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Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast · August 2 · 3 hr 48 min

#291 | We played Gears Of War E-Day EARLY...

Ah, like the good ol' days! It's time to talk a lot of Halo and Gears. Interestingly, one franchise has handled the baton pass much better than the other. Timestamps: Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00 - Intro 13:03 - Most Anticipated Games for the year 20:52 - Why do people care about Bethesda? 30:25 - The great Xbox outage 1:00:32 - Rebs Gaming on future of Halo 1:27:51 - Xbox optimizing download speeds 1:30:58 - Xbox’s gamescom plans 1:33:40 - The layoffs have begun at Double Fine 1:42:33 - Avatar Legends suddenly delayed on Xbox 1:49:26 - Stalker 2’s first expansion has a date 1:51:25 - Dragon Age Remasters dream is dead 2:03:12 - A new Cyberpunk game has leaked 2:07:03 - Looking Ahead At Game Releases - August 2026 2:13:08 - What We’re Playing 2:32:11 - Gears Of War E-Day 3:04:12 - Xbox’s ad supported game streaming has arrived 3:22:21 - Fable’s release date snag 3:37:09 - Wrap up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ah, like the good ol' days! It's time to talk a lot of Halo and Gears. Interestingly, one franchise has handled the baton pass much better than the other.


Timestamps:


Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.
0:00 - Intro
13:03 - Most Anticipated Games for the year
20:52 - Why do people care about Bethesda?
30:25 - The great Xbox outage
1:00:32 - Rebs Gaming on future of Halo
1:27:51 - Xbox optimizing download speeds
1:30:58 - Xbox’s gamescom plans
1:33:40 - The layoffs have begun at Double Fine
1:42:33 - Avatar Legends suddenly delayed on Xbox
1:49:26 - Stalker 2’s first expansion has a date
1:51:25 - Dragon Age Remasters dream is dead
2:03:12 - A new Cyberpunk game has leaked
2:07:03 - Looking Ahead At Game Releases - August 2026
2:13:08 - What We’re Playing
2:32:11 - Gears Of War E-Day
3:04:12 - Xbox’s ad supported game streaming has arrived
3:22:21 - Fable’s release date snag
3:37:09 - Wrap up

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