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Join Stella Chung, Parris Lilly, Gary Whitta, and Destin Legarie on covering the big news that Netflix announced a Gears of war movie and adult animated show in partnership with The Coalition, talking about the Halo Infinite Winter Update, and Take-Two Interactive’s new milestone with Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTAV. 00:00:00 - Intro & Our Thoughts on a Gears of War Movie/Series from Netflix00:21:25 - The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station Podcast!00:24:20 - Halo Infinite Winter Update Discussion00:43:37 - GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 Hit New Milestones & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to the horror series set in the universe of “The Callisto Protocol,” the hotly anticipated game from Striking Distance Studios.  Helix Station was once the jewel of the Jovian system, but it’s been a decaying ghost ship ever since its Carpenter drive went supercritical. When a dangerous escaped criminal seeks refuge there, officers of the Black Iron Prison force a pair of veteran skip tracers to help recover him. But once on Helix, they discover murderous alien life forms, as well as unspeakable horrors from their past.Starring Gwendoline Christie and Michael Ironside. IGN is publishing and distributing Helix Station in partnership with Striking Distance Studios, creator of the game The Callisto Protocol. The first two episodes of The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station are available now, with new episodes dropping every Thursday. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts. Listen & Subscribe here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phil Spencer went on quite a press tour this week, leaving us with a lot to discuss, including: a definitive end to the Call-of-Duty-on-PlayStation debate (or is it?), the ongoing Xbox first-party exclusive game drought, the prospect of price increases on Xbox hardware and/or software and/or services, and more!00:00:00 - Intro00:02:42 - Phil Spencer & Call of Duty’s Future on PlayStation00:12:20 - Will Elder Scrolls VI Be Xbox Exclusive?00:21:05 - Where Are the First Party Exclusives?00:48:17 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fallout 4 is getting a next-gen update for Xbox Series X|S, but is it going to be the only Fallout we get on this generation of Xbox consoles? We lament just how far away Fallout 5 probably is. Plus: Xbox sales figures continue to impress, we're concerned about the departures of the Rocksteady co-founders, and more!00:00:00 - Intro & Fallout 4 Next Gen News!00:17:10 - Xbox Sales & Game Pass are on Fire00:29:04 - Silent Hill is Coming Back in a Big Way00:37:03 - More News!00:47:28 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Microsoft-vs.-Sony drama over Xbox's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard took another turn for the weird this week. We examine each company's latest effort to hilariously downplay themselves and talk up the other guy. Plus: our quick impressions of the just-released Xbox exclusive Scorn and the next-gen only, Game-Pass-day-one stealth adventure A Plague Tale: Requiem; Obsidian's future with Fallout, and more!00:00:00 - Intro & Scorn Impressions!00:12:20 - The Microsoft/Sony Soap Opera00:39:11 - Microsoft Lays Off Close to 1000 Employees00:41:26 - Obsidian’s Fallout Future & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finally get some real numbers from Xbox Game Pass, including how much revenue it generated last year and how much Xbox is paying for the Ark games on Game Pass. Plus: one of the developers of Scorn joins us to discuss the imminent new body-horror adventure game, and more! 00:00:00 - Intro & Housekeeping00:03:28 - Xbox Game Pass Generates Billions00:13:38 - Ark 2 on Game Pass00:22:42 - Deathloop Takes Place in the Dishonored Universe?00:29:20 - Scorn Dev Interview with Lazar Mesaros00:49:25 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We kick off this week's show with our hands-on impressions of Gotham Knights. Then, we spend the bulk of the show discussing the 10-year roadmap released by CD Projekt Red -- five Witcher games, a new Cyberpunk, and a new IP. Was it a good idea for them to be THIS transparent? What do we want out of new Cyberpunk and Witcher games? We talk about all that and more! 00:00:00 - Intro & Housekeeping00:04:10 - Gotham Knights Preview Impressions!00:14:13 - CD Project Red Announces Future Roadmap01:04:48 - Is Legacy of Kain Making a Return?01:11:05 - Unlocked Block Trivia & Outro  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:48 - Our Thoughts on the Modern Warfare II Beta00:11:18 - Grounded v1.0 is here!00:14:44 - Team Ninja is Open to Outsourcing Ninja Gaiden?00:30:14 - Splinter Cell Remake is Getting Rewritten?00:43:24 - Unlocked Block Trivia & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay was leaked via a hacker. So now what? What do we think of the return to Vice City? What, if anything, will change about Rockstar's plan to show us the game on their terms. We discuss that as well as Diablo 4's upcoming endgame beta, hands-on impressions from the surprise demo of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, and more! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:11:35 - Thoughts on the Rockstar GTA VI Leak00:23:27 - Going Back to Vice City00:42:38 - Over 40 Minutes of Diablo IV Gameplay Leaked00:53:18 - What Does the Rest of 2022 Look Like?00:57:10 - UK Investigates Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision/Blizzard01:15:12 - Deathloop Comes to Xbox Game Pass01:17:12 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Xbox crew discusses a significant management shake-up at the top of 343 Industries, Sony boss Jim Ryan's public airing of Call of Duty-related grievances against Phil Spencer and Microsoft, the biggest news from the weekend's Disney/Marvel and Ubisoft showcases, the new Xbox Elite controller, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices