Luke slept 18 hours before this episode because he was up until 3 AM playing Forza Horizon 6. That's the kind of dedication that costs nearly $200 when you factor in the premium upgrade. Meanwhile Matt was over here still playing Conan Exiles Enhanced on GeForce Now and trying to figure out mod management on a streaming service (spoiler: it's a nightmare).

We also talked about:

• Mixtape on Game Pass — Luke really wants you to play this one. Silverchair and Smashing Pumpkins on the soundtrack, little indie game about friends and memories. Just play it.
• XBOX is all caps again. Yes. Matt polled the audience (well, Microsoft did on Twitter). Everybody said all caps. Done.
• Some leaked photos of what's supposedly the new Xbox Cloud Gaming controller. Luke called bullshit immediately and we stand by that.
• Uwe Boll is making 23 Years Later: The Castle of the Dead because Paul W.S. Anderson is making a House of the Dead movie and Uwe cannot let that stand. God bless him.
• James Bond casting has started. Denis Villeneuve directing. Timothy Dalton deserved better. Luke nominated himself and Rahul.
• Avatar 4 and 5 are now 'very much uncertain.' The third one lost money compared to the first one when you adjust for inflation. James Cameron needs to figure out how to make these for less.
• The Rehearsal season 2 is good. The episode where Nathan Fielder is a baby is... a thing that exists.
• Matt checked Pornhub live on the show and immediately regretted it. AI... stuff. Moving on.

Plus Would I Lie to You, Fallout 5 (coming in the 2030s, don't hold your breath), Obsidian getting roasted by Bethesda after New Vegas, scam phone calls being just normal now — it's all in there.

• Leaked images show Microsoft’s new Xbox Cloud Gaming controller | The Verge
• Xbox is now XBOX | The Verge
• Mixtape
• "28 Years Later 3" Speculation Rises After Post - Dark Horizons
• Uwe Boll Threatens House Of The Dead Sequel 23 Years Later
• James Bond Casting Officially Underway - Dark Horizons
• James Cameron: "Avatar 4" Fate Still Unclear - Dark Horizons

Nicolas Cage is playing Spider-Man in a black-and-white 1950s noir series that's out at the end of this month, and somehow that's not even the wildest thing discussed this week.
Asha Sharma quietly killed Xbox's Copilot integration, an AI assistant that was officially announced as recently as March. Luke is so relieved he can barely contain it. Between that, the price cuts, and the achievement system overhaul, we try to work out whether she's the real deal or if Microsoft just had a drawer full of approved changes waiting for someone new to take credit.
There's also the question of what Peter Molyneux knew and when, as his new Fable-adjacent game Masters of Albion gets caught up in accusations that its predecessor Legacy was a crypto rug pull. We trace the full sorry arc from CryptoZoo to Hawk Tuah to Johnny Depp drinking his investment wine, and end up somewhere near 'nobody learns anything.'
On the genuinely good news side: Alien Isolation 2 is real, Conan Exiles got a surprise free Unreal Engine 5 rebuild that looks stunning, The Guild is crowdfunding a 20th anniversary reunion movie, and the new Resident Evil film from Zack Cregger looks considerably better than its early 'road trip comedy' reputation suggested. Plus Luke has opinions about every movie coming out for the rest of 2025, and the Terminator 2 35th anniversary theatrical run might actually be worth seeing in 70mm.

• No AI on xbox
• Steam Controller: The Ars Technica review - Ars Technica
• Meet the players who lost big money on Peter Molyneux’s failed Legacy - Ars Technica
• "Alien: Isolation 2" Game Location Gets Teased - Dark Horizons
• Sony’s PS5 sales plummet amid price rises and a memory crisis | The Verge
• The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year - Ars Technica
• "Disclosure Day" Stirs "Close Encounters" Talk - Dark Horizons
• Teaser Trailer: Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" - Dark Horizons
• Cregger On "Resident Evil" Timeline, Leon Absence - Dark Horizons
• "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Returns To Cinemas - Dark Horizons
• "The Guild" Reunion Movie Is Happening!!!
• "Odyssey" Trailer Stirs Daddy & Accent Debate - Dark Horizons
• Full Trailer: Nic Cage Is "Spider-Noir" - Dark Horizons

Luke left a Rabbitohs game at halftime (they were up 24-0, which apparently is suspicious rather than reassuring) to record this, so you're welcome. The big Xbox news: Game Pass is cheaper now, but Call of Duty won't be day one anymore because apparently people were actually buying it and Microsoft noticed the gap in their wallet. Project Helix will be a real Xbox you can buy — not just a chip inside someone else's handheld — though the 'available as' phrasing has Matt convinced ASUS will also be selling one. The Black Flag remaster looks sick in motion even if some of the screenshots are weirdly picked. Conan Exiles is getting a free UE5 glow-up on PC, which interrupted Matt's current Dune Awakening era where he basically just pops in every few days to top up his shields. In other news: the guy who leaked the new Avatar movie is in serious trouble in Singapore (Luke's taxi driver once warned him not to pick up a leaf from the ground there, so yeah, that tracks). Tim Cook is out at Apple. And somehow they ended up talking about a 1994 Super Nintendo game that was originally going to be a Hellraiser shooter. As you do.

• "Airbender" Leaker Could Face Years In Prison - Dark Horizons
• John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO - Ars Technica
• Xbox Cuts Game Pass Price, New "Call of Duty" - Dark Horizons
• Xbox Clears Up A Project Helix Rumor, Raises More Questions
• Report: Xbox Game Pass Could Soon Be Going Pick-Your-Own
• Xbox Re-Evaluating Approach To Gaming - Dark Horizons
• "Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced" Trailer - Dark Horizons
• Conan Exiles Enhanced
• Gamers Suing Nintendo To Get Tariff Refund Money
• Super 3D Noah's Ark - Wikipedia
• "Avengers: Endgame" Re-Release Adds Unseen Scenes - Dark Horizons
• Carano Has Talked About "Star Wars" Return - Dark Horizons

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• The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world
• Three Californian Men Arrested In Million Dollar Lego Heist - Kotaku
• Even Xbox's New Boss Thinks Game Pass Is Too Expensive
• Actor Leaks The Existence Of Spider-Man 3 At Insomniac Games
• GTA Online Makes Over $1 Million A Day According To Leaked Data
• Rockstar Games Confirms Data Breach
• Street Fighter Trailer
• Avatar Movie Leaks Six Months Before It’s Out
• Warners Sets "The Hunt For Gollum" Cast
• Sony Sets R-Rated Animated "Bloodborne" Film

Artemis 2 is back on Earth after 9 days in space, and the crew broke records. Elsewhere: Amazon is having a rough week, RAM and SSD prices are spiking, Xbox Achievements are getting a long-overdue update and Karl Jobst has filed a new defamation lawsuit against Billy Mitchell. All that and more this week on (probably) your favourite podcast!

• First photos of solar eclipse from Artemis II crew look almost too good to be real
• Artemis II astronauts break a record, name a crater
• Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon - Ars Technica
• Amazon Issues A Stark Reminder That Digital Ownership Is A Lie
• Amazon Luna Removing Paid Games And Offering No Refunds
• Nvidia DLSS takedpwn
• Karl Jobst Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Donkey Kong Record Holder Billy Mitchell
• The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices | The Verge
• Netflix Ordered To Reimburse Italian Subscribers
• Segue - Podcast Planning
• Xbox Achievements Get Overdue Update To Address Feedback
• Spielberg: I Was Going To Do "Interstellar" - Dark Horizons
• New "The Mummy" Has A "Mummy" Problem
• "Alien 3: Assembly Cut" Hits HBO Max

Matt watched Project Hail Mary, so if you were waiting for his review the time has come. Warning - we do talk spoilers but we give you plenty of warning!

• “Hail Mary” Author Apologies To “Star Trek” Chief - https://www.darkhorizons.com/hail-mary-author-gives-star-trek-apology/
• Artemis II, NASA’s boldest mission in generations, launches crew to the Moon - https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/four-astronauts-depart-for-the-moon-with-a-fiery-send-off-from-cape-canaveral/
• Four astronauts are now inexorably bound for the Moon - https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/four-astronauts-are-now-inexorably-bound-for-the-moon/
• As Artemis II zooms to the Moon, everything seems to be going swimmingly - https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/as-artemis-ii-zooms-to-the-moon-everything-seems-to-be-going-swimmingly/
• “Spaceballs 2” Set For April 2027 Release - https://www.darkhorizons.com/spaceballs-2-set-for-april-2027-release/
• “Avatar 4” & “Avatar 5” Are ‘Full Speed Ahead’? - https://www.darkhorizons.com/avatar-4-avatar-5-are-full-speed-ahead/
• Vin Diesel Announced the Last Fast & Furious Before Universal Said Yes - https://www.thedrive.com/news/vin-diesel-announced-the-last-fast-furious-before-universal-said-yes
• Full Trailer: “Masters of the Universe” - https://www.darkhorizons.com/full-trailer-masters-of-the-universe/
• Full Trailer: DC Studios’ “Supergirl” - https://www.darkhorizons.com/full-trailer-dc-studios-supergirl/
• Anthropic accidently publishes Claude Code code - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/heres-what-that-claude-code-source-leak-reveals-about-anthropics-plans/

It's that special time of year when Matt and Jenna get to go to PAX East and Luke gets to be jealous. He'll have his revenge in October at PAX Aus, and then it'll be their turn to cry.

• BOBA - https://www.bostonoba.org
• GNAW - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2306490/GNAW/
• Guardians MH - https://guardiansmh.org
• Game Tank - https://gametank.zone
• Another Pint - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3150160/Another_Pint/
• Omara Scent Display - https://www.ovrtechnology.com
• Acquisitions Inc - https://www.acq-inc.com
• Daggerheart - https://www.daggerheart.com
• Arnie is in training for the new Conan - https://www.darkhorizons.com/schwarzenegger-prepping-for-king-conan/
• Ayaneo Next 2 cancelled due to RAM/storage price increases - https://kotaku.com/new-pc-gaming-handheld-would-have-to-cost-4000-because-of-storage-prices-so-its-being-canceled-instead-2000681516
• Crimson Desert has AI art in it - https://kotaku.com/crimson-desert-ai-art-peal-abyss-2000680884
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn devs are using AI during dev and people are mad - https://kotaku.com/expanse-osiris-genai-sci-fi-rpg-mass-effect-owlcat-2000682315
• Spotify testing a feature to stop AI fakes and artist name theft - https://www.theverge.com/streaming/900910/spotify-artist-profile-protection-ai-clones

Well we know what the Firefly news is and one of us isn't happy about it.

• Firefly MIGHT be coming back, in animated form - https://www.darkhorizons.com/firefly-to-return-as-an-animated-series/
• Someone leaked it three years ago but nobody cared at the time - https://www.reddit.com/r/LeaksAndRumors/comments/zph1t6/unannounced_shadowmachine_production/
• No Buffy reboot - https://www.darkhorizons.com/hulu-scraps-its-new-buffy-series-plans/
• Maybe it's for the best? - https://www.darkhorizons.com/more-details-about-scrapped-buffy-reboot/
• Apparently the script is bad - https://kotaku.com/buffy-vampire-slayer-new-sunnydale-reboot-script-canceled-2000679693
• The Oscars occurred - https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-2026-oscar-winners-updating-live/
• The KPop Demon Hunter crew got cut off mid speech - https://www.darkhorizons.com/disney-exec-on-that-oscar-speech-cut-off/
• Dune Part 3 Posters - https://www.darkhorizons.com/dune-part-three-first-posters-trailer-set/
• Dune Part 3 Teaser - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-denis-villeneuves-dune-part-three/
• Jack Ryan movie - https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-jack-ryan-ghost-war/
• Steam Spring Sale is here - https://kotaku.com/steams-huge-spring-sale-is-happening-now-and-here-are-the-best-deals-2000680394