Defining Duke, Episode 212 | Our Thoughts On Xbox's Developer_Direct 2025... - Did It Deliver?! (Patreon)

The January Developer Direct has come and gone! With it, Xbox has finally achieved what many fans have desperately sought out for them to do since this generation started back in 2020: Have consistent releases in the front half of the year. Indeed, you'll be getting three major games from them between April 8th and May 15th on Game Pass. Those titles are Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, South Of Midnight, and DOOM: The Dark Ages. That's not all as the mysterious fourth (fifth?) showing is a strong return for Ninja Gaiden. A fourth entry is real and inbound for Fall of this year. Today, you can play Ninja Gaiden 2 Black which aims to straighten out problems over a decade old. With the return of 2D and 3D Ninja Gaiden, it truly is "The Year Of The Ninja" and the Dukes couldn't be happier about it.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:23:52 - Xbox Financials

0:36:25 - PlayStation’s live service initiative is a failure

1:18:07 - Extas1s has shared more games leaving Xbox

1:25:41 - Respawn’s upcoming Star Wars RTS game reveal soon

1:30:23 - Dragon Age Veilguard director leaves BioWare

1:39:25 - Hollow Knight Silksong is still real

1:41:40 - EA Origin is shutting down

1:42:34 - Some new sales numbers

1:43:55 - What We’re Playing

2:01:28 - Xbox Developer Direct

2:59:33 - BioWare Sales Update

3:12:19 - Indiana Jones sales

3:19:12 - Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass

3:24:11 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week