#218 | The Gears Collection Is REAL... And Not What We Expected...

Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Hobbies, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 212 minutes

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Summary

After years of rumors, the Gears Of War Collection has become a bit of a running gag in the Xbox community. If it happens, great. If it doesn't, we never fully believed in it anyway. This week, we have Jez Corden to thank because it made for one of our fastest evolving stories mid-show! Starting off as a discussion of whether or not the Gears Of War Collection would ever happen, we quickly learned it is happening and... it won't have multiplayer. Is this a major dealbreaker for Xbox fans? Naturally, the Dukes debate, but the real question after assessing the early Forza Horizon 5 sales data is if it will matter to those playing on other platforms. Forza Horizon 5 is already beating out hot products with full marketing campaigns that are set to hit the market. Most stunning of all is that despite amassing 40+ million players and being available on multiple platforms for years, Forza Horizon 5's early access edition is the lead seller. It says a lot about how Xbox as a platform is viewed versus their content. So, let's dive in! Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:30:09 - Tony Hawk Pro Skater is back 0:50:44 - A new Gears Of War rumor 1:06:34 - Expedition 33 previews 1:14:46 - Hideki Kamiya still wants to make Scalebound 1:18:11 - CoD leaker doubles down on new Xbox consoles in 2026 1:25:03 - Monster Hunter Wilds has sold 8 million copies 1:27:35 - Sonic Unleashed has been ported to PC by fans 1:34:35 - Turok Dinosaur Hunter suddenly gets released 1:36:27 - Terminator 2D: No Fate arrives on September 5th 1:38:43 - Jason Schreier reports that a new LEGO game is on the way 1:44:48 - Suikoden announcements 1:48:42 - Rockstar Games has acquired Video Games Deluxe 1:49:26 - Steam reaches 40 Million concurrent online users 1:50:12 - La Quimera revealed 1:51:30 - Demon Slayer is getting another game 1:52:30 - Games publisher Acclaim has returned 1:55:35 - Ubisoft’s Far Cry extraction shooter has been rebooted 2:05:38 - What We’re Playing 2:40:40 - Jez confirms no multiplayer on Gears Collection 3:12:17 - Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass 3:17:35 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Salutation, everybody, it is Maddie here today.
0:35.0	And welcome to episode 218 of Defining Duke and Xbox podcast today.
0:40.6	I'm joined by the man who's going to sell you the premium edition to a game that's been on the market for years.
0:45.9	Lord Cognito. Oh, you're starting early. It's our hot topic of the show. I always lean to do it with our intro.
0:54.2	Come on, now.
0:55.1	Jumping into it early.
0:57.1	I like that energy.
0:58.3	I got to take the energy off my glasses right now.
1:00.2	My eyes are so tired right now.
1:02.6	So I'm wearing my...
1:03.3	I did my South of Midnight preview.
1:05.4	And a lot of people were like,
1:06.0	yeah, these glasses don't fit your face, bro.
1:07.5	I was like, so I never got the chance to exchange them.
1:11.0	And now it's like too late. So I'm just like, all right, I was going to wear them in private.
1:15.5	But I've had like such a rigorous past two days at my computer that my eyes are so strained.
1:20.8	And I'm like, I need to put these on for a show. So it gets to make fun of me for an episode. I'm trying to put the pay attention to Forza. Pay it to where Xbox is doing. Pay attention to Cog. But how are you,
1:31.7	sir? I'm doing good. Those glasses, your intellect is plus five and your perception is plus
1:36.1	three right now. That you definitely right now. You owe to a high intellect talking,
1:41.6	you know, speech bill. Definitely passing speech checks with this thing. I don't know, bro. It, like, talk, talking, you know, speech bill. Yeah, definitely passing speech checks with this thing.
1:45.3	I don't know, bro.
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