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The Nextlander Podcast 206: When Everything Is an Xbox, Nothing Is an Xbox
🕑 Added 2025-07-03 00:09:01 +0000 UTCWe unfortunately have to start this week's episode with the brutal cuts at Xbox, which saw studios shuttered and projects like Everwild and Perfect Dark straight up cancelled, but also touch on Donkey Kong Bananza and the next 3D Mario game, get way deeper into Death Stranding 2, try to make sense of the increasingly fantastic casting for the new Street Fighter movie, and more.
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(00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:18) Microsoft begins layoffs, cancellations, and closures
(00:39:26) SPOILERS - We'll be talking about Death Stranding 2 next, including early game story moments.
(00:40:37) First Break
(00:40:55) Assassin's Creed Shadows | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Mar 20, 2025
(00:42:37) Death Stranding 2: On The Beach | [PlayStation 5] | Jun 26, 2025
(01:36:08) Next week's Ramblecast and our favorite games
(01:37:12) Second Break
(01:37:17) News
(01:37:27) Updates to the Microsoft news
(01:41:35) Donkey Kong Bananza and the Super Mario Odyssey team
(01:47:40) The original Switch will get a price increase in Canada
(01:50:21) 2K Sports might be getting back to college basketball?
(01:54:31) The Street Fighter movie gets more casting news
(02:16:41) Emails
(02:27:35) Nextlander content updates
(02:30:05) Wrapping up and thanks
(02:30:40) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(02:33:10) We're heading out for vacation for a week
(02:33:45) See ya!
Comments
R. Ballien
I'd say Puppet Combo for gaming's Troma, though Troma has a goofy vibe to its exploitation, whereas Puppet Combo is pure grindhouse horror. I put "80s horror movie studio" into Google to come up with a replacement suggestion, but Google just responded with "Troma" itself, so.
Matthew Abrahams
The further you get in Australia the more actual side jobs you get in Mexico so don't go too crazy with all the lost cargo as there will be tons of opportunity to Five Star everyone in Mexico
