The XboxCast

It's the news that you care that we care about. If that's confusing, it's your fault.  And because of it, Lee is peaking duck.    Lee's circle light turned up, so he's ready to start his makeup channel. Let's all support his new hobby! It's going to be lit. Or what about making up his cat? It will probably be better to watch TBH.    The Xbox chart is frustratingly static over the past few weeks. S...

There's a lot of excitement around our melted brains...    Lee is looking a lot younger, but you'll just have to believe us. Now we all need to get him to do a studio tour and show off his setup.    Even though we haven't been playing much, we still manage to chat for an hour. Star Wars Battlefront II seems to be overrun with cheaters. Or maybe we're just bad. Lee's been obsessed with Unity to the...

Put on your smoking jacket and retire to the drawing room.  It's time for this week's Xbox news!    The game play charts make us depressed as nothing chances, but No Man's Sky pops in again, joining NBA2K22. Seems a bit cheeky to have the same game in the list twice... EB Games has no Aqua Shift Controllers anymore, meaning Lee can't get a new controller. Apparently deliveries have stopped. Just s...

Lee cleans up pretty well. You'll just have to believe us.  And Simone responds by trying to burn the house down.    So many games were played this week, we almost needed a spreadsheet. Almost, but not quite.  There's a fridge that demands some attention and kills people when you stop looking at it. It's a bit extra, but don't tell the fridge. It might freak out and kill us all. Luckily Simone is...

So many new games, and one will even excite Lee...   Rainbow Six Siege is dropping out of the top 10, in what is probably the biggest shake up this week in the charts. Craftopia gets a raving review from Kingsman saying "you smash rocks". Valhalla is getting a short sword, and we wonder how historically accurate that is. The news has been weird this week... Can you tell?    And then this week Xbox...

Goodbye August, and goodbye to #back2YourBacklog2021.    Do you know how the Sea of Thieves Emissary stuff works? Because we didn't. And now we do! So lucky for you we're here to explain stuff and hopefully help you. Also, play Sea of Thieves! There's so much content and so much to do. It's become a game you can't just leave.    Lee dives into Gang Beasts and gets completely confused. And then get...

A bit of a different NuNews this week as we still struggle with how to how to say plaid...    Is Game Pass the death of the pre-order?  China is restricting gaming to 3 hours a week, which causes us to wonder a few things. What do you think about it? Destiny 2 should have a "I am back after 6 months" mode where it takes you through a mini-tutorial. Fallout is getting a TV show from the makers of W...

Quake is now on Xbox! With 4K, up to 120 FPS, and Nine Inch Nails in tow.  And it's on GamePass! Why aren't you playing it right now?    The Ascent, Quake 2 and 3, Scarlet Nexus, Sea of Thieves, Control, Gears 5: Hivebusters... Its Game-agedon! From getting close to wrapping up #back2YourBacklog, to getting distracted with chest high walls, we have a massive GameFace! for you.    And for everyone...

How do you say plaid?  Kyle says play-d and Lee says pla-d...    Xbox took over Gamescom before the opening night and left everyone thoroughly unimpressed. Even the Gamescom schedule is bad... Aaron Greenburg did warn us not be to impressed, and it seems even he overstated how unexciting it was. For starters where was the release date for Halo Infinite? Then we just saw games we knew about with Fo...

Forget 4K. Throw 8K in the bin.  Because we're better than 12K!    We're still neck deep in #back2YourBacklog. And that means we're spending all our gaming hours on one particular game. Well, most of us... Guess who isn't following the rules again...  Lee makes a good case for why The Ascent is a GOTY contender, and finds out why running towards enemies is not a good strategy for a long life.  Sim...

Simone joins us to brighten up NuNews!   SplitGate is Halo meets Portal and comes with its own music. And it's free! Hopefully it knocks Fortnight off the list... But maybe were getting too hopeful. We also have the best strategy for being awesome at Halo! Just spend 1400 hours in SplitGate. The Ascent drops down the gameplay list, yet no one has completed it.  Did you know that if you sign up for...

It's officially August! And that means we're diving back into our backlog yet again for the second time this year.    Tweet at us with the #back2YourBacklog and #back2YourBacklog2021 hashtags to tell us what you've been playing.    Lee jumps into The Ascent, Simone regains Control and Kyle gets absorbed into Scarlet Nexus.  What do we think of these games, how far have we gotten in the first few d...

So much news! All the news. This is what happens when we skip a week of news...    A new Bioshock is getting made, and we are shook!   PUBG is getting a Netflix animated serious, and our first question is why. FIFA goes crazy and asks for $40 more for all the running around, yet PES is going free-to-play. Could this be the year FIFIA gets toppled as the go-to football game? We ask these questions...

Play the music and we all go home to play games.    Games are the order of the day - monkey simulator, farming simulator, sailing simulator... It is a simulation-fest this week. Sea of Thieves now has mermaids. Evil mermaids... Ones that want to kill you! And the seasons in Sea of Thieves really breaks the immersion. Bad move there Rare.  Rocket League and beers is always a wining combo for a lock...

It's a Patron Update Episode!  What have we been working on (and playing)? You'll have to listen to find out.    Simone has a long list of games, Lee has a short list, Kyle doesn't have a list. What is a list even? Chaos Squad in Sunset OverDrive has been the mission for at least two weeks now. We managed to get some listeners involved in our gaming session. Let us know if you enjoyed playing with...

Holding hands and skipping through news, like we always do!    Can you be embarrassed and jealous at the same time for the same thing? We don't know but, Lee takes us on an adventure of his cooking adventures.   Farming Simulator '19 is now THE game to play. DeeJayHerro has spent all weekend playing it, and it may even cause Lee to jump in. Will you play?    Robocop now has his own very video game...

GameFace! Now with Life Updates (TM).  Lee joins from the South of England, also known as Napier in Winter!   Kyle is way too cool for this episode, backwards cap and all. Lee is podcasting from his garage where its minus 12 degrees centigrade. And Simone's bum is going numb. So what happens? Simone jumps in and rescues us. And she has a hot take about the news...    So back to gaming... What have...

We know about sports and stuff!  Like did you know golf exists? It's true. Golf is a game that even Lee plays.    The game play charts are not that exciting. The top games stay as the top games week after week.  Lets start playing some new games guys! In a shining moment, Gang Beasts is up in the charts, which we love to see. And have you heard about Bus Simulator? It's the next big thing!    Let...

Double intros, things working first time.  And Lee brings a blankie to the podcast!    With #backToYourBacklog finished, we're released to play every game ever. We go back to Bioshock Infinite and chat about how it's the best one in the series. If you haven't tried it yet, what are you waiting for? Do it now! Simone likes looking in bins is the main take away.  Kyle has either made a grave mistake...

Whoosh!  Whoosh, whoosh!    After what seems like forever, we're back with the news! E3 is starting to fade from memory, and places are remembering to put out announcements. Which means we have news to talk about!    New monitors are all Xbox official, DOOM gets a Horde Mode and the Xbox One launch had Mr Spencer all shook! And then an Xbox pitches up on a beach. An old 360 version too. Poseidon m...

June, and #backToYourBacklog is over...  So what did we learn?    From our chosen games, to how far we got, we cover everything. Surprises, dislikes, expectations and did Kyle ever finish Monster Hunter: World?  Lee enjoyed Borderlands 2, but did the humor live up to the hype?  How did Simone's farm look after a month?     All this and more on this wrap up episode of #GameFace!   -- If you liked t...

Joined by the other half of RealGamerScore podcast - Neomaster aka Mat, we're still plugging away at our backlogs.  Mat is an Xbox Hall of Famer and the top gamer score holder in Oceania! That is Australia and New Zealand combined... Oh and just happens to be the top 50 in the world.    Mic's dropping on keyboards while recording, being thrust into the host role for a podcast, and even Cameron's c...

E3 has come and gone. But that doesn't mean the hype train is anywhere close to stopping!   Joined by Cameron from the RealGamerScore podcast and Garrett from the UXP - The Xboxcast go over all the excitement of E3.  From what got everyone hyped (hello Slime Rancher 2), to what disappointed us (no more studio acquisitions?) and even what we expected and were surprised buy. Can you say Pirates of t...

DeeJayHerro joins us for this episode of #GameFace! Did you know, DayJay used to stream games while wearing a full Spiderman costume?   What games have we been playing this week? Well, we're still neck deep in #backToYourBacklog so Simone has a ton of Stardew Valley stories for you. Kyle is getting the hang of Monster Hunter: World, and Lee is actually enjoying Borderlands!   DeeJay comes at us wi...

With E3 just around the corner, we go bananas with what we want to see.  And to help, we have a very special guest - Garrett Atkins!    Garrett helps keep our expectations in check, but we still go over the deep end. Microsoft buying Anthem from EA? Why not! Xbox acquiring Blizzard? Hey, it could totally happen! What about Rare and Bethesda teaming up to work on a game? Now that's something we'd l...