Summary: <p>We talk about all of the Xbox news from the last week and how it might impact the Xbox's future.</p> <h2>What We're Playing</h2> <ul> <li>Cliff: Baldur’s Gate 3</li> <li>Colby: Persona 3, Monster Sanctuary</li> </ul> <h2>News</h2> <ul> <li>The Future is Xbox! I Mean, the Future Has to Be Something I Guess?</li> <li>There Are a Lot of Game Pass Subs</li> <li>We Are About to See a Bunch of New-ish Systems</li> <li>Finally, a Reason to Buy a PlayStation Portal</li> <li>Fallout is Getting a Very Cool Special Edition</li> </ul> <h2>Questions</h2> <ul> <li>Mansocks: What is the best video game movie or TV show adaption (and you can't say TLOU)?</li> <li>Princess_Megan: Why does Microsoft hate cross play? This popped up again during a conversation I was having with the IT Manager. We both play ESO occasionally, but on different platforms so we can't play together. It seems like an easy thing to set up now that Microsoft basically owns all of the game publishing companies</li> </ul> <h2>Cheap/Free Games</h2> <h3>Epic Games</h3> <ul> <li>Super Meat Boy Forever!</li> </ul> <h3>Xbox Game Pass</h3> <ul> <li>Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC)</li> <li>Tales of Arise (Cloud, Console, and PC)</li> <li>Bluey: The Videogame (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 22</li> <li>Maneater (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 27</li> <li>Madden NFL 24 (Cloud) EA Play – February 27</li> <li>Indivisible (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 28</li> <li>Space Engineers (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 29</li> <li>Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 5</li> <li>Diablo IV - March 28</li> </ul> <h3>PlayStation Plus</h3> <ul> <li>Need for Speed Unbound | PS5</li> <li>The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition | PS5</li> <li>Tales of Arise | PS4 + PS5</li> <li>Assassin's Creed Valhalla | PS4 + PS5</li> <li>LEGO Worlds | PS4</li> <li>LEGO Jurassic World | PS4</li> <li>Roguebook | PS4 + PS5</li> <li>Rogue Lords | PS4</li> <li>Tales of Zestiria | PS4</li> </ul> <h3>PlayStation Plus Classic</h3> <ul> <li>Resistance: Retribution | PS4 + PS5</li> <li>Jet Rider 2 (originally released as Jet Moto 2 in the US) | PS4 + PS5</li> <li>Tales of Symphonia | PS4 + PS5</li> <li>Tales of Vesperia | PS4 + PS5</li> </ul> <h3>Humble Bundle</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/destiny-2-the-story-so-far">Destiny 2: The Story So Far</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/games/ign-fan-fest-24">IGN Fan Fest 24</a></li> </ul> <h3>Prime Gaming</h3> <ul> <li>Blade Assault (Available February 22 through Amazon Games App)</li> <li>Gravitar: Recharged (Available February 29th through Epic Games Store)</li> </ul> <h2>Patreon</h2> <ul> <li>Alan Schulte</li> <li>Joe Cole Jr.</li> <li>Anonymous</li> <li>Rich Deacon</li> </ul> <h2>Extra Life</h2> <p><a href="https://bytemepodcast.com/extralife/">Extra Life Donation Link</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message
