Defining Duke, Episode 202 | Xbox Is Done Hiding It - No More Exclusives?

Today's main topic would have set the internet on fire earlier this year. Xbox's complete admission of a mutli-platform push, delayed handheld and mobile plans, as well as a desire to acquire more studios? Team Green is typically in a meltdown state by this point, but this time around, the news was met with indifference. Why is that the case? Well, for one, many who paid close attention to Xbox's actions, or even lack of action, knew that all this was inevitable. Xbox is seemingly abandoning its exclusive games initiative as Phil Spencer has stated there isn't a red line for quite literally any first party game in its stable. The Dukes break down his comments alongside the third party scene to see if there is any vindication for the Xbox leader's words earlier this year. Long anticipated was a Xbox handheld, but with Phil confirming that it's years out, where will this leave Xbox if they are the last to enter the ring as a handheld competitor? Steam, Logitech, Nintendo, PlayStation, ASUS, and so many others have brought their own ideas to the market with varying degrees of reception. Can Xbox succeed in an inevitably saturated market where players have already made their choice by the point they show up? The Dukes hash it out! Plus a deep dive into Indiana Jones's new gameplay, Halo 2's famous E3 demo is now playable, OG voice actors are returning for Gears E-Day, and so much more in one of our biggest episodes of the year!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:57 - Health Is Wealth

0:15:25 - Game Dev Talk

0:20:06 - John Dimaggio and Carlos Ferro are returning for Gears Of Way E-Day to voice Dom and Marcus

0:22:14 - The Halo 2 E3 2003 demo

0:25:32 - Death Stranding is now available on Xbox

0:31:44 - Indiana Jones & The Great Circle gameplay deep dive

0:39:29 - South Of Midnight previews are out

0:46:22 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 has gone gold

0:56:20 - Phil Spencer on future Fallout games

1:05:14 - Black Ops 6 is collabing with Halo, Gears, and DOOM?

1:07:04 - Spyro Reignited Trilogy is now available in Xbox Game Pass

1:07:37 - Warner Bros is plummeting

1:15:29 - GOG announces game preservation program

1:21:30 - SEGA is delisting a ton of retro classics

1:27:38 - 2K opens up on future games lineup

1:32:54 - GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition gets a surprise update

1:34:28 - Tom Henderson’s report on Ubisoft’s Project U

1:39:23 - Sea Of Stars gets a massive free update

1:46:28 - Hideaki Itsuno joins Tencent

1:52:17 - Why exactly did Konami choose MGS3 for a remake?

1:55:24 - A Mass Effect TV series is in development at Amazon

2:05:41 - What We’re Playing

2:53:16 - Phil Spencer tells all in an interview with Bloomberg

3:39:05 - Bethesda goes on strike

3:46:14 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week