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The Xbox Two Podcast is back and this week Rand & Jez will be talking about The Game Awards 2023 and how Xbox dominated the event by announcing Marvel's Blade by Arkane Lyon, a combat trailer for Hellblade 2 and Kojima's OD Overdose by Xbox Game Studios. But will Blade be Xbox Series X|S exclusive? GTA6 finally gets revealed, Bungie might be in trouble and a whole lot more!!
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Timestamps:
Getting ready to go live 0:00
Intro and Housekeeping 10:04
BG3 on Xbox 1:09:55
TGA announcements 1:18:50
Blade exclusivity 2:18:40
GTA 6 2:42:10
Patreon Questions and Closing 2:56:10
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[@RandalThor19]

Thanks for all the support!! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code XB2 at MANSCAPED.com! Timestamps: Getting ready to go live 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 10:04 BG3 on Xbox 1:09:55 TGA announcements 1:18:50 Blade exclusivity 2:18:40 GTA 6 2:42:10 Patreon Questions and Closing 2:56:10

[@RandomGuyNB]

Timestamps Getting ready to go live 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 10:04 BG3 on Xbox 1:09:55 TGA announcements 1:18:50 Blade exclusivity 2:18:40 GTA 6 2:42:10 Patreon Questions and Closing 2:56:10

[@consorte101]

I like how Rand says he guessed 3 things….but then all of those 3 things were wrong so he didn’t really guess anything right. 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@clouduslakestream8781]

Wether a guess is wrong or right doesn't change the fact that they are guesses. He even stated himself that 2 of them were wrong. Still guesses though.

[@consorte101]

@@clouduslakestream8781lol I was just joking brother. Not literally criticizing Rand!

[@rinaa6865]

Spiderman is the new 007. 0 game awards, 0 other categories awards, from 7 nominations.

[@julienstephenson610]

Still outsold every single Xbox exclusive 😂

[@noodmastercheeks]

@@julienstephenson610lmao? The only number provided was 5 million in one week or 5 days.. starfield sold more than 6 million confirmed so 🤷‍♀️

[@mattcollins3591]

lol cope

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

​@@noodmastercheeksstarfield is bad tho I mean Bethesda made it

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

​@@julienstephenson610listen theres no reason to be negative I'm a playstion person too but come on we're better then this

[@PrinsessePeach]

I really hope the Spider-Man games and the Wolverine game will come back trough backwards compatibility. 💚

[@keloing923]

God I’d love that 😩

[@OriginalBoondocksXVIII]

9:31 Stream Starts

[@NuclearAbyss]

The blade controversy its stupid, its people just somehow forgetting that Bethesda is owned by Xbox. Blade is being made by Bethesda not Xbox first party division. aslo at the end of the day, why are we even worry about it? The game is coming to Xbox, and Bethesda is Xbox, so arkane is Xbox as well.

[@TheonlyJohnMorris]

Xbox, the next gen console that is too weak for the GOTY 😂

[@ronniepatterson2827]

Agreed! So strange watching Rand & others make a big deal over this.

[@dominiclane8538]

​@RealGrum it's out on xbox .what the hell you talking about

[@dlwelch34]

Rand, I caught the Bridge 4 comment. You got me into the wheels of time books. I've read all the cosmere books

[@aawells07]

Theres something about Geoff Kieghly that just doesn't sit well with me and I cant quite put a finger on it.

[@JstBringIt]

Geoff Keighley said he agrees the music came up too soon but he said he never cut people short afterwards. But that’s because his big sign says to wrap it up and most people obliged. So many people had more to say

[@Rivs5117]

Blade being exclusive shouldn’t be a problem. No one says shit when PlayStation has Spider-Man and Wolverine exclusive to their platform.

[@DyeHard79]

Rand I find Baldurs Gate 3 rather difficult too it's not boring combat even though your right it's like xcom in combat you cannot move freely when fights breakout

[@peterganzon70]

Hope Sega can bring back Afterburner!!

[@rahulpare4414]

Xbox better get a DC exclusive game. Constantine by Arkane would be amazing.

[@liamflan9553]

Marvel blade is exclusive

[@benjamincurtis1412]

​@@liamflan9553Depends after SM2 and how much money that made. Could an XB exclusive Blade game sell 3M copies in 24hrs. I'm guessing no for 3 reasons. 1. The character isn't as big 2. XB platform isn't as big 3. ARKANE aren't a top 5/10 studio.

[@vullord666]

A vértigo comics house of mystery horror action game by Tango Game Works would be actually amazing.

[@blade5883]

​@@benjamincurtis1412 Blade is Xbox exclusive Lmao

[@rinaa6865]

​@@benjamincurtis1412 You mean Xbox and PC platform which is far bigger, you won't even have to pay for this on Xbox or PC if you have Gamepass, unlike Sony who charge the same money as Ultimate Gamepass for their so called PS Plus Premium and you have to pay for their exclusives on top of that! What a joke.

[@MrHelicx]

I was confused. I thought besthesa exclusive was settled in court under oath because of ftc.

[@midway7monster792]

Are any of the Developers complaining about how the show is going?

[@eugeniabergeron8987]

The game awards is kind of interesting because one of the things I don't like about it is the fact that it's definitely pretty much what you guys have already said but for my personal take on it I just want to say that what they should just do is have games being shown and stuff with the performance and the ads but that's.

[@keloing923]

Wasn’t Spider-Man PS4 shown as Insomniac and Marvel. Who owns Insomniac? Sony. Who owns Bethesda? Xbox.

[@ronniepatterson2827]

lol Gotta love Rands 20 minute rant on Blade being exclusive to Xbox, only for him to interrupt Jez 2:38 with a superchat lol

[@murphbri]

And Jez leave the Muppets alone lol! That was the only wholesome part of the show where they weren't trying to sell me something. Just a nice little comedy skit about Gonzo's love of chickens and how he couldn't finish Zelda because he wanted to keep playing the Cucco mission. That's what an awards show should be.

[@thedoncjg6263]

Waste of time, didn’t need to be there

[@CripplingDet]

Lol 2:06:50 really you needed a 2 and rolled a 1 haha

[@MaxIronsThird]

Xbox should get a team working on a Daredevil game, plus get that Wonder Woman game from Monolith as a an exclusive. Maybe an X-Men RPG in the style of BG3.

[@benjamincurtis1412]

Good stuff... They'd have to pay thro the nose for the licence as the sales projection would rely a lot of how many PS gamers you could get to buy an XB and get it.

[@FroggyTWrite]

@Rand al Thor 19 guy who does 4+ hr podcasts complains about game awards being too long

[@namnoc00]

Do you think they would look like they do if they had an ounce of self-awareness? They have to be delusional on every level in order to survive.

[@Frogdoddofficial]

I dont play fortnight or even online games at all other than halo. But i downloaded fortnight to play the lego mode with my daughter. Its pretty fun for being free

[@benjamincurtis1412]

3:35:13 An American saying that another country needs to get back on track, while "their" own land is riddled with shootings, gangs, racism and holy extremists. Is about the most American thing. PS: Thanks giving... Thanks you for supporting the bloodshed

[@PrinsessePeach]

The Blade trailer is basically only on the Marvel KZbin channel, it only shows on the reupload channels. So it being a Marvel announcement like Rand said, makes sense to me.

[@jimmythegamer2231]

It's also on the Bethesda Softworks channels

[@PrinsessePeach]

@@jimmythegamer2231 Ah, ok. Still think it is exclusive. Maybe Phil Spencer will have a comment about it at some point.

[@_BigWillyWonka]

Rand Al Thor the man with a million (voices)

[@I_duo]

VISIONS OF MANA !!!

[@rrob8344]

Since when is ori on PlayStation?

[@MightyMork]

I think he meant Switch, it's not on PS

[@paulbrown1409]

The argument can’t make Blade exclusive doesn’t make sense because they are coming to an agreement with a 3rd party. If Marvel want it on all consoles they’ll stipulate that in the contract

[@jozatelen9266]

They can but in that case I think Microsoft would just say no and let Arkane do Dishonored 3 or something. Why would they accept to develop the game for competitors?

[@ThatVikingGamer]

The issue is Xbox branding is poor, look at the Wolverine and Spider-Man announcements, playstation splash screen intro and that tells you all you need to know. Blade, no splash screen, no logo, no mention of Xbox at all. On the biggest screen with a Marvel IP you should be shouting about Xbox. If I was an Xbox I would introduce a new Xbox / Microsoft Gaming splash screen in every game from now on, load up COD 2024 you see it, elder scrolls 6, it's there, everything you own put your name on it. Poor brand management is just poor brand management at this point.

[@kennypowers1945]

Exactly

[@liamflan9553]

For trailers and teasers, Yes. But don’t put an Xbox logo on cod boot up, if it was published by Xbox game studios, then yeah, but if it’s published by activisn or Bethesda, let that be the load up.

[@benjamincurtis1412]

XB didn't have exclusives to care about this before maybe. But as a PS guy all my life I really thought you had a XB boot up on HALO... you telling me they don't have one?

[@boris3973]

Arkane will need to step up in terms of production values because if it's your typical Arkane game Blade might win some awards but it's not something that will generate mainstream hype.

[@Mantrahiroshima]

Arkane died with redfall

[@benjamincurtis1412]

The art style of it. Trust me people will be calling it doggie doo...

[@jayfrescobar4371]

Sorry Jez but your blade/bethesda rant is contradicting lol. It’s up to Xbox to make Xbox more attractive so they acquired Bethesda but Bethesda couldn’t put a Xbox logo in the trailer? That’s how you make the platform more attractive. And when Redfall flopped it fell on Xbox not Bethesda , so as much as they are independent they are still Xbox in public perception. Confusing messaging only hurts your consumer

[@shadowwolfgaming364]

Ori is not on PlayStation only Xbox and Nintendo

[@guitarspud1723]

I've been seeing people making that statement.

[@joshsfox6266]

I dislike that they annouced Blade. Another game that almost become vapourware for half a decade between announcement and release. There's a metric butt tonne of games annouced since 2019 that we have no idea when we will see them. IF we will see them. I care about whata coming in 2024 not 2029 or 2030.

[@liamflan9553]

Blade could be coming soon, they don’t announce games too early. It’s just there’s select few that need to do it early, but there is a lot that will get announced within 6-18 months of release

[@weaponx40]

When you can’t dominate the games conversation or even the sales I guess you can always aim to dominate some guys game award show 👍

[@nightsprings6920]

Fyi in the dont nod (life is strange) new game theu said "why now after 27 year" oddly 27 years relates to the film IT. In which the monster returns every 27 years. 🤔

[@StarChildSwagg]

I will assume that they are gonna utilize the same engine that was used with RedFall... Kinda looks similar. Hoping UE5 is used though 35:03

[@MaxIronsThird]

Lyon and Austin teams are completely separate. Austin team used Void/CryEngine/UE4, Lyon has only used Void engine so far.

[@TheonlyJohnMorris]

Baldurs Gate GOTY ...... a game that was not released on XBox ...... where is Starfield??? In the thrash, we know 😂😂😂

[@liamflan9553]

It’s on Xbox and was the day of the awards

[@Rivs5117]

BG3 was on Xbox before the awards show. Yo dumbass was too busy hating on Xbox to even notice 🤣🤣

[@Ciki92]

Kinda funny dude literally said if gta 6 will be possible on series s. He doesn't even know that series s has the same processor as X which is more powerful than ps5. It might not have ray tracing but R* knows how to fully utilize the consoles.

[@Truthwillalwayswinoverlies]

Good joke thats why playstation performs better on all multiplats against any Xbox console and the playstation exclusives are another level to Xbox games Xbox can't even beat ps4 exclusives never mind ps5. PlayStation is king of console 👑.

[@Capt_C_Storm]

Lol, buddy the Series X and S are not the same. Far from it. They do use the same CPU but it runs at a lower clock on the S compared to the X. The GPU and memory are scaled back as well. It is a budget console after all. Regardless, of the three consoles the Series X and PS5 are actually pretty on par with each other in real world gaming performance while the Series S has struggled at times. That is why some games have been delayed at times on the Series consoles or some features removed. It has nothing to do with the X but the S. Owning both the Series X and PS5 that is where the performance is at buddy. If you want to save money however then that is where the S comes into play.

[@holenjd3]

​@@Truthwillalwayswinoverliesto be fair though, PlayStation is the most popular so devs optimize for it before they bother with Xbox. If Xbox was the most popular, they'd optimize for it.

[@WoodstarForges]

​​@@Truthwillalwayswinoverlieseh? It doesnt though. There are plwnty of games that run better on the xbox. The S also has more games at 120fps than the ps5

[@antoniobandaro]

XSX and XSS use the same CPU (yes XSS clocked lower), but that CPU is more powerful than PS5 CPU. XSS may have half the GPU of PS5 and low ram, but it only displays up to 1440p native. Half the GPU half the resolution. PS5 GPU is overclocked 🤷‍♂️ XSS is a budget console and of course not going to compete with the XSX/PS5, but to say it’s not capable is naive. Every dev who said the XSS can’t do something, came back and said it can. Larian is a good example of this - next gen game in a ‘budget’ console 🙃 Understand XSS is cheaper/less powerful therefore there is going to be sacrifices compared to XSX/PS5, but the devs are not utilising the tools available to them and don’t optimise.

[@mr.sarcastic8833]

Dominates?....But the Xbox Tax. 🤡🤡🤡

[@Capt_C_Storm]

I would not say dominates for anyone including Xbox. It was a good show however for games. First and third party alike. As for the Xbox Tax it is and has been non existent. This was a fairy tale some fanboys made up to make them feel better about Starfield not be in the GOTY list along with other things, lol.

[@jimmythegamer2231]

​@@Capt_C_Storm Lol you are delusional if you think the Xbox tax doesn't exist. It absolutely does, but not in the way you probably think it is. There isn't a secret conspiracy of journalists rubbing their hands together and saying "I hate Xbox, so let's give all Xbox games bad scores", but there is an innate bias against Xbox among many journalists and outlets. Case in point, Metro UK who explicitly said they gave Hi-Fi Rush a lower score because Xbox didn't have many games in 2022. Or how about Quantum Break, which outlets like Polygon admitted "was reviewed as an assessment of the entire Xbox platform as a whole and not on the sheer quality of the game." Oh and we can't forget about half of the negative Starfield critic reviews, such as Meristation, Metro UK, Jimquisition, and So Videogames Podcast being from those who admitted they played Starfield for only around 3-5 hours, which is insane. It is a fact that negative Xbox articles get more clicks than negative PS or Nintendo articles, it is also a fact that positive PS or Nintendo articles get more clicks than negative PS or Nintendo ones. As such, journalists compensate for those disproportionate clicks by making their articles slanted towards Xbox in a negative manner.

[@Capt_C_Storm]

@@jimmythegamer2231 Lol, I am delusional now. Look I am not going through each game so let’s focus on the one that I really think started this nonsense, Starfield. Would it surprise you to know that Starfield has a higher score with the media reviewers than gamers? So now gamers would be bias now off of your logic. Just take a look at the numbers for yourself, lol. Personally I found the game boring but each to their own. It is also no secret Xbox has struggled at times with other titles as well. So like I have said before and continue to say. I do not care if you like one platform over the other. Both have value period. That being said, there is a reason the PS4 and now the PS5 continue to out sale the Xbox consoles with a 2 to 1 advantage. Figure it out bud.

[@I_duo]

Rand.Remind me to not invest in yer studio….😏🙂

[@hardboil4033]

1:24:37 i think they add like muspelheim trial? and maybe adding more skills, armor, and weapons. i dont know why they add it as DLC, when the previous game already came with it. It could be they did not have enough time and prioritized the main game story.

[@Mantrahiroshima]

It’s a totally new rogue lite mode with obvious hints at narrative bits as well with the greek saga music playing and showing a cyclops. It’s dlc because it’s fully new content (and free I might add). Why would they just add muspelheim from the first game that’s such a stupid take lol.

[@hardboil4033]

@@Mantrahiroshima did you not see '?' ?. Muspelheim it's pretty Rouge-like to me

[@Mantrahiroshima]

@@hardboil4033 did you not see? It’s literally called Valhalla and the first sentence of the description says “embark on a journey to Valhalla with Kratos”. Idk how it could be more clear for you.

[@hardboil4033]

@@Mantrahiroshima yes I didn't see it. that's why I used '?'. Did you not get it yet?. I didn't comment about my takes or opinions on the DLC, I clearly used '?'. please don't be stupid.

[@valdal7679]

Arkane making Blade , soon as I heard there doing it I lost all interest in the game. For me they are the worst studio ever and over hyped to hell for no reason

[@williammclelland6323]

XBOX has just so many games coming and poor sony has nothing interesting coming anytime soon and an XBOX GAME warzone being the most streamed game on ps5 that's why sony has become a total joke and a disappointment 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@jarde1989]

Don’t worry, Sony will write a few more checks to block Xbox releases and lock in exclusivity lol

[@david53444]

I'm worried about Sonys management and first party line up.

[@Capt_C_Storm]

Lol, PS has never been a joke bud. Owning both consoles I can tell you I have been more worried about Xbox over the years than PS. They are just having a slow year with releases something on the Xbox side you should know. I know I complained for years about it and we are just now finally getting games three years in this gen. Not that it matters because I don't see much changing in the console space anytime soon.

[@david53444]

@@Capt_C_Storm you seem to worry more about sales lol that doesn't change the fact that Xbox is a better system

[@jimmythegamer2231]

​​@@Capt_C_Storm Are you a 5 year old? Cuz it seems you weren't old enough to remember PS being an absolute joke during the start of the PS3 generation, and PS also being a joke with the PS Vita You strike me as one of those fake neutrals. I hate fake neutrals.

[@I_duo]

Blade will be a flop….wanna bet? 😏🫤

[@Capt_C_Storm]

Maybe, we will need to see more for sure.

[@jimmythegamer2231]

You are delusional if you think Blade will be a flop

[@Mantrahiroshima]

@@jimmythegamer2231why, arkane lost 70% of it’s people they are arkane in name only now. Not betting on it being a flop but I’m definitely not betting on it being a hit either.

[@liamflan9553]

@@Mantrahiroshimapeople who left were from Arkane Austin.

[@cjordan84]

Yo it's BLADE. THE FIRST TWO BLADE GAMES WERE HUGE!! NOT TO MENTION FANS BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR MARVEL TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER WITH THE FILM. BLADE WILL BE FINE.