The XboxEra Podcast | LIVE | Episode 181 - “It’s done!“ feat/ Rand Al Thor 19 & Tom Warren

The Xbox Era podcast is brought to you by CTRL: A Meal Replacement. Visit and use discount code XboxEra for 10% off your next order Sik, Nick, and Jesse discuss the latest in news, like Microsoft spending a cool 70 billion as they finalize the acquisition of ABK. Tom Warren will join the show at some point to give his expert opinions on the whole affair. The Man With A Million, Rand Al Thor 19, jumps in for a bit too! Jump In! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Going live 00:01:52 - Intro 00:03:21 - Hi everyone! 00:07:20 - We really wish we could do this full time. Help us achieve that! 00:09:30 - Jesse finished the Mega Bloks Xbox 360 00:11:35 - Superchats 00:12:08 - What have we been playing? Modern Warfare III Open Beta 00:16:44 - Rand superchat 00:18:38 - Jon has been playing Hot Wheels 2 00:19:50 - Superchat from Arsal 00:20:30 - Jon made a pirate themed Halo map 00:21:35 - Jon interviewed two of the Cocoon devs 00:24:00 - Jon and Jesse have been playing Forza Motorsport 00:27:12 - Cocoon 00:28:25 - Lords of the Fallen 00:31:50 - talk about a bunch of nothing for like, 10 minutes lol 00:40:45 - Make sure to drink some CTRL! 00:41:11 - Rand joins the show! 00:42:28 - So I guess we start talking about ABK. It’s finally over! 00:55:30 - Both Nick and Rand have heard Xbox wants to bring back Tony Hawk 00:55:55 - Would they actually bring back Guitar Hero? 00:59:50 - We discuss some salt 01:02:03 - Is Sega next? 01:04:11 - Superchats 01:06:10 - We try and get in the weeds over how the Ubisoft streaming deal will play out 01:15:25 - So much can change in 10 years... 01:19:15 - Forza Superchat 01:23:33 - Tom Warren has joined the show! 01:25:57 - Here’s Frank! 01:26:42 - Bye Rand! 01:27:30 - We get Tom’s perspective on covering ABK 01:32:45 - Superchat about our cameras 01:35:05 - ABK superchats 01:42:05 - Hopefully we get the final BC batch soon 01:46:00 - The PS5 got smaller, more expensive and uglier! 01:49:55 - What about the Series X Slim and Xbox hardware in general 01:55:15 - Acquisition superchat 01:59:40 - Tangent about AI voice use in movies 02:01:26 - Halo Infinite Season 5 02:08:55 - Rapid fire smaller news tidbits 02:11:26 - John Riccitello steps down from Unity 02:15:55 - Tom asks us about Switch 2, which leads us to.... 02:16:33 - Rumourmill: Nintendo might be planning a Switch model with and without BC 02:33:31 - Name A Game 02:53:21 - Patron Shout 02:54:10 - Community Question #1: Hue - What old IPs should they revisit with ABK first? 02:57:50 - Community Question #2: TornRaptor - Nick, don’t stress about Patrons leaving 02:59:25 - Community Question #3: Voodoopeople - Nick, don’t stress about Patrons leaving 03:01:22 - Community Question #4: Poderick Payne - Horror movies and I’ve got time to play more games 03:03:15 - Community Question #5: Hytham G - Hopefully Sega is next and could the FTC still cause issues? 03:06:57 - Community Question #6: RuGrabu - I want Starcraft to come back 03:09:34 - Community Question #7: nrXic - Thesis on how XboxEra is the best 03:13:30 - Community Question #8: DeoGame - What burger chain shoud Phil and Satya attend to celebrate? 03:17:42 - Community Question #9: SelfishxBurrito - What’s next for integrating ABK? 03:19:06 - Community Question #10: 99ruken - Should Xbox make an Xbox IP Skylanders? 03:21:04 - Community Question #11: Good Old Collingwood - Roman Empire games 03:24:12 - Community Question #12: Vinnie13 - Will Hearthstone come to console? 03:25:40 - Community Question #13: Omen - Will ABK cause a shift in the power dynamic within XGS? 03:27:05 - One final Superchat 03:28:05 - Wrapping up 03:31:20 - Ciao for now! ► Become a Supporter on Patreon: Join the No. 1 Xbox Community! FOLLOW -------------- ► Community Forum: ► Merch Store: ? ► Games/DLC Store: ► Twitter: ► Website: ► Twitch: 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. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: #Xbox #Podcast #XboxGamePass #abk