Defining Duke, Episode 133 | PlayStation Bends The Knee - Xbox Has ALL The Exclusives? (Patreon)

After much delay and public arguing, Xbox and PlayStation have finally signed a binding agreement to continue bringing Call Of Duty to PlayStation following the completion of the Activision Blizzard deal. However, PlayStation's delay has bit them in the backside as the Dukes had predicted. Indeed, this deal only pertains to Call Of Duty meaning that all bets are off for the vault of other Activision Blizzard content. Tony Hawk, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, and many more can easily become exclusives. Will they? The Dukes dive deep into this wormhole of a topic. This week also finally saw the end of an era in Xbox Live Gold as come September 14th, Xbox will transition current subscribers over to a new tier in the Game Pass offering called "Game Pass Core." With 25 games to boot and guaranteed online multiplayer, what could go wrong? Well, there is a caveat which we'll explore in a bit of a potential hustle play by Xbox.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:17:17 - Does Cog cuss?

0:22:15 - PC Game Pass is the way to go for new PCs

0:27:16 - Xbox thinks Game Pass will make up for lost PS sales

0:32:06 - Old Call of Duty games are making a resurgence

0:35:52 - Major Nelson is saying goodbye

0:38:52 - Arkane Austin may be returning to their roots

0:44:40 - State of Decay 2’s new update is out now

0:48:24 - Forza Horizon 5’s Summer Party has been announced

0:50:03 - Forza Motorsport will not have Drag and Drift events at launch

0:53:17 - Fable’s narrative lead has left Playground

0:57:49 - Xbox’s 2023 showcase was their largest ever

0:59:36 - Activision has confirmed this year’s CoD MW will be a continuation of MW

1:03:23 - Sonic the Hedgehog remakes are potentially in the works

1:06:09 - Payday 3 will be always online

1:06:48 - A Borderlands compilation has been spotted

1:11:14 - Baldur’s Gate 3 has 17,000 ending variations

1:14:35 - Planets in Star Wars Outlaws are similar in size to AC: Odyssey zones

1:15:42 - Banishers: Ghost of New Eden releases in November

1:16:45 - What have we been playing?

1:40:50 - Will Microsoft enter the handheld space?

1:42:30 - What determines a “play” for Game Pass games?

1:48:09 - PlayStation has finally signed a deal for CoD and Xbox negotiates an extension

2:18:15 - Xbox Live Gold is going away

2:34:41 - Coming soon to Game Pass

2:39:17 - Game Pass Pick of the Week

2:49:46 - Does there need to be more curation and UI management for Xbox?