Press X to Start
”Press X to Start” is a gaming podcast, run by a group of friends who want to add diverse voices and conversations to video games and culture.
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Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
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Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
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Geoff Keighley latest post regal.inspiring.thickness and picture got the rumor mill buzzing, Control: Resonant got Remedy fans buzzing, and we may have finally have the closest thing to a pricetag for the Steam Machine. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:Those TGA Teasers Are Apparently Not For God Of War, Cory Barlog Reveals | TheGamerA trademark for Control: Resonant appears to have been filed by Remedy | VGC Steam Machine could cost around $700, build analysis estimates | VGCSubscribe to the ChannelRumour: Dead Rising Sequel Will See Frank West Take on a Deranged Director in Hollywood | Push Square Nintendo makes a rare acquisition, buying the studio originally behind Metroid Prime 4 | PolygonCD Projekt Still Plans to Launch All 3 Games in the New Ciri-fronted The Witcher Trilogy Within a 6-Year Period | IGN
Quick Hits:Where Winds Meet Arrives on Mobile Next Week, Surpasses 9 Million Downloads on PC and PS5 Hollow Knight: Silksong Creators Confirm DLC Is Coming - GameSpot
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6, Pacific DriveDj - Where Winds Meet
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Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
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Did Call of Duty Black Ops 7 beat COD Modern Warfare 3 as the worst-selling COD game? Xbox is getting even MORE expensive, and Where Winds Meet is big, weird, and filled with stuff to do! All this and more on this episode of #PressXtoStart Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 EU Launch Sales Fall Short of Battlefield 6's Launch by 63% Battlefield 6 Just Had the Best Month of Sales in the U.S. of Any Game in the Last Three Years - IGN ‘They didn’t plan at all’: Xbox reportedly warning of yet another potential price increase | VGC- Subscribe to the Channel -Tides of Annihilation: Extended Cut of the New Boss Fight Trailer + New Screenshots - IGN PlayStation Has Made Over $1 Billion On Steam, Firm Claims | Insider GamingUbisoft's Tencent deal goes through | GamesIndustry.biz Ubisoft Reveals 'Teammates' Playable GenAI Experience as Its CEO Says GenAI Will Transform the Industry Like 3D - WccfTech
Quick HitsEXCLUSIVE: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Set to Launch Before March 31 | Insider GamingMetroid Prime 4: Beyond Demo Now Available At Switch 2 Kiosks (US) | Nintendo LifeNaughty Dog’s Intergalactic is reportedly skipping The Game Awards and won’t release next year | VGC Ghost of Yotei New Game + mode is live!
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6Dj - BF6, Where Winds Meet is big and weird
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Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
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Where Winds Meet launched better on PC than PS5, ARC Raiders is the little engine that's dominating, and we need to talk about the Game Award nominations and why people are upset! All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest
Gaming News:Open world action RPG Where Winds Meet tops 2 million players in its first weekend, with a concurrent peak of 190,000 on Steam alone as it rakes in Very Positive reviews ARC Raiders beats Battlefield 6’s Steam concurrent for the second weekend as its player count continues to grow | VGC Clair Obscur and PlayStation leads The Game Awards 2025 nominations | VGC - Subscribe to the ChannelTHIS WEEK IN AI GAMING!!!U.S. Congressman Blasts Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Alleged AI Images: 'We Need Regulations That Prevent Companies from using AI to Eliminate Jobs' - IGN Krafton CEO allegedly asked ChatGPT to help him find a way out of paying Subnautica 2 devs their bonuses because he wanted to avoid the 'professional embarrassment' of being seen as a 'pushover' | PC Gamer ‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC Capcom says it’s confident Resident Evil Requiem won’t suffer from Monster Hunter Wilds-style PC performance issues | VGCDispatch dev says "there was no glitch" causing a bad ending, it's just you
Quick HitsMicrosoft Announces Xbox Partner Preview Showcase, Airing This Week - IGNWelp, says Sony, sure looks like buying Bungie didn't work out | PC Gamer DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS (WORKING TITLE) STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+ | Kojima PRoductions Nintendo Issues First Official The Legend of Zelda Movie Photos Showing Link and Zelda In Costume - IGN People are playing fewer games and new releases are "struggling", say Ubisoft UK, warning of falling revenues | Rock Paper Shotgun
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6Dj - Where Winds Meet, Dispatch (beat), BF6 Redsec
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Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
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On our plate for this week: Valve finally dropped their next big hardware, should Xbox be worried? We finally got details on the long rumored Horizon MMO, and Playstation dropped a State of Play geared toward Japan and boy was it Japanese. All this and more on this episode of Press X to Start Gamer’s Digest .
Gaming News:Valve's new Steam Machine is a SteamOS-powered mini PC over six times faster than a Steam Deck | PC Gamer Steam Hardware AnnouncementSony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s the video and details | The VergeSubscribe to the ChannelState of Play Japan November 2025: all announcements | PlayStation.Blog 16 game announcements, 9 DLC announcements, and a new 27” Gaming monitor with a DualSense Charging hookThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie's Rosalina Will Be Voiced by Brie Larson - IGN GTA 6 Is Delayed Again Until November 2026 | IGN Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Delayed 'Beyond Early 2026' | IGN Insomniac only earned $567 USD with Sunset Overdrive, an Xbox exclusive | LevelUp
Quick HitsNew Ratchet & Clank Game Announced, But It's A Mobile Shooter Thing | KotakuArc Raiders Has Now Had The Fourth-Best Steam Launch Of 2025 | The Gamer
What We Been Playing:Sean - BF6, DispatchDj - BF6 Redsec, Dispatch
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Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
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RedSec Battlefield 6’s battle royale mode is making me feel things, Animal Crossing New Horizon is coming to the Switch 2 as an update…, and a new leak has a big update coming to PS Portal! All this and more on this episode of #PressXtoStart Gamer’s Digest.
Gaming News:Battlefield 6 RedSec Review Bombing Makes No Sense | The GamerRumored RedSec hit around 20 million players Casual Mode Added to Battlefield 6 with 32 Bots in Each Match | Insider Gaming Battlefield 6 Reaches 10 Million Copies Sold, But Won't Be Enough To Topple Call Of Duty, Analyst Says - GameSpot Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and a huge free update | VGC PS Portal Adding Highly Demanded Game Streaming Feature, Leak Suggests | PlayStation LifeStyle Former Sony boss says the industry's obsession with the 'mirage' of live service games is futile: 'The highway is littered with people wanting to take on Fortnite' | PC GamerReason: Former Bends Studios employee said the live service project was canceled | Reddit 'It's Funny That People Think About the Console-PC as Two Different Things' — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Drops Biggest Hint Yet That the Next Xbox Is Basically a PC | IGN
Quick Hits:Japan Patent Office rejects Nintendo patent for its Pokémon capture mechanic | GamesIndustry.bizUS patent office director orders re-examination of Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle | VGCMonster Hunter Wilds’ post-launch sales continue decline in latest Capcom results | VGCAmazon making ‘significant’ cuts to games business, moving away from MMOs | VGC
What We Been Playing:Sean - Ghost of Yotei (finished), BF6, DispatchDj - Ghost of Yotei 100% completed, BF6 RedSec
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Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Halo potentially ending the console war, The White House dropping game related AI slop, Xbox flailing through its' profit woes, Ghost of Yotei's nigh impossible boss and much more!
Gaming News - Time code: 2:10
Halo is officially on PS5 and hell's starting to look real chilly; We take a look at Xbox's profit woes and how they're navigating them; The White House releases yet another terrible AI image of Tr*mp, this time dressed as Master Chief; Pokemon Legends Z-A closes its' launch week out at 5.8 million copies sold; EA confirms the free-to-play BF6 battle royale release is imminent; PUBG's publisher jumps feet first into AI with a 70 million dollar investment; AC Shadows officially coming to the Switch 2; Remedy's CEO steps down after FBC: Firebreak's abysmal launch; TheGamer hemorrhages its' editorial wing with mass layoffs.
What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 46:19
DJ & Sean talk more Ghost of Yotei, especially DJ who has met Takezo The Unrivaled.
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Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Ghost Of Yotei's DLC plans, BF6 continuing to breath down COD's neck, Halo Studios getting into the live service game and much more!
Gaming News - Time code: 2:06
Ghost Of Yotei reveals plans to continue Atsu's journey in DLC; Battlefield 6 racks up COD level numbers with a whopping 7 million copies sold; The leaked budgets for recent Pokemon games might explain a few things; Xbox denies responsibility for the Ally X's obscene price tag; Halo Studios is reportedly dropping their own Fortnite in 2026; Former COD director worried about the future of the series under Xbox; Black Ops 7 rumored to be dropping early; Nintendo dropping an hour long Kirby Air Riders direct for some reason.
What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 43:56
DJ & Sean continue to bear witness to Atsu's quest for revenge in Ghost of Yotei
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