Defining Duke, Episode 2: Xbox's Answer To Uncharted Is Indiana Jones

After a busy holiday season, there is an expected lull for gaming in January, but 2021 seems to be playing by its own ruleset. Xbox's acquiring of Bethesda may already be paying dividends with the announcement of Machine Games' brand new Indiana Jones game. For years Xbox has sought an answer to Uncharted even going to the length of purchasing timed exclusivity for a Tomb Raider game in 2015. After all this time, it appears the very answer may be the series that inspired Uncharted itself. Furthermore, EA and Disney's Star Wars exclusivity is dissolving before our very eyes, a deal that has brought quite a few problems to Disney's doorstep. All of this is happening underneath the rebranded umbrella of LucasFilm Games who looks to repeat the past success of Star Wars games echoing back to the early 2000s. The PC front also received its own significant reveal as Nvidia is bringing the RTX 3000 series to gaming laptops in the coming month. More importantly, what do Matty and Karak think of 5 Guys or certain activities occurring while our show is on in the background? It's a conversation as wild as Microsoft talking to Nintendo about buying them out. Wait, that actually happened! That along with updates on Halo Infinte, Xbox's digital storefront, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order next gen info, and more headline our second episode.

Timestamps:

0:00:37 - Intro

0:05:35 - Will the Perfect Dark remake be underwhelming?

0:09:59 - POP QUIZ!

0:14:22 - What unused Microsoft IP would we like to see? 

0:18:10 - Is Gears of War actually any good?

0:23:49 - Immortals runs pretty good on Series S (and so do other games)

0:26:32 - Five Guys is WAP

0:29:23 - When will Bethesda games get a next gen update? 

0:34:00 - Will Elder Scrolls VI and Avowed cannibalize each other? 

0:39:25 - Machine Games is making an Indiana Jones game. Will it be an Xbox exclusive?

0:55:50 - A new Star Wars game is coming from Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment studio.

1:10:42 - Nvidia announces their new graphics cards are coming to laptops.

1:18:13 - Did PlayStation kill Killzone?

1:23:02: - It’s been revealed that Microsoft tried to acquire Nintendo in the past. 

1:26:38 - Gamespot gets ratioed due to inaccurate reporting.  

1:29:06 - Fallen Order is getting a next gen upgrade.

1:32:48 - Xbox is enhancing their localization efforts. 

1:33:23 - Game Pass Pick of the Week

1:40:17 - PC Deals of the Week

1:42:58 - Backwards Compatibility Pick of the Week

1:47:55 - Are you sure Starfield will come out this year?

1:51:47 - Who should make Xbox RPGs?

1:54:54 - Sell me on Lost Odyssey.

1:57:47 - If you could only play one Xbox game for the rest of your life, what would it be? 

1:59:34 - Do Recore and Quantum Break hold up? 

2:01:14 - Let’s talk about the Microsoft Rewards program.