ZEN 230 (Zenspath Entertainment Network Podcast) SDCC 2026 News, Xbox on PC, Merger Delays, & more

This week on the Zenspath Entertainment Network (Ep 230) Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase talk about Sony doubling down on ending physical games over the complaints they are hearing, Xbox suffers an outage that (along with the recent PSN outage) points to why digital only can be bad, EA is finalizing going private (with questionable backing), & more!

Our "Big Question" for this week is "What are your favorite Super Hero games...& what do you feel are the worst?"

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Jeremy -

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Stephen -

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Chase -

X - https://twitter.com/LegioXGaming

Chris -

He's around...

Intro 0:00 What We've Been Doing 00:57 The Group Chat - Recent Pickups! 28:30 Against a Growing Gamer Backlash, Sony Will Stick with Ending Physical Games 38:16 Xbox Suffers a Service Outage After PSN Went Down Affecting Digital Only Gamers 45:09 EA is Finalizing Their Deal to go Private Next Week & CEO Bonus Controversy 49:38 The Speedrun 53:24 The Big Question 56:11 Outro & Where to Find Us 1:15:02 Credits & Info 1:16:37