Dropped Frames Episode 485

We're joined by Pearl Abyss' Will Powers to catch up on where they're at after the success of Crimson Desert and where the game is going in the upcoming expansion coming this week! The big news this week is EA laying off 400 employees including shutting down decades old studio - BioWare. Long-time e-sports organization Evil Geniuses is also shutting down. Then we get into Final Fantasy Resonance, Stupid Never Dies and a whole ton of Steam demos! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:00 - Will Powers from Pearl Abyss is here 00:04:00 - Crimson Desert Expansion 00:11:30 - When does Crimson Desert stop updating? 00:14:30 - How does underwater work? 00:27:00 - Romance 00:32:30 - Bioware 00:36:40 - New combat? 00:49:50 - Ship building and sailing 00:58:00 - Hockey 01:03:00 - Steam Slop Fest 01:11:20 - OpenAI and TwitchCon collab 01:16:40 - EA shuts down Bioware 01:20:00 - The origin of sad Cohh 01:24:00 - Evil Geniuses shutting down 01:29:10 - Project Helix rumored $1200 01:30:30 - New GamePass prices 01:34:50 - Arkane Lyon looking for a buyer 01:42:00 - Steam Demos Part 1 02:00:30 - Monsters & Memories 02:02:50 - Enshrouded 02:15:20 - Final Fantasy Resonance 02:22:30 - Stupid Never Dies 02:31:30 - Steam Demos Part 2 02:53:30 - Upcoming releases 02:56:30 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.