ANNOUNCER: Video games on this podcast vary from E to M.
[XBOX SOUND]
– Howdy, and welcome to the Official Xbox Podcast, the one podcast coming to you from inside Xbox. This week we will be speaking a couple of shock new sport launch from Ubisoft and a brand new approach to get pleasure from cloud gaming with Xbox with a tool that you could be have already got. Becoming a member of us on this summer season journey are short-sleeved, dwelling our greatest summer season podcast lives, Hailey Geller.
– Howdy.
– Product Advertising Supervisor on Halo and Gears. How are you doing? Welcome again.
– Good. Good to be again with Ethan and your self once more. Yeah, thanks for having me.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: You mentioned you wouldn’t come again on the present except Ethan Rothamel would be a part of as nicely. How are you doing?
– [LAUGHS] I used to be the identical. Doing nicely, man, doing nicely. Thanks for having us again. Yeah, we acquired to host this, I suppose it is a little bit over a month in the past now. However that was tremendous enjoyable.
– Yeah.
– So good to be again right here. We did get to hang around a little bit bit throughout showcase, which was good, catch some solar. However largely we had been caught working. It’s kind of of a whirlwind, that weekend, as most folk most likely think about.
– No Disneyland.
– No Disneyland.
– Yeah.
– We did do this final yr. I feel we talked about that final present. Sadly, too worn out this yr. It was loopy.
– Yeah, I feel I understand how you had been worn out, as a result of I might say an excessive amount of solar. We had been all staying on the similar lodge main into the Xbox Showcase. And at one level, I simply form of was like, oh, let me see what’s up right here on the highest ground. And I stroll exterior and there is a pool that was in regards to the dimension of this mug, however sitting–
Yeah. [LAUGHS]
– You had been standing?
– Yeah, I used to be, I used to be.
– Yeah, he was sitting on the market with Malik Prince–
– Yeah.
– –who I do know you are besties with.
– Completely.
– And simply getting some solar.
– Pay attention, I had just a few hours to kill earlier than the primary conferences. And it was like, yeah, coming from Seattle, the place it is sometimes darkish and gloomy, it was like, instantly, I’ll go to the pool, get some solar, get mentally ready for the extraordinary weekend. And I do that each time. And I like it. It is like a ritual.
– Yeah, I acquired sunburned strolling from my Uber into the foyer.
– It was fairly toasty.
– That is what occurs if you dwell right here for a very long time.
– We’re vampires in Seattle.
– They need to make a film about that.
– Yeah. I feel they’re making a sport. I feel there may be a sport coming quickly. Keep tuned.
– Additionally in forks?
– No, no.
– Yeah, nicely, so talking of video games, what are you taking part in? Who needs to go first?
– Ooh, ooh, that is good.
– Do you wish to go first?
– I imply, I am gonna take up a lot time if I do.
– OK, tremendous. [LAUGHS] Effectively, I lastly performed Balatro since you two–
– Excellent.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Sure.
HAILEY GELLER: –do not cease speaking about it. I really feel like we joke that each single present. It is a line merchandise out of any individual’s mouth.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Completely.
HAILEY GELLER: Play Balatro the potential sport of the yr. So I performed.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: And?
HAILEY GELLER: I favored it.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
HAILEY GELLER: I feel I performed someplace between two to a few hours.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Most likely in a single go.
HAILEY GELLER: Yeah.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: That is fairly good.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: That is Balatro proper there.
HAILEY GELLER: Yeah, didn’t notice how a lot time had handed. However yeah, it was enjoyable. I spotted I ought to by no means go right into a occupation in card gaming.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: [LAUGHS]
HAILEY GELLER: I am not good.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: You gotta away from the Balatro tables in Vegas.
HAILEY GELLER: No, no. Yeah, nicely, I used to be laughing to myself. I used to be like, what in the event you really may play this in actual life. And simply the truth that I ought to by no means be allowed on the desk as a result of I might get grasping and be like, no, I can undoubtedly do higher subsequent time, after which simply proceed to knock 300 points–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, proceed to lose your cash.
HAILEY GELLER: –or no matter, yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I’ve had the identical thought. Have you ever ever performed this like Microsoft solitaire? I really feel everybody’s performed performed it.
HAILEY GELLER: Sure.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: There’s one of many scoring issues referred to as Cumulative Vegas.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: You begin off 52 bucks, I suppose within the gap, one for every card. After which each one that you just put within the prime, regardless of the heck that is referred to as the place you’ve gotten the Aces, you get 5 bucks again as a result of it is utterly random. Typically you will get your self into $100,000 gap. And I am like, if they’d this in Vegas, I might be sitting there all day, simply taking part in cumulative solitaire and slowly–
– Whittling away.
– –depleting my retirement.
– Yeah.
– Precisely. So final time you had been right here, you had been the fourth episode in a row of somebody speaking about Balatro.
– OK, yeah.
– And I had not performed. And I used to be like, right here we go. Now I am a Balatro bro.
– Yeah, that is what we’re referred to as.
– Yeah, that is a factor.
– Balatro bros.
– And once I was driving dwelling, I used to be listening to What’s Good Video games, I used to be listening to. Nice podcast, in the event you’ve by no means listened to it. Andrea Rene, Britt, who’s been on the present earlier than, Riana Manuel Peña, additionally an excellent individual, former coworker of ours. They’ve an excellent present. And Andrea was speaking about Balatro. And he or she’s like, I’ve performed for 50 hours. And I used to be like, all proper, between the 2 of them, I gotta go dwelling.
So I went dwelling that night time. I downloaded it. And I used to be sitting in the lounge taking part in and my child walks in like, simply as I am beginning. She’s like, what’s this? And I am like, I do not– Balatro. And he or she’s like, no matter. So she sits down subsequent to me and she or he’s simply on her cellphone. And he or she’s like trying up. And he or she’s like, what’s a flush?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: [LAUGHS]
– And I used to be like–
– Let me let you know.
– Yeah, and I used to be like, oh, it is when the entire hand is hearts. I by no means performed poker. Would not know the very first thing about playing cards. Inside an hour, she had reworked into, are you silly? You may’t throw that joker away. That you must preserve this one as a result of that is going to allow you to get a straight flush, like inside one hour.
– She knew. She knew.
– And that turned the sport that we performed that for like three weeks straight each night time till method too late at night time. I used to be like, do you’ve gotten college tomorrow? It is 1:00 AM. That you must go to mattress now. However that is the best way Balatro is.
– It’s so addicting, it truly is. I acquired my dad to look at me play as a result of he is not an enormous gamer. And he was instantly like making an attempt to supply solutions. After which we had been all diving in. After which earlier than it, we’re all sitting on the sofa watching one individual play. And even this weekend we had been doing the identical factor.
I used to be at a cabin journey this weekend on trip. And we had an Xbox on the primary TV. And certain sufficient, each morning somebody’s booting up Balatro. As a result of it is such an excellent like sport with espresso, get your thoughts working or no matter. However then we’re all simply form of sitting there. Nobody’s making breakfast, we’re simply watching Balatro.
– It is an excellent backseat sport.
– Yeah.
– As a result of after just like the second sport, I used to be like, you are holding the controller any longer. I could have discarded a hand by chance. It is a little bit straightforward to accidentally–
– It’s. I stored doing that.
– On a controllers, particularly.
– And I used to be like, X not Y or Y not X. And I used to be like, oh jeez. However it’s a actually quick approach to learn to play playing cards.
– Yeah.
– As a result of all my man pals, they at all times do poker nights. And so they’re like, oh, you wish to come play? And I am like, no, I do not wish to lose cash.
– Yeah, get your cash taken.
– I do not know the foundations. However it goes over what every part means. And then you definately’re like, oh, that is what you are speaking about.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, you simply want to start out introducing jokers into your poker nights.
– Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: And it is gonna to spice issues up significantly.
– They love that, yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, yeah. I’ve acquired three billion factors this sport.
– [LAUGHS] For what it is value, you would be excellent at Balatro. And I play so much. However I’ve achieved just a few of the charity poker tournaments at work, and I get completely destroyed.
– Effectively, perhaps you may be higher now.
– So I do not know if it is one to at least one, yeah.
– It’s not a transferable ability.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, I do not know.
– I’m with you on that.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: I am not good at betting perhaps.
– If you weren’t, what, urgent X to the touch grass?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
– I do not know what button it’s to the touch grass.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, X, it’s.
– However what else have you ever been taking part in?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, so like I mentioned, I used to be touring this week. So I solely had my handheld with me, my ASUS Ally. And so–
– Solely? So principally, I solely had entry to 10,000 video games.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Every thing. Yeah, actually every part below the solar. However yeah, so I used to be taking part in plenty of simply form of chill video games that I may play out on a towel. I used to be getting some solar, , or no matter, simply massive chilling. And so exterior of Balatro, I used to be taking part in plenty of some older video games, however Wargroove.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: That is an excellent sport.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Wargroove rocks. I clearly miss the boat by a few years on that. I feel that was 2017, perhaps.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, yeah, that was an ID@Xbox Recreation from a while in the past. It is form of an ageless look. It is one thing of a religious successor to Advance Wars.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: So I used to be an enormous Advance Wars participant on the Gameboy SP or no matter it’s. Loads of comparable vibes.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah. Yeah, it is principally such as you simply management a military, however the characters are form of enjoyable. The queen that I picked, she has a canine named Caesar. And that is why I favored her as a result of she has a canine. And I really like canines.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: There’s canine troops within the sport?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: There’s canine troops and stuff. So it’s totally enjoyable. However it is sort of a Ways form of sport with good music and good vibes, very enjoyable on the go. So I really like Wargroove. Positively value selecting up and operating round. Nice distant play on the go as nicely.
The opposite sport that I might extremely suggest for folk at house is For the King II. I have been taking part in it so much.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Inform me about it.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: So For the King was on Xbox and PC. For the King II has simply come out at the moment solely on PC. However it’s one other form of gamified board sport. What do they name these? It seems to be like Catan tiles. Is that hexagons?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: That is a factor? They’re like hexagons?
HAILEY GELLER: Sure, sure.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, yeah. So that you form of run round, however it’s like D&D accelerated. So you’ve gotten a personality. You are a warrior, you are a mage, you are a healer. And also you run round with as much as three of your pals. Or you’ll be able to management all 4 characters. And also you wish to get to the top. However it’s roguelite, so that you die and also you unlock extra weapons, you unlock new courses, and also you strive once more.
So it’s totally troublesome, tremendous gamified. It virtually feels such as you’re taking part in a board sport of D&D with turn-based fight and dungeons. I may spend an hour speaking about this sport. I’m an enormous fan of For the King I and II. Considered one of my favourite sofa co-op video games on the market and actually, actually nice on the go. So if you have not checked both of them out, test them out, For the King I and II.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: That could be a good advice right here.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I trusted you on Balatro.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: So, ultimately.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, so I am gonna burn you finally with a bad–
HAILEY GELLER: One other 20 hours.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, yeah, after the fifth episode in a row you are discuss For the King 2–
– Yeah, yeah.
– –I am going to lastly get round to it. So what do you suppose makes for an excellent journey sport? As a result of I even have some journey arising. I’ve a 12-hour flight arising on Saturday.
– That is an excellent query.
– Possibly.
– I like snackable stuff. I imply, some individuals will dive right into a story-driven sport. For me, I like stuff that I haven’t got to be tremendous attentive to. As a result of I may need somebody speaking to me or I may be on an airplane the place it is loud or perhaps the flight attendant is coming by to speak.
So I just like the stuff that is like, there’s a story, however perhaps I’ve to press A to get by way of the dialogue. Or it is simply fast, it is snappy, it is gamified. Or it is extra like board video games or arcade-style video games the place the time to enjoyable is shorter is what you would possibly wish to name it, I suppose.
– You will not be mad if any individual interrupts you.
– Yeah, it is like, I can pause it. Yeah, like Peggle. Peggle is a good journey sport.
– Oh, that is a basic.
– One thing like this, yeah.
– So do you ever do that factor the place you’ve gotten an x quantity of hour flight, however you obtain 15 games–
– Yeah.
– –and then perhaps you find yourself simply taking part in the factor from earlier than.
– Sure, each time.
– OK.
– Each time, yeah.
– So this is the sport I am getting ready for. So I even have a ASUS ROG Ally. I really like that factor. I play it on a regular basis. I discuss it advert nauseam. It isn’t hashtag sponsored. I purchased my very own.
HAILEY GELLER: [LAUGHS]
– And nicely value it, modded it.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, good.
– Yeah, added a little bit extra. Effectively, I added I’ve a terabyte in there.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Ooh, this man is aware of find out how to mod.
– So I figured YouTube could make anybody an professional.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: [LAUGHS] Info.
– Though they don’t settle for any accountability in the event you do it, proper?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, yeah, after all.
– Mod at your personal threat. Anyway, so I did that. And so Octopath Traveler 2, that is the sport that got here into Recreation Move earlier this month. I liked the primary one. When you’ve by no means performed the primary one, it is also in Recreation Move and nicely value it. It is a very old-school RPG. I might say, in the event you loved actually Tremendous-Nintendo-ere–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, Closing Fantasy.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: –Closing Fantasy video games, precisely. Closing Fantasy, I overlook, within the US, it was Closing Fantasy 2 and three. However I feel it was 5 and 6–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, that is at all times the way it goes.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: –in the total pantheon. And so it’s totally very like that. It is referred to as Octopath as a result of there are eight paths. You begin off as any one of many characters and then you definately encounter the opposite characters. You form of dwell by way of all their tales directly. And so that you’re simply leaping from character to character and constructing this group of eight individuals ultimately.
And also you’re fixing all of their issues and it form of ladders as much as a bigger factor. So individuals are in numerous components of their lives. So that you may be like, eh, I do not like this character that a lot. It is tremendous. You will transfer on from them fairly rapidly into one thing else. So you’ve gotten a bunch of various strands. And so they go for a very long time. I keep in mind taking part in the primary one. It was my treadmill sport. Look–
HAILEY GELLER: How do you like– [LAUGHS]
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: However that is the thing–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: It’s like flip primarily based.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, it is flip primarily based. All proper, so once I’m on the treadmill–
HAILEY GELLER: I am like, I am unable to do this.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, yeah, I am unable to do this.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: [LAUGHS]
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: It is a left handed factor. I am an inverter. Possibly I can do this. Any sport that entails aiming, I’ll fall off.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
HAILEY GELLER: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: If I’ve to purpose with the suitable stick, my mind goes into the character. After which I fall off the treadmill. And that has occurred. And I do not suggest it. However a sport like this the place it is 2D and also you’re simply steering with one hand and then you definately simply hit A button, you faucet.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: And each immediate is like you’ve gotten an A button prompt–
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Precisely.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: –which is good. That’s precisely the sport that is nice on the go.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Precisely. So these are treadmill video games for me or elliptical video games or no matter you would possibly do. I am not going to go exterior and undergo.
– Treadmill at your personal threat.
– Sure, precisely. Yeah, by all means follow, begin sluggish. I am not operating. I am going at like three and a half.
– Certain.
– I set it at 4. However subsequent factor , you’ve got walked like six miles and you have got some achievements. It is nice. Anyway, that is good for that. So I began it.
– I do resonate with that, although, actual fast. As a result of I am unable to work out with out some type of leisure.
– I usually watch TV.
– That works.
– OK, there you go.
– Yeah, however I am the identical method. I just like the I like Balatro. I like these form of video games.
– Balatro’s good.
– I get so bored, I simply get off the treadmill.
– Yeah.
– Yeah, there we go.
– Anyway, I did not imply to interrupt you.
– All proper, we’re getting match, we’re taking part in video games.
– We’re getting so jacked this summer season.
– We will be in muscle shirts in two episodes from now.
– Yeah, you are gonna be in a tank prime subsequent time.
– All proper, let’s discuss really one other nice approach to play video games. So let’s get into this week’s information.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, good.
– So Xbox, we’re at all times about bringing extra video games to extra gamers, discovering extra methods to play. And one thing we did a few years in the past utilizing the cloud that opened up Xbox video games to individuals that do not have consoles or perhaps a PC was taking part in by way of sure Samsung fashions you’ll be able to stream video games by way of. Effectively, now we’re coming to much more gamers.
So the Xbox app goes to be on Amazon Hearth TV units. So no console required. Lots of people have Hearth Sticks. I am going to let you know which of them it really works. However it’s principally cloud gaming. So it is powered by the Microsoft service. You probably have Xbox Recreation Move Final membership, then you’ll be able to play. The app will probably be out there quickly. And this will probably be out there on the Amazon 4K Max and 4K Hearth Sticks.
– Good.
– That lets you play plenty of the latest stuff, clearly the issues that we had been simply speaking about like Octopath Traveler II, Senua’s Saga, Hellblade II, Starfield, Forza Horizon, Fallout 76. And so the place I feel that is actually handy is you go to your dad and mom’ home. And what I might at all times do is put my Sequence S in a backpack, which was a good way to do it.
However they have respectable web. And with a Hearth Stick, it is a lot smaller factor. They retail for between $49 and $59, these fashions. I feel they have already got one. You may simply obtain the app and your whole cloud video games go proper over.
– It is also nice for these TVs, I get unreasonably offended once I go to somebody’s home and their TV’s mounted above a hearth.
– I am with you on that one. I am like, oh, that is nice. First row of the movie show.
– Yeah, so there’s methods to mitigate that. And I am not making an attempt to shade anybody within the remark part right here. However that is–
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: We’re getting plenty of feedback from the hearth individuals.
– Yeah, yeah, yeah, like I really like my hearth. However that is nice. That’s the precise setup the place you simply have the stick within the again and you’ll play and you do not wish to need to mount a console, even if you wish to use a licensed mount which can be nice for this. There may be superior situations the place these things is nice on the go.
And I really like the decision out of Fallout 76 as a result of that’s my go-to cloud gaming. As a result of I at all times am hooked on a service sport at any time, whether or not it is ESO, 76, World of Warcraft, what have you ever. I normally choose one. However you gotta do these dailies. You wish to get your rewards achieved. You gotta lock in these cosmetics. And to have the ability to log into one thing like a Hearth Stick is ideal for simply locking in these dailies.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Sure, and there is hundreds of thousands of them on the market.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
– Mainly, it is much more individuals who will be capable of, if they have been listening to about Fallout 76, really, in the event you’ve been watching the Fallout present on–
– You are able to do each now.
– Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: There you go, precisely.
– It is low cost, too. $49.99?
– Yeah, yeah, yeah, for the Hearth Stick. After which I wish to say the 4K Max is $59.99.
– However the comfort by itself, it is undoubtedly value it, I really feel like.
– Yeah.
– It is wonderful. I do have my TV above my hearth.
– Sure! I pegged you for that.
– So I am going to ship you an image of the setup so you’ll be able to choose me.
– Oh, no.
– I suppose in case your sofa–
– You may lengthen it.
– –is far sufficient again.
– Yeah.
– However I really feel like there’s simply plenty of this. After which I am like, ooh, yeah.
– I simply really feel like plenty of homes aren’t designed–
– There is no the place else to place it.
– Yeah, precisely. When you go into taking a look at half the flats to lease, it is like, all of them have a hearth with it above. It is similar to, the place else am I going to place the TV, ? Get a Hearth Stick.
– That is an excellent level.
HAILEY GELLER: Get a Hearth Stick in your hearth.
– It’s totally straightforward for me to say this when I haven’t got a hearth, so, yeah.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
– Anyway, so that’s coming quickly. So preserve a watch out for that. There’s extra info over on Xbox Wire, which is information.xbox.com.
– Shout out to Cloud Staff. That is nice.
– There you go.
– Yeah.
– They’re holding busy. Truly, my neighbor works on that.
– Good.
– Good man.
– Very cool.
– He did not inform me about it, however that is him doing his job. All proper, so, yeah. I do not go over there and be like, what are you engaged on? Yeah.
– Creep in by way of his window.
– Yeah. [LAUGHS]
– Simply trying in.
– So this was a shock. Ubisoft introduced after which launched Past Good & Evil twentieth Anniversary Version earlier this week. Are you accustomed to Past Good & Evil?
HAILEY GELLER: No
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Acquainted, however I have never performed these video games. I’ve not performed the unique.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Effectively, it is 20 years outdated, so it got here out, the unique one again in 2004. It is form of a recent then of Psychonauts, ?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Proper.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: From that OG Xbox period, that PS2 period. However now it is upgraded to 4K, 60 FPS decision and body price, up to date controls, quality-of-life options, quite a lot of different various things. I used to be simply trying on the video. And this seems to be prefer it has that basic look. I keep in mind going again and taking part in Psychonauts earlier than Psychonauts 2 got here out a few years in the past. And it brings you again.
HAILEY GELLER: I’ve the sticker someplace.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Oh, you do? Excellent. And I used to be taking a look at this, and it is like that aesthetic, however operating actually easily. And so it seems to be actually cool. I had by no means performed it. I’ve heard of it. I keep in mind when it first got here out and going to see it. And I had simply by no means gotten round to taking part in it. So anyway, it is out there now.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: And you’ll simply test that out. Thanks Ubisoft–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: It is amazing–
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: –for stunning us.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: –a lot of those basic video games get a lot extra mileage if you simply can improve the body price to 60 or the decision. It has been so enjoyable to return and play a few of these video games. It truly is wonderful.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: It makes them appear like the way you thought they appeared.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, however obviously–
HAILEY GELLER: It is what fashionable means now.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, your mind smooths out the body price.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: 100%.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: And in the event you had been to return and cargo up the unique one, it is not going to appear like this twentieth anniversary version.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: No method. And I suppose 2004, so most of us had been most likely nonetheless on tube TVS or the big–
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Oh, for certain.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, so–
HAILEY GELLER: Oh, the huge–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: –nothing.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Nothing, 4 by three.
– Yeah, yeah.
– Yeah.
– Yeah.
– It is also enjoyable if you had an expertise with one thing again then and it nonetheless hits the identical method immediately.
– Completely.
– I feel that is virtually the perfect a part of it’s some issues may need modified. Even at Psychonauts, it seems to be very completely different, however you continue to have those self same lovable moments that you just did again then that you just do immediately, which is–
– Yeah, for certain.
– –super particular
– Yeah, only a shot of nostalgia–
– Yeah, yeah.
– –which is at all times good.
– Sure,
– Yeah.
– Sure. Talking of, nice announcement out of the Nintendo Direct, however final week, however that applies to of us on Xbox as nicely, which is Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, which is that they launched a trailer. It is popping out in November on Xbox. And I liked these video games.
So the unique Dragon Quest I, II, and III, they had been referred to as Dragon Warrior once I was a child. After which sooner or later, very like Closing Fantasy, form of modified the numbering and all that sort of stuff. However I keep in mind renting this sport, the OG I on the NES from Blockbuster. And I by no means acquired to complete it as a result of I had two days. Two days to beat Dragon Quest?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: No time.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: It wasn’t going to occur. So that is going to be popping out in November. It seems to be cool. They have been doing these HD, really form of a similar-ish aesthetic to Octopath Traveler. So in the event you get into Octopath Traveler II or I on Recreation Move now, that is one thing you are going to wish to preserve a watch out for. I really like these video games. Dragon Quest I or Dragon Warrior might be the sport I’ve overwhelmed probably the most.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Actually?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: That was my first ever RPG.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, cool.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: And I simply turned obsessive about it. I do know the place every part in that sport is. II was so much larger. After which the III, even larger than that. So very cool that we will be getting that. And yeah, it will be November 14. Loads of RPGs to play this fall, which goes to be actually cool.
And only a actual fast be aware about one thing popping out subsequent week. First Descendant, it is a sport that we had plenty of info on it final yr at Summer season Recreation Fest, I wish to say. However they launched a brand new trailer just lately. This can be a third individual co-op motion RPG looter-shooter operating on Unreal Engine 5. As you’d count on, it seems to be actual fairly.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: It is made by a Korean developer. And that is only a cool aesthetic on this one. So this one caught my consideration. It is popping out July 2. That is that point of yr the place you are both catching up on stuff that you have been taking part in otherwise you would possibly nonetheless be taking part in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. I do know I’m.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, completely.
– I did take out the Blackgaol Knight–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, good.
– –since the present was over. That is like actually the primary boss. So do not get too excited.
– Effectively, nonetheless.
– I am fairly far in. I’ll say that.
– It is more durable. It is exhausting.
– It is vitally exhausting.
– The DLC is way more durable than the bottom sport.
– Right. And we are able to get again into that. However anyway, so preserve a watch out for First Descendant subsequent week. And I might check out a few of these movies. And there is plenty of stuff that appears actually good.
– If you mentioned First Descendant, I assumed you had been speaking about The Descendants TV present. And I used to be like, the place’s Dove Cameron?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: The prequel of Dove Cameron.
– Yeah, so the place is she?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: The place is she on this sport? It could be an excellent DLC.
– Not a playable character.
– That was the one the place everybody’s the kids of the bad–
– Yeah, it is like fairy tales, science-fictiony.
– Yeah.
– I do not actually keep in mind what it’s, however there’s three.
– Like Maleficent’s daughter, I feel that was–
– One thing like that.
– –that was Dove Cameron. And I am unable to keep in mind the remainder. My child was into it at one level. And I could have watched all of them.
– [LAUGHS] Yeah. Cross advocate.
– For subsequent time you’ll be able to catch up and watch it once more.
– It is a type of stuff you sit down and you are like, why am I watching this? After which it is like, when’s the following one? The following one, I may watch it proper now.
– That is like all that Disney Channel originals, although. When you return and watch them, you are like–
– Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah.
– –oh, that occurred.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: There goes your day.
– Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah.
– Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: It is gone.
– It was a distinct time. It was a distinct time. There was so much much less leisure, so much much less entry.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah. All proper, have you ever performed Shadow of the Erdtree? We form of disregarded that. We talked about it fairly a bit final week.
– Effectively, so I’ll say, I had talked about twice now that I used to be out of city this weekend. However the one motive we introduced an Xbox on the journey was due to Erdtree. It was really particularly Erdtree. And it was Stein’s xbox, Josh Stein, good friend of the present. And so I wakened just a few days and actually would come, get up off the bed, and Stein’s already on taking part in. So I have never performed but. I’ve watched Stein. It is undoubtedly on my checklist. I am an enormous Souls fan. And my god, it’s troublesome.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Out of the final week, three nights I’ve had desires about Shadow of the Erdtree.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Actually?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: That I am like taking part in it. I am not in that world, fortunately, however I am like–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Horrifying.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, besides I wakened, it was two days in the past that I used to be really in a position to beat the boss who I am caught on.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: After which I wakened and realized, no, I am not even near having the ability to beat this boss.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, no.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: However I feel that means–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: You are manifesting it.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: –that’s what I am manifesting.
HAILEY GELLER: You are manifesting it.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: It is gonna occur.
HAILEY GELLER: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I’ll need to respec, I feel. I do not wish to get into names and stuff. As a result of individuals are into the lore.
– Yeah.
– I will be sincere, I do not essentially know what is going on on. However I really feel like there’s a little bit bit extra as a result of it is a extra concise story on this explicit one.
– Additionally they’re simply kings of environmental storytelling. So even in the event you’re not taking note of the names and stuff, you form of get the gist of what is going on on simply by watching the sport.
– This, I feel, had faster payoff, although, since you’re coping with a extra restricted set of characters on this DLC, primarily as a result of in the primary sport you’ve got killed all people.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Sure, sure.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: There’s no one left. So that you’re following Miquella, which you encountered that within the first two minutes. However then there is a couple different characters that individuals are speaking about. And one in every of them, one in every of them is kicking my butt.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, OK.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I used to be doing actual nicely till that time. So going by way of, catching my Scadutree Fragments, I am on degree 12, I wish to say–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Good.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: –of that, so we have to repair it.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Typically you simply must sleep on a boss. I’ve undoubtedly been stuck–
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: You do, sure.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: –for hours on any Souls sport boss. And it is similar to, I simply must go to mattress after which reset after which I will be tremendous.
– So what my reset has been, I used to be going to return to it. I took yesterday off as a result of I used to be so, like–
– Tilted?
– Yeah, perhaps that is the time period I am on the lookout for. And I used to be like, let me do that sport that I have been eager to strive. It got here out proper earlier than we went out to Showcase, so I have never had an opportunity to strive it. And that’s Hypercharge– Unboxed.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, attention-grabbing.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: So it is a sport, I’ll say, the builders of this sport have been actually, actually cool with the neighborhood, I suppose. You may need seen some movies over the course of the final actually two years of this sport that is motion figures combating in a retailer and a bed room.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: You understand what I am speaking about.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, I do know precisely what you are speaking about.
HAILEY GELLER: I don’t know what you are speaking about.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Think about Toy Story–
HAILEY GELLER: Inform me.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Think about Toy Story the sport.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Sure, precisely.
HAILEY GELLER: Toys that speak?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Toy Story FPS, ?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: And battle, yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: And this jogs my memory, really takes me again to Quake III Enviornment, which was the primary PC sport I used to be tremendous into as a child. And there was a mod or some form of fan made degree the place you are operating round a bed room and also you’re leaping on the stapler or combating beneath the mattress. You had been actually tiny and it was a lot enjoyable. And that is the vibe of this complete sport. You are these motion figures. Actually, if you respawn, you come out of your packaging, like there is a story in it.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: That is good.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: And it is actually cool. And I am certain you are seeing the footage proper now. And in the event you see it, it is undoubtedly value a shot. There’s each a single participant journey, which works a little bit bit like a tower protection the place you’ve gotten a few minutes the place you are defending these areas and also you’re accumulating cash and build up partitions and turrets and issues like that.
And then you definately go into the combating mode the place waves of enemies come by way of, that are toys. And I used to be taking part in the primary spherical. These little toy robots are like, doo, doo, doo, doo. And you are like, simply blowing them up. And you are like, is that each one you bought? After which the following spherical, these glider airplanes come by way of and so they’re parachuting in different enemies and these exploding form of slime toys.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Oh, good.
– And there is plenty of intelligent particulars in right here, plenty of issues that just about are callbacks to the video games you’ve got performed, even simply the books on the cabinets. The extent of element or humorous little puns or jokes on issues that you just most likely had as a child. And also you get to choose all these completely different motion figures and also you’re accumulating issues. It is form of very very like an old-fashioned really feel to it, however with actual excessive constancy, operating actually clean and searching nice.
Then I jumped into multiplayer. And this was bringing me again, like old skool. There’s matchmaking, however I went into the server browser. And it was like 4 on 4. And I am like, oh, this one has seven individuals. And I can steadiness it out to eight. And I leap in. I simply had just like the time of my life, simply going by way of and simply operating round this kitchen. And this explicit degree was in a kitchen.
And also you’re leaping and combating behind the microwave and the sink and up on the cabinets and respawning in cupboards. And you’ve got an excellent angle. And also you die and also you instantly respawn. And also you’re taking part in to 100, crimson versus blue. And it was a lot enjoyable. So this workforce has been doing nice. They have been actually excitedly tweeting out. Each time they promote one other 10,000, they have been doing nice. I do not know precisely the place they’re at proper now.
– They’re doing rather well.
– Yeah, yeah. They’ve simply been so grateful to the neighborhood. And simply their relationship with the neighborhood, I feel, has simply been inspirational. And so I needed to play it. I needed to speak about it right here on the present. Hypercharge– Unboxed, actually suggest you strive it out. And I feel in co-op is the place it is actually going to sing. As a result of you’ll be able to play that journey sport in co-op. They offer you bots in any other case, however I feel this may be–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Extra enjoyable.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: That is completely your Friday night time sport.
– Yeah, I really like the sound of this. Actually, you deliver up Friday night time, the group I play with on Friday was gushing about this sport this week.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: OK, good.
– And I hadn’t seen it till they introduced it up. After which trying up on-line, to your level, just like the creators are so good and so they’re so concerned in the neighborhood. So it is undoubtedly on my checklist to take a look at. It seems to be, to your level, simply enjoyable.
– Yeah, I am going to have a look at getting them on the present. I might love to listen to extra about it–
– Yeah.
– –the issues they’re doing. As a result of the extent of element, it is a labor of affection, you’ll be able to inform. There’s collectibles. And so they did a lot greater than they wanted to do, I really feel like.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Proper.
– That they had one thing good. And I feel if it was simply operating across the bed room and being military males motion figures–
HAILEY GELLER: GI Joe.
– –that would have been good. That may have been adequate, however they went to date past that that I simply love the element. And there is simply tons of unlockables and tons of causes to return.
– Good.
– There’s not dolls in it, although, are there?
– Ooh. I do get freaked out by dolls.
– Similar.
– Are there some freaky issues?
– Yeah, like, no dolls.
– Like Billy dolls, yeah.
– I would not say. There’s 14 ranges within the marketing campaign. I didn’t–
– Oh, god.
– So who is aware of what–
– The final mission.
– I am going to get to, yeah, I do not even know if I am going to get to 14. I am going to get to 2. [LAUGHS]
– There was nothing that creeped me out, however it’s like an actual enjoyable, breezy aesthetic.
– Not haunting.
– It was the other of Elden Ring.
– Yeah, yeah, OK.
– It was an excellent factor to palate cleanse–
– Yeah.
– –yeah, earlier than I’m going again and check out to–
– That is superior.
– –run in opposition to that wall once more. A few issues we talked about video games coming to Recreation Move. Let’s discuss a few of them had been coming. Now they’re right here. EA FC 24 out there now. I do not know in the event you’ve been watching the Euros in any respect.
HAILEY GELLER: Are you going to any of the matches? I used to be going to say–
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: No, once I can, I am going dwelling and watching.
HAILEY GELLER: Yeah.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Good.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: So it is going out similtaneously the Copa America, which is occurring within the US.
HAILEY GELLER: Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: US received their first match 2-0, which was nice. Yesterday as we’re taping this, it was an incredible match. They’re on throughout lunch, the Euros. So like Italy versus Croatia, which was like wild, like late winner and all that stuff.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Very cool.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: If you do not have time to look at them for us in the course of the day, then you’ll be able to simply play them at night time EA FC 24 which is within the Vault, they nonetheless name it the Vault. It is out there now. You probably have a Recreation Move Final, then you definately’ve acquired entry to EA Play and all of the video games therein.
– Very good.
– A pair different video games now out there on Recreation Move, SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Dig 2. These are most likely fairly good journey video games, Metroidvania sorts.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Sure, that is precisely what I used to be going to say really. These are precisely what come to thoughts, video games like SteamWorld Dig and Spelunky which can be like good on a little bit display screen.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Sure, and Robin Hood– Sherwood Builders, this one seems to be fairly cool as nicely. We talked about it a little bit bit extra final week. They’re all out now. So a lot to play, although it tends to be one of many slower occasions of yr by way of new releases. Plenty of stuff coming to Recreation Move. And truly trying ahead into July, some nice stuff coming which have already been introduced.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
– So I am actually trying ahead to issues like Kunitsu-Gami– Path of the Goddess and Dungeons of Hinterberg and only a bunch of different stuff.
– It is the proper time of the yr to seek out these indie darlings and stuff too, simply dive into a few of these fast video games coming to Recreation Move chances are you’ll by no means have heard of.
– Precisely. Now, once I’m taking part in these video games, I wish to hear ’em actual nicely.
– You gotta hear ’em good, yeah.
– And it is a good factor we have a {hardware} professional.
– [LAUGHS]
– –on the present that may inform us about one of many new SteelSeries.
– Yeah. Yeah, so a few issues from SteelSeries. First off, an excellent accomplice with design for Xbox {hardware}. I am an enormous fan of SteelSeries. My day by day driver proper now could be the Arctis Nova Professional, which one of many headsets I wish to speak to you of us about immediately is simply that one.
It simply got here out in white, which I do know it is black or white. These are your choices immediately. However it is a very good headset. It is extraordinarily premium. It is coming in at $349.99. It comes with, I suppose you wish to name it a bay for the headset. And that is the place you cost your batteries, adjusts your audio settings.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: So absolutely wi-fi?
– Totally wi-fi. Yeah, and it is cool. It comes with a battery that plugs into your headset. After which it additionally has a second battery that prices within the bay. It simply pops out and you turn ’em. So you do not ever actually lose audio.
– So in case your battery dies whilst you’re playing–
– You simply change them actual fast.
– –yeah, you need not say I am achieved taking part in for now, I gotta put it again on the dock.
– Proper, or wire in or something. You simply have one other one. So it connects to your PC and your Xbox or it connects to your Xbox and a USB system. So some individuals use their cellphone maybe. I do know plenty of of us that do this. However you are going to get unbelievably good high quality from that headset. You are going to get some actually cool issues that I’ll discuss as nicely.
However I wish to put a pin in as a result of if that value level is a little bit too wealthy in your blood perhaps, try the Nova 5X Wi-fi. As a result of this factor simply got here out, I feel, a month in the past. It is a little bit bit cheaper. This one’s coming in at $129.99. And it would not have the bay like the opposite one does, however it has a very cool app, which is absolutely what I am right here to speak about immediately. Like SteelSeries new app does all of the administration for you on this headset. It has custom-made sound profiles that exist on each these headsets and EQ presets, which is simply equalizer presets.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Not emotionally intelligence?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: No, no, not emotional intelligence. Yeah, my first guess too.
HAILEY GELLER: It might be that, too.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, it might be a bit.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: When you placed on headphones whereas individuals are sleeping, you are exhibiting excessive emotional intelligence.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah, precisely.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: So all of it works out.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Wow, there you go.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: That is an marketed function.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: [LAUGHS] Yeah, one approach to deliver us dwelling.
HAILEY GELLER: Profitable.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: However I feel one of many issues that is tough about audio is audio is for the common individual, robust, to know your ranges, to know your bass, your treble, all this stuff. I feel most individuals do not actually wish to fiddle with that or have to fret about it. And so SteelSeries has acquired your again. They’ve uploaded the app and the bay with tons of of presets. So that they have issues like Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex Legends, Name of Obligation.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Malik.
– What’d you say?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Malik.
– Yeah, Malik.
– He is not utilizing that Apex.
– I’m wondering if he simply reset it to default at this level. That is the one one he makes use of. However Fortnite, plenty of video games, a few of the prime video games you’ve got been taking part in, they are going to have presets for them. So it is easy to leap in, change your factor, change your preset to the sport you are taking part in, and also you’re off to the races.
After which one of many different issues, along with extra bandwidth on the microphone of the 5X, which is one other cool function for folk which may be gaming in loud environments, additionally they have very nice options the place if I get a cellphone name, I can change, I can take that decision with out shedding my audio on Xbox. I am an enormous fan of that.
So there’s simply plenty of, in the event you’re somebody that is going to be gaming on the go or gaming with two units and even simply taking calls together with your cellphone whilst you’re taking part in, each these headsets are actually, very nice. Once more, the Arctis Nova 5X, which is the extra inexpensive one with the companion app and the white Nova Professional Wi-fi, which is their flagship. It’s totally good, yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I see you did not deliver one in for me.
– I did not. I knew you’d take it from me, so I needed to lock ’em up.
– You are not fallacious. We may have an unboxing right here in only a minute. However earlier than that, I additionally wish to name out a few updates which can be an actual sport changer for some video games which can be out now. I have been very excited for this one because it was introduced, I wish to say at Summer season Recreation Fest earlier this month. Was it earlier this month? I used to be going to say final month. We’re nonetheless in June.
– We’re nonetheless in June.
– In some way. So for Road Fighter 6, M. Bison, my foremost.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: The legend.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: He’s again for Road Fighter 6 Season 2, together with new combo trials, missions, and extra. So principally, you find yourself getting this character pack. I wish to say it is Character Pack 2. Additionally it is going to be later together with Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui from King of Fighters, which is fairly certain the primary time they’ve had that form of crossover. So I am actually enthusiastic about that. However Bison, I’ve seen a few of these combos and he is come a great distance from even like Road Fighter IV, the place I used to be fairly heavy on Bison again then. Fairly good.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: I did not know you had been such a combating sport man.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I imply, I got here up in that period, within the arcade combating period. So Road Fighter and Mortal Kombat, it was an entire social expertise. And there was a form of a component virtually hazard, being a child. And if there was like somebody older there, you virtually needed to have deference to them. As a result of they might have the higher positioning on the arcade machine.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah.
– Taking part in individuals nearly, you are comfy, you are kicking again. You’ve a way of safety. Once we had been going there–
– –on the sofa.
– Sure, precisely.
– You are a lot larger than me. Is it value it for me to beat you, to the extent that I used to be in a position to beat them.
– Or get my quarters stolen.
– Yeah, yeah. However in the event you stored operating up in opposition to them. There could be individuals the place I might stroll into the arcade and I might see them taking part in, and I might be like, nope, not immediately.
– That also occurs at Jupiter, in the event you ever go to Jupiter.
– Just like the planet?
– No, Jupiter, the bar in Belltown. It is like an arcade.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I might not have recognized that.
– Have you ever ever been there?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: No.
– Oh, it is wonderful.
– Barcade?
– It is an arcade bar. However they’ve combating video games there. And it is the identical factor the place you see individuals simply doing their little dance.
– It is intimidating.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, yeah.
– I am intimidated by it.
– There’s plenty of arcade bars, Seattle’s an excellent barcade.
– You gotta go there. It is wonderful.
– OK, I should go there. I have been to Shorties.
– OK.
– Shorties is nice.
– It is simply down the highway from there, yeah.
– Good to know, good to know.
– See, I am supplying you with suggestions on our– [LAUGHS] They embody gaming.
– Yeah.
– I admire that. A pair new updates right here that you just won’t discover in your native arcade. Disney Dreamlight Valley has now the Fortunate Dragon replace. This one’s about Mulan–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Let’s go.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: –including the Mulan realm, with Mulan and Mushu, the little dragon becoming a member of the Valley. As a brand new recruit, you’ll be able to help Mushu across the coaching camp and hone your expertise with Mulan, difficult your power, precision, and endurance. The Majesty and Magnolias Star Path brings ornament objects manufactured from magnolias, together with a brand new dream type for Mulan. The Star Path is operating from June 26 by way of August 14. There’s additionally a free mini-event in sport to rejoice the discharge of Inside Out 2.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Blowing up field workplaces.
– Yeah, all I preserve seeing is that–
– I have never seen it.
– I preserve seeing this TikTok of Unhappiness doing this little dance–
– Yeah.
– –I am guessing at Disneyland or one thing like that. Everybody’s doing a dance, and she or he’s going, , similar to the look of disappointment.
– Completely. I simply noticed it. I went to a 21-and-up-only theater as a result of that is sometimes the place I’m going. And that theater was full. It was virtually full.
– Everybody’s speaking about Nervousness, one of many characters in Inside Out 2. So I have never seen that TikTok, however my timeline has been flooded with memes about your anxiousness versus the anxiousness that the character has within the film. And I am like, relatable.
– Yeah, completely.
– Effectively, so there’s going to be rewards on this by way of July 17, together with Nervousness and Ennui, Envy, and Embarrassment.
– There you go.
– There you go. So earlier than you watch the film, I suppose, you would play that.
– Play the sport. [LAUGHS]
– Oh, I did not notice. Is it Ennui? Is that boredom?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Ennui, is that the way you say it?
– I feel it is boredom.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah.
– Certain, yeah. I feel she’s boredom. Yeah, yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah.
– I do not know really, no. [LAUGHS]
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I pronounced your identify accurately.
– You probably did, yeah, that you just used all of it.
– The one factor for the–
– Yeah.
– So UFC 5, simply in time for Worldwide Battle Week and UFC 303. UFC 5 introduces 15 new rostered fighters and Corridor of Fame alter egos. In order that’s the largest replace since launch for UFC 5.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Good.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: A bunch of stuff hitting there. Additionally, Ghostrunner has its warmth pack out there immediately on Xbox Sequence X and S. It is the third beauty pack the place, look, there’s heat-themed katanas and bikes. In order that works for me.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: I imply, say much less.
– You understand what else is popping out subsequent week?
– What?
– What?
– Closing Fantasy XIV– Dawntrail Growth. I hit the mic. They’re going to make me retape this. That is tremendous. So we have now the collector’s version. Truly that is the digital collector’s version. And I feel we will unbox this right here. So Closing Fantasy XIV got here out earlier this yr on Xbox. That is the primary main, main replace to hit FFXIV because it got here out on Xbox. You all are right here simply in time.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Sure.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Take a look at this.
– That paintings is simply superior.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: I like it. I just like the gold field. I virtually do not wish to open it, but–
HAILEY GELLER: Shiny.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: –we should.
– Yeah.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: We merely should. So which one in every of you is tearing into this factor?
– Ethan. [LAUGHS] As a result of I’ll rip the tab.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Since you did not deliver the headset, so that you’re unboxing this.
– Come on.
– All proper. So a little bit bit extra info right here. Truly early entry for Closing Fantasy XIV– Dawntrail begins tomorrow, June 28. Full launch is July 2. Blue seas, clear skies, and boundless prospects await in Dawntrail, the latest enlargement pack for the critically acclaimed Closing Fantasy XIV On-line. Discover uncharted territories with acquainted faces, as you uncover new tribes, confront formidable threats, increase your horizons as hope’s mild dawns as soon as extra. All proper, what can we acquired right here?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: So that is the statue right here.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: There’s an expertly crafted Viper determine. That is the Warrior of Gentle as a Viper. Take a look at that. All proper.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Two swords?
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Two swords. Pose it. I am informed that there is an adventurer’s fabric map inside.
HAILEY GELLER: I really feel like Dora.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Yeah [LAUGHS]
HAILEY GELLER: Gonna lay it out.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Take a look at this.
HAILEY GELLER: The wrong way up. Cute.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: That is actually fairly.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Excellent. There’s additionally the Never-ending Journey Pocket book. And there may be an adventurer’s pen case, which I consider that’s.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: That is good. Take a look at this.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Have you ever all performed FFXIV?
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: I’ve, yeah.
HAILEY GELLER: No.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: What class did you select?
– Oh, nicely, so I am at all times rogues. Regardless of the identify is in any sport, it is like if I am daggers and archery, that’s what I play.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Yeah, I admire that.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: I actually do not deviate from that. Yeah, yeah. So I am a sucker for that. I have never performed Closing Fantasy in a few years. I have never performed because it got here to Xbox. And it is on my checklist as soon as I get out of my Fallout 76 kick and transfer on to the following service sport. My spouse and I, like I mentioned, we form of rotate between them. However yeah, at all times rogue and my spouse at all times goes tank. So she will be able to take the photographs.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: What an influence couple.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Significantly, come on. Yeah, she does all of the work, and I am similar to, arrow.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: [LAUGHS] I am serving to.
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: I am serving to, yeah. [LAUGHS]
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Excellent. All proper, so Dawntrail popping out subsequent week, however early entry means it is out tomorrow. In order that may be your weekend confirmed. And yeah, Closing Fantasy out there now on Xbox, Closing Fantasy XIV. I do know lots of people had been very excited when that occurred. Lots of people participated within the beta. And now with the primary main replace, we’re all caught up with the entire content material.
– Superb.
– So that almost wraps us up this week. Please be happy to comply with us on twitter.com/xboxwire for this and, after all, the entire information all through the week. And we’re additionally on youtube.com/xbox and on Spotify, Apple Podcast, wherever finer podcasts are offered. Hailey Geller, Ethan Rothamel.
– Hey.
– Hey.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Thanks a lot for becoming a member of us this week. Any closing ideas from you?
– Ooh. The one one I’ve is simply at all times a thanks. I really like if you guys invite me on the present. Shout out to the manufacturing crew as at all times. And yeah, it is simply enjoyable to get to geek out each week with you guys. So that is nice.
JEFF RUBENSTEIN: Excellent. At all times good to have you ever, Hailey?
– I am going to plus one which. And thanks for instructing me about new video games. I actually favored Balatro. So yeah, I am going to need to play the Toy Story, not Toy Story one.
– Yeah, Hypercharge– Unboxed.
– Yeah.
– I am certain subsequent time I see you, you may have put in considerably extra hours in Balatro and hopefully in Hypercharge as nicely. And I hope you all do too. So thanks for becoming a member of us. Subsequent week, Canada Day, Independence Day, no podcast week. We will take that week off.
After which once we come again, we’ll even have a cool distant episode with Malik, your good good friend Malik will probably be becoming a member of us from San Diego, in addition to somebody from the UK, our editor-in-chief of Xbox Wire, Joe Skrebels. You would possibly know him from IGN. Fairly the podcaster, he’ll present us all the way it’s done–
ETHAN ROTHAMEL: Good.
– –with 100% extra accent than we have now this week. So thanks a lot. Hope you’ve gotten an excellent week. You probably have a vacation arising subsequent week, get pleasure from that as nicely. We’ll see you quickly.
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