As was originally reported, Xbox brought out a Partner Preview in November. It was chockful of everything strange like a co-op alien shop simulator or a thuggish rabbit beating up baddies to more traditional first person horror titles. The catch was that every game we saw throughout was a Play Anywhere title, a program that many of Xbox's players still yearn for the platform to leverage more. All in all, the Dukes enjoyed the show, especially given it dropped ahead of the biggest show of the year in the Game Awards where announcements are typically prioritized. Beyond that, we dive deep into the Valve rumor mill. Half Life 3 is everywhere! Is it finally happening and are the Dukes believers? We get into that plus updated thoughts on the Steam Machine now that we've had some time to digest the triple-whammy Valve hit us with last week.

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:13:32 - Discussing The Game Awards nominees
0:31:43 - The myriad of Half Life 3 rumors
0:36:54 - Valve’s focus for the Steam Machine
0:51:16 - Xbox Ally is exceeding expectations
0:55:09 - Xbox releases game publishing documentation to the public
0:59:26 - Obsidian has yet to use generative AI
1:03:17 - Activision caught using AI generated assets in Black Ops 7
1:12:01 - Bethesda responds to Fallout 4’s anniversary issues
1:28:04 - Krafton is now the publisher of Hi Fi Rush, but there’s a catch
1:31:37 - New comments by Sarah Bond on Xbox’s future
1:37:18 - PlayStation was indifferent to market shrinking in Japan
1:46:07 - Where is Yoko Taro?
1:48:58 - A new Ratchet & Clank game got revealed
1:56:42 - Don’t call it a Concord comeback
2:00:35 - Silent Hill Townfall’s release date leaked
2:02:15 - Ubisoft canceled Splinter Cell for xDefiant
2:10:02 - Red Dead Redemption 1 gets next gen update
2:10:56 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 reaches 4 million sales figure
2:13:38 - First look at Zelda movie
2:14:27 - Death Stranding is getting an original anime on Disney+
2:17:16 - Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass
2:19:42 - What We’ve Been Playing
3:11:50 - Xbox Partner Preview

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