The Xbox Drive Episode 157: X BOOM Box

The Most Horse-Powerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 157. This week Sean played Tony Hawk and Donut County. Ryan played Touhou Luna Nights.

Cleaning the Garage

Marvel’s Avengers Extra Mile is live!

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Extra Mile is coming soon!

The Xbox Empire with Sean

The Playlist

Ryan: Marvel’s Avengers, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, Touhou Luna Nights

Sean: Wasteland 3, Donut County, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, Among Us (PC)

Braking News

The Xbox Series S and X release dates and prices have been revealed! The Xbox Series S and X will both launch worldwide on November 10th. The Series S will launch with a price of 379.99 CAD/299.99 USD while the Series X will launch at 599.99 CAD/499.99 USD! Both consoles will be included as part of the Xbox All Access program, offering the Series S at 25 USD/month and the Series X at 35 USD/month. The subscription will include the console and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for 24 months. Xbox All Access is also expanding to 11 countries:

Australia

Canada - Exclusive to EB Games [https://twitter.com/RaveofRavendale/status/1303691441948983298?s=20]

Denmark

Finland

France

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

South Korea

Sweden

UK

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/09/xbox-series-x-and-xbox-series-s-launching-november-10/

The Xbox Series S was officially revealed! The console will support the following features:

No disk drive, digital only

1440p up to 120fps

DirectX Raytracing

Variable Rate Shading

Variable Refresh Rate

512 GB SSD

4K Media Streaming and 4K Game Upscaling

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/09/introducing-xbox-series-s/

EA Play is officially joining all tiers of Xbox Game Pass! It will join the service in holiday 2020 at NO ADDITIONAL COST!

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/09/get-ea-play-with-xbox-game-pass-at-no-additional-cost/

The following games have updated release dates to coincide with the Series X release date and will all now launch on November 10th:

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla - 4K 60fps confirmed!

Dirt 5

Gears Tactics

Watch Dogs Legion: Next Gen

https://twitter.com/assassinscreed/status/1303685357335187458?s=20

https://twitter.com/watchdogsgame/status/1303709759103787008?s=20

https://twitter.com/GearsofWar/status/1303688846484275209?s=20

https://twitter.com/Codemasters/status/1303680807492493316?s=20

The Carpool

Blaze Knight @BlazeKnight0923 - With 5/6 of the major game retailers beginning the shift to digital only options, how do you think Microsoft will handle the "backwards compatible" angle when physical media finally becomes obsolete. Download code vouchers for physical trade ins? Ignore the problem?

Seumas MacIsaac @FamousSeumas - So, which Xbox Series