647: Xbox is the new Xbox

647: Xbox is the new Xbox

From Multiple Nerdgasm by Matt, Luke and Dan

April 30, 2026 · 1h 9m · Episode 647

About this episode

The episode discusses recent Xbox news, including Game Pass price changes and the new Project Helix, alongside various gaming and tech industry updates.

Luke left a Rabbitohs game at halftime (they were up 24-0, which apparently is suspicious rather than reassuring) to record this, so you're welcome. The big Xbox news: Game Pass is cheaper now, but Call of Duty won't be day one anymore because apparently people were actually buying it and Microsoft noticed the gap in their wallet. Project Helix will be a real Xbox you can buy — not just a chip inside someone else's handheld — though the 'available as' phrasing has Matt convinced ASUS will also be selling one. The Black Flag remaster looks sick in motion even if some of the screenshots are weirdly picked. Conan Exiles is getting a free UE5 glow-up on PC, which interrupted Matt's current Dune Awakening era where he basically just pops in every few days to top up his shields. In other news: the guy who leaked the new Avatar movie is in serious trouble in Singapore (Luke's taxi driver once warned him not to pick up a leaf from the ground there, so yeah, that tracks). Tim Cook is out at Apple. And somehow they ended up talking about a 1994 Super Nintendo game that was originally going to be a Hellraiser shooter. As you do. "Airbender" Leaker Could Face Years In Prison - Dark…

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke, Matt, Dan

Topics covered

  • Xbox news
  • Game Pass
  • gaming industry
  • Apple CEO change
  • video game remasters
  • leaks and consequences

Keywords

  • Xbox
  • Game Pass
  • Project Helix
  • Apple
  • Conan Exiles
  • Avatar leak
  • gaming news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, ASUS, Apple, Dark Horizons, Ars Technica

Products: Game Pass, Project Helix, Conan Exiles, Dune Awakening

Books & works: Avatar, Hellraiser

Places: Singapore

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