The XboxCast

With Kyle out of action, Producer Paul steps in to help Lee with the news.  Join us for a very different #NuNews!    In the news this week we have duel of the fates as Apple begins selling the Xbox Controller. You better believe it! Mike Ybarra leaves Microsoft after 20 years, and we wish him all the best for his new endeavours. Oxenfree sees a big push from Xbox Game Pass, which is awesome news f...

Time to get frosty with the release of Frostpunk on Xbox!   This episode is a special test - we had Producer Paul join Kyle in the studio while slacker Lee Skyped in. All thanks to Producer Paul's new shiny audio equipment! Let us know how it sounds as we'll be looking to do more of this for our Conversation With episodes.   In the news Xbox and Spotify become best buds, Star Wars: Battlefront II...

Have you heard? We have kicked off #terrorTober...  Not sure what that is? Check out #GameFace! to hear all about it!   NuNews takes a less creepy tone considering we're in the Halloween month, and actually brings you some interesting and (maybe) factually correct news this week! I think thats the real horror story here. Destiny 3 is not coming any time soon, Modern Warfare sees a massive boycott...

Welcome ghouls and ghosts to #terrorTober...    We kick things off with naming our very cute, but he's also totally scary, mascot for #terrorTober. Introducing Unemployed Gary! He's going to stick with us while we play our scary, spooky and creepy games over the month of October. Thanks Unemployed Gary! And then we end up getting really nervous and sweaty telling you guys what games we're going to...

Prepare to Surge with excitement as this week's #NuNews comes at your face!    Black Ops 4 begins to wrap up, Batman Arkham writers are on board the Fable reboot and Afterparty becomes officially official! All while Obsidian is Obsidian is hiring for a new RPG, which might even be The Outer Worlds 2! And on a sad note - Sony now owns Sunset Overdrive...  Shed a tear for a missed opportunity.    An...

  With Kyle still suffering a broken thumb, its up to Lee and Simone to have a game off!    Lee is building his house in Minecraft, and getting distracted with the mining part. Simone is becoming a city planner in Cities: Skylines. It seems this is the week for building!  But thats not all - Lee has jumped into the Ghost Recon: Breakpoint beta and has an interesting review of it while Simone has d...

After a week off, Lee has his husky voice on. We hope you like it.    Since we missed the last week's episode, we have a lot to update you guys on. From watching the Game Play charts jump around - thanks to the monster that is Gears 5 - to testing out the latest update of the Xbox dashboard. Then we have realistic fishing sims creeping up on us to boot. What a wild ride.    Speaking of rides, two...

It official - August's #back2YourBacklog challenge has wrapped up!  And just in time too with Kyle breaking his hand so he can't play anyways.    To celebrate the completion of the challenge, we asked each other some questions. And you can play along too!   What game did you play?  What was your goal? How far did you get?  How long do you think it will take to finish / How long did it take for you...

Gears POP! has exploded onto the scene with over a million players in just a week. But already the servers are experiencing some issues...   Welcome to this week's episode of #NuNews. And we kick off with seeing one of our own fallen in battle... Kyle has broken his thumb and had his Xbox One X succumb to the RMA gods... But now onto the real news!    Telltale is back, sorta. Forza 6 is driving in...

  Do you like new games? Because we have new games!    This past week was an absolute cracker of a week for new game releases, with something for everyone! Want to get the pants scared off you? Try Blair Witch. Want to go back to the good ole days of Alan Wake and Quantum Break? Well Control has you covered. And thats only 2. So many more came out this week, we cant keep track of everything!    Au...

A shocking revelation that threatens to tear The Xboxcast apart!  Did Kyle make the right choice? What would you have done instead?    Even more #back2YourBacklog talk on this episode of #GameFace! We cover the usual suspects - Mass Effect: Andromeda, Sea of Thieves and Destiny 2. But this week we reanimate State of Decay 2 as Simone goes through it, get down with Crackdown 3 and Lee's Division 2...

  GamesCom was here! And while not as big as E3, its still choka full of exciting news! So what are we waiting for? Get ready for a mammoth #NuNews!    News Editor Lee had his work cut out for him this week, so things were spoken about as they happened. From new games coming to Game Pass to Gears POP! and Human Fall Flat DLC, we cover it all. New games announced, new DLC announced, Gears 5 announc...

You can now build computers on your Xbox. We truly are living in the future!  PC Building Simulator has arrived on Xbox this week, to make all your virtual dream PC's come to life.    Slay The Spire arrives and jumps straight onto GamePass. We have it on good authority that this may even be GotY... If you like rougelikes that is. If they are not your thing, maybe try a duck that bends gravity to i...

Dear Super Sexy Patrons - we have not forgotten you! And to prove our love, we brought back the Patreon Shoutout.  You may want to check where you rank!    We're continuing with out #back2YourBacklog challenge - well Lee isn't. But Kyle and Simone are! What are you playing to help clear your backlog this August? Kyle is still stuck on Mass Effect: Andromeda, but managed to sneak some Rocket League...

  Back to normal programming! And the GamePlay charts are looking extremely underwhelming...    The biggest news this week is Ninja moving to Mixer! It has sent shock waves through the streaming community and a massive win for Microsoft. We look forward to what the future holds. But for now, we're happy to see Mixer in the limelight.    GamePass adds new games, Games with Gold revealed which games...

Lee abandoned us. Well only for one episode... So Paul and Simone have stepped up to the plate.  Will #NuNews be as good? Let's find out!    August comes with a new challenge - we call it #back2YourBacklog - and the rules are simple. Choose a game you have started but never finished from your backlog and during August, go back to the game and finish it. Finish could be what ever you want it to mea...

  #GameFace! The podcast you know and love is back! Because we have actually had some time to play some games!    Let us entertain you with our thoughts on the Gears 5 Tech Test. Sprinkle some being-really-bad-at-Rocket-League. Add a dash of Forza Horizon 4 Lego. And you end up with almost a full podcast. But wait! We're completely missing Simone's stories!    Find out what Simone has been up to i...

  In a special turn of events, our live stream for this weeks episodes were such a hit, that Simone even stayed on to give her unsolicited opinions on the news! Just like old times.    Do you feel the need for a Wolfenstein co-op game? Because we have just the thing to scratch that itch! We didn't make it, so we can't take all the credit, but you can still thank us later. Wolfenstein: Youngblood i...

  We are back, ladies and gentlemen!  After Kyle and Simone's three week trip, and a small mid-year break, we're in your ear holes again. And boy does it feel good!    As a thow back to the old days, Lee's news is completely out of whack. So yeah - have fun following that along! Fishing game Fishing Planet is out now as a free to play and Play Anywhere title, so theres no reason not to get your ro...

Its that time of the year again! Time for our annual break down of all the excitement from Xbox's E3 Keynote thing.  And strap yourself in... Its going to be a monster!    The Xboxcast go over every single announcement the Xbox team made on stage, and for those watching our live stream, even got to see the trailers! We are that profesh! From The Outer Worlds getting confused with The Outer Wilds t...

  Xbox games coming to Steam, GamePass coming to PC, cats and dogs living together! What is this? Only the best universe of course.   Thats not even all we have for you! Watchdogs 3 leaks, Baldur's Gate 3 teased, oh my! Looks like the news is ramping up as E3 comes ever closer. And speaking of E3 , we also have a ton of news about that for you.    In a world first, Kyle does the new games with a p...

What a packed #GameFace! we have for you guys.  Lee gives us some golf tips from his time spent with Golf 2019 PGA Awesome Tiger Woods Edition, beats his kids at Halo 2 and surprise, surprise, plays more Division 2... Shocked Pikachu gif. Kyle jumps into Forza Horizon 3, continues with Mass Effect: Andromeda, and has a very rough time with Sea of Thieves. Simone has a small update on Stardew Valle...

  After what seems like a super long week, we're suffering from some serious low energy vibes... But that won't stop us giving you all the #NuNews you know and love.    Lee confuses himself with the Game Play Chart, first wanting to go forwards, then backwards, then jump around, jump around, jump up and get down! The Division 2 is not going to lower its difficulty, we just have to get gud. Ubisoft...

Microsoft and Sony working together at long last! It's less exciting than you think. Even though the PlayStation division had to be calmed. And now Nintendo is jumping on the band wagon too.    We have a leak about Xbox's E3 keynote, Activision hands over the reigns to Call of Duty, Game Pass is losing 18 games and The Division 2's eight man raid has finally been beaten on consoles. And on top of...

April ended. A while ago. And with the end of April comes the end of the April Achievement Challenge. Thank you to everyone who took part. We are super impressed with everyone!    Who won? Who came second? Who is writing these blurbs? You'll just have to listen to find out.    And amid all the hub-hub, we even some fun stories about Sea of Thieves, Overwatch, Red Dead Redemption and even Simone's...