Defining Duke, Episode 293 | We go down the Elder Scrolls VI Rabbithole... (Patreon)

How hungry are people for Elder Scrolls VI? Apparently, very! All it took was eight asterisks within the game's subtitle to send a flurry of fans into everything from lore wikis to decoding employee identification numbers in Starfield's Developer Direct. With such rampant curiosity, this led the Dukes down the rabbithole. What do these eight characters represent? Indeed, if the theories are true, they tell us more than you'd expect. Beyond that, we settle into a chat about the coming generation of consoles. Will Xbox weaponize Elder Scrolls VI as a lightning rod which can draw people into the ecosystem? Is it worth risking millions upon millions of dollars lost for this? Essentially, is this game going to find itself in a camp with Call Of Duty and Forza or Clockwork and Gears? There are compelling arguments for both sides, so join the very delirious Dukes as they settle into a lengthy conversation about Elder Scrolls!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

11:20 - Health Is Wealth

25:12 - Gears E Day beta sets records for series

38:32 - Currently hired ID Software dev blasts Xbox

1:02:12 - Xbox explains the big server outage

1:05:33 - Update on Halo Campaign Evolved sale’s estimates

1:20:34 - GTA 6 gets a gameplay reveal on Netflix

1:50:45 - Ghost Of Yotei Complete Edition announced

1:54:22 - Lord Of The Rings remasters inbound

2:00:15 - Atlus thinks they have to do Persona 1 & 2 Remakes

2:06:52 - Hog Leg 2 confirmed

2:09:56 - What We’re Playing

2:42:49 - The extremely desperate Elder Scrolls rabbithole

3:11:43 - Blizzard is Microsoft’s top performing studio

3:16:48 - Wrap up