Huge news this week as Microsoft dropped a bomb and went and bought Zenimax/Bethesda! Of course, there's other news as well. Then we go all in on discussions about Hades after that!

Dropped Frames Episode 250

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War was declared between Hero Shooters as the recent Playstation State of Play gave a more detailed preview of their upcoming game Concord. But with Marvel Rivals also shown, are there now too many hero shooters? We go through all the recent announcements including Silent Hill 2, Infinity Nikki and Monster Hunter Wilds as well as plan our SGF content before ending on the games we've played!
0:00 - intro/scuff
2:15 - Is Bloodborne overrated?
9:30 - Sony State of Play 
10:30 - Concord
24:30 - Login to God of War Ragnarok
29:50 - Dynasty Warriors Origins
31:20 - Infinity Nikki
36:40 - Battles of Antara
48:00 - Behemoth
51:10 - Alien VR
55:35 - Where Winds Meet
58:00 - Until Dawn Remake
1:00:00 - Path of Exile 2 coming to PS5
1:04:20 - Silent Hill 2 Remake
1:08:05 - Monster Hunter Wilds
1:11:40 - Astrobot
1:18:30 - Next Indie Direct 2024
1:38:00 - The plan for streaming SGF
2:30:00 - The Rogue Prince of Persia
2:36:10 - Parasite EVE 2
2:44:50 - Star Trek Resurgence
2:46:36 - Cohh finished Stellar Blade
2:52:50 - Soulmask
2:56:40 - Skald
2:59:40 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 391

We're joined by DansGaming this week to chat about all the amazing films we've been watching and how the newest Elden Ring trailer is peak cinema. Then we have a long discussion over Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 not blowing the socks off everyone and how it's difficult not to see the game in a vacuum after all the recent XBOX studio closures. Should we start worrying for Ninja Theory (some broad spoilers!) Valve is making a new game, The Last of Us 2 director: Neil Druckmann on AI, Diablo 4 season 4 and more!
0:00 - Intro/The schedule
2:20 - Jupiter Ascending happened
10:10 - Dune part 2
14:00 - The Equalizer
16:50 - Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
20:30 - Larian Studios opens a 7th studio
23:30 - IGN buys larger share in games media
37:30 - Leaks~
39:50 - Warhammer 40K
45:20 - Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
1:08:00 - Hellblade 2 spoilers 
1:15:00 - Spoilers end
1:24:40 - Shakeups at Helldivers 2 studio
1:31:00 - The King
1:42:20 - Valve's new game
1:51:30 - Neil Druckmann's AI
2:04:20 - Diablo 4 season 4
2:15:40 - 33 Immortals
3:36:25 - V Rising
2:54:30 - Stellar Blade
2:57:40 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 390

Cohh's away so JP and Zeke call upon Jesse Cox and Rami Ismail to educate the masses on the happenings in the games industry. Is the industry actually trending downward? Valve is making a hero shooter, Summer Games Fest is fast approaching, The AI take-over and a shotgun of games we've played!
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Jesse watches every episode
6:50 - Cohh is on vacation
10:00 - Square Enix restructure & layoffs
16:30 - Update on the industry by Rami
39:00 - Next Call of Duty will be a sub service?
44:00 - Total War: Star Wars
47:25 - Valve getting into Hero Shooters?
52:00 - Alpha vs Beta
1:03:20 - Tesla drops Steam support
1:06:20 - Twitter bots
1:08:05 - Assassin's Creed Shadows
1:30:20 - The Division: Heartland canceled
1:31:20 - Stellaris AI drama & Self-actualization
2:11:00 - The sales
2:21:40 - Summer Game Fest is soon
2:30:00 - Jupiter Ascending
2:51:20 - The games:
        - Exit 8
        - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
        - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
        - Cryptmaster
        - Skald
        - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
        - Destiny 2 The Final Shape
        - Diablo 4
2:57:45 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 389

We're back to catch up on the state of the AAA games indus... OH GOD. Everything is on fire! Okay how about the surprise hit Helldi~Oh no! Marvel Rivals also went into Closed Alpha Test this week and we'll tell you all the ways that it's not like Overwatch. Hades 2 amazes, we gush over V Rising, fall into the ANIMAL WELL and more! 
0:00 - The echo
2:00 - The news by Zeke
2:50 - The Helldivers 2 drama
17:55 - Now on to Microsoft
45:00 - More layoffs incoming
59:00 - Switch 2 announcement soon?
1:02:30 - Marvel Rivals controversy
1:17:00 - Playing Marvel Rivals
1:40:15 - EA wants Advertisements inside games
1:50:55 - Hades 2
2:02:00 - ANIMAL WELL
2:15:30 - V Rising 1.0
2:35:00 - HOMM 3
2:46:00 - Stellar Blade
2:49:00 - Dead Island 2
2:52:40 - Another Crab's Treasure
2:53:30 - Little Kitty Big City
2:56:20 - Finishing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2:58:40 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 388

This week we unpack the crazy announcements that Escape From Tarkov developed Battlestate Games made and the proceeding community backlash, what were they thinking?! Nintendo goes after Garry's Mod, Fallout 4 degen, no Blizzcon this year and Switch 2 will be backwards compatible? Then we get into the newest games of the week - Stellar Blade, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU. Sandland and more! 
0:00 - intro
2:10 - TV Show updates
5:30 - X-Men '97
7:30 - Escape From Scamtov
28:00 - Nintendo going after Garry's Mod/Skibidi Toilet
37:10 - Switch 2 hardware rumors
43:00 - Microsoft wants a new Fallout sooner
49:30 - Fallout 4 next-gen update
55:50 - No Blizzcon in 2024
1:02:40 - Elite Dangerous turning into Star Citizen
1:09:00 - Twitch Subs issue resolved?
1:11:50 - Tiktok banned?
1:13:30 - Stellar Blade
1:37:40 - Zeke plays Boshy again for some reason
1:43:00 - Snowrunner
1:48:10 - Dark Souls 3 Randomizer
1:58:30 - Lords of the Fallen update
2:02:20 - Icarus
2:04:20 - Sandland
2:09:20 - Fallout 76
2:15:40 - Total Warhammer 3
2:17:15 - Bellwright
2:25:30 - Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
2:29:40 - Dead Island 2 comes to Steam
2:36:40 - The Police Mystery
2:40:20 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 250

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