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 - Intro00:01:00 - Will Powers from Pearl Abyss is here00:04:00 - Crimson Desert Expansion00:11:30 - When does Crimson Desert stop updating?00:14:30 - How does underwater work?00:27:00 - Romance00:32:30 - Bioware00:36:40 - New combat?00:49:50 - Ship building and sailing00:58:00 - Hockey01:03:00 - Steam Slop Fest 01:11:20 - OpenAI and TwitchCon collab01:16:40 - EA shuts down Bioware01:20:00 - The origin of sad Cohh01:24:00 - Evil Geniuses shutting down01:29:10 - Project Helix rumored $120001:30:30 - New GamePass prices01:34:50 - Arkane Lyon looking for a buyer01:42:00 - Steam Demos Part 102:00:30 - Monsters & Memories02:02:50 - Enshrouded02:15:20 - Final Fantasy Resonance02:22:30 - Stupid Never Dies02:31:30 - Steam Demos Part 2 02:53:30 - Upcoming releases02:56:30 - Shoutouts  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - Intro00:01:00 - Three bards00:05:20 - Concerts00:08:00 - Control Resonant is fastest selling Remedy game00:09:50 - Sad Cohh nominated for Streamer of the year00:18:00 - NVIDIA stopping production on 5090s00:20:00 - GTA6 PC rumored to release Q100:22:00 - Dev doesn't release demo out of fear of AI copycats00:30:40 - Konami doesn't believe in the future of AI in game development 00:33:40 - XBOX Labs is just more AI00:37:00 - Even more Fire Emblem00:40:50 - The origin of Dressmaker00:43:00 - Epic Games goes full AI00:48:00 - Total War: Shogun 2 AI enhancement gets removed from Steam00:50:40 - No Rest for the Wicked gets classes00:57:00 - Hellraiser01:10:00 - Valor Mortis01:18:45 - Tenebris Somnia01:26:30 - Deep Dish Dungeon01:30:00 - Silver Pines01:35:00 - Enshrouded 1.002:00:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen02:06:25 - WARDOGs season 202:27:20 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - Intro00:01:00 - Boomer music00:23:20 - Choice paralysis00:26:00 - 5090s not being produced anymore00:30:50 - Star Wars Zero Company devs get paid00:38:50 - Richard Garriott reclaims Ultima00:40:20 - CapGods00:59:00 - Triple I initiative01:09:40 - Hellraiser01:29:40 - Monsters and Memories01:45:50 - Onimusha02:01:45 - Silver Pine02:16:40 - Endocopia02:26:20 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen02:35:00 - Star Wars Galactic Racer02:52:45 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - Intro00:01:30 - Vtubing00:03:00 - The cost of vtubers00:23:20 - Dropping Frames00:25:40 - GTA6 content ratings00:30:00 - New Deadlock update00:34:50 - RuneScape 4 announced00:43:40 - Valheim rage01:04:50 - Witcher 3 Remaster01:08:30 - EU Kids01:12:30 - Gears of War: E-Day is out01:23:00 - Aion 201:25:40 - Silent Hill: townfall01:54:10 - Even more Dressmaker02:02:50 - American Truck Simulator02:10:20 - CONTROL Resonant02:18:05 - WoW Forever02:44:05 - End of Abyss02:49:00 - Rivage02:55:50 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - Intro00:01:00 - Disc golf00:05:05 - 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 inspirations00:37:00 - Maintaining ambition and scope with a budget00:45:20 - How weird is too weird?00:52:15 - Is game dev fun?00:55:00 - Level design01:13:00 - Player autonomy 01:41:00 - Shipping in September01:45:20 - The high seas01:48:20 - What's next for Remedy?01:57:00 - Silent Hill: townfall02:19:50 - Blood of the Dawnwalker02:24:30 - XBOX still imploding02:31:00 - The Bungie gambit02:38:00 - Dune Awakening single-player02:41:00 - Fire Emblem02:43:50 - Dressmaker02:58:30 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.