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Defining Duke, Episode 194 | Starfield DLC Looks Mighty Fine + Exclusive Ara History Untold Interview
🕑 Added 2024-09-19 16:00:10 +0000 UTCThis week's episode is quite the unorthodox one! In the spirit of our friends over at the Friends Per Second podcast, we've split this episode between our usual news coverage and a fun interview the Dukes has the opportunity to conduct! Joining us this episode are Gabriela Leskur and Brian Stone. Gabriela is the Narrative and Experience Lead at Oxide Games and Brian serves as Product Leader and Head Of Engineering at Xbox Game Studios Publishing. Together, these two answer our burning questions about the upcoming historical turn-based strategy game. Furthermore, we dive into the thick of Starfield's Shattered Space preview which gives us nearly ten minutes of gameplay to understand just what this is. Fortunately, it appears to be a direct response to much of the criticism laid at Bethesda's feet last fall. We also get into what may be going on with Tony Hawk, Marathon possibly being $40, more layoffs at Xbox, their strong dependence on Call Of Duty, and much more!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:17:16 - Tony Hawk is making a comeback?
0:20:42 - Overwatch 2 joins Game Pass
0:22:52 - Raven Software's Singularity has been relisted
0:25:33 - The entirety of Annapurna Interactive has resigned
0:30:28 - Unity is making some much needed changes
0:41:24 - The next Battlefield is in a modern setting
0:47:18 - Bungie might charge $40 for Marathon
0:58:42 - Skate enters early access in 2025
1:00:49 - Freedom Wars Remastered announced
1:09:32 - What We’re Playing
1:29:38 - Ara History Untold Interview
2:10:12 - Starfield Shattered Space deep dive
2:29:45 - More layoffs at Xbox
2:53:36 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week
2:55:52 - Wrap-Up
Comments
Ryan
*millions of people no longer have to pay $70 for your game* “activision is not leaving money on the table on gamepass” (Cog ily dude ur one of my fave hosts lol)
Ryan
I like the idea of slotting that interview in the middle of the episode but I did feel it was a bit of a jarring transition. One thing that stood out to me was the somewhat awkward transition back to the show lol. Next time consider letting the interviewed party get some final thoughts in before cutting back to the main show. Just my opinion though. Thanks for the hard work Dukes!
Plombus bombus
Cog in particular is really starting to lose the plot
OrochiNewsTeam
The added interview is very nice. I would mind the occasional addition.
ByWatterson
The truth is there isn't a lot of justification to even have this show anymore.
Ryan
I love cog and matty but you should really start calling this podcast Defining Cope
Mike
Astro bot is definitely better than mario odyssey
superbadisfunny .
I've noticed too. The continuation of saying "kids aren't buying games and Xbox is trying to get them" doesn't make sense when kids are buying games on the other systems. He's been trying hard to cope for a while.
Dante B
Agreed. I had to do a double take. This isn’t even a matter of opinion, it’s just how math works.
Robbie Agnew
COG is becoming a bit too biased. Lately it’s a lot of Xbox and its games can’t do any wrong and everything PlayStation related is bad or just fine. All good just not vibing with it recently. Peace and love.
Bartevious
So they’re basically making varuun morrowind Dwemer in real time?
ByWatterson
Cog was utterly incomprehensible on COD on Gamepass. Whistling past the graveyard.
Bartevious
I feel like that’s just part of the business. The opportunity cost of reaching out to set something up can’t be too high.
Dasitmeng
Matty I have the exact same skating experience as you lmao. The whole "only doing flip tricks" concept is so real. Being afraid of falling, but also being afraid of looking like a herb in safety gear. Seen some nasty falls on even small rails and it makes me nervous as a 30yr old with bills and limited insurance 😅 trying to get back into it and you're right it's such intimate muscle memory. I could still do kickflips exactly the same as 13 year old me. Love it
Bartevious
Great interview fellas, Gabriela is super dope and was speaking my language the whole time. Excited for Ara
Bartevious
Damnit Matty you got Cog calling it space marines now too! 😂
Zac Lebeau
To say that COD won't be leaving money on the table by being on gamepass is simply delusional. Will the amount of money that they lose matter? Maybe, maybe not. But they WILL lose money. Players on gamepass will still be able to spend money in the storefront on skins and shit, but they don't need that $70 entry fee. The whales are still gonna whale, but now your minnows have gotten smaller. We'll see if the amount they lose out on matters, but they WILL be leaving money on the table and to say otherwise is delulu
Simon Freeman
Damn Matty you gotta start skating again, just skate flat and low impact stuff and have fun
Tdot’s Finest82
Love this format! With DDU a thing of the past, maybe you guys can incorporate more interviews into DD proper. Doesn’t have to be every week but maybe once a month? Would be cool to see.
