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Avowed Gameplay + Story Details Leak ft. Ryan McCaffrey | Defining Duke Episode 41

It's a big week for the Dukes! One of Xbox's most significant acquisitions in the last half decade is Obsidian Entertainment. They are an extremely talented studio that has been consistently worked over by every publisher they have worked alongside in some way, shape, or form and now with Microsoft's pockets backing them up, they will aim to make a big splash with Avowed. While it has long been described as "Obsidian's Skyrim," we were never 100% sure... until now. Joining us to discuss a recent huge leak about Avowed is IGN's Ryan McCaffrey and the timing couldn't be better. Beyond that, we dive into PlayStation's recent insistence on reaching tens and hundreds of millions of gamers. Will they take Xbox's pathway to reach that number or is there something else they have in mind? That plus 20th Anniversary predictions, the pressing discussion on how long a $60 should be, and much more! Get Last Stand merch! https://www.laststandmedia.shop Early access to new episodes will go live every Thursday ad-free at 12:00 PM EST at http://www.Patreon.com/LastStandMedia ​. Episodes will be available publicly three days after. Follow the hosts! https://www.Twitter.com/G27Status​ https://twitter.com/LordCognito https://twitter.com/DMC_Ryan #DefiningDuke #Xbox #Avowed Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:15 - A minor correction and a question about... bidets. 0:09:32 - What we’ve been playing 0:14:25 - What happened to the Backward Compatibility program? 0:21:06 - How do we feel about Xbox launching a study to determine the benefits of Right to Repair? 0:26:47 - Do rising game prices help make a case for Game Pass? 0:39:09 - Would there be as much pushback on a Sony subscription model as there is on Game Pass? 0:46:58 - Why aren’t we seeing more promotion for Forza Horizon 5? 0:51:54 - A leak has revealed more details on Avowed. 1:06:32 - Jim Ryan says he wants to see many more people have access to PlayStation games. 1:16:22 - Jeff Strain (State of Decay studio founder) has started a new studio called Possibility Space. 1:27:24 - Fallout 3 has received a new update on Steam. 1:34:42 - Forza Horizon 5 previews have been strong! 1:39:30 - Xbox’s 20 Years of Play celebration has begun! 1:46:42 - Eidos Montreal has moved to four day work weeks. 1:52:08 - Disney is teasing a new Star Wars video game announcement. 2:01:03 - Game Pass pick of the week. 2:06:15 - Which Xbox IP should get a AAA metroidvania treatment? 2:10:15 - Where is Monolith Productions? 2:14:31 - Will we see an increase in modding size limits? 2:17:57 - Are we ever getting another Splinter Cell release? 2:31:14 - Do most hardcore games use Game Pass?

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MrChrystal

Fantastic to see Ryan back on some LSM content. He remains one of the most insightful people in the industry

Alex Bolton

How sweet! Congrats on getting Ryan on the show!!!

Donny C

Well that happened faster then I expected! So happy you guys were able to pull it off!

Anonymous

I believe it inevitable for LSM to grow to the point where we see Ryan be a part of the family. In an official capacity. Flingers crossed.

Stephen Forgione

*Count Dooku voice* I’ve been looking forward to this

Tygorgon12

Always a pleasure to see Ryan!

Chris Dell

You people are animals, once you have a bidet (washlet), you'll never go back. COG get your life together and get out of the cave of dingle berries, and wash your one eyed monster.

Max - Fifthstring

Minor correction for the Forza Horizon 5 topic. The only Forza game to use UE4 is a spin off game, Forza Street. Everything else Turn10 and Playground make uses the ForzaTech engine, including the Horizon series. To the topic, Horizon 5 is using an in between build from ForzaTech and ForzaTech 2 so the idea is the same though! Forza Motorsport reboot and Fable will the the first games to use the new engine, and Horizon 6 (if it's called that) will be the next horizon game to use the new engine.

Yosemite Blaam

EDIT: Didn't see Max's correction. Just a slight correction to Cog, Forza Horizon 5 (and all previous iterations as well as Motorsport) use ForzaTech not Unreal Engine. Turn 10 and Playground Games use modified versions of ForzaTech but it is all still ForzaTech. Fable will also use a modified ForzaTech so it will be cool to see how versatile that engine can be.

Yosemite Blaam

Also, always love to see Ryan. Never met him but he seems like a genuine, caring person. Keep up this run of great episodes and guests, Dukes! May need to post a picture of my Duke controller and we start the hashtag #PutUpYourDukes

Yosemite Blaam

Also, just want to put this out there. Getting Seamus Blackley on would be amazing. Even if it is just a 30 min interview/discussion about Xbox. Granted, he's an actual genius and has other things going on so could be hard to get him on before the anniversary.

Matt Wiles

Colin, you should launch an online gaming ‘magazine’, hire Ryan, all of you write an article every few days, put subscription up by £/$1, and you’ll soon become the go-to place for reading and watching intelligent gaming journalism. It’s a gap in the market. Eurogamer are pretty good, but there’s a gap for written and video together.

KomakiKhaos

Loveeee seeing Ryan on the show

Matthew Major

Amazing stuff boys Ryan needs to join the family!!

Anonymous

Always look forward watching each episode. Keep up the great work Dukes!

Saqib Alam

I’ve noticed Ryan always side steps anything even remotely political. I remember during Colin’s show with him he did not get into the Israel & Palestine conversation and now completely avoided anything to discuss about China. Not a criticism but just pointing it out.

Jako

Defining duke pulling it out of the bag the past few weeks!