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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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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