The XboxCast

It's all happening! The Series S, pre-orders, and even the New Xbox Experience!    What do we think of all this news? You'll just have to listen to find out. For some fun, we take apart the specs of the Series S and Series X, and what they mean. We cover the new Xbox dashboard now that it is out, all our thoughts and critiques. And of course, we have normal gaming news. News like EA Play coming to...

How can you not be distracted with the Xbox Series S?  But we're here to talk games!   Lee rages on the streets, but at work! Streets of Rage 4 and The Division keep him busy this week.  Kyle tries to survive in Don't Starve: Giant Edition, and finds it really hard! So of course, he sets fire to a forest and has to run away from hunted trees...    Look at our very pretty new all-in-one social medi...

All the Xbox news dropped while we were recording.  So please excuse our flapping as we get extremely excited.    The Series X and the Series S are now official - price, specs, release date and even a pre-order date! Its all finally happening! And we're super, duper, ultra-excited. Will you be pre-ordering the Series S or Series X on September 22nd?  In other news, do you remember The Rise of The...

This is it. The wrap up for our August challenge.    We could have known that Lee wouldn't finish The Witcher 3, but will he continue playing it? And how much different can Nier: Automata be between its legendary playthroughs?  And of course, we got completely distracted with other games...   Tell us what game you played for #backToYourBacklogII in our Discord ! And look at our very pretty new all...

We all want chainsaws for arms, but don't put them on your head.  That would just look silly.    We now have a newsletter! And you can sign up to be part of our beta testers. Or alpha users. Or founding members... Whatever you call it, you're welcome to come help us test it out. How do you sign up? You'll have to join our Discord for that...    Did you know Gamescom 2020 happened? We didn't. And w...

Jump over this side, go over the other side, and then fight yourself...  Just your average day in Lee's Witcher 3 adventures!    With the month almost over, we're still plugging away with our Back to Your Backlog II games. When we're not getting distracted by Forza. Or Destiny. Or life!  Lee finally gets to kill 10 rats, and now his experience is complete. Kyle is still loving Neir: Automata, and...

We're not lazy! We're efficient!    Apple and Fortnite's fight interests Lee way too much, so we dive into why the Unreal Engine can't be banned from a platform and what it means. The Xbox HotChips event has given us a lot of info to dig around in, and what everyone is taking away is the expected price increase. And the Series S specs get 'leaked' again...  We also hear that Halo Infinite is now c...

Lets talk Hyper Scape! The brand-new Battle Royale game from Ubisoft.  What do we think? Should you play it? Is worth installing?    Or does it leave you feeling less hyper than others?    The Xboxcast streams every recording on Twitch on Tuesdays at 7PM New Zealand Time. If you want to join in on all the background fun, join us then!   -- If you liked this episode, don't feel ashamed. Rather, joi...

Just get on with it!    Halo Infinite is delayed until next year, and this is a good thing. Just trust us on this... Because now we can get another version of GTA V for our toasters instead! Xbox has over 2,000 indie games being optimised for the Series X, so there will be more than enough games on launch day. What day is launch day? We think we know.    Flight Simulator takes off, and its a welco...

#GameFace! Bytes goes over our latest community challenge - Back To Your Backlog II: Start Me Up   Lee has decided to try get through The Witcher 3 in a month, which looking back might not be the best choice. Did you know how convoluted the controls are? They seem to be giving Lee a bit of a hard time...  Simone decided on a much easier game - BioShock Remastered. As if going deep under water wasn...

With great technical difficulties, comes great humor. We hope...    Kyle and Lee are Zoom-y bois again this episode as they go over all the news from the past week. Lee decides its time to talk about that-which-shall-not-be-named and goes over the State of Play showcase. Microsoft confirms that Xbox Live is here to stay with a wink and a nudge. Rockstar showed us Grand Theft Auto V again, this tim...

Introducing #GameFace! Bytes! A brand-new limited run series from The Xboxcast. Every week we take one game and talk about it in this short form review-come-story format.   It's the #GameFace! you know and love, just condensed. Just like milk - it's best when it's condensed milk...    This week we review Grounded - the brand new game from Rare.  From building to bugs, we discuss our pro's, cons an...

Have you ever seen a ghost with a beard?  Well neither have we, and that is super suspicious...    We're moving back to weekly news! Partly because some schedules have changed, but mostly due to Lee's complaining. You're welcome Lee. And you're welcome to enjoy all the news we have missed in the past two weeks, including Xbox 20/20! Listen now to find out all our thoughts on what was announced and...

Don't you just hate when moon lizards ruin your day?  We do too...    In this episode, Kyle and Lee discuss the Series X game cases, and come away unimpressed. Seriously, its like the cases are made by a marketing team who don't even play games! The reviews for Watchdogs: Legion have left us worried about the state of the game, but at least we got WatchDogs 2 for free... No Man's Sky gets an updat...

Foursquare? Smart watches? Getting to work late?  These aren't games!    A lot of No Man's Sky gets played by Kyle and Lee and Simone goes back to being a cowboy in Red Dead Online. We sympathise with Kings all over the world thanks to Age of Empires and all it's bugs...   And find out about Adam and Eve's pet emo.    -- If you liked this episode, don't feel ashamed. Rather, join the dozens of oth...

  Get ready for Lee to blow your mind!  Just in general though, nothing too specific.    Microsoft is closing its stores, Facebook will not come to Xbox and we start gearing up for the Xbox July reveal! And we look at a great concept box for the Series X. You can't see it, but it looks really good. You'll just have to take our word for it.    Kyle struggles to pronounce all the new game names. So...

Months, secret feet and Pinterest? What even is going on?    With June ending, we wrap up #back2YourBacklog and go over how we didn't actually go back to our backlogs. Lee gave up on Jedi Fallen Order, Kyle went to Mass Effect and has still not completed it, Producer Paul actually played a game and Simone played 3 back log games! I think she is winning...   When was the last time you were faced wi...

After the Mixer shake up, we're excited to move to Twitch!  Follow us there to catch all our podcast recordings and other fun things. We'll be doing another 100 follower celebration when we hit that mark.    Join us as we take a deep dive into Mixer's demise and what the causes could be, along with all the news and new games that are coming this week. Brawlhalla returns to our game play chart, EA...

  Have you managed to stick with your #back2YourBacklog challenge?  Or are you as distracted as we've been?    Simone has changed her backlog game, Kyle has changed his backlog game and even Lee has... stuck with game he said he'd play! In a rare twist of events, Lee is the one keeping on track while Kyle and Simone have veered off on different tangents.    Just what games are distracting us this...

  Old games looking even better than before - thats the promise of the Series X.  And from what we've seen, it sure looks like it delivers on that promise!    From Xbox sales, to Game Play charts, to the new Store coming to Xbox consoles - we cover the past fortnight in Xbox news. A new Destiny 2 trailer has us thinking about going back even! Lee even breaks down what Smart Delivery is and how you...

Welcome to June! And welcome to an excuse to jump back into your backlog!  You're welcome.    June is our #back2YourBacklog month - a month where we play games that we started and have not finished. You're invited to join us as we explore games we have forgotten, challenge yourself to finish them with us, and reduce our collective backlogs by at least one!    Simone is undecided about Star Wars: B...

  Xbox buying Konami? At least that's the latest rumor...    We expected more movement on the game play charts, but it remains underwhelming. Mafia: Definitive Edition stumbles on the One X, and Ubisoft is absolutely killing it this generation with 6 franchises reaching over 10 million copies sold.  We also cover all the games being optimised for the Series X! It's getting so close, we can taste i...

  #GameFace! has a special announcement this week!  The announcement of our Community Event Calendar. Or what we like to call our Community Calendar.    We now have one place where you can see everything we have planned for the year. So check it out on our Patreon Page and join in all the events.    And now, onto the games...  Lee has decided to play ALL the games... Again! From racing cars, to su...

Real news by real people. Thats our guarantee!   Join Kyle and Lee as they discuss every single game that was shown off on Inside Xbox. Xbox Live and Game Pass numbers get revealed Star Wars Battlefront 2 gets a fantastic update, XCloud is coming to Game Pass and we even take a shallow dive into the history of Assassin's Creed Valhalla.    We even cover Microsoft's plans to build an Azure Data Cen...

Well guys, it looks like #AprilAchievementChallenge has concluded. And this so happens to be our 150th Episode!    This means that there are over 300 hours of us out on the internet... How exciting! For our 15oth episode, we highlight those that believed in us from the get go - From Jeremy being our very first Patron, to having Noel be our awesome Mod. Its been fantastic having you guys around as...