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• How We’d Fix Xbox’s Game Pass Pricing Problem – Unlocked 710

  More fallout from last week's Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike as DLC discounts on Game Pass get eliminated in favor of Rewards points, as well as a possible cause of the 50% price increase. We discuss how we'd fix this pricing problem Microsoft's created. Plus: Microsoft squashes a rumor about its future hardware intentions, a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming is reportedly on the way, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• And Now Game Pass Prices Are Going Up Too – Unlocked 709

  It's all about dollars and cents (sense?) on this week's episode of IGN's weekly Xbox show, as we're discussing Microsoft's massive price hike on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, along with the final tough-to-stomach price of the Xbox ROG Ally X, and EA's record-breaking $55 billion go-private deal. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:53 - Xbox ROG Ally X Price Revealed 00:12:58 - Game Pass Price Hike 00:54:08 - EA's record-breaking $55 billion go-private deal 01:17:58 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Xbox Raises Console Prices…Again – Unlocked 708

  Our main topic is one we'd rather not have to discuss, but unfortunately, here we go again with Xbox console price hikes. We talk about our thoughts on the bigger picture of these higher-than-ever prices five years into this console generation. Plus: we've got fun stuff to talk about too, such as Forza Horizon 6's reveal and Japan setting, plus Hideo Kojima's creepy Xbox exclusive OD, which appears to be a spiritual successor to the infamous PT. 00:00:00 - Intro & Xbox ROG Ally X Price Watch 2025 00:05:06 - Xbox Price Hikes in the USA 00:25:10 - Ex-Blizzard President Mike Ybarra criticizes the Xbox price Hike 00:41 :40 - Forza Horizon 6 Revealed 01:02:05 - O.D. Trailer Reaction 01:10:12 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• GTA 6: How Big Will its Pop Culture Impact Be? – Unlocked 707

  We begin IGN's Xbox show this week by discussing the alleged (but still unconfirmed as of recording) pricing of the Xbox ROG Ally X handheld gaming PC, including what the huge apparent gap in price between the base model and the top-end model means for each one. And then our main topic is around GTA 6: a new Rockstar job listing makes a big but fair claim, and we debate just how far and wide its pop-culture reach and impact will be when it finally drops. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:15:08 - LEGO Voyagers Review & Lost Skies 00:17:52 - BioShock Movie is 'Definitely' Based on the First Game 00:31:16 - GTA 6 'Will Be The Largest Game Launch in History 00:58:22 - IGN Fan Fest Returns! 01:01:21 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Is Forza Horizon 6’s Reveal Imminent? – Unlocked 706

  With rumors swirling and Microsoft confirming a Tokyo Game Show livestream, we discuss whether or not we might be about to get a reveal of Forza Horizon 6. Plus: Hollow Knight: Silksong and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC impressions, former Xbox and industry execs weigh in on Xbox Game Pass, and more! 00:00:00 - Intro & Humble Bundle 00:03:42 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants DLC 00:12:02 - Borderlands 4 out this week too! 00:14:18 - Hollow Knight: Silksong 00:16:10 - ROG Ally X 00:18:02 - Forza Horizon 6 & Xbox's TGS Livestream 00:42:02 - Xbox Game Pass is coming under fire 01:17:15 - Double Fine & Keeper + Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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