The XB2 — A Gaming Podcast

SPONSOR: Get 20% OFF at MANSCAPED.COM with our checkout code XB2 | Razors, boxers, cologne, and MUCH MORE! #ad PATREON: Join us for excusive shows, ad-free audio, and more! Patreon.com/XB2 Rand and Jez are back for another Xbox Two super show! This week, we discuss the latest round of news regarding the Xbox Activision deal, with Brazil essentially trolling Sony. We also get into the weeds with PlayStation games potentially hitting PC day and date, and also discuss Overwatch 2 and its launch problems, and Mario's voice acting controversy. We also discuss what it means to be a wrench in a bucket (??????). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 Loka 20223h 48min

Jez and Rand are back for another week of Xbox shenanigans! This week, we discuss the Xbox and Activision deal and fresh regulatory "concerns," rumors of a MASSIVE change within Halo Infinite, rumors that Xbox is gunning for a studio in Japan after the Activision deal closes, and the untimely (timely) death of Google Stadia. RIP.  Join us on PATREON for the ad free version! http://www.patreon.com/XB2 SPONSOR: Get 20% off EVERYTHING at MANSCAPED.COM with our code **XB2** in the checkout. Boxers, razors, cologne, and more! #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Loka 20223h 34min

SUPPORT US at PATREON.COM/XB2 and listen AD FREE! It's another spicy week of Xbox news, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella taking a swipe at PlayStation in an interview. We also discuss Deathloop, DioField Chronicle, and the big GTA 6 leak that got the industry aflutter with leakster criticisms. We also discuss the cloud-only Logitech G Cloud, and whether it actually deserves to exist or not, alongside more rumors about the Xbox 2023 roadmap.  SPONSOR: Get 20% OFF EVERYTHING at MANSCAPED.COM with code XB2 | Boxers, cologne, razors, and more! #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Syys 20223h 43min

This week, we announced the launch of the XBOX TWO PATREON! If you want to get access to cool perks, and an exclusive community-oriented live show for supporters, please head over to http://patreon.com/XB2 - the main podcast will remain totally free here, and we'll never gatekeep or paywall any exclusives or teases or things like that, the new show is just to hang out with you guys, given that many of you have asked us to look into Patreon! Whether you are able to subscribe or not, we LOVE YOU and thank you for your continued support! On this week's show, we discuss PlayStation's strange response to UK regulators getting into the Xbox Activision deal, we talk Phil Spencer's trip to Japan, and the surprisingly large amount of cool stuff coming out of the Tokyo Game Show!  SPONSOR: Get 20% OFF with MANSCAPED.COM and our checkout code XB2 - BOXERS, RAZORS, SHAVERS, COLOGNE, and MORE! #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Syys 20223h 8min

Jez and Rand get into another week of Xbox news, a little later than usual! This week, we discuss Jim Ryan and Phil Spencer's public spat over the Activision-Blizzard deal for Xbox, we discuss the future of Halo in the wake of Bonnie Ross' retirement from the franchise, we examine the new Xbox dashboard, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Syys 20223h 11min

Jez and Rand gear up for another Xbox Two Podcast supershow! This week, we discuss the drama revolving around Halo Infinite and YET MORE delays. We discuss the UK CMA getting into it with the Activision x Microsoft deal, and what it could mean for Xbox Game Pass. We talk about this week's games, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 Syys 20223h 31min

Join Rand and Jez for another Xbox Two Podcast show! This week, we discuss Phil Spencer's comments to Bloomberg, we talk Gamescom games such as Lies of P, Callisto Protocol, Pentiment, and more, and get into some epic PlayStation price hike drama. SPONSOR: Grab 20% off on MANSCAPED.COM products with our checkout code XB2. Boxers, razors, cologne, and much more. #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Elo 20223h 37min

Jez and Rand once again discuss another interesting week in Xbox news. Over on the PC side, Xbox has pulled something of a coup by getting PlayStation console exclusive Death Stranding into PC Game Pass. We discuss the current state of the app and how it needs to be improved, we also talk about upcoming Activision projects like PvP Crash game "Project Lava," and Blizzard's survival game "Project Odyssey." We also talk about more game delays, upcoming AAA games, and where it's all headed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Elo 20223h 6min