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Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast

#275 | State Of Decay 3 Has A PULSE... (there's a catch)

Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8972 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2026

⏱️ 221 minutes

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Summary

Remember the 2020 trailer for State Of Decay 3? Turns out, that trailer was greenlit when the game was just a Microsoft Word document. Indeed, the team was barely above a handful of people and yet it got a full on trailer! That's only the start of today's story which leads us into the start of a private alpha playtest for the game. Indeed, it appears that this game truly began its work sometime in 2023 at best. The Dukes have thoughts, but much of it leans into the 'glass half full mentality' thanks to an interview by Sunny Games. In this, we learn about State Of Decay 3's direction for its co-op mode, combat, base building, choice and consequence, and plenty more. Beyond that, it was a busy week for Xbox as we finally are seeing movement on the achievements from. Naturally, there's also Halo drama to get into because when isn't that a thing? Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.0:00:00 - Intro0:20:31 - Game Pass refunds are dead?0:21:41 - Xbox theme parks0:25:12 - Halo Campaign Evolved release date leaks0:41:20 - Xbox is finally updating achievements0:56:29 - Mass Effect show being made for non-gamers1:12:36 - Xbox continues to tinker with back compat1:17:12 - Steam Deck 2 release date news1:23:44 - What We’re Playing2:19:49 - State Of Decay 3 has a pulse2:55:35 - Halo Studios has more drama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Salutations, everybody, and is Maddie here today. Welcome to episode 275,

0:36.4

a Defining Duke and Xbox podcast today. We're joined by

0:41.2

the man drift around Tokyo himself. Lord Cognito, looks like you got a fresh cut. Is that the

0:46.8

camera doing some work? Yeah, yeah. If I used to you, see, I'm impressed. Yeah, there we go. You

0:51.2

understood. You understand now I go back to my normal self. I don't

0:54.7

get your hat on today. Yes. Bro, I was scraggly for a minute, bro. You look great. You look

1:01.2

everyone says that, but it's like as a person who I don't really let my facial hair get out of

1:06.6

control, I don't usually let things get too crazy. It feels awful. Yeah, you look really good today, bro. Like, yeah, you feel your utmost confidence right now. Like, yeah. So I get what you're saying. I see what Cog saying. Like, you look good before, but I see like when you're styling and profiling like this. All right. I see you call. I see why you feel the need to throw on the habit. Yeah. My best right now. Bro, I feel like I'm a lock down. But I don't, you know what I'm saying? Well, don't hang it in, brother. I'm hanging in, man. It's just so much going on. And I know we got health as well stuff to talk about. But, you know, we got through another milestone, you know, as far as, you know, we did get the

1:45.6

coloscopy done last Friday.

1:48.7

And early results were good, but I want to wait for the definitive stuff.

1:53.7

But, you know, the, she told me that she was like, you know, everything, you know, looks good

1:58.8

or whatever, whatever.

2:00.0

No, she actually was, she scared me at first. When I came up, she was like, you know, have you been know, looks good or whatever, whatever. No, she actually was, she scared me at first when I came when she's like, you know, have you been in paid? Like, I'm literally waking up out of recovery. And she's like, so like, have you been in pain? And I'm like, oh, no, like, why is she questioning me with these intense things? So she's going on and she's like, know we just saw this little inflammation here. But I got the diverticulitis. Yeah, sure, sure.

2:19.1

So I'm like, no, but I was saying, not really.

2:20.6

She's okay, okay.

2:21.5

So I'm like, no, but I was like little inflammation here but I got the diverticulitis

2:17.7

yeah sure sure so I'm like no but I was like not really she's

2:20.8

okay okay so I'm like big C like what else

2:24.5

oh hell no like the way she brushed it off

2:27.9

was kind of like don't even think about that casual with that shit

2:31.2

bro yeah I'm like I'm sitting there waiting on pins and needles for you to tell me some life-changing thing. You first news you tell me waking up is like her concern. Yeah, a concern face with pain. And she starts laughing at me when I had mentioned the big scene. So she was like, oh, no. Like, I was like, okay, cool. But anyway, so we got through it, you know. Yes, Latin in your life, no doubt. When you get that, no, no, you was like, okay, cool. But anyway, so we got through it. I slapped to your life, no doubt. When you get that, no, no, you're like, oh, it definitely is a doubt. You're right. That is funny. I can live for a few more years. Like, you know what I'm saying? Casually go throw that out there like that. But yeah, it was good to get it done.

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