Dropped Frames

We're joined by Rebecca Ford, creative director of Warframe, this week to chat about having an existential crisis, before heading into group therapy. But then we get into the games! We talk Deadlock, Slay the SPire 2, 007 First Light, Path of Exile 2, and more!
Make sure to check out our Summer of Games Showcase this week starting with the Playstation State of Play happening on June 2!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Rebb Ford is here!
5:00 - What's XBOX showing?
12:10 - Warframe/Soulframe
30:00 - Existential Crisis/viewbotting
36:00 - Warframe in 2026
45:40 - Destiny 2
58:00 - Marketing around GTA6
1:08:00 - The normies
1:14:30 - Deadlock
1:16:50 - Slay the Spire 2
1:23:00 - Boardgame commercials
1:27:00 - FFXIV: Evercold
1:29:30 - TwitchCon EU
1:36:50 - GIFs coming to Twitch Chat
1:44:30 - Viewership caps
1:57:20 - Props
1:58:00 - New expansion for The Witcher 3
2:04:00 - Steam Deck price change
2:16:40 - Grim Dawn/ Dragon Quest XII
2:17:50 - 007: First Light
2:28:50 - LEGO Batman
2:40:20 - Path of Exile 2
2:57:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Gothalion this week, Twitch streamer and now CEO of a game studio: Magic Find Studio to chat about Forza Horizon 6 and eulogize the end of Destiny 2. Kingdom Come Deliverance devs; Warhorse Studios, is developing a Middle-Earth game. Rocket League upgrades to Unreal Engine 6, Lots of Warhammer, a secret No Man's Sky announcement incoming and we prepare for the Summer of Game Showcases quickly approaching. We've also played Thick as Thieves, The Adventures of Elliot, Luna Abyss and much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Gothalion is here
2:55 - Goth is making a video game
31:00 - Balancing game dev with streaming
32:30 - Star Citizen reaches $1b
36:00 - Warhorse doing Lord of the Rings
39:00 - No killing in Subnautica 2
42:00 - Rocket League going to UE6
45:10 - Warhammer 40K Skulls
49:00 - A secret No Man's Sky announcement?
51:50 - Destiny 2 reaches end of life
1:43:00 - The summer of game showcases
1:51:30 - Thick as Thieves
2:03:00 - The Adventures of Elliot
2:09:20 - The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot
2:15:50 - Forza Horizon 6
2:28:30 - Luna Abyss
2:41:20 - LEGO Batman
2:42:40 - Conan Exiles Enhanced
2:51:20 - Rune Dice
2:54:00 - Phonopolis
2:54:40 - Shoutouts
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We're joined by Warren Spector & Jeff Hickman to chat about their upcoming game Thick as Thieves and the very deep lore of how they both got into video games. After that we chat about our time under the sea with Subnautica 2, Zeke's time with Mixtape, and Dead as Disco and then JP's thoughts on Forza Horizon 6!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Texas Zeke
3:00 - Warren Spector and Jeff Hickman are here!
4:30 - Russian Interrogator to game dev
12:00 - Thick as Thieves
47:00 - The MMO guy
51:00 - Dark Age of Camelot
55:00 - Warren Spector's road to game dev
1:06:10 - Common misconceptions of game dev
1:31:30 - xbox is now named XBOX!!!!!
1:32:10 - Subnautica 2 sold over 2 million
1:50:40 - Amazon cancels Lord of the Ring MMO
1:52:30 - 93% of Capcom's game sales are digital
1:53:30 - Marathon getting a PvE mode
1:54:20 - Falcom gains 1200% profit growth
1:55:00 - Cohh finished Crimson Desert I guess
2:02:50 - Stop Killing Games moves forward in California
2:04:00 - Zeke plays Mixtape
2:22:50 - Forza Horizon 6
2:32:30 - Death's Stranding 2
2:36:00 - Dead as Disco
2:39:30 - Everything is Crab
2:45:20 - Shoutouts
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For more info & ways you can help: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/en
Ross Scott & Pavel Zálešák from the Digital Rights Advocacy group 'Stop Killing Games' joins us this week to tell us how the campaign is going and to answer some Q&As about some common misconceptions some throw their way. Then JP and Cohh talk about JP's trip to Final Fantasy XIV's FanFest this year where they announced their new expansion Evercold. Cohh loves the new Stranger than Heaven news, everyone is in awe of Path of Exile 2, Mixtape is a vibe and much more!

0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Disc golf
4:00 - Stop Killing Games
1:23:10 - FFXIV FanFest
1:29:00 - Sony adjusts financial forecast for 2026
1:30:30 - Grand Theft Auto 6 needs to sell at least 25 million on Day 1
1:34:00 - Stranger than Heaven
1:41:00 - The new Steam Controller
1:45:30 - Path of Exile 2 0.5
2:01:00 - Death's Stranding 2
2:08:40 - SAROS
2:14:00 - Conan Exiles
2:18:30 - PRAGMATA
2:19:00 - Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred
2:32:00 - Dead as Disco
2:37:40 - Mixtape
2:39:40 - Everything is Crab
2:47:00 - Shoutouts

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The start of the Spring release fever has begun! This week the new CEO of XBOX starts promising the changes, the BAFTA Game Awards makes us wish the TGAs were more about the awards. Crimson Desert continues to sell and a new Metro game announced! We played a ton of new games this week as well such as Windrose, Replaced, Mouse: PI for Hire and another Capcom classic: PRAGMATA!

0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Corrupted saves
4:10 - Windrose selling a lot
7:00 - New Metro game
12:30 - New Gamepass
16:10 - Lana Del Ray
19:50 - The BAFTA Game Awards
31:00 - Crimson Desert Crosses 5 million
36:30 - Battlefield 6 gets a new mode
41:20 - Replaced
54:50 - Windrose
1:40:00 - PRAGMATA
1:59:30 - Mouse: PI for Hire
2:14:00 - JP killed SkyrimRP
2:24:20 - Jacksepticeye making a Bloodborne movie?
2:29:00 - Northernlion's Supercruise
2:35:50 - The Street Fighter movie
2:42:20 - Shoutouts
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