Dropped Frames

We're joined by Pearl Abyss' Will Powers to catch up on where they're at after the success of Crimson Desert and where the game is going in the upcoming expansion coming this week! The big news this week is EA laying off 400 employees including shutting down decades old studio - BioWare. Long-time e-sports organization Evil Geniuses is also shutting down. Then we get into Final Fantasy Resonance, Stupid Never Dies and a whole ton of Steam demos!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Will Powers from Pearl Abyss is here
00:04:00 - Crimson Desert Expansion
00:11:30 - When does Crimson Desert stop updating?
00:14:30 - How does underwater work?
00:27:00 - Romance
00:32:30 - Bioware
00:36:40 - New combat?
00:49:50 - Ship building and sailing
00:58:00 - Hockey
01:03:00 - Steam Slop Fest 
01:11:20 - OpenAI and TwitchCon collab
01:16:40 - EA shuts down Bioware
01:20:00 - The origin of sad Cohh
01:24:00 - Evil Geniuses shutting down
01:29:10 - Project Helix rumored $1200
01:30:30 - New GamePass prices
01:34:50 - Arkane Lyon looking for a buyer
01:42:00 - Steam Demos Part 1
02:00:30 - Monsters & Memories
02:02:50 - Enshrouded
02:15:20 - Final Fantasy Resonance
02:22:30 - Stupid Never Dies
02:31:30 - Steam Demos Part 2
 02:53:30 - Upcoming releases
02:56:30 - Shoutouts

 

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It's October and in the middle of dozens of major releases are also amazing horror games releasing with Tenebris Somnia, Silver Pines, Hellraiser as well as the fear of AI recompiling creating doppelganger video games! NVIDIA ceases production of the 5090, Control Resonant is the fastest selling Remedy game, WARDOGs drama and finally our time with Enshrouded 1.0!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Three bards
00:05:20 - Concerts
00:08:00 - Control Resonant is fastest selling Remedy game
00:09:50 - Sad Cohh nominated for Streamer of the year
00:18:00 - NVIDIA stopping production on 5090s
00:20:00 - GTA6 PC rumored to release Q1
00:22:00 - Dev doesn't release demo out of fear of AI copycats
00:30:40 - Konami doesn't believe in the future of AI in game development 
00:33:40 - XBOX Labs is just more AI
00:37:00 - Even more Fire Emblem
00:40:50 - The origin of Dressmaker
00:43:00 - Epic Games goes full AI
00:48:00 - Total War: Shogun 2 AI enhancement gets removed from Steam
00:50:40 - No Rest for the Wicked gets classes
00:57:00 - Hellraiser
01:10:00 - Valor Mortis
01:18:45 - Tenebris Somnia
01:26:30 - Deep Dish Dungeon
01:30:00 - Silver Pines
01:35:00 - Enshrouded 1.0
02:00:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen
02:06:25 - WARDOGs season 2
02:27:20 - Shoutouts

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There are just too many games that it's creating choice paralysis! Before that however: Zeke has been enjoying the Austin music scene, NVIDIA is shutting down 5090 production? and the furloughed Star Wars Zero Company devs finally return to the studio and paid! We've been playing loads of games this week including Hellraiser Revival, the indie MMO - Monsters & Memories, a deluge of Capcom games: Onimusha and Dragons Dogma 2, Silver Pines and much more!

 

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Boomer music
00:23:20 - Choice paralysis
00:26:00 - 5090s not being produced anymore
00:30:50 - Star Wars Zero Company devs get paid
00:38:50 - Richard Garriott reclaims Ultima
00:40:20 - CapGods
00:59:00 - Triple I initiative
01:09:40 - Hellraiser
01:29:40 - Monsters and Memories
01:45:50 - Onimusha
02:01:45 - Silver Pine
02:16:40 - Endocopia
02:26:20 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen
02:35:00 - Star Wars Galactic Racer
02:52:45 - Shoutouts

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JP has become a Vtuber (for a month.) We break down what it takes to become one from concept to reality and it's a lot. After that shock we get into reacting to us in the news, GTA6 gets content rated, Valve's Deadlock gets 6 news character a new map and RuneScape 4 gets announced. Cohh is having a time in Valheim, Zeke is still sailing the high fashion seas in Dressmaker and JP is scared of World of Warcraft Forever launching.

 

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:30 - Vtubing
00:03:00 - The cost of vtubers
00:23:20 - Dropping Frames
00:25:40 - GTA6 content ratings
00:30:00 - New Deadlock update
00:34:50 - RuneScape 4 announced
00:43:40 - Valheim rage
01:04:50 - Witcher 3 Remaster
01:08:30 - EU Kids
01:12:30 - Gears of War: E-Day is out
01:23:00 - Aion 2
01:25:40 - Silent Hill: townfall
01:54:10 - Even more Dressmaker
02:02:50 - American Truck Simulator
02:10:20 - CONTROL Resonant
02:18:05 - WoW Forever
02:44:05 - End of Abyss
02:49:00 - Rivage
02:55:50 - Shoutouts

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Mikael Kasurinen, the director of CONTROL: Resonant joins us this week to chat about his journey into game development, the intricacy of level design, and the willingness to go weird. Then we dive into Silent Hill: townfall a game Cohh and Zeke liked 80% of. XBOX continues to implode as multiple major dev studios seem to be shutting down, including Halo moving to Activision. Bungie recommits to Destiny while moving to unvault all of Destiny 2. Dune Awakening gets a single-player mode and Zeke gushes over the new surprise hit Dressmaker!

 

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Disc golf
00:05:05 - Director of CONTROL Resonant - Mikael Kasurinen is here!
00:09:50 - Does gameplay or story dictate direction first?
00:15:20 - Why Dylan?
00:25:10 - Combat inspirations
00:37:00 - Maintaining ambition and scope with a budget
00:45:20 - How weird is too weird?
00:52:15 - Is game dev fun?
00:55:00 - Level design
01:13:00 - Player autonomy 
01:41:00 - Shipping in September
01:45:20 - The high seas
01:48:20 - What's next for Remedy?
01:57:00 - Silent Hill: townfall
02:19:50 - Blood of the Dawnwalker
02:24:30 - XBOX still imploding
02:31:00 - The Bungie gambit
02:38:00 - Dune Awakening single-player
02:41:00 - Fire Emblem
02:43:50 - Dressmaker
02:58:30 - Shoutouts

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This week we're joined by Washington Post's Gene Park to get an expert opinion on all the Wolverine discourse and learn the deep lore of the fart gas. JP has played the World of Warcraft Forever beta, and uh oh, it's about to consume a lot of time. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a lot of game, Gene has been playing Control Resonant, Zeke absolutely adores Onimusha and so much more this week!

 

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Gene Park is here!
00:02:00 - The origin of fart gas
00:09:00 - Having a blast
00:11:00 - Marvel's Wolverine
00:51:40 - WoW Forever breaking records
01:01:30 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
01:09:20 - Control Resonant
01:15:30 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword
01:28:00 - Game of the year discussions
01:33:40 - Enjoying games as a game reviewer
01:40:20 - Valheim
01:44:10 - RuneScape: Dragonwilds
01:50:00 - WARDOGS continues
02:00:40 - Silent Hill: Townfall
02:11:00 - Hellraiser: Revival
02:20:40 - Active Matter
02:26:40 - Steam Frame
02:32:10 - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
02:36:20 - Marathon redo
02:38:45 - Mindeye devs laid off
02:40:30 - PC Gamer Show - Japan
02:42:50 - BLACKWOOD
02:52:40 - Shoutouts

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Zeke returns from the desert just in time for the world of video games to explode again! From Insomniac's Wolverine reviews, Kojima parting ways with Sony partnership to BlizzCon announcements including a new StarCraft and World of Warcraft Forever! We try to balance our excitement and horror with Valheim 1.0, surprise hit: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha, Breathedge 2 and more!

 

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Valheim 1.0
00:07:20 - Wolverine reviews
00:11:30 - Kojima and Sony part ways
00:23:30 - Crimson Desert DLC
00:31:20 - StarCraft returns
00:36:50 - Diablo V
00:46:50 - World of Warcraft Forever
01:03:30 - Zeke's Burning Man
01:23:50 - Ocarina of Time Remake
01:34:40 - Metroid Ravenous
01:36:10 - Kirby & The World Beyond
01:38:00 - Steam Achievement Leak
01:42:40 - The Blood of Dawnwalker
01:59:30 - Breathedge 2
02:13:00 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword
02:19:10 - We have played Emberville
02:37:10 - WARDOGS Early Access
02:53:30 - Solasta 2
02:56:50 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by WARDOGS Game Directors: Howard Philpott & Mark "phantasy' Pinney this week to talk about filling a much needed niche in the FPS genre, why early access and plenty of viewer questions! Afterwards we chat about the awkwardness that is DLSS5, the GTA6 reveal that broke the internet, and a Witcher 3 remaster in the middle of a massive ton of game releases. Then our time with the new STALKER 2 update, Star Wars Zero Company and more!

 

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Can't handle all of these games
00:02:40 - Wardogs devs join us
00:04:50 - Why early access?
00:09:40 - First convention
00:17:00 - Graphical advantages
00:20:50 - Vehicle control options
00:33:00 - Comparisons to Planetside
00:43:40 - Private servers
00:57:30 - Progression systems
01:33:20 - Global players
01:39:50 - What have the Wardogs devs been playing?
01:50:30 - Announcements at FPS Game Show
01:52:30 - The DLSS5 issue
01:57:40 - GTA6
02:11:15 - The Witcher 3 Remaster
02:16:40 - STALKER 2
02:20:00 - Star Wars Zero Company
02:44:15 - Wolcen 2
02:49:10 - Path of Exile 2 - Swords/release date
02:51:10 - Shoutouts

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We witnessed a gaggle of Ls this week as Amazon/Twitch launch opt-out AI training on their streamers to everyone's dismay. Even more abysmal AI news: An ex-writer within Saber Interactive allegedly replaced by AI and the CEO has a very healthy reaction. Luckily we finally get our first real look at Kingdom Hearts 4 and it's launching sooner than we thought! Games this week: Continuing Big Walk, KOTOR 2, Sandustry, DIVE or DIE, ReStory and more!

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - To the MOON
00:04:00 - War Dogs
00:09:20 - Mortal Shell 2
00:14:00 - Twitch/Amazon training AI off streamers
00:29:00 - Writer gets replaced by AI
00:41:00 - Weird things in WoW
00:49:00 - Terraria Calamity mod shutting down
00:54:30 - Kingdom Hearts 4 news
00:57:00 - Marvel Rivals doing extremely well
01:00:42 - People upset with Wolverine?
01:07:00 - Elder Scrolls 6 looks great according to CEO of game
01:09:50 - Alan Wake 2 sells 3 million copies
01:13:20 - BEEG Walk
01:19:50 - Falcom reports 110% profit growth from Trails in the Sky 1
01:21:00 - Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
01:26:50 - Marvel Tokon gets PC patch
01:35:30 - Zeke played KOTOR2
01:44:50 - Sandustry
01:49:40 - Lootbound
01:59:00 - Chop Chop Inc.
02:04:30 - DIVE or DIE
02:11:20 - Pax Autocratica
02:23:00 - Servant of the Lake
02:30:00 - Below, Rusted Gods
02:36:40 - Cat Mail Co.
02:42:20 - ReStory
02:49:00 - Dragonsword Awakening
02:59:00 - Shoutouts

 

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We get cursed by time zones this week but we prevail through RAM shortages, the fall of Electronic Arts, and possibly our digital dystopia future! We give our thoughts on Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation, JP goes all in on his time with the Wardogs closed alpha and then Maximilian joins us to talk about the rocky release of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls and finally our time with the co-op puzzle game: Big Walk!

 

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Time zones
3:50 - RAM is gone for 2027
9:50 - Netflix secures GTA6 reveal
18:30 - Final Fantasy XIV on Switch 2
19:50 - EA completes Saudi investment merger
24:50 - Blizzard on top at Microsoft
26:20 - LilyPichu voices new Overwatch character
29:00 - Take-Two CEO excited for cloud gaming future
36:40 - Beast of Reincarnation
56:00 - Wardogs closed alpha
1:46:40 - Maximillian joins us!
1:47:00 - Duskbloods beta
1:49:40 - Marvel Tokon launches
2:40:50 - Big Walk
3:01:05 - Shoutouts

 

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