Dropped Frames Episode 455

Dropped Frames Episode 455

February 2, 2026 · 2h 59m · Episode 455

About this episode

The episode discusses the criticism of Highguard, the layoffs at Intrepid, and new game announcements including Emberville and Nioh 3.

Highguard released this week to extreme criticism, is it warranted, is there a good game there? The breaking news this week, however, is the sudden mass layoff and shuttering of Ashes of Creation studio Intrepid. Is this a uniquely bad situation or is it another failure in a long list of MMOs failing? Cohh officially announced the game he's working on: Emberville and we get some more info about his and his team's project. Nioh 3 expands into an open world, Cairn is great and more!   0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Nerd detection 11:10 - Highguard 53:20 - Ashes of Creation devs mass layoff 1:14:30 - Cohh's Emberville 1:39:00 - Nioh 3 2:06:10 - CD-Rom-a-Thon 2:24:00 - The numbers 2:28:50 - Cairn 2:44:10 - Tainted Grail 2:46:20 - Fish Hunters 2:56:10 - Shoutouts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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