Dropped Frames

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

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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!

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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

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Cohh is out this week as he makes his way to GDC so joining us this week is Jesse Cox to chat about Tik Tok, a whole bunch of studios being unembraced, PS5 Pro, Summer Games Fest and a whoooooole lot of Final Fantasy!

0:00 - Sweetened iced tea
9:30 - Hotel Zeke
14:30 - Dragon's Dogma nightmare fuel
16:30 - TIK TOK TOE
20:00 - Pig butchering scams
47:00 - Battlefront Classic Collection woes
53:30 - PS5 Pro specs!
57:00 - Summer Game Fest
1:08:00 - Saber Interactive Embraces
1:20:00 - Runescape
1:30:00 - FF7 Rebirth only sell 23k physical copies in Japan
1:33:00 - Palworld 
1:41:00 - Helldivers 2 secrets
1:48:00 - Final Fantasy XVI coming to PC soon
1:50:00 - final Fantasy XIV is too easy?
1:56:00 - theatrythm 
2:19:00 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2:25:40 - Dragon's Dogma 2
2:31:00 - Project Zomboid
2:39:30 - Astroneer
2:49:00 - TELEVISION
2:59:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Dan this week to chat about a whole lot of bad and depressing news as the games industry and the streaming industry continue its downward trend. Luckily there are great games to play now and in the near future such as: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma 2 where we share our nightmare fuel creations from the free character maker Capcom released!

0:00 - The age of Eminem
3:40 - Zeke purrs
11:00 - WB removing all Adult Swim published games
15:30 - WB also doubling down on GaaS despite failures
25:50 - Rooster Teeth shuts down
30:50 - Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passed away
38:25 - Ghost of Tsushima coming to PC
41:40 - Yuzu and Nintendo settle - Yuzu forced to shutdown
46:45 - Twitch in 2024
1:27:00 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2:07:45 - Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator
2:22:10 - Sons of the Forest
2:52:40 - Supermarket Simulator
2:56:10 - DF Bit: No Rest For The Wicked/Unicorn Overlord
2:58:50 - Shoutouts

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We were not prepared for the amount of good games in the month of February, but here we are! Elden Ring returns with the trailer for its upcoming expansion - Shadow of the Erdtree and surprising no one, it's a banger! Helldivers 2 still continuing to break its peak concurrent player records on Stream, we go down the list of survival games that have released in the last month and so much more!

0:00 - February
5:00 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
13:20 - Suicide Squad under performs
14:20 - Nintendo has no debt
19:50 - PSVR2 getting PC support
23:20 - Helldivers still peaking 
26:00 - Big and small updates
30:40 - Bungie gets a scolding by Sony
33:00 - Names that are fun to say
37:00 - Project L is now 2XKO
42:50 - Gigantic is back?
48:30 - Palworld hits 25 million players
50:20 - Harada on Tekken
54:00 - Lots of games in February
57:20 - Skull & Bones underperformed
58:40 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth reviews
1:01:40 - Balatro
1:11:25 - Pacific Drive
1:38:30 - Nightingale
1:47:15 - Sons of the Forest 1.0
2:05:20 - Last Epoch 1.0
2:38:50 - FF7 Remake replay
2:52:00 - Shoutouts

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Award season is upon us, but for the game industry and content creator industry - We chat about all the big winners at The Streamer Awards and The Dice Awards that took place over the weekend. Helldivers 2 is suffering from success as another megaton weekend stops players from entering the game. Skull & Bones also launched!

0:00 - Democracy 9:10 - The Streamer Awards 37:35 - The DICE Awards 47:50 - Horse Armor in Diablo 4 58:45 - Skull & Bones - The first AAAA game 1:13:40 - The XBOX podcast 1:19:00 - Embraced 1:23:40 - Golden Sun 1:32:24 - Deep Rock Galactic Survivor 1:42:25 - Banishers: Ghosts of Eden 1:52:00 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2:00:00 - The end of February is intense for games 2:09:55 - Halo Season 2 2:11:35 - Shoutouts

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This week we dive into Helldivers 2, a game that has a surprising amount of depth. Then we drop into the news where rumors of XBOX going multiplatform gains traction, Disney puts stake into Epic Games, and take a look at the best selling games of 2023 and much more!

0:00 - Beards
8:30 - Super Bowl
18:15 - Helldivers 2
47:25 - XBOX going multiplatform?
1:01:50 - Disney puts stake into Epic Games
1:08:50 - The first AAAA game by Ubisoft
1:14:20 - Behind the scenes with Deus Ex
1:15:50 - Best selling games in 2023
1:24:20 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo
1:25:10 - Dead Cells ending after 7 years
1:27:10 - Dropped Frames in the news
1:33:40 - Mobile Elden Ring?
1:36:10 - Death Stranding 2 & Kojima
1:50:18 - Steam Next Fest

2:45:35 - Shoutouts

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Twitch updates subscription prices, Cronuts, our thoughts on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - Is $70 too much to ask for a GaaS? More layoffs & much more! Then the Game Director for Obsidian's Avowed - Carrie Patel, joins us to answer our burning questions for their upcoming RPG!

0:00 - Tangents 5:00 - New Twitch subs 22:00 - Donuts 25:50 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League 42:55 - Too many GaaS 51:00 - Embracer lays off more 55:50 - Palworld sells 12 million copies 1:27:25 - Enshrouded 1:42:50 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 1:52:20 - Granblue Fantasy Relink 2:00:40 - Lightyear Frontier 2:02:05 - Nightingale 2:08:35 - Tekken 8 2:14:30 - CD-ROM-A-THON ends 2:18:00 - Shoutouts for Zeke 2:19:15 - Interview with Carrie Patel, Director of Avowed 2:47:35 - Shoutouts

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Palworld exploded this week topping the Steam charts and selling over 4 million in just under 2 days, but is it uncomfortably close to another creature collecting game? Lethal Company rumored to have sold over 10 million. AGDQ 2024 also happened over the week bringing in over $2.5 million to charity. Zeke's CD-ROM drama, finishing Rogue Trader, and JP finally overcomes Fatalis rounds out this episode!

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