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Double Barrel Gaming

Craig Ravitch•podcasters.spotify.com
Leisure
Video Games
WELCOME to Double Barrel Gaming. My name is Mr. BoomStick XL, and I've been the producer of this channel for about 6 years, with plans for many more! This channel Is dedicated to celebrating and discussing gaming in The Best Way Possible. We will NEVER use clickbait or console war nonsense to drive views, or subs, I'm honored to produce (5) weekly shows that celebrate gaming on ALL platforms.
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Xbox Has The BEST Year In 1st Party Gaming EVER? Forza Horizon 5 Sales Are BEST In Franchise History

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 BREAKING NEWS? A Google Counter attached to Halo Infinite was found by several community members that said "Halo Infinite releasing in 5 Days" this coincides with the Xbox 20th Anniversary show! Could Halo release earlier than expected? Well, Forza Horizon 5 "Officially" released into Xbox Game Pass and its already "Breaking Records"! There are 3+ Million gamers concurrent playing Playground Games "Masterpiece"! We break down what that means and why its ...

Nov 09, 2021•2 hr 34 min

Would Crystal Dynamics & Eidos-Montréal Be A Good Fit For Xbox Game Studios? Forza Horizon 5 GOTY?

TIME STAMP Information: 00:00 Panel Intros 15:00 With Forza Horizon 5 being the Highest Reviewed game of 2021, should it be nominated for the Geoff Keighley's Game Awards in December?? 1:17:00 During an investors meeting, the President of Square/Enix threw Crystal Dynamics under the Quinjet and declared the studio wasn't capable of handling Marvel's The Avengers, OUCH. The panel discusses IF Microsoft would be a GREAT fit for that studio as 1st Party & has it already happened?? 2:20:00 Panel...

Nov 09, 2021•2 hr 41 min

Could Forza Horizon 5 Be Game Of The Year 2021 & Should It? (YES!) Elden Ring Trailer Was PURE FIRE!

Time Stamp Information: 01:00 Panel Intros 05:00 The DAY IS HERE: Playground Game's "Forza Horizon 5" has released into early access with Premium Edition purchase and its now a GOTY contender!! The panel talks about what we've played and our expectations for the GOTY nod! 1:15:00 The Elden Ring Gameplay trailer BLEW ME AWAY, so much so, I Pre-Ordered the CE, the panel breaks down our thoughts on the BIG reveal! 2:05:00 Panel Outros and Special Message To The Community...

Nov 05, 2021•2 hr 6 min

Ryse: Son Of Rome II In Active Development, Does Xbox "Need" A Kart Racer To Fill A Missing Gap?

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 07:00 With Xbox Game Pass having "Holes" in the line up, the BIG question that NEEDS to be asked IS, "Does the Gaming Service, Need A Kart Racer" to satisfy the Family Friendly Genre that is needed?? 48:00 The Sega X Microsoft "Strategic Alliance" that was announced on Sunday evening here in the states was BIG, the question remains.....HO WBIG?? 1:33:00 Industry Insider Special Nick of the Xbox Era Podcast had some VERY interesting things to say about Ryse: So...

Nov 02, 2021•2 hr 4 min

Does Starfield Exclusive Win 2022 For Xbox & Microsoft? PlayStation's "State Of Nay" was REALLY BAD!

Time Stamp Information: 05:00 Panel Intros 05:00 PlayStation's State of Play was TERRIBLE on ANY standard, but IF this is Sony's last show of 2021, YIKES!! 58:00 Could the Tim Schaffer lead Double Fine Studio "Run the Gauntlet" during award season?? I think so, here what the other panel members have to say! 11:28 With Bethesda's Starfield Exclusivity CONFIMED, has Xbox & Microsoft already "Won" 2022?? Lots of BIG opinions on THIS topic! 2:05:00 Panel Outros and Special Message To The Communi...

Oct 29, 2021•2 hr 14 min

Halo Infinite Campaign Reveal Broke The Internet & How The Initiative X Crystal Dynamics Happened!

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 The Halo Infinite "Overview" BLEW EVERYONE away, the BIG question, did 343i "Answer the Critics: with the Single Player Campaign"? Short YES THEY DID! 45:00 MONSTER Matt Booty Interview that covered Xbox Vs PlayStation 1st Party Games & "How & Why" they Crystal Dynamics X The Initiative Team-Up happened! 1:55:00 Panel Outros and Special Message to the Community

Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 55 min

Killer Instinct 2 Currently In Active Development At Microsoft? Compulsion Games NEW IP Information!

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 03:00 Let's talk about the Xbox Series X Mini Fridge Debacle shall we?? 42:00 Pong Soul leads THIS topic of discussion! Brand NEW Phil Spencer interview that CONFIRMS more "Studio Acquisitions" are coming! Its NOT "If" its "When"! 1:15:00 Community and Industry leaker Special Nick of the Xbox Era Podcast CONFIRMS Killer Instinct 2's existence and I'm #HYPED out of my mind......LET"S TALK ABOUT IT! 2:05:00 Panel Outros and Special Message to the Community...

Oct 25, 2021•2 hr 12 min

Splinter Cell In Production At Ubisoft! Halo Infinite Launching Without Ray Tracing Is NOT An Issue!

Time Stamp Information: 05:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Why Halo Infinite releasing Without Ray Tracing is NOT a BIG Deal, though Microsoft does need to learn that their messaging should be a priority when making these announcements. 48:00 Microsoft's "New & Young" studio Compulsion Games is making what Phil Spencer says is "His Most" anticipated title that will bring the "Much Requested" Single Player, Story Driven, Adult Themed game that has seen HUGE success over on Sony's PS4/5. 1:30:00 Sam Fis...

Oct 25, 2021•2 hr 30 min

Back 4 Blood Day & Date In Xbox Game Pass Was Easier Than You Think Say Turtle Rock Studios!

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 3 HUGE Firings At Activision/Blizzard are ONLY the Start of What NEEDS to Happen at the troubled Gaming Giant, we breakdown "What" that Change is! 45:00 The Twitch/ID@Xbox Show was for the most part, NOT GOOD! Microsoft "Needs" to do their own Indie Show and NOT depend of Twitch to "Push" their brand OR the Indie Community ID@Xbox represents! 1:11:00 Sara Bond is a FORCE to be reckoned with and her presence in the Xbox Community on Social Media has nothi...

Aug 12, 2021•2 hr 18 min

Killer Instinct II In Active Development? Microsoft Making A NEW Studio To Revive Old IP's?

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Our Expectations on the Twitch/Xbox ID@Xbox Show: Will it be AS BAD as the last OR has Microsoft heard the Negative feedback? 26:00 BREAKING News: NEW Killer Instinct/Nether Realms Studio info that "MAY" indicate "Something" is happening between the OG IP & Ed Boon?? 1:01:00 Does Xbox "Need" a Remake Studio like Sony's Bluepoint?? The answer is YES and Industry Investigator "Skullzi TV" has heard a "Thing or Two" about a NEW Xbox/Bethesda Studio bein...

Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 47 min

Could PS5's Biggest Exclusive Be Published By Microsoft? Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice CONTROVERSY!

TIME STAMP Information: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Halo Infinite Flighting Beta was AWESOME and the panel gives our HANDS ON ACCOUNTS!! Ok, with Sony not offering Cloud Saves, asking $70 for 1st Party games and NO New Game THIS holiday with the delay of Horizon Forbidden West, NOW come the SSD fiasco. Adding the SSD is NOT the issue, its EVERYTHING else, WHY are ppl making excuses for PlayStation? 2:30:00 Panel Outros & Special Message To The Community...

Aug 10, 2021•2 hr 16 min

Does Microsoft's Elite Controller 3.0 NEED To Have Haptic Feedback Triggers Like The PS5 Dual Sense?

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Once Again, the Xbox Social Media team combats the PlayStation Trolls with ABSOLUTE CLASS! 25:00 Acid Nerve's Death's Door is a Masterpiece & you NEED to play it! 35:00 With PlayStation using Bluepoint Point Studios INSANE talent to it advantage, the BIG question remains, "Should Xbox Create their own in house Studio " to remake Classic IP's? 1:15:00 The BIG Debate of today's Show: Should the Xbox Elite 3.0 have PS5 Dual Sense features or is this a B...

Aug 09, 2021•2 hr 2 min

Xbox Game Pass Just Got A HUGE Boost From Valve's Steam Deck, Was THIS Phil Spencer's Secret Plan?

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Xbox Series X|S was the highest grossing hardware platform in the US during June & its a HUGE Deal For Microsoft! 38:00 Psychonauts 2 preview: Shaping up to be game of the year material say Jez Corden of Windows Central! 1:15:00 Will the Xbox Game Pass App come Pre-Loaded in EVERY Steam Deck, very similar to the deal that Microsoft made with Samsung & LG for their TV’s? 1:45:00 Panel Outros and Special Message to the Community...

Jul 20, 2021•2 hr 10 min

HUGE PlayStation First Party Titles Coming To PC VEY Soon, What Will Diehard Sony Fans Say?

TIME STAMP Information: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 NEW Ubisoft Game Announced Called X-Defiant and its LOOKS terrible, the BIG question, is it a "Cash Grab" (YES IT IS)! THIS on the heels of NO NEW Splinter Cell game......BOO! 45:00 Panel Member K Asante Original Topic of Discussion: The Issue of Playing Games On Easy, is it an industry problem?? Why are disabled gamers being targeted? 1:30:00 According to a NEW Report from Trusted Industry Data Miner, MANY PS4 1st party Exclusive are coming to PC...

Jul 20, 2021•2 hr 18 min

Bloober Team & Konami Team-Up To Bring Gamers A NEW Silent Hill, Will It Be An Xbox Exclusive?

Time Stamp Information: 01:00 Panel Intros 05:00 In what are considering the BIGGEST News of 2021, Valve has announced the "Steam Deck" a One to One answer to the Nintendo Switch!! Its such a BIG topic that we spent over an hour discussing it!! 1:15:00 Silent Hill is coming back in a HUGE way thanks to (2) different version of the franchise being made! Can Bloober Team deliver justice to Konami's OG IP?? 2:05:00 Panel Outros and Special Message To The Community...

Jul 16, 2021•2 hr 12 min

Microsoft's Roadmap For Xbox 1st Party Looks To Be The BEST In The Platform's History!

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 The Toxic Community "Attack" BOTH Double Fine & Gamers alike RE: Invincibility Toggle for Psychonauts 2.........WTF? 00:38 Halo Infinite receiving a "Ping Type" system called "The Mark System"! This will allow for better communication between team mates on this falls BIGGEST Multiplayer Xbox Exclusive! 58:00 Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer sat down with The Guardian for a candid interview RE: where the next studio acquisition may come from outside of wher...

Jul 15, 2021•1 hr 56 min

Playground Games Has Some BIG Plans For Forza Horizon 5 & Will Hot Wheels Makes Its Return?

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Xbox Game Pass throws a HUGE amount of #Shade at PlayStation for SIE charging for PS5 Upgrades!! In truth, I LOVE IT!! 30:00 Microsoft "Teaching Japan AAA & Indie Studios "How to work from Home" using Azure and they are making GREAT strides in that region of the world!! Is this another way for Microsoft to garner BIG support from Japanese Developers? 12:53 NEW "Banter" from Social Media suggests that Bethesda's Deathloop will fail on PS5 due to it co...

Jul 15, 2021•1 hr 51 min

Will Microsoft Counter The Recent Sony Acquisitions With New Studios Of Their Own Adding To XGS?

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 https://twitter.com/UPspecGaming's X-Screen Breakdown! Kickstarter Goal CRUSHED in 20 Minutes! 10:00 Friend of the Community @Klobrille did a "Twitter Poll" asking the Xbox Community "What" older IP would we LOVE for Microsoft to bring back! The panel's answers "May" surprise you! 29:00 Interview with Avalanche's CEO with Game Industry .Biz was VERY telling!! Find out what he had to say about Xbox 1st Party, Xbox Game Pass & how "It Works" for his te...

Jul 08, 2021•2 hr 6 min

The Coalition Will Demo Unreal Engine 5 At GDC, The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Use Creation Engine 2

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 09:00 With All of the Negative PlayStation Indie News, Should the Indie Community Look Towards ID@Xbox to publish their games?? 00:42 NEW Todd Howard Interview reveals that Elder Scrolls VI is "Ways Off" & "Only In the Design Phase", when can we expect to play the game, 2023, 2024? 1:21:00 The Coalition Has Prepared to unveil their "Unreal Engine V Tech Demo" for the Xbox Series X at GDC 2021, what are "WE" expecting to see! 1:45:00 Panel Outros and Specia...

Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 54 min

Hideo Kojima Makes History With Xbox, Battlefield 2042's Console Of Choice Is Xbox, Aliens Fireteam

TIME STAMP Information: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Former Rockstar Game founder Dan Houser starts his own NEW Studio, Should Phil Spencer "Make the Call" and "Lock Up" an Exclusive deal early on?? 00:30 Aliens Fireteam Elite looks AWESOME and shows tremendous promise, (2) HUGE question, are "WE" excited for it and "Will" it come to Xbox Game Pass in August?? Hideo Kojima is a name that is usually reserved for PlayStation, well, thanks to Jeff Grubb, we now that an "Exclusive" deal with Microsoft i...

Jul 08, 2021•2 hr 24 min

Topic Number One: The Sony “State of Play” Aftermath, what was shown, what wasn’t and is there room for concern? Topic Number Two: Another Sony Blunder in Advertising? Latest PS5 Ad “Pulled” because

Topic Number One: The Sony “State of Play” Aftermath, what was shown, what wasn’t and is there room for concern? Topic Number Two: Another Sony Blunder in Advertising? Latest PS5 Ad “Pulled” because the PS5 was upside down…….WTF is happening at PlayStation. They dominated the ENTIRE last gen to FLAWLESS Marketing. What changed?? Topic Number Three: Another EA disaster? EA confirms Codemasters leadership departures, 4 months after buyout! Why Dirt 5 developers (MY Favorite racer of last gen) may ...

Jul 08, 2021•2 hr 14 min

PlayStation Under Fire From The Development Community RE: Unfair Store Front Practices!

Special Guests: https://twitter.com/Middleagegamegy PROUD member of the Prime Time Gaming Crew and Gaming After Dark crew. Hardcore gamer since 1979. Not stopping now. https://twitter.com/Crispybomb Retro Renegade, Next Podcast Family Member, Panel Member Playing what i enjoy since 1991 and idc about what console https://twitter.com/MrBadBit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBVU7Xz77KBa8dzJLGz3F5Q/featured?view_as=subscriber...

Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 23 min

NEW Sea Of Thieves DLC Proves That More Single Player, Story Driven Content Is NEEDED & Wanted!

TIME STAMP INFO: 00:00 Panel Intros 05:00 Xbox Game Pass Keeps Trending regardless of the "Shade" MANY people in the community continue to throw at it!! Find out "What" really happened! 00:28 Xbox Game Pass: Experiment or Successful Business Model?? 1:00:00 Sea of Thieves NEW "A Pirates Life" DLC has sparked HUGE interest in the IP that is normally PvP, does THIS NEW PvE Content "Need" to continue? According to Jeff Grub of Games Beat, the Xbox X Kojima deal is nearly complete. What does a NEW o...

Jun 29, 2021•2 hr 21 min
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