450: Meccha Chameleon, Empulse and the XBox Reset

450: Meccha Chameleon, Empulse and the XBox Reset

June 30, 2026 · 1h 48m · Episode 450

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of a low-cost indie game on the market, the challenges faced by a Titanfall successor, and the implications of Xbox's recent changes and rising game prices.

This week, a six-dollar indie game outsells the industry's biggest budgets, a Titanfall successor tries to outrun its developer's troubled past, Xbox's layoffs and exclusivity reversal reveal a platform in genuine crisis, and GTA 6's pricing plus the Steam Machine confirm gaming just got permanently more expensive.

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