#267 | Xbox's 2026 Game Release Schedule Has Leaked...

Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2026

⏱️ 199 minutes

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Summary

As Grand Theft Auto VI begins to lock in its November 19th release date, we're already started to see publishers scramble with their release plans. A recent report out of The Verge firms up that Xbox, like much of this industry, will be attempting to evade the blast zone. As such, they are moving some games up and there's a chance others fall out of the year. Joining Matty this week is Last Stand's own Brad Ellis to talk about everything from Halo Campaign Evolved to Gears Of War: E-Day as we debate and discuss the respective windows of these games. The main question that lingers in our head is if Xbox is avoiding Grand Theft Auto, does that leave December as an option? If not, can all of their 2026 calendar make it out in the anniversary year or would it be best to delay some games into early 2027 for additional polish and breathing room? Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at https://www.shopify.com/duke Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:02:33 - Health is wealth0:04:58 - Lies Of P reminder0:08:39 - A write in section0:10:40 - Checking in on Brad’s Trails progress0:17:55 - Book check0:21:57 - Greedfall vibe check0:30:17 - Have we played Resident Evil Outbreak?0:36:27 - Valve breaks silence on the Steam Machine0:50:31 - Is it safe to lock in GTA 6 for this fall?0:58:48 - Diablo 2 DLC in 20261:05:48 - The absolutely insane Mindseye drama1:13:59 - Obsidian says it took over 5 years for people to like New Vegas1:23:29 - Yakuza Kiwami 3 is the final Kiwami game1:28:31 - Resident Evil Requiem’s game length1:35:46 - Highguard team suffers layoffs1:42:59 - 2XKO layoffs1:51:57 - What We’re Playing2:21:23 - Xbox’s 2026 release schedule leaked2:45:28 - Next gen Xbox details leaked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being an adult sucks.
0:02.0	Adults, they have to work all day.
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0:40.3	The Salutation, everybody, it is Maddie here today, and welcome to episode 267 of Defining Duke and Xbox podcast.
1:10.7	Today I'm joined by the man who's usually here when the sky is falling, but Brad is an otherwise pretty calm week in the world of Xbox. How are you doing, sir? I'm doing good. Yeah, I do not come to bring death to the brand this time. All this safe here, fear not. Who knows maybe something will break during the show. Well, High Guard's already kind of going out of business. Yeah. I have to kill something. Yeah. But it's good to see you. Thank you for sub it in this week. For those who are wondering where Cog is at, he's at Dice, L.A. right now. He was going to be on the show, but his laptop died while he was out there. So it kind of worked out in a weird way. I had to pick up my wife from the airport. I was extremely late, so I'm sure it would have messed up cog schedule while he's out there. Brad was, as always, willing to step in as the last stand, Swiss Army knife. And I appreciate you immensely because I got caught in rush hour traffic. Like, y'all are catching me. We're all out of the car.
2:01.2	Like six hour drive there and back. And I'm here. I'm like, okay, time to sit for another like three and a half hours. Dude, I'm hitting the treadmill. I don't care if it's like 11 p.m. It's happening, Brad. I got to move my legs. Got to hit it, man. Got to do it. 100%, 100%.
2:16.8	But we have a lot of write-ins this week.
2:18.4	I appreciate everyone following up this week.
2:20.6	In fact, we have write-ins about write-ins, which we'll also talk about. Before we get into any of that, you can sign up on patreon.com slash last-in media over there. You can write in to all of our shows, including the lovely summons sign, which myself and Lockmore were just on this past week.
2:36.0	We talked about everything from
2:37.2	Horizon Hunter's gathering all the way
2:40.3	to Resident Evil. Nice smorgasborg.
2:42.7	And you can also check out Sacred. You can
2:44.9	check out Punching up. Check out Duke if you want.
2:47.7	You're here already. So maybe
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