Defining Duke, Episode 264 | Our Thoughts On Xbox's Developer_Direct 2026... - Did It Deliver?!
Added 2026-01-23 02:23:50 +0000 UTCEverything from Forza Horizon 6 and Kiln to Beast Of Reincarnation and Fable was shown off here! While the other games made their own noise, the Dukes (including Gene Park) were most captured by Fable. Judging by the noise online, so were many, many other people. For the first time in a long time, it feels like Xbox has a broadly appealing hit on their hands. Playground Games showed off everything from combat and choices to the economic and social simulation elements that always made Fable such a joy to play. With this comes the new introduction of "Living Population" where 1,000 NPCs all have their own hobbies, schedules, voice actors, and conversations. This is all designed to bring to life the replacement for Fable's famous morality system in the form of a reputation system that is similar to what is seen in Fable 3. Are there any snags for the Dukes with these changes? What has us most hyped? It's time to dive into what is now one of the most anticipated games of 2026.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:12:57 - Forza Horizon 6
0:20:04 - Beast Of Reincarnation
0:29:07 - Kiln
0:39:05 - Fable
1:30:56 - Ubisoft undergoes massive shakeup
1:43:10 - Fallout TV show thoughts so far
2:22:05 - What We're Playing
Comments
Spoilers for Breaking Bad 😆. You are the man Gene!
Glen Yelenovic
2026-01-27 14:40:15 +0000 UTC2:30:10 ninja gaiden foreskin
TheWubbz
2026-01-26 22:07:40 +0000 UTCMatty im surprised you’d interact with tk matis, for the longest time that dude threw around the weirdest baseless accusations at oxhorn, from racism to sexism and everything in between And if I knew someone who threw around stuff like that, I wouldn’t interact with them at all
Captain Bon Clay
2026-01-26 16:43:14 +0000 UTCHe’s not the brightest the world has to offer.
Cosmo Kramer’s Skinny Jeans
2026-01-26 04:19:19 +0000 UTCNo idea how matty has missed the q in Requiem being the 9 to spell RE9.
Ross Stoddart
2026-01-24 21:23:42 +0000 UTCMatty! How have you not seen the #9 in the title of Requiem? That’s odd because it’s pretty blatant in the advertising. (Re9uiem)
ThreeEyedCyclops
2026-01-24 20:40:49 +0000 UTCAs someone who has never owned an Xbox, I cannot wait for Fable, but I’ve really been waiting for Starfield. I truly cannot wait to play that cool-ass NASA Punk game.
ThreeEyedCyclops
2026-01-24 20:18:07 +0000 UTC#DDHorns-y as someone who never played the original I absolutely loved RE3 remake, but it seems pretty unanimous online that the original is way better and the remake is very bad. Again, I loved it so I don't really understand why it gets so much hate, but I think most people would tell you play the original
Zac
2026-01-24 14:37:33 +0000 UTCFable 3 is my favorite of all time and this sounds like that without loading screens
Yeti ATL
2026-01-24 14:02:29 +0000 UTCNo pregnancy
Yeti ATL
2026-01-24 12:45:42 +0000 UTCWait how tf is having a kid going to work in Fable if you play as a woman? You gonna carry that kid around for 9 months while you do combat ?
Anthony Palerino
2026-01-23 23:28:17 +0000 UTC“They all look like Millennial chungus” - Gene Park on Fable art-style. All the love to Gene, a necessary voice in gaming ❤️
Anthony Palerino
2026-01-23 22:55:35 +0000 UTCSending all the love to Gene ❤️❤️
Breno Bezerra Bluhm
2026-01-23 16:03:51 +0000 UTCThey post up a thread to ask questions 3-4 days before an episode just keep an eye out . Also need to be a certain tier on patreon to ask bud
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
2026-01-23 15:58:01 +0000 UTCCould someone please fill me in on how to submit a question to the dukes? Been looking for the Q&A section and can’t find it.
SPATARTAN
2026-01-23 15:54:49 +0000 UTC
