten Tales - September 16th

Armed and Dangerous - September 16th

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/08/27/new-games-with-gold-for-september-2020/

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The Extra Mile 22: Tell Me Why Review Aug 31, 2020

Show notes

Welcome to The Extra Mile! This is the tag-along podcast to The Xbox Drive as we dive deep into the games and services you care about most. On this episode, Ryan is joined by The Xbox Empire’s Donnie Reece as we dive deep into our spoiler free review of Tell Me Why.

If you haven’t already, please subscribe to The Xbox Empire, it comes out every week and if you enjoy The Xbox Drive, I think you’ll really like what the guys at PSVG have goin on with The Xbox Empire.

Plugs:

Ryan:

http://twitter.com/ryanturford
http://game-moose.com

Donnie:

http://twitter.com/eatthehype http://twitter.com/TheXboxEmpire http://twitch.tv/psvg
http://psvg.podbean.com/

Discord [You, Me & Capri]:
https://discord.gg/zN4cZbA

The Roundabout 38: Braid Aug 31, 2020

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Welcome to The Roundabout, our weekly Xbox 360 show where we’re counting down the days to the 15 year anniversary of the Xbox 360 by discussing Ryan’s favourite games from the console! On this week’s episode, Ryan rewinds and fast forwards time in Braid!

Plugs

iTunes: https://goo.gl/CMv4fr
Google Play: https://goo.gl/3Z3egeSpotify: https://goo.gl/Vh4DH4

Ryan:

http://twitter.com/ryanturford http://game-moose.com

Discord [You, Me & Capri]: https://discord.gg/zN4cZbA

The Extra Mile 21: PGA Tour 2K21 Review Aug 28, 2020

Show notes

Hey everyone it’s me Sean Capri. Welcome The Extra Mile - the tagalong podcast to The Xbox Drive. Where we dive deeper into the games and services you care about most. Today, Ryan and I are about to give a gentleman’s golf clap to PGA Tour 2K21 because we like this game very much! So turn up that dial and jump in to THE XBOX DRIVE BAWWW!

Plugs:

Sean:

http://twitter.com/seancapri
http://twitch.tv/seancapri

Ryan:

http://twitter.com/ryanturford
http://game-moose.com

Discord [You, Me & Capri]:
https://discord.gg/zN4cZbA

The Xbox Drive Episode 155: Tell Me Why You Play Super Lucky Golf Games Aug 27, 2020

Show notes

The Most Horse-Powerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 155. This week Sean played PGA Tour 2K21. Ryan played Tell Me Why.

Cleaning the Garage

Tell Me Why Extra Mile will go live next week!

The Playlist

Ryan: Tell Me Why, PGA 2K21, Madden 21, FFXIV

Sean: PGA 2K21, New Super Lucky’s Tale

Braking News

Microsoft have announced The New Xbox Experience, a re-design of the UI across all devices that will increase speed of use across all Xbox products. The first of these updates will be the upcoming Xbox store update, but the dashboard and other apps will be updated at a future date (it looks alot like the Xbox app on PC). Alpha level Insiders should have access to it today with it being rolled out gradually to other Insiders

https://twitter.com/xbox/status/1296084828874399751?s=21

Gotham Knights, the new Batman game from WB Games Montreal, has been announced! It will be coming in 2021 to Xbox One and Series X and is an action RPG featuring Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing and Red Hood. It will support 1-2 player online co-op as well and it’s confirmed to NOT take place in the Arkhamverse

https://www.ign.com/articles/wb-games-montreals-batman-game-gotham-knights-announced-court-of-owls-villains-teased

Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is coming to Xbox Series X in 2022 and will allow you to play as Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Kingshark and Deadshot. This will take place in the Arkhamverse and support 1-4 player online co-op.

https://www.ign.com/articles/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-first-trailer-2022-release

Seumas MacIsaac @FamousSeumas - Do you think game developers/publishers will try to copy some of the stuff that DC Fandome did? Which reveal was more exciting for you: Gotham Knights or Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League?

Sega have announced Puyo Puyo Tetris 2! It will be arriving on Xbox One and Xbox Series X on December 8th!

https://twitter.com/PuyoOfficial/status/1298621228471615490?s=20

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memories has a release date! It will arrive on Xbox One on November 13th!

https://twitter.com/KINGDOMHEARTS/status/1298627469914906626?s=20

Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War releases Nov 13th

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1298671624397262849?s=20

Plugs:

Sean:

http://twitter.com/seancapri
http://twitch.tv/seancapri

Ryan:

http://twitter.com/ryanturford
http://game-moose.com

Discord [You, Me & Capri]:
https://discord.gg/zN4cZbA

The Roundabout 37: Rock Band 3 Aug 24, 2020

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Plugs

iTunes: https://goo.gl/CMv4fr
Google Play: https://goo.gl/3Z3egeSpotify: https://goo.gl/Vh4DH4

Ryan:

http://twitter.com/ryanturford http://game-moose.com

Discord [You, Me & Capri]: https://discord.gg/zN4cZbA

The Xbox Drive Episode 154: Battletoads Take Flight Aug 20, 2020

Show notes

The Most Horse-Powerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 154. This week Sean played . Ryan played Battletoads.

Cleaning the Garage

The Battletoads Extra Mile episode is now live!

Welcome to LOTS of new listeners. People can follow on Twitter, that helps A LOT. And if Twitter’s not your jam, write in to thexboxdrive@gmail.com

Apple Podcasts Review:

Klas the claws: I love this! They have so much energy it is astounding and I would rank this at the top 3 gaming podcasts. If you want more listen to what’s good games and kinda funny.

The Playlist

Ryan: Battletoads, Marvel’s Avengers Beta, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 Demo

Sean: Battletoads, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 Demo, Microsoft Flight Simulator

Braking News

The following games are coming to Game Pass for the rest of August:

Spiritfarer - Today

Battletoads - Today

Crossing Souls - Today

Don’t Starve: Giant Edition - Today

New Super Lucky’s Tale - August 21st

Hypnospace Outlaw - August 27th

Tell Me Why: Chapter 1 - August 27th

Double Kick Heroes - August 28th

Wasteland 3 - August 28th

Crusader Kings III - September 1st

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - September 3rd

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/08/18/coming-soon-to-xbox-game-pass-for-pc-and-console-august-2020-wave-2/?ocid=XGP_soc_omc_xbo_tw_GIF_lrn_8.18.

The following games are leaving Game Pass this month:

Creature in the Well - August 31st

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - August 31st

Metal Gear Solid 2&3 HD - August 31st

Metro: Last Light Redux - August 31st

NBA 2K20 - September 1st

Red Dead Redemption 2 - September 7th

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/08/18/coming-soon-to-xbox-game-pass-for-pc-and-console-august-2020-wave-2/?ocid=XGP_soc_omc_xbo_tw_GIF_lrn_8.18.

According to a recent report over at thurrott.com points to new things that may have led to Halo Infinite’s delay including outsourcing on the project, plus the Halo TV series.

https://twitter.com/ign/status/1296082536339255297?s=21

https://twitter.com/xbox/status/1296084828874399751?s=21

The Carpool

Todd Oxtra @toxtra: - Until gamepass/xcloud is an app on every device and screen you own, game pass growth will still require a gaming box/pc to make that happen. Could Series S really be the most important system to Xbox if it gets an affordable next gen system to the mainstream?Plugs:

Sean:

http://twitter.com/seancapri
http://twit

The Extra Mile 20: Battletoads Review Aug 20, 2020

Show notes

What’s up everybody? Ryan Turford here and welcome to The Extra Mile! This is the tag-along podcast to The Xbox Drive as we dive deep into the games and services you care about most. On this episode, Ryan rides his turbo bike with Rash, Pimple and Zitz in Battletoads!

Check out some of the music from the game, composed by David Housden here (it’s awesome, I promise!):

https://open.spotify.com/album/3fegjJeQZEar3BgEmIT1GQ?si=Vp03f3gmTB-qctADmch4BA

Plugs:

Sean:

http://twitter.com/seancapri
http://twitch.tv/seancapri

Ryan:

http://twitter.com/ryanturford
http://game-moose.com

Discord [You, Me & Capri]:
https://discord.gg/zN4cZbA

The Roundabout 36: Pac-Man Championship Edition DX Aug 17, 2020

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Plugs

iTunes: https://goo.gl/CMv4fr
Google Play: https://goo.gl/3Z3egeSpotify: https://goo.gl/Vh4DH4

Ryan:

http://twitter.com/ryanturford http://game-moose.com

Discord [You, Me & Capri]: https://discord.gg/zN4cZbA

The Xbox Drive Episode 153: Craig the Brute Orders McDonalds Aug 13, 2020

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The Xbox Drive is brought to you buy Patreon.com/youmecapri. Special thanks to our Diamond Executive Producers: SlimerSnarf, Johnathan Brown, and Lee Navarro. Platinum Producer: Robby Bobby Miller. Gold Members: James Johnson, Joel Brooks, Aaron Gropper, Ashley Nicholson, Ryan Turford, Skinny Matt, Sony4Life, and Zach Bradshaw.

The Most Horse-Powerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 153. This week Sean played Halo. Ryan played Xeno Crisis.

The Playlist

Ryan: Xeno Crisis, Hyper Scape

Sean: Halo

Braking News

Halo Infinite has been delayed until sometime in 2021

Mr Bad Bit @MrBadBit - Halo Infinite’s delay makes Joe a very sad boii...How does Xbox get me back to buying a Series X at launch without Halo? What will fill my spartan void in my heart?

Seumas MacIssac @FamousSeumas - Do you think the delay of Halo Infinite will have a big negative impact on the Series X launch?

Joel{aka} Falcon @JoelakaFalcon - So halo is delayed, would giving a update to the MCC be enough to scratch that halo itch say 4K 30fps/1080 120fps, also with halo not being there could forza horizon 4 be the game that shows off the series x / s with all the great upgrades it will get

https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1293261002037841920?s=20

Xbox Series X will officially launch sometime in November

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/08/11/xbox-series-x-launching-with-thousands-of-games/

Minecraft Dungeons’ second DLC pack, Creeping Winter arrives on September 8th!

https://twitter.com/dungeonsgame/status/1293200754170265601?s=20

The following games are now available on Game Pass:

Darksiders: Genesis

It Lurks Below

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Trailmakers

Undermine

Xeno Crisis

Final Fantasy VII

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/08/05/coming-soon-xbox-game-pass-console-and-pc-august-2020/

Rocksteady have announced that their next game is a Suicide Squad game that will get it’s full reveal at DC FanDome on August 22nd.

https://twitter.com/RocksteadyGames/status/1291720790447136768?s=20

A press kit sent by Activision have confirmed that Call of Duty’s 2020 game reveal will be on Friday, August 14th at 12PM EST.

https://www.ign.com/articles/call-of-duty-2020-reveal-set-for-later-this-week

Apple has confirmed that due to policies regarding apps coming to the iOS app store, xCloud will not be coming to iOS. This is due to the inability for Apple to certify every game in Game Pass.

https://www.windowscentral.com/apple-responds-xbox-project-xcloud-ios-roadblock-citing-store-policies

Bethesda have announced both Doom Eternal and The Elder Scrolls Online are getting Xbox Series X specific versions; they will be available as part of Smart Delivery.

https://www.ign.com/articles/doom-ete

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