Defining Duke, Episode 143 | Starfield Is Bethesda's Lowest Rated Game... Worse Than 76?! (Patreon)

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As we quickly approach the CMA's deadline for a decision on Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, we see another significant stride in the deal. The CMA has conditionally approved the acquisition if particular circumstances can be met on the cloud front. Meanwhile, the console wars trek on and Starfield is in the line of fire as it's now been officially rated as Bethesda's worst "official" release ever. There are caveats and we get into it, but also sift through the legitimate criticisms that have chewed up Starfield just as much. Plus, a decent showing for Xbox at the Tokyo Game Show, Jim Ryan is leaving PlayStation, and the Dukes big bet on Dishonored 3!

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:10:08 - At what point are too many acquisitions a problem?

0:21:13 - Jim Ryan is retiring

0:40:02 - Phil Spencer talks about continued support of Starfield

0:48:55 - An update has dropped for Starfield

0:51:40 - High On Knife drops October 3rd

0:52:53 - Cuphead is getting an anniversary update

0:56:23 - Sea of Thieves is getting private PVE servers

0:59:01 - Ubisoft comments on their cloud deal with Xbox

1:01:22 - The Division 3 has been announced

1:05:28 - Far Cry 7 may be in development

1:13:26 - Master Chief is coming to Rainbow Six Siege

1:14:28 - Unity issues an open letter

1:27:38 - PayDay 3’s launch has been a disaster

1:29:54 - Capcom comments on high development costs

1:32:50 - Meta Quest 3 will be able to access Xbox Cloud Streaming

1:35:22 - Limited Run is making physical copies for Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden

1:38:45 - A class action lawsuit is being explore over KOTOR 2’s canceled DLC

1:43:32 - Hideki Kamiya is leaving Platinum

1:50:33 - Turn 10 speaks up about Forza Motorsport’s live service concerns

1:54:34 - What have we been playing?

2:22:05 - How likely is it that we’ll get Dishonored 3?

2:38:24 - Tokyo Game Show recap

3:03:45 - Starfield is officially Bethesda’s lowest rated game on Steam

3:17:03 - The CMA has preliminarily approved the Activision deal

3:40:57 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week