Today, Defining Duke invites in their very first guest to show, Chris Ray Gun! Chris sits down with Matty and Karak to mull over the 29 confirmed exclusive games dropping in 2021, but it always came back to Halo. Whether it is a flagship IP or not is up for debate, but the reality is that Halo Infinite is currently Xbox’s biggest announced game coming soon and that means a lot is riding on it. From the free-to-play multiplayer, to valuable lessons learned by 343, to the campaign, Halo Infinite has all to gain or lose. The boys also sink their teeth into new major additions to Game Pass and Microsoft shopping for big studios to acquire. For a company that just acquired Bethesda, it looks like they’re not done yet, but who’s next? That along with the future of Ninja Gaiden, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and more squeeze into this week’s show! Let’s discuss.
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0:00:00 – Intro
0:07:22 – Five Guys is good, actually? Apparently not.
0:14:02 – Where is the excitement level for Medium?
0:20:43 – Should Halo be given to another studio?
0:33:09 – What do you fear more? The Covenant or the Locust?
0:36:07 – What type of Halo spin-off game would you like to see?
0:41:12 – Xbox confirms 29 games coming this year.
0:58:42 – Microsoft is shopping more studios. What are others shopping?
1:07:32 – Game Pass is losing some games… but gaining better ones.
1:14:12 – Bungie is shutting down the Halos stats website.
1:17:28 – What’s up with Hellblade 2?
1:24:15 – Ninja Gaiden’s creator is open to working with Microsoft. Should they call him?
1:34:10 – Stalker 2 gets some news about features.
1:35:37 – Outriders will support many desirable features at launch. Do we care?
1:39:26 – Game Pass Picks of the Week.
1:48:15 – PC Deals of the Week
1:54:09 – Backwards Compatible Pick of the Week
2:05:09 – What studio should make a Star Wars game? What kind of game?
2:09:21 – Is Microsoft buying Bethesda bad for the industry?
2:14:17 – Could Deathloop come to Game Pass for PC day 1?
2:20:20 – Will Xbox ever do VR?
2:30:26 – Fuck, Marry, Kill – Master Chief, Marcus Phoenix, the Cyberpunk car from Forza Horizon.
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I have a theory that peoples love for Halo 3 is rooted more in the nostalgia related to that time in their life, the newness of Xbox Live multiplayer, as opposed to the actual gameplay. Halo 5 multiplayer is a masterpiece.
Donut County us One of the best 2 hours in a game
Just wanted to stop and say how cool it is to see Last Stand Media and the crew on screen like this. Yall are awesome, and great job Colin for putting this all together.
To hear you guys say you only eat maybe ONE burger a month has me straight shooketh over my burger intake
The conversation about no hype game is valid but the conversation you guys had about Gamepass later is why the content is so varied. I honestly think outside of Halo, Tunic & Psychonauts 2 have a chance to be big.
54:55 Cuphead is going to be a netflix show at some point
id have to say tho, if infinity ward made a modern warfare style halo odst campaign would be something to behold as a halo fan of the live action trailers back in the day
ChrisRayGun? The famous turtle hater? Love this guy.
Sega also has Creative Assembly which does the Total War series and made Alien Isolation.
I'm pretty freaking excited for the medium and my friends are too because we love silent hill
It's always Christmas at Matty's place
Appreciated the discussion of horror games. Alien isolation was great!
343i is an incredibly talented technical team and their issues have been squarely focused on Story Narrative. But if you see Halo 4 its shocking that they got it to run on an Xbox 360 and Halo 5 runs at 60 fps on base Xbox One console, something developers seemingly have given up on even today.
Also the Swarm are the scariest, not saying smartest or more efficient. But if a Juvie busted out of flesh egg, or a pouncer lands infront of me, or flock of flesh hungry leeches is coming my way… that is nightmare inducing.
So this is just like every other typical Xbox podcast that has to always downplay PlayStation to make Xbox look good, shame.
This is quickly becoming the best Xbox podcast out tbere. Last stand media is definitely my go to now.
They finally going to open a 5 guys here in nz and I can see what it's all about, heard about it tons on podcasts over the years.. we have a shake shack but its the rip off of the American brand. But when I tried shake shack in Istanbul it was ok but nothing to rave about.
The light reflection on ACG’s sun glasses makes him look like a freak, joking aside great cast…
Xbox fans do support games like Cuphead and Ori, it's mainstream games media that don't support them because Xbox news and reviews don't get the clicks, so they die off quickly.
Mr Matty plays get Rand Al thor19 on!
Stop padding the podcasts with this useless food babble.
Once you see ACGs robot eyes …. you can't un-see it.
PS. Thanks for reading my Halo question my dudes. Love the podcast
Jedi starfighter is boring and repetitive
Honestly it’s bad imo
Where is xbox Gold discussion?
what?? a tria that i didnt knew i need
Cool…u guys have a 40 hr work week like the rest of the word 🙄
Wendy's is SO much better
Katana zero & Yes your grace is great!
16:53 I disagree with Karak here. The Medium is not doing the same thing as split screen. Split screen is one world being rendered with four separate cameras and player models being controlled in the same world. The Medium has 2 separate worlds being rendered with the cameras viewing in separate worlds that have separate models. Saying it is 2 games being rendered at once is not far off from whats actually happening; which explains 30 fps.
"What does 343 do if not Halo?" What did Guerilla Games do instead of Killzone, a new IP. Also I find it kinda weird ppl say we can't expect a Halo to match old Halo and yet God of War 2018 and Breath of the Wild are up there with the best of their respective franchises.
Finally someone put Chris in his place 🤣😂
There are a very small amount of games that I haven't played, that I wanted to play,that are on game pass
Devs got their money,so no way in hell am I buying shit if its free,or on Game Pass
I thinks it's kinda hard to get ppl used to not buying games, then expect them to buy games imo.
HALO 5 WAS AWSOME
The guy within glasses does not make very many good points. Is he nessasary for this podcast
Bleeding edge isnot dead on console
I played it all day with no problem finding players on console
Looks like we got an answer to the "Which studio will make a Star Wars game" question
Good job guys! Watched every episode and I’m enjoying every minute. Looking forward to the next one.
Unpopular opinion but I’d love to see Halo RPG! Wonder what Matty’s thoughts would be on that
In n out is putrid, now there is a hot take lol. Who would take these clowns opinions seriously on burgers especially after they discredit themselves. Five Guys is mediocre in my experience. I'd be willing to give them more chances if a meal wasn't around $15. I can get a better meal from almost any place with that amount of dough and more food that isn't just mostly overpriced french fries.
I played Tunic at PAX South a couple of times. It's gonna be great. Very Excited.
I listened to this while taking a duke.
Chris, keep talking Metal Gear Solid, dog.
Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive were both made by Tomonobu Itagaki. Also, he was accused by one employee of "unwanted sexual advances", but was found innocent in court, and by an internal investigation by TECMO.