Xhibition: An Xbox Podcast

Arkane's Creative Director, Ricardo Bare, shared in an interview with GamesRadar that the upcoming vampire hunting title is more like Far Cry than it is Left 4 Dead or Borderlands. With the game set to launch in 2023, Redfall will likely take the spotlight in the next few months leading up to its release.

00:00 - Intro 

01:21 - Redfall is "More Like Far Cry" 

07:12 - ASUS ROG Raikiri Pro controller announced 

09:28 - Razer Edge 5G Handheld Detailed at CES 2022 

13:56 - PlayStation's new Project Leonardo accessibility controller revealed 

15:07 - Hitman 3 gets a new name and bundles in Hitman 1 and 2 content 

17:02 - Games with Gold for January 2023 

18:20 - Outro

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Happy New Year! With an entire new year of games upon us, this week's episode of Xhibition is dedicated to five games that I'm looking forward to in the year ahead - and the thumbnail isn't spoiling all of the surprises. Enjoy!

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High On Life, the new FPS from Justin Roiland and Squanch Games, has set records on Game Pass for the biggest Day One Game Pass launch of the year, and the third biggest game pass launch to date. It was also the third most popular game on Xbox last week, behind only Warzone and Fortnite.

00:00 - Intro 

01:16 - High On Life's record-setting Game Pass launch 

05:55 - Microsoft shares new details on exclusivity 

10:51 - Hideo Kojima shares details on his new Xbox project 

13:38 - Sifu is coming to Xbox and Steam 

14:45 - Outro

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Squanch Games has finally launched High On Life, a new FPS from the mind of Justin Roiland. We're talking about my first impressions of the game and covering the review roundup to see just how high the marks for High On Life really are.

00:00 - Intro 

01:18 - High On Life reviews and impressions 

08:04 - Amazon is publishing the next Tomb Raider 

11:26 - Microsoft offers Sony 10 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation Plus 

16:51 - Halo Infinite gets Christmas cosmetics in Winter Contingency II 

19:02 - Setting up consoles ahead of the holidays 

21:26 - New Pentiment dynamic background for Xbox Series X|S 

21:59 - Dead Space has gone gold 

22:44 - Outro

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This week I am joined by Luke Lohr of the @XboxExpansionPass to talk about The Game Awards, our personal games of the year, the lack of Xbox at this year's show, the FTC's lawsuit that seeks to block the Activision-Blizzard deal, and more. Enjoy!   

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00:00 - Intro 02:58 - What have we been playing? 

12:33 - Favorite announcements from The Game Awards 

27:27 - The overabundance of 7's this year 

34:36 - Our favorite games of the year 

41:50 - Lack of Xbox at The Game Awards 

57:51 - FTC sues Microsoft to block Activision-Blizzard deal 

1:07:02 - Outro  

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Reviews are in for The Callisto Protocol and Marvel's Midnight Suns, both leaving players shocked for opposite reasons. The Callisto Protocol is getting mixed reviews, while Midnight Suns is bringing in glowing marks nearly across the board. Never judge a game by its trailer!

00:00 - Intro 

01:19 - The Callisto Protocol Review Roundup 

07:21 - Marvel's Midnight Suns Review Roundup 

09:59 - Halo's Multiplayer Creative Director is leaving 343 

13:24 - Frostbite Effects Set is overpriced  

15:44 - ID@Xbox Winter demo event is coming on Dec. 6 

16:56 - New games coming to Xbox Game Pass 

20:14 - Xbox Mini Controller Hoodie is available now 

21:27 - Outro

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According to The New York Times, Microsoft offered Sony a 10-year contract to keep Call of Duty on the platform after their acquisition of Activision-Blizzard closes in 2023. This is only the beginning, since Phil Spencer has said that the company wants to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation "as long as there is a PlayStation" to release it on, but that's not stopping hardcore PlayStation players from jumping to conclusions.

00:00 - Intro 

01:19 - Microsoft offers Sony a 10-year Call of Duty contract 

09:55 - The Witcher 3 next-gen upgrade lands December 14 

11:50 - Hyperkin is bringing back the Xbox 360 controller 

14:10 - Xbox Home UI tweaks are coming for Xbox Insiders 

17:00 - Outro

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During a recent episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast, Phil Spencer shared that Xbox's standalone cloud gaming device (Project Keystone) has been put on hold because the current price is too high to make sense in the current Xbox ecosystem.

00:00 - Intro 

01:23 - Xbox's Project Keystone is on hold 

08:22 - A Plague Tale Requiem impressions 

12:27 - Pentiment impressions 

17:09 - Battlefield 2042 is coming to Game Pass Ultimate 

23:09 - Discord now has complete Discord integration 

24:47 - Game Pass Ultimate users can now get 3 free months of Apple Music and Apple TV+ 

26:33 - Outro

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Pentiment reviews are in, and Obsidian's experimental budget title is bringing in positive reviews across the board to mark Xbox's strongest game of the winter season.

00:00 - Intro 

01:10 - Pentiment gets positive reviews 

07:55 - Control sequel officially confirmed 

10:06 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla could be coming to Xbox Game Pass 

11:38 - Xbox Series S - Gilded Hunt Bundle announced 

16:01 - Outro

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Halo Infinite's Winter Update brings network campaign co-op, Forge, Match XP Beta, and more to the game alongside two new maps, one new mode, and a free 30-tier battle pass. As the game turns one year old, is this enough to bring players back?

00:00 - Intro 

01:15 - Halo Infinite Winter Update overview 

14:26 - EA and Marvel sign a three-game deal, starting with Iron Man 

16:14 - Modern Warfare II has smashed CoD sales records 

19:02 - New Game Pass games 

22:24 - Outro

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