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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Cohh is out this week as he makes his way to GDC so joining us this week is Jesse Cox to chat about Tik Tok, a whole bunch of studios being unembraced, PS5 Pro, Summer Games Fest and a whoooooole lot of Final Fantasy!

0:00 - Sweetened iced tea
9:30 - Hotel Zeke
14:30 - Dragon's Dogma nightmare fuel
16:30 - TIK TOK TOE
20:00 - Pig butchering scams
47:00 - Battlefront Classic Collection woes
53:30 - PS5 Pro specs!
57:00 - Summer Game Fest
1:08:00 - Saber Interactive Embraces
1:20:00 - Runescape
1:30:00 - FF7 Rebirth only sell 23k physical copies in Japan
1:33:00 - Palworld 
1:41:00 - Helldivers 2 secrets
1:48:00 - Final Fantasy XVI coming to PC soon
1:50:00 - final Fantasy XIV is too easy?
1:56:00 - theatrythm 
2:19:00 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
2:25:40 - Dragon's Dogma 2
2:31:00 - Project Zomboid
2:39:30 - Astroneer
2:49:00 - TELEVISION
2:59:00 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Dan this week to chat about a whole lot of bad and depressing news as the games industry and the streaming industry continue its downward trend. Luckily there are great games to play now and in the near future such as: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma 2 where we share our nightmare fuel creations from the free character maker Capcom released!

0:00 - The age of Eminem
3:40 - Zeke purrs
11:00 - WB removing all Adult Swim published games
15:30 - WB also doubling down on GaaS despite failures
25:50 - Rooster Teeth shuts down
30:50 - Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passed away
38:25 - Ghost of Tsushima coming to PC
41:40 - Yuzu and Nintendo settle - Yuzu forced to shutdown
46:45 - Twitch in 2024
1:27:00 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2:07:45 - Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator
2:22:10 - Sons of the Forest
2:52:40 - Supermarket Simulator
2:56:10 - DF Bit: No Rest For The Wicked/Unicorn Overlord
2:58:50 - Shoutouts

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Cohh is on vacation this week! So joining JP and Zeke, this week are unofficial 4th seat Rami Ismail and returning special guest PirateSoftware! We get into the major news of Bungie firing 17% of their staff as well as relocating another 13%. What does this mean for the AAA industry? GameStop also surprises everyone by shutting down Game Informer including their own employees. Everything seems to be in freefall, but we look to a brighter future with Capcom and From Software working to become much more sustainable in the long term!

0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Flying airplanes 4:30 - Growing beards 6:00 - Improv 9:15 - Bungie lays off 17% of employees 30:00 - Dev tricks 40:00 - Game feature nitpicks 51:20 - Where From Software is going 1:02:40 - Game Informer ends after 30+ years 1:20:30 - Marketing games is hard 1:43:20 - Avowed gets delayed to 2025 1:58:20 - CapGod 2:14:00 - Animal Well 2:19:40 - EDF 6 2:30:00 - Custom Mech Wars 2:38:00 - Path of Exile 2:42:40 - Warframe 2:46:00 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2:50:00 - Meet Your Maker 2:54:00 - Shoutouts

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We were not prepared for the amount of good games in the month of February, but here we are! Elden Ring returns with the trailer for its upcoming expansion - Shadow of the Erdtree and surprising no one, it's a banger! Helldivers 2 still continuing to break its peak concurrent player records on Stream, we go down the list of survival games that have released in the last month and so much more!

0:00 - February
5:00 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
13:20 - Suicide Squad under performs
14:20 - Nintendo has no debt
19:50 - PSVR2 getting PC support
23:20 - Helldivers still peaking 
26:00 - Big and small updates
30:40 - Bungie gets a scolding by Sony
33:00 - Names that are fun to say
37:00 - Project L is now 2XKO
42:50 - Gigantic is back?
48:30 - Palworld hits 25 million players
50:20 - Harada on Tekken
54:00 - Lots of games in February
57:20 - Skull & Bones underperformed
58:40 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth reviews
1:01:40 - Balatro
1:11:25 - Pacific Drive
1:38:30 - Nightingale
1:47:15 - Sons of the Forest 1.0
2:05:20 - Last Epoch 1.0
2:38:50 - FF7 Remake replay
2:52:00 - Shoutouts

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Award season is upon us, but for the game industry and content creator industry - We chat about all the big winners at The Streamer Awards and The Dice Awards that took place over the weekend. Helldivers 2 is suffering from success as another megaton weekend stops players from entering the game. Skull & Bones also launched!

0:00 - Democracy 9:10 - The Streamer Awards 37:35 - The DICE Awards 47:50 - Horse Armor in Diablo 4 58:45 - Skull & Bones - The first AAAA game 1:13:40 - The XBOX podcast 1:19:00 - Embraced 1:23:40 - Golden Sun 1:32:24 - Deep Rock Galactic Survivor 1:42:25 - Banishers: Ghosts of Eden 1:52:00 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 2:00:00 - The end of February is intense for games 2:09:55 - Halo Season 2 2:11:35 - Shoutouts

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This week we dive into Helldivers 2, a game that has a surprising amount of depth. Then we drop into the news where rumors of XBOX going multiplatform gains traction, Disney puts stake into Epic Games, and take a look at the best selling games of 2023 and much more!

0:00 - Beards
8:30 - Super Bowl
18:15 - Helldivers 2
47:25 - XBOX going multiplatform?
1:01:50 - Disney puts stake into Epic Games
1:08:50 - The first AAAA game by Ubisoft
1:14:20 - Behind the scenes with Deus Ex
1:15:50 - Best selling games in 2023
1:24:20 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo
1:25:10 - Dead Cells ending after 7 years
1:27:10 - Dropped Frames in the news
1:33:40 - Mobile Elden Ring?
1:36:10 - Death Stranding 2 & Kojima
1:50:18 - Steam Next Fest

2:45:35 - Shoutouts

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Twitch updates subscription prices, Cronuts, our thoughts on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - Is $70 too much to ask for a GaaS? More layoffs & much more! Then the Game Director for Obsidian's Avowed - Carrie Patel, joins us to answer our burning questions for their upcoming RPG!

0:00 - Tangents 5:00 - New Twitch subs 22:00 - Donuts 25:50 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League 42:55 - Too many GaaS 51:00 - Embracer lays off more 55:50 - Palworld sells 12 million copies 1:27:25 - Enshrouded 1:42:50 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 1:52:20 - Granblue Fantasy Relink 2:00:40 - Lightyear Frontier 2:02:05 - Nightingale 2:08:35 - Tekken 8 2:14:30 - CD-ROM-A-THON ends 2:18:00 - Shoutouts for Zeke 2:19:15 - Interview with Carrie Patel, Director of Avowed 2:47:35 - Shoutouts

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Palworld exploded this week topping the Steam charts and selling over 4 million in just under 2 days, but is it uncomfortably close to another creature collecting game? Lethal Company rumored to have sold over 10 million. AGDQ 2024 also happened over the week bringing in over $2.5 million to charity. Zeke's CD-ROM drama, finishing Rogue Trader, and JP finally overcomes Fatalis rounds out this episode!

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It's time to take a look at the 2024 list of games and we realize that this year might be another banger year for game releases. However, despite the games being better than ever, the industry continues to layoff massive percentages of their workforce.

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We've had 3 weeks to deliberate over the games we've enjoyed the most in 2023 and we have reconvened with our TOP choices! This is the most factual and truest list of games you will ever see! 

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The Game Awards has happened and the industry is not very happy. We go over all the critiques and also some positive things we enjoyed at this year's show including all the new game announcements! Grand Theft Auto 6 released their megaton trailer this week, The Day Before (refunds) Twitch shutting down service in South Korea, Lethal Company, LEGO Fortnite. It's all here!

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We go over every TGA nominations which helps us to remember how such an amazing year of video games is almost over. Then we finalize our personal categories for our upcoming GOTY show before ending on brief thoughts for Persona 5 Tactica, Like a Dragon Gaiden & The Talos Principle 2!

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We invite Lore Master Jesse Cox this week to spoil Alan Wake 2 and the wider Remedyverse! After that ( you can skip to 1:36:00 ) we chat about Grand Theft Auto 6 and the culture impact that will have when it's revealed soon. The Golden Joysticks also happened bringing in huge wins for Baldur's Gate 3, A Legend of Zelda film in the works, EGS not profitable and World of Warcraft Hardcore!

0:00 - Steroids 5:00 - Alan Wake 2 spoilercast starts 5:30 - Jesse Cox's thoughts on Alan Wake 2 & Remedy 11:00 - Spoilers properly start 11:30 - Deer 16:20 - Quantum Break 21:00 - Remedyverse 52:00 - Best moments 1:29:50 - Mr. Door 1:36:00 - Spoilers over! 1:38:30 - GTA6 announced soon 1:50:50 - The Golden Joystick awards 2:01:50 - Jesse and the bear story 2:19:00 - The Dark Urge 2:23:10 - A Zelda film 2:29:00 - XBOX partners with AI company 2:36:20 - Epic Game Store still not profitable 2:38:50 - Steam Deck OLED & Steam Deck 2 2:40:00 - World of Warcraft - Post BlizzCon 2:44:20 - Cohh in WoW Hardcore 2:52:10 - Shoutouts

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We return this week to chat about Celine Dion, watching the Olympics in 2024, the hype of EVO 2024, sweeping unionization across the industry, Ubisoft's series of blunders and much more before we get deep in the weeds with very old video games!

0:00 - Intro 1:10 - My Heart Will Go On 9:00 - The Olympics 19:15 - EVO 2024 31:50 - Fallout London 37:10 - Stardew Valley ConcernedApe will never charge for DLC 40:30 - World of Warcraft devs unionize 43:20 - SAG-AFTRA voice actor go on strike 47:40 - Humble Games lays off entire publishing wing 49:40 - Concord's second beta drops off 56:00 - Versus Marvel Rivals 1:02:20 - Ubisoft's unecessary response to trolls 1:11:40 - Robert Downey Jr. is Victor Von Doom 1:18:35 - Zeke's NES arc 1:45:00 - Video game violence 1:52:00 - Shoutouts

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Another month another game dev laying off a large percentage of their workforce; this time Bungie steps up to the plate. After that we go over the rocky keynotes of BlizzCon 2023 where things seem to be a transitional phase to whatever comes next. The boys have been dabbling in simulcasting on YouTube (Not Cohh) and discuss the pros and cons. Then we get into the games!

0:00 - Horror Month 10:00 - Being sick 16:20 - Massive Bungie layoffs 27:00 - Blizzcon 2023 31:50 - World of Warcraft: The War Within 44:00 - Modern Warfare 3 horrible 54:00 - Simulcasting 1:22:20 - Alan Wake 2 1:52:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2:01:50 - RoboCop 2:11:00 - Stray Souls 2:20:50 - Skull Island: Rise of Kong 2:40:55 - For The King 2 2:47:00 - The Police Mystery 2:54:00 - FFXIV x Fall Guys 2:56:30 - Shoutouts

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Zeke is out this week as the ConVID as taken him and many others this week after a brief jaunt through Vegas for TwitchCon! Taking up the mantle for the week is GassyMexican to chat about all the new info coming out of TwitchCon! Then we get into possibly another Game of the Year contender: Alan Wake 2!

0:00 - Ghost Cohh 2:20 - What happens in Vegas 5:40 - TwitchCon 41:30 - Twitch CEO 53:00 - Stories 57:00 - Stream Together 1:10:00 - Twitch Alerts 1:11:30 - Chat warnings 1:15:00 - Twitch embeds 1:21:25 - Simulcasting 1:30:20 - Pete Hinds retiring 1:32:40 - Star Citizen: Squadron 42... Looks good? 1:37:00 - Capcom thriving 1:39:30 - Skull & Bones... Delayed again? 1:41:00 - XBOX Partner Showcase 1:44:00 - Alan Wake 2 1:59:40 - City Skylines 2 2:03:50 - Paradox parts ways with Hairbrained Schemes 2:04:20 - Lords of the Fallen 2:08:00 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 2:12:10 - Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria 2:29:20 - Endless Dungeon 2:33:30 - Cohh producing a game 2:43:30 - Shoutouts

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We return after a week off to chat about the deluge of good and bad news and try to stay positive about the industry we all love. More mass layoffs, is the PS5 slim a scam and in some good news John Riccitiello leaves Unity & Bobby Kotick leaves Activision after the merger goes through with Microsoft, yay? We swoon over Lies of P, lament over Lords of the Fallen & chat about all the Steam Next Fest games we've played! 

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Rami Ismail returns! And you know what that means - More news of devs getting decimated by an increasingly unsustainable games industry! Also Jim Ryan retiring from Playstation, Kamiya leaving Platinum Games, SAG-AFTRA targets AAA game publishers. Games talked about: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Lies of P, Cocoon & many more!

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Tokyo Games Show happened this weekend and with it came a ton of new info on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma 2, Like a Dragon 8 & surprisingly tons more! But first updates on Unity v Games Industry as well as a massive ton of XBOX leaks this week!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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We're joined by first time guest PirateSoftware this week to hack into his journey leading into becoming a full-time streamer. We then move into the enterprise security software: Crowdstrike that has crippled many industries last week. How did it happen? Who's at fault? The Bethesda workforce unionizes, kids don't know what keyboards or controllers are, shady games on Steam and much more!

0:00 - Intro 2:30 - God of Thunder 7:00 - Profession vs Hobby 12:00 - Minmaxxing 17:00 - Farrets 22:40 - Hackers 30:00 - Defcon 34:00 - Social engineering 43:10 - An intervention 56:00 - Voice changer 1:15:00 - 2FA 1:27:10 - The Crowdstrike outage 1:54:20 - The workers of Bethesda unionize across the board 2:00:00 - FTC investigating Microsoft after Game Pass price increase 2:12:30 - EA Sports College Football 2025 early access sells a lot. 2:20:00 - Brain waves 2:28:00 - Mobile games 2:40:30 - Banana 2:45:50 - Crypto in games 2:53:00 - Path of Exile Login 2:58:10 - Shoutouts

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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!

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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!

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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?

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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! 

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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!

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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!

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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! 

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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! 

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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! 

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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!

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We've returned to lots of games and lots of news this week! Twitch breaking streaming records over the week as subscription prices increase as well as resolutions increase with new tools for above 1080p streaming! XBOX Game Pass also changes. Palword expands with help from Sony. Ubisoft receives the ire of Japan and One Piece?! Then we get into a spoiler-filled discussion of Elden Ring, then our impressions of Concord and Once Human!

0:00 - intro 1:05 - Throat goat 11:00 - Terraria sells a lot 12:55 - Siphoning internet 23:00 - Twitch breaking streaming records 26:30 - Twitch subscription prices increase 36:00 - Enhanced Broadcasting 39:00 - What's Pog? 44:50 - Game Pass changes and price increase 56:00 - Gothic/Elex devs Pirahna Bytes closes 1:00:00 - Palworld expands 1:07:00 - The First Descendent's Destiny icons 1:13:40 - Ubisoft gets clapped by Japan and One Piece? 1:21:00 - The Lands Betwixt (spoilers) 2:01:30 - Concord the beta 2:21:30 - Once Human 2:48:00 - Privacy Policy 2:52:05 - Shoutouts

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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