We reminisce about 8 years of Dropped Frames this week and we're prepared for another 8 years! Twitter is a mess (again) Will there be a TwitchCon Paris in the middle of protests and riots? Spanish streamer Ibai breaks all records with 3.44 concurrent viewers, Baldur's Gate 3 releasing a month early (whew!) Final Fantasy XVI sells 3 million in its first week! Plus our thoughts on Dave the Diver, the new Conan Exiles expansion: Art of War, Mars First Logistics and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 355

Dropped Frames is a weekly podcast featuring hosts itmeJP, Ezekiel_III and CohhCarnage where they discuss the on goings of being a full-time streamer and of course video games!

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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 387

Cohh has had a lot more time to catch up on other visual mediums and we have a lot to say about the newest video game adaptation: Fallout! Keanu Reeves joining the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, Ubisoft locks up Jabba the Hutt & 7 Days to Die enters 1.0 after 12 years of development! We also praise the BAFTA game awards for being exactly what we want for industry award shows. In games we've been playing No Rest for the Wicked, Rise of the Ronin, Planet Crafter and more!
0:00 - Just Dance lore
8:30 - Watching TV
10:00 - Fallout TV series discussion
40:00 - Upcoming video game adaptations
45:00 - Keanu Reeves is playing Shadow the Hedgehog
51:10 - Jabba the Hutt locked up
56:00 - Kingdomcome Deliverance 2
1:05:30 - The BAFTAs
1:13:00 - Hades 2 Technical Test
1:14:00 - 7 Days to Die entering 1.0
1:21:00 - Cities Skylines 2 still busted
1:30:30 - Triple I Showcase
1:40:00 - World of Warcraft FOMO
1:48:00 - Tipping devs?
1:54:10 - No Rest for the Wicked
2:08:00 - Steam Reviews
2:34:00 - Rise of Ronin
2:40:00 - Planet Crafter
2:49:00 - Manor Lords
2:52:30 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 386

On the eve of the eclipse we reconvene to chat about the destruction of the games industry (not really!) with new data suggesting new games are being played by an increasing minority of players, Bandai Namco's Harada talks about modern multiplayer games, new info on The Witcher 4 & BAFTA's most iconic video game character! We review Dragon's Dogma 2, play Stellar Blade and more!
0:00 - 109.5 The DF
11:50 - The Eclipse
17:45 - 60% of games played are 6 years old or more.
44:10 - Roku Ads
55:00 - Harada on multiplayer games
1:01:00 - Baldur's Gate 3 popularity explosion
1:05:00 - The Witcher 4
1:12:10 - BAFTA announces their most iconic video game characters
1:19:30 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Review
1:32:10 - DD2 spoilers
1:46:40 - Bioshock Infinite replay
1:57:30 - Stellar Blade demo
2:08:10 - Once Human CBT3
2:24:00 - Content Warning
2:34:00 - Helldivers 2 
2:39:30 - Stardew Valley 1.6
2:51:55 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 385

We get demonetized fast this episode as we wish everyone a Happy Easter and debate what Triple I means. We chat about our time with South Park: Snow Day, our reaction to Marvel Rivals, Waffle Houses in Tekken, our continuing travels in Dragon's Dogma 2, Alone in the Dark, Horizon: Forbidden West on PC and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 384

Cohh has returned with tales from his week at GDC! News has also returned from GDC as we learn Larian Studios is done with Baldur's Gate 3 and Dungeons & Dragons, Ubisoft shows off generative AI & more! We chat about the Apex Legends hack, Riot's MMO resurfaces, Dawntrail gets a release date and then we talk a whole bunch about Dragon's Dogma 2!
0:00 - Frosted tips 5:30 - Bidets 9:30 - TV 12:20 - Cohh went to GDC 31:40 - Larian done with Baldur's Gate 44:50 - Ubisoft AI 54:30 - Will Smith was making a zombie game? 58:50 - APEX Legends hack 1:03:30 - Riot's MMO not set in League of Legends 1:07:40 - FFXIV Dawntrail gets a release date 1:12:00 - Overwatch 2 PVE completely scaled back 1:14:40 - Steam families 1:17:40 - Watch Parties dead on Twitch 1:34:20 - VR 1:36:20 - Dragon's Dogma $2.99 2:02:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2 is amazing also 2:42:40 - Alone in the Dark 2:45:00 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropped Frames Episode 355

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