Author: Corey Hudson Dirrig
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This week on Xbox Casuals, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney break down the March 2026 Xbox Partner Preview and its 19 reveals before shifting to the tougher side of the industry, including Epic Games laying off over 1,000 employees as Fortnite engagement declines and costs continue to rise, leading to the shutdown of modes like Ballistic and Rocket Racing.
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This week on Tower Casuals, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney dive into the return of Guardian Games in Destiny 2, breaking down the new armor, weapons, rewards, and the fresh “remixed” Rushdown mode that’s shaking things up. They also react to the newly revealed Magic: The Gathering crossover cosmetics—and speculate on what could come next.
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This week on Xbox Casuals, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney dig into Project Helix. The idea behind Helix sounds pretty simple on paper—bringing Xbox and PC gaming libraries together into one ecosystem that could include games from the Microsoft Store, Steam, Epic Games, and more—but Microsoft’s messaging around it has been anything but clear.
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This week on Tower Casuals, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney share their first impressions of Bungie’s new extraction shooter following the server slam and launch day.
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This week on Xbox Casuals, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney break down the massive news shaking up Xbox. Sarah Bond and Phil Spencer are stepping away from their roles as they help usher in a new era under incoming CEO Asha Sharma.
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This week on Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney break down Bungie’s announcement of a major three-month delay to Destiny 2’s next update and what it means for Guardians heading into the summer.
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This week on Xbox Casuals, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney dig into the long road to Xbox’s biggest upcoming releases, including Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-DAY, Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and what the broader 2026 Xbox lineup is shaping up to look like.
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This week on Tower Casuals, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney take a hard look at a Destiny landscape that appears to be in the middle of an identity crisis.
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Now that The Edge of Fate is finally here, I’m happy to say that Bungie delivered on their promise. This expansion feels like Destiny 3 in everything but name—an exceptional blend of soft relaunch and a continuation of all that came before. The Edge of Fate is exactly what this franchise needed.
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Bungie knew that this had to not only had to be on the same level as their greatest expansions, but it needed to exponentially surpass them. It did more than that.
Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast 