The XboxCast

We like chatting about games. And you clearly like listening about games.  Now lets talk games!  For #backToYourBacklog, one of our dedicated listeners jumped in a whole month early. Great effort Gary! At least now you have other games to play this June.  We also ran some polls! What's the winner for June? You'll just have to find out?  Kyle plays Batman: The Enemy Within, and really hopes some Te...

Something is coming that is drying up all the news...  What could that be?   June is coming up and its stopping us from buying new games. Our wallet is thanking us! Due to some limitations on some hardware, people think its OK to send death threats to game developers... This causes Kyle to go onto a rant about the state of fanboyism. But out of this comes the realization that Biomutant is still aw...

Are you ready for #BackToYourBacklog? Its coming and we have polls on Twitter to help us decide what to play! Now is your time to shine and decide our gaming future.  Kyle hates platformers. Did you know that? And the worst one is Tcheco. Simone is enjoying Nexoria! If you haven't heard, the books speak to you. And the books don't let you finish Bioshock. Lee gets absorbed into Halo 5. Something a...

Do you not slap your dogs bum? Resident Evil Village is already in the top 20 for the game play chart! In more news, Xbox Series get The Original dynamic background, Quick Resume is now ever quicker and Xbox is fighting scalpers. Along with Destiny 2 getting cross-play early, we can all now jump in on the fun.  Are you avoiding work because of your new vampire mommy? Some people are... And we'll l...

We're all fine, we promise! GameFace! goes over how good Halo 4 is (or was), how bad Aery is, and what happens in Nexoria when you fight some books! How often do you get distracted when playing pretty games? For one of us, getting distracted is a common problem. From pretty snow to pretty cars to pretty sunsets... Some games are just too pretty! We're getting ready for the #backToYourBacklog chall...

So much news! It's like a news-aggedon!    With Apple and Epic fighting in the courts, all the secrets are being spilled about everyone. And Xbox is no exception. S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 apparently only has 3 months exclusivity, but we're not so sure. The Microsoft Store is reducing its cut to 12% in an effort to compete with Steam, which means we should be seeing some great deals on games on PC soon. Ala...

April is complete and that means its time for our wrap up!  Are you ready for the monster podcast of doom? Because you have gotten a monster podcast of doom!    As you know, every April we lay down the gauntlet to everyone - go hard for achievements, go hard for GamerScore, and just play EVERY GAME! This year, The Cast went super hard! Everyone bought their A game and we're taking apart all the co...

In what comes as shock to everyone, Lee admits he doesn't do any research!  We have a very important poll this week for everyone, but you'll have to listen till the very end to hear it.    The news is a bit random this week, as we transition to a new organizational tool. But that doesn't stop us getting really excited about Azure Game Dev Cloud Version 2! This service could really change the way i...

Birds don't have thumbs, which makes it super hard for them to play drums. Look at all the facts you learn when you listen to us.    The April Achievement Challenge is just past the midway point, and the competition is ramping up! Who are you rooting for?  This challenge has forced us to play every game known to man - good, bad and GamerScore fountains. From playing Donut County to Gears POP...   ...

Half way through the April Achievement Challenge and its time for a sanity check...  How are we holding up? Are we ready to throw in the towel yet? Or are we just getting warmed up?    Kyle and Lee have been playing a lot of games. Like a lot! Currently neck and neck at 12,000 GamerScore for this month alone, and with no sign of slowing down. So with all these games played, lets break it down into...

Kyle is a bit sick, so doesn't sound great. But we will soldier on!    Are you ready for some news? Because we're bringing the news. Although by this time we may just have to call it olds.. Xbox 360 games are coming to xCloud! So now we can play Fable 2 on our phones, at some point... Beer Brewing Simulator is coming to Xbox and its exactly what it sounds like. We're kind of excited about this gam...

The April Achievement Challenge is about to kick off!    What would you find the most frustrating for this challenge? Someone playing the same games you're playing? Xbox Live going down?  Lee comes up with the most diabolical game plan anyone has ever heard! We may just cancel this challenge all together!    Oh, and there are some game stories here too...    -- If you liked this episode, don't fee...

Like a spring ready to strike, we're all geared up for the April Achievement Challenge!   We're telling everyone to join our Division 2 clan, because why not? Join us and lets shoot things in the head and do raids and all sorts of fun things clans do together.  There's a new game being released - PGA Golf. But with Battle Royale mode! One of these statements is not true. Xbox Live Gold is going aw...

When it comes to tracking down trucks, you should sleep outside in a tent! And disguise yourself as a glass bottle.  Life advice right here.    We don't talk much about games, we talk more about life in this episode. Sometimes, you just need to talk about life. Did you know we have a The Division 2 Clan? We're all playing so much Div2. It's become the new Destiny 2. So jump in and join us!    Afte...

According to Lee, horses are just cows with big necks.  Luckily we're a gaming podcast and not a veterinary one!    Cyberpunk 2077 gets an update, promising to bring realistic police to the game. We're not sure what they had before, but if they were any more realistic, we'd be arrested for the puns we make... FPS Boost on the Series X is great! Until it isn't. There's a bug that forces games down...

Simone is back on #GameFace! Bytes!  Are we excited? Because we should be.    You can look forward to such exciting things such as:  Lee reviewing the new Xbox Wireless Headset while rocking the deep-V Simone recounting her early morning adventures Kyle living his best life  And we're starting to get hyped for the April Achievement Challenge. Are you in? Because you should be. It's going to be gre...

Bethesda is now officially part of Xbox!  So of course Game Pass is now getting all the games. We can now play play Skyrim for the 400th time!   Get your free Porche in Forza Horizon 4, and Lee talks about the Xbox Wireless headset he reviewed in the very next #GameFace! episode. Do you know we have a clan in The Division 2? Because we do! And you should totally join. And we finally have the answe...

This is our 200th episode!  Woohoo!    You guys seriously deserve a medal for listening to over 200+ hours of us talk nonsense about Xbox, games, and life. We're super happy you've stuck around though. Give yourself a pat on the back from all of us!    For our 200th episode, we go back in time and have a chat about what got us into Xbox. Why did we start down this path, what was the catalyst, what...

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...