Dropped Frames Episode 487

The Indie Guy - Rami Ismail, on the eve of the launch of his brand new game: Australia Did It, joins us to scare us about the future of video games... Again! What are the pros/cons of AI decompiling, how will this affect future games, especially in the indie space? What are the ramifications of Unity being bought out? Then we get into the games, including Ocarina of Time remake, Ace Combat 8, Phantom Blade 0, Journey and all the wild announcements coming out of ExileCon! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:00 - The Indie Guy 00:02:50 - Australia Did It 00:19:00 - Pricing games 00:24:30 - AI decompiling 01:02:00 - The dangers of copycat games 01:10:00 - Unity getting bought out? 01:15:30 - Remedy doing well 01:16:00 - Elder Scrolls: Sentinel 01:17:00 - World of Warcraft Forever 01:23:00 - God of War Laufey delayed 01:24:30 - Queen's Domain 01:27:30 - Rumors of Arkane being bought by Ubisoft? 01:30:20 - BitReactor hit with layoffs 01:31:20 - ExileCon 2026 announcements 01:35:20 - The Legend of Zelda: OOT Remake 01:38:00 - Control Resonant 01:45:00 - Remedyverse 01:48:00 - Walk 01:50:00 - Ace Combat 8 01:55:30 - Phantom Blade 0 02:00:00 - Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy 02:08:00 - The Farmer Was Replaced 02:19:10 - Zeke played Journey for the first time 02:27:20 - GOTY category deliberations 02:38:00 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.