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The Most HorsePowerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 60! Sean played Assassin’s Creed. Luke played so much Starlink..just...so much. Buckle up and drive safe.

What We’re Playing

Luke: Starlink, Outlast, Blood Sweat and Pixels
Sean: Assassin’s Creed

Braking News

Microsoft plans to bring Xbox Game Pass to PC
https://www.pcgamer.com/xbox-game-pass-pc/

Xbox hardware up 95%, gaming revenue up 44% to $2.7 billion
https://www.vg247.com/2018/10/24/xbox-hardware-sales-up-95-percent/

ID@Xbox Celebrates Release of 1,000 Titles
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/10/30/idxbox-hits-1000-title-milestone/
- 3,000 Studios, 67 countries, $1B in revenue.
- Examples: Studio MDHR’s Cuphead, Fullbright’s Tacoma, playdead’s INSIDE, Chucklefish’s Stardew Valley, Matt Makes Games’ Celeste, Team17’s Overcooked 2, Dark Star’s Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption

Game Pass adds new games for the second week in a row.
- Grip Combat Racing launches day and date.
- Olli Olli 2, Sniper Elite 4, Sheltered, Rise and Shine
- MORE games at XO18
Games With Gold has been announced.
- Battlefield 1 (11.1 - 11.30)
- Race The Sun (11.16 - 12.15)
- Assassin’s Creed (11.1 - 11.15)
- Dante’s Inferno (11.16 - 11.30)
Backward Compatibility titles added today.
http://mjr.mn/BackCompat
- Just Cause, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today

The Car Pool - Listener Questions

John Wahl - A MegaDad - @Wahlnut77
- Which old, abandoned Xbox franchise do you see being most likely to make a successful comeback in the next few years? Perfect Dark? Viva Piñata? Crimson Skies?

Cruise Control - Topic of the Show

Great games vs “Fun” Games
- Early impressions around the community for Red Dead are suggesting that the game is slow in the beginning, but vastly impressive. It’s certainly a contender for Game of the Year but some are saying simply “it’s not for me”.
- Does a game need to be “fun” for you to enjoy it? Should everyone try a Last of Us or Red Dead simply for the experience?

Games with Gold