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710 Goodbye Xbox 360

IGN UK Podcast

IGN

Leisure, Video Games

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

With the recent news that the Xbox 360 Store is shutting down, Jesse is joined by Emma and Mat to talk about their favorite memories of the 7th gen console. If you haven’t played The Saboteur, you should listen so you can find out why it’s an essential game to check out.  Have any meaningful Xbox 360 memories? Had any good snacks recently? Drop us an email: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the IGN UK podcast Episode 710 and it's going to be an absolute storm

0:17.9

for your ears today, which actually translates to we're all very busy because of Gamescom

0:23.9

and it might be a bit of a short one today. But hey, I'm joined by Emma Matthews.

0:29.0

Hello, how's it going? Oh, it's going so well, Emma, the American to hear in the office and

0:34.4

it's always a joy to have them around. But today we're also joined by Matthew Jones as well. Hello,

0:40.3

Matthew. How's it hanging? Oh, it's just so good. But you know what, despite it being a good day,

0:47.0

it's also a day of morning as well. Because we're here to discuss the Xbox 360 and how its

0:55.4

storefront is shutting down. I know, I know, hold back the tears. It's all very, very sad. So yeah,

1:01.8

the news came out. I think it was actually yesterday that the Xbox 360 store is shutting down

1:08.6

on July 29th of what's it? 2024. So you still got a bit of time if you want to buy limbo

1:16.2

on the Xbox 360. You can't get anymore. I have no idea. Maybe Castle crashes. I can't quite remember

1:24.0

what's left on Xbox Arcade. Exactly. But I figured it might be nice to take a trip down memory lane

1:30.8

and sort of think about our favorite Xbox 360 titles, our favorite Xbox 360 memories. Now,

1:39.2

I want to sort of kick this off with, and I'll ask you, Emma, what was your first HD experience,

1:47.4

like the first sort of like your first sort of moment when you realize, like, holy shit,

1:52.1

next gen is here. Because I remember my specific moment, but I want to hear yours.

1:57.0

So with, yeah, with games, it was when I saw guitar hero free on Xbox 360. I was amazed

2:05.2

how clear everything was. How about you, Matt? I had just bought an HDTV and I think I was playing

2:16.4

Devil McRae 4 on it. And I remember like waving my mum in and I was like,

2:23.9

Mum, you got to check this out. You got to see Devil McRae 4 in my definition. She didn't know

2:29.1

what was going on, but I'm sure she appreciate it. Did you have your Xbox 360 before you got

2:36.5

a HDTV and then did you make that transition like on the day? I think if I'm putting it together,

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