XCape Gaming Presents: The X Button

In this week's episode of The X Button, hosts Paul and Alejandro go over the recent PlayStation State of Play, discuss the delay for Forspoken, celebrate the new date for Gotham Knights, the next gen versions of Resident Evil & Grand Theft Auto and more! Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music)  Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download:  https://bi...

EARLY EPISODE! In this week's episode of "The X Button", Alejandro and Paul go over the incredible highs and lows of their experience with Elden Ring, give their early impressions of Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, talk about Gen 9 of Pokemon, Call of Duty leaving annualization in 2023 and more! Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music)  Music provided by Tunetan...

In this week's big episode of The X Button, Alejandro and Paul gush over one of the first big games of the year (and a much improved sequel): "Horizon Forbidden West"! Then, listen to them discuss the revealed design for the PSVR2, the official reveal of Street Fighter 3, make fun of Nintendo's continuous refusal to get with the times, "The Witcher 3" director establishing a new studio,  Squa...

In this week's episode of The X Button, hosts Alejandro and Paul go over January's NPD results and "Pokemon Legends Arceus' huge dominance and discuss the reviews for Horizon Forbidden West, Cyberpunk 2077's next gen version surprise dropping, the details for the rumored Resident Evil 4 Remake and more! Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music)  Music provide...

In this week's episode of The X Button, Alejandro and Paul rave over the surprisingly good and difficult "Sifu". Then, they give their quick thoughts about the latest Nintendo Direct and discuss the latest development in the Microsoft/Activision deal, Sony unveiling their plan for 10 new live service games,  the PlayStation 5 trailing behind the PlayStation 4 in sales, a new Assassin's Creed,...

Begun, the Consolidation Wars Have! In the heels of Sony Interactive Entertainment announcing their acquisition of legendary Halo/Destiny developer Bungie, The X Button hosts Alejandro and Paul unpack the latest gaming industry acquisition, and both remark some of the smart elements of said acquisition, and lament the ongoing consolidation plaguing the gaming industry. Also included: Call of Duty'...

Last week delivered the most shocking gaming news in years with the acquisition of the century. Hosts Alejandro and Paul t talk the aftershocks of the Microsoft/Activision deal and Call of Duty's future on PlayStation, discuss Blizzard's new IP, the three new Star Wars games by Respawn, the imminent PS3 backwards compatibility and more!  "Microsoft Chooses Violence, Acquires Activision Blizza...

In the second episode of "The X Button" for 2022, Alejandro and Paul go through an extensive list of the games they are most excited to see released in 2022 (give or take they're delayed eventually!) Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music)  Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download:  https://bit.ly/3e3sxiw Video Link: https://youtu.be/zeXd4dFB5cw ...

Microsoft dropped the biggest of nuclear bombs today, announcing the industry shaking news they got into an agreement to acquire Activision Blizzard. Lot to unpack, so listen to The X Button hosts Alejandro and Paul react and sift through the aftershocks of the colossal announcement! Art by: Zachity Jones AKA Pathological Loser   Follow Alejandro:   Twitter: A_droSegovia  Instagram:...

Happy New Year! The X Button Podcast is back with a new year of content and hosts Alejandro and Paul give their thoughts on the games that made an impact on them through 2021, from their honorable mentions, their most disappointing games, and ultimately, their individual Top 10 Games of 2021! Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music)  Music provided by Tuneta...

In the final episode of the year for The X Button, after talking about their last batch of played games, Paul and Alejandro reminisce about their favorite moments of 2021, from the crazy podcast specific stories, to some cherished 2021 gaming memories! Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music)  Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download:  https://bit.ly/3...

In this week's episode of The X Button, Alejandro and Paul give their extensive thoughts over the campaign for Halo Infinite, and then go over the winners of the 2021 Game Awards and its bevy of announcements! Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyright Music)  Music provided by Tunetank. Free Download:  https://bit.ly/3e3sxiw Video Link: https://youtu.be/zeXd4dF...

In this week's more traditional episode of The X Button, after talking some games, Alejandro and Paul dive into the bombshell news of PlayStation finally putting out a Game Pass competitor...sort of, talk about the rather complicated future that's coming for the Battlefield franchise, the death of the original Titanfall, Take Two Interactive playing dirty with trademarks and more! Intro Music By:&...

In this week's full episode of The X Button, Alejandro and Paul discuss the week's batch of big news (Game Awards GOTY nominees, The Wall Street Journal's Activision expose, MultiVersus officially announced, Saints Row's delay and more!), and then dive into a jam packed section of games played, from Paul's disastrous experience playing Battlefield 2042, Alejandro's not surprising experience playin...

In this week’s mammoth episode of “The X Button”, Alejandro and Paul talk some bombshell news (Halo Infinite launching its multiplayer component early, the disaster that is Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy, and more!), discuss some of the games from their backlog, and jump straight into this week’s topics: What Games We Know Are Hated that We Love, and What’s The Future of Controller Accessibility! #...

In this week's full episode of The X Button, Alejandro and Paul dive into some juicy news that came out of the recent quarterly earnings report for companies like Activision, Square Enix and Take Two, and then talk some games like some early impressions of games like Mario Party Superstars, Forza Horizon 5 and Call of Duty Vanguard & more! Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time...

In this week's "The X Button, Alejandro and Paul discuss crazy news (Ubisoft embraces NFT's and Blockchain Games, Microsoft and Sega make an alliance, Red Dead Redemption Remaster & More!), and then talk some  games like Paul's gushing over his recent playthrough of Resident Evil Village and Alejandro's brief experience with Guardians of the Galaxy and his ongoing full playthrough of the...

In this week's episode of the X Button, Alejandro and Paul go through some interesting news tidbits (Halo Infinite's Campaign Overview, Horizon QOL details, Guardians of the Galaxy Reviews and more), they're joined by their friend PJ AKA Jayohkay for a spoiler filled talk about the good, the bad and the what could be improved about Metroid Dread! Follow Jayohkay: https://www.youtube.com/c/Jayohkay...

In this week's "The X Button", Alejandro and Paul go off on a couple news (Nintendo pushing its luck with the Nintendo Switch Online, DC's games talk, September NPD results & more), and then are joined by their friend Zac to talk their recently played games before discussing this week's topic: the highs and lows of Metroid Dread! Intro Music By:  Song: Ivan Shpilevsky - The Time (No Copyr...

In this week’s full episode of The X Button, Alejandro and Paul talk the news of October 4-8 (Ghost Recon selling out as a Battle Royale, Eidos Montreal embracing 4 Day Work Weeks & More). Then, they’re joined by returning guest Zac to talk the games we’re playing, including a roast towards the recent technical disaster that was the Battlefield 2042 beta. Finally, they all talk about the games the...

In this week's full episode of The X Button, hosts Alejandro and Paul tackle the bevy of news from September 27-October 3rd (PlayStation buys Bluepoint! Konami is back & more!), talk about their recent gaming experiences (Halo Infinite, Gamepass Smorgasbord, Castlevania: Advanced Collection), argue about their wildly different experiences over the "Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin" d...

In this week's "The X Button", the new video format of splitting the show into two topics doesn't affect the audio version, and in turn gives us more meaty discussions in regards to a previous week's bevy of news and the games we're playing, and the topic at hand! Join cohosts Alejandro and Paul as they discuss the big news from September 20-27 (Chris Pratt as Mario? Titanfall 3 confusion? The Las...

In this week's "The X Button", Paul and Alejandro GUSH over their child like joy over "Kena: Bridge of Spirits", talk about Quantic Dream developing a new Star Wars game and the divisive nature of the studio's games, an update on the recent happenings over the Apple vs Epic lawsuit, and then go on a full discussion about game's as a tool for education in this week's topic! Starting next week, the...

Arkane's "Deathloop" has finally come out as the big high profile exclusive for the PlayStation 5 in 2021, and hosts Alejandro and Paul give their extensive thoughts on one of the year's highest profile games.  For this week's news, "Dying Light 2" and "Battlefield 2042" get delayed to less than ideal dates, all signs point to Insomniac's "Wolverine" aiming for an M rating, "God of War" creat...

The X Button hosts analyse the highs and lows of the long belated PlayStation Showcase for 2021, from the excitement of the KOTOR Remake, Marvel's Wolverine, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarok, to the less exciting third party repeat showings! Watch our Live Reaction to the Showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fymYGKpPQXw&ab_channel=XCapeMedia "The X Button" is now shifting episod...