Bitcast 296 : The Xbox and Summer Showcase Breakdown

Hoeg said Playground Games was akin to Respawn because he wasn't sure that they could deliver a story driven game with Jedi Survivor after making Titanfall. How did no one on the panel correct Hoeg that Titanfall 2 has one of the best campaigns in modern history?

What’s up! Was in Novi for the ICLE Probate Seminar and happened to pass your office while exploring the areas nearby it afterward! Keep up the strong work!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, Hoeg! Replay crew. 😂😂😂 Hoeg with the double hat😂😂😂!

1:04:40 The moment I first saw Killer Bean the game I was pretty excited for that one. A friend of mine linked me the movie on YouTube (Its free btw! You can just watch it if you want!) and oh my gosh its good and shockingly good for one person who made just about all of it. And the game from the looks of it friggin NAILED the looks of the game. Its silly but oh my gosh its basically "Bang on Beans" spot on. My only hope is the game is good and releases without any major flaws. That is definitely a game that once we can find out its quality and it lives up to it any action fan will love it. And go check it out the movie if no one has seen it, its REALLY good!! And aside from the voice acting was made by ONE guy! :D

I’m wondering if the reason we didn’t get more release dates for calendar 4Q this year is because they have studios in contention for prime November release dates. They have Indiana Jones, Avowed, and Starfield Shattered Space likely battling it out for release dates and concerned they’ll step on each other. Perhaps the Obsidian leak was their bid for November 12, but Xbox will need to sort it out between them, Machine Games and Bethesda.

3:17:46 Hate to break it to you Ain's but there is always an exception to the rule. That rule is called CmoIsDaNam3, or Cmo, or Cmote. :p

I might play Ubisoft game again! Rome in Anno, now we're talking. I skipped on all of their games and franchises since Ubi killed off their modding communities in late 00's.

1:43:48 Eh gonna push back with Travis on that one. With a game that has yet to be released its better to be negative per say than not. And not saying there aren't games to be excited for or look forward to, but that can be easily balanced out by just not buying on day one and seeing different things like is it broken on day 1? Is the story good? Does the gameplay actually do thing that are fun and make sense? All of these things and sooooo much more you can't even tell until people actually get their hands on it. So if it doesn't look great, then nothing wrong with being "negative" if negative means I have my doubts to if this is gonna work. Beside, negative nancy is a pejorative not even needed in this context in the same way Travis would call someone who is a "frame rate fascist" just because they want 60 fps in more if not all of their games. Its not needed for something that actually has real concerns and valid criticisms. We don't need more hype in this industry, we need more cautiously optimists who say "Looks good! I hope it plays well and I'm gonna wait and see if it does." or in the case of Dragon Age now "This looks really bad from these angles and I hope I am wrong but I'm not gonna play this early or on day one or even two and let the people whose job it is to let me know..." We need more of that, and Hoeg being a "negative nancy" isn't really all that helpful. Especially with trailers and such having that many dislikes. They clearly did something wrong here. Now if we wanna call out Hoeg on something saying Skull & Bones is a good game, well, we got something there. ;)

Forza Horizon and Fable are being developed by two separate teams. Fable does not effect Forza Horizon 6 development. From a technical sense, a game like Forza Horizon is more complicated than Fable. You have much more going on at one time on screen plus the addition of other players at the same time.

The prices for bein at SGF/Game Awards is NOT "shocking". You should check the numbers on these shows. If it wasnt worth it, big companies wouldnt do it