Are Xbox & Bethesda Mishandling Fallout?

Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Hobbies, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2022

⏱️ 167 minutes

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Summary

Fallout is arguably the most lucrative IP that Xbox earned from its acquisition of Zenimax Media. Since the ink on that deal dried, the possibilities for that series seem endless. With brilliant Fallout minds underneath the Xbox umbrella such as Todd Howard, Brian Fargo, Feargus Urquhart, Tim Cain, and Leonard Boyarsky, it feels like we're primed for a special era in the franchise's lifecycle. While it sounds great, it looks like we're a ways out from any meaningful collaboration. A recent interview with Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart has resparked the famous "Fallout: New Vegas 2" conversation as there is a true hunger from within Obsidian to work on this franchise again. This dates back to 2013 with public pitches for a game by Obsidian, but now with so many answers available in-house; it feels inexcusable to not have something cooking for an objectively profitable series. We also get into the thick of things again with the CMA as well as Microsoft facing some layoffs. There are new details on Minecraft Legends that are beginning to shape up Xbox's early 2023 picture. Plus, we dive into the fiercely debated 30 FPS topic as well as the importance of the conversations surrounding pay for voicework in gaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Defining Duke, an Xbox podcast is brought to you by, well, you.
0:05.0	If you want to learn how to support the show, go to Patreon.com slash Last Stand Media. The Oh, So, the the Salutations everybody and is Maddie here today and welcome to episode 94 of defining Duke and Xbox podcast. and media. Ben Smith, Ben, how are you? I'm good man. How you doing? The merit, I don't
1:04.2	I don't know if I'll ever lose that title. No, you can't shake it off. It just sounds too good.
1:08.0	It's a hot title, that's a thing. It sounds, it sounds sexy.
1:11.4	I'm still pulling, I mean I've said this before here with you, but I'm still
1:14.8	pulling for you to call me the honorable. Like I feel like I will be satisfied in multiple ways.
1:20.7	Oh, if that happens. Oh. Oh well Ben welcome to the show today Kog is not joining us he is in Ireland right now
1:29.2	he's he's currently working really hard for Zuckerberg, so he will not be with this this week.
1:35.0	He won't be on this week's DDU or next week's, but I got some good episodes in the can for y'all.
1:40.0	This last one we just did for DDU was a legal deep dive with Hogue Law on another topic here in this episode,
1:47.6	one that I know the audience is showing some fatigue on, but it's about the CMA and
1:51.9	Microsoft and getting a more legal analysis of things that are transpiring.
1:56.3	Of course we record that episode and then more happened but nothing really was missing from that conversation.
2:01.6	But I digress that'll be available and then we are recording a special interview this week, which I never count on these interviews.
2:10.0	It's always sketchy, but that is a part of the plan and that should be recorded tomorrow.
2:14.7	So you have a lot of good stuff to look forward to despite Kog's absence, but he will be back for
2:19.9	next week's full episode.
2:21.3	He's over there with my people.
2:23.0	And yes.
2:23.5	Infecting them with the Zuck.
2:25.5	Yes.
2:26.5	And the Facebook.
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