Joe Skrebels
@2plus2isjoe.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief for Xbox Wire. Podcast garbagier on Regular Features.
The first playable character ever created for the Tony Hawk's series was Bruce Willis
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The first playable character ever created for the Tony Hawk's series was Bruce Willis
There's a Vampire Survivors spin-off. It's a roguelike deckbuilder. It's also an old-school dungeon crawler. It's also probably other, stranger things. I am hideously psyched - and I got to speak to Luca from Poncle all about where the hell this came from.
Surprise! Vampire Crawlers is a roguelike deckbuilder spin-off of the beloved Vampire Survivors, arriving next year - check out our exclusive first interview: #XboxPartnerPreview news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
Xbox Partner Preview | Vampire Crawlers: Breaking Down the Surprise Vampire Survivors Spin-Off with its Creator - Xbox Wire
Vampire Crawlers is a roguelike deckbuilder spin-off of the beloved Vampire Survivors, arriving next year - check out our exclusive first interview.
news.xbox.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
There's a Vampire Survivors spin-off. It's a roguelike deckbuilder. It's also an old-school dungeon crawler. It's also probably other, stranger things. I am hideously psyched - and I got to speak to Luca from Poncle all about where the hell this came from.
Please, Tarsier, when you've finished up on Reanimal, there are fun guys like me who'd like lost classic, Statik to come out on new VR headsets:
youtu.be/i7MVb_rv5sQ?...
youtu.be/i7MVb_rv5sQ?...
Statik - Release Trailer | PS VR
YouTube video by PlayStation
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October 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Please, Tarsier, when you've finished up on Reanimal, there are fun guys like me who'd like lost classic, Statik to come out on new VR headsets:
youtu.be/i7MVb_rv5sQ?...
youtu.be/i7MVb_rv5sQ?...
I love this piece from @mike-nelson.bsky.social - a character build guide for The Outer Worlds 2 with a difference: every entry was contributed by a member of the game's QA team.
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
Obsidian's Favorite Character Builds for The Outer Worlds 2 - Xbox Wire
With early access kicking off today for Premium Edition owners, Obsidian’s QA team shares some of their favorite character builds to help inspire your own role-playing adventure for The Outer Worlds 2...
news.xbox.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I love this piece from @mike-nelson.bsky.social - a character build guide for The Outer Worlds 2 with a difference: every entry was contributed by a member of the game's QA team.
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
Told you
This is going to be a treat.
Xbox Wire got an exclusive hands-on with the opening hours of Double Fine’s Keeper - and there seems to be more to this game than we knew: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Told you
I feel like it's gone undersung that Rise of the Golden Idol's DLC this year (which is now all out there), has effectively been an entire new game's worth of cases - and it works like a side-quel (ugh) to both of the first two games.
Honestly, just an incredible thing.
Honestly, just an incredible thing.
October 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I feel like it's gone undersung that Rise of the Golden Idol's DLC this year (which is now all out there), has effectively been an entire new game's worth of cases - and it works like a side-quel (ugh) to both of the first two games.
Honestly, just an incredible thing.
Honestly, just an incredible thing.
Look, sometimes you're just trying to take a picture of Wayne Rooney on the TV, but you accidentally capture a frame in a dissolve, and it looks like Noah Hawley was trying to communicate that Wayne had deep thoughts about Mo Salah
October 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Look, sometimes you're just trying to take a picture of Wayne Rooney on the TV, but you accidentally capture a frame in a dissolve, and it looks like Noah Hawley was trying to communicate that Wayne had deep thoughts about Mo Salah
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I'm doing my first ever livestream 😬
Join me for 'UNKNOWN TREASURES', where I spin rogue forgotten vinyl that I've found in charity shops and we listen to it for the first time together.
First stream 📅 Thu 25 Sep 🕘 9-10pm UK
Smash that sub button or whatever: youtube.com/@unknowntreasuresmichaelm
Join me for 'UNKNOWN TREASURES', where I spin rogue forgotten vinyl that I've found in charity shops and we listen to it for the first time together.
First stream 📅 Thu 25 Sep 🕘 9-10pm UK
Smash that sub button or whatever: youtube.com/@unknowntreasuresmichaelm
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm doing my first ever livestream 😬
Join me for 'UNKNOWN TREASURES', where I spin rogue forgotten vinyl that I've found in charity shops and we listen to it for the first time together.
First stream 📅 Thu 25 Sep 🕘 9-10pm UK
Smash that sub button or whatever: youtube.com/@unknowntreasuresmichaelm
Join me for 'UNKNOWN TREASURES', where I spin rogue forgotten vinyl that I've found in charity shops and we listen to it for the first time together.
First stream 📅 Thu 25 Sep 🕘 9-10pm UK
Smash that sub button or whatever: youtube.com/@unknowntreasuresmichaelm
This is going to be a treat.
Xbox Wire got an exclusive hands-on with the opening hours of Double Fine’s Keeper - and there seems to be more to this game than we knew: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
Keeper: Double Fine Has Been Holding Back a Secret – Exclusive First Hands-on - Xbox Wire
Xbox Wire got an exclusive hands-on with the opening hours of Double Fine’s Keeper - and there seems to be more to this game than we knew.
news.xbox.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is going to be a treat.
A post in which I resist the primal urge to just extend the word "Yesssssss" to 15,000 characters
15 years of waiting are coming to an end - a new Skate arrives tomorrow. We spoke to the developers about how Game Preview is only the start of what they have planned: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
Skate Returns Tomorrow: After 15 Years of Waiting, This Is Just the Beginning - Xbox Wire
15 years of waiting are coming to an end - a new Skate arrives tomorrow. We spoke to the developers about how Game Preview is only the start of what they have planned.
news.xbox.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A post in which I resist the primal urge to just extend the word "Yesssssss" to 15,000 characters
The amazing thing about video games is that they can really let you express a different side of yourself, something that perhaps you couldn't or wouldn't reveal in the real world
September 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The amazing thing about video games is that they can really let you express a different side of yourself, something that perhaps you couldn't or wouldn't reveal in the real world
The worst part is I didn't even need to look at the original message to know which boss this is.
"this silksong boss is so hard" and a pic is posted and this is the boss i see
September 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The worst part is I didn't even need to look at the original message to know which boss this is.
Little entry I couldn't include from my notes for this piece: "Fucking hell it looks good" news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
007 First Light Is So Much More Than A Hitman Game in Disguise - Xbox Wire
We got our first, extended look at 007 First Light - and it's an incredibly exciting new take on a James Bond game.
news.xbox.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Little entry I couldn't include from my notes for this piece: "Fucking hell it looks good" news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand has been an exciting weirdo enigma to me since it was revealed, so I was very happy to ask @fridaysundae.bsky.social a lot of questions that effectively boiled down "what the hell is this game?" on the Xbox Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pGR...
No Ghosts at the Grand Deep Dive | Official Xbox Podcast
YouTube video by Xbox
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand has been an exciting weirdo enigma to me since it was revealed, so I was very happy to ask @fridaysundae.bsky.social a lot of questions that effectively boiled down "what the hell is this game?" on the Xbox Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pGR...
Very proud of the sheer number of organic, free-range, homegrown words that the @wire.xbox.com team has put together for gamescom. Some favourites:
August 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very proud of the sheer number of organic, free-range, homegrown words that the @wire.xbox.com team has put together for gamescom. Some favourites:
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Of course, in England, RoboCop was released as RobbieBobby
August 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Of course, in England, RoboCop was released as RobbieBobby
Absolutely incredible news for all the cool guys
Hardspace is expanding! 🔥
" @bbigames.bsky.social reached an agreement with Focus Entertainment, our publishing partner, to reacquire full ownership of the Hardspace: Shipbreaker intellectual property."
"And now we're embarking on a new journey to create new Hardspace experiences." 🚀🚀
" @bbigames.bsky.social reached an agreement with Focus Entertainment, our publishing partner, to reacquire full ownership of the Hardspace: Shipbreaker intellectual property."
"And now we're embarking on a new journey to create new Hardspace experiences." 🚀🚀
Hardspace: Shipbreaker on Steam
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX C...
store.steampowered.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Absolutely incredible news for all the cool guys
Hello, it's me with a message that should have come in January:
Citizen Sleeper 2 is properly magnificent.
If you're at all interested in seeing how RPGs can do things differently, but with a core of that "I wonder what would happen if THIS person was in THIS place" storytelling, try it.
Citizen Sleeper 2 is properly magnificent.
If you're at all interested in seeing how RPGs can do things differently, but with a core of that "I wonder what would happen if THIS person was in THIS place" storytelling, try it.
August 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hello, it's me with a message that should have come in January:
Citizen Sleeper 2 is properly magnificent.
If you're at all interested in seeing how RPGs can do things differently, but with a core of that "I wonder what would happen if THIS person was in THIS place" storytelling, try it.
Citizen Sleeper 2 is properly magnificent.
If you're at all interested in seeing how RPGs can do things differently, but with a core of that "I wonder what would happen if THIS person was in THIS place" storytelling, try it.
I am once again calling on World Science to ensure that all my mosquito bites just "turn off" when I get home from holiday
August 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I am once again calling on World Science to ensure that all my mosquito bites just "turn off" when I get home from holiday
Just remembering the most potent visual signifier I've ever seen live:
When I was on jury duty, the lawyer for the (deeply, obviously guilty) defendant kept having his wig slide off while he tried to speak.
When I was on jury duty, the lawyer for the (deeply, obviously guilty) defendant kept having his wig slide off while he tried to speak.
July 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just remembering the most potent visual signifier I've ever seen live:
When I was on jury duty, the lawyer for the (deeply, obviously guilty) defendant kept having his wig slide off while he tried to speak.
When I was on jury duty, the lawyer for the (deeply, obviously guilty) defendant kept having his wig slide off while he tried to speak.
I haven't spoken enough about how Rematch is the best, so here's an interview I did because Rematch is the best: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
Rematch: 3 Million Xbox Players, a Record Breaking Beta, and the Future Beyond Season 0 - Xbox Wire
Rematch has passed 3 milion Xbox players, and even broke a record before it came out - we caught up with Sloclap to reflect on its launch, and what's coming in future.
news.xbox.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I haven't spoken enough about how Rematch is the best, so here's an interview I did because Rematch is the best: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
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1. "Head of HR"
July 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
1. "Head of HR"
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just let gargamel have the smurfs. who cares
October 30, 2023 at 1:00 AM
just let gargamel have the smurfs. who cares