236: Brazil approves Xbox's Activision deal, Overwatch 2 launch woes, PlayStation games hit PC day and date

Rand and Jez kick off another weekly Xbox Two show! On this week's episode, Jez and Rand talk about Little Nightmares 2, the future of Anthem being decided, Final Fantasy and Square Enix's support of Xbox, Bethesda's "Vault" subsidiary, Halo Infinite intrigue, and much more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13 Feb 20212h 40min

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss the "death" of Google Stadia and the future of game streaming, Gearbox joining Embracer Group, and what that might mean for future Xbox acquisitions, PS5 exclusive MLB hitting Xbox, Perfect Dark's game director leaving the team, and much more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Feb 20212h 50min

Join Rand and Jez for another Xbox Two podcast! This week, we discuss the drama surrounding Xbox Live Gold, and the fact-free to play games have now gone truly free. From Jez: "Apologies for some of the technical difficulties in this episode, will try to do better in the future." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Jan 20211h 46min

Rand and Jez gear up for another 2021 Xbox Two podcast show! This week, we discuss the new LucasFilm Games division, and the possibility that Machine Games' Indiana Jones goes exclusive (or not) to Xbox, we also talk Star Wars dropping EA, and big tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Tencent hunting for acquisitions.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Jan 20212h 35min

Jez and Rand drop the first Xbox Two podcast of 2021! This week, we discuss what Xbox will look like in 2021, react to Phil Spencer's comments on future plans comments, and much more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Jan 20212h 40min

Join Jez and Rand for the last Xbox Two podcast of 2020! This week, we discuss all the topics we missed while Rand was a bit ill, across The Game Awards, Perfect Dark's reveal and subsequent gameplay rumors, Halo Infinite's big development update, and much, much more!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 Dec 20203h 10min

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss more of Rand's PlayStation 5 impressions, Perfect Dark / The Initiative game rumors, Microsoft acquires Smash.GG, Xbox Series X performance updates, "PS5 Pro" rumors, Jeff Grubb's Forza Horizon 5 rumors, God of War and Master Chief in Fortnite, Bioware news, and much more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Dec 20202h 45min

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss Xbox Series X vs. PS5 power disparity comparisons, Bethesda game exclusivity, Game Awards nominees, and much more!  Timestamps: What we've been playing (00:00) | Square Enix "sold off" To Ubisoft (47:00) | Xbox supply issue, games delayed (59:00) | Games running better on PS5 (1:06:46) | Game Awards (1:24:00) | Bethesda game exclusivity (1:42:08) | PlayStation Game Pass? (2:04:47). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Nov 20202h 23min