The XboxEra Podcast | LIVE | Episode 226 - "The Boys Are Back from Gamescom"

Back our Kickstarter for Console Wars the Game! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xboxera/console-wars-the-card-game Sik, Nick, & Jesse are back from Gamescom 2024 and finally meeting in person. Jump In! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Going live 00:07:20 - Intro 00:09:35 - Hi everyone! 00:11:55 - Aarsal doesn't know how to use Google maps 00:14:20 - Nick missed his (Business Class) flight home 00:18:55 - Jesse's flight was also delayed and he saw Dorito Pope! 00:20:45 - Aarsal has no idea how to plan travel 00:22:55 - We talk about our Gamescom experience(s) 00:26:35 - Jesse melted a kettle 00:31:00 - We talk more about what we did and saw at Gamescom 00:35:35 - APPLE STRUDEL (food tangent) 00:41:50 - Tom Henderson tried to bribe Nick and Predrag to come out 00:45:25 - Jon's son invited Nick to a party chat 00:47:00 - More Gamescom talk 00:47:55 - Nick snuck into the Xbox Business area and networked! 00:50:00 - Nick met Marios Gavrilis the voice of Emmerich Voss! 00:52:40 - Indiana Jones looks great! (We previewed it) 00:55:55 - We discuss Xbox messaging and games going to other platforms 01:00:20 - What have we been playing? Star Wars Outlaws 01:02:50 - Atomfall 01:03:30 - Expedition 33 01:05:10 - Aarsal has been playing Halo among other Gamescom stuff 01:10:35 - He also watched the Indiana Jones presentation 01:12:35 - Jon played a lot of Console Wars! 01:17:40 - Jon called Replaced Returnal. But yeah, we played it 01:20:20 - Cairn 01:22:50 - Fatal Fury City of Wolves 01:25:50 - Black Ops 6 Open Beta 01:29:00 - Delta Force Hawk Ops 01:30:20 - Cyberpunk 2077 01:31:20 - Nick streamed stuff 01:32:20 - Space Marine II (demo...) 01:33:55 - Balatro 01:36:47 - Eternal Strands 01:38:44 - Tom Henderson lost his luggage and still hasn't got it back 01:39:45 - Back to Eternal Strands 01:42:40 - Metaphor: ReFantazio 01:43:40 - Aarsal distracts us horribly about more Gamescom random bullshit 01:49:30 - Again, Aarsal starts another fucking tangent about food 01:54:05 - Nick caught up with Gaz (another random tangent) 02:02:00 - Genshin Impact finally comes to Xbox 02:03:40 - Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (we discuss the issues around these collections) 02:06:10 - Black Myth WuKong controversy and the "Insider Civil War" 02:26:50 - Aarsal decides we should talk about Concord 02:39:00 - Titanfall tangent 02:43:40 - PlayStation 5 Pro 02:50:50 - Don't want English food? Have some CTRL! 02:51:45 - Name A Game 03:06:25 - Patron Shout (with bonus rambling) 03:15:36 - Community Question #1: PoderickPayne - Funniest/worst ads you can remember? 03:25:40 - Community Question #2: DeadlyHeadley - Favourite non-main Friends character? 03:29:59 - Community Question #3: Julia - What did you leave Gamescom most excited for? 03:32:37 - Community Question #4: 99ruken - Give a prediction and an unpopular opinion 03:40:30 - Community Question #5: Hytham G - You seen Gordon Ramsay? You ever had a bike accident? 03:48:07 - Community Question #6: Mooditude - More love for the Series S 03:52:55 - Community Question #7: Omen - What's the deal with the Indy PS5 announce? 03:56:25 - Community Question #8: LazarWolf - What OG Xbox "Collection" would you like to see? 03:59:57 - Community Question #9: DidactBRHU3 - How can MS advertise their RTSes better? 04:05:42 - Community Question #10: TownYsend - What game should be a movie/TV Show? 04:11:15 - Community Question #11: LeeLayfield - Get any good swag? 04:14:30 - Community Question #12: Good Old Collingwood - Questions for all 04:16:53 - Community Question #13: SJDub - Does Xbox need a "kids" game like Astro? 04:20:20 - Wrapping up 04:23:20 - Ciao for now! ► Become a Supporter on Patreon: https://patreon.com/xboxera Join the No. 1 Xbox Community! FOLLOW -------------- ► Community Forum: https://forum.xboxera.com ► Merch Store: https://xboxera-store.creator-spring.com/? ► Games/DLC Store: https://store.xboxera.com/en-us ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/XboxEra ► Website: https://www.xboxera.com ► Twitch: https://twitch.tv/TheXboxEra ABOUT US! ----------- XboxEra is a community-driven endeavour that has been created to enable the passionate Xbox community to create and share content, articles, gameplay, and opinions. We want to shine a light on the positives the Xbox platform provides such as inclusivity, availability, and a customer-centric approach. #Xbox #Podcast #XboxEra #xboxgamepass