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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