What Xbox Era Would You Like to Relive? – Unlocked 694

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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We kick off by discussing the specific Xbox eras we'd most like to go back in time to and relive – from Halo 2 to Rock Band, among others – before chatting about Bungie's latest blunder and the state of the once-great studio, Randy Pitchford's spicy message to fans in regards to Borderlands 4 possibly being priced at $80, Microsoft's new additions to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft's domination of April's top-selling games list, and more! 00:00:00 - Intro, IGN Live, & Humble Bundle 00:08:28 - Favorite Xbox Era? 00:39:16 - Bungie Accused of Plagiarism 00:58:44 - Borderlands 4 $80 Controversy 01:08:09 - Retro Classics with Game Pass 01:11:22 - Game Pass Wave 2 for May & Best Selling Games of May 01:19:46 - RAIDOU Remastered & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's episode of Unlocked, it's IGN's weekly Xbox show.
0:07.0	We're going to time travel back and see what Xbox eras we would most like to relive.
0:13.0	Plus, trouble at Bungy, trouble, well, with one particular CEO at Gearbox,
0:20.0	talking about the price of the upcoming Borderlands 4, plus
0:23.6	some good news in the form of a new feature, new set of games, a new service, in fact, coming
0:31.3	to Xbox Game Pass, some pleasant surprises in the top-selling games of April 2025 and more.
0:41.8	This is Steve Downs, the voice of Master Chief, Sierra 117,
0:46.5	and you're listening to Podcast Unlocked, the world's number one Xbox podcast.
0:53.1	Now finish this fight. Master Chief, out.
1:01.0	What's happening, friends? Welcome to Podcast Unlock. It is IGN's weekly Xbox show for the
1:06.5	690 fourth time. We're publishing this bad boy on May 22nd, 2025, and we are recording it on May 21st,
1:17.4	2005. Ryan McCaffrey here, next to me on your screen or in your ear, if you're listening to
1:23.4	us on audio, is the great Michael Hym. Michael, what's happening, sir? Oh, man, it feels good to be back.
1:28.9	It's been a while. I was, if y'all, you know, if y'all watch content around, around other
1:34.5	sites, you know, I was on kind of funny to talk about clear obscure a little bit. And then I got
1:38.7	really sick because I went to Pax East. So I came back. I got the Pax flu as it's colloquially known as, but I am close to
1:47.1	100% now, so I'm locked in, I'm ready to go. I got a lot to catch up on. I got a lot to talk
1:52.8	about. So I had right on the, right on the heels of IGN Live too. I got to get these things out
1:57.9	of my system before we go all in on the summer of summer of gaming, as we call it.
2:02.2	This is the week to do it because I did want to let everybody know there will not be an
2:06.8	episode of Unlocked next week.
2:08.9	Everything logistically, physically, in every sense of the word is being packed up,
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