The XB2 — An Xbox & Gaming Podcast

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Hey gang! This week, Jez and Rand discuss Project Helix, Xbox's confirmed console+PC hybrid. We talk Asha Sharma's commitment to console and what Xbox needs to do to grow, we discuss PlayStation quitting PC, and much more. 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00: Intro, Jez goes to Japan. Project Helix revealed. Marathon, Resident Evil momentum. World of Warcraft housing vs. price gouging.00:40:00: Xbox's hardware future. Fallout franchise potential. Port rumors, DOOM expansion.01:18:00: Xbox all hands meeting, Sony quits PC gaming. 02:00:00: Corporate decisions, spreadsheets vs. sentiment. Exclusivity vs. day one on Xbox Game Pass. Xbox vs. U.S. Government. 03:00:00: Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Jez and Rand are back in the saddle, this week discussing the aftermath of the big Xbox shakeup. We talk comments on Xbox being "shut down," Jez's big Xbox leadership interview, the big online drama, and much more. 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00: Intro, Xbox news and discussions, Bluepoint shut down. 00:50:00: Resident Evil Requiem, Overwatch x Nier, Game Pass costs. 02:00:00: Jez interviews Xbox, Sarah Bond backlash. Interview criticism. 03:30:00: Xbox's "return," Rand near-death experience, Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Hey guys. Jez here, some of you asked if I could upload my solo show on Spotify so you could listen at your leisure ahead of Friday's Ep. 400 with Rand. Here it is! It was a live stream and not structured very well like a podcast, and I was solo, but we discuss a lot of things dropped in the chat and the like. No timestamps for this I'm afraid, but do let me know what you think. 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Time for another XB2! This is a 399.5 special as Jez is out on location. Rand is joined by Cognito of Defining Duke and Iron Lords Podcast to discuss the latest gaming news, as Phil Spencer retires LIVE mid-show. 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00: Intro, Marathon vs. Destiny 2. Rand plays Reanimal. 00:20:00: Phil Spencer retires. Sarah Bond leaves, or fired? 00:54:00: Who is new CEO Asha Sharma? 01:40:00: Rumors of optimism at Xbox, Sarah Bond's goodbyes. 02:36:00: PlayStation shuts down Bluepoint, changing game industry. Asha interviewed by Variety. 03:30:00: Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Jez and Rand get into another week of Xboxxy news. We talk PlayStation's State of Play, Blizzard's resurgence, Highguard fallout and post-mortem, and much more. Timestamps coming soon! 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Jez and RAND. GO LIVE! Let's do this. Talking next-gen Xbox rumors, Xbox's 2026 line-up, Overwatch revamped, and much more! 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 : Intro, 2026 games hype, FF7 Rebirth hits Xbox. 00:19:00 : Blizzard over-hated? Fallout S2 thoughts. 00:50:00 : Obsidian post-mortem. PlayStation clones Dauntless? 01:30:00 : Xbox next-gen in 2027? Baldur's Gate HBO show. 03:10:00 : Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Hey gang! Jez and Rand are back with another XB2 Podcast! This week, we talk Final Fantasy 7 hitting Xbox, GDC survey drama, AI battering gaming stocks including Take Two (in the year of GTA 6 wtf?). We talk Highguard and "toxic empathy," and the future of Xbox hardware. 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00: Intro, FF7 hits Xbox / Switch. Gaming stocks get battered.00:42:00: GTA 6, physical media, Xbox dead ... AGAIN?! 01:16:00: Highguard drama, competitive shooters market, Xbox financials.02:20:00: Media and dev trends, the future of Xbox hardware.03:16:00: Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RAND IS BACK! This week, we talk Xbox Dev Direct, Fable and Forza Horizon 6 reactions, Ubisoft imploding, and much more. 🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00: Rand returns! Industry layoffs, AI bubble. 00:35:00: Playground Games, Xbox exclusivity and strategy, Halo's future. 01:28:00: Xbox Developer_Direct discussion, Forza, Fable. 02:05:00: Kiln, XboxTax + Nintendo rebate? In-game ads coming? 02:50:00: Next-gen Xbox and PS6 delayed? Call of Duty cooked? 03:35:00: Ubisoft in omni-crisis. Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Jez for another Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we discuss questions from the audience, analyse the near-term future of gaming, disruption from AI, and much more. Thanks to everyone for your support during this solo show stint, as Rand continues to deal with family matters. <3 🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Jez flies solo again as Rand deals with a family tragedy. This week, we talk rumors about the Xbox January Direct, we discuss Jez's preview of Xbox's 2026, and also debate Xbox's hardware future. 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aired first December 30, 2025 on Patreon.com/XB2! 🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Hey gang, here's our final XB2+1 of 2025! Talking Xbox's 2025, and 2026 with Parris Lilly of GamerTag Radio and Kinda Funny fame. Follow Parris Lilly on X: ⁠@vicious696⁠ We talk about our favorite games from 2025, what Xbox needs to do in 2026, and wrap up with some optimism for where things are headed. NOTE: Apologies for my mic quality, I had the wrong mic selected in OBS. It should be listenable though ... ! 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Jez goes solo as Rand's mic unexpectedly dies at the start of the show! We take questions from the audience, talk Xbox in 2026, rumors of the consoles being delayed due to the RAM price explosion, and much more! 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Jez and Rand return for another week of Xboxxy news! We talk Larian AI drama, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo November sales apocalypse, the future of Starfield, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls, Xbox Developer Direct rumors, and much more! 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00: Intro, The Game Awards recapped. Diablo 4: Paladin gameplay, Fallout hype. 00:23:00: Call of Duty sales slump, Star Wars and BioWare rumors. Tomb Raider remakes, Resident Evil strategy, Divinity, GTA 6 delayed again?00:54:00: Tim Cain returns to Obsidian, Starfield "2.0," Xbox Wrapped missing. November sales apocalypse.01:33:00: Xbox Developer Direct, Naughty Dog gets crunch back. Square Enix loves Xbox.02:25:00: Halo original trilogy remake, AI in gaming controversy.03:08:00: Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠http://www.surfshark.com/XB2⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad It's time for another Xbox Two Podcast! Jez is out this week, but Rand is joined by Colt to recap The Game Awards fun from this week. Talking all the major reveals, Xbox Dev Direct, Call of Duty moving away from back-to-back themes, Black Friday drama, and more! TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00: Intro, Xbox 25th anniversary.00:25:00: The Game Awards 2025!02:20:00: Xbox gets a Developer Direct, Call of Duty announcements, Black Friday results.02:44:00: Dead Space is dead. AMD next-gen features, Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠http://www.surfshark.net/XB2⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Jez and Rand gear up for another week of Xbox and gaming news. The hype cycle for The Game Awards is setting in, we talk statues, Netflix to buy Warner Bros.?! The rumor of PlayStation grabbing Steam, and also BREAKFAST CEREAL! 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 : Intro, delicious cereal, Netflix to acquire Warner Bros?! 01:00:00 : Tim Cain rejoins Obsidian, Blizzard news, TGA predictions. 01:35:00 : Mike Ybarra doesn't like Xbox, Xbox moving to Vietnam. 02:20:00 : RAM pricepocalypse, Steam on PlayStation?! Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! http://surfshark.net/XB2 | 100% log free VPN! #Sponsor 💚 (AIRED FIRST ON PATREON.COM/XB2) 💚 Our THIRD ever developer interview is here! We talk to TOMAS SALA of The Falconeer / Bulwark fame, all about his experiences with Xbox, Game Pass, the state of indie development, and much more! CHECK OUT THE FALCONEER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PvZG9jJn-A THE FALCONEER ON XBOX: https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/store/the-falconeer-warrior-edition/9ND0B59CX4X1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠http://www.surfshark.net/XB2⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad Jez and Rand check in for a rare Monday post-Thanksgiving show! We talk rumors around The Game Awards, THAT STATUE, Xbox 360's 20th anniversary, and more! 💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&A sessions, and more. 💚 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00: Intro, Black Friday muted, Xbox sales and ABK games when 00:45:00: Cyberpunk 2077 and gaming TV show success, Xbox in 2026. 01:15:00: Activision games in Game Pass, GOTY 2026 noms. 02:25:00: Patreon Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rand and Jez return with another Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we talk the Xbox Partner Preview event, The Game Awards nominees, Battlefield beating out Call of Duty in first weekend sales, and much more. 🦈 Get Surfshark 80% OFF! ⁠http://www.surfshark.net/XB2⁠ | 100% log free VPN! #ad💚 Support us and go AD-FREE on http://Patreon.com/XB2! Extra shows, Q&As, and more. TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00: Intro, Silent Hill 2 hits Xbox. Battlefield 6 vs. Black Ops 7.00:50:00: ANOTHER Xbox price increase? Resetera hates Jez. Steam Machine price?01:20:00: Next-gen Xbox release date expectations, Ubisoft is doing well?01:50:00: Xbox Partner Preview thoughts, Sarah Bond comments on hardware.02:15:00: Xbox Goon Pass, The Game Awards thoughts.02:48:00: Patreon Q&A topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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