Dropped Frames

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!

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It's Cohh's birthday today and it's time to get HYPE with Twitch's new Supercha - Hype Chat features! Twitch also rolled out a new dashboard homepage that seems good but needs some more time to cook. Phil Spencer admits they bought Bethesda to keep Starfield off of Playstation. Meanwhile Starfield might not have a physical edition at all? The Nintendo Direct gives us Elephant Mario, Zeke has a ton of demos to tell us about and JP and Cohh have been loving Final Fantasy XVI! 

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A lot has happened over the last couple of weeks in the streaming world and we couldn't wait until Sunday to talk about it! xQc's $100 million contract with Gambling/Crypto streaming site Kick, Amouranth's $30 million contract, what's actually going on? We break it down and wonder if Kick is a true competitor to Twitch or a drop in the bucket. Then we take a moment to gush over the Final Fantasy XVI demo, Lies of P and more! 

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Summer Games Fest is right around the corner so we go over our expectations, wants & our schedule for all the upcoming events throughout the month of June. Of course this is also the month of non-stop gaming and we're busy just trying to keep up with all the bangers like Street Fighter 6, Stasis: Bone Totem, and of course Diablo IV. There's no time for sleep! 

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The Playstation Showcase happened this last week and... We were whelmed. Are the rumors of Sony holding back true? Is Bungie reviving Marathon a good idea? Diablo IV is fast approaching but not before putting out many drama fires before the game launches this weekend! Then we get into the games: The Outlast Trials, Texas Chainsaw Massacre & many more!

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We're joined by Gothalion this week to nerd out about the latest Zelda game: Tears of the Kingdom and it might be the greatest game he's played in a decade. But first we discuss Overwatch removing their planned PvE mode in favor of more live service features... What's happening at Blizzard? There's a reportedly HUGE Playstation Showcase this coming week and we check our hype levels. Then, a little dab of Darkest Dungeon 2 salt to round off this week!

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Redfall came out last week to much of the disdain of pretty much everyone. Is the game as bad as people say it is? We take stock of the next couple of months in games, including summer game events. Kotaku fights back at Nintendo's blacklisting them. CS:GO hits an all time high in concurrent players. Are we hyped for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Is Bramble scary? All that and much more on this week's episode!

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A percentage of this show is dedicated to how fast Star Wars Jedi Survivor came in hot with not insignificant number of players experience horrible performance for an otherwise good game. The other part is dedicated to extreme game sales for Little Nightmares and Honkai Star Rail, our hype levels for Armored Core VI, Earthbound, Xenoblade & more!

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We use this week to catch-up the games we've been playing and the games we will be playing soon. First we talk about the blue checks, the origin of Blender porn, Zeke has a secret admirer, Diablo IV, Street Fighter 6, Dead Island 2 and more!

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We're joined by special guest Rami Ismail this week to chat about the need for an games industry gathering that is developer focused, AI in video games and... The universe is a simulation? Honkai: Star Rail tops 10 million in pre-downloads alone, the validity of gacha games. Then in new Nexon sues Dark and Darker devs IronMace, Redfall locked at 30 fps on consoles, our stunned reactions to Zelda and Final Fantasy XVI & much more.

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