Hello, everybody. Welcome to a new episode of The Mid-Max Show podcast.

Place about games, friends, getting better. My name is Ben Hansen, joined by Old Smile's McGee, Jeff Marquifaba.

That's me. That's what everyone says about me. That's right, joined by Kyle Hilliard. Hello. Hello here. Welcome to the show. And Janet Garcia. Hello. Welcome everybody. This is a very exciting episode of this podcast. We are talking about a lot. What was it? Like Monday night Janet, you sent that link, the link of the Xbox leak stuff. You're like, oh, this is the podcast now, right? I was like, yeah, I guess if people want to talk about it, but to be honest, I hadn't really dove in yet. And then time to hear it was like, oh, okay, this is

this is absolutely the podcast. So we'll be talking about the big Xbox leak from the FTC, which basically outlines their plans up until 2028, which is bananas, a bananas thing that happened. I know last week's episode of the podcast, we kept talking about like, it's a shame. I know we recorded this early, so we don't get to talk about the Nintendo Direct and state of play. We might do, well, we will do a little bit of a recap for those things that stood out from those two big showcases last week, which is old news to you. But we're really going to dive into one thing that was shown during

the state of play showcase, which was definitely the highlight for me, which was, of course, Final Fantasy VII rebirth, that new trailer. And the reason this episode is going live a little bit later for people who are Patreon supporters. Normally, if you support us on Patreon, you get an ad free version of this podcast a day early, you know. But the reason it's a little bit later, the normal is because I went out to LA and got to play Final Fantasy VII rebirth last week, and the embargo has lifted. So we're going to dive into all those details. And Jeff, I'm just going to smile and nod like the best of them.

Uh, we're all going to be so happy for you, Ben, I'm going to play the game. You all finished that last game. Yes, but you're a fandom. Uh, it clips is all of ours. Uh, you love it. And I'm so excited to cry when you were playing it.

Not in front of a PR person.

None. I asked for three boxes of clinics is just in case, but yeah, it was a dry run.

Uh, I was, I was thinking the same joke.

Come on, ladies and gentlemen. Hey, look at this.

We're also squeezing in a conversation about lies of P, a true video game title for the ages.

Uh, we're going to be talking about several punk Phantom Liberty. Kyle has played a lot of it.

And he's talked to the devs, all that fun stuff. Um, also, we're going to be talking about mortal combat.

One, specifically the story mode without spoilers.

Uh, we're going to be talking about like a dragon infinite wealth. And then back after the show,

community questions, if that's not a podcast, frankly, I don't know what is, uh, which brings me.

That's right. Bring me to my first point, uh, of order on this very podcast is if you're watching

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