About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing Xbox Reset and features guest Sam Tolbert while reviewing various games.

It's been a week. The big Xbox 'Reset' is in full swing, but after all the layoffs and studio changes, we're still not really sure on what the plan actually is. Let's discuss what's going on in The DayOne Show Episode 322! This week, we're joined by the lovely Sam Tolbert, who's starting to feel like a part of the furniture around here! Before we dig into the big topics, we spend some time talking about the games we've been enjoying this week. Jon has been having a wonderful time sailing around the Caribbean in Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced , and after 30+ hours with Ubisoft's remade classic, piracy and the open sea remains as addictive and engaging as ever. Jesse took some time to cover new Game Pass addition Ascend to Zero , a new bullet-heaven survivors like game with a pretty unique twist where you can pause time itself. Both Sam and Jesse have been playing Doom The Dark Ages: Revelations , a new campaign-sized DLC for the latest Doom game from id Software. It is unabashedly excellent , and it hurts to see what id Software went through this week considering they've made something so genuinely fantastic. Oh yeah - that's right. In spite of how great games are, and how…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon, Jesse

Guest: Sam Tolbert

Topics covered

• Xbox Reset
• game development
• game reviews
• video game industry
• Game Pass
• Doom DLC

Keywords

• Xbox
• game development
• Assassin's Creed
• Doom
• Game Pass
• Ubisoft
• id Software

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ubisoft, id Software

Products: Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, Ascend to Zero, Doom The Dark Ages: Revelations

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