The Expansion Pass crosses over with The Nerd Chat for a late-night discussion covering GTA 6, Xbox’s evolving strategy, new hardware, and what everyone has been playing.
The crew digs into reports that GTA 6 could arrive on PC in Q1 2027, whether Rockstar still benefits from delaying its PC releases, and the role PlayStation’s marketing agreement could play.
From there, we break down the new Xbox Nano Controller and Xbox Labs, including the potential implications for game preservation, backwards compatibility, AI-assisted development, mobile gaming, and Xbox’s next generation.
Then the conversation turns to one of the bigger questions surrounding Xbox: should Microsoft keep more games exclusive? We discuss Minecraft, Clockwork Revolution, Elder Scrolls, increasingly expensive console hardware, and whether Xbox’s multiplatform strategy ultimately helps or hurts its hardware business.
Plus: early Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 impressions, Gears of War, World of Warcraft Forever, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, The Witcher 3, and plenty more.
Chapters:
0:00 – The Expansion Pass x The Nerd Chat
6:45 – GTA 6 PC in Q1 2027?
22:42 – Xbox Nano Controller
35:18 – Xbox Labs, AI & Game Preservation
49:17 – New Releases & Modern Warfare 4
55:36 – Should Xbox Bring Back Exclusives?
1:08:30 – What We’ve Been Playing
1:15:53 – World of Warcraft Forever & Boltgun 2
1:24:28 – Best Food We Had This Week
1:37:11 – Closing Out the Crossover
