Dropped Frames

We're joined by special guest Rami Ismail this week to chat about the need for an games industry gathering that is developer focused, AI in video games and... The universe is a simulation? Honkai: Star Rail tops 10 million in pre-downloads alone, the validity of gacha games. Then in new Nexon sues Dark and Darker devs IronMace, Redfall locked at 30 fps on consoles, our stunned reactions to Zelda a...

E3 2023 is cancelled possibly forever! Should we be surprised? The rest of the week didn't have much more positive news as Dark and Darker gets delisted on Steam, The Last of Us Part 1 PC Port is a pile of poo, gamers harass Ada Wong VA off social media and Multiversus shuts down their open beta. In the back half we talk about Contraband Police, our thoughts on the Resident Evil 4 Remake, Dredge &...

New Dad & BFF of Vanilla Ice: DatModz joins us to really get into the weeds with the latest Diablo IV beta! How does it stack up to other modern ARPG games? Is it too easy? Will the game have longevity? Then we take a long deep-dive in the current state of Twitch with the recent announcement of Emmett Shear resigning from CEO and the news of the company laying off 400 employees. See omnystudio...

We're joined by SkillUp this week to chat about creating content on YouTube in 2023, the dichotomy of being a gamer and a critical reviewer and the infamous Cyberpunk review! Cohh has been playing Last Epoch and enjoying it, but can it last in a post Diablo 4 world? JP and SkillUp finished the newest Destiny 2 raid and the community is going wild. Jim Ryan just wants to see the Microsoft & Act...

Ezekiel_III is out this week so we're joined by special guests DansGaming & first-timer Sequisha to chat about moustaches and poutine. We also check our hype levels for the upcoming Diablo 4 beta and our time with Wo Long, the new Destiny 2 expansion, Octopath Traveler 2 & more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gothalion joins us this week to chat about Power Stone 2 and the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion: Lightfall! Playstation also had a pretty big State of Play this past week and with it brought new characters in Street Fighter 6, another look at Resident Evil 4 as well as a bunch of VR games. However, it also brought an in-depth look at Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and plethora of Gear Score,...

Twitch rolls out some good changes and tests some bad changes this week with some much needed changes to info visibility and stream title links and then decided to try out Twitch ad skins, yikes! We have some TwitchCon 2023 dates and wonder if we're too old for conventions? Big shake-ups at XCOM, Civilization dev Firaxis, Multiversus loses 99% of the userbase on Steam. Like a Dragon: Isshin, Retur...

It's demo week over here on Dropped Frames as another Steam Next Fest drops another 1000 demos of upcoming games; big and small! But first there was a pretty major Nintendo Direct to comb through including building in the new Zelda? Is that enough to warrant a $70 price tag? Cohh got a chance to play the new action combat game Wanted: Dead. JP played demos for Sea of Stars and Octopath Traveller 2...

It's a games heavy episode this week as we go through some of the games we've played over the last month including: Chained Echoes, Against the Storm, Steamworld Build, Deliver Us Mars and many more! But first we have a long discussion on AI, the growing list of game delays and GAAS games ending. Also is The Day Before a real game? All that and more!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

We're joined by DansGaming this week to talk about Twitch dropping a massive blog post on the future of the platform and what to expect in the coming months, are they changes for the better? Then we chat about the changes to Dead Space Remake, the controversal Forspoken, some old school CDROM games, and possible GOTY contender in the surprise hit: Hi-Fi Rush! See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

The industry seems to be on fire this week with massive layoffs, cancellations & horrible PR gaffes. So who better to walk us through all of this horrible news than indie game developer/pilot Rami Ismail! We also go over some light-hearted news such as the massive changes coming to Destiny 2, Rami's 2022 GOTY list & more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Captain BurkeBlack is here to chat about Skull & Bones getting delayed (again) Ubisoft imploding, tabletop gaming and a whole lot of Warhammer 40K lore. Awesome Games Done Quick also concluded this week, bringing a massive $2.5 million to charity. Dungeons & Dragon/Magic the Gathering creator: Wizards of the Coast are in the negative PR hole with some bone headed adjustments to their licen...

2023 is here and it's time to get hyped about all the upcoming games (potentially) releasing this year! Fire Emblem Engage, STALKER 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6 and MUCH more! This is looking to be a stacked year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See the full results @ https://dfgoty.com/ The year is over! Now it's time to painstakingly rank, critique & praise ALL of the games that released in 2022! You won't believe what our 4th best game of the year is! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

VOTE FOR OUR COMMUNITY GOTY! - https://dfgoty.com/ Fútbol & Twitter is ending and we have mixed feelings. John Carmack leaves Meta & Oculus. The Game Awards continues to gain viewership, the Diablo IV drama reignites, Metzen surprisingly returns to World of Warcraft & more! Plus our thoughts on High on Life, Dark and Darker, the latest Street Fighter VI beta, SIGNALIS (finally.) and an...

Cohh is sick this week so we get right to it with the news of the week! FTC vs Microsoft, Dwarf Fortress surpassing expectations on Steam and what we thought of The Game Awards 2022. Cohh got a sneak peak at Owlcat's Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader Alpha. Zeke has been playing Metal Gear Solid 4 plus our thoughts on Forspoken & Marvel's Midnight Suns. Then we get into our big spoliercast discussio...

With Zeke away, we're joined by returning guest GoldenBoy and first time guest Jirard The Completionist this week to chat about trying to run a TV channel and what went right and what went wrong at the now defunct G4TV. In the back half we weigh in on the increasingly wild mess that is Nintendo throwing a cease & desist at the Smash World Tour that was holding their main event just weeks befor...

It's that time of the year where we look back at all the games release and make them fight amongst each other for the award of which game is the best game of the year! We go through all the nominees, wonder why Sifu is there and why Vampire Survivors isn't there and contemplate the war between juggernauts: Elden Ring & God of War Ragnarok. In the back half we go through some of the games we've bee...

We're joined by Twitch-staff-turned-game-dev djWheat this week to chat about the reasons he ultimately left Twitch and a very candid account of the behind-the-scenes friction that occurred during his time. Then we look to the future, where is the platform heading, what lessons can it learn from its past & much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by JERICHO this week to get an early preview of what the new DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is... And it's sounding pretty rough. Mick Gordon breaks silence on what actually happened between him and id Software over DOOM: Eternal plus some CS:GO Majors drama happened. Then in the back half we talk about all God of War: Ragnarok, (don't worry there are no spoilers!) & conti...

We return with a guest this week! Shroud joins us to catch up with his time away from Twitch and his current outlook on streaming as a career path. Then we get technical with PC hardware and player performance in games, how we tackle burn out and more! In the second half we finally chat about Gotham Knights, check in with the state of Overwatch 2 and FPS games in general then move in to some Kojim...

Twitch CMOz Mike Minton joins JP, Zeke & GassyMexican to chat about the worries of monetizing, the overabundance of advertisements on the platform, the 50/50 creator split and much more! Then in the second half we chat about the return of Silent Hill, remasters vs. remakes with Resident Evil 4, the Warhammer 40k Darktide beta, Gotham Knights and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

TwitchCon was this week and... They didn't announce much of anything and we lament if there's a long-term future for Twitch as a platform. Meanwhile Overwatch 2 had a rocky launch, Overwatch Porn banned?! God of War 2 goes gold, Kojima teasing new game. In the back half Steam Next Fest demos, our Grounded review & a discussion on the Street Fighter 6 closed beta! See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

We return after a very eventful September to chat... About September! Twitch wins streamers over with their new revenue split. Chat gets elevated. Twitch announces a bunch of new stuff to cover up the bad press. TwitchCon leaks. In the second half we chat about all the games not coming out! Cyberpunk gets a new lease on life. Overwatch 2's obtuse battle pass. EVGA drops partnership with NVIDIA & m...

We're back after an extended break due to poor health and bad injuries, is Zeke to blame? This week the consolidation of video games continues with Embracer Group scooping up more studios and IP. Even more game delays however tons happening this week including Gamescom. Is anyone going to TwitchCon?! And much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.