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Defining Duke, Episode 231 | A Slow Year? - Our Reactions To The Xbox Games Showcase 2025
🕑 Added 2025-06-09 16:00:18 +0000 UTCXbox has been the gold standard for showcases these last two years. Whether it be their summer showcases or Developer Direct, they just seem to have a death grip on the rhythm needed to put on a good show along with well timed announcements. Well, no one stays hot forever, so it was inevitable that Xbox would come down to earth at some point. The question is, when they do, where would they end up? Fortunately, it wasn't terrible! We got a deep look at The Outer Worlds 2 while Double Fine finally came out of hiding with their atmospheric adventure game, Keeper. Clockwork Revolution stole the show with a 5+ minute trailer and, naturally, Call Of Duty is coming back again this year. Perhaps most noteworthy was the reveal of the ROG Xbox Ally X. As long reported, this partnership with ASUS will be the beginning of Xbox's handheld journey. Cog went hands-on, so we have to-the-minute thoughts on the user experience, UI updates, and performance testing!
Note: Constellation will also be released shortly!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:03:24 - General Impressions
0:12:28 – Outer Worlds 2
0:30:16 – High On Life 2
0:33:49 – Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
0:37:45 – Rog Xbox Ally X
0:56:10 – Blood Of The Dawnwalker
0:58:08 – Super Meat Boy 3D
0:59:35 – Ninja Gaiden 4
1:04:54 – Indiana Jones: The Order Of Giants
1:11:02 – Beast Of Reincarnation
1:13:48 – Clockwork Revolution
1:24:52 – Grounded 2
1:31:37 – Chronos: The New Dawn
1:36:19 – Aphelion
1:40:05 – There Are No Ghosts At The Grand
1:43:03 – Mudang Two Hearts
1:45:50 – Planet Of Lana 2
1:51:37 – Animo
1:55:51 – Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 + 4
1:57:00 – At Fate's End
1:59:06 – Gears Of War Reloaded
2:01:58 – Persona 4 Revival
2:11:06 – Invincible VS
2:16:00 – Final Fantasy has come to Xbox
2:27:17 – Keeper
2:34:19 – Phil's 2026 Teases
2:54:51 – Black Ops 7
Comments
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
Gentlemen, I think we underestimated the hurt feelings over the Xbox Ally. There are some major tears!!! Also, according to Grok and Geoff Keighley voting data, Xbox had the better showcase. This is awesome because I tend to agree it was a down year for them. How the tables have turned. #ClockworkDD
Wyatt Augustyniak
You guys are sleeping on Jusant
Chris Van Buren
Outer Worlds 2 looks great, but with the amount of stuff dropping this year, I’ll grab that one on a sale. There’s too much to play this year and that’s too close to Yoeti too.
