Episode 606 Early Access: Halo Is a Call of Duty Studio Now + GTA 6's $400 Collector's Edition

Microsoft just handed the next mainline Halo to Activision, and two guys who ran a Call of Duty show for years have thoughts. Raz has been saying for five years that Halo should have made a battle royale, and he explains why it might already be too late. Jake makes the case that Halo is in such a bad spot that new developers can't make it worse, and asks what Call of Duty's monetization playbook will do to it.

Then Warzone's new operator skin toggle: MW4 lets you swap every Nicki Minaj and Squid Game skin for a grounded military operator, but only on your screen. Is that the best of both worlds, or a way to please nobody? Plus Call of Duty getting Community Noted, MW4's locked carry-forward guns, and the rumored Game Pass tier with ads.

GTA 6's $400 collector's edition doesn't come with GTA 6. We go through every item in the box, and it turns out to be a cocaine bundle. Rockstar's Miami takeover, the city council vote on GTA 6 beach umbrellas, and whether this is the first video game that could actually move crime numbers.

Also: the WARDOGS price increase drama, Sombra moving to support in Overwatch, and Arc Raiders adding a PvE-only mode.

0:00 Intro

3:11 Patreon news and the hangout recap

8:51 Raz on Twitch and Pathfinder

10:30 Why Raz always plays evil

15:05 The BG3 dog dilemma

16:36 Remember Craigslist?

17:42 Halo is a Call of Duty studio now

20:07 Halo should have made a battle royale

22:46 Can Activision save Halo?

26:55 Bring back Forge mode

33:35 First CoD thing in the next Halo

35:57 The Halo show and video game movies

41:10 Obsidian, Rare and the Xbox shuffle

42:24 Is Xbox still a console company?

43:40 Game Pass with ads

48:27 Warzone's operator skin toggle

50:16 MW4's locked carry-forward guns

54:43 Call of Duty gets Community Noted

1:00:35 Would we turn the toggle on?

1:03:16 GTA 6's $400 collector's edition

1:05:40 It's a cocaine bundle

1:12:43 Rockstar's Miami takeover

1:16:01 Miami Beach votes on GTA 6 ads

1:20:37 Spotify x GTA 6

1:23:56 The biggest entertainment launch ever?

1:25:11 Why everyone plays evil in GTA

1:26:04 Does GTA 6 marketing even matter?

1:28:46 WARDOGS price hike drama

1:31:47 Sombra moves to support

1:37:18 Arc Raiders adds a PvE mode

1:41:00 Abandon hope, Arc Raiders fans

1:46:51 Wrap-up: Halo of Duty