Frame Perfect

Games Played:

Guilty Gear - the main fighting frontier + Unika 

Elena in SF6

Andy in Fatal Fury

Wildgate

FBC Firebreak

Darktide Arbites

Rogue Trader

Switch 2 Review

News:

Street Fighter 6 Characters 

State of Play 

Pragmata is Real 

Dead Man, new Suda51 game looks suitably Suda51 

Silent Hill F looks amazing and the best SH we've gotten in over 2 decades 

 Ninja Gaiden is back as a 2D sidescroller again and looks really good 

IOI's Bond - Babybond? FIRST LIGHT. His youngest depiction in anything ever? Looks far more Uncharted than Hitman. Also the most modern bond I think we've ever seen.

MY GOD IT'S MAAAHHHHHVEELLL. "Marvel is back in the tag fighting genre". The psych out when we did the rewind had me tweaking tho. youtube comments gave me cancer.

Invincible Fighting Game

Summer Games Fest

Atomic Heart 2 - A "spiritual successor" to the first one? Bitch it has 2 in it

Felt That Boxing - Puppet Punch Out. Easy sell, then looks like Flying Lotus?

Yacht Club is back babyyyy!!! Let's gooooo!!! Looks like oracle of ages zelda on crack? 

SKIPPING THE SILKSONG TRAILER IN FAVOR OF DEADPOOL? FUUUUUCK

SCOTT PILGRIM IS BACK BABYYYYY, another sidescrolling beat em up with ANAMANAGUCHI YESSSSSSS SCOTT PILGRIM EX

The leaks were real for SF6???

Splitgate 2 devs just drop a battle royale like it's nothing, amazing 

STRANGER THAN HEAVEN. RGG Magnum Opus???

Cap off with Resident Evil, the absolute teasers.

Silent Hill Remake announced 

The Subway Slammer is out for blood - Persona 5 X Talk?

Akira Live Action Cancelled 

Marathon Delayed 

Acts of Blood 

Tenebris Somnia Trailer

Watched 

Mission Impossible

28 Years Later

The Life of Chuck

Final Destination bloodlines

Games:

Fatal Fury City of the Wolves - the last bastion of fightan

KCD2 - we lose tristan to immersion 

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 - the GOAT RPG has arrived

Split/Fiction - The other game of the year 

Splitgate 2 - more gates to split

Star of Providence - i can't put it down - do I love shmups?

Monster Hunter Wilds - bit of a lukewarm landing

FFXIV - We're in the Endwalker now

DnD - the game of games

NEWS:Switch 2 - bag is secured 

Street Fighter 6 Elena

EVO Japan, Combobreaker happening rn, many many things.

Bungie - Are you ok? Marathon and Destiny updates

Warhammer Skulls Announcements - https://gamerant.com/warhammer-40k-skulls-showcase-new-updated-games-explained/

Death Stranding 2 Trailer - the most Kojima thing ever 

https://youtu.be/HdzIwQhYABQ?si=i02QaXEqqxN-Uhm1

Silent Hill F

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/silent-hill/silent-hill-f-disclaimer-is-even-making-a-horror-buff-like-me-shudder-if-you-feel-uncomfortable-at-any-point-while-playing-please-take-a-break/

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/silent-hill-f-is-not-messing-around-now-its-been-banned-in-australia/

Shows/movies

Sinners

Friendship

Final Destination 1-4 

Andor

PLAYED
Virtua Fighter 5 REVO - a new place at the table?
Sf6 - Hovering at Plat 4, the plateau
Tekken - the Suffering
Baldur's Gate 3 - Tristan's Review, Crossplay and 12 new subclasses
Marvel Rivals - China Won
Darktide - The Dankest of Dark Tides
Helldivers 2 - The Illuminate are finally he- and they're gone
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Raiders of the 12gb of VRAM
Risk of Rain 2 (Patch) - The Risk of Redemption
Silent Hill 2 - Burt's Take: Shit it's really good
Silent Hill Origins - Surprisingly competent Silence
Rogue Trader - Abelard, talk about patch 1.3
Okami HD - Stroking Kamiya's ego
SonicxShadow Generations- $3 a minute
Ocarina of Time - The Rosiest Glasses

NEWS
THE GAME AWARDS
Witcher 4
Elden Ring Nightreign
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/elden-ring-nightreign-isnt-a-live-service-game-and-wont-be-full-priced/1100-6528462/
Project Robot
Tekken 8 Clive
Project Century
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/hideki-kamiya-on-returning-to-his-roots-with-clovers-and-okami-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWnKdXMgNeQ
https://screenrant.com/sonic-the-hedgehog-3-jim-carrey-return-retirement-how-jeff-fowler/
https://www.dualshockers.com/cronos-new-dawns-combat-aims-to-feel-like-dead-space-and-resident-evil/
https://www.dlcompare.com/gaming-news/new-dragon-ball-sparking-zero-update-adds-fan-requested-features-48961

WATCHED
Secret Level
Daima
Krampus/Gremlins
Megalopolis

PLAYED

NEWS

WATCHED

PLAYED
Sf6 - the road to plat 4
Tekken 8 - heihachi
Guilty Gear
Sparking Zero
Silent Hill 2
Alan Wake 2 - The Lake House
Risk of Rain 2P
Space Marine 2 finished operations
Shadowbringers review
Sonic X Shadow
Destiny New Dungeon
Rogue Trader
Metaphor

Destiny Rising
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/silent-hill-2s-development-was-rough-on-bloober-team-because-of-online-hate-but-now-that-its-proved-itself-it-wants-to-show-what-we-can-do-on-our-own-with-cronos-the-new-dawn/
Subnautica 2
https://www.ign.com/articles/amazons-warhammer-40000-secret-level-animation-is-a-sequel-to-space-marine-2?s=09
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/the-curse-of-horde-shooter-balance-fans-take-to-steam-in-protest-as-space-marine-2-gets-unpopular-patch-devs-promise-course-correction-within-the-week/
Alien Isolation 2
FBC Firebreak - it looks like a video game
https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-8-chief-katsuhiro-harada-says-hes-going-to-rethink-his-role-following-dlc-stage-backlash
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2024/oct/17/bandainamco-tekken8-apology-dlc-controversy/
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2024/cowboy-bebop-creator-next-anime-is-his-masterpiece/.216931
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-witcher/the-witcher-series-is-reportedly-getting-a-brand-new-book-in-just-6-weeks/
Monhun Wilds
343 Now Halo Studios
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2024/oct/22/canceled-darkstalkers-newcomer-sf5/
Alarmo

WATCHED
Dragon Ball Daima
Initial D
Ranma

We have an episode more jampacked than a PS2 demo disc. We're still fighting, Tristan's taken up racing, and we're getting swarmed with classic releases. It's a nonstop barrage of crazy crossovers, huge announcements, and Tristan and I duel to the death.


Street Fighter 6 - Terry is here!
MvC2 - We get Wazzled
Gran Turismo 7 - Tristan's got a new love now
Astro Bot - All of your friends are dead
Space Marine 2 - The Bolter is mighter than the paintbrush
Deadlock - The Best Worst MOBA
Risk of Rain and Balatro - Just one more run
Ready Or Not - I was not ready
NEWS
Balatro tops the Sales Charts
Ronaldo in City of the Wolves, what the fuck?
City of the Wolves x SF
Tekken: Harada asks for what you want?
Guilty Gear Strive Dizzy first look
Sparking Zero announced 182 characters exactly...that's a cute number...
PS5 Pro? Why?
No more DMC? Itsuno and many others leave capcom

Project Gummybears is a MOBA? good lord


State of Play
Ghosts of Yotei
Pirate Yakuza
WATCHED

Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm St Double Feature
A Boy and his Dog
Cherry 2000
Ninja Scroll

This week, we've got a loaded pod with tons of news and lots of game talk. We're preparing for the arrival of Terry by upping our Street Fighter 6 skills, and I get Tristan on some co-op roguelike action
Street Fighter is also snagging some tasty quality of life updates from Tekken that we are happy to see. Remedy gets a cash injection to make the SCP show a reality, we enter the realm of remakes, and we are reminded that Konami used to make video games.
Early Accessers get punished, mom and pop shops gets Gamestopped, and Shadow the Hedgehog goes to jail. This is Frame Perfect.

Games We Played
Street fighter 6
Guilty Gear
Risk of Rain 2 - Seekers of the Storm DLC
Final fantasy XIV

News
Replay in SF6 - Street Fight takes Takeovers from Tekken
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Announced
Remedy gets a cash injection from Annapurna, Alan Wake and Control TV shows on the way?
Silent Hill 2 Remake is nearly upon us - Previews say it's solid, but Burt is hesitant
Snake Eater Remake - Tristan is all in, and it looks better than SH2 Remake!
Konami may concede on the fact that alright, we get it, you want MGS4
Konami used to make games - Castlvania Dominus Collection is out
Star Wars Outlaws punishes players who purchase the $110 early access version
Gamestop is back - sort of? Go support your mom and pop
Sonic 3 Director finally gets to make the Shadow the Hedgehog movie
Weekly Bungie Check-In - Times are tough. Chris Barrett fired over Misconduct allegations
Concord - A Flop of Unprecedented Proportions
Secret Level - Some absolute bangers, some head scratchers
Constance - Metroidvania mullings

TV/Movies we Watched
Severance
It's Always Sunny
Alien Romulus - Review
Dawn of the Dead - Review
Crawl - Review
Futurama

This week, Tristan and I sync up and do the fusion dance, as we managed to get into the 2XKO alpha. It consumed our lives for about 3 days, and we've got some tales to tell about our new obsession. It's gonna be tough to wait a year for this one.
Gamescom is this week and we're getting some tasty fighting game announcements to chew on while we wait for 2XKO. We're talking Guardians of the Galaxy, both the game and the movies. Wu Kong takes the world by storm, I get excited by the prospect of hunting monsters, and Tristan gets a phone call from Mr. Kojima . This is Frame Perfect.
Games Played
2XKO
Street Fighter 6
Guardians of the Galaxy
News
Time To Bustah Wolf with Terry's gameplay trailer
City of the Wolves announces Mai, surprising no one yet somehow Burt

Black Myth - Wu Kong explodes
Gamescom Announcements
Borderlands 4 announced, for those of you still there

Mafia - The Old Country is real, and will really make you *feel* like you're in Sicily, cuz nothing else will

Monster Hunter Wilds begins to excite me

Indiana Jones - Xbox begins to hemmorage, is Halo next?
REANIMAL looks great, we need co-op horror games
MOVIES
Deadpool and Wolverine - Tristan's Review
Guardians of the Galaxy - Burt's Review

GAMES WE PLAYED

NEWS

The End of an Era - Bungie's Fall

Severance - Tristan is in, Burt praises it and can't wait for S2

This week, the boys get a true taste of their local fighting game scene. Tristan and I both made our way to meetups, and while Tristan is quickly establishing himself as the Tekken king, my experience was more...character building.
I'm all in on Final Fantasy XIV this week as the addiction takes hold, we've got a few stories to tell, and I somehow find a way to turn a date into an FGC match.
We're seeing fighting game knowledge in Olympic Fencing, Developers fight back against the mass layoffs, and I need a third arm.This is Frame Perfect.

Fighting Game Roundup

NEWS

WATCHED