Dropped Frames

Another week, another day of industry changing news as Heads of XBOX Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond resign from Microsoft, were they ousted, what's the future of XBOX? In the bad news competition, Sony shutters Bluepoint Studios, makers of the Demon's Souls remake and Shadow of the Colossus remake. In the games portion we get spooky with REANIMAL and Creature Kitchen, return to Helldivers 2, roll some dice in Rune Dice and wonder if Twitch is a lunch room bully?

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Cat tower
6:45 - Xbox conspiracies
11:20 - Phil Spencer retires
36:00 - Sony shuts down Bluepoint
48:00 - Mewgenics
51:10 - Slay the Spire 2 early access
54:30 - League of Legends gets voice chat
1:10:20 - New TES6 news
1:20:30 - Nioh 3
1:28:50 - 9 years of NieR Automata
1:34:50 - Stop Killing Games
1:36:00 - Discord age verification
1:45:00 - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
1:46:10 - REANIMAL
1:54:10 - Rune Dice
2:00:00 - Windrose
2:09:25 - Replaced demo
2:12:40 - Creature Kitchen
2:25:10 - Helldivers 2
2:32:40 - Core Keeper expansion
2:38:00 - The Eternal Life of Goldman
2:42:30 - Yakuza Kiwami 3
2:48:00 - Twitch bans streamer for being a kid
2:55:30 - Shoutouts
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We're joined by Will Powers - Marketing Director for Pearl Abyss this week to chat about the challenges of creating a game as large and varied as Crimson Desert. Then we get into the mass layoffs of the devs behind Highguard as well as 2XKO. Chat about cats and then all the announcements from the recent Sony Playstation State of Play!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Fixing audio
6:30 - Will Powers from Pearl Abyss is here
14:00 - What is Crimson Desert?
1:48:00 - Highguard devs have mass layoffs
2:01:00 - The Ashes of Creation situation is crazy
2:11:20 - Mewgenics
2:18:50 - 2XKO layoffs
2:22:20 - Sony State of Play
2:55:50 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Rami Ismail today to talk about Olympic speed skating, what's going on with Ashes of Creation and "The Bubble." Guerrilla Games announces a new multiplayer Horizon game, Overwatch returns to its roots and we're excited for Mewgenics! Games this week: Cairn, Nioh 3 and Chilla Art's Umigari!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Sports!
5:00 - Rami is NOT late
9:00 - Winter Olympics
15:00 - What's happening with Ashes of Creation
20:00 - Horizon Hunters Gathering
41:10 - Overwatch 2... 1?
54:40 - Mewgenics reviews
1:00:20 - Cairn
1:33:20 - Nioh 3
1:55:00 - AI game design
2:15:40 - The bubble
2:35:00 - Extreme fishing
2:41:00 - Zeke's indie life
2:50:30 - Umigari
2:55:00 - Rami is also making a game
2:57:10 - Shoutouts

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Highguard released this week to extreme criticism, is it warranted, is there a good game there? The breaking news this week, however, is the sudden mass layoff and shuttering of Ashes of Creation studio Intrepid. Is this a uniquely bad situation or is it another failure in a long list of MMOs failing? Cohh officially announced the game he's working on: Emberville and we get some more info about his and his team's project. Nioh 3 expands into an open world, Cairn is great and more!

0:00 - Intro
1:40 - Nerd detection
11:10 - Highguard
53:20 - Ashes of Creation devs mass layoff
1:14:30 - Cohh's Emberville
1:39:00 - Nioh 3
2:06:10 - CD-Rom-a-Thon
2:24:00 - The numbers
2:28:50 - Cairn
2:44:10 - Tainted Grail
2:46:20 - Fish Hunters
2:56:10 - Shoutouts
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Back in our day we walked uphill, both ways, through the frozen snow, to bring you a podcast! This week we brace for the big reveal of Highguard happening in just a day, is this the next big thing or will become just another foot note in the long line of multiplayer shooters? XBOX had a developer direct last week and we gush over the new Fable and wonder why Game Freak doesn't make more games that don't look like Pokemon? Games this week: Hytale, MIO: Memories in Orbit, Warframe and more!
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - Cold weather
4:10 - The most hyped game Highguard launching
38:00 - Forza Horizon 6
45:00 - Kiln
50:00 - Beast of Reincarnation
1:00:00 - Fable
1:14:50 - Deadlock approaching release?
1:15:10 - Fallout season 2
1:22:00 - The Pitt
1:24:50 - Yoshi
1:26:30 - Ubisoft restructuring
1:30:00 - AI Funny Money
1:36:00 - Arknights PayPal
1:41:40 - Twitch podcast
1:45:10 - 2XKO and Twitch
1:50:45 - Preordering Marathon installed Destiny 2
1:54:50 - Is ARC Raiders fatigue setting in?
2:00:00 - Marathon
2:04:50 - Dan is in a game!
2:08:40 - Nioh 3
2:17:20 - MIO: Memories in Orbit
2:21:00 - Hytale
2:28:40 - Abiotic Factor
2:29:30 - No Rest For The Wicked
2:35:50 - The whale
2:38:00 - Warframe
2:43:00 - Deus Ex: The Invisible War
2:52:50 - Octopath Traveler 0
2:54:50 - Heavy Metal
2:57:20 - Shoutouts
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