The XboxCast

We have names for stuff and things.  Yes we do...    By the time you listen to this, it's more like old news... Not much we can do about that really. Unless of course you join us on Twitch! Live streaming directly to your face every Tuesday night at 8 PM New Zealand time!   This week, we talk all about the EU approving the Bethesda/Zenimax buy out buy out by Xbox. What does it mean? What will happ...

GameFace! Bytes is back and ready to tell you all about the Outriders demo.    What we like, what we don't. How far we got, where we stopped and what we did. And everything in-between... What do we really think of this game from our first few hours with it, and will we be buying it?  Find out all the answers now!    We're still wrapping our head around podcasting remotely and internationally, so t...

Three. Meter. Pizza!  And wobbling home...    The gameplay charts are looking flat. Come on guys, play something else! Anything else. We don't care and won't even mind. We  go over all the new games coming to Xbox Series X as shown off by Playstation. Talk about the March Xbox event and even look back on the Series X and S myths that turned out to be true.    Then, prepare your inner 13-year old b...

It's the Lee and Paul take over episode you've been waiting for!  Kinda...    Join Lee, Producer Paul and Kyle as they go over the news from the past week.  No Man's Sky goes Pokémon with the pet update. Metro Exodus shows how powerful the little Series S really is. And is Xbox going to buy Kojima Studios? Some people think so...    Crazy Taxi is back! But not really. There a new game called Taxi...

What do you want to see from Xbox in 2021?  Join us for all our hopes, dreams, and predictions for Xbox in 2021!    We are back from our hiatus and we come bearing all the news. Like so much! Lee tries to catch us up with what's been happening over the last 2 months. And does a stellar job of it. Much like Xbox setting a world record to project Destiny 2 onto a mountain side.   Kyle keeps things b...

It's finally here! The episode you've been waiting for!  The Xboxcast Game Awards 2020.    From getting over 5,000 downloads this year to the best music in a game, we celebrate everything Xboxcast and beyond.  Thank you, guys, for listening and joining us on this journey.    Have a great Christmas and a happy New Years!     -- If you liked this episode, don't feel ashamed. Rather, join the dozens...

We're having a giveaway!  Make sure you check Twitter to enter. And follow us on Twitch too.    Cyberpunk 2077 is out and enters our charts, bugs and all. Gears 5 Hivebusters is labelled as the future of Gears! And we're upgrading our comfy zone with the Couch Console! Actually, we're super impressed and since Christmas is coming up, we may have our gifts sorted...   Let's get our chocolate and pr...

Hello Cyberpunk Day!  And Destiny 2 getting an update too. Oh my!    Cyberpunk is almost here, and our excitement can only be contained by 'getting sick'. The hype is real. Can you feel it yet?    We're getting ready for our Game Awards, and you can come along. Nominating on Discord is closing soon, so get onto that. Voting will open this weekend! And we're giving away 12 months of Game Pass Ultim...

After our epic lecture about monkeys, we have a podcast for you.    Twelve days of Christmas is here, and we have the first challenge. Assassin's Creed gets updates making it even better, Xbox gets an update and Control finally comes to Xbox Game Pass! Its only taken 1 year! Woo! Can you feel our excitement?    We're getting ready for our Game Awards, and we are inviting you to have your say. How?...

How much Star Wars can we fit into a podcast about Xbox?  Listen now to find out!    Xbox Black Friday sales have begun, there's easy gamer score to be had and Xbox 360 launched 15 years ago! So much news to be had. But let's not get distracted with the news, lets focus on Star Wars! Have you heard about Star Wars? It's this new thing we're watching, and it seems fairly good. And somehow X-Files a...

Two weeks with the Series X. And we have been playing ALL the games!    Loading times don't exist, so why not start every single game you have downloadeed? That seems to the theme here... Also, we have a bingo/drinking game for you to play while you listen!    From Jedi: Fallen Order and lightsabers, to racing around in Forza, to shooting grubs in the face in Gears 5, we jump from game, to game, t...

Introducing our newest challenge - 12 Days of Christmas!  It's not really ours. It's True Achievements. But hey, let's all jump in and have some fun!    One Week with the Xbox Series X. These are our thoughts.  Along with all the normal news you've come to expect from us. And boy, do we have news! So much news just for you. It's almost impossible to remember all this news. So, you'll just have to...

Next Gen is officially here! Welcome to the world Xbox Series X and S!   To celebrate the launch of Next Gen, we podcast with a real-life Series X sitting on the table! And we haven't even unwrapped it yet. And then we decided to do an unboxing, live on stream. So join in on all the launch day fun.    In this episode we answer the question "Why buy an Xbox Series console?".    -- If you liked this...

We're political commentators now! But not really. We still have no idea what we're talking about.    Xbox Series will be the only consoles with full RDNA2 as confirmed by AMD. But what does this mean? We try explaining it, poorly. Xbox makes a fridge and I want one! We're getting closer to the Series X and S launch just as more countries go back into lockdown, making picking up a new console rathe...

EA Play in GamePass is all the rage this week...  And we have a list!    All the news was provided by TrueAchievements thanks to Lee's laziness... We blame it on Lee going on holiday. Star Wars Episode 1 Racer is back and better than ever!  CyberPunk 2077 has been delayed again. And Gears 5 is getting DLC for the Series X launch!    Move maps around in Cato, live your kung-fu fantasies in Cobra Ka...

We're so close to the end, we can taste it!    It's official - Lee has given up on Resident Evil and continues to drive in circles. This time in Forza 6 and Forza 7, just add some variety, and keep things fresh. As for Kyle... Well, he has taken #terrorTober way to seriously. Finishing Blair Witch, horde mode in State of Decay 2, completing AfterParty and then finishing the story of Halo: Reach wi...

There is a pile of something coming out...    It looks like bad news for Star Wars: Squadrons as it drops by twenty places in our weekly game play charts. Colour us surprised. But not really.  Which game are you looking to playing on the Series X when it arrives? We have a list of Series X optimised games, 31 games so far! Time to get seriously hyped!    Doom: Eternal gets its first DLC in The Anc...

You can now play Skyrim on a toaster. Because playing Skyrim on your fridge is so 2019...    Forza 7 blazes onto the charts thanks to coming to GamePass. And of course, Lee gets sucked into driving around in circles again. Microsoft shows off the super impressive auto HDR coming to old gen games on the Series X. Oh, and we have a growing list of games that run at 120 FPS on the new beast.    This...

We're almost halfway through #terrorTober and its now time to figure out our lives.    Lee actually starts Resident Evil VII and has to Google how to kill zombies. Spoiler alert: you shoot them in the head. This is why you shouldn't play games with your eyes closed. We even have an update from Producer Paul! He is playing DOOM (2016). As if that's not enough, he is playing on Nightmare difficulty...

Let's all clap together! Clapping for our Patreons!    EA Play is coming to GamePass for the Series X launch and we finally get to play The Sims! We are beyond excited for this. GamePass continues to be the best thing to happen to gaming. More news is arriving about the benefits of Xbox and cross-gen saves, including Smart Delivery and free Series X upgrades. And hold the phone - Apple TV+ is comi...

It's that time of the year again!  Scary games abound, along with a special Discord only challenge!  Wondering how it all works? Jump into our Discord to find out.    Oh, and don't forget - scary games are a must during this scary month of October. Follow along and tell us what you've been playing using the #terrorTober hashtag on social media! Kyle is playing OxenFree and Lee decides to jump into...

We have some announcements!    Join us as we kick off #terrorTober in October. And for the first time ever, we're running two challenges at the same time!  For all our fans on Discord, we're doing our own version of GTASC. Two teams, a massive amount of achievements and one winner!    From the best horror games on Xbox to the biggest update to No Man's Sky - we have news for everyone. Series X get...

Time to shake some fists at Forza Horizon 4!  Can you believe they have censored some songs?    Kyle Golf's with some friends, while Lee tries to build a house with no walls in Ark: Survival Evolved. Then Lee decides to spend a few hours trying to walk up a hill in Tom Clancy's Breakpoint. At least Kyle stays sensible with his golfing friends.    -- If you liked this episode, don't feel ashamed. R...

Who would have thought throwing money at Microsoft was so hard?    Join us as we regale our pre-order stories - who got a new Xbox, who almost missed out and who didn't even bother. Did you get a new Xbox? Which one did you get?    In the most shocking and disruptive gaming news in forever, Microsoft has bought Zenimax Media, and by extension Bethesda! From "having no games" to having "all the gam...

Lee does not play Metro Exodus in this episode.    Fighting games are the name of the game, kinda. Lee plays all the fighting games - Tekken 7, Super Street Fighter IV - and not any Metro Exodus. So do not listen if you want any Metro Exodus stories. We have none. Meanwhile Kyle is obsessed with Gears 5 again, thanks to the great Game Pass perks that give you 30 days of boost!    The Xboxcast stre...