Dropped Frames

We're joined by Rami Ismail this week to get to the bottom of the Unity changes that were announced last week and what that ultimately means for educators, hobbyists and developers big and small. We also check our hype levels for the upcoming changes and expansion to Cyberpunk 2077. We've also played the bonkers Mortal Kombat 1 & the soulslike Lies of P!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The crew is back together after braving the elements in the desert and space to have an in-depth conversation about the pros and cons of Starfield after a substantial amount of timing playing it! Also is the Switch 2 right around the corner? More Skull & Bones woes, E3 not happening again maybe, and a whole lot more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh is traveling through space and Zeke is (hopefully!) doing alright out in Burning Man this week so JP brought in some ringers: DansGaming & Strippin to chat about our time with Starfield. Then we get into some news with Final Fantasy XVI announcing 2 new DLCs, DOTA 2 punishing smurf accounts, PS+ going up in price, Volition shutting down, SAG-AFTRA expanding their strike to the games industry and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zeke is out this week and filling in for him are DansGaming and Strippin! Who all coincidentally have finished Baldur's Gate 3 and we give our final thoughts on the game that making waves for the last month! Then we get into all the exciting info from GamesCom and the next Destiny 2 expansion. TennoCon also happened over the weekend and with it brought new info on Warframe and their new game: Soulframe. Then we give impressions on Skull & Bones, Armored Core 6 & Immortals of Aveum!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most of us are still deep into trying to finish Baldur's Gate 3 before the next wave of big games graces our PC screens such as: Armored Core VI and Starfield. The latter of which has gone gold 3 weeks ahead of launch! Of course that comes with some hilarious drama as well. In news: Dark and Darker is back maybe? notoriously delayed Skull and Bones gets a closed beta test, Alan Wake 2 gets delayed a week and Geoff Keighley is back with Gamescom's Opening Night Live this Tuesday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The boys are joined by fellow adventurer DansGaming this week to finally have a chat about Baldur's Gate 3! Is it too good? Should it be the base line for AAA games going forward? Is that fair to other developers? Is Starfield okay? We answer all these quests and more on this week's episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a busy weekend with two fan conventions happening at the same time: Final Fantasy XIV's FanFest & Path of Exile's ExileCon! Announcing a new expansion for the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail as well as a ton of new info for the long-awaited Path of Exile 2. In other news Project L gives an update ahead of EVO 2023, Ubisoft cancels projects, there's weird drama with Armored Core VI! Games this week: The Expanse: A Telltale Game, Punc Club 2, Unholy & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Swen Vincke the Founder/CEO of Larian Studios returns this week on the eve of their huge game: Baldur's Gate 3 launching! We have tons of questions and so does the community and we get to most of them! After the interview we get to some small tidbits of news: The Overwatch League on the precipes of ending, everyone raging at Diablo 4 & more. Games this week: Remnant 2, Viewfinder, Coreborn and... Everquest?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Twitch's Mike Minton and Tom Verilli to chat about where Twitch is going, upcoming features and whether Twitch is still a creator first platform. Then with the FTC court case against Microsoft buying ABK in the past; Sony strikes a deal to keep Call of Duty on the plaform. Bungie sets legal precedent after winning court case against a serial harrasser of one of their employees. We also get into some games with Exoprimal, Jagged Alliance 3 & Decarnation! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a heavy news week with TwitchCon Paris 2023 bringing in a surprising amount of new features to the platform. Ubisoft Swatter gets off lightly in France. Co-Creator of Sonic the Hedgehog - Yuji Naka - Sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for insider trading. Overwatch 2 dropping PvE again? Or not? Diablo 4 unveils its season content. Street Fighter 6 sells over 2 million units and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E3 2023 is cancelled possibly forever! Should we be surprised? The rest of the week didn't have much more positive news as Dark and Darker gets delisted on Steam, The Last of Us Part 1 PC Port is a pile of poo, gamers harass Ada Wong VA off social media and Multiversus shuts down their open beta. In the back half we talk about Contraband Police, our thoughts on the Resident Evil 4 Remake, Dredge & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Dad & BFF of Vanilla Ice: DatModz joins us to really get into the weeds with the latest Diablo IV beta! How does it stack up to other modern ARPG games? Is it too easy? Will the game have longevity? Then we take a long deep-dive in the current state of Twitch with the recent announcement of Emmett Shear resigning from CEO and the news of the company laying off 400 employees.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by SkillUp this week to chat about creating content on YouTube in 2023, the dichotomy of being a gamer and a critical reviewer and the infamous Cyberpunk review! Cohh has been playing Last Epoch and enjoying it, but can it last in a post Diablo 4 world? JP and SkillUp finished the newest Destiny 2 raid and the community is going wild. Jim Ryan just wants to see the Microsoft & Activision merger to fail. Suicide Squad gets delayed again. More info on the RPG/JRPG discourse and so much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ezekiel_III is out this week so we're joined by special guests DansGaming & first-timer Sequisha to chat about moustaches and poutine. We also check our hype levels for the upcoming Diablo 4 beta and our time with Wo Long, the new Destiny 2 expansion, Octopath Traveler 2 & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gothalion joins us this week to chat about Power Stone 2 and the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion: Lightfall! Playstation also had a pretty big State of Play this past week and with it brought new characters in Street Fighter 6, another look at Resident Evil 4 as well as a bunch of VR games. However, it also brought an in-depth look at Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and plethora of Gear Score, Battle Passes and more GAAS staples and the internet is FURIOUS! Are consumers revolting against live service games? Sons of the Forest, Octopath Traveler 2, Atomic Heart & more are also on the docket!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitch rolls out some good changes and tests some bad changes this week with some much needed changes to info visibility and stream title links and then decided to try out Twitch ad skins, yikes! We have some TwitchCon 2023 dates and wonder if we're too old for conventions? Big shake-ups at XCOM, Civilization dev Firaxis, Multiversus loses 99% of the userbase on Steam. Like a Dragon: Isshin, Return is on PC, Theatrhythm, and a long discussion on Wild Hearts vs. Monster Hunter are all on the docket as well!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's demo week over here on Dropped Frames as another Steam Next Fest drops another 1000 demos of upcoming games; big and small! But first there was a pretty major Nintendo Direct to comb through including building in the new Zelda? Is that enough to warrant a $70 price tag? Cohh got a chance to play the new action combat game Wanted: Dead. JP played demos for Sea of Stars and Octopath Traveller 2 and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a games heavy episode this week as we go through some of the games we've played over the last month including: Chained Echoes, Against the Storm, Steamworld Build, Deliver Us Mars and many more! But first we have a long discussion on AI, the growing list of game delays and GAAS games ending. Also is The Day Before a real game? All that and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by DansGaming this week to talk about Twitch dropping a massive blog post on the future of the platform and what to expect in the coming months, are they changes for the better? Then we chat about the changes to Dead Space Remake, the controversal Forspoken, some old school CDROM games, and possible GOTY contender in the surprise hit: Hi-Fi Rush!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The industry seems to be on fire this week with massive layoffs, cancellations & horrible PR gaffes. So who better to walk us through all of this horrible news than indie game developer/pilot Rami Ismail! We also go over some light-hearted news such as the massive changes coming to Destiny 2, Rami's 2022 GOTY list & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Captain BurkeBlack is here to chat about Skull & Bones getting delayed (again) Ubisoft imploding, tabletop gaming and a whole lot of Warhammer 40K lore. Awesome Games Done Quick also concluded this week, bringing a massive $2.5 million to charity. Dungeons & Dragon/Magic the Gathering creator: Wizards of the Coast are in the negative PR hole with some bone headed adjustments to their licensing. ECO roleplaying, Company of Heroes 3, and Chained Echoes are also on the docket!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2023 is here and it's time to get hyped about all the upcoming games (potentially) releasing this year! Fire Emblem Engage, STALKER 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6 and MUCH more! This is looking to be a stacked year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See the full results @ https://dfgoty.com/ The year is over! Now it's time to painstakingly rank, critique & praise ALL of the games that released in 2022! You won't believe what our 4th best game of the year is!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

VOTE FOR OUR COMMUNITY GOTY! - https://dfgoty.com/ Fútbol & Twitter is ending and we have mixed feelings. John Carmack leaves Meta & Oculus. The Game Awards continues to gain viewership, the Diablo IV drama reignites, Metzen surprisingly returns to World of Warcraft & more! Plus our thoughts on High on Life, Dark and Darker, the latest Street Fighter VI beta, SIGNALIS (finally.) and an appearance from the GOAT: Jesus Christ!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh is sick this week so we get right to it with the news of the week! FTC vs Microsoft, Dwarf Fortress surpassing expectations on Steam and what we thought of The Game Awards 2022. Cohh got a sneak peak at Owlcat's Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader Alpha. Zeke has been playing Metal Gear Solid 4 plus our thoughts on Forspoken & Marvel's Midnight Suns. Then we get into our big spoliercast discussion of God of War Ragnarok!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Zeke away, we're joined by returning guest GoldenBoy and first time guest Jirard The Completionist this week to chat about trying to run a TV channel and what went right and what went wrong at the now defunct G4TV. In the back half we weigh in on the increasingly wild mess that is Nintendo throwing a cease & desist at the Smash World Tour that was holding their main event just weeks before having to cancel. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is actually fun, The Callisto Protocol is a mess, Marvel SNAP is ruining lives & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's that time of the year where we look back at all the games release and make them fight amongst each other for the award of which game is the best game of the year! We go through all the nominees, wonder why Sifu is there and why Vampire Survivors isn't there and contemplate the war between juggernauts: Elden Ring & God of War Ragnarok. In the back half we go through some of the games we've been playing and haven't yet discussed!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Twitch-staff-turned-game-dev djWheat this week to chat about the reasons he ultimately left Twitch and a very candid account of the behind-the-scenes friction that occurred during his time. Then we look to the future, where is the platform heading, what lessons can it learn from its past & much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by JERICHO this week to get an early preview of what the new DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is... And it's sounding pretty rough. Mick Gordon breaks silence on what actually happened between him and id Software over DOOM: Eternal plus some CS:GO Majors drama happened. Then in the back half we talk about all God of War: Ragnarok, (don't worry there are no spoilers!) & continue to speculate Shroud's announcement tease from last week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return with a guest this week! Shroud joins us to catch up with his time away from Twitch and his current outlook on streaming as a career path. Then we get technical with PC hardware and player performance in games, how we tackle burn out and more! In the second half we finally chat about Gotham Knights, check in with the state of Overwatch 2 and FPS games in general then move in to some Kojima as well as Dave the Diver and a cheeky look at mobile shooter GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitch CMOz Mike Minton joins JP, Zeke & GassyMexican to chat about the worries of monetizing, the overabundance of advertisements on the platform, the 50/50 creator split and much more! Then in the second half we chat about the return of Silent Hill, remasters vs. remakes with Resident Evil 4, the Warhammer 40k Darktide beta, Gotham Knights and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TwitchCon was this week and... They didn't announce much of anything and we lament if there's a long-term future for Twitch as a platform. Meanwhile Overwatch 2 had a rocky launch, Overwatch Porn banned?! God of War 2 goes gold, Kojima teasing new game. In the back half Steam Next Fest demos, our Grounded review & a discussion on the Street Fighter 6 closed beta!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return after a very eventful September to chat... About September! Twitch wins streamers over with their new revenue split. Chat gets elevated. Twitch announces a bunch of new stuff to cover up the bad press. TwitchCon leaks. In the second half we chat about all the games not coming out! Cyberpunk gets a new lease on life. Overwatch 2's obtuse battle pass. EVGA drops partnership with NVIDIA & much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back after an extended break due to poor health and bad injuries, is Zeke to blame? This week the consolidation of video games continues with Embracer Group scooping up more studios and IP. Even more game delays however tons happening this week including Gamescom. Is anyone going to TwitchCon?! And much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitch rolled out their Shared Banned List feature over the week, but is it everything we wanted? We have some suggestions. Then the grift continues as Square Enix launches their NFT project. Minecraft bans NFTs using their game. Lebron James joins Multiversus. Then in the back half we talk about the cat game that's all the rage: Stray. RPing in The Forest. Madison & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KingGothalion returns to Twitch after 3 years abroad and he returns to recount his tales from his time away from the platform. We chat about the reason for leaving, the state of the industry, and all of the Twitch metas missed over his time away. After the break, we chat about the new features coming to Twitch from their TwitchCon EU keynote as well as major shake ups in the world of Warframe!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Streamers leaving Twitch, streamers returning to Twitch; a tale as old as time. We discuss what each platform offers to live streamers before getting into the news! After the break we chat about Rumbleverse, Neon White and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maximilian_DOOD joins JP and Cohh this week to talk all about the future of Summer Games Fest, E3 & fighting games, including a possible megaton rumor dropping this EVO? After that we head into the spoiler zone for some huge BIG BRAIN Final Fantasy 7 Reunion/Rebirth speculation. After that Twitch is rolling out a bunch of new features including a shared global ban list. After that we get Max's thoughts on DNF Duel and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh is one year older and he has a lot to say about TikTok, Motorcycles & Minecraft! FromSoft is almost finished with their new product, Heroes of Newerth shuts down after 12 years, a long discussion on the merits of therapy and in the back half - Raft, Hollow Knight, Dread Daddy & The Quarry!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss two big announcements that happened last week: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & the announcement of Dragon's Dogma 2 at their respective anniversary streams. Then we get into the CONTROVERSY with companies screwing over their own employees as well as other streamers. Then in the second half we dive into all of the demos of Steam Next Fest including: Cult of the Lamb, Metal Hellsinger, Signalis, and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.