Episode 334 | "Xbox gains some XP"

<p>After another solid week in video games, Jon, Nick and Jesse return to chat about all the latest news, games, and Nick&#39;s habitual cutscene skipping. Jump in for The DayOne Show Episode 334!</p><p>As always, we kick off the show by diving into what we&#39;ve been playing. Gears of War: E-Day is a frequent topic of conversation with it&#39;s excellent Horde Siege mode, and the usual &#39;Insanity&#39; campaign run through, though Nick is still taking it slow in his ongoing hunt for every collectible. Jesse has reviewed a number of titles releasing this week, from the horny horror of <a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/08/hellraiser-revival-is-a-delightfully-horny-bit-of-horror-review/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hellraiser: Revival</a> to the sumptuous expansion in <a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/07/dragons-dogma-2-dark-arisen-review/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dragons Dogma 2: Dark Arisen</a>.</p><p>This week has also seen a number of games release, including a couple for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. First there&#39;s <a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/07/neon-abyss-2-review/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Neon Abyss 2</a>, which has launched everywhere in 1.0 form following a year or so in Early Access on PC. We also have <a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/07/forever-ago-review/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Forever Ago</a>, a new narrative focused game about love, loss and regret which Jon has been playing following an excellent review from Joe Cumbo on the site.</p><p>Despite all the great video games, there&#39;s also been plenty of industry goings-on to dive into, in what feels like a very Xbox-centric week. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held a town hall at Xbox HQ and revealed that <a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/06/xbox-ceo-confirms-next-gen-helix-family-of-devices-in-town-hall-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gen-10 (Project Helix) will be a &#39;Family of Devices&#39;</a> with some being made by third party partners. <a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/08/xbox-announce-xp-a-new-division-focused-on-expanding-xboxs-most-popular-franchises/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Xbox also announced a new division - Xbox XP</a> - which will focus on 4 verticals for Microsoft including a focus on film and TV entries in popular franchises. <br>There was some reporting around <a href="https://playday.one/2026/10/06/xbox-has-exclusive-gta-6-streaming-rights