Rand & Jez

The XB2 — An Xbox & Gaming Podcast

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The world's best Xbox and gaming podcast is here: The XB2. 😎 Connect with us at TheXB2.com , for YouTube, Discord, Patreon, and much more. Also known as The Xbox Two, we're an Xbox-first gaming podcast featuring "The Xbox Two!" We're two Xbox lifers and industry analysts, Jez Corden of WindowsCentral.com and YouTuber Rand Al Thor 19. Every Friday, we discuss the week's gaming news, share exclusive information, and offer unique insights, with some good humor along the way.

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Episodes

Xbox One sales decline, Gears 5, is the console war over? 23.07.2019 2:10:55

Join Rand and Jez for another Xbox Two show! This week, we talk about the Xbox sales decline in the end-of-year financials, Gears 5 Versus Tech Test and the "controversial" smoking "ban," and the evolution of the console war. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PS5 vs. Scarlett games, Xbox and "hardcore" gamers, Alan Wake and Remedy 04.07.2019 2:02:14

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we talk about Scarlett's potential games lineup vs. the PS5, whether or not Xbox cares about "hardcore" gamers, Alan Wake reverting back to Remedy Entertainment, and Gamer Girl bath water (??!!!) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Xbox E3 2019 Review, Xbox Project Scarlett vs PS5, Xbox Lockhart Gone? 21.06.2019 2:54:40

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we reflect on the ups and downs of Xbox E3 2019, Scarlett's power vs. the PlayStation 5, the "death" of Lockhart, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox E3 2019 HYPE! Xbox Gamertag changes, 3 New Xbox IP at E3, and more! 06.06.2019 2:20:10

Join Jez and Rand for another uber fun Xbox E3 show! The last podcast before E3, we look at all the latest rumors, the "14 XGS games" on the way, and some changes coming to Gamertags! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox E3 2019 Preview, all Xbox exclusives going to Steam, Xbox Game Pass for PC 31.05.2019 2:14:35

Join Jez and Rand for a big E3 pre-show! This week, we talk Xbox games hitting Steam, Xbox Game Pass for PC, and all of our E3 predictions! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox E3 2019 "Leaks," Sony and Microsoft Partnership, is console gaming niche? 24.05.2019 2:01:20

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we hear more about E3 "leaks," Sony and Microsoft's big Azure partnership, and Sony's comments on console gaming being "niche." And much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Splinter Cell teaser (trololo), RAGE 2, Gears 5 info, importance of Xbox E3 2019 16.05.2019 2:18:05

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss RAGE 2 and Plague Tale: Innocence, as well as the importance of E3, some Splinter Cell trolling, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Borderlands 3 "microtransactions," Xbox and Crytek rumors, next-gen secret sauce? 04.05.2019 2:00:00

Join Rand and Jez for another Xbox Two podcast! This week, we discuss the Borderlands 3 microtransaction "drama," Crytek and other Xbox purchase "rumors," next-gen consoles "secret sauce" ... there's a lot of "stuff" in this podcast, my dudes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox "Anaconda" vs. PS5 power, Xbox's IP dedication, game dev crunch 26.04.2019 2:12:40

Join Rand and Jez for another Xbox Two Podcast! This week, we talk about Xbox "leaks", Xbox Anaconda's power vs. PlayStation 5, Xbox's dedication to its IP, harsh developer working conditions, and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox One S All Digital Edition, PS5 officially revealed, Phil Spencer talks E3 2019 22.04.2019 2:08:36

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week we talk about the new all-digital Xbox One, the PlayStation 5, comments on E3 2019, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox E3 2019 "leaks," Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Does Sekiro need easy mode? 14.04.2019 2:28:25

**NOTE: Apologies for the clicking sound on this episode, they should be gone in the next one!!** Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss the latest Xbox E3 2019 "leaks," the rumoured Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, the debate over Sekiro's difficulty, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about y...

Google Stadia streaming: Should Microsoft's Project xCloud be worried? 24.03.2019 1:49:25

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two podcast! This week, we discuss Google's Stadia streaming platform, Epic Games vs. The World, streaming in general, and the future of gaming. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Halo MCC on PC and Steam, Xbox Live coming to mobile, Project xCloud "demo" 15.03.2019 2:14:21

Join Jez and Rand for another *almost) weekly Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss Halo MCC hitting PC and Steam, Xbox Live coming to mobile devices, Microsoft's Project xCloud hopes, The Division 2, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox hardware isn't going away, Anthem problems, Halo MCC on PC? 09.03.2019 2:03:10

Jez and Rand discuss Anthem and its nightmare bugs, the future of Xbox hardware and how Project xCloud could affect things, and could Halo MCC really be coming to PC? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox Game Pass on Switch? Xbox next-gen revealed at E3 2019? Anthem thoughts, and more! 24.02.2019 2:02:01

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! Could Xbox Game Pass come to Nintendo Switch? Will the next-gen Xbox console hardware be revealed at E3 2019? Is Anthem as bad as people say? And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crackdown 3, Anthem, Metro Exodus, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox First Party Future 17.02.2019 1:55:56

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss Metro Exodus, Far Cry New Dawn, Anthem, and of course, Crackdown 3. We also discuss Xbox Game Pass and what it means for the future of Xbox first party games, and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox Game Studios, Apex Legends, Xbox games on Nintendo Switch?! 09.02.2019 2:08:30

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we talk about Apex Legends, Xbox's new cross-platform SDK and what that means for Nintendo Switch and mobile, the Xbox Game Studios rebrand, and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Latest Xbox next-gen rumors, Resident Evil 2, EA kills its Star Wars game 28.01.2019 2:11:09

Join Jez and Rand for another belated Xbox Two show! This week we discuss the latest Xbox next-gen rumors, the monumental awesomeness that is Resident Evil 2, EA murdering its Star Wars project (AGAIN), and more Activision shenanigans. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox in 2019, more devs ditch Steam, Bungie ditches Activision, and more! 12.01.2019 2:22:16

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two podcast! This week we talk Randy Pitchford's lawsuit, Bungie quitting Activision, our Christmas gaming experiences, Xbox's 2019 future, devs ditching Steam, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Next-gen Xbox 'Anaconda' and 'Lockhart,' PS4 games on other devices, wrapping up 2018 22.12.2018 2:06:49

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! We begin wrapping up 2018 with more next-gen Xbox rumors, we discuss PlayStation Now and xCloud streaming future, Rand offers his thoughts on Below, and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Game Awards, Epic vs. Steam, Xbox Game Pass "on every device"? 14.12.2018 2:17:25

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss The Game Awards, the battle between Epic Games and Steam, Xbox Game Pass hitting "every device" and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jez is LATE, Podcast 76, Xbox studios with unlimited budgets? 05.12.2018 2:05:51

Join Jez and Rand for a buggy 76th podcast episode! This week, we talk Fallout 76 drama, Xbox studios with UNLIMITED budgets, and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PlayStation skips E3 2019, Fallout 76 fall out, discless Xbox One? 24.11.2018 1:57:49

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss PlayStation quitting E3 2019, Fallout 76 review bombs, Battlefield V, a discless Xbox One, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox X018 reactions, Crackdown 3 hands-on impressions, Obsidian and InXile join Xbox 12.11.2018 1:53:56

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we discuss X018, Microsoft's new studio acquisitions, Crackdown 3, Battlefield V, and much, much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Xbox X018 Overhyped? Red Dead Redemption 2, xCloud mobile controllers, and more! 02.11.2018 2:03:45

Join Jez and Rand for another Xbox Two show! This week, we gush over Red Dead Redemption 2, discuss Call of Duty Black Ops 4's microtransactions, xCloud's usability on mobile devices, and is XO18 being overhyped? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xb2/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices