Dropped Frames – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Zeke is out burning it up for a couple of weeks so DansGaming is taking over to help catch us up on all the news coming out of GamesCom this week! Civilization VII, deep dives into Monster Hunter Wilds & Dragon Age Vanguard. Then we have our thoughts on Valve's Deadlock, Black Myth: Wukong, World of Warcraft: The War Within and much more! 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Definitely not episode 400 4:30 - Twitch news: SUBtember 5:45 - Subscription prices rise on mobile 9:00 - Twitch knocks 16:40 - 3rd party Twitch clips 18:30 - Concord launched 27:00 - Deadlock 48:00 - Dragon Age Vanguard combat 58:20 - Avowed 1:09:00 - Civilization VII 1:20:40 - Monster Hunter Wilds 1:38:30 - Black Myth: Wukong 2:15:00 - Thank Goodness You're Here 2:17:00 - World of Warcraft: The War Within 2:38:00 - Starfield DLC 2:43:00 - Feed the Deep 2:44:40 - Gothic 1 Remake 2:46:00 - Path of Exile 2 2:48:00 - Peter Molyneux 2:54:30 - Shoutouts 

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Cohh has returned fresh and well-rested to question, with the rest of the world: Is Australia alright? We then do a fairly in-depth review of the Twitch mobile app's mind boggling new design. The Borderland movie absolutely bombs at the box office, Suicide Squad has lost Warner Bros Games a lot of money, early reports of Bungie's Marathon not looking good. Then we get into the games! We played: Knock on the Coffin Lid, Delta Force: Hawk Ops, Mecha BREAK and is 2XKO too complicated for casual players?

0:00 - Intro 1:10 - Timezones 1:40 - Cohh's vacation 3:50 - Disney, Marvel, Fortnite 5:50 - Fall gaming 8:00 - Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 10:20 - Suicide Squad loses WBD a lot of money 15:10 - Early Marathon impressions not good 18:00 - Borderlands the Movie bombs 24:40 - SEGA registers 'Yakuza Wars' trademark 31:10 - Twitch adds the "DJ" category 39:15 - Twitch mobile app review 53:30 - Australian Breakdancer 1:04:30 - Knock on the Coffin Lid 1:15:40 - Delta Force: Hawk Ops 1:30:55 - Mecha BREAK 1:41:00 - Zeke beat Blaster Master! 1:46:00 - Dragon Warrior 1:48:00 - Atlas Fallen 1:54:10 - Path of Exile 2:00:00 - 2XKO Alpha test 2:25:00 - Eternal Darkness 2:34:35 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by DansGaming this week to chat about all the amazing films we've been watching and how the newest Elden Ring trailer is peak cinema. Then we have a long discussion over Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 not blowing the socks off everyone and how it's difficult not to see the game in a vacuum after all the recent XBOX studio closures. Should we start worrying for Ninja Theory (some broad spoilers!) Valve is making a new game, The Last of Us 2 director: Neil Druckmann on AI, Diablo 4 season 4 and more!

0:00 - Intro/The schedule
2:20 - Jupiter Ascending happened
10:10 - Dune part 2
14:00 - The Equalizer
16:50 - Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
20:30 - Larian Studios opens a 7th studio
23:30 - IGN buys larger share in games media
37:30 - Leaks~
39:50 - Warhammer 40K
45:20 - Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
1:08:00 - Hellblade 2 spoilers 
1:15:00 - Spoilers end
1:24:40 - Shakeups at Helldivers 2 studio
1:31:00 - The King
1:42:20 - Valve's new game
1:51:30 - Neil Druckmann's AI
2:04:20 - Diablo 4 season 4
2:15:40 - 33 Immortals
3:36:25 - V Rising
2:54:30 - Stellar Blade
2:57:40 - Shoutouts

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Cohh's away so JP and Zeke call upon Jesse Cox and Rami Ismail to educate the masses on the happenings in the games industry. Is the industry actually trending downward? Valve is making a hero shooter, Summer Games Fest is fast approaching, The AI take-over and a shotgun of games we've played!

0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Jesse watches every episode
6:50 - Cohh is on vacation
10:00 - Square Enix restructure & layoffs
16:30 - Update on the industry by Rami
39:00 - Next Call of Duty will be a sub service?
44:00 - Total War: Star Wars
47:25 - Valve getting into Hero Shooters?
52:00 - Alpha vs Beta
1:03:20 - Tesla drops Steam support
1:06:20 - Twitter bots
1:08:05 - Assassin's Creed Shadows
1:30:20 - The Division: Heartland canceled
1:31:20 - Stellaris AI drama & Self-actualization
2:11:00 - The sales
2:21:40 - Summer Game Fest is soon
2:30:00 - Jupiter Ascending
2:51:20 - The games:
        - Exit 8
        - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
        - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
        - Cryptmaster
        - Skald
        - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
        - Destiny 2 The Final Shape
        - Diablo 4
2:57:45 - Shoutouts

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We're back to catch up on the state of the AAA games indus... OH GOD. Everything is on fire! Okay how about the surprise hit Helldi~Oh no! Marvel Rivals also went into Closed Alpha Test this week and we'll tell you all the ways that it's not like Overwatch. Hades 2 amazes, we gush over V Rising, fall into the ANIMAL WELL and more! 

0:00 - The echo
2:00 - The news by Zeke
2:50 - The Helldivers 2 drama
17:55 - Now on to Microsoft
45:00 - More layoffs incoming
59:00 - Switch 2 announcement soon?
1:02:30 - Marvel Rivals controversy
1:17:00 - Playing Marvel Rivals
1:40:15 - EA wants Advertisements inside games
1:50:55 - Hades 2
2:02:00 - ANIMAL WELL
2:15:30 - V Rising 1.0
2:35:00 - HOMM 3
2:46:00 - Stellar Blade
2:49:00 - Dead Island 2
2:52:40 - Another Crab's Treasure
2:53:30 - Little Kitty Big City
2:56:20 - Finishing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2:58:40 - Shoutouts

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This week we unpack the crazy announcements that Escape From Tarkov developed Battlestate Games made and the proceeding community backlash, what were they thinking?! Nintendo goes after Garry's Mod, Fallout 4 degen, no Blizzcon this year and Switch 2 will be backwards compatible? Then we get into the newest games of the week - Stellar Blade, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU. Sandland and more! 

0:00 - intro
2:10 - TV Show updates
5:30 - X-Men '97
7:30 - Escape From Scamtov
28:00 - Nintendo going after Garry's Mod/Skibidi Toilet
37:10 - Switch 2 hardware rumors
43:00 - Microsoft wants a new Fallout sooner
49:30 - Fallout 4 next-gen update
55:50 - No Blizzcon in 2024
1:02:40 - Elite Dangerous turning into Star Citizen
1:09:00 - Twitch Subs issue resolved?
1:11:50 - Tiktok banned?
1:13:30 - Stellar Blade
1:37:40 - Zeke plays Boshy again for some reason
1:43:00 - Snowrunner
1:48:10 - Dark Souls 3 Randomizer
1:58:30 - Lords of the Fallen update
2:02:20 - Icarus
2:04:20 - Sandland
2:09:20 - Fallout 76
2:15:40 - Total Warhammer 3
2:17:15 - Bellwright
2:25:30 - Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
2:29:40 - Dead Island 2 comes to Steam
2:36:40 - The Police Mystery
2:40:20 - Shoutouts

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Cohh has had a lot more time to catch up on other visual mediums and we have a lot to say about the newest video game adaptation: Fallout! Keanu Reeves joining the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, Ubisoft locks up Jabba the Hutt & 7 Days to Die enters 1.0 after 12 years of development! We also praise the BAFTA game awards for being exactly what we want for industry award shows. In games we've been playing No Rest for the Wicked, Rise of the Ronin, Planet Crafter and more!

0:00 - Just Dance lore
8:30 - Watching TV
10:00 - Fallout TV series discussion
40:00 - Upcoming video game adaptations
45:00 - Keanu Reeves is playing Shadow the Hedgehog
51:10 - Jabba the Hutt locked up
56:00 - Kingdomcome Deliverance 2
1:05:30 - The BAFTAs
1:13:00 - Hades 2 Technical Test
1:14:00 - 7 Days to Die entering 1.0
1:21:00 - Cities Skylines 2 still busted
1:30:30 - Triple I Showcase
1:40:00 - World of Warcraft FOMO
1:48:00 - Tipping devs?
1:54:10 - No Rest for the Wicked
2:08:00 - Steam Reviews
2:34:00 - Rise of Ronin
2:40:00 - Planet Crafter
2:49:00 - Manor Lords
2:52:30 - Shoutouts

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On the eve of the eclipse we reconvene to chat about the destruction of the games industry (not really!) with new data suggesting new games are being played by an increasing minority of players, Bandai Namco's Harada talks about modern multiplayer games, new info on The Witcher 4 & BAFTA's most iconic video game character! We review Dragon's Dogma 2, play Stellar Blade and more!

0:00 - 109.5 The DF
11:50 - The Eclipse
17:45 - 60% of games played are 6 years old or more.
44:10 - Roku Ads
55:00 - Harada on multiplayer games
1:01:00 - Baldur's Gate 3 popularity explosion
1:05:00 - The Witcher 4
1:12:10 - BAFTA announces their most iconic video game characters
1:19:30 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Review
1:32:10 - DD2 spoilers
1:46:40 - Bioshock Infinite replay
1:57:30 - Stellar Blade demo
2:08:10 - Once Human CBT3
2:24:00 - Content Warning
2:34:00 - Helldivers 2 
2:39:30 - Stardew Valley 1.6
2:51:55 - Shoutouts

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We get demonetized fast this episode as we wish everyone a Happy Easter and debate what Triple I means. We chat about our time with South Park: Snow Day, our reaction to Marvel Rivals, Waffle Houses in Tekken, our continuing travels in Dragon's Dogma 2, Alone in the Dark, Horizon: Forbidden West on PC and more!

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Cohh has returned with tales from his week at GDC! News has also returned from GDC as we learn Larian Studios is done with Baldur's Gate 3 and Dungeons & Dragons, Ubisoft shows off generative AI & more! We chat about the Apex Legends hack, Riot's MMO resurfaces, Dawntrail gets a release date and then we talk a whole bunch about Dragon's Dogma 2!

0:00 - Frosted tips 5:30 - Bidets 9:30 - TV 12:20 - Cohh went to GDC 31:40 - Larian done with Baldur's Gate 44:50 - Ubisoft AI 54:30 - Will Smith was making a zombie game? 58:50 - APEX Legends hack 1:03:30 - Riot's MMO not set in League of Legends 1:07:40 - FFXIV Dawntrail gets a release date 1:12:00 - Overwatch 2 PVE completely scaled back 1:14:40 - Steam families 1:17:40 - Watch Parties dead on Twitch 1:34:20 - VR 1:36:20 - Dragon's Dogma $2.99 2:02:00 - Dragon's Dogma 2 is amazing also 2:42:40 - Alone in the Dark 2:45:00 - Shoutouts

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