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PX2S 9.46 - Microsoft has Cursed Call of Duty!

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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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PX2S 9.45 - Where Winds Meet Blows on PS5 | Arc Raiders Blows Up Competition on Steam

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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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PX2S 9.44 - Valve's New Hardware and Horizon New MMO Steel Frontiers

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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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PX2S 9.43 -Battlefield 6 RedSec Is Breaking Records AND Getting Review Bombed?!

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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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Level 9.42 - Master Chief Is Storming The Shores Of Sony

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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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Level 9.41 - More Ghost Of Yotei Is On The Way!

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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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Level 9.40 - Battlefield Has Call Of Duty Clutching Its' Pearls

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Xbox doubling its' power and price for next gen, BF6 smashing player count records, Clair Obscur's massive new update, Nintendo potentially teasing Pikmin 5, Ghost of Yotei and more!
Gaming News - Time code: 2:33
The next Xbox may be more powerful than the PS6 but will also be more expensive as a result; BF6 breaks its' own record with an insane player count over the weekend; Clair Obscur to drop a free major update to celebrate 5 million units sold; Sandfall doesn't want to be beholden to a specific story, art style or genre for the next Clair Obscur game; Halo Studios' art director departs with some tea that he's waiting to spill; Nintendo's newest animated short has confused fans speculating that Pikmin 5 is on the way.
What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 41:22
DJ & Sean continue to slice & dice their way through Ghost Of Yotei
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Level 9.39 - Xbox Alienates Its' Fanbase

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This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Xbox's tone deaf Game Pass decision; EA planning to cut costs with AI; Amazon's revamped Luna; Ghost of Yotei and much more! 
Gaming News - Time code: 1:41
Xbox makes the universally panned decision of raising the price of Game Pass Ultimate by 50%; Ghost Of Yotei clears a big financial milestone upon release; Arc Raiders delayed for 3 years after devs realized that wasn't a good time; The new overlord of EA plans to use AI to "cut operating costs"; FFVII Remake pt 3 won't be impacted by the new multiplatform approach; Amazon's revamped cloud-gaming service features party games and...Snoop Dogg for some reason; Capcom leaves fans baffled as it locks the SF6 Finales behind a paywall; The Black Ops 7 beta just dropped and people are already cheating; Applications for Marathon's closed tech test are now open.
What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 53:11
Sean finally beats Donkey Kong Bananza and then joins DJ in Japan for some samurai shenanigans with Ghost Of Yotei.
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